American Royal World Series of Barbecue Backyard Contest
2022-03-25 – 2022-03-26 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 1701 American Royal Court
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $5,300.00
Grand Champion: Rick's Racks (350.8456) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Swine-O-Licious BBQ
Entries
Top score
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Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 1–2: WRECKING CREW BBQ and Damn Fine Beef & Swine tied on 175.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: MEAT'S MY MISTRESS and Furlongs Smoke & Seafood tied on 167.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: Furlongs Smoke & Seafood edged HESSHOGS by 0.0116.
🃏 An upset on the books
RICK'S RACKS came in rated below the field's top team, Damn Fine Beef & Swine, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 32-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-25 ← this one | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 25 | 350.8456 | Rick's Racks | — |
| 2023-03-24 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 37 | 348.5372 | Big Racks BBQ | — |
| 2024-03-22 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 31 | 357.7028 | Bad Influence BBQ - MO | — |
| 2025-03-21 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 33 | 353.7028 | Too Sauced BBQ | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 33 | 353.1084 | Dawgs BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 174.8572 | 169.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 175.4056 | 169.7028 | 165.1200 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
25 entries · top 350.8456 · median 330.8112
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 2 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 3 | The Smokin Goat | |
| 4 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 5 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | |
| 6 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 7 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 8 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 9 | HESSHOGS | |
| 10 | Shmack Q | |
| 11 | Barnards Backyard Barbeque | |
| 12 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS | |
| 13 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 14 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 15 | TWISTED-Q | |
| 16 | BABSLAB BBQ | |
| 17 | Notch 9 | |
| 18 | Whole Smoke BBQ | |
| 19 | Fine As* Swine BBQ | |
| 20 | Pay Heed BBQ | |
| 21 | Bald Guy Barbecue | |
| 22 | Gentlemen of the Woods | |
| 23 | Smoke This - Drinlk That | |
| 24 | Papa Bears KC Barbecue | |
| 25 | Still Smokin |
Chicken
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | |
| 2 | Shmack Q | |
| 3 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 4 | The Smokin Goat | |
| 5 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 6 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 7 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 8 | HESSHOGS | |
| 9 | BABSLAB BBQ | |
| 10 | Barnards Backyard Barbeque | |
| 11 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 12 | Notch 9 | |
| 13 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 14 | TWISTED-Q | |
| 15 | Whole Smoke BBQ | |
| 16 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS | |
| 17 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 18 | Bald Guy Barbecue | |
| 19 | Fine As* Swine BBQ | |
| 20 | Pay Heed BBQ | |
| 21 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 22 | Gentlemen of the Woods | |
| 23 | Smoke This - Drinlk That | |
| 24 | Still Smokin | |
| 25 | Papa Bears KC Barbecue |
Pork Ribs
25 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 2 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 3 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 4 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 5 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 6 | The Smokin Goat | |
| 7 | BULL IN THE RING | |
| 8 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS | |
| 9 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 10 | HESSHOGS | |
| 11 | Barnards Backyard Barbeque | |
| 12 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | |
| 13 | Fine As* Swine BBQ | |
| 14 | TWISTED-Q | |
| 15 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 16 | Whole Smoke BBQ | |
| 17 | Notch 9 | |
| 18 | Gentlemen of the Woods | |
| 19 | BABSLAB BBQ | |
| 20 | Pay Heed BBQ | |
| 21 | Shmack Q | |
| 22 | Smoke This - Drinlk That | |
| 23 | Bald Guy Barbecue | |
| 24 | Papa Bears KC Barbecue | |
| 25 | Still Smokin |