American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Kansas City, KS — every tracked edition of this contest.
Editions
4
3 with results
Typical draw
486
teams · biggest 505
Purse listed
$205K
across all editions
State championship
3 🏅
editions carried the title
Record book — 1 held (1 in the KCBS record book)
Where this contest stands in the all-time KCBS record book, counting every edition of it together.
The dynasty board (Grand Championships here)
- 🏆 JANKY LEG BBQ — 1 win (2023)
- 🏆 QUE U — 1 win (2022)
- 🏆 LAST CALL HEROES BBQ — 1 win (2021)
Course records (best score ever posted here)
| Category | Score | Team | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall (Master) | 709.1428 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | Sep 16, 2021 |
| Chicken | 180 🔥 | LAZY BACON BBQ | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 🔥 | SMOKIN' OUTLAWS | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Pork | 180 🔥 | WOOD HOOK BBQ | Sep 27, 2023 |
| Brisket | 180 🔥 | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | Sep 27, 2023 |
Most successful here (overall standings across editions)
| Team | Editions | GCs | Top-10s | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 10% |
| JANKY LEG BBQ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 13% |
| LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 15% |
| QUE U | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | top 9% |
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | top 7% |
| DIRT ROAD BBQ | 3 | 0 | 2 | 4 | top 8% |
| 913 BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | top 27% |
| CHICKEN FRIED BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | top 23% |
| GETTIN' BASTED | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | top 2% |
| LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | top 8% |
| MAN MEAT BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | top 11% |
| MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | top 29% |
| RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | top 28% |
| SLAPS BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 | top 11% |
| Smoke Central BBQ | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | top 17% |
Edition by edition (field size and high score)
Every edition
| Date | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | — | — | — | — | — | $68,425 |
| Sep 27, 2023 🏅 | Kansas City, KS 66111 | 487 | 705.1200 | JANKY LEG BBQ | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | $75,940 |
| Sep 29, 2022 🏅 | Kansas City, KS 66111 | 505 | 707.4056 | QUE U | LOOT N' BOOTY BBQ | — |
| Sep 16, 2021 🏅 | Kansas Speedway | 467 | 709.1428 | LAST CALL HEROES BBQ | HOGLINE | $60,910 |