Apr 1–2, 2022 · Altoona, IA · 📍 2600 Adventureland Drive · State championship
Reps: Clara Williams, Jonathan B Williams · Prize money: $10,000
PORKRASTINATORS won Grand Champion at the Iowa State BBQ Championship on April 1, 2022 in Altoona, IA at 2600 Adventureland Drive, scoring 689.6800 in a field of 48 teams. Ash Kickin' BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 689.6344. Category winners: Chicken — T-Rex BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Who Dat BBQ (178.8572); Pork — ACES HIGH BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ (180.0000). This is the 2nd of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2013 edition was won by BIG T'Z Q CRU; 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.
What it has taken to win here, 2013 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
This contest holds the KCBS record for tightest contest ever cooked — 5 teams within a point of the lead, in a field of 48 · won with 689.6800, set right here. Nobody has beaten it since.
Closer than 96% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.0456 points — closer than 96% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 83 times in 100
PORKRASTINATORS came in rated below the field's top team, LUCKY'S Q, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
PORKRASTINATORS won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 5th. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 0.6288 points — 5 teams sat within a single point of the lead.
Chicken places 3–4: IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ and HOT DADDY'S BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: HOGLINE and WEEKEND BUM BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: QUE'S YER DADDY and HOME FARM BBQ tied on 174.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
Who Dat BBQ turned in 178.8572 in pork ribs — past the 176.5716 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
This contest was away for 8.8 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2013-06-21.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
What happened at this contest that stands in the all-time KCBS record book. A gold line is a record nobody has beaten.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 2013 | Marshalltown, IA | Marshalltown, IA | 28 | 693.7142 | BIG T'Z Q CRU | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ |
| Apr 1, 2022 ← this one | Altoona, IA | 2600 Adventureland Drive | 48 | 689.6800 | Porkrastinators | Ash Kickin' BBQ |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Altoona, IA | 2600 Adventureland Drive | 27 | 349.1200 | Damn Fine Beef and Swine | — |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Altoona, IA | 2600 Adventureland Drive | — | — | — | — |
| Mar 31, 2023 | Altoona, IA | 2600 Adventureland Drive | 47 | 699.4288 | Gothic Town Grillers | Fergolicious BBQ |
| Mar 29, 2024 | Altoona, IA | 2600 Adventureland Drive | 42 | 701.1316 | Shiggin & Grinnin | Matty Macks |
| Apr 4, 2025 | Altoona, IA | 2600 Adventureland Drive | 49 | 693.6460 | Rack Shack BBQ | Low Eye Que |
| Apr 3, 2026 | Altoona, IA | 2600 Adventureland Drive | 42 | 709.7028 | Wag's Backwoods BBQ | Sugar Shack |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176 | 174.2972 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 174.8572 | 173.7144 |
| Pork | 180 | 175.4172 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 180 | 175.4400 | 173.1084 |
48 entries · top 689.6800 · median 675.3370
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 2 | Ash Kickin' BBQ | |
| 3 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 4 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 5 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 6 | HOGLINE | |
| 7 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 8 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 9 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 10 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 11 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 12 | BAMBQ | |
| 13 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 14 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 15 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 16 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 17 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 18 | Matty Macks | |
| 19 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 20 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 21 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 22 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 23 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 24 | CHICK HUGGINS BBQ | |
| 25 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 26 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 27 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 28 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 29 | Darty-Q | |
| 30 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 31 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 32 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 33 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 34 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 35 | QUE'S YER DADDY | |
| 36 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 37 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 38 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 39 | PO PO PORK | |
| 40 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 41 | C&M BBQ | |
| 42 | Prince Stoecker BBQ Co. | |
| 43 | Smokey Boys | |
| 44 | 225 Mafia | |
| 45 | Strkr BBQ | |
| 46 | Goldfinch BBQ | |
| 47 | The Smoking Silverback | |
| 48 | Monster2dog BBQ |
48 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 2 | CHICK HUGGINS BBQ | |
| 3 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 4 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 5 | PO PO PORK | |
| 6 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 7 | HOGLINE | |
| 8 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 9 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 10 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 11 | Darty-Q | |
| 12 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 13 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 14 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | BAMBQ | |
| 16 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 17 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 18 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 19 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 20 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 21 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 22 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 23 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 24 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 25 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 26 | Ash Kickin' BBQ | |
| 27 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 28 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 29 | Matty Macks | |
| 30 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 31 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 32 | Prince Stoecker BBQ Co. | |
| 33 | QUE'S YER DADDY | |
| 34 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 35 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 36 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 37 | Smokey Boys | |
