American Royal World Series of Barbecue Steak Cook-Off
2022-03-25 – 2022-03-26 · Kansas City, MO · 📍 1701 American Royal Court
Reps: LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH · Prize money: $2,000.00
Grand Champion: Go Ham BBQ (173.1544) · 11 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Breaking Slabs BBQ
Entries
11
0 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
173.1544
Winning margin
4.0344
GC over RC
Field average
148.76
median 160.51
Perfect 180s
0
Top-10 cutoff
145.7256
10th place overall
Field spread
153.1544
winner to last place
Prize money
$2,000.00
on the line
Traveled in
36%
of the 11 teams with a home region came from outside MO
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.54 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1518
avg power rating going in · stronger than 23% of contests
Storylines
👑 A dynasty in the making
Go Ham BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 5 tracked editions.
🃏 An upset on the books
Go Ham BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Happy Grillmore, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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 | 11 | 173.1544 | Go Ham BBQ | — |
| 2023-03-24 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | — | — | — | — |
| 2024-03-22 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | 10 | 180.0000 | Go Ham BBQ | — |
| 2025-03-21 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | — | — | — | — |
| 2026-03-20 | Kansas City, MO | 1701 American Royal Court | — | — | — | — |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Grilling Series
Overall
11 entries · top 173.1544 · median 160.5140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 2 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 3 | TWISTED-Q | |
| 4 | Smoke This - Drink That | |
| 5 | GRILLAS | |
| 6 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 7 | Smokesdidier BBQ | |
| 8 | Notch 9 | |
| 9 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 10 | B&C BBQ | |
| 11 | Papa Bears KC Barbecue |
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.
Grilling Series — Steak
11 entries · top 173.1544 · median 160.5140
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 2 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 3 | TWISTED-Q | |
| 4 | Smoke This - Drink That | |
| 5 | GRILLAS | |
| 6 | Happy Grillmore | |
| 7 | Smokesdidier BBQ | |
| 8 | Notch 9 | |
| 9 | RICK'S RACKS | |
| 10 | B&C BBQ | |
| 11 | Papa Bears KC Barbecue |