8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026)
2026-05-22 · Lebanon, TN
Reps: CAROLYN WELLS, CHARLIE BRINZA, DAVE ROGERS, DAVID BURSTEIN, EUGENE WICKHAM, JEANNE TITUS, PEG ROGERS, SARAH WICKHAM
Grand Champion: HOOS SMOKIN (180.0000) · 74 teams
Entries
74
1 category
Top score
180.0000
Winning margin
Tie
identical totals — KCBS tiebreaker
Field average
172.65
median 172.27
Perfect 180s
3 🔥
Tightest race
Chicken
1.1428 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
177.7028
what a walk cost here
Field spread
27.5200
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 29%
beats 71% of 2736 Chicken wins in the data
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
HOOS SMOKIN took the Grand Championship home to VA.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Score distribution
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Masters Series Single Meat — Chicken
74 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180