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Ottumwa Smoketoberfest

2020-10-02 – 2020-10-03 · Ottumwa, IA · 📍 1 Joe Lord Memorial Dr. · State championship

Reps: CINDY JUHL, DENA MILHOUS, RON MILHOUS, TOM JUHL

Grand Champion: Iowa Smokey D's BBQ (694.7884) · 66 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 BOOM CHICKA COW COW

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IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
694.7884 · Master Series — Overall
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BOOM CHICKA COW COW
688.4684 · Master Series — Overall
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ONE2BBQ
686.1828 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

66
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

694.7884

Winning margin

6.3200
GC over RC

Field average

658.41
median 667.92

Perfect 180s

1 🔥
ALL FORKED UP FOR Q (Pork)

Tightest race

Chicken
2.3316 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

681.6800
10th place overall

Field spread

232.0224
winner to last place

Most consistent

IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ
avg finish 8.50 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 2.8572 pts — ALL FORKED UP FOR Q

How hot was the win?

Top 72%
beats 28% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

59%
of the 66 teams with a home region came from outside IA

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.68 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1558
avg power rating going in · stronger than 64% of contests

Top-rated in the field

BOOMERANG BBQ
rated 1792 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

Iowa Smokey D's BBQ took the Grand Championship home to MN.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 8–9: ALL FORKED UP FOR Q and BOOM CHICKA COW COW tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 8–9: LUCKY'S Q and Shiggin aint easy tied on 171.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: Shiggin aint easy and Heavy Smoke BBQ tied on 171.9656 — 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)

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)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken177.7372175.4056173.1544
Pork Ribs176.5828172.5944170.8800
Pork180.0000175.4056173.1544
Brisket176.5600172.5484171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

66 entries · top 694.7884 · median 667.9200

#TeamScore
1 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 694.7884
2 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 688.4684
3 ONE2BBQ 686.1828
4 Phoenix BBQ 685.6688
5 iBQ'n 685.1772
6 PORKRASTINATORS 685.0972
7 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 684.5832
8 Heavy Smoke BBQ 684.5028
9 BOOMERANG BBQ 682.8112
10 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 681.6800
11 BUFFALO'S BBQ 681.6456
12 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 680.4796
13 DIRT ROAD BBQ 680.4796
14 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 679.9656
15 SPITFIRE 678.2744
16 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 678.2744
17 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 678.1712
18 STAR CITY BBQ 676.5024
19 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 675.9656
20 Bohica BBQ 674.8456
21 Hogline BBQ 674.7884
22 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 673.0856
23 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 672.4572
24 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 671.8972
25 SmokinGhost BBQ 671.3488
26 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 671.2912
27 THE BBQ BUS 670.2052
28 SMOKE IN THE EYE 670.1944
29 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 670.1940
30 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 669.5768
31 Three Stooges 668.5260
32 Que Magic 667.9660
33 QUETOPIA 667.9428
34 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 667.8972
35 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 667.4628
36 NEVER EASY BBQ 666.2400
37 LUCKY'S Q 666.1940
38 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 665.0628
39 TEAM CRAWFORD 663.4396
40 Shiggin aint easy 663.3716
41 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 663.3028
42 WHEN PIGS DIE 662.7888
43 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 662.1596
44 T Daddys BBQ 660.4800
45 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 658.7200
46 2 CASE BBQ 658.2292
47 SMOKEHOUSE 72 655.8624
48 HOME FARM BBQ 653.0744
49 RUSTY PIG BBQ 652.5256
50 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 650.3320
51 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 648.4344
52 T-Rex BBQ 646.7204
53 BAMBQ 645.7032
54 UP FROM THE PITS BBQ 642.2056
55 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 642.1940
56 Matty Macks 638.7316
57 S&S BBQ 635.3256
58 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 631.8284
59 Prince Stoecker 625.5084
60 Masters BBQ 623.2912
61 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 620.4460
62 Sweet and Saucy 611.3828
63 Backwoods BBQ 602.7772
64 Five Hawgs BBQ 598.1256
65 Jebs BBQ 579.3488
66 No Bull BBQ 462.7660

