May 13–14, 2016 · Council Bluffs, IA · 📍 Rivers Edge Park
PORKY BUTTS BBQ won Grand Champion at the BBQ in the Bluffs on May 13, 2016 in Council Bluffs, IA at Rivers Edge Park, scoring 688.5716 in a field of 33 teams. IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 681.6456. Category winners: Chicken — BOURBON & BONES (178.2972); Pork Ribs — IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ (178.2972); Pork — SMOKEHOUSE 72 (175.4056); Brisket — WOODWARD BARBEQUE (175.4628). This is the 4th of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2015 edition was won by PARROTHEAD SMOKERS; the next was held in 2017.
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 76 times in 100
PORKY BUTTS BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
PORKY BUTTS BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
2 of 6 tracked editions
PARROTHEAD SMOKERS has won this contest 2 times across its 6 tracked editions.
Chicken places 7–8: OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ edged YOU GONNA LIKE IT by 0.0112. Chicken places 5–6: PORK PATROL BBQ edged SMOKIN BONZ BBQ COMPANY by 0.0116. Pork places 7–8: SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY edged GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS by 0.0116.
BOURBON & BONES turned in 178.2972 in chicken — past the 176.0344 that had stood across 3 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: PARROTHEAD SMOKERS (won 2014, 2015).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2013 | Council Bluffs, IA | Council Bluffs, IA | 32 | 680.5714 | SPITFIRE | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| May 9, 2014 | Council Bluffs, IA | Council Bluffs, IA 51503 | 33 | 685.1432 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | BUBBA-Q'S |
| May 8, 2015 | Council Bluffs, IA | Council Bluffs, IA 51503 | 33 | 691.9772 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | OVERSIZE LOAD BBQ |
| May 13, 2016 ← this one | Council Bluffs, IA | Rivers Edge Park | 33 | 688.5716 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| May 12, 2017 | Council Bluffs, IA | River Edge Park(Hanafan Park) | 39 | 706.2972 | GETTIN' BASTED | HUNKA HUNKA BURNIN' RUB |
| May 11, 2018 | Council Bluffs, IA | Hanafan Park,Rivers Edge | 39 | 690.2284 | HELPING U BBQ | SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 171.9772 | 169.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.2972 | 174.2972 | 167.4172 |
| Pork | 175.4056 | 168.5372 | 166.2744 |
| Brisket | 175.4628 | 169.7144 | 166.2628 |
33 entries · top 688.5716 · median 655.9540
33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 166.2972
33 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.9428
33 entries · top 175.4056 · median 163.4172
33 entries · top 175.4628 · median 160.5256