2025-06-20 – 2025-06-21 · State Center, IA · 📍 State Center, IA 50247 · State championship
Reps: BUNNY TUTTLE, RICH TUTTLE · Prize money: $7,000.00
Grand Champion: HOT DADDY'S BBQ (705.1088) · 25 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Son of a Boar BBQ
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.
Chicken places 8–9: TEAM NO CLUE and SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES tied on 171.9772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Big Racks BBQ and BootsBBQ tied on 170.8344 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: HOME FARM BBQ and HOT DADDY'S BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
HOT DADDY'S BBQ took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 7th.
1 perfect 180 was scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 171.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 173.1428 | 169.6916 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 176.5600 | 173.1200 |
| Brisket | 178.2972 | 176.0116 | 171.9772 |
25 entries · top 705.1088 · median 680.4572
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 3 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 4 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 5 | CROSSCUT BBQ2 | |
| 6 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 7 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 8 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 9 | BootsBBQ | |
| 10 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 11 | Low Eye Que | |
| 12 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 13 | SPITFIRE | |
| 14 | TEAM NO CLUE | |
| 15 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 16 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 17 | Ambition Que | |
| 18 | BOBALICIOUS | |
| 19 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 20 | HAD TO BBQ | |
| 21 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 22 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 23 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 24 | SMOKE DOCTOR | |
| 25 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC |
25 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.6800 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 2 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 3 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 4 | SPITFIRE | |
| 5 | HAD TO BBQ | |
| 6 | Ambition Que | |
| 7 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 8 | TEAM NO CLUE | |
| 9 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 10 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 11 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 12 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 13 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 14 | CROSSCUT BBQ2 | |
| 15 | Low Eye Que | |
| 16 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 17 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 18 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 19 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 20 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 21 | BootsBBQ | |
| 22 | BOBALICIOUS | |
| 23 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 24 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC | |
| 25 | SMOKE DOCTOR |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.6800
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 2 | CROSSCUT BBQ2 | |
| 3 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 4 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 5 | Low Eye Que | |
| 6 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 7 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 8 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 9 | BootsBBQ | |
| 10 | TEAM NO CLUE | |
| 11 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 12 | Ambition Que | |
| 13 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 14 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 15 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 16 | BOBALICIOUS | |
| 17 | SPITFIRE | |
| 18 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 19 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 20 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 21 | HAD TO BBQ | |
| 22 | SMOKE DOCTOR | |
| 23 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 24 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 25 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC |
25 entries · top 178.8572 · median 171.9772
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 2 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 3 | BootsBBQ | |
| 4 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 5 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 6 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 7 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 8 | CROSSCUT BBQ2 | |
| 9 | SPITFIRE | |
| 10 | Low Eye Que | |
| 11 | Ambition Que | |
| 12 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 13 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 14 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 15 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 16 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 17 | TEAM NO CLUE | |
| 18 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 19 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 20 | BOBALICIOUS | |
| 21 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 22 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC | |
| 23 | HAD TO BBQ | |
| 24 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 25 | SMOKE DOCTOR |
25 entries · top 178.2972 · median 167.4056
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
| 2 | Son of a Boar BBQ | |
| 3 | Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | |
| 4 | DRY 2 DA BONE | |
| 5 | CROSSCUT BBQ2 | |
| 6 | BootsBBQ | |
| 7 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | |
| 8 | SMOKEHOUSE 72 | |
| 9 | WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | |
| 10 | IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | |
| 11 | Big Racks BBQ | |
| 12 | BOBALICIOUS | |
| 13 | HAD TO BBQ | |
| 14 | Bucknutz BBQ | |
| 15 | HOME FARM BBQ | |
| 16 | TEAM NO CLUE | |
| 17 | Low Eye Que | |
| 18 | SPITFIRE | |
| 19 | SMOKEY D'S WANNABEES | |
| 20 | BUCKSHOTBBQ | |
| 21 | NOT DAT BAD | |
| 22 | Yankee Twang BBQ Co. | |
| 23 | On the Spit BBQ, LLC | |
| 24 | Ambition Que | |
| 25 | SMOKE DOCTOR |