5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD 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: Wrecking Crew BBQ (354.8572) · 29 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 T Daddys BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5828 points — closer than 87% of every championship in the data.
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Wrecking Crew BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MN.
🔥 A day of perfect scores
6 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1609 power rating going in — stronger than 94% of every contest tracked.
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 | 177.7144 | 176.0116 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 178.8572 | 176.0000 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
29 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |
Pork Ribs
29 entries · top 180.0000 · 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 |