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Smokin In Steele

2017-06-02 – 2017-06-03 · Owatonna, MN · 📍 1525 South Cedar st, Steele County Fairgrounds

Grand Champion: GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA (691.3140) · 46 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW

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GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA
691.3140 · Master Series — Overall
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LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW
687.9200 · Master Series — Overall
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CITY SLICKERS BBQ
685.6916 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 177.15
  • Pork Ribs 176.56
  • Pork 177.70
  • Brisket 176.57
116.32 177.70

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2025 — this edition picked out.

2013-05-31 — 697.7148 (TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW) 2014-05-30 — 699.4056 (LUCKY'S Q) 2016-06-03 — 689.6684 (WOODWARD BARBEQUE) 2017-06-02 — 691.3140 (GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA) 2018-06-01 — 697.6688 (HOGLINE) 2019-05-31 — 697.6916 (Lucky 19 Sauce Co) 2022-06-03 — 689.6684 (Ash Kickin' BBQ) 2023-06-02 — 692.5600 (Wags Backwoods BBQ) 2024-05-31 — 699.9656 (T-Rex bbq) 2025-05-30 — 697.0856 (Dry 2 Da Bone) 691.31 2013 2025

Entries

46
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

691.3140

Winning margin

3.3940
GC over RC

Field average

647.29
300.51691.31
median 660.47 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Brisket
2.3088 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

679.9432
300.51691.31
10th place overall

Field spread

390.7996
winner to last place

Most consistent

GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA
avg finish 7.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork Ribs
won by 2.2856 pts — CITY SLICKERS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 67%
beats 33% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

57%
30 of 53 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.73 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1551
avg power rating going in · stronger than 39% of contests

Top-rated in the field

LUCKY'S Q
rated 1870 pre-contest

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 8–9: BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ and SHIGGIN & GRINNIN tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA and FIRE & ICE BBQ tied on 168.5256 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 4–5: MARIE'S and HOGLINE tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 8–9 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 9–10 · tie
  • Brisket 4–5 · tie
  • Brisket 6–7 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was brisket at 18th.

  • Chicken 2nd
  • Pork Ribs 9th
  • Pork 1st
  • Brisket 18th

Back to defend

2 past champions back in the field

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: LUCKY'S Q (won 2014), WOODWARD BARBEQUE (won 2016).

  • LUCKY'S Q · 2014
  • WOODWARD BARBEQUE · 2016

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2013-05-31 Owatonna, MN Owatonna, MN 51 697.7148 TIPPYCANOE BBQ CREW JAESTAR BBQ
2014-05-30 Owatonna, MN Owatonna, MN 55060 67 699.4056 LUCKY'S Q PIGSKIN BBQ
2016-06-03 Owatonna, MN Owatonna, MN 55060 53 689.6684 WOODWARD BARBEQUE BIG T'Z Q CRU
2017-06-02 ← this one Owatonna, MN 1525 South Cedar st, Steele County Fairgrounds 46 691.3140 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW
2018-06-01 Owatonna, MN 1525 South Cedar st, Steele County Fairgrounds 45 697.6688 HOGLINE GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA
2019-05-31 Owatonna, MN 1525 South Cedar Ave 43 697.6916 Lucky 19 Sauce Co HOGLINE
2022-06-03 Owatonna, MN 1525 S Cedar Ave 33 689.6684 Ash Kickin' BBQ WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ
2023-06-02 Owatonna, MN 1525 S Cedar Ave 29 692.5600 Wags Backwoods BBQ HOT DADDY'S BBQ
2024-05-31 Owatonna, MN 1525 S Cedar Ave 32 699.9656 T-Rex bbq MACHETE BOYS BBQ
2025-05-30 Owatonna, MN 18th St SE & Elm Ave 28 697.0856 Dry 2 Da Bone HOT DADDY'S BBQ

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.1544174.2972172.5600
Pork Ribs176.5600172.0116168.5256
Pork177.7028173.1544171.4172
Brisket176.5716174.2628170.2628

