5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN
2023-08-11 – 2023-08-12 · Mayetta, KS · 📍 Prairie Band Casino RV Park
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, CAROLYN WELLS, DAVE ROGERS, LARRY HADLEY, LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH, PEG ROGERS, RICH TUTTLE
Grand Champion: Smoked & Furious (717.7144) · 90 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 MAN MEAT BBQ
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
🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
🧹 A double category winner
Smoked & Furious won Chicken, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: SLAPS BBQ and Damn Fine Beef & Swine tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: Smokey Bees BBQ - MS and Smoke Buster MO tied on 178.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: AMERICAN FIRE BBQ and Lucky Shoes BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1635 power rating going in — stronger than 98% of every contest tracked.
🃏 An upset on the books
Smoked & Furious came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-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 | 178.2972 | 177.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 178.8572 | 176.5716 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 176.5716 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.7028 | 176.0000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
90 entries · top 717.7144 · median 685.0456
Chicken
90 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
90 entries · top 179.4400 · median 171.9830
Pork
90 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
90 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.9828 · 🔥 perfect 180
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 — 360 Vodka Cocktail Contest
42 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big Daddy and the Butt Rubbers | |
| 2 | ALL FORKED UP FOR Q | |
| 3 | ALL FIRED UP BBQ | |
| 4 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 5 | HESSHOGS | |
| 6 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 7 | Mercer BBQ | |
| 8 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 10 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 11 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 12 | Hicks from the Sticks BBQ | |
| 13 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 14 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 16 | Dr. Squealgood BBQ | |
| 17 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 18 | Ahh Townley BBQ | |
| 19 | Cooters N Smoke | |
| 20 | Q66 | |
| 21 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 22 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 23 | COMING IN HOT STL | |
| 24 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 25 | Brisket Butts | |
| 26 | Shark Q | |
| 27 | JANKY LEG BBQ | |
| 28 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 29 | Barking Dog BBQ | |
| 30 | HEIFERS, BUTTS, & CLUCKS BBQ | |
| 31 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 32 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 33 | TRIPLE H BBQ | |
| 34 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 35 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 36 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 37 | Cameron Q | |
| 38 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 39 | CAMP RUN AMUK BBQ | |
| 40 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 41 | KC MEAT SWEATS | |
| 42 | Leaning Jowler BBQ |
Turkey Smoke Series — Turkey Smoke
50 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.4228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PIGGIN' WHISKEY | |
| 2 | SONS OF A BRISKET | |
| 3 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 4 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS | |
| 5 | Q66 | |
| 6 | MEAT RUSHMORE BBQ | |
| 7 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | |
| 8 | FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | |
| 9 | Hillbilly Style BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 11 | Summa Dat Que | |
| 12 | M Squared Smokin' Q | |
| 13 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 14 | BEER DART BBQ | |
| 15 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 17 | MAN MEAT BBQ | |
| 18 | ALL FIRED UP BBQ | |
| 19 | Brisket Butts | |
| 20 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 21 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 22 | Mercer BBQ | |
| 23 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 24 | MAD MUTT'S BBQ | |
| 25 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 26 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 27 | Damn Yankee Texas Barbeque | |
| 28 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 29 | RUB MY RACK | |
| 30 | TOPEKA BBQ SHOP | |
| 31 | Hicks from the Sticks BBQ | |
| 32 | LC BBQ | |
| 33 | Brinkerhoff BBQ | |
| 34 | COMING IN HOT STL | |
| 35 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 36 | Cooters N Smoke | |
| 37 | AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW | |
| 38 | THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE | |
| 39 | Damn It's Good BBQ | |
| 40 | PETIE'S SMOKIN PITS BBQ | |
| 41 | PIRATES OF BAR-B-QUE BAY | |
| 42 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 43 | HESSHOGS | |
| 44 | T-Dawg BBQ | |
| 45 | Shark Q | |
| 46 | UP FROM THE PITS BBQ | |
| 47 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 48 | Ahh Townley BBQ | |
| 49 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 50 | COCAMOKE SMOKE BBQ |