4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL

Nov 12–13, 2022 · Gadsden, AL · 📍 1600 Noccalula Rd

Reps: Bob McKinnon, Janet Appleton, Karen Jane Williams, Ralph Williams, Sam Appleton, Terri McKinnon

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SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS

708.5372 · Master Series — Overall

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Organizer Portal

706.2632 · Master Series — Overall

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TEDDY CAMP

705.6916 · Master Series — Overall

SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS won Grand Champion at the 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL on November 12, 2022 in Gadsden, AL at 1600 Noccalula Rd, scoring 708.5372 in a field of 61 teams. Organizer Portal took Reserve Grand Champion with 706.2632. Category winners: Chicken — TOP GUN BARBECUE (180.0000); Pork Ribs — TEDDY CAMP (180.0000); Pork — SWEET SWINE O'MINE (180.0000); Brisket — ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (180.0000).

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

658.69 median 689.61 708.54 🏆

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

Chicken 180 🔥
Pork Ribs 180 🔥
Pork 180 🔥
Brisket 180 🔥

154.78 180

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

708.5372

Winning margin

2.2740

GC over RC

Field average

688.89

658.69708.54

median 689.61 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

14 🔥

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN (Brisket), PROUD SOULS BARBECUE (Brisket), Fergolicious BBQ (Brisket) + 11 more

Tightest race

Chicken

0 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

701.0972

658.69708.54

10th place overall

Field spread

49.8512

winner to last place

Most consistent

SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS

avg finish 12.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

How hot was the win?

Top 6%

beats 94% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data

Storylines (5 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.

Won without a category win

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 3 calls from 4 boards, best of them 5th. Consistency beat fireworks.

Chicken 10th
Pork Ribs 7th
Pork 5th
Brisket 29th

A day of perfect scores

14 perfect 180s

14 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN · Brisket
PROUD SOULS BARBECUE · Brisket
Fergolicious BBQ · Brisket

A knife fight at the top

4.5372 points across the top five

First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5372 points.

1st SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS
2nd Organizer Portal
3rd TEDDY CAMP
4th Fergolicious BBQ
5th JANKY LEG BBQ

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 27 calls decided inside half a point

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.

Chicken 1–2 · tie
Chicken 2–3 · tie
Chicken 3–4 · tie
Chicken 4–5 · tie

One of the big ones

61 teams on the grounds

Bigger than 92% of the 5,462 contests in the data

61 teams — bigger than 92% of the 5,462 contests in the data.

In the record book (2 in the KCBS record book)

What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.

#7 🎤 Toughest room to get a call in 701.0972 the score 10th overall took · 61 teams · won with 708.5372 · Nov 12, 2022
#9 🎆 Most perfect 180s at one contest 14 180s handed out in a day · shared by 13 teams in a field of 61 · Nov 12, 2022

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180	180	177.7144
Pork Ribs	180	178.8572	177.7144
Pork	180	178.8572	177.7028
Brisket	180	178.8572	177.1544

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

61 entries · top 708.5372 · median 689.6112

#	Team	Score
1	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	708.5372
2	Organizer Portal	706.2632
3	TEDDY CAMP	705.6916
4	Fergolicious BBQ	704.5488
5	JANKY LEG BBQ	704
6	GETTIN' BASTED	703.4172
7	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	702.8116
8	Heavy Smoke BBQ	702.8000
9	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	701.6572
10	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	701.0972
11	WEQ4U	700.4912
12	SLAPS BBQ	699.9428
13	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	698.8116
14	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	698.8000
15	TOP GUN BARBECUE	698.2172
16	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	698.2056
17	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	697.6916
18	Kings BBQ Team	697.0976
19	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	697.0628
20	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	697.0628
21	UNDER THE RADAR	696.4912
22	HOT COLE'S BBQ	695.9200
23	WOOD HOOK BBQ	695.9084
24	SmokinGhost BBQ	694.7656
25	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	694.1940
26	iBQ'n	693.6340
27	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	691.3484
28	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	691.3372
29	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	690.7656
30	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	690.1940
31	STEWBABYS BBQ	689.6112
32	Kith n' Kin	689.6112
33	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	689.0516
34	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	687.3256
35	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	686.8000
36	4 LEGS UP BBQ	686.7656
37	COMING IN HOT STL	685.6000
38	TINY E BBQ	685.0400
39	Bushmaster BBQ	685.0284
40	CHUNKY BBQ	684.4684
41	TRIPLE H BBQ	684.4456
42	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	684.4340
43	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	683.9200
44	LC BBQ	683.8856
45	QUE U	683.3372
46	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	683.3256
47	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	681.0400
48	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	680.9940
49	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	680.4800
50	ALE YEAH BBQ	679.9432
51	RUSTY PIG BBQ	677.6000
52	RUB MY RACK	675.8628
53	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	675.2912
54	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	674.1828
55	FALLOUT BBQ	673.0168
56	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	671.3372
57	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	668.9944
58	QUENUT BBQ	666.1944
59	Rankin County BBQ Company	664.4232
60	WHAT THE PORK?	662.6972
61	JR RIBS	658.6860

