American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest

2026-03-20 – 2026-03-21 · Kansas City, MO

Reps: DAVID DYCHE, JO DYCHE · Prize money: $5,450.00

Grand Champion: Dawgs BBQ (353.1084) · 33 teams

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DAWGS BBQ

353.1084 · Backyard Series — Overall

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Wapatui Smokers

349.6800 · Backyard Series — Overall

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Big Reds Backyard BBQ

349.6800 · Backyard Series — Overall

Entries

2 categories

Top score

353.1084

Winning margin

3.4284

GC over RC

Field average

338.23

median 339.39

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Tightest race

Chicken

2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

343.3712

what a walk cost here

Field spread

36.0224

winner to last place

Prize money

$5,450.00

on the line

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 3.4400 pts — Big Reds Backyard BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 82%

beats 18% of 2715 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1542

avg power rating going in · stronger than 47% of contests

Top-rated in the field

Too Sauced BBQ

rated 1753 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

DAWGS BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MN.

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)

This contest over the years

Date	Where	Teams	High score	Grand Champion
2022-03-25	Kansas City, MO	25	350.8456	Rick's Racks
2023-03-24	Kansas City, MO	37	348.5372	Big Racks BBQ
2024-03-22	Kansas City, MO	31	357.7028	Bad Influence BBQ - MO
2025-03-21	Kansas City, MO	33	353.7028	Too Sauced BBQ
2026-03-20 ← this one	Kansas City, MO	33	353.1084	Dawgs BBQ

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Backyard Series — Chicken

33 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Karnivor Creations BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	DAWGS BBQ	180.0000 🔥
3	SMOKIN E'S BBQ	178.8572
4	Wapatui Smokers	177.7028
5	Smoke N Poke BBQ	177.7028
6	Alaska BBQ Mann	173.7028
7	10 In The Pit BBQ	173.7028
8	I Smell Smoke	173.7028
9	Too Sauced To Smoke	173.1428
10	BBQ MIKE	173.1200
11	Poppin Smoke BBQ	173.1084
12	Rucking Fidiculous BBQ	172.5600
13	SASSY SMOKE BBQ	171.9656
14	Big Reds Backyard BBQ	170.8228
15	Burn Barrel BBQ	170.8228
16	SMOKEY GQ	170.8112
17	Chester's Twisted Que	170.2628
18	Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que	170.2512
19	Natural Born Grillers	170.2512
20	HevyQue BBQ	169.6800
21	Family Tradition BBQ	169.6684
22	Too Sauced BBQ	167.9772
23	Smokey Bros Barbecue	167.4056
24	Big Bear BBQ	166.8112
25	Nuttycocksbbq	166.2512
26	Muppets of Smoke	165.6800
27	HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ	165.6684
28	Sasquatch Smoke N Que	165.6568
29	SadieQ	165.1088
30	Kingdom Que BBQ	163.4172
31	Brown Dog BBQ	162.2972
32	Sofa King Awesome BBQ	162.2400
33	Geeks2Meats	161.0856

Backyard Series — Overall

33 entries · top 353.1084 · median 339.3940

#	Team	Score
1	DAWGS BBQ	353.1084
2	Wapatui Smokers	349.6800
3	Big Reds Backyard BBQ	349.6800
4	SMOKIN E'S BBQ	347.9772
5	Poppin Smoke BBQ	347.9656
6	Rucking Fidiculous BBQ	346.8228
7	10 In The Pit BBQ	346.8228
8	Smoke N Poke BBQ	346.2400
9	Alaska BBQ Mann	344.5372
10	Family Tradition BBQ	343.3712
11	Chester's Twisted Que	342.8456
12	Karnivor Creations BBQ	341.6684
13	Natural Born Grillers	341.6568
14	HevyQue BBQ	341.0972
15	SadieQ	340.5260
16	SMOKEY GQ	339.9312
17	I Smell Smoke	339.3940
18	Burn Barrel BBQ	338.7884
19	Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que	338.2168
20	Too Sauced BBQ	337.6456
21	Big Bear BBQ	336.4912
22	Sasquatch Smoke N Que	336.4680
23	Too Sauced To Smoke	335.9428
24	BBQ MIKE	334.8228
25	SASSY SMOKE BBQ	333.6912
26	HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ	333.0740
27	Muppets of Smoke	330.2172
28	Smokey Bros Barbecue	330.2056
29	Nuttycocksbbq	326.2396
30	Brown Dog BBQ	324.5600
31	Sofa King Awesome BBQ	324.4912
32	Geeks2Meats	320.4572
33	Kingdom Que BBQ	317.0860

Backyard Series — Pork Ribs

33 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1200

#	Team	Score
1	Big Reds Backyard BBQ	178.8572
2	SadieQ	175.4172
3	Poppin Smoke BBQ	174.8572
4	Rucking Fidiculous BBQ	174.2628
5	Family Tradition BBQ	173.7028
6	10 In The Pit BBQ	173.1200
7	DAWGS BBQ	173.1084
8	Chester's Twisted Que	172.5828
9	Wapatui Smokers	171.9772
10	HevyQue BBQ	171.4172
11	Natural Born Grillers	171.4056
12	Alaska BBQ Mann	170.8344
13	Sasquatch Smoke N Que	170.8112
14	Big Bear BBQ	169.6800
15	Too Sauced BBQ	169.6684
16	SMOKIN E'S BBQ	169.1200
17	SMOKEY GQ	169.1200
18	Smoke N Poke BBQ	168.5372
19	Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que	167.9656
20	Burn Barrel BBQ	167.9656
21	HORMONAL ESCAPE COMPETITION BBQ	167.4056
22	I Smell Smoke	165.6912
23	Muppets of Smoke	164.5372
24	Too Sauced To Smoke	162.8000
25	Smokey Bros Barbecue	162.8000
26	Brown Dog BBQ	162.2628
27	Sofa King Awesome BBQ	162.2512
28	SASSY SMOKE BBQ	161.7256
29	BBQ MIKE	161.7028
30	Karnivor Creations BBQ	161.6684
31	Nuttycocksbbq	159.9884
32	Geeks2Meats	159.3716
33	Kingdom Que BBQ	153.6688