Jun 19, 2021 · Sioux City, IA · 📍 111 3rd st
Reps: Alfred T Bowen, Fran Bowen · Prize money: $1,750
GO HAM BBQ won Grand Champion at the Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (BACKYARD ONLY) on June 19, 2021 in Sioux City, IA at 111 3rd st, scoring 344.5944 in a field of 22 teams. ROCK'N HOGS BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 344.0572. Category winners: Chicken — Good Ol Boys BBQ (174.8916); Pork Ribs — GO HAM BBQ (177.7372). This is the 2nd of 6 editions of this contest on record; the 2018 edition was won by Hillbilly Smoke-IA; the next was held in 2022.
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.
Closer than 90% of the 610 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5372 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.
ROCK'N HOGS BBQ finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork Ribs places 6–7: Good Grefe! edged DIGGERS BBQ by 0.0116. Chicken places 4–5: ROCK'N HOGS BBQ edged GO HAM BBQ by 0.0228. Chicken places 9–10: MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM edged SMOKEY GQ by 0.0232.
GO HAM BBQ turned in 177.7372 in pork ribs — past the 174.3316 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Ferg A Que (won ).
This contest was away for 3 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2018-06-22.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd St | 14 | 331.4744 | Ferg A Que | — |
| Jun 22, 2018 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd st | 19 | 338.2972 | Hillbilly Smoke-IA | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ |
| Jun 19, 2021 ← this one | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd st | 22 | 344.5944 | Go Ham BBQ | — |
| Jun 17, 2022 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 13 | 345.0856 | Good Old Boys BBQ | — |
| Jun 23, 2023 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 15 | 351.4288 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | — |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 17 | 348.0228 | East Bow Que | — |
| Jun 20, 2025 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 20 | 354.9144 | BBQ Pit Bros | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.8916 | 166.8572 | 163.9656 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 172 | 159.4400 |
22 entries · top 344.5944 · median 310.4914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 2 | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 3 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 4 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 5 | Hillbilly Smoke | |
| 6 | Good Ol Boys BBQ | |
| 7 | Good Grefe! | |
| 8 | MadChad's BBQ | |
| 9 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 10 | Ferg A Que | |
| 11 | DIGGERS BBQ | |
| 12 | Cow-Platty BBQ + Catering | |
| 13 | Our Butts Sux | |
| 14 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 15 | WST-BBQ | |
| 16 | Louis Bro's Family Style BBQ | |
| 17 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 18 | Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ | |
| 19 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 20 | STF BBQ | |
| 21 | Granny Weavs | |
| 22 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine |
22 entries · top 174.8916 · median 161.1486
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good Ol Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 3 | Ferg A Que | |
| 4 | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 5 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 6 | Hillbilly Smoke | |
| 7 | MadChad's BBQ | |
| 8 | Damn Fine Beef & Swine | |
| 9 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 10 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 11 | Good Grefe! | |
| 12 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 13 | Our Butts Sux | |
| 14 | Cow-Platty BBQ + Catering | |
| 15 | Louis Bro's Family Style BBQ | |
| 16 | WST-BBQ | |
| 17 | Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ | |
| 18 | STF BBQ | |
| 19 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 20 | DIGGERS BBQ | |
| 21 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 22 | Granny Weavs |
21 entries · top 177.7372 · median 157.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GO HAM BBQ | |
| 2 | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 3 | MAGNUM P.I.G. MN BBQ TEAM | |
| 4 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 5 | Hillbilly Smoke | |
| 6 | Good Grefe! | |
| 7 | DIGGERS BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKEY GQ | |
| 9 | MadChad's BBQ | |
| 10 | Ferg A Que | |
| 11 | Good Ol Boys BBQ | |
| 12 | WST-BBQ | |
| 13 | Cow-Platty BBQ + Catering | |
| 14 | Our Butts Sux | |
| 15 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 16 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 17 | Granny Weavs | |
| 18 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 19 | Louis Bro's Family Style BBQ | |
| 20 | Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ | |
| 21 | STF BBQ |