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

46 entries · top 691.3140 · median 660.4742

#TeamScore
1 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 691.3140
2 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 687.9200
3 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 685.6916
4 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 684.5604
5 DRY 2 DA BONE 683.9888
6 HOGLINE 683.9200
7 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 682.7888
8 SONS OF BUTCHERS 682.7772
9 MASTERTECH BBQ 681.0172
10 LUCKY'S Q 679.9432
11 FIRE & ICE BBQ 679.3256
12 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 675.8628
13 Fergolicious BBQ 674.7888
14 CASE OF RIBS 672.5144
15 GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ 670.1828
16 NAGAN FOR MORE BBQ 669.0860
17 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 668.4572
18 ACES HIGH BBQ 668.4572
19 C R BUTTS SMOKE 667.3256
20 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 666.7428
21 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 666.1484
22 SMOKE IN THE EYE 661.5428
23 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 661.0972
24 MARIE'S 659.8512
25 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 657.5312
26 SMOKIN BONES - MN 655.2916
27 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 653.5888
28 THE Q CREW 652.4568
29 MYASSIS SMOKIN 652.4112
30 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 647.9084
31 PIG APPROVED BBQ 642.7320
32 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 641.0176
33 YANKEE ROAD KILL BBQ. 639.9772
34 PORK FICTION 638.1716
35 FNG BBQ 632.9828
36 SWAMPVIEW BBQ 632.4572
37 HOWARD BROTHERS BBQ 629.0404
38 Piggy Blues BBQ 626.7200
39 Ques Yer Daddy 626.0688
40 LUCKY BRISKET 621.6344
41 FLYING ACES BBQ 618.0916
42 BUGHOUSE BBQ 612.3768
43 Smokin Fat Racks 609.5884
44 SASSY'S BBQ 607.3484
45 APPLE PIE BBQ 572.3316
46 OLD BOY'S BBQ 300.5144

Chicken

45 entries · top 177.1544 · median 167.3944

#TeamScore
1 LUCKY'S Q 177.1544
2 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 176.5600
3 C R BUTTS SMOKE 176.0000
4 HOGLINE 175.4400
5 SMOKIN BONES - MN 174.2972
6 SONS OF BUTCHERS 174.2744
7 PIG APPROVED BBQ 173.7144
8 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 173.1200
9 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 173.1200
10 CASE OF RIBS 172.5600
11 SWAMPVIEW BBQ 172.0116
12 DRY 2 DA BONE 171.4516
13 GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ 171.4400
14 FIRE & ICE BBQ 171.4172
15 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 171.4056
16 NAGAN FOR MORE BBQ 170.2860
17 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 169.7028
18 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 169.6800
19 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 169.1200
20 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 169.1200
21 YANKEE ROAD KILL BBQ. 168.5828
22 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 167.9656
23 MASTERTECH BBQ 167.3944
24 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 166.8228
25 SMOKE IN THE EYE 166.8112
26 FNG BBQ 166.2512
27 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 165.6684
28 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 164.5484
29 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 164.0116
30 THE Q CREW 163.9656
31 MARIE'S 163.9428
32 Piggy Blues BBQ 162.2856
33 Smokin Fat Racks 161.7256
34 HOWARD BROTHERS BBQ 161.1316
35 Ques Yer Daddy 160.5028
36 ACES HIGH BBQ 159.3828
37 PORK FICTION 158.8344
38 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 158.7884
39 Fergolicious BBQ 158.2516
40 MYASSIS SMOKIN 158.2284
41 LUCKY BRISKET 157.1200
42 FLYING ACES BBQ 155.9200
43 SASSY'S BBQ 153.1200
44 BUGHOUSE BBQ 151.9200
45 APPLE PIE BBQ 146.8344

Pork Ribs

45 entries · top 176.5600 · median 163.3828

#TeamScore
1 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 176.5600
2 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 174.2744
3 SMOKE IN THE EYE 173.1316
4 MASTERTECH BBQ 173.1200
5 Fergolicious BBQ 172.0116
6 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 169.1660
7 ACES HIGH BBQ 168.5488
8 LUCKY'S Q 168.5372
9 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 168.5256
10 FIRE & ICE BBQ 168.5256
11 THE Q CREW 168.0000
12 SONS OF BUTCHERS 168.0000
13 FNG BBQ 167.9772
14 MYASSIS SMOKIN 167.4172
15 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 167.3944
16 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 166.8572
17 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 166.2860
18 DRY 2 DA BONE 166.2628
19 PIG APPROVED BBQ 165.7144
20 HOGLINE 165.0972
21 SMOKIN BONES - MN 164.5372
22 CASE OF RIBS 163.3944
23 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 163.3828
24 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 162.8228
25 HOWARD BROTHERS BBQ 161.6916
26 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 161.0972
27 PORK FICTION 160.5828
28 C R BUTTS SMOKE 160.5028
29 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 159.9772
30 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 159.9544
31 GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ 159.3716
32 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 158.8116
33 NAGAN FOR MORE BBQ 158.2744
34 MARIE'S 158.2400
35 Ques Yer Daddy 158.2288
36 Piggy Blues BBQ 156.5600
37 FLYING ACES BBQ 154.8344
38 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 154.2744
39 Smokin Fat Racks 154.2284
40 LUCKY BRISKET 153.1544
41 YANKEE ROAD KILL BBQ. 153.1088
42 BUGHOUSE BBQ 147.3828
43 SASSY'S BBQ 145.1428
44 APPLE PIE BBQ 145.1428
45 SWAMPVIEW BBQ 139.4056

