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Region Face-Off

Every state, province and country, head to head — 3737 contests across 88 regions, and who leads the sport on every measure. Data grows nightly.

Most contests

Missouri · 320 all-time

Most teams competing

Kansas · 3055 distinct teams

Most home teams

Kansas · 2376 teams based there

Deepest fields

Kansas · avg 62 teams per contest

Hottest winning scores

Arkansas · 704.61 avg winning score

Toughest judges

Canada
159.62 avg category score

Most perfect 180s

Kansas · 909 scored 🔥

Best 180 rate

Tennessee · 28.7 per 1,000 entries

Busiest this season

Missouri · 33 contests in 2026

Most on the calendar

Missouri · 22 upcoming contests

Home of the record score

California · 718.8572 · B' Mackin BBQ

Biggest single field

Kansas · 505 teams · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST

US states, Canadian provinces and whole countries all count as regions here. Rate-based crowns (deepest fields, winning scores, toughest judges, 180 rate) require a minimum body of results, so a region can't take one on a single hot weekend. Click a region for its record book.

Most contests (top 15, all-time)

Most teams competing (top 15, distinct teams)

Where winning takes the most (avg winning score, 4-meat contests, min 10 scored)

Perfect-180 rate (180s per 1,000 entries, min 500 entries)

The race over time (contests per season — six busiest regions)

When each region cooks (contests by month, all seasons — six busiest regions)

The full table (every region, every measure)

Click a column heading to re-sort; click a region for its full record book. "180s /1k" is perfect scores per 1,000 category entries.

