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Day: December 17, 2024

The winners of the American Royal Invitational earned a perfect score

The Prairie Fresh Pig Out at this year’s American Royal World Series of Barbecue featured a rib-eating contest where participants had five minutes to eat as many Prairie Fresh ribs as possible. The ribs were prepared by the U.S. Coast Guard’s competition BBQ team. The event was hosted by the sibling duo, Brad Orrison and Brooke Orrison Lewis, from The Shed Barbecue and Blues Joint in Ocean Springs, Mississippi. This year’s winner was Zayne Wood from Spring, Texas, who beat five other contestants from Texas, Missouri and Kansas. Photography by Zach Bauman.

Perfection at the World Series level isn’t easy to achieve, whether you’re pitching baseballs or smoking ribs. But Hot Daddy’s BBQ, a team from Grasston, Minnesota, earned a perfect score of 180 points for their ribs and went on to be named Grand Champion of the American Royal Invitational, aka the World Series of Barbecue.… Continue reading The winners of the American Royal Invitational earned a perfect score