40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL 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: $37,965.00
Grand Champion: Mudville BBQ (706.2516) · 135 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GETTIN' BASTED
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
MUDVILLE BBQ took the Grand Championship home to CA.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
9 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 2–3: Heavy Smoke BBQ and CARROL LOU'S SMOKEHOUSE tied on 179.4400 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: HAMTOWN SMOKERS and BUFFALO'S BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: BUFFALO'S BBQ and MILLER'S BACKYARD BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🃏 An upset on the books
MUDVILLE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BOOMERANG BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 176.5716 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 179.4400 | 177.7028 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
135 entries · top 706.2516 · median 683.3484
Chicken
135 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
135 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
135 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
135 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8228 · 🔥 perfect 180