Chicken

66 entries · top 177.7372 · median 168.0058

#TeamScore
1 NEVER EASY BBQ 177.7372
2 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 177.7144
3 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 177.1544
4 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 176.5828
5 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 175.4056
6 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 174.2856
7 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 174.2628
8 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 173.7028
9 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 173.7028
10 Heavy Smoke BBQ 173.1544
11 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 173.1428
12 Matty Macks 172.5716
13 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 172.5600
14 SMOKE IN THE EYE 171.9772
15 LUCKY'S Q 171.9656
16 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 171.9656
17 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 170.8572
18 BAMBQ 170.8456
19 ONE2BBQ 170.8344
20 DIRT ROAD BBQ 170.8228
21 SMOKEHOUSE 72 170.2856
22 Phoenix BBQ 170.2744
23 Three Stooges 170.2744
24 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 170.2744
25 RUSTY PIG BBQ 170.2628
26 SmokinGhost BBQ 170.2628
27 T-Rex BBQ 169.7144
28 PORKRASTINATORS 169.6800
29 STAR CITY BBQ 169.6684
30 Shiggin aint easy 169.1544
31 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 169.1428
32 Bohica BBQ 168.5828
33 T Daddys BBQ 168.0116
34 BOOMERANG BBQ 168.0000
35 BUFFALO'S BBQ 167.9772
36 iBQ'n 167.9656
37 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 167.9656
38 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 167.9540
39 TEAM CRAWFORD 166.8684
40 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 165.7144
41 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 165.7144
42 SPITFIRE 165.7028
43 HOME FARM BBQ 165.7028
44 THE BBQ BUS 165.6684
45 Que Magic 164.5372
46 Prince Stoecker 164.5256
47 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 163.9884
48 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 163.4056
49 Jebs BBQ 162.8344
50 WHEN PIGS DIE 162.8344
51 QUETOPIA 162.2972
52 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 162.2400
53 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 162.2284
54 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 161.6688
55 S&S BBQ 161.1316
56 Hogline BBQ 161.1200
57 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 160.0000
58 Five Hawgs BBQ 159.4056
59 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 159.4056
60 2 CASE BBQ 157.6916
61 UP FROM THE PITS BBQ 155.9312
62 Masters BBQ 152.5712
63 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 152.5488
64 Sweet and Saucy 147.9772
65 No Bull BBQ 145.0860
66 Backwoods BBQ 142.2744

Pork Ribs

65 entries · top 176.5828 · median 164.5488

#TeamScore
1 BUFFALO'S BBQ 176.5828
2 Hogline BBQ 176.5600
3 STAR CITY BBQ 173.7372
4 Three Stooges 173.1200
5 iBQ'n 172.5944
6 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 172.5716
7 SPITFIRE 171.4400
8 Phoenix BBQ 171.4288
9 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 171.4056
10 Que Magic 170.8800
11 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 170.8228
12 PORKRASTINATORS 170.2744
13 Heavy Smoke BBQ 169.7028
14 NEVER EASY BBQ 169.7028
15 ONE2BBQ 169.1200
16 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 168.5372
17 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 168.5372
18 QUETOPIA 167.9772
19 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 167.9772
20 DIRT ROAD BBQ 167.9656
21 Bohica BBQ 167.4400
22 SMOKE IN THE EYE 167.4400
23 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 167.3828
24 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 166.8228
25 BOOMERANG BBQ 166.2972
26 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 166.2628
27 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 166.2400
28 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 165.7144
29 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 165.7144
30 SmokinGhost BBQ 165.0972
31 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 165.0972
32 WHEN PIGS DIE 164.5716
33 2 CASE BBQ 164.5488
34 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 164.0000
35 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 163.9544
36 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 163.4288
37 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 163.4056
38 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 163.3944
39 RUSTY PIG BBQ 162.8800
40 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 162.8344
41 THE BBQ BUS 162.8228
42 SMOKEHOUSE 72 162.8116
43 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 162.2972
44 TEAM CRAWFORD 162.2744
45 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 162.2400
46 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 161.7144
47 BAMBQ 160.5944
48 Shiggin aint easy 160.5832
49 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 159.9772
50 HOME FARM BBQ 159.4400
51 LUCKY'S Q 158.8572
52 Matty Macks 158.8572
53 Sweet and Saucy 158.3200
54 T-Rex BBQ 158.2516
55 T Daddys BBQ 158.2400
56 Masters BBQ 158.2400
57 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 157.6684
58 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 154.7884
59 Backwoods BBQ 154.3200
60 Five Hawgs BBQ 151.3828
61 UP FROM THE PITS BBQ 150.8344
62 S&S BBQ 148.5600
63 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 146.8000
64 Prince Stoecker 145.6800
65 Jebs BBQ 131.9316

