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Shenandoah ShenDig

2023-07-21 – 2023-07-22 · Shenandoah, IA · 📍 701 S. Fremont Street · State championship

Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, SARAH WICKHAM · Prize money: $5,600.00

Grand Champion: Hot Daddy's Barbeque (702.7884) · 37 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 RAILYARD BBQ

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HOT DADDY'S BBQ
702.7884 · Master Series — Overall
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RAILYARD BBQ
701.0856 · Master Series — Overall
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FAIRWAY SMOKERS
699.3600 · Master Series — Overall

The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)

How the field scored

Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.

How the meats cooked

Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.

  • Chicken 180.00 🔥
  • Pork Ribs 177.70
  • Pork 180.00 🔥
  • Brisket 176.00
20.00 180.00

Winning score by edition

What it has taken to win here, 2023 to 2026 — this edition picked out.

2023-07-21 — 702.7884 (Hot Daddy's Barbeque) 2025-07-18 — 707.3944 (Low Eye Que) 2026-07-17 — 703.9544 (SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES) 2026-07-17 — 178.2972 (BBQ Pit Bros) 702.79 2023 2026

Entries

37
4 judged meats

Top score

702.7884

Winning margin

1.7028
GC over RC

Field average

656.54
547.39702.79
median 670.15 · last place to winner

Perfect 180s

2 🔥
RAILYARD BBQ (Chicken), FAIRWAY SMOKERS (Pork)

Tightest race

Brisket
0.5944 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

686.7656
547.39702.79
10th place overall

Field spread

155.3940
winner to last place

Prize money

$5,600.00
on the line

Most consistent

HOT DADDY'S BBQ
avg finish 5.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

5
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 2.2972 pts — RAILYARD BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 22%
beats 78% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Strong
ρ = -0.6 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1552
avg power rating going in · stronger than 40% of contests

Top-rated in the field

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE
rated 1796 pre-contest

Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)

Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.

Photo finishes

Tie closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point

Chicken places 6–7: Go Pig or Go Home and SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 7–8: SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY and Squealin N Dealin BBQ tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Squealin N Dealin BBQ and PARROTHEAD SMOKERS tied on 173.1316 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

  • Chicken 6–7 · tie
  • Chicken 7–8 · tie
  • Pork Ribs 7–8 · tie
  • Pork 4–5 · tie

How the title was won

3 of 4 meats called to the stage

HOT DADDY'S BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork at 12th.

  • Chicken 5th
  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 12th
  • Brisket 2nd

A perfect score on the table

2 perfect 180s

2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.

  • RAILYARD BBQ · Chicken
  • FAIRWAY SMOKERS · Pork

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2023-07-21 ← this one Shenandoah, IA 701 S. Fremont Street 37 702.7884 Hot Daddy's Barbeque RAILYARD BBQ
2025-07-18 Shenandoah, IA 709 S. Fremont Street 30 707.3944 Low Eye Que HOT DADDY'S BBQ
2026-07-17 Shenandoah, IA 709 S. Fremont Street 28 703.9544 SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES HOT DADDY'S BBQ
2026-07-17 Shenandoah, IA 709 S. Fremont Street 17 178.2972 BBQ Pit Bros —

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken180.0000175.4056173.1084
Pork Ribs177.7028175.4056171.9772
Pork180.0000177.7028174.8456
Brisket176.0000175.4056171.9656

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

37 entries · top 702.7884 · median 670.1484

#TeamScore
1 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 702.7884
2 RAILYARD BBQ 701.0856
3 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 699.3600
4 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 698.7884
5 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 695.9200
6 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 695.3600
7 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 694.7656
8 TEAM CRAWFORD 693.6340
9 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 689.6460
10 Go Pig or Go Home 686.7656
11 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 686.2056
12 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 685.6344
13 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 685.6228
14 Smokin Reefer BBQ 683.3368
15 SMOKIN' TOAD'S 680.4572
16 SMOKEHOUSE 72 680.4336
17 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 673.0860
18 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 670.7884
19 GRILLIN' GRINDES 670.1484
20 TEAM BREW & QUE 666.7080
21 Bucknutz BBQ 650.6972
22 Low Eye Q Barbeque 650.1372
23 That's What She Said BBQ 649.6344
24 Sweet Smokin' Jones 649.5428
25 Backroad BBQ 643.8056
26 Brian's Beef 640.3308
27 BBQ Pit Bros 639.8856
28 SMITH BBQ CO. 630.1604
29 Average Joe's Barbeque 622.1484
30 Smokin A BBQ 618.7312
31 High 4 BBQ 614.6856
32 Big Blue BBQ - Hamburg HS 609.0512
33 Grill Reapers - Essex HS 605.0052
34 Monster2dog BBQ 602.6860
35 Smokin' up the House BBQ 593.4968
36 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 583.8972
37 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 547.3944

