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Ditmars Red White & Blue BBQ

2023-06-30 – 2023-07-01 · Council Bluffs, IA · State championship

Reps: PHIL MORROW PHB, ROSEMARY MORROW · Prize money: $5,000.00

Grand Champion: Team Crawford (701.7256) · 22 teams

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701.7256 · Master Series — Overall
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697.6688 · Master Series — Overall
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689.6572 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

22
4 categories

Top score

701.7256

Winning margin

4.0568
GC over RC

Field average

663.72
median 667.62

Perfect 180s

0

Tightest race

Chicken
2.8684 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

669.5888
what a walk cost here

Field spread

98.4916
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,000.00
on the line

Most consistent

avg finish 2.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Brisket
won by 2.8228 pts — LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 27%
beats 73% of 2713 overall wins in the data

Field strength

1536
avg power rating going in · stronger than 42% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1753 pre-contest

Storylines

🃏 An upset on the books

TEAM CRAWFORD came in rated below the field's top team, Damn Fine Beef & Swine, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 24-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)

This contest over the years

DateWhereTeamsHigh scoreGrand Champion
2023-06-30 ← this one Council Bluffs, IA 22 701.7256 Team Crawford
2024-07-05 Council Bluffs, IA 26 691.3484 Shiggin Aint Easy
2025-08-01 Council Bluffs, IA

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series — Brisket

22 entries · top 177.1544 · median 162.2344

#TeamScore
1 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 177.1544
2 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 174.3316
3 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 171.9772
4 TEAM CRAWFORD 171.4056
5 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 171.4056
6 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 169.6800
7 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 169.1200
8 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 167.3828
9 The Johnny Pig 165.1316
10 Route 4 BBQ 164.0228
11 SAUCE BOSSES 162.8116
12 Backroad BBQ 161.6572
13 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 161.6456
14 TEAM BREW & QUE 159.9428
15 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 159.3944
16 Byg's BBQ 157.7256
17 ELWOOD BBQ 157.7144
18 Cross Cut BBQ 157.0856
19 Gutboys 155.9312
20 Absolute Bull 155.3484
21 Smokin A BBQ 154.8688
22 Smokin' Sheltons 139.3028

Master Series — Chicken

22 entries · top 174.8572 · median 168.2742

#TeamScore
1 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 174.8572
2 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 174.2744
3 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 173.7144
4 TEAM CRAWFORD 173.7028
5 SAUCE BOSSES 171.9888
6 TEAM BREW & QUE 171.9772
7 Gutboys 170.8572
8 Absolute Bull 170.2744
9 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 170.2628
10 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 169.6800
11 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 168.5256
12 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 168.0228
13 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 167.9772
14 Byg's BBQ 167.4056
15 Backroad BBQ 167.3944
16 Cross Cut BBQ 166.8456
17 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 166.2628
18 ELWOOD BBQ 161.1544
19 Smokin' Sheltons 161.0972
20 Smokin A BBQ 159.9656
21 The Johnny Pig 156.5028
22 Route 4 BBQ 153.6456

Master Series — Overall

22 entries · top 701.7256 · median 667.6170

#TeamScore
1 TEAM CRAWFORD 701.7256
2 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 697.6688
3 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 689.6572
4 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 689.0628
5 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 683.4060
6 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 681.0632
7 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 677.0744
8 TEAM BREW & QUE 674.2516
9 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 672.4572
10 SAUCE BOSSES 669.5888
11 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 667.9772
12 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 667.2568
13 Absolute Bull 666.7200
14 Byg's BBQ 661.6456
15 Cross Cut BBQ 660.4340
16 Backroad BBQ 654.1260
17 Gutboys 648.4340
18 ELWOOD BBQ 637.6000
19 Smokin A BBQ 636.0004
20 Route 4 BBQ 632.4340
21 The Johnny Pig 630.1032
22 Smokin' Sheltons 603.2340

Master Series — Pork

22 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.7316

#TeamScore
1 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 178.8572
2 TEAM CRAWFORD 177.1772
3 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 174.2744
4 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 173.1200
5 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 172.5600
6 Absolute Bull 171.9772
7 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 171.9772
8 SAUCE BOSSES 171.9656
9 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 170.8456
10 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 170.8228
11 TEAM BREW & QUE 170.3088
12 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 169.1544
13 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 167.9656
14 Cross Cut BBQ 167.9656
15 Byg's BBQ 166.8228
16 The Johnny Pig 162.8344
17 Smokin A BBQ 161.1660
18 Backroad BBQ 160.5144
19 Gutboys 160.5028
20 ELWOOD BBQ 158.2284
21 Smokin' Sheltons 156.5484
22 Route 4 BBQ 154.8228

Master Series — Pork Ribs

22 entries · top 179.4400 · median 165.6972

#TeamScore
1 TEAM CRAWFORD 179.4400
2 PORKY BUTTS BBQ 178.8572
3 Damn Fine Beef & Swine 176.5600
4 TEAM BREW & QUE 172.0228
5 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 171.9772
6 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 171.4056
7 Byg's BBQ 169.6916
8 Absolute Bull 169.1200
9 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 169.1200
10 Cross Cut BBQ 168.5372
11 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 166.8344
12 Backroad BBQ 164.5600
13 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 163.9660
14 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 162.8344
15 SAUCE BOSSES 162.8228
16 Gutboys 161.1428
17 ELWOOD BBQ 160.5028
18 Smokin A BBQ 160.0000
19 Route 4 BBQ 159.9428
20 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 158.8228
21 Smokin' Sheltons 146.2856
22 The Johnny Pig 145.6344

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