Jun 26–27, 2026 · Sioux City, IA · 📍 111 3rd Street
Reps: Cindy Juhl, Tom Juhl · Prize money: $1,750
Family Tradition BBQ won Grand Champion at the Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) on June 26, 2026 in Sioux City, IA at 111 3rd Street, scoring 347.4056 in a field of 19 teams. Smoke N Poke BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 346.2400. Category winners: Chicken — Good Ol Boys BBQ (176.5600); Pork Ribs — East Bow Que (176.5600). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2017 edition was won by Ferg A Que.
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.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 72 times in 100
Family Tradition BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BBQ Pit Bros, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Family Tradition BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 10th tracked contest.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 3.9656 points.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: Family Tradition BBQ and SMOKEY GQ tied on 176.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Good Ol Boys BBQ edged Three Casual Smokers by 0.0228. Chicken places 5–6: BBQ Pit Bros edged Family Tradition BBQ by 0.0344.
Good Ol Boys BBQ turned in 176.5600 in chicken — past the 171.4972 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
This contest was away for 9 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2017-06-23.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 23, 2017 | Sioux, IA | 11 3rd st | 22 | 349.7828 | Ferg A Que | Diggers BBQ |
| Jun 26, 2026 ← this one | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 19 | 347.4056 | Family Tradition BBQ | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 171.4400 | 164.0228 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 172 | 164.5600 |
19 entries · top 347.4056 · median 330.2744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Family Tradition BBQ | |
| 2 | Smoke N Poke BBQ | |
| 3 | Good Ol Boys BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 5 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 6 | East Bow Que | |
| 7 | DIGGERS BBQ | |
| 8 | Three Casual Smokers | |
| 9 | Hillbilly Smoke | |
| 10 | Smokey Bros Barbecue | |
| 11 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 12 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 13 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 14 | Melting Cow | |
| 15 | Louis Bros BBQ | |
| 16 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 17 | STF | |
| 18 | Flying J BBQ | |
| 19 | Bankin Bites |
18 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.8514
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good Ol Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 3 | Smoke N Poke BBQ | |
| 4 | DIGGERS BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 6 | Family Tradition BBQ | |
| 7 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 8 | Smokey Bros Barbecue | |
| 9 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 10 | Three Casual Smokers | |
| 11 | East Bow Que | |
| 12 | Hillbilly Smoke | |
| 13 | Louis Bros BBQ | |
| 14 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 15 | STF | |
| 16 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 17 | Flying J BBQ | |
| 18 | Melting Cow |
19 entries · top 176.5600 · median 164.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | East Bow Que | |
| 2 | Family Tradition BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 4 | Smoke N Poke BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 6 | Good Ol Boys BBQ | |
| 7 | Three Casual Smokers | |
| 8 | Hillbilly Smoke | |
| 9 | DIGGERS BBQ | |
| 10 | Smokey Bros Barbecue | |
| 11 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 12 | Melting Cow | |
| 13 | Chester's Twisted Que | |
| 14 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 15 | Louis Bros BBQ | |
| 16 | Flying J BBQ | |
| 17 | STF | |
| 18 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 19 | Bankin Bites |