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2 CASE BBQ IA

Power ranking

#770
of 2982 rated · rankings

Rating

1556
peak 1576

Contests

24
in the data

First seen

2019-05-03
latest 2025-05-16

Best ToY finish

#391
Master 2021

Grand champs

0
1 reserve

Category wins

1
6 podiums

Overall top-10s

7
of 24 contests

Avg finish

top 43%
overall standings

Best overall

698.8344

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

672.13 ▲
last 5 vs career avg 651.62 (+20.51)

Walk rate

71%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

3
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥
Chicken · Smoketoberfest

Consistency

±100.45
std dev of overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 169.32 · weakest Brisket (166.95)

Road miles

2574
mi across 24 mapped stops · furthest 267 mi

⚔ Compare with another team

Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ has finished one call ahead of 2 CASE BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

SMOKEHOUSE 72 has landed one call behind them 4 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 15 of their 17 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of T-Rex BBQ in 12 of their 16 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 0.5828 points of the Grand Championship at Smoketoberfest (2019-10-04).

📅 A July team

Something about July: average finish in the top 32% across 4 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 23 8 1 3 180.0000 🔥 155.4056 169.32 top 45%
Pork Ribs 23 10 0 2 176.0000 150.7884 167.93 top 40%
Pork 24 5 0 0 178.2972 150.8228 168.17 top 45%
Brisket 24 5 0 1 176.5716 155.9656 166.95 top 47%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By state / province

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
IA210top 46%
WI20top 23%
MO10top 12%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)120top 45%
Large (40+)120top 41%

The story so far

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsCategory winsBest overallAvg overall
2025200 677.0284 672.19
2024200 675.9544 674.19
2023200 687.4060 677.65
2022300 678.7656 674.97
2021400 688.5032 678.93
2020500 670.8228 559.72
2019601 698.8344 675.25

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025-05-16 King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA 24 / 33 (677.0284) 23 (166.8228) 15 (170.8228) 11 (172.5600) 22 (166.8228)
2025-04-04 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 32 / 49 (667.3600) 25 (169.1200) 28 (165.7028) 14 (171.9772) 42 (160.5600)
2024-05-17 King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA 21 / 36 (672.4228) 14 (171.9772) 13 (170.2744) 35 (155.9084) 6 (174.2628)
2024-03-29 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 18 / 42 (675.9544) 22 (170.8572) 24 (165.6684) 11 (173.1772) 26 (166.2516)
2023-05-19 King of the Corn Ottumwa, IA 31 / 45 (667.8856) 30 (167.9656) 38 (163.4172) 39 (162.8000) 8 (173.7028)
2023-03-31 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 7 / 47 (687.4060) 15 (172.0116) 4 (174.8688) 13 (170.8572) 23 (169.6684)
2022-09-16 Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 13 / 25 (667.3944) 5 (173.1200) 18 (159.4400) 16 (163.9772) 7 (170.8572)
2022-06-17 Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest State Center, IA 11 / 32 (678.7544) 24 (166.2400) 4 (172.5600) 7 (173.7144) 15 (166.2400)
2022-04-01 Iowa State BBQ Championship Altoona, IA 19 / 48 (678.7656) 35 (166.2400) 24 (168.5484) 4 (175.4400) 19 (168.5372)
2021-09-17 Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 7 / 20 (688.5032) 11 (169.6800) 12 (165.6916) 11 (161.1316) 3 (176.5716)
2021-07-30 5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest Emmetsburg, IA 9 / 35 (677.0628) 3 (177.1428) 4 (173.1428) 15 (168.5600) 30 (158.2172)
2021-07-16 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff Cedar Rapids, IA 4 / 26 (684.5716) 4 (176.0000) 9 (169.1544) 4 (174.2972) 14 (165.1200)
2021-06-18 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA 13 / 32 (665.5884) 4 (172.5484) 9 (169.1200) 15 (167.3944) 23 (156.5256)
2020-10-02 Ottumwa Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA 46 / 66 (658.2292) 60 (157.6916) 33 (164.5488) 35 (167.4060) 25 (168.5828)
2020-07-17 Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off MARION, IA 21 / 36 (649.0856) 16 (165.1428) 3 (172.5944) 32 (150.8228) 20 (160.5256)
2020-06-27 Back to Mayberry Day 2 Rodney, IA 23 / 47 (670.8228) 6 (173.1544) 28 (166.2628) 33 (165.7028) 26 (165.7028)
2020-06-26 Back to Mayberry Day 1 Rodney, IA 44 / 53 (647.2912) 51 (155.4056) 12 (169.6800) 31 (166.2400) 47 (155.9656)
2020-04-06 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League washington, MO 13 / 109 (173.1772) 14 (173.1772)
2019-10-04 Smoketoberfest Ottumwa, IA 2 / 49 (698.8344) 1 (180.0000) 4 (174.2972) 20 (167.9772) 5 (176.5600)
2019-09-20 Tri City BBQ Fest Denison, IA 19 / 34 (662.7312) 22 (164.5256) 32 (150.7884) 4 (178.2972) 13 (169.1200)
2019-07-19 BBQ'Loo & Blues Too! Waterloo, IA 10 / 33 (677.0284) 8 (173.7028) 6 (170.8344) 19 (166.8112) 16 (165.6800)
2019-06-14 Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition State Center, IA 18 / 31 (658.7540) 22 (165.1084) 24 (156.5028) 15 (168.0000) 13 (169.1428)
2019-05-04 Masters in May Day 2 Bancroft, WI 8 / 40 (678.7888) 3 (173.1428) 10 (172.5600) 14 (168.5488) 21 (164.5372)
2019-05-03 Masters In May Day 1 Bancroft, WI 11 / 42 (675.3600) 20 (166.8228) 2 (176.0000) 17 (168.0000) 19 (164.5372)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2025 ↗ Master #866 (123 pts) #929 (128 pts) #881 (168 pts) #671 (243 pts) #887 (133 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #773 (175 pts) #789 (190 pts) #839 (185 pts) #784 (190 pts) #701 (235 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #683 (225 pts) #869 (170 pts) #730 (270 pts) #802 (180 pts) #731 (225 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #584 (327 pts) #651 (297 pts) #617 (357 pts) #480 (467 pts) #579 (352 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #391 (496 pts) #369 (551 pts) #455 (456 pts) #385 (506 pts) #498 (386 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #405 (270 pts) #309 (400 pts) #259 (480 pts) #476 (240 pts) #442 (265 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #422 (769 pts) #399 (829 pts) #401 (839 pts) #684 (494 pts) #596 (574 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #622 (545 pts) #712 (500 pts) #811 (435 pts) #543 (685 pts) #770 (450 pts)
2017 ↗ Master #1259 (219 pts) #1180 (279 pts) #1406 (209 pts) #1395 (204 pts) #1301 (234 pts)
2016 ↗ Master #803 (451 pts) #1007 (351 pts) #848 (461 pts) #832 (471 pts) #743 (521 pts)

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