Jun 21–22, 2024 · Sioux City, IA · 📍 111 3rd Street
Reps: Alfred T Bowen, Fran Bowen · Prize money: $1,750
East Bow Que won Grand Champion at the Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) on June 21, 2024 in Sioux City, IA at 111 3rd Street, scoring 348.0228 in a field of 17 teams. Hillbilly Smoke BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 345.1200. Category winners: Chicken — Hillbilly Smoke BBQ (175.4172); Pork Ribs — Good Ol Boys BBQ (177.7372). This is the 5th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2023 edition was won by Hillbilly Smoke BBQ; the next was held in 2025.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
East Bow Que came in rated below the field's top team, Big Racks BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was East Bow Que's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 2nd tracked contest.
Pork Ribs places 9–10: Big Racks BBQ edged SMOKEY GQ by 0.0228.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Hillbilly Smoke BBQ (won 2023).
11 of 15 teams from 2023-06-23 came back
11 of the 15 teams that cooked the previous edition came back for this one — a contest people put on the calendar.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd St | 14 | 331.4744 | Ferg A Que | — |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd st | 19 | 338.2972 | Hillbilly Smoke-IA | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ |
| Jun 19, 2021 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd st | 22 | 344.5944 | Go Ham BBQ | — |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 13 | 345.0856 | Good Old Boys BBQ | — |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 15 | 351.4288 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | — |
| Jun 21, 2024 ← this one | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 17 | 348.0228 | East Bow Que | — |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 20 | 354.9144 | BBQ Pit Bros | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4172 | 168.5600 | 164.5828 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 169.7028 | 165.6800 |
17 entries · top 348.0228 · median 331.9084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Bow Que | |
| 2 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 4 | Good Ol Boys BBQ | |
| 5 | Just Blowin Smoke | |
| 6 | Casual Smokers | |
| 7 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 10 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 11 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 12 | Digger;s BBQ | |
| 13 | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 14 | Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ | |
| 15 | STF | |
| 16 | Smokin With Spide | |
| 17 | Louis Bros BBQ |
17 entries · top 175.4172 · median 165.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | East Bow Que | |
| 3 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 4 | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 5 | Digger;s BBQ | |
| 6 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 7 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 9 | Casual Smokers | |
| 10 | Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ | |
| 11 | Good Ol Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | Just Blowin Smoke | |
| 13 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 14 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 15 | Smokin With Spide | |
| 16 | STF | |
| 17 | Louis Bros BBQ |
17 entries · top 177.7372 · median 165.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good Ol Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | East Bow Que | |
| 3 | Just Blowin Smoke | |
| 4 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 5 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | |
| 6 | Casual Smokers | |
| 7 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 8 | Curly Bird BBQ | |
| 9 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 11 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 12 | STF | |
| 13 | Louis Bros BBQ | |
| 14 | Digger;s BBQ | |
| 15 | Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ | |
| 16 | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 17 | Smokin With Spide |