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Shenandoah "ShenDig" Barbeque Championship

2022-07-29 – 2022-07-30 · Shenandoah, IA · 📍 Elks Lodge Grounds · State championship

Reps: DONNA YOUNG, ED YOUNG · Prize money: $5,600.00

Grand Champion: Smokin Leftys BBQ (705.0972) · 27 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW

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SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ
705.0972 · Master Series — Overall
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AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW
701.1200 · Master Series — Overall
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Squealin N Dealin BBQ
696.0228 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

27
4 judged meats

Top score

705.0972

Winning margin

3.9772
GC over RC

Field average

663.27
median 663.30

Perfect 180s

4 🔥
GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY (Brisket), PARTS 'R' SMOKIN (Chicken), Dirt Crüe BBQ (Pork Ribs), AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW (Pork Ribs)

Tightest race

Pork
2.2972 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

682.7656
10th place overall

Field spread

120.5828
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,600.00
on the line

Most consistent

SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ
avg finish 4.25 across 4 meats

Double threats

7
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 4.0000 pts — GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY

How hot was the win?

Top 24%
beats 76% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Traveled in

44%
of the 27 teams with a home region came from outside IA

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.58 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1513
avg power rating going in · stronger than 17% of contests

Top-rated in the field

SmokinGhost BBQ
rated 1658 pre-contest

Storylines

🧳 Out-of-towners took the title

SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ took the Grand Championship home to NE.

🔥 A day of perfect scores

4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 6–7: AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW and Thats what She Said BBQ tied on 173.1544 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 1–2: Dirt Crüe BBQ and AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW tied on 180.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 6–7: SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ and PARTS 'R' SMOKIN tied on 175.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🃏 An upset on the books

SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, SmokinGhost BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.

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)

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)

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000174.2628169.7372
Pork Ribs180.0000177.1772172.5600
Pork179.4400177.1428170.2628
Brisket180.0000173.1084167.4284

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

27 entries · top 705.0972 · median 663.3032

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 705.0972
2 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 701.1200
3 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 696.0228
4 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 695.4056
5 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 689.0400
6 TEAM CRAWFORD 688.5372
7 SmokinGhost BBQ 688.5144
8 S&S BBQ 688.0228
9 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 686.1828
10 Dirt Crüe BBQ 682.7656
11 Three Brothers Different Mothers 679.9200
12 Sweet Smokin' Jones 672.5144
13 GRILLIN' GRINDES 667.3256
14 SMOKEHOUSE 72 663.3032
15 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 663.2912
16 Bucknutz BBQ 656.9716
17 Smith BBQ 655.3600
18 Tacos Boys BBQ Team 654.7768
19 Notorious BBQ 651.9428
20 Smokin A BBQ 649.6572
21 Thats what She Said BBQ 648.5372
22 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 646.6972
23 Monster2dog BBQ 640.5028
24 BBQ Pit Bros 639.3028
25 Old Outlaw BBQ 618.1256
26 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 594.8000
27 D&G BBQ 584.5144

Chicken

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 180.0000 🔥
2 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 178.8572
3 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 176.5600
4 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 174.3200
5 Three Brothers Different Mothers 174.2628
6 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 173.1544
7 Thats what She Said BBQ 173.1544
8 S&S BBQ 171.4400
9 Tacos Boys BBQ Team 171.4056
10 TEAM CRAWFORD 169.7372
11 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 169.1200
12 Smith BBQ 168.5600
13 Dirt Crüe BBQ 168.0116
14 SmokinGhost BBQ 167.3944
15 Sweet Smokin' Jones 167.3828
16 Notorious BBQ 166.8228
17 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 166.2856
18 SMOKEHOUSE 72 165.6800
19 GRILLIN' GRINDES 164.5600
20 Smokin A BBQ 163.4516
21 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 162.8344
22 Old Outlaw BBQ 162.2512
23 Bucknutz BBQ 161.6572
24 BBQ Pit Bros 159.9656
25 Monster2dog BBQ 158.2400
26 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 151.4400
27 D&G BBQ 151.4172

Pork Ribs

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4288 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Dirt Crüe BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 180.0000 🔥
3 SmokinGhost BBQ 178.8572
4 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 177.7028
5 S&S BBQ 177.1772
6 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 175.4172
7 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 175.4172
8 Sweet Smokin' Jones 173.7372
9 Smith BBQ 173.7144
10 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 172.5600
11 Monster2dog BBQ 172.0000
12 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 171.9772
13 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 169.7028
14 Three Brothers Different Mothers 167.4288
15 GRILLIN' GRINDES 166.8228
16 Tacos Boys BBQ Team 166.2856
17 BBQ Pit Bros 165.6684
18 Smokin A BBQ 165.1200
19 TEAM CRAWFORD 164.5372
20 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 162.8000
21 Bucknutz BBQ 161.0972
22 SMOKEHOUSE 72 158.8116
23 Old Outlaw BBQ 158.8000
24 D&G BBQ 153.7028
25 Notorious BBQ 152.5028
26 Thats what She Said BBQ 149.0972
27 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 137.6800

Pork

27 entries · top 179.4400 · median 166.2972

#TeamScore
1 SmokinGhost BBQ 179.4400
2 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 179.4400
3 TEAM CRAWFORD 178.8572
4 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 178.8572
5 S&S BBQ 177.1428
6 SMOKEHOUSE 72 174.8572
7 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 174.2628
8 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 174.2628
9 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 172.5600
10 Three Brothers Different Mothers 170.2628
11 Smokin A BBQ 169.7028
12 Dirt Crüe BBQ 167.3828
13 Sweet Smokin' Jones 166.8228
14 Thats what She Said BBQ 166.2972
15 Notorious BBQ 166.2856
16 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 165.0972
17 Bucknutz BBQ 164.5372
18 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 164.5256
19 Smith BBQ 164.5256
20 Tacos Boys BBQ Team 162.8800
21 BBQ Pit Bros 161.0972
22 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 160.0000
23 GRILLIN' GRINDES 159.9428
24 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 158.2056
25 Old Outlaw BBQ 155.4056
26 Monster2dog BBQ 151.4056
27 D&G BBQ 135.4172

Brisket

27 entries · top 180.0000 · median 164.5716 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 GRINDERS BBQ KANSAS CITY 180.0000 🔥
2 GRILLIN' GRINDES 176.0000
3 TEAM CRAWFORD 175.4056
4 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 174.2628
5 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 173.1084
6 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 169.7372
7 Bucknutz BBQ 169.6800
8 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 168.5256
9 Three Brothers Different Mothers 167.9656
10 PARTS 'R' SMOKIN 167.4284
11 Dirt Crüe BBQ 167.3712
12 Notorious BBQ 166.3316
13 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 166.2400
14 Sweet Smokin' Jones 164.5716
15 SMOKEHOUSE 72 163.9544
16 SmokinGhost BBQ 162.8228
17 S&S BBQ 162.2628
18 Thats what She Said BBQ 159.9884
19 Monster2dog BBQ 158.8572
20 Tacos Boys BBQ Team 154.2056
21 BBQ Pit Bros 152.5716
22 Smokin A BBQ 151.3828
23 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 149.6344
24 Smith BBQ 148.5600
25 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 145.6800
26 D&G BBQ 143.9772
27 Old Outlaw BBQ 141.6688

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