Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ

2024-07-19 – 2024-07-20 · Shenandoah, IA · 📍 709 S. Fremont Street · State championship

Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $7,000.00

Grand Champion: Hot Daddy's BBQ (704.5256) · 36 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ

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HOT DADDY'S BBQ

704.5256 · Master Series — Overall

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Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ

699.9428 · Master Series — Overall

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Go Pig or Go Home

696.5028 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

4 judged meats

Top score

704.5256

Winning margin

4.5828

GC over RC

Field average

672.67

median 679.57

Perfect 180s

3 🔥

Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ (Chicken), UNFAMOUS DAVE'S (Chicken), Go Pig or Go Home (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Pork

1.1428 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

689.6344

10th place overall

Field spread

106.8916

winner to last place

Prize money

$7,000.00

on the line

Most consistent

HOT DADDY'S BBQ

avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs

won by 2.8456 pts — Go Pig or Go Home

How hot was the win?

Top 27%

beats 73% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

50%

of the 36 teams with a home region came from outside IA

Form held

Moderate

ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1524

avg power rating going in · stronger than 29% of contests

Top-rated in the field

HOT DADDY'S BBQ

rated 1790 pre-contest

Storylines

🔥 A day of perfect scores

3 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 1–2: Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ and UNFAMOUS DAVE'S tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: Go Pig or Go Home and TEAM BREW & QUE tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 5–6: TEAM BREW & QUE and HOT DADDY'S BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

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)

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category	1st	5th	10th
Chicken	180.0000	176.5600	173.1200
Pork Ribs	180.0000	176.0000	173.1544
Pork	177.7028	176.5600	174.2628
Brisket	176.5944	174.2628	171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

36 entries · top 704.5256 · median 679.5710

#	Team	Score
1	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	704.5256
2	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	699.9428
3	Go Pig or Go Home	696.5028
4	TEAM CRAWFORD	694.7768
5	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	694.7540
6	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	692.5028
7	TEAM BREW & QUE	691.9772
8	Low Eye Que	690.7772
9	SMOKEHOUSE 72	690.2172
10	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	689.6344
11	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	688.4568
12	BBQ Pit Bros	685.6916
13	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	685.0284
14	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	684.9936
15	CASUAL SMOKERS	682.2284
16	DRIFTERS Q	682.1600
17	SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES	680.4916
18	Bad Influence BBQ - MO	679.8280
19	Bucknutz BBQ	679.3140
20	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	678.1716
21	Dirt Crüe BBQ	677.6688
22	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	677.6112
23	Backroad BBQ	675.3488
24	GRILLIN' GRINDES	674.2284
25	Smokin Suckers	673.0404
26	On The Brink BBQ	662.1256
27	Sweet Smokin' Jones	659.8516
28	SILENCE OF THE HAMMS	659.8396
29	BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ	656.4460
30	HELPING U BBQ	653.5660
31	Brian's Beef	650.1372
32	That's What She Said BBQ	646.2284
33	Smokin A BBQ	643.3832
34	Smith BBQ	638.1372
35	Grill Reapers	598.7544
36	Big Blue Barbeque	597.6340

Chicken

36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	180.0000 🔥
2	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	180.0000 🔥
3	Low Eye Que	178.8572
4	Go Pig or Go Home	176.5600
5	TEAM BREW & QUE	176.5600
6	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	176.5600
7	Bad Influence BBQ - MO	174.2628
8	Backroad BBQ	173.7144
9	SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES	173.7028
10	Dirt Crüe BBQ	173.1200
11	TEAM CRAWFORD	173.1084
12	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	173.1084
13	GRILLIN' GRINDES	172.0000
14	DRIFTERS Q	171.9772
15	SMOKEHOUSE 72	171.4056
16	Sweet Smokin' Jones	170.8344
17	BBQ Pit Bros	169.7028
18	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	169.6684
19	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	169.6684
20	SILENCE OF THE HAMMS	169.1084
21	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	169.1084
22	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	167.9656
23	On The Brink BBQ	167.9540
24	Smokin A BBQ	166.8456
25	Smokin Suckers	166.8344
26	Bucknutz BBQ	166.8228
27	Brian's Beef	165.7372
28	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	165.1200
29	CASUAL SMOKERS	165.0856
30	That's What She Said BBQ	163.9884
31	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	162.2400
32	HELPING U BBQ	158.2172
33	BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ	154.2056
34	Smith BBQ	151.3828
35	Grill Reapers	149.0972
36	Big Blue Barbeque	148.5828

