Jul 25–26, 2025 · Emmetsburg, IA · 📍 2101 Madison Street · State championship
Reps: Cindy Juhl, Tom Juhl · Prize money: $5,000
HOT DADDY'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the 9th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest on July 25, 2025 in Emmetsburg, IA at 2101 Madison Street, scoring 688.4684 in a field of 31 teams. Matty Macks took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.8000. Category winners: Chicken — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Hogline BBQ (177.7372); Pork — WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ (176.5600); Brisket — MadChad's BBQ (176.5600).
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.
Closer than 75% of the 4,713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.6684 points — closer than 75% of every championship in the data.
HOT DADDY'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 4th. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.5484 points.
Stronger than 97% of every rated contest
The field averaged a 1658 power rating going in — stronger than 97% of every contest tracked.
Chicken places 1–2: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and Bohica BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 4–5: HOT DADDY'S BBQ and LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: FAIRWAY SMOKERS and SIX BUTT BBQ tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 174.2628 | 170.2744 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 174.8572 | 170.2628 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 173.1200 | 169.7028 |
31 entries · top 688.4684 · median 672.4572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Matty Macks | |
| 3 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 4 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 5 | Hogline BBQ | |
| 6 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 7 | Lucious Loins | |
| 8 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 9 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 10 | Bohica BBQ | |
| 11 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 12 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 13 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 14 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 15 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 16 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 17 | NECTAR OF THE HOGS | |
| 18 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 19 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 20 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 21 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 22 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 23 | Low Eye Que | |
| 24 | MadChad's BBQ | |
| 25 | Givey's Que | |
| 26 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 27 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 28 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 29 | SPITFIRE | |
| 30 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 31 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. |
31 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.7028
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Bohica BBQ | |
| 3 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 4 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 5 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 6 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 7 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 8 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 9 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 10 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 11 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 12 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 13 | Matty Macks | |
| 14 | MadChad's BBQ | |
| 15 | SPITFIRE | |
| 16 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 17 | Lucious Loins | |
| 18 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 19 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 20 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 21 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 22 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 23 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 24 | NECTAR OF THE HOGS | |
| 25 | Hogline BBQ | |
| 26 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 27 | Low Eye Que | |
| 28 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 29 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 30 | Givey's Que | |
| 31 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. |
31 entries · top 177.7372 · median 167.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hogline BBQ | |
| 2 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 3 | Lucious Loins | |
| 4 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 5 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 6 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 7 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 8 | Givey's Que | |
| 9 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 10 | Low Eye Que | |
| 11 | Bohica BBQ | |
| 12 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 13 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 14 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 15 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 16 | NECTAR OF THE HOGS | |
| 17 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 18 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 19 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 20 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 21 | Matty Macks | |
| 22 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 23 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 24 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 25 | MadChad's BBQ | |
| 26 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 27 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 28 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 29 | SPITFIRE | |
| 30 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 31 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ |
31 entries · top 176.5600 · median 169.6684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 2 | Matty Macks | |
| 3 | NECTAR OF THE HOGS | |
| 4 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 5 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 6 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 7 | Bohica BBQ | |
| 8 | Givey's Que | |
| 9 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 10 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 11 | Lucious Loins | |
| 12 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 13 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 14 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 15 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 16 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 17 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 18 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 19 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 20 | Hogline BBQ | |
| 21 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 22 | SPITFIRE | |
| 23 | Low Eye Que | |
| 24 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 25 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 26 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 27 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 28 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 29 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 30 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 31 | MadChad's BBQ |
31 entries · top 176.5600 · median 166.8344
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | MadChad's BBQ | |
| 2 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 3 | Matty Macks | |
| 4 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 5 | Hogline BBQ | |
| 6 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 7 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 8 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 9 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 10 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 11 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 12 | Low Eye Que | |
| 13 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 14 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 15 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 16 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 17 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 18 | Lucious Loins | |
| 19 | FAIRWAY SMOKERS | |
| 20 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 21 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 22 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 23 | NECTAR OF THE HOGS | |
| 24 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 25 | LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY | |
| 26 | Givey's Que | |
| 27 | SPITFIRE | |
| 28 | RUM N' SMOKE BBQ | |
| 29 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 30 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 31 | Bohica BBQ |