5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL
2023-08-12 – 2023-08-13 · 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: Man Meat BBQ (708.5256) · 62 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 JANKY LEG 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
8 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: MAN MEAT BBQ and GETTIN' BASTED tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 3–4: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and Heavy Smoke BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Heavy Smoke BBQ and SONS OF A BRISKET tied on 178.8572 — 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
MAN MEAT BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 26-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 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 177.7372 | 176.5600 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 176.5600 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 177.7028 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
62 entries · top 708.5256 · median 693.9374
Chicken
62 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
62 entries · top 178.8572 · median 173.1200
Pork
62 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
62 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.4114 · 🔥 perfect 180