4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN
2022-11-11 – 2022-11-12 · Gadsden, AL · 📍 1600 Noccalula Rd
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, CAROL BIGLER, JANET APPLETON, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS, RANDY G BIGLER, SAM APPLETON, TERRI MCKINNON
Grand Champion: Cocamoke Smoke BBQ (702.2516) · 91 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WEQ4U
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ took the Grand Championship home to TN.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: MUTTLEY CREW BBQ and Jonesy Q tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Jonesy Q and Kith n' Kin tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: Kith n' Kin and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1644 power rating going in — stronger than 99% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 9-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 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 | 176.5716 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 177.7144 | 175.4288 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 175.4056 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
91 entries · top 702.2516 · median 678.1600
Chicken
91 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
Pork Ribs
91 entries · top 179.4400 · median 169.1200
Pork
91 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6916 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
91 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.5488 · 🔥 perfect 180
Other
Overall
11 entries · top 176.5828 · median 174.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ham Squad | |
| 2 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 3 | RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ | |
| 4 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 5 | Jury's Out | |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 7 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 8 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 9 | Jonesy Q | |
| 10 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 11 | HESSHOGS |
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.
Ancillary — Cocktail
49 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180
Other — Kcbs National Steak
11 entries · top 176.5828 · median 174.2628
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ham Squad | |
| 2 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 3 | WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ | |
| 4 | RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ | |
| 5 | Jury's Out | |
| 6 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 7 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 8 | BAD ROOSTER BBQ | |
| 9 | Jonesy Q | |
| 10 | Dixie Pigs & Chick's BBQ Team | |
| 11 | HESSHOGS |
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
68 entries · top 180.0000 · median 168.2570 · 🔥 perfect 180