4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL
2022-11-12 – 2022-11-13 · Gadsden, AL · 📍 1600 Noccalula Rd
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, JANET APPLETON, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS, SAM APPLETON, TERRI MCKINNON
Grand Champion: Smokin' Sweetmeats (708.5372) · 61 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Organizer Portal
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
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
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS took the Grand Championship home to GA.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
14 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: TOP GUN BARBECUE and WEQ4U tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: WEQ4U and COMING IN HOT STL tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: COMING IN HOT STL and SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1684 power rating going in — stronger than 100% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 19-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 | 180.0000 | 180.0000 | 177.7144 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7144 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.1544 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
61 entries · top 708.5372 · median 689.6112
Chicken
61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
61 entries · top 180.0000 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180