2021-07-16 – 2021-07-17 · Cedar Rapids, IA · 📍 4400 6th Street SW · State championship
Reps: CINDY JUHL, TOM JUHL · Prize money: $10,050.00
Grand Champion: Grillbilly's BBQ (690.2744) · 26 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 ONE2BBQ
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 94 times in 100
Grillbilly's BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 6-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was Grillbilly's BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data.
Grillbilly's BBQ finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 5–6: SIN CIRCLE BBQ and BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Matty Macks and LUCKY'S Q tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: HOME FARM BBQ and NEVER EASY BBQ tied on 166.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Grillbilly's BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 15th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 175.4172 | 173.1428 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.8688 | 170.2744 | 168.5828 |
| Pork | 177.7144 | 171.9656 | 169.7028 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 171.4172 | 166.8344 |
26 entries · top 690.2744 · median 667.3370
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 2 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 3 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 4 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 5 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 6 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 7 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 8 | Papa Linda's BBQ | |
| 9 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 10 | Darty-Q | |
| 11 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 12 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 13 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 14 | Matty Macks | |
| 15 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 16 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 17 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 18 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 19 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 20 | BAMBQ | |
| 21 | Smokey Boys | |
| 22 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 23 | LTS BBQ | |
| 24 | Meat Geek BBQ | |
| 25 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 26 | Q 12 Barbecue |
26 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.1200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 2 | Smokey Boys | |
| 3 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 4 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 5 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 6 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 7 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 8 | Matty Macks | |
| 9 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 10 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 11 | BAMBQ | |
| 12 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 13 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 14 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 15 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 16 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 17 | Darty-Q | |
| 18 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 19 | Meat Geek BBQ | |
| 20 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 21 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 22 | Papa Linda's BBQ | |
| 23 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 24 | LTS BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 26 | T-Rex BBQ |
26 entries · top 174.8688 · median 167.1258
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BAMBQ | |
| 2 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 3 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 4 | Matty Macks | |
| 5 | Darty-Q | |
| 6 | Papa Linda's BBQ | |
| 7 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 8 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 9 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 10 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 11 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 12 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 13 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 14 | Smokey Boys | |
| 15 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 17 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 18 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 19 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 20 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 21 | LTS BBQ | |
| 22 | Meat Geek BBQ | |
| 23 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 24 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 25 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 26 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ |
26 entries · top 177.7144 · median 167.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 2 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 4 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 5 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 6 | Darty-Q | |
| 7 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 8 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 9 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 10 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 11 | Papa Linda's BBQ | |
| 12 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 13 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 14 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 15 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 16 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 17 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 18 | Matty Macks | |
| 19 | LTS BBQ | |
| 20 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 21 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 22 | BAMBQ | |
| 23 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 24 | Smokey Boys | |
| 25 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 26 | Meat Geek BBQ |
26 entries · top 180.0000 · median 165.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 2 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 3 | Papa Linda's BBQ | |
| 4 | SIN CIRCLE BBQ | |
| 5 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 6 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 7 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 8 | Meat Geek BBQ | |
| 9 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 10 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 11 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 12 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 13 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 14 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 15 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 16 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 17 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 18 | Darty-Q | |
| 19 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 20 | Matty Macks | |
| 21 | Smokey Boys | |
| 22 | WE WILL ROCK QUE | |
| 23 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 24 | BAMBQ | |
| 25 | LTS BBQ | |
| 26 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE |