2015-07-24 – 2015-07-25 · Mason City, IA · 📍 Mason City, IA 50401
Grand Champion: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (697.1432) · 54 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 PIGSKIN BBQ
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.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2018 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Wider than 95% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 14.3892 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.
Chicken places 2–3: Boyles KC BBQ and BIG T'Z Q CRU tied on 176.5828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA and PORCHY'S BBQ tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and REBEL FIRE QUE'N COMPANY tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
WOODWARD BARBEQUE turned in 178.2972 in chicken — past the 176.6172 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: BIG T'Z Q CRU (won 2014).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-07-26 | Mason City, IA | Mason City, IA | 66 | 691.9432 | TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW | THE WICKED PIG |
| 2014-07-25 | Mason City, IA | Mason City, IA 50401 | 52 | 701.7144 | BIG T'Z Q CRU | PIGSKIN BBQ |
| 2015-07-24 ← this one | Mason City, IA | Mason City, IA 50401 | 54 | 697.1432 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | PIGSKIN BBQ |
| 2016-07-22 | Mason City, IA | East Park | 47 | 698.2744 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| 2017-07-21 | Mason City, IA | East Park | 49 | 695.3600 | PIGSKIN BBQ | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| 2018-09-28 | Mason City, IA | East Park | 29 | 677.6112 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | LUCKY'S Q |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 175.4400 | 172.5600 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1428 | 173.7144 | 170.2744 |
| Pork | 176.5828 | 172.5828 | 170.2744 |
| Brisket | 177.7372 | 173.1084 | 169.6800 |
54 entries · top 697.1432 · median 661.0056
54 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.1372
54 entries · top 177.1428 · median 164.8572
54 entries · top 176.5828 · median 165.4000
54 entries · top 177.7372 · median 162.8400
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
11 entries · top 178.8800 · median 167.4172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 2 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 3 | WILD SHOOTERS BBQ | |
| 4 | DIG-IN COOKERS | |
| 5 | Butts & Racks BBQ | |
| 6 | BLACK DOG BBQ IA | |
| 7 | Boyles KC BBQ | |
| 8 | Piggy Blues BBQ | |
| 9 | PORCHY'S BBQ | |
| 10 | Papa T's Q Crew | |
| 11 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS |
15 entries · top 180.0000 · median 173.7144 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA | |
| 2 | WILD SHOOTERS BBQ | |
| 3 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 4 | Boyles KC BBQ | |
| 5 | BEACH BUMS BBQ LLC | |
| 6 | TEXAS RIB RANGERS | |
| 7 | DIG-IN COOKERS | |
| 8 | TRUE SMOKE BBQ | |
| 9 | BIG T'Z Q CRU | |
| 10 | MYASSIS SMOKIN | |
| 11 | Butts & Racks BBQ | |
| 12 | CRASH TEST SMOKERS | |
| 13 | THE Q CREW | |
| 14 | FFE BBQ | |
| 15 | Piggy Blues BBQ |