RegionContestsScored2026Upcoming TeamsHomeAvg fieldAvg winBest 180s180s /1kReps
Missouri MO 320 207 33 22 2228 1586 28 697.39 715.43 416 18.6 37
Kansas KS 266 185 29 18 3055 2376 62 701.16 717.71 909 16.8 39
Georgia GA 178 81 9 3 1374 1043 37 660.61 712.58 284 18.1 18
Alabama AL 160 130 12 6 1568 1208 28 634.64 714.26 248 18.2 22
Illinois IL 144 92 14 11 1053 730 30 683.14 714.26 78 7.6 22
California CA 140 96 11 7 928 843 27 693.96 718.86 160 14.6 11
Tennessee TN 126 101 19 4 1564 808 45 675.94 714.26 520 28.7 38
Indiana IN 120 68 8 4 623 411 32 686.58 716.00 114 13.7 20
Virginia VA 115 93 11 3 597 317 26 663.95 712.56 133 12.5 13
North Carolina NC 101 74 5 3 552 335 29 697.17 712.56 93 10.1 16
Wisconsin WI 98 76 10 4 764 494 30 694.13 710.85 45 5 18
Oklahoma OK 95 71 2 2 735 417 29 690.26 713.14 166 19.3 17
Iowa IA 93 66 13 8 596 337 29 694.23 709.70 58 7.6 21
Pennsylvania PA 87 64 14 6 626 373 31 690.28 711.97 91 9 17
Italy country 71 51 18 6 242 81 18 693.05 709.12 41 15.4 5
Florida FL 70 43 13 4 1148 929 33 695.54 714.86 172 17.6 22
Minnesota MN 68 52 8 5 519 333 32 695.97 701.67 14 2.3 17
New Jersey NJ 67 62 9 5 462 282 28 695.72 710.83 58 7.5 11
Australia country 66 44 3 0 242 0 15 672.60 698.30 4 1.6 7
Texas TX 61 45 4 3 1486 1263 49 690.80 713.17 63 6.9 13
Arkansas AR 56 35 1 2 536 312 30 704.61 717.70 98 22.5 19
Colorado CO 56 37 2 2 463 346 33 697.30 709.71 41 8.1 8
Austria country 51 40 6 6 126 12 14 691.94 711.98 17 9.4 5
Mississippi MS 51 39 2 2 533 317 26 681.06 714.27 65 15.2 14
Michigan MI 49 38 8 5 365 216 32 693.68 709.14 35 8.3 15
Alberta AB 48 33 11 5 345 321 25 692.82 711.44 22 6 11
Netherlands country 43 34 5 3 180 0 24 689.17 698.78 30 9.4 5
Maryland MD 41 18 3 3 371 202 26 695.51 705.10 19 7.3 11
South Carolina SC 40 27 4 3 356 154 36 700.90 713.12 46 11 15
Ohio OH 37 26 5 1 281 134 25 696.80 705.71 16 5.8 8
South Dakota SD 36 26 3 1 320 177 34 697.68 709.68 19 5.9 18
Massachusetts MA 35 28 4 1 181 88 23 699.39 713.12 22 9.7 14
Belgium country 34 29 2 0 112 0 21 687.95 701.15 13 5 4
Kentucky KY 34 23 3 2 313 147 26 695.32 712.57 50 15.8 17
New York NY 34 22 4 0 267 101 27 695.25 712.58 23 9.8 12
West Virginia WV 33 29 1 0 246 84 17 662.77 709.19 27 10.7 15
Canada country 32 15 2 2 203 0 21 685.91 704.62 2 1.9 13
Nebraska NE 32 22 3 2 275 98 31 699.72 712.57 38 13.7 16
Montana MT 31 23 3 1 254 162 28 701.07 713.15 44 16.6 10
Arizona AZ 29 22 3 2 394 216 39 700.46 708.00 66 17.5 12
Ontario ON 27 14 7 2 119 78 20 688.35 704.58 5 5.2 3
Oregon OR 26 17 2 1 193 124 28 699.51 707.97 41 20.5 2
Connecticut CT 25 23 8 1 194 95 27 700.98 709.11 13 6.3 11
Vermont VT 22 18 3 3 117 39 19 696.49 710.29 11 9 6
Wyoming WY 22 16 2 2 182 76 29 699.10 709.71 20 9.9 7
Costa Rica country 18 14 5 1 110 21 18 688.74 708.02 7 4.9 6
Maine ME 18 14 2 2 254 162 30 693.83 702.83 14 10 10
Utah UT 17 12 1 0 146 55 24 702.46 713.71 20 17.1 6
United Kingdom country 16 11 1 1 72 4 13 680.24 697.13 0 0 2
Alaska AK 15 9 0 0 37 24 8 698.49 710.82 4 18.3 4
Delaware DE 15 11 1 1 178 59 23 693.76 707.41 9 8.8 7
Nevada NV 15 12 3 1 214 64 38 701.49 711.41 43 22.4 5
Washington WA 15 9 4 4 136 76 24 696.27 703.47 12 13.9 6
Hawaii HI 14 7 1 1 35 24 12 699.40 705.12 4 18.9 2
Saskatchewan SK 14 7 1 0 72 25 22 692.14 702.30 5 8.3 4
District of Columbia DC 13 10 2 0 98 32 29 703.59 707.39 27 22.9 3
New Mexico NM 13 6 4 3 106 44 27 702.84 709.73 17 23.9 9
Idaho ID 12 5 3 2 129 65 31 705.94 709.18 8 11.8 6
Louisiana LA 12 6 1 1 177 115 32 702.48 709.12 11 12.7 4
Mexico country 11 2 0 0 38 0 24 670.30 681.17 0 0 8
New Hampshire NH 11 10 0 0 120 21 27 698.12 710.86 7 7 5
Slovenia country 11 8 3 3 53 0 17 698.95 707.98 9 23.4 2
Estonia country 9 7 1 1 47 0 14 684.29 703.39 10 22.6 4
Nova Scotia NS 9 3 1 0 31 13 13 711.99 717.71 10 56.8 6
Germany country 8 6 0 0 104 0 28 686.27 698.85 7 9.8 4
Lithuania country 8 6 1 0 54 47 16 685.21 701.13 2 5.1 8
North Dakota ND 8 5 3 0 98 27 45 699.04 703.45 2 2.8 5
Panama country 8 5 3 1 79 0 24 668.30 680.01 0 0 6
Sweden country 8 4 2 2 49 0 22 687.14 696.00 2 4.7 4
Quebec QC 7 5 1 0 83 47 25 688.45 702.82 1 2 2
Rhode Island RI 7 2 0 0 89 14 43 693.11 694.83 1 2.8 8
British Columbia BC 5 4 0 0 29 17 17 693.69 695.97 3 22.9 4
Brazil country 5 2 2 2 50 0 21 674.87 706.26 4 18.5 4
Finland country 5 2 0 0 28 0 16 689.71 696.06 1 6.3 6
Hungary country 5 2 2 2 22 0 15 703.94 703.94 5 53.8 2
Poland country 5 2 2 0 41 0 19 704.01 707.42 6 29.9 4
Romania country 5 3 1 0 28 0 11 700.37 714.26 5 35.5 4
Croatia country 4 0 3 3 0 0 0 6
Ireland country 4 1 0 0 10 0 10 669.11 669.11 0 0 1
Manitoba MB 4 2 0 0 27 10 15 703.41 703.41 2 18.9 4
New Brunswick NB 3 1 0 0 15 6 15 712.00 712.00 1 13.7 2
Bulgaria country 2 1 0 0 11 0 11 705.68 705.68 1 22.7 2
Denmark country 2 1 0 0 14 0 14 693.14 693.14 0 0 6
Peru country 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Argentina country 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Czech Republic country 1 1 0 0 13 0 13 680.58 680.58 0 0 2
Japan country 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1
Puerto Rico country 1 1 0 0 12 0 12 678.24 678.24 0 0 2

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