Rose Festival's 25th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition
2026-06-19 – 2026-06-20 · State Center, IA · 📍 2nd St SE and 3rd Ave SE · State championship
Reps: CLARA WILLIAMS, JONATHAN B WILLIAMS · Prize money: $7,000.00
Grand Champion: Hot Daddy's BBQ (705.1084) · 20 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: SMOKEHOUSE 72 and Crossed Rifles BBQ tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ and BrewsCue tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: SMOKEHOUSE 72 and BBQ Pit Bros tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🏟️ A stacked field
The field averaged a 1610 power rating going in — stronger than 94% of every contest tracked.
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)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 177.7144 | 175.4400 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5716 | 174.2628 | 171.4172 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 176.5600 | 173.1316 |
| Brisket | 174.2972 | 171.9772 | 171.4172 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
20 entries · top 705.1084 · median 684.2174
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 3 | Crossed Rifles BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 5 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 6 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 7 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 8 | BrewsCue | |
| 9 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 10 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 11 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 12 | DB BBQ | |
| 13 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 15 | Low Eye Que | |
| 16 | Ambition Que | |
| 17 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 18 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 19 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 20 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC |
Chicken
20 entries · top 180.0000 · median 175.4286 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 2 | Crossed Rifles BBQ | |
| 3 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 4 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 6 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 7 | DB BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 9 | Low Eye Que | |
| 10 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 11 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 13 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 14 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 15 | Ambition Que | |
| 16 | BrewsCue | |
| 17 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 18 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC | |
| 19 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 20 | BUCKSHOTBBQ |
Pork Ribs
20 entries · top 176.5716 · median 171.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 2 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 3 | BrewsCue | |
| 4 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 5 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 6 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 8 | Crossed Rifles BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 10 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 11 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 12 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 13 | DB BBQ | |
| 14 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 15 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 16 | Low Eye Que | |
| 17 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 18 | Ambition Que | |
| 19 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 20 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC |
Pork
20 entries · top 178.2972 · median 171.4058
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Crossed Rifles BBQ | |
| 3 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 4 | BrewsCue | |
| 5 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 6 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 7 | Low Eye Que | |
| 8 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 9 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 10 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 11 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 12 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 13 | Ambition Que | |
| 14 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 15 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 16 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 17 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 18 | DB BBQ | |
| 19 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 20 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC |
Brisket
20 entries · top 174.2972 · median 171.1372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ambition Que | |
| 2 | OnlyCans Competition BBQ | |
| 3 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 4 | BrewsCue | |
| 5 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 6 | DB BBQ | |
| 7 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 8 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 9 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 10 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 11 | SIX BUTT BBQ | |
| 12 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 13 | Bourbon & Blues BBQ | |
| 14 | Crossed Rifles BBQ | |
| 15 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 16 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 17 | Low Eye Que | |
| 18 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 19 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 20 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC |