A day of perfect scores
27
perfect 180s
27 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
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American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES 2022
Oct 1, 2022 · Kansas City, KS
Reps: Julie Cook
The American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES 2022 is a Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) sanctioned barbecue contest held on October 1, 2022 in Kansas City, KS. This is the 1st of 5 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2023.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
Entries
276
6 side categories, no meats
Top score
179.4400
Winning margin
1.1428
1st over 2nd in Beans
Field average
165.53
Beans · median 166.26 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
27 🔥
Tightest race
Ancillary — Desserts
0 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
176.6172
10th place in Beans
Field spread
41.7372
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 14%
beats 86% of 78 beans wins in the data
Storylines (1 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per category)
Score distribution
This contest over the years full contest page →
No edition of this contest has results on file yet, so there is nothing to compare across the years: these are the dates it has run.
| Date | Where | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2022 ← this one | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 6611 |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas City, KS 66111 |
| Oct 30, 2024 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway |
| Nov 5, 2025 | Kansas City, KS | Kansas Speedway |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Kansas City, KS | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancillary — Beans | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 176.6172 |
| Ancillary — Desserts | 180 | 180 | 180 |
| Ancillary — Potatoes | 180 | 180 | 178.8800 |
| Ancillary — Sausage | 180 | 177.7144 | 177.1772 |
| Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke | 179.4400 | 178.3200 | 177.1428 |
| Ancillary — Vegetables | 179.4400 | 177.7028 | 176.0344 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Ancillary categories
This contest judged side dishes only — no meats and no overall — so these boards are the contest, and the figures and charts above are read off them.
Ancillary — Beans
191 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2628
Ancillary — Desserts
169 entries · top 180 · median 174.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Potatoes
171 entries · top 180 · median 168.0456 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary — Sausage
276 entries · top 180 · median 166.8112 · 🔥 perfect 180
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
229 entries · top 179.4400 · median 168.5372
Ancillary — Vegetables
155 entries · top 179.4400 · median 167.9656