Pork Ribs

36 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4000 · 🔥 perfect 180

#	Team	Score
1	Go Pig or Go Home	180.0000 🔥
2	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	177.1544
3	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	177.1544
4	BBQ Pit Bros	177.1544
5	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	176.0000
6	DRIFTERS Q	175.4172
7	CASUAL SMOKERS	175.4172
8	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	174.8572
9	HELPING U BBQ	174.2628
10	TEAM BREW & QUE	173.1544
11	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	173.1316
12	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	173.1200
13	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	173.1200
14	Backroad BBQ	173.1200
15	TEAM CRAWFORD	173.1084
16	Low Eye Que	171.9772
17	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	171.9656
18	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	171.9656
19	SMOKEHOUSE 72	170.8344
20	That's What She Said BBQ	170.2744
21	Sweet Smokin' Jones	169.7144
22	Bad Influence BBQ - MO	169.6684
23	Smokin Suckers	169.1316
24	Brian's Beef	169.1316
25	SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES	168.5716
26	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	168.5372
27	Bucknutz BBQ	168.5256
28	Dirt Crüe BBQ	167.4172
29	Smith BBQ	167.3944
30	GRILLIN' GRINDES	165.6684
31	On The Brink BBQ	163.9428
32	Smokin A BBQ	163.3944
33	SILENCE OF THE HAMMS	159.3828
34	BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ	157.1088
35	Big Blue Barbeque	156.0000
36	Grill Reapers	153.7256

Pork

36 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.4514

#	Team	Score
1	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	177.7028
2	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	177.7028
3	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	177.1428
4	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	176.5600
5	SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES	176.5600
6	TEAM CRAWFORD	175.4400
7	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	175.4172
8	BBQ Pit Bros	174.2972
9	Bucknutz BBQ	174.2628
10	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	174.2628
11	TEAM BREW & QUE	174.2628
12	SMOKEHOUSE 72	173.1200
13	Go Pig or Go Home	172.5600
14	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	172.5600
15	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	171.9656
16	DRIFTERS Q	171.9656
17	On The Brink BBQ	170.8228
18	Dirt Crüe BBQ	169.7372
19	CASUAL SMOKERS	169.1656
20	BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ	168.5372
21	Low Eye Que	168.5372
22	SILENCE OF THE HAMMS	167.9656
23	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	167.9540
24	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	167.3944
25	Bad Influence BBQ - MO	167.3712
26	Smokin Suckers	165.0972
27	Smokin A BBQ	162.8916
28	Smith BBQ	162.2400
29	GRILLIN' GRINDES	161.1428
30	HELPING U BBQ	161.1088
31	Big Blue Barbeque	161.1084
32	Backroad BBQ	158.2516
33	Sweet Smokin' Jones	156.5028
34	That's What She Said BBQ	155.4516
35	Brian's Beef	154.7656
36	Grill Reapers	151.9428

Brisket

36 entries · top 176.5944 · median 168.2628

#	Team	Score
1	BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ	176.5944
2	GRILLIN' GRINDES	175.4172
3	FAIRWAY SMOKERS	175.4056
4	SMOKEHOUSE 72	174.8572
5	HOT DADDY'S BBQ	174.2628
6	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	174.2628
7	TEAM CRAWFORD	173.1200
8	CASUAL SMOKERS	172.5600
9	Smokin Suckers	171.9772
10	SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY	171.9656
11	BREW 'N' BAR-B-QUE	171.9656
12	Low Eye Que	171.4056
13	PARTS 'R' SMOKIN	170.8228
14	GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY	170.8228
15	Backroad BBQ	170.2628
16	Bucknutz BBQ	169.7028
17	AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW	168.5372
18	Bad Influence BBQ - MO	168.5256
19	TEAM BREW & QUE	168.0000
20	Dirt Crüe BBQ	167.3944
21	Go Pig or Go Home	167.3828
22	UNFAMOUS DAVE'S	165.0856
23	BBQ Pit Bros	164.5372
24	SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ	163.3828
25	SILENCE OF THE HAMMS	163.3828
26	Sweet Smokin' Jones	162.8000
27	DRIFTERS Q	162.8000
28	SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES	161.6572
29	Brian's Beef	160.5028
30	HELPING U BBQ	159.9772
31	On The Brink BBQ	159.4060
32	Smith BBQ	157.1200
33	That's What She Said BBQ	156.5140
34	Smokin A BBQ	150.2516
35	Grill Reapers	143.9888
36	Big Blue Barbeque	131.9428

Shenandoah ShenDig BBQ

Entries

Top score

Winning margin

Field average

Perfect 180s

Tightest race

Top-10 cutoff

Field spread

Prize money

Most consistent

Double threats

Widest winning margin

How hot was the win?

Traveled in

Form held

Field strength

Top-rated in the field

Storylines

🔥 A day of perfect scores

📸 Photo finishes

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

Chicken

Pork Ribs

Pork

Brisket