Chicken

37 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 RAILYARD BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 TEAM CRAWFORD 177.7028
3 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 176.5600
4 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 175.4172
5 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 175.4056
6 Go Pig or Go Home 174.2628
7 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 174.2628
8 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 174.2628
9 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 173.1200
10 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 173.1084
11 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 173.1084
12 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 172.5600
13 SMOKEHOUSE 72 171.9656
14 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 171.9656
15 GRILLIN' GRINDES 171.4172
16 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 171.4172
17 TEAM BREW & QUE 170.8228
18 Low Eye Q Barbeque 169.7144
19 SMOKIN' TOAD'S 169.6800
20 Smokin Reefer BBQ 169.1200
21 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 168.5372
22 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 166.8340
23 Big Blue BBQ - Hamburg HS 166.2628
24 That's What She Said BBQ 164.5716
25 BBQ Pit Bros 164.5600
26 Backroad BBQ 163.3828
27 Bucknutz BBQ 162.8228
28 Sweet Smokin' Jones 161.1084
29 Monster2dog BBQ 155.3600
30 Average Joe's Barbeque 154.8112
31 Smokin' up the House BBQ 154.7768
32 Brian's Beef 154.2284
33 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 153.7372
34 High 4 BBQ 152.5372
35 Smokin A BBQ 152.4912
36 SMITH BBQ CO. 150.8344
37 Grill Reapers - Essex HS 143.3828

Pork Ribs

37 entries · top 177.7028 · median 169.7144

#TeamScore
1 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 177.7028
2 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 176.5600
3 That's What She Said BBQ 175.4400
4 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 175.4172
5 SMOKEHOUSE 72 175.4056
6 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 174.2628
7 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 173.1316
8 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 173.1316
9 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 173.1200
10 SMOKIN' TOAD'S 171.9772
11 TEAM CRAWFORD 171.4172
12 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 170.8572
13 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 170.8460
14 Sweet Smokin' Jones 170.8344
15 RAILYARD BBQ 170.8228
16 TEAM BREW & QUE 170.8112
17 SMITH BBQ CO. 170.2744
18 Smokin Reefer BBQ 170.2628
19 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 169.7144
20 BBQ Pit Bros 167.3828
21 GRILLIN' GRINDES 167.3828
22 Go Pig or Go Home 167.3828
23 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 165.6916
24 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 165.0972
25 Backroad BBQ 162.2284
26 Smokin A BBQ 161.1200
27 Average Joe's Barbeque 161.0972
28 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 158.8572
29 Brian's Beef 158.7884
30 Bucknutz BBQ 157.0972
31 Low Eye Q Barbeque 155.3828
32 Grill Reapers - Essex HS 155.3600
33 High 4 BBQ 154.2744
34 Smokin' up the House BBQ 144.5256
35 Monster2dog BBQ 139.9544
36 Big Blue BBQ - Hamburg HS 137.1428
37 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 135.3716

Pork

37 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6684 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 180.0000 🔥
2 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 178.8572
3 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 178.2972
4 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 177.7028
5 RAILYARD BBQ 177.7028
6 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 176.5600
7 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 176.0000
8 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 176.0000
9 TEAM CRAWFORD 175.4056
10 Smokin Reefer BBQ 174.8456
11 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 174.2744
12 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 174.2628
13 Go Pig or Go Home 173.1316
14 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 173.1200
15 Brian's Beef 172.5600
16 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 171.9772
17 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 171.9656
18 GRILLIN' GRINDES 170.8228
19 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 169.6684
20 SMOKIN' TOAD'S 169.1200
21 TEAM BREW & QUE 167.9656
22 SMOKEHOUSE 72 166.2512
23 Bucknutz BBQ 166.2400
24 BBQ Pit Bros 164.5256
25 Sweet Smokin' Jones 163.3828
26 Low Eye Q Barbeque 162.2400
27 Average Joe's Barbeque 159.9884
28 High 4 BBQ 159.9424
29 Big Blue BBQ - Hamburg HS 159.4056
30 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 158.2284
31 Grill Reapers - Essex HS 157.1540
32 Smokin A BBQ 156.0000
33 Backroad BBQ 155.9544
34 Smokin' up the House BBQ 153.1084
35 That's What She Said BBQ 150.8228
36 SMITH BBQ CO. 149.0628
37 Monster2dog BBQ 147.9544

Brisket

37 entries · top 176.0000 · median 162.8000

#TeamScore
1 AWESOME RACKS COOKIN CREW 176.0000
2 HOT DADDY'S BBQ 175.4172
3 LUSCIOUS LOINS BBQ 175.4172
4 PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 175.4056
5 SMOKIN' LEFTY'S BBQ 175.4056
6 FAIRWAY SMOKERS 174.2628
7 UNFAMOUS DAVE'S 173.1200
8 RAILYARD BBQ 172.5600
9 Go Pig or Go Home 171.9884
10 SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY 171.9656
11 Squealin N Dealin BBQ 170.2628
12 SMOKIN' TOAD'S 169.6800
13 TEAM CRAWFORD 169.1084
14 Smokin Reefer BBQ 169.1084
15 SMOKEHOUSE 72 166.8112
16 GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS 166.2400
17 Bucknutz BBQ 164.5372
18 PORK COUNTY BARBECUE 162.8572
19 Low Eye Q Barbeque 162.8000
20 Backroad BBQ 162.2400
21 GRILLIN' GRINDES 160.5256
22 SMITH BBQ CO. 159.9888
23 Monster2dog BBQ 159.4172
24 Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ 159.3716
25 That's What She Said BBQ 158.8000
26 TEAM BREW & QUE 157.1084
27 Brian's Beef 154.7540
28 Sweet Smokin' Jones 154.2172
29 Smokin A BBQ 149.1200
30 Grill Reapers - Essex HS 149.1084
31 High 4 BBQ 147.9316
32 Average Joe's Barbeque 146.2516
33 Big Blue BBQ - Hamburg HS 146.2400
34 BBQ Pit Bros 143.4172
35 Smokin' up the House BBQ 141.0860
36 For Whom The Smoke Rolls 136.5600
37 THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE SMOKE 20.0000

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