Chicken

61 entries · top 180 · median 174.2628 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	TOP GUN BARBECUE	180 🔥
2	WEQ4U	180 🔥
3	COMING IN HOT STL	180 🔥
4	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	180 🔥
5	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	180 🔥
6	TEDDY CAMP	178.8572
7	Organizer Portal	178.8572
8	iBQ'n	178.8572
9	Kings BBQ Team	178.8572
10	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	177.7144
11	GETTIN' BASTED	177.7144
12	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	177.7028
13	JANKY LEG BBQ	177.7028
14	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	177.7028
15	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	176.5600
16	STEWBABYS BBQ	176.5600
17	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	176.5600
18	SLAPS BBQ	176.5600
19	UNDER THE RADAR	176.5600
20	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	176.5600
21	Fergolicious BBQ	176
22	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	176
23	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	175.4172
24	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	175.4172
25	TINY E BBQ	175.4172
26	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	175.4056
27	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	174.2744
28	Kith n' Kin	174.2628
29	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	174.2628
30	Heavy Smoke BBQ	174.2628
31	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	174.2628
32	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	173.1084
33	HOT COLE'S BBQ	173.1084
34	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	173.1084
35	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	171.9772
36	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	171.9772
37	ALE YEAH BBQ	171.9772
38	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	171.9656
39	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	170.8344
40	Rankin County BBQ Company	170.8344
41	QUE U	170.8228
42	Bushmaster BBQ	170.8228
43	FALLOUT BBQ	170.8228
44	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	170.2744
45	4 LEGS UP BBQ	169.6800
46	CHUNKY BBQ	168.5372
47	SmokinGhost BBQ	168.5372
48	TRIPLE H BBQ	168.5256
49	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	168.5256
50	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	168.5256
51	WOOD HOOK BBQ	168.5256
52	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	167.3828
53	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	166.2972
54	LC BBQ	166.2400
55	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	165.6800
56	RUSTY PIG BBQ	163.9544
57	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	163.9428
58	QUENUT BBQ	162.8688
59	JR RIBS	161.6572
60	WHAT THE PORK?	159.9544
61	RUB MY RACK	159.9428

Pork Ribs

61 entries · top 180 · median 173.1084 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	TEDDY CAMP	180 🔥
2	WOOD HOOK BBQ	180 🔥
3	TRIPLE H BBQ	178.8572
4	Heavy Smoke BBQ	178.8572
5	4 LEGS UP BBQ	178.8572
6	SLAPS BBQ	178.8572
7	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	178.8572
8	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	177.7144
9	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	177.7144
10	Organizer Portal	177.7144
11	LC BBQ	177.7028
12	QUENUT BBQ	177.7028
13	WEQ4U	177.7028
14	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	177.1428
15	QUE U	176.5716
16	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	176.0116
17	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	175.4172
18	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	175.4172
19	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	175.4172
20	FALLOUT BBQ	175.4056
21	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	174.8572
22	TOP GUN BARBECUE	174.2860
23	GETTIN' BASTED	174.2856
24	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	174.2744
25	iBQ'n	174.2628
26	SmokinGhost BBQ	174.2628
27	JANKY LEG BBQ	173.7144
28	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	173.1316
29	UNDER THE RADAR	173.1200
30	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	173.1200
31	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	173.1084
32	Kith n' Kin	171.9772
33	Bushmaster BBQ	171.9772
34	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	171.9656
35	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	171.4288
36	JR RIBS	171.4288
37	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	171.4288
38	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	171.4056
39	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	170.8344
40	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	170.8344
41	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	170.8228
42	CHUNKY BBQ	170.2628
43	HOT COLE'S BBQ	169.6800
44	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	169.6800
45	COMING IN HOT STL	169.6800
46	Fergolicious BBQ	168.5488
47	STEWBABYS BBQ	168.5256
48	ALE YEAH BBQ	167.9772
49	RUSTY PIG BBQ	167.4172
50	Rankin County BBQ Company	167.3828
51	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	166.8344
52	Kings BBQ Team	166.2516
53	WHAT THE PORK?	166.2400
54	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	165.6800
55	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	165.6800
56	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	165.0972
57	RUB MY RACK	165.0972
58	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	165.0856
59	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	163.9428
60	TINY E BBQ	163.9428
61	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	160.5144

