16th Annual UP IN SMOKE BBQ Bash
2019-08-09 – 2019-08-10 · Mason City, IA · 📍 3700 4th St SW · State championship
Reps: CINDY JUHL, TOM JUHL · Prize money: $9,525.00
Grand Champion: Hogline (692.5256) · 38 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 NECTAR OF THE HOGS
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
🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Hogline took the Grand Championship home to WI.
🧹 A double category winner
HOGLINE won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: SMOKE IN THE EYE and Burnt End Barbecue Company tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: HOGLINE and NECTAR OF THE HOGS tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: DRY 2 DA BONE and Smoke & Fire tied on 166.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
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 | 176.0000 | 173.7028 | 170.8572 |
| Pork Ribs | 173.1200 | 168.5600 | 166.8228 |
| Pork | 177.1428 | 172.5600 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 171.9656 | 169.6800 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
38 entries · top 692.5256 · median 654.2058
Chicken
38 entries · top 176.0000 · median 167.9886
Pork Ribs
38 entries · top 173.1200 · median 163.1258
Pork
38 entries · top 177.1428 · median 165.1144
Brisket
38 entries · top 178.2972 · median 164.8288
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.
Ancillary — Anything Turkey
20 entries · top 173.7372 · median 165.1258
Ancillary — Dessert
7 entries · top 180.0000 · median 178.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WILD SHOOTERS BBQ | |
| 2 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 3 | LEGENDS OF SMOKE - TEAM RED ARROW | |
| 4 | GRILLS GONE WILD IOWA | |
| 5 | CROIX VALLEY SAUCES | |
| 6 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 7 | LUCKY'S Q |