Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak)

2022-04-01 – 2022-04-02 · Altoona, IA · 📍 2600 Adventureland Drive

Reps: CLARA WILLIAMS, JONATHAN B WILLIAMS

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Smokey Boys

178.8572 · Other — Overall

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QUE'S YER DADDY

178.2972 · Other — Overall

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Breaking Slabs BBQ

175.4056 · Other — Overall

Entries

0 judged meats · 1 ancillary

Top score

178.8572

Winning margin

0.5600

GC over RC

Field average

167.32

median 166.86

Perfect 180s

Top-10 cutoff

166.8344

10th place overall

Field spread

25.7600

winner to last place

How hot was the win?

Top 45%

beats 55% of 33 Other wins in the data

Traveled in

28%

of the 18 teams with a home region came from outside IA

Form held

Weak

ρ = 0.22 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1497

avg power rating going in · stronger than 0% of contests

Top-rated in the field

GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS

rated 1537 pre-contest

Storylines

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 0.5600 points — closer than 90% of every championship in the data.

Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

Date	Where	Venue	Teams	High score	Grand Champion	Reserve Champion
2022-04-01	Altoona, IA	2600 Adventureland Drive	48	689.6800	Porkrastinators	Ash Kickin' BBQ
2022-04-01	Altoona, IA	2600 Adventureland Drive	27	349.1200	Damn Fine Beef and Swine	—
2022-04-01 ← this one	Altoona, IA	2600 Adventureland Drive	—	—	—	—
2023-03-31	Altoona, IA	2600 Adventureland Drive	47	699.4288	Gothic Town Grillers	Fergolicious BBQ
2024-03-29	Altoona, IA	2600 Adventureland Drive	42	701.1316	Shiggin & Grinnin	Matty Macks
2025-04-04	Altoona, IA	2600 Adventureland Drive	49	693.6460	Rack Shack BBQ	Low Eye Que
2026-04-03	Altoona, IA	2600 Adventureland Drive	42	709.7028	Wag's Backwoods BBQ	Sugar Shack

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Other

Overall

18 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8572

#	Team	Score
1	Smokey Boys	178.8572
2	QUE'S YER DADDY	178.2972
3	Breaking Slabs BBQ	175.4056
4	Grillbilly's BBQ	174.8800
5	CHICK HUGGINS BBQ	173.1428
6	Matty Macks	169.6916
7	WELL SAUCED BBQ	168.0000
8	T-Rex BBQ	167.4056
9	Monster2dog BBQ	166.8800
10	Beast & Bird	166.8344
11	GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS	165.6916
12	Second String BBQ	165.1316
13	SMOKIN DOUBLE R BBQ	164.5600
14	Darty-Q	163.9884
15	Sam Heinirchs	161.7028
16	Score One Smokin	160.5256
17	HOME FARM BBQ	157.6684
18	Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ	153.0972

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.

Other — Kcbs National Steak