· Sioux City, IA · 📍 111 3rd St
Reps: ALFRED T BOWEN, FRAN BOWEN · Prize money: $1,750.00
Grand Champion: Ferg A Que (331.4744) · 14 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Hillbilly Smoke BBQ
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, 2018 to 2025 — 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.
Closer than 82% of the 713 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.6284 points — closer than 82% of every championship in the data.
Chicken places 5–6: 7.62 BBQ edged Mad Chad's BBQ by 0.0460.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Hillbilly Smoke BBQ (won 2023).
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ← this one | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd St | 14 | 331.4744 | Ferg A Que | — |
| 2018-06-22 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd st | 19 | 338.2972 | Hillbilly Smoke-IA | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ |
| 2021-06-19 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd st | 22 | 344.5944 | Go Ham BBQ | — |
| 2022-06-17 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 13 | 345.0856 | Good Old Boys BBQ | — |
| 2023-06-23 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 15 | 351.4288 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2024-06-21 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 17 | 348.0228 | East Bow Que | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 20 | 354.9144 | BBQ Pit Bros | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 167.4744 | 157.1200 | 150.2284 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 160.5260 | 145.0744 |
14 entries · top 331.4744 · median 304.7828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferg A Que | |
| 2 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | |
| 3 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 4 | Digger's BBQ | |
| 5 | Mad Chad's BBQ | |
| 6 | Scheel's | |
| 7 | Pig N Heat BBQ | |
| 8 | Our Butts sux BBQ | |
| 9 | Good Old Boys Barbeque | |
| 10 | That 1 Guys BBQ | |
| 11 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 12 | KANDUE BBQ | |
| 13 | Granny Weaves Soul Food and CateringBBQ | |
| 14 | The Pork Bellies |
14 entries · top 167.4744 · median 153.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ferg A Que | |
| 2 | That 1 Guys BBQ | |
| 3 | Our Butts sux BBQ | |
| 4 | Good Old Boys Barbeque | |
| 5 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 6 | Mad Chad's BBQ | |
| 7 | Digger's BBQ | |
| 8 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | |
| 9 | Scheel's | |
| 10 | Pig N Heat BBQ | |
| 11 | Granny Weaves Soul Food and CateringBBQ | |
| 12 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 13 | The Pork Bellies | |
| 14 | KANDUE BBQ |
14 entries · top 178.8572 · median 155.9658
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | |
| 2 | Digger's BBQ | |
| 3 | Ferg A Que | |
| 4 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 5 | Mad Chad's BBQ | |
| 6 | KANDUE BBQ | |
| 7 | Pig N Heat BBQ | |
| 8 | Scheel's | |
| 9 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 10 | Good Old Boys Barbeque | |
| 11 | Our Butts sux BBQ | |
| 12 | That 1 Guys BBQ | |
| 13 | Granny Weaves Soul Food and CateringBBQ | |
| 14 | The Pork Bellies |