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 | 2026-09-18 | — | — | 13,150.00 |
| 2025 | 2025-09-19 | 26 | Shiggin & Grinnin | 12,400.00 |
| 2024 | 2024-09-20 | 30 | HOT DADDY'S BBQ | 12,400.00 |
| 2023 | 2023-09-15 | 32 | Last Call Heros BBQ | 12,400.00 |
| 2022 | 2022-09-16 | 25 | Parrothead Smokers SD | 12,000.00 |
| 2021 | 2021-09-17 | 20 | Hot Daddys BBQ | 14,500.00 |
| 2019 | 2019-09-20 | 34 | Timbone Barbecue | 13,000.00 |
| 2018 | 2018-09-21 | 27 | TIMBONE BARBECUE | — |
| 2017 | 2017-09-22 | 37 | SPITFIRE | — |
| 2016 | 2016-09-16 | 34 | BIG POPPA SMOKERS | — |
| 2015 | 2015-09-18 | 18 | PORKY BUTTS BBQ | — |
| 2014 | 2014-09-19 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 10 | 18 | 56% | 24 |
| 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 | Where | Times cooked here | Last time here | Last contest anywhere |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMOKEHOUSE 72 | IA | 7 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-07-31 |
| Luscious Loins BBQ | IA | 7 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-04-03 |
| Bohica BBQ | KS | 6 | 2022-09-16 | 2026-06-05 |
| 2 CASE BBQ | IA | 6 | 2022-09-16 | 2025-05-16 |
| PARROTHEAD SMOKERS | SD | 5 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-08-14 |
| GOTHIC TOWN GRILLERS | IA | 5 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-08-14 |
| SMOKIN DINGER - THE PROFESSOR OF HOGOLOGY | KS | 5 | 2019-09-20 | 2026-06-13 |
| Smokin Suckers | IA | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-08-14 |
| Casual Smokers | KS | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-08-21 |
| SWEET SMOKIN' JONES BBQ | IA | 3 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-07-17 |
| T-Rex BBQ | IA | 3 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-07-31 |
| DIGGERS BBQ | IA | 3 | 2018-09-21 | 2026-06-26 |
| SMOKERS PURGATORY | AZ | 3 | 2017-09-22 | 2026-07-31 |
| UGLY BABY BBQ | WI | 2 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-06-12 |
| Team No Clue BBQ | IA | 2 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-04-03 |
| Backroad BBQ | IA | 2 | 2024-09-20 | 2025-07-18 |
| LaTa-Que | WY | 2 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-08-14 |
| FAIRWAY SMOKERS | KS | 2 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-08-14 |
| DRY 2 DA BONE | IA | 2 | 2022-09-16 | 2026-07-31 |
| Hogline | WI | 2 | 2022-09-16 | 2025-11-05 |
| HOME FARM BBQ | IA | 2 | 2022-09-16 | 2026-08-14 |
| MACHETE BOYS BBQ | MN | 2 | 2022-09-16 | 2026-08-14 |
| BIG CHAIN BBQ GANG | IA | 2 | 2021-09-17 | 2025-08-22 |
| KEV'S CHEW CHEW BBQ | IA | 2 | 2019-09-20 | 2025-10-03 |
| PORKY BUTTS BBQ | KS | 2 | 2015-09-18 | 2026-05-23 |
| 901Q | TN | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-08-15 |
| FINGER LEIKAM GOOD | KS | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-08-21 |
| Son of a Boar BBQ | WI | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-06-13 |
| Too Sauced BBQ | MO | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-08-14 |
| Big Cat BBQ | CA | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-08-08 |
| WELL SAUCED BBQ | KS | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-04-10 |
| HELPING U BBQ | NE | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-07-17 |
| Smokin Reefer BBQ | KS | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2025-11-05 |
| SCORE ONE SMOKIN' | KS | 1 | 2024-09-20 | 2026-08-14 |
| Colorado Bulldawg BBQ | KS | 1 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-08-28 |
| IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ | IA | 1 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-08-15 |
| Matty Macks | IA | 1 | 2023-09-15 | 2026-07-24 |
| Smokin A BBQ | IA | 1 | 2023-09-15 | 2025-07-18 |
| Smokin' Fools | CA | 1 | 2023-09-15 | 2025-05-31 |
| Shmack Q | IL | 1 | 2022-09-16 | 2026-08-28 |
Showing the top 40 of 51.
Where your field comes from
The home state or province of every team that has cooked here. This is where the entry is, and where advertising the next one is least wasted.
| Region | Teams |
|---|---|
| IA | 87 |
| KS | 20 |
| NE | 10 |
| WI | 6 |
| SD | 5 |
| MN | 5 |
| MO | 4 |
| CA | 4 |
| IL | 3 |
| WY | 1 |
Check your date
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”.