Jun 17–18, 2022 · State Center, IA · 📍 3rd Ave SE/2nd St SE · State championship
Reps: Clara Williams, Jonathan B Williams · Prize money: $7,000
HOT DADDY'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest on June 17, 2022 in State Center, IA at 3rd Ave SE/2nd St SE, scoring 687.3716 in a field of 32 teams. HOGLINE took Reserve Grand Champion with 686.2172. Category winners: Chicken — Matty Macks (178.2972); Pork Ribs — Phoenix BBQ (178.8572); Pork — BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ (178.8572); Brisket — HOGLINE (176.5716).
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 80% of the 4,710 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1544 points — closer than 80% of every championship in the data.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 75 times in 100
HOT DADDY'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 25-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
HOT DADDY'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 2 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 2.8916 points.
Chicken places 5–6: SPITFIRE and MACHETE BOYS BBQ tied on 174.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Matty Macks and BAMBQ tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ and MACHETE BOYS BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.2972 | 174.8572 | 170.8688 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 171.9656 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176 | 172.5600 |
| Brisket | 176.5716 | 173.7144 | 168.5828 |
32 entries · top 687.3716 · median 672.2230
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | HOGLINE | |
| 3 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 4 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 6 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 8 | SPITFIRE | |
| 9 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 10 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 11 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 12 | BAMBQ | |
| 13 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 14 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 15 | Matty Macks | |
| 16 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 17 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 18 | DartyQ | |
| 19 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 20 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 21 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 22 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 23 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 24 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 25 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 26 | Heavy & Sweaty BBQ | |
| 27 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 28 | Incipient Phase BBQ | |
| 29 | BIG T'Z Q CRU | |
| 30 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 31 | Trash Panda BBQ | |
| 32 | Deer Creek Smoke N Guns |
32 entries · top 178.2972 · median 169.1372
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matty Macks | |
| 2 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 3 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 4 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 5 | SPITFIRE | |
| 6 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 7 | BAMBQ | |
| 8 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 9 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 10 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 11 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 12 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 13 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 14 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 15 | DartyQ | |
| 16 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 17 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 18 | HOGLINE | |
| 19 | Heavy & Sweaty BBQ | |
| 20 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 21 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 22 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 23 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 24 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 25 | BIG T'Z Q CRU | |
| 26 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 27 | Incipient Phase BBQ | |
| 28 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 29 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 30 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 31 | Trash Panda BBQ | |
| 32 | Deer Creek Smoke N Guns |
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.8458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 2 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 3 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 4 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 5 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 6 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 7 | HOGLINE | |
| 8 | Matty Macks | |
| 9 | BAMBQ | |
| 10 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 11 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 12 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 13 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 14 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 15 | DartyQ | |
| 16 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 17 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 18 | Trash Panda BBQ | |
| 19 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 20 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 21 | Heavy & Sweaty BBQ | |
| 22 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 23 | Incipient Phase BBQ | |
| 24 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 25 | SPITFIRE | |
| 26 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 27 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 28 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 29 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 30 | BIG T'Z Q CRU | |
| 31 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 32 | Deer Creek Smoke N Guns |
32 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.4114
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 2 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 3 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 4 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 5 | DartyQ | |
| 6 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 7 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 8 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 9 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 10 | SPITFIRE | |
| 11 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 12 | HOGLINE | |
| 13 | Heavy & Sweaty BBQ | |
| 14 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 15 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 16 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 17 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 18 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 19 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 20 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 21 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 22 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 23 | BIG T'Z Q CRU | |
| 24 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 25 | BAMBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 27 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 28 | Deer Creek Smoke N Guns | |
| 29 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 30 | Matty Macks | |
| 31 | Trash Panda BBQ | |
| 32 | Incipient Phase BBQ |
32 entries · top 176.5716 · median 165.3942
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOGLINE | |
| 2 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 3 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 4 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 5 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 6 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 7 | SPITFIRE | |
| 8 | BAMBQ | |
| 9 | Incipient Phase BBQ | |
| 10 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 11 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 12 | Matty Macks | |
| 13 | TEAM CRAWFORD | |
| 14 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 15 | 2 CASE BBQ | |
| 16 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 17 | BERGEY BOYS BLAZING BBQ | |
| 18 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 19 | PARTS 'R' SMOKIN | |
| 20 | NEVER EASY BBQ | |
| 21 | Q 12 Barbecue | |
| 22 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 23 | Phoenix BBQ | |
| 24 | Slightly Sauced | |
| 25 | DartyQ | |
| 26 | Heavy & Sweaty BBQ | |
| 27 | BIG T'Z Q CRU | |
| 28 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 29 | PORK COUNTY BARBECUE | |
| 30 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 31 | Deer Creek Smoke N Guns | |
| 32 | Trash Panda BBQ |