Aug 12–13, 2023 · Mayetta, KS · 📍 Prairie Band Casino RV Park
Reps: Bunny Tuttle, Carolyn Wells, Dave Rogers, Larry Hadley, Larry Voth, Lynda Voth, Peg Rogers, Rich Tuttle
WRECKING CREW BBQ won Grand Champion at the 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL on August 12, 2023 in Mayetta, KS at Prairie Band Casino RV Park, scoring 354.8572 in a field of 29 teams. T Daddys BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 354.2744. Category winners: Chicken — Smokey Bees BBQ - MS (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Swine-O-Licious BBQ (180.0000).
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Closer than 85% of the 612 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 85% of every championship in the data.
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 1.7372 points — 3 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 1–2: Smokey Bees BBQ - MS and Fluffy Butt BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 2–3: Fluffy Butt BBQ and Compete BBQ Team tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ and WRECKING CREW BBQ tied on 177.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 177.7144 | 176.0116 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 178.8572 | 176 |
29 entries · top 354.8572 · median 345.1320
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 2 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 3 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | |
| 4 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 5 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 6 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 7 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 8 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 9 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 10 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 11 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 12 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 13 | HESSHOGS | |
| 14 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 15 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 17 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 18 | Hicks from the Sticks BBQ | |
| 19 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 20 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 21 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 22 | Shmack Q | |
| 23 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 24 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 25 | Sugar Shack | |
| 26 | NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' | |
| 27 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 28 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS | |
| 29 | Cameron Q |
29 entries · top 180 · median 173.1428 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 2 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | |
| 3 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 4 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 5 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 6 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 7 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 8 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 9 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 10 | Hicks from the Sticks BBQ | |
| 11 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 12 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 13 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 14 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 15 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 16 | Shmack Q | |
| 17 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 18 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 19 | NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' | |
| 20 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 21 | HESSHOGS | |
| 22 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 23 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 24 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 25 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 26 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 27 | Sugar Shack | |
| 28 | Cameron Q | |
| 29 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS |
29 entries · top 180 · median 171.9772 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swine-O-Licious BBQ | |
| 2 | T Daddys BBQ | |
| 3 | Stone Cold Grillers | |
| 4 | HESSHOGS | |
| 5 | POOR BOYS BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 7 | WRECKING CREW BBQ | |
| 8 | Breaking Slabs BBQ | |
| 9 | Too Sauced BBQ | |
| 10 | Sugar Shack | |
| 11 | Leaning Jowler BBQ | |
| 12 | Fluffy Butt BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Reds Backyard BBQ | |
| 14 | Secondhand Smoke | |
| 15 | Furlongs Smoke & Seafood | |
| 16 | WEEZ'S GROOVIN' BBQ | |
| 17 | PUCKDADDY'S KILLER Q | |
| 18 | Smokey Bees BBQ - MS | |
| 19 | Lucky Shoes BBQ | |
| 20 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 21 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 22 | Shmack Q | |
| 23 | Hicks from the Sticks BBQ | |
| 24 | MEAT'S MY MISTRESS | |
| 25 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 26 | NO LOOKIN' COOKIN' | |
| 27 | Big Ten Bones | |
| 28 | Compete BBQ Team | |
| 29 | Cameron Q |