Pork

66 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.6914 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 180.0000 🔥
2 THE BBQ BUS 177.1428
3 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 176.0344
4 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 176.0000
5 STAR CITY BBQ 175.4056
6 iBQ'n 174.8800
7 PORKRASTINATORS 174.2856
8 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 174.2628
9 Phoenix BBQ 173.7028
10 SPITFIRE 173.1544
11 ONE2BBQ 173.1200
12 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 173.1200
13 BOOMERANG BBQ 173.1084
14 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 172.0572
15 DIRT ROAD BBQ 171.9884
16 SmokinGhost BBQ 171.9772
17 UP FROM THE PITS BBQ 170.8572
18 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 170.8228
19 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 170.2972
20 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 170.2972
21 NEVER EASY BBQ 170.2856
22 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 170.2628
23 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 169.6800
24 Heavy Smoke BBQ 169.6800
25 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 169.6800
26 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 169.1544
27 QUETOPIA 169.1200
28 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 168.5716
29 WHEN PIGS DIE 168.5600
30 S&S BBQ 168.5600
31 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 167.9884
32 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 167.9656
33 Bohica BBQ 167.9656
34 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 167.4172
35 2 CASE BBQ 167.4060
36 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 167.4056
37 HOME FARM BBQ 166.8344
38 Que Magic 166.8344
39 BUFFALO'S BBQ 166.8228
40 Three Stooges 166.2744
41 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 166.2284
42 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 166.2284
43 SMOKE IN THE EYE 165.6800
44 TEAM CRAWFORD 165.1540
45 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 165.0972
46 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 164.5372
47 SMOKEHOUSE 72 163.9656
48 T-Rex BBQ 163.9428
49 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 163.4056
50 LUCKY'S Q 163.4056
51 Hogline BBQ 163.3828
52 T Daddys BBQ 163.3828
53 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 162.8112
54 Shiggin aint easy 161.6684
55 BAMBQ 160.0232
56 RUSTY PIG BBQ 159.9428
57 Masters BBQ 158.2400
58 No Bull BBQ 157.7028
59 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 154.8456
60 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 154.8000
61 Prince Stoecker 154.2056
62 Matty Macks 151.9200
63 Jebs BBQ 150.3312
64 Backwoods BBQ 148.5144
65 Sweet and Saucy 145.1200
66 Five Hawgs BBQ 145.1200

