Tri City BBQ Fest
The health card: 12 editions on record from 2014 to 2026, in Denison, IA. The public page for this contest →
Latest field
Field trend
Teams who come back
Not been back
Published purse
Teams who started here
Field, edition by edition
| Year | Date | Teams | Winner | Purse |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 | 26 | Grillin' Grindes | 13,150.00 |
| 2025 | Sep 19, 2025 | 26 | Shiggin & Grinnin | 12,400.00 |
| 2024 | Sep 20, 2024 | 30 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | 12,400.00 |
| 2023 | Sep 15, 2023 | 32 | Last Call Heros BBQ | 12,400.00 |
| 2022 | Sep 16, 2022 | 25 | Parrothead Smokers SD | 12,000.00 |
| 2021 | Sep 17, 2021 | 20 | Hot Daddys BBQ | 14,500.00 |
| 2019 | Sep 20, 2019 | 34 | Timbone Barbecue | 13,000.00 |
| 2018 | Sep 21, 2018 | 27 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | — |
| 2017 | Sep 22, 2017 | 37 | SPITFIRE | — |
| 2016 | Sep 16, 2016 | 34 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | — |
| 2015 | Sep 18, 2015 | 18 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | — |
| 2014 | Sep 19, 2014 | 21 | BIG T'Z Q CRU | — |
Who came back
Of the teams at one edition, how many were on the board at the next — and how many were brand new to your contest.
| Edition | Returned | Of | Return rate | New faces |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 16 | 34 | 47% | 20 |
| 2025 | 21 | 39 | 54% | 13 |
| 2024 | 22 | 39 | 56% | 17 |
| 2023 | 18 | 32 | 56% | 21 |
| 2022 | 14 | 20 | 70% | 18 |
| 2021 | 9 | 34 | 26% | 11 |
| 2019 | 15 | 27 | 56% | 19 |
| 2018 | 15 | 37 | 41% | 12 |
| 2017 | 19 | 34 | 56% | 18 |
| 2016 | 11 | 18 | 61% | 23 |
| 2015 | 10 | 21 | 48% | 8 |
The teams who stopped coming
Teams who have cooked this contest before, were not at the most recent edition, and have competed somewhere in the last eighteen months — so they are still active, they just are not here. Sorted by how many times they used to come, which is the order worth working down.
| Team | Times cooked here | Last time here | Last contest anywhere |
|---|---|---|---|
| Luscious Loins BBQ | 7 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-04-03 |
| Sweet Smokin' Jones | 6 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Bohica BBQ | 6 | 2022-09-16 | 2026-06-05 |
| 2 CASE BBQ | 6 | 2022-09-16 | 2025-05-16 |
| BLAIR'S BIGFOOT BBQ | 5 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-06-05 |
| GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | 5 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-10-02 |
| SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | 5 | 2019-09-20 | 2026-06-13 |
| Bar Down BBQ | 4 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-05-23 |
| Bucknutz BBQ | 4 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-23 |
| WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ | 4 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-09 |
| Good Grefe! | 3 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-06-13 |
| Smokin Suckers | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-10-16 |
| Casual Smokers | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-09-30 |
| SWEET SMOKIN' JONES BBQ | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-07-17 |
| T-Rex BBQ | 3 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-10-16 |
| DIGGERS BBQ | 3 | 2018-09-21 | 2026-06-26 |
| SMOKERS PURGATORY | 3 | 2017-09-22 | 2026-09-30 |
| Bramble BBQ | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-10-16 |
| Chillin N Grillin N Iowa BBQ | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-07-17 |
| Mr. Dudes BBQ | 2 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-04 |
| UGLY BABY BBQ | 2 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-06-12 |
| Team No Clue BBQ | 2 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-04-03 |
| Backroad BBQ | 2 | 2024-09-20 | 2025-07-18 |
| LaTa-Que | 2 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-08-14 |
| FAIRWAY SMOKERS | 2 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-09-05 |
| Hogline | 2 | 2022-09-16 | 2026-09-30 |
| MACHETE BOYS BBQ | 2 | 2022-09-16 | 2026-09-04 |
| BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | 2 | 2021-09-17 | 2025-08-22 |
| KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | 2 | 2019-09-20 | 2025-10-03 |
| PORKY BUTTS BBQ | 2 | 2015-09-18 | 2026-10-09 |
| Big Racks BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-04 |
| Chester's Twisted Que | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-07-31 |
| HEFTY LEFTY BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-09-30 |
| Three Casual Smokers | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-06-26 |
| Brown Dog BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2026-04-03 |
| Mad Ashley's BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Teenie Weenie BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Goose is Loose BBQ | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| Smoke'n Poke | 1 | 2025-09-19 | 2025-09-19 |
| FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-09-30 |
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Team home regions are inferred from team names and where they cook, and a team is “still active” if it has appeared on any results board in the last eighteen months. Everything here comes from the public listings and results at kcbs.us; contests that never published results are invisible to it, so read low numbers as “not on file” before reading them as “did not happen”.