Jun 16–17, 2023 · State Center, IA · 📍 3rd Ave SE/2nd St SE · State championship
Reps: Clara Williams, Jonathan B Williams · Prize money: $7,000
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won Grand Champion at the Rose Festival 22nd Annual KCBS BBQ Competition on June 16, 2023 in State Center, IA at 3rd Ave SE/2nd St SE, scoring 698.8232 in a field of 27 teams. T-Rex BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 697.6456. Category winners: Chicken — Son of a Boar BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — HOT DADDY'S BBQ (180.0000); Pork — GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS (178.8572); Brisket — Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ (176.5600).
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 78% of the 4,722 championships in the data
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1776 points — closer than 78% of every championship in the data.
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 3rd. Consistency beat fireworks.
Chicken places 4–5: SHIGGIN & GRINNIN and WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 5–6: No Clue BBQ and IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ tied on 173.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: T-Rex BBQ and IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 176.5600 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 173.1316 | 168.5372 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 177.1428 | 173.7028 |
| Brisket | 176.5600 | 174.2628 | 170.8344 |
27 entries · top 698.8232 · median 675.8972
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 2 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 3 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 4 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 5 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 6 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 7 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 8 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 9 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 10 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 11 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 12 | Matty Macks | |
| 13 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 14 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 15 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 16 | Good Grefe! | |
| 17 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 18 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 19 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 20 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 21 | Darty-Q | |
| 22 | Summa Dat Que | |
| 23 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 24 | Trash Panda BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKIN GRUMPS | |
| 26 | BootsBBQ | |
| 27 | Not Dat Bad |
27 entries · top 180 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 2 | Matty Macks | |
| 3 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 4 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 5 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 6 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 7 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 8 | BootsBBQ | |
| 9 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 10 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 11 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 12 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 13 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 14 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 15 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 16 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 17 | Summa Dat Que | |
| 18 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 19 | Darty-Q | |
| 20 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 21 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 22 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 23 | Good Grefe! | |
| 24 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 25 | Trash Panda BBQ | |
| 26 | SMOKIN GRUMPS | |
| 27 | Not Dat Bad |
27 entries · top 180 · median 166.2400 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 3 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 4 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 5 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 6 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 7 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 8 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 9 | Matty Macks | |
| 10 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 11 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 12 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 13 | Darty-Q | |
| 14 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 15 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 16 | BootsBBQ | |
| 17 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 18 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 19 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 20 | SMOKIN GRUMPS | |
| 21 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 22 | Good Grefe! | |
| 23 | Summa Dat Que | |
| 24 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 25 | Not Dat Bad | |
| 26 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 27 | Trash Panda BBQ |
27 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 2 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 3 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 4 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 5 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 6 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 7 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 8 | Good Grefe! | |
| 9 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 10 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Trash Panda BBQ | |
| 12 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 13 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 14 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 15 | Matty Macks | |
| 16 | Summa Dat Que | |
| 17 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 18 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 19 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 20 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 21 | Darty-Q | |
| 22 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 23 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 24 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 25 | SMOKIN GRUMPS | |
| 26 | BootsBBQ | |
| 27 | Not Dat Bad |
27 entries · top 176.5600 · median 167.3828
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 2 | PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | |
| 3 | T-Rex BBQ | |
| 4 | UGLY BABY BBQ | |
| 5 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 6 | SHIGGIN & GRINNIN | |
| 7 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 8 | In Deep Sauce | |
| 9 | Good Grefe! | |
| 10 | No Clue BBQ | |
| 11 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 12 | MACHETE BOYS BBQ | |
| 13 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 14 | Papa Linda's Barbecue | |
| 15 | Trash Panda BBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | |
| 17 | Dirt Crüe BBQ | |
| 18 | LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ | |
| 19 | Darty-Q | |
| 20 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 21 | Not Dat Bad | |
| 22 | Summa Dat Que | |
| 23 | SMOKIN GRUMPS | |
| 24 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 25 | Matty Macks | |
| 26 | GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | |
| 27 | BootsBBQ |