2020-07-17 – 2020-07-18 · MARION, IA · 📍 MARION, IA 52302 · State championship
Reps: CINDY JUHL, TOM JUHL · Prize money: $10,050.00
Grand Champion: Iowa Smokey D's (699.4056) · 36 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 LUCKY'S Q
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 93 times in 100
Iowa Smokey D's came in rated below the field's top team, LUCKY'S Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 7-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Iowa Smokey D's's first Grand Championship in the data.
Wider than 99% of the 4,742 championships in the data
The champion won by 20.5368 points — a wider margin than 99% of championships in the data.
Iowa Smokey D's won Pork Ribs, Pork, Brisket — a hat-trick, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
Iowa Smokey D's finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 4–5: WE WILL ROCK QUE and CITY SLICKERS BBQ tied on 174.2972 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN and Bohica BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: Iowa Smokey D's and BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Iowa Smokey D's took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 3 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 10th.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 174.2972 | 169.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 170.8916 | 166.2744 |
| Pork | 178.2972 | 170.8800 | 168.5600 |
| Brisket | 174.8456 | 171.4400 | 165.6684 |
36 entries · top 699.4056 · median 652.8056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa Smokey D's | |
| 2 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 3 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 4 | BAMBQ | |
| 5 | CITY SLICKERS BBQ | |
| 6 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 7 | Hogline | |
| 8 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 9 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 10 | Dry 2 Da Bone | |
| 11 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 12 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 13 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 14 | Bohica BBQ | |
| 15 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 16 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 17 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 18 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 19 | Herkey's Hot Box BBQ | |
| 20 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 21 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokey Boys | |
| 23 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 24 | LTS BBQ | |
| 25 | DartyQ | |
| 26 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 27 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 28 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 29 | Meat Qeek BBQ | |
| 30 | Three Grills BBQ | |
| 31 | Matty Macks | |
| 32 | BBQCRITIC.COM | |
| 33 | Outlaw BBQ | |
| 34 | 10 Ring BBQ | |
| 35 | Dooklske's Delicatesen | |
| 36 | Red Stallion |
36 entries · top 178.2972 · median 163.9886
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Bohica BBQ | |
| 3 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 4 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 5 | CITY SLICKERS BBQ | |
| 6 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 7 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 8 | Dry 2 Da Bone | |
| 9 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 10 | Iowa Smokey D's | |
| 11 | Hogline | |
| 12 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 14 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 15 | Outlaw BBQ | |
| 16 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 17 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 18 | Meat Qeek BBQ | |
| 19 | BAMBQ | |
| 20 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 21 | LTS BBQ | |
| 22 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 23 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 24 | Herkey's Hot Box BBQ | |
| 25 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 26 | BBQCRITIC.COM | |
| 27 | Smokey Boys | |
| 28 | DartyQ | |
| 29 | 10 Ring BBQ | |
| 30 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 31 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 32 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 33 | Matty Macks | |
| 34 | Three Grills BBQ | |
| 35 | Dooklske's Delicatesen | |
| 36 | Red Stallion |
36 entries · top 176.5600 · median 161.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa Smokey D's | |
| 2 | Smokey Boys | |
| 3 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 4 | Hogline | |
| 5 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 6 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 7 | DartyQ | |
| 8 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 9 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 10 | CITY SLICKERS BBQ | |
| 11 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 12 | Dry 2 Da Bone | |
| 13 | BAMBQ | |
| 14 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 15 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 16 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 17 | Three Grills BBQ | |
| 18 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 19 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 20 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 21 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 22 | Bohica BBQ | |
| 23 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 24 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 25 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 26 | Herkey's Hot Box BBQ | |
| 27 | LTS BBQ | |
| 28 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 29 | Outlaw BBQ | |
| 30 | Matty Macks | |
| 31 | 10 Ring BBQ | |
| 32 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 33 | Red Stallion | |
| 34 | Meat Qeek BBQ | |
| 35 | BBQCRITIC.COM | |
| 36 | Dooklske's Delicatesen |
36 entries · top 178.2972 · median 161.7142
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa Smokey D's | |
| 2 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 3 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 4 | Bohica BBQ | |
| 5 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 6 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 7 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 8 | BAMBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 10 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 11 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 12 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 13 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 14 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 15 | Herkey's Hot Box BBQ | |
| 16 | Hogline | |
| 17 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 18 | Meat Qeek BBQ | |
| 19 | Dry 2 Da Bone | |
| 20 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 21 | CITY SLICKERS BBQ | |
| 22 | Smokey Boys | |
| 23 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 24 | LTS BBQ | |
| 25 | Three Grills BBQ | |
| 26 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 27 | DartyQ | |
| 28 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 29 | 10 Ring BBQ | |
| 30 | Matty Macks | |
| 31 | BBQCRITIC.COM | |
| 32 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 33 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 34 | Outlaw BBQ | |
| 35 | Red Stallion | |
| 36 | Dooklske's Delicatesen |
36 entries · top 174.8456 · median 161.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iowa Smokey D's | |
| 2 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 3 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 4 | BAMBQ | |
| 5 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 6 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 7 | Herkey's Hot Box BBQ | |
| 8 | CITY SLICKERS BBQ | |
| 9 | Dry 2 Da Bone | |
| 10 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 11 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 12 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 13 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 14 | LTS BBQ | |
| 15 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 16 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 17 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 18 | Hogline | |
| 19 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 20 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 21 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 22 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 23 | DartyQ | |
| 24 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 25 | Smokey Boys | |
| 26 | Meat Qeek BBQ | |
| 27 | Matty Macks | |
| 28 | BBQCRITIC.COM | |
| 29 | Bohica BBQ | |
| 30 | Three Grills BBQ | |
| 31 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 32 | Dooklske's Delicatesen | |
| 33 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 34 | 10 Ring BBQ | |
| 35 | Outlaw BBQ | |
| 36 | Red Stallion |