Brisket

66 entries · top 176.5600 · median 165.7144

#TeamScore
1 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 176.5600
2 BOOMERANG BBQ 175.4056
3 Hogline BBQ 173.7256
4 ONE2BBQ 173.1084
5 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 172.5484
6 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 171.9884
7 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 171.9772
8 LUCKY'S Q 171.9656
9 Shiggin aint easy 171.9656
10 Heavy Smoke BBQ 171.9656
11 SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ 171.4056
12 PORKRASTINATORS 170.8572
13 Bohica BBQ 170.8572
14 T Daddys BBQ 170.8456
15 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 170.8228
16 Phoenix BBQ 170.2628
17 BUFFALO'S BBQ 170.2628
18 iBQ'n 169.7372
19 THE REAL SMOKIN ACES 169.7372
20 DIRT ROAD BBQ 169.7028
21 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 169.1656
22 TEAM CRAWFORD 169.1428
23 ALL FORKED UP FOR Q 169.1084
24 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 169.1084
25 2 CASE BBQ 168.5828
26 HEFTY LEFTY BBQ 168.5828
27 QUETOPIA 168.5484
28 SPITFIRE 167.9772
29 Chasin Chicken Barbeque 167.3828
30 WHEN PIGS DIE 166.8228
31 BLUE ISLAND BBQ CO. 166.2744
32 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 166.2628
33 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 165.7144
34 Que Magic 165.7144
35 SCORCHED DECK BBQ 165.7028
36 MEAT ME IN ST. LOUIS 165.6684
37 CITY SLICKERS BBQ 165.1428
38 SMOKE IN THE EYE 165.0972
39 UP FROM THE PITS BBQ 164.5828
40 THE BBQ BUS 164.5712
41 SmokinGhost BBQ 164.0116
42 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 163.9428
43 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 163.3828
44 MACHETE BOYS BBQ 162.8000
45 BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ 161.6572
46 Prince Stoecker 161.0972
47 HOME FARM BBQ 161.0972
48 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 160.5256
49 No Bull BBQ 159.9772
50 Sweet and Saucy 159.9656
51 RUSTY PIG BBQ 159.4400
52 Three Stooges 158.8572
53 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 158.8344
54 SMOKEHOUSE 72 158.7996
55 STAR CITY BBQ 157.6912
56 Backwoods BBQ 157.6684
57 S&S BBQ 157.0740
58 Matty Macks 155.3828
59 T-Rex BBQ 154.8116
60 BAMBQ 154.2400
61 Masters BBQ 154.2400
62 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 152.6172
63 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 149.6572
64 NEVER EASY BBQ 148.5144
65 Five Hawgs BBQ 142.2172
66 Jebs BBQ 134.2516

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 — Turkey

40 entries · top 176.5944 · median 162.0058

#TeamScore
1 Bohica BBQ 176.5944
2 BAMBQ 174.8572
3 2 CASE BBQ 172.0344
4 Hogline BBQ 172.0228
5 Que Magic 170.2512
6 BUFFALO'S BBQ 169.1772
7 BOOMERANG BBQ 169.1544
8 Phoenix BBQ 167.9772
9 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 167.4744
10 Prince Stoecker 166.8800
11 BOOM CHICKA COW COW 166.2972
12 WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 164.5372
13 QUETOPIA 164.0228
14 Shiggin aint easy 163.3828
15 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 162.9028
16 Sweet and Saucy 162.8344
17 IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 162.8228
18 HOME FARM BBQ 162.3204
19 S&S BBQ 162.3200
20 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 162.2972
21 Jebs BBQ 161.7144
22 NEW AMERICAN BBQ CREW 161.1316
23 UP FROM THE PITS BBQ 161.0856
24 BEND OF THE RIVER BBQ 160.5600
25 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 160.5600
26 SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 158.8916
27 Three Stooges 158.8688
28 T-Rex BBQ 158.2972
29 LUCKY 19 SAUCE COMPANY 157.7256
30 PORKRASTINATORS 156.5484
31 Backwoods BBQ 155.9540
32 Matty Macks 154.8344
33 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 154.8228
34 iBQ'n 152.5256
35 Five Hawgs BBQ 150.3428
36 Masters BBQ 150.2856
37 LUCKY'S Q 144.5600
38 THE BBQ BUS 140.5712
39 NEVER EASY BBQ 136.0000
40 Heavy Smoke BBQ 134.8572

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