Camp High Hopes Rib Fest (Backyard)
2022-06-17 – 2022-06-18 · Sioux City, IA · 📍 111 3rd Street
Reps: ALFRED T BOWEN, FRAN BOWEN · Prize money: $1,750.00
Grand Champion: Good Old Boys BBQ (345.0856) · 13 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Hillbilly Smoke
Entries
13
2 judged meats
Top score
345.0856
Winning margin
1.6800
GC over RC
Field average
320.24
median 321.62
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Chicken
4.0460 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
306.1144
10th place overall
Field spread
46.3084
winner to last place
Prize money
$1,750.00
on the line
Double threats
3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 79%
beats 21% of 708 Backyard Series wins in the data
Traveled in
0%
of the 13 teams with a home region came from outside IA
Came back for more
36%
8 of 22 teams from the previous edition returned
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.49 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1498
avg power rating going in · stronger than 1% of contests
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 1–2: 7.62 BBQ and Patti's Pit Stop tied on 170.2744 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: ROCK'N HOGS BBQ edged Pig N Heat BBQ by 0.0344. Chicken places 9–10: Seaboard Triumph Foods edged Becca Soo's BBQ by 0.0456.
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)
Score distribution
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd St | 14 | 331.4744 | Ferg A Que | — | |
| 2018-06-22 | 111 3rd st | 19 | 338.2972 | Hillbilly Smoke-IA | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 2021-06-19 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd st | 22 | 344.5944 | Go Ham BBQ | — |
| 2022-06-17 ← this one | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 13 | 345.0856 | Good Old Boys BBQ | — |
| 2023-06-23 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 15 | 351.4288 | Hillbilly Smoke BBQ | — |
| 2024-06-21 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 17 | 348.0228 | East Bow Que | — |
| 2025-06-20 | Sioux City, IA | 111 3rd Street | 20 | 354.9144 | BBQ Pit Bros | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 170.2744 | 166.2284 | 157.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 163.9772 | 154.8232 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
13 entries · top 345.0856 · median 321.6228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good Old Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | Hillbilly Smoke | |
| 3 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 4 | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 5 | DIGGERS BBQ | |
| 6 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 7 | Pig N Heat BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 9 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 10 | Louis Brothers Family BBQ | |
| 11 | Seaboard Triumph Foods | |
| 12 | Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ | |
| 13 | Becca Soo's BBQ |
Chicken
13 entries · top 170.2744 · median 162.2284
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 2 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 3 | Hillbilly Smoke | |
| 4 | DIGGERS BBQ | |
| 5 | Good Old Boys BBQ | |
| 6 | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 7 | Pig N Heat BBQ | |
| 8 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 9 | Seaboard Triumph Foods | |
| 10 | Becca Soo's BBQ | |
| 11 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 12 | Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ | |
| 13 | Louis Brothers Family BBQ |
Pork Ribs
13 entries · top 178.8572 · median 160.5716
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Good Old Boys BBQ | |
| 2 | Hillbilly Smoke | |
| 3 | ROCK'N HOGS BBQ | |
| 4 | Louis Brothers Family BBQ | |
| 5 | DIGGERS BBQ | |
| 6 | 7.62 BBQ | |
| 7 | BBQ Pit Bros | |
| 8 | Pig N Heat BBQ | |
| 9 | Rock'm Sock'mmm BBQ | |
| 10 | Patti's Pit Stop | |
| 11 | 2 B's BBQ | |
| 12 | Seaboard Triumph Foods | |
| 13 | Becca Soo's BBQ |