— · Kansas City, MO · 📍 American Royal
Reps: Kim Collier
Chipotle Seasoning Hot won Grand Champion at the American Royal World Series Of Barbecue Rub Contest in Kansas City, MO at American Royal, scoring 175.4628 in a field of 147 teams. Master Que - Pork, Ribs & Chicken BBQ Seasoning took Reserve Grand Champion with 173.7028.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.4628 points.
No edition of this contest has results on file yet, so there is nothing to compare across the years: these are the dates it has run.
| Date | Where | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| — ← this one | Kansas City, MO | American Royal |
| May 2, 2021 | Kansas City, MO | — |
| May 15, 2022 | Kansas City, MO | — |
| May 18, 2023 | Kansas City, MO | — |
| Apr 21, 2024 | Kansas City, MO | — |
| Apr 13, 2025 | Kansas City, MO | — |
| Apr 12, 2026 | Kansas City, MO | — |
147 entries · top 175.4628 · median 160.0228 · out of 180, not the usual 720
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
34 entries · top 175.4628 · median 162.8800
113 entries · top 173.7028 · median 158.8800