| 38 | C&M BBQ | |
| 39 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 40 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 41 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 42 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 43 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 44 | The Smoking Silverback | |
| 45 | 225 Mafia | |
| 46 | Strkr BBQ | |
| 47 | Goldfinch BBQ | |
| 48 | Monster2dog BBQ |
48 entries · top 178.8572 · median 168.5370
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 2 | CHICK HUGGINS BBQ | |
| 3 | BAMBQ | |
| 4 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 5 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 6 | QUE'S YER DADDY | |
| 7 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 8 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 9 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 10 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 11 | C&M BBQ | |
| 12 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 13 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 14 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 15 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 16 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 17 | Matty Macks | |
| 18 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 19 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 20 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 21 | Ash Kickin' BBQ | |
| 22 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 23 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 24 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 25 | Darty-Q | |
| 26 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 27 | Prince Stoecker BBQ Co. | |
| 28 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 29 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 30 | HOGLINE | |
| 31 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 32 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 33 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 34 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 35 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 36 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 37 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 38 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 39 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 40 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 41 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 42 | Smokey Boys | |
| 43 | Strkr BBQ | |
| 44 | 225 Mafia | |
| 45 | PO PO PORK | |
| 46 | Monster2dog BBQ | |
| 47 | Goldfinch BBQ | |
| 48 | The Smoking Silverback |
48 entries · top 180 · median 168.8342 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 2 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 3 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 4 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 5 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 6 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 7 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 8 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 9 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 10 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 11 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 12 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 13 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 14 | Ash Kickin' BBQ | |
| 15 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 16 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 17 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 18 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 19 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 20 | Matty Macks | |
| 21 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 22 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 23 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 24 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 25 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 26 | HOGLINE | |
| 27 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 28 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 29 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 30 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 31 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 32 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 33 | Darty-Q | |
| 34 | 225 Mafia | |
| 35 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 36 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 37 | C&M BBQ | |
| 38 | BAMBQ | |
| 39 | Smokey Boys | |
| 40 | QUE'S YER DADDY | |
| 41 | CHICK HUGGINS BBQ | |
| 42 | PO PO PORK | |
| 43 | Prince Stoecker BBQ Co. | |
| 44 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 45 | Goldfinch BBQ | |
| 46 | The Smoking Silverback | |
| 47 | Monster2dog BBQ | |
| 48 | Strkr BBQ |
48 entries · top 180 · median 167.1028 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 2 | Ash Kickin' BBQ | |
| 3 | HOGLINE | |
| 4 | SCORCHED DECK BBQ | |
| 5 | PORKRASTINATORS | |
| 6 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 7 | WABASH BBQ | |
| 8 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 9 | BAMBQ | |
| 10 | LUCKY'S Q | |
| 11 | WEEKEND BUM BBQ | |
| 12 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 13 | Matty Macks | |
| 14 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 15 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 16 | SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | |
| 17 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 18 | PO PO PORK | |
| 19 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 20 | ONE2BBQ | |
| 21 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 22 | ACES HIGH BBQ | |
| 23 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 24 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 25 | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
| 26 | QUE'S YER DADDY | |
| 27 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 28 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 29 | Darty-Q | |
| 30 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 31 | BIG "E" BBQ | |
| 32 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 33 | 225 Mafia | |
| 34 | Who Dat BBQ | |
| 35 | WELL SAUCED BBQ | |
| 36 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 37 | CHICK HUGGINS BBQ | |
| 38 | Grillbilly's BBQ | |
| 39 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 40 | Smokey Boys | |
| 41 | THE BBQ BUS | |
| 42 | UNFAMOUS DAVE'S | |
| 43 | Prince Stoecker BBQ Co. | |
| 44 | Goldfinch BBQ | |
| 45 | C&M BBQ | |
| 46 | Monster2dog BBQ | |
| 47 | The Smoking Silverback | |
| 48 | Strkr BBQ |
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.
5 entries · top 170.2628 · median 165.1316
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sloan Bohanno | |
| 2 | Emma Hess | |
| 3 | Madison Burkhart | |
| 4 | Mason Fisher | |
| 5 | Aidan Wagner |
8 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.7372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gavin McGlaun | |
| 2 | Hailey Burkhart | |
| 3 | Rye Palmer | |
| 4 | Addisyn Shipley | |
| 5 | John Witt | |
| 6 | Olivia Mengel | |
| 7 | Aubrey Shipley | |
| 8 | Abram Shipley |