40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST
2019-09-12 – 2019-09-15 · Kansas City, KS · 📍 Kansas Speedway · State championship
Reps: DENNIS POLSON, FORREST BRUCE, KIM COLLIER, LARRY HADLEY, LINDA POLSON, MARK COLLIER, MIKE LAKE, SCOTT GRINSTEAD, STEVE GRINSTEAD, THERESA LAKE · Prize money: $68,425.00
Grand Champion: RIO Valley Meat BBQ (704.0000) · 468 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Rio Valley Meat BBQ took the Grand Championship home to TX.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: WHO CARES BBQ and SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: SHAKE 'N BAKE BBQ and 913 BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: 913 BBQ and LAZY BACON BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 179.4400 | 177.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8800 | 177.7028 | 176.6172 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.1428 |
| Brisket | 179.4400 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
468 entries · top 704.0000 · median 660.2228
Chicken
465 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
467 entries · top 178.8800 · median 165.6800
Pork
466 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1772 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
465 entries · top 179.4400 · median 163.9544
Open Comp
Overall
157 entries · top 521.1772 · median 491.3140
Ancillary categories
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.
Open Comp — Baked Beans
148 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5256 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Dessert
135 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Open Comp — Potatoes
127 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sausage
250 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.1486 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Turkey
218 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4286
Open Comp — Vegetable
128 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.0000