Pork

46 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.9770

#TeamScore
1 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 177.7028
2 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 176.5600
3 Fergolicious BBQ 174.8572
4 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 173.7144
5 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 173.1544
6 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 173.1316
7 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 173.1200
8 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 172.5600
9 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 171.9772
10 DRY 2 DA BONE 171.4172
11 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 171.4172
12 ACES HIGH BBQ 171.4172
13 HOGLINE 169.1200
14 FIRE & ICE BBQ 169.1200
15 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 168.5828
16 NAGAN FOR MORE BBQ 168.5256
17 GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ 168.5256
18 MASTERTECH BBQ 168.5256
19 CASE OF RIBS 167.9772
20 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 166.8228
21 MYASSIS SMOKIN 166.2628
22 SWAMPVIEW BBQ 166.2400
23 SONS OF BUTCHERS 166.2284
24 YANKEE ROAD KILL BBQ. 165.7256
25 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 165.6684
26 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 165.0972
27 APPLE PIE BBQ 164.0344
28 SMOKE IN THE EYE 163.9428
29 Ques Yer Daddy 163.4284
30 MARIE'S 163.4056
31 THE Q CREW 162.2628
32 LUCKY'S Q 162.2516
33 Piggy Blues BBQ 161.6572
34 C R BUTTS SMOKE 161.6456
35 FLYING ACES BBQ 160.5256
36 Smokin Fat Racks 160.0000
37 PIG APPROVED BBQ 159.9544
38 SMOKIN BONES - MN 159.3828
39 PORK FICTION 159.3600
40 LUCKY BRISKET 158.2628
41 OLD BOY'S BBQ 157.1544
42 SASSY'S BBQ 155.9768
43 HOWARD BROTHERS BBQ 155.4056
44 BUGHOUSE BBQ 155.3828
45 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 153.7028
46 FNG BBQ 146.7884

Brisket

46 entries · top 176.5716 · median 165.1086

#TeamScore
1 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 176.5716
2 DRY 2 DA BONE 174.8572
3 SONS OF BUTCHERS 174.2744
4 MARIE'S 174.2628
5 HOGLINE 174.2628
6 LUCKY'S Q 172.0000
7 NAGAN FOR MORE BBQ 172.0000
8 MASTERTECH BBQ 171.9772
9 GRUMPY OLD MEN BBQ 170.8456
10 FIRE & ICE BBQ 170.2628
11 LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW 170.2628
12 Fergolicious BBQ 169.6684
13 C R BUTTS SMOKE 169.1772
14 ACES HIGH BBQ 169.1084
15 CASE OF RIBS 168.5828
16 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 168.5600
17 WOODWARD BARBEQUE 168.5372
18 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 168.5256
19 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 167.9772
20 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 166.8228
21 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 166.2744
22 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 166.2284
23 PAPA BEAR BAR-B-QUE 165.1200
24 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 165.0972
25 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 163.9428
26 3 BRATS AND A COCKTAIL WEENIE 163.3712
27 MYASSIS SMOKIN 160.5028
28 PORK FICTION 159.3944
29 THE Q CREW 158.2284
30 BUGHOUSE BBQ 157.6912
31 SMOKE IN THE EYE 157.6572
32 SMOKIN BONES - MN 157.0744
33 SWAMPVIEW BBQ 154.8000
34 SASSY'S BBQ 153.1088
35 LUCKY BRISKET 153.0972
36 YANKEE ROAD KILL BBQ. 152.5600
37 FNG BBQ 151.9660
38 HOWARD BROTHERS BBQ 150.8116
39 FLYING ACES BBQ 146.8116
40 Piggy Blues BBQ 146.2172
41 Ques Yer Daddy 143.9088
42 OLD BOY'S BBQ 143.3600
43 PIG APPROVED BBQ 143.3488
44 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 141.1088
45 Smokin Fat Racks 133.6344
46 APPLE PIE BBQ 116.3200

Ancillary categories

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.

Master Series — Anything Butt

11 entries · top 180.0000 · median 171.4172 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA 177.7028
3 BUGHOUSE BBQ 174.2744
4 Fergolicious BBQ 173.1084
5 PIG APPROVED BBQ 172.0000
6 MYASSIS SMOKIN 171.4172
7 THE Q CREW 168.5828
8 APPLE PIE BBQ 168.5600
9 C R BUTTS SMOKE 167.9772
10 Down Home Cookin' & BBQ 167.4744
11 CROIX VALLEY SAUCES 161.6800

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