American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST
2021-09-16 – 2021-09-18 · Kansas City, KS · 📍 Kansas Speedway · State championship
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, FORREST BRUCE, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, KIM COLLIER, LARRY HADLEY, MARK COLLIER, MIKE LAKE, RALPH WILLIAMS, RICH TUTTLE, SCOTT GRINSTEAD, STEVE GRINSTEAD, THERESA LAKE · Prize money: $37,965.00
Grand Champion: TRIPLE H BBQ (708.5372) · 185 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SIN CIRCLE 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
TRIPLE H BBQ took the Grand Championship home to IL.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
9 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: Smoking OCD and CHICKEN FRIED BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: CHICKEN FRIED BBQ and QUENUT BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: Rogue Hog BBQ and MAN MEAT BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1600 power rating going in — stronger than 91% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
TRIPLE H BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-16 ← this one | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway | 185 | 708.5372 | TRIPLE H BBQ | SIN CIRCLE BBQ |
| 2022-09-29 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 66111 | 249 | 711.9656 | QUE U | Bushmaster BBQ |
| 2023-09-27 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 66111 | 211 | 706.8572 | FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY | Damn Fine Beef & Swine |
| 2026-09-30 | Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 178.8800 | 178.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 179.4400 | 178.2972 |
| Pork | 179.4400 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 179.4400 | 177.7372 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
185 entries · top 708.5372 · median 681.0168
Chicken
185 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
185 entries · top 180.0000 · median 170.8344 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
185 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.8228
Brisket
185 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180