Great River Threshers BBQ Contest (BACKYARD ONLY) (Day 1)
2025-07-11 – 2025-07-12 · Miles, IA · 📍 44 Centennial St.
Reps: PATRICK DILLER · Prize money: $2,500.00
Grand Champion: Chesters Twisted Que (349.7028) · 18 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 SmoQued On Main St
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Backyard Series — Chicken places 6–7: BBQ Pit Bros and Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Chicken places 7–8: Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team and Bramble BBQ tied on 170.8228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Backyard Series — Pork Ribs places 3–4: All Smoked Up BBQ and Chester's Twisted Que tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BBQ Pit Bros (won 2024).
🃏 An upset on the books
Chester's Twisted Que came in rated below the field's top team, Rudes BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-12 | Miles, IA | 44 Centennial St. | 11 | 353.7144 | BBQ Pit Bros | — |
| 2025-07-11 ← this one | Miles, IA | 44 Centennial St. | 18 | 349.7028 | Chesters Twisted Que | — |
| 2025-07-12 | Miles, IA | 44 Centennial St. | 16 | 353.1316 | Bramble BBQ | — |
| 2026-07-17 | Miles, IA | 99 Centennial St. | 27 | 355.4172 | Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team | — |
| 2026-07-18 | Miles, IA | 99 Centennial St. | 28 | 353.7028 | Kick Ash BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Backyard Series — Chicken | 179.4400 | 173.1544 | 169.6800 |
| Backyard Series — Pork Ribs | 175.4056 | 173.1084 | 168.5256 |
| Ancillary — Pork | 177.7372 | 173.1200 | 165.0856 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
18 entries · top 349.7028 · median 339.3772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 2 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 3 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 4 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 5 | Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team | |
| 6 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 7 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 8 | Slingin' Q | |
| 9 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 12 | Family Tradition BBQ | |
| 13 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 14 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 15 | BootsBBQ | |
| 16 | Rural Rumps BBQ | |
| 17 | JK Smokin BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokey Bros BBQ |
Chicken
18 entries · top 179.4400 · median 170.2456
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 2 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 3 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 4 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 5 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 6 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 7 | Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 9 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Family Tradition BBQ | |
| 12 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 13 | Slingin' Q | |
| 14 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 15 | BootsBBQ | |
| 16 | Smokey Bros BBQ | |
| 17 | Rural Rumps BBQ | |
| 18 | JK Smokin BBQ |
Pork Ribs
18 entries · top 175.4056 · median 168.8286
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 2 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 3 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 4 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 5 | Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team | |
| 6 | Slingin' Q | |
| 7 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 8 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 9 | Family Tradition BBQ | |
| 10 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 11 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 12 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 13 | BootsBBQ | |
| 14 | Rural Rumps BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 16 | JK Smokin BBQ | |
| 17 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 18 | Smokey Bros BBQ |
Ancillary
Pork
18 entries · top 177.7372 · median 166.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | E SQUARED BBQ | |
| 2 | DAWGS BBQ | |
| 3 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 4 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 5 | SMOKIN E'S BBQ | |
| 6 | Bramble BBQ | |
| 7 | Must B Smokin' Somethin' BBQ Team | |
| 8 | Rudes BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 10 | Family Tradition BBQ | |
| 11 | BootsBBQ | |
| 12 | Skinny Pig BBQ | |
| 13 | SmoQued On Main St | |
| 14 | Smokey Bros BBQ | |
| 15 | All Smoked Up BBQ | |
| 16 | Slingin' Q | |
| 17 | Rural Rumps BBQ | |
| 18 | JK Smokin BBQ |