Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY)
2026-06-26 – 2026-06-27 · Sioux City, IA · 📍 111 3rd Street
Reps: CINDY JUHL, TOM JUHL · Prize money: $1,750.00
Grand Champion: Family Tradition BBQ (347.4056) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Smoke N Poke BBQ
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
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
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
Family Tradition BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, BBQ Pit Bros, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 29-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-06-23 | 11 3rd st | 22 | 349.7828 | Ferg A Que | Diggers BBQ | |
| 2026-06-26 ← this one | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 19 | 347.4056 | Family Tradition BBQ | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.5600 | 171.4400 | 164.0228 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 172.0000 | 164.5600 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |