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HOME FARM BBQ IA

Power ranking

#392
of 3077 rated · rankings

Rating

1621
peak 1622 · rated over 63 contests

Best runs

5
straight top-10s

Contests

71
in the data

First seen

2019-09-06
latest 2026-08-14

Best ToY finish

#100
Master 2025

Grand champs

1
1 reserve

Category wins

7
17 podiums

Overall top-10s

14
of 71 contests

Avg finish

top 44%
overall standings

Best overall

695.9544 / 720

Perfect 180s

2 🔥

Current form

689.28 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 677.04 (+12.24)

Walk rate

52%
contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

5
best run (overall)

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Consistency

±12.59
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken
avg 170.92 · weakest Brisket (166.94)

Road miles

17091
mi across 71 mapped stops · furthest 582 mi

Schedule strength

75%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1572)

Purse competed for

$646K
listed at 59 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅
GCs in 58 state-championship entries

Master avg

677.04 / 720
60 Master contests · 1 GC

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Storylines

🎯 The one to beat

WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ has finished one call ahead of HOME FARM BBQ 5 times — their closest competition in the data.

👀 Looking over their shoulder

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has landed one call behind them 3 times.

⚔️ A tough matchup

HOT DADDY'S BBQ has come out ahead in 33 of their 39 shared contests.

⚔️ A strong matchup

They've finished ahead of Bucknutz BBQ in 17 of their 20 shared contests.

💔 The heartbreaker

Came within 4.0228 points of the Grand Championship at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (2025-06-13).

😤 Chicken nemesis

Even in their strongest meat, HOT DADDY'S BBQ has out-cooked them in 29 of 40 shared chicken entries.

🃏 Against the odds

Their Grand Championship at KTD Smokn' Gobbler (2025-07-11) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 19-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, HOT DADDY'S BBQ.

Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
HOT DADDY'S BBQ 39 6 33 15% ⚔ compare
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 34 4 30 12% ⚔ compare
IOWA'S SMOKEY D'S BBQ 33 6 27 18% ⚔ compare
TEAM CRAWFORD 32 14 18 44% ⚔ compare
WAG'S BACKWOODS BBQ 32 8 24 25% ⚔ compare
T-Rex BBQ 29 14 15 48% ⚔ compare
MACHETE BOYS BBQ 29 12 17 41% ⚔ compare
Can Country Outlaw BBQ 25 7 18 28% ⚔ compare
THE BBQ BUS 24 8 16 33% ⚔ compare
WHEN PIGS DIE 22 10 12 45% ⚔ compare
Matty Macks 21 7 14 33% ⚔ compare
Son of a Boar BBQ 21 5 16 24% ⚔ compare
Bucknutz BBQ 20 17 3 85% ⚔ compare
UGLY BABY BBQ 20 13 7 65% ⚔ compare
SmokinGhost BBQ 20 5 15 25% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 64 15 2 5 179.4400 155.4056 170.92 top 44%
Pork Ribs 65 10 0 1 178.8572 153.1544 168.44 top 47%
Pork 62 24 4 9 180.0000 🔥 155.9428 170.71 top 40%
Brisket 62 12 1 2 177.7372 155.9888 166.94 top 52%

“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 47%
WI160top 45%
MO50top 47%
MI50top 30%
MN51top 40%
TN50top 52%
KS30top 28%
ND10top 28%
NE10top 58%
IL10top 70%

By contest size

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Medium (20–39)301top 43%
Large (40+)320top 45%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Iowa State BBQ Championship 6 9 0 top 49% 2026-04-03
All American BBQ Throwdown 5 7 0 top 30% 2026-07-31
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 3 3 0 top 28% 2026-06-13
Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 3 2 0 top 49% 2026-06-12
Minnesota in May 3 14 0 top 48% 2026-05-08
King of the Corn 3 11 0 top 51% 2024-05-17
KTD Smokn' Gobbler 2 1 1 top 28% 2026-07-10
Shenandoah ShenDig 2 7 0 top 29% 2026-07-17
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 35 0 top 27% 2025-11-05
Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 2 38 0 top 76% 2024-10-26
11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) 2 13 0 top 60% 2023-08-25
Tri City BBQ Fest 2 6 0 top 37% 2022-09-16
9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2) 2 12 0 top 62% 2021-08-27

The story so far

Milestones

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.1KTD Smokn' Gobbler2025-07-11
+16Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)2025-06-13
+14.8Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD)2025-06-14
+14.7American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest2024-10-30
+12.8All American BBQ Throwdown2024-08-02

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-15.2Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak)2022-04-01
-10.3Iowa State BBQ Championship2023-03-31
-9.7Minnesota in May2026-05-08
-9.6Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD)2026-06-12
-8.4Iowa State BBQ Championship2026-04-03

Category scores over time

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

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
202618022 39% top 45% 96.5% 94.9%
202514164 71% top 32% 96.7% 95.4%
20248020 50% top 46% 96.7% 94.1%
20237000 29% top 58% 94.6% 93.2%
202213021 54% top 44% 94.4% 93.3%
20217020 86% top 50% 95.8% 93.3%
20203000 33% top 49% 90.7% 90.7%
20191000 0% top 51% 89.3% 89.3%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026-08-14 BBQ & Fly-In on the River 🏅 Excelsior Springs, MO 23 / 83 (693.6228) 28 (174.2628) 25 (174.2744) 19 (175.4172) 46 (169.6684)
2026-07-31 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 10 / 45 (692.5144) 4 (177.1544) 13 (174.2744) 8 (174.2628) 29 (166.8228)
2026-07-17 Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 7 / 28 (694.7656) 19 (167.3828) 14 (170.8228) 1 (180.0000) 1 (176.5600)
2026-07-17 Shenandoah ShenDig (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Shenandoah, IA 13 (168.5488)
2026-07-10 KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN 17 / 33 (678.7428) 12 (171.4172) 21 (169.1200) 19 (168.5256) 15 (169.6800)
2026-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 12 / 37 (686.7656) 12 (174.2744) 6 (174.8572) 32 (165.0856) 11 (172.5484)
2026-06-12 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 31 / 40 (663.2800) 26 (167.3828) 32 (163.9544) 7 (171.9772) 35 (159.9656)
2026-05-24 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) Lebanon, TN 55 / 82 (687.9200) 13 (178.2972) 64 (170.2628) 76 (165.0856) 29 (174.2744)
2026-05-23 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Wells Cup, Cocktail Ancillary, Dessert Ancillary (Saturday, May 23, 2026) Lebanon, TN 43 / 117 (690.1828) 29 (175.4172) 24 (175.4172) 80 (168.5256) 53 (170.8228)
2026-05-22 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: World Chicken Finals (Friday, May 22, 2026) Lebanon, TN 52 (170.8228)
2026-05-08 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 51 / 77 (675.3260) 25 (173.1316) 16 (173.1200) 35 (170.8344) 71 (158.2400)
2026-05-01 ND BBQ Championship 🏅 Fargo, ND 20 / 71 (682.2168) 15 (172.5828) 27 (169.6800) 19 (171.9884) 32 (167.9656)
2026-04-10 Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Osage City, KS 31 / 101 (692.4684) 27 (175.4172) 31 (174.2628) 50 (171.9656) 49 (170.8228)
2026-04-03 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 29 / 42 (674.1484) 32 (168.5372) 39 (163.3828) 9 (174.2628) 24 (167.9656)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 🏅 Lebanon, TN 55 / 125 (686.7196) 80 (169.6684) 4 (178.8572) 86 (168.5256) 72 (169.6684)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Lebanon, TN 32 (172.5600)
2026-03-20 Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (ONE MEAT RIBS) Lebanon, TN 25 (173.1200)
2026-01-30 SJV Winter Rub 🏅 Omaha, NE 22 / 38 (670.7888) 4 (174.2744) 35 (161.1088) 6 (176.5600) 34 (158.8456)
2025-11-05 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 187 / 401 (679.3368) 49 (176.0000) 191 (169.6800) 98 (174.2628) 333 (159.3940)
2025-10-10 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN 42 / 90 (687.9428) 8 (178.8572) 67 (168.5600) 47 (171.4056) 52 (169.1200)
2025-10-03 La Belle MO Show Me BBQ Showdown 🏅 La Belle, MO 10 / 39 (695.9544) 19 (173.1316) 19 (173.7028) 16 (173.1200) 6 (176.0000)
2025-09-19 Murphysboro BBQ Cook-off/Praise the Lard 🏅 Murphysboro, IL 39 / 56 (683.3372) 11 (177.1428) 37 (169.6800) 32 (170.8228) 50 (165.6916)
2025-08-22 Brighton Barbeque Bash 🏅 Oshkosh, WI 12 / 29 (674.1600) 14 (167.3828) 25 (159.9544) 1 (178.8572) 10 (167.9656)
2025-08-01 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 21 / 43 (677.0740) 16 (171.4400) 26 (167.9772) 18 (171.4056) 27 (166.2512)
2025-07-18 Shenandoah ShenDig 🏅 Shenandoah, IA 10 / 30 (693.0512) 17 (170.8112) 6 (176.5600) 1 (180.0000) 18 (165.6800)
2025-07-11 KTD Smokn' Gobbler 🏅 Worthington, MN 1 / 26 (694.8000) 1 (177.7028) 2 (172.5716) 6 (174.2628) 10 (170.2628)
2025-06-20 Rose Festival's 24th Annual KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 7 / 25 (691.9200) 3 (176.0000) 13 (169.6800) 1 (178.8572) 15 (167.3828)
2025-06-14 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 3 / 36 (690.2632) 21 (170.8344) 24 (167.4172) 6 (174.2744) 2 (177.7372)
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon (ONE MEAT RIBS) West Salem, WI
2025-06-13 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 2 / 36 (691.3600) 5 (174.2628) 6 (173.7144) 13 (172.5600) 15 (170.8228)
2025-05-09 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 14 / 58 (688.5488) 31 (169.6800) 30 (168.5944) 5 (177.7144) 14 (172.5600)
2025-04-04 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 17 / 49 (678.8116) 7 (176.0116) 16 (171.4172) 19 (170.8572) 43 (160.5256)
2024-10-30 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 35 / 444 (695.9544) 6 (179.4400) 33 (176.5716) 201 (169.6800) 147 (170.2628)
2024-10-26 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 2) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 45 / 56 (672.4456) 46 (167.4172) 47 (165.0972) 43 (168.5256) 16 (171.4056)
2024-10-25 Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship (Day 1) (MASTERS and BACKYARD) 🏅 Oak Grove, MO 38 / 53 (677.5656) 46 (166.2400) 19 (171.9772) 30 (170.8228) 34 (168.5256)
2024-08-02 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 7 / 40 (689.1200) 21 (168.5484) 13 (169.7144) 2 (178.8572) 9 (172.0000)
2024-07-19 BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash 🏅 Oshkosh, WI 21 / 37 (654.1952) 25 (165.1204) 15 (167.3944) 19 (165.6916) 28 (155.9888)
2024-06-14 23rd Annual Rose Festival KCBS BBQ Competition 🏅 State Center, IA 15 / 25 (671.3256) 15 (167.4056) 16 (166.8344) 21 (165.0856) 8 (172.0000)
2024-05-17 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 19 / 36 (674.7312) 13 (173.1200) 12 (170.8228) 16 (170.2628) 31 (160.5256)
2024-03-29 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 9 / 42 (684.5028) 31 (167.9772) 13 (170.8456) 4 (174.8572) 14 (170.8228)
2023-08-25 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 2) 🏅 Washington Island, WI 13 / 28 (681.0632) 8 (173.1316) 5 (174.2744) 19 (168.5372) 17 (165.1200)
2023-08-24 11th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (Day 1) 🏅 Washington Island, WI 20 / 27 (663.2572) 20 (167.9772) 17 (163.9544) 21 (163.9428) 18 (167.3828)
2023-08-04 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 11 / 44 (677.6344) 30 (167.3712) 34 (163.4060) 3 (176.0000) 10 (170.8572)
2023-08-04 All American BBQ Throwdown (ONE MEAT RIBS) Westland, MI 16 (167.3828)
2023-05-19 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 32 / 45 (666.1484) 26 (169.1200) 34 (165.6684) 25 (169.6800) 37 (161.6800)
2023-05-12 Minnesota in May 🏅 St. Peter, MN 32 / 59 (670.1944) 33 (169.6800) 22 (169.1200) 20 (170.2744) 46 (161.1200)
2023-03-31 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 35 / 47 (666.1828) 43 (159.9772) 13 (171.9772) 14 (170.8572) 37 (163.3712)
2022-10-14 King of the Corn 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 11 / 36 (679.3944) 19 (170.2972) 12 (169.1200) 3 (176.5716) 23 (163.4056)
2022-09-16 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 11 / 25 (674.7312) 15 (168.5372) 8 (170.8228) 7 (171.9772) 21 (163.3940)
2022-08-26 10th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque 🏅 Washington Island, WI 15 / 26 (655.2916) 16 (165.0972) 18 (161.0972) 8 (170.2628) 17 (158.8344)
2022-08-05 All American BBQ Throwdown 🏅 Westland, MI 19 / 50 (677.0172) 11 (173.1200) 18 (169.6800) 20 (167.9772) 27 (166.2400)
2022-08-05 All American BBQ Throwdown - One Meat Ribs Westland, MI 19 (165.1428)
2022-06-17 Rose Festival 21st Annual KCBS BBQ Contest 🏅 State Center, IA 10 / 32 (679.9200) 13 (170.2628) 14 (167.9656) 8 (173.1316) 11 (168.5600)
2022-06-11 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 16 / 37 (674.7776) 2 (178.8572) 33 (158.8116) 29 (163.3944) 6 (173.7144)
2022-06-10 Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 🏅 West Salem, WI 25 / 39 (660.4684) 26 (167.9772) 13 (168.5600) 31 (163.9884) 28 (159.9428)
2022-04-29 Masters in May 🏅 Bancroft, WI 10 / 43 (673.6916) 1 (178.8572) 16 (167.4172) 26 (162.2972) 20 (165.1200)
2022-04-29 Masters in May (One Meat Ribs) Bancroft, WI 19 (153.1544)
2022-04-01 Iowa State BBQ Championship 🏅 Altoona, IA 22 / 48 (678.1944) 10 (174.2972) 7 (174.2744) 30 (165.0972) 30 (164.5256)
2022-04-01 Iowa State BBQ Championship (Steak) Altoona, IA 17 (157.6684)
2022-03-18 Smoke on The Shores 🏅 Lebanon, TN 42 / 63 (663.8168) 44 (165.6800) 52 (161.0740) 24 (170.8228) 36 (166.2400)
2021-10-22 Best of the Midwest BBQ 🏅 Union Grove, WI 7 / 44 (681.6116) 26 (165.0972) 8 (171.9772) 18 (169.1200) 4 (175.4172)
2021-09-24 Ottumwa 4th Annual Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 13 / 35 (682.7656) 19 (169.1200) 16 (169.1200) 2 (177.7028) 19 (166.8228)
2021-09-17 Tri City BBQ Fest 🏅 Denison, IA 6 / 20 (689.6460) 2 (176.0116) 13 (165.0972) 2 (173.7028) 6 (175.4172)
2021-08-27 9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 2) 🏅 Washington Island, WI 19 / 25 (662.6740) 19 (162.8000) 14 (165.1084) 5 (174.2628) 21 (160.5028)
2021-08-26 9th Annual Deaths Door Barbeque (DAY 1) 🏅 Washington Island, WI 12 / 25 (664.4688) 4 (173.7144) 17 (161.6916) 10 (164.5372) 13 (164.5256)
2021-07-30 5th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest 🏅 Emmetsburg, IA 26 / 35 (658.7316) 13 (172.0000) 19 (165.6916) 31 (158.8000) 22 (162.2400)
2021-07-16 Real Squeal BBQ Smokeoff 🏅 Cedar Rapids, IA 18 / 26 (663.3144) 10 (173.1428) 13 (167.3944) 23 (155.9428) 9 (166.8344)
2020-10-02 Ottumwa Smoketoberfest 🏅 Ottumwa, IA 48 / 66 (653.0744) 43 (165.7028) 50 (159.4400) 37 (166.8344) 47 (161.0972)
2020-07-17 Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off 🏅 MARION, IA 16 / 36 (653.1656) 30 (155.4056) 9 (166.8572) 5 (170.8800) 21 (160.0228)
2020-04-06 Socially Distanced Smoking - Brisket presented by The BBQ League washington, MO 31 / 109 (166.8800) 30 (166.8800)
2019-09-06 Puckaway Pigfest 🏅 Montello, WI 20 / 39 (643.3148) 23 (159.9544) 22 (158.2744) 24 (158.8116) 11 (166.2744)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

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

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #158 (926 pts) #103 (1203 pts) #139 (1041 pts) #74 (1306 pts) #146 (941 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #100 (1605 pts) #123 (1460 pts) #208 (1146 pts) #58 (1770 pts) #162 (1225 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #288 (760 pts) #330 (715 pts) #325 (780 pts) #242 (915 pts) #312 (750 pts)
2023 ↗ Master #395 (500 pts) #468 (465 pts) #366 (690 pts) #328 (650 pts) #410 (495 pts)
2022 ↗ Master #208 (1008 pts) #127 (1333 pts) #197 (1123 pts) #192 (1078 pts) #268 (858 pts)
2021 ↗ Master #245 (786 pts) #205 (921 pts) #277 (761 pts) #210 (926 pts) #234 (851 pts)
2020 ↗ Master #570 (165 pts) #696 (120 pts) #543 (205 pts) #466 (245 pts) #645 (140 pts)
2019 ↗ Master #1784 (85 pts) #1976 (70 pts) #1933 (75 pts) #2004 (65 pts) #1488 (130 pts)
2018 ↗ Master #1954 (60 pts) #2012 (60 pts) #1996 (60 pts) #2030 (60 pts) #1990 (60 pts)

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