Pork

61 entries · top 180 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	180 🔥
2	Fergolicious BBQ	180 🔥
3	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	180 🔥
4	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	178.8572
5	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	178.8572
6	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	178.8572
7	JANKY LEG BBQ	177.7372
8	Kings BBQ Team	177.7144
9	HOT COLE'S BBQ	177.7144
10	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	177.7028
11	GETTIN' BASTED	176.5716
12	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	176.5716
13	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	176.5600
14	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	176.5600
15	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	176.5600
16	Bushmaster BBQ	176
17	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	175.4056
18	iBQ'n	174.8456
19	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	174.2744
20	WEQ4U	174.2628
21	SmokinGhost BBQ	174.2628
22	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	174.2628
23	RUSTY PIG BBQ	174.2628
24	STEWBABYS BBQ	173.1200
25	Heavy Smoke BBQ	173.1200
26	CHUNKY BBQ	173.1200
27	RUB MY RACK	173.1200
28	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	173.1200
29	LC BBQ	172.5600
30	WOOD HOOK BBQ	171.9656
31	SLAPS BBQ	171.9656
32	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	171.9656
33	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	171.9656
34	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	171.9656
35	WHAT THE PORK?	170.8344
36	Rankin County BBQ Company	170.8344
37	Organizer Portal	170.8344
38	TRIPLE H BBQ	170.8228
39	TEDDY CAMP	170.2744
40	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	170.2628
41	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	169.7028
42	FALLOUT BBQ	169.6684
43	UNDER THE RADAR	169.6684
44	ALE YEAH BBQ	168.5716
45	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	168.5372
46	TINY E BBQ	168.5256
47	TOP GUN BARBECUE	168.5256
48	4 LEGS UP BBQ	167.9772
49	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	167.9772
50	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	167.9656
51	Kith n' Kin	167.9656
52	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	167.3828
53	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	166.8228
54	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	166.8228
55	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	166.2284
56	QUE U	165.6800
57	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	165.6800
58	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	163.9772
59	COMING IN HOT STL	163.9428
60	JR RIBS	160.5028
61	QUENUT BBQ	154.7772

Brisket

61 entries · top 180 · median 172.5600 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	ROOTERS-N-TOOTERS TN	180 🔥
2	PROUD SOULS BARBECUE	180 🔥
3	Fergolicious BBQ	180 🔥
4	WOLF'S REVENGE BBQ	180 🔥
5	Organizer Portal	178.8572
6	THE REAL SMOKIN ACES	177.7144
7	SmokinGhost BBQ	177.7028
8	RUB MY RACK	177.7028
9	Damn Fine Beef & Swine	177.7028
10	TINY E BBQ	177.1544
11	UNDER THE RADAR	177.1428
12	TEDDY CAMP	176.5600
13	Heavy Smoke BBQ	176.5600
14	CONTINENTAL BARBEQUE CO.	175.4172
15	HOT COLE'S BBQ	175.4172
16	WOOD HOOK BBQ	175.4172
17	BAD AZZ MULE BBQ	175.4056
18	MUTTLEY CREW BBQ	175.4056
19	Kith n' Kin	175.4056
20	TOP GUN BARBECUE	175.4056
21	LOCAL YOKELS BBQ	174.8456
22	GETTIN' BASTED	174.8456
23	JANKY LEG BBQ	174.8456
24	Kings BBQ Team	174.2744
25	SCUFFLETOWN SMOKERS	174.2628
26	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	174.2628
27	KEEP CALM & SAUCE ON	174.2628
28	SMOKING BUTT HEADS	173.1200
29	SMOKIN' SWEETMEATS	173.1084
30	FINGER LEIKAM GOOD	173.1084
31	MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ	172.5600
32	SLAPS BBQ	172.5600
33	CHUNKY BBQ	172.5484
34	COMING IN HOT STL	171.9772
35	RUSTY PIG BBQ	171.9656
36	CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	171.4172
37	ALE YEAH BBQ	171.4172
38	STEWBABYS BBQ	171.4056
39	QUENUT BBQ	170.8456
40	SMOKIN TIMBERS BBQ	170.8228
41	GOOD GOOGLY GOO BBQ	170.8112
42	QUE U	170.2628
43	4 LEGS UP BBQ	170.2512
44	THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE	169.6800
45	UNCLE FEOL'S TENNESSEE STYLE BBQ	168.5828
46	WEQ4U	168.5256
47	TEXAS SMOKE WHISPERER	168.5256
48	SWEET SWINE O'MINE	167.4172
49	LC BBQ	167.3828
50	BAD ROOSTER BBQ	166.2628
51	TRIPLE H BBQ	166.2400
52	Bushmaster BBQ	166.2284
53	UNCLE PIG'S BARBEQUE PIT	166.2284
54	SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	166.2284
55	WHAT THE PORK?	165.6684
56	iBQ'n	165.6684
57	JR RIBS	165.0972
58	PHILLY BLIND PIG BBQ	161.0972
59	SMOKIN' AIN'T EZ	158.8000
60	FALLOUT BBQ	157.1200
61	Rankin County BBQ Company	155.3716

4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

How the meats cooked

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Most consistent

Double threats

How hot was the win?

Storylines (5 found in this contest's numbers)

Won without a category win

A day of perfect scores

A knife fight at the top

Photo finishes

One of the big ones

In the record book (2 in the KCBS record book)

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

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket