Iowa Smokey D's IA
Rating
1517
peak 1517
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
2020-07-17
latest 2020-07-17
Grand champs
1
0 reserve
Category wins
3
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 1 contests
Avg finish
top 3%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 178.30 · weakest Chicken (169.70)
Storylines
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 36-team field at Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off.
🃏 Against the odds
Their Grand Championship at Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off (2020-07-17) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 26-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Hogline.
Teams like this (closest power rating, IA first)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.7028 | 169.7028 | 169.70 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 176.5600 | 176.56 | top 3% |
| Pork | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 178.2972 | 178.30 | top 3% |
| Brisket | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.8456 | 174.8456 | 174.85 | top 3% |
“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.
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2020 (1 contest)
- Cooks mostly in IA (1 of 1 contests)
- Most-entered category: Chicken (1 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off (2020-07-17)
- Wins it all in 100% of contests
- All-time average overall score: 699.41
Best vs average (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Category wins | Best overall | Avg overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 699.4056 | 699.41 |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07-17 | Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off MARION, IA | 1 / 36 (699.4056) | 10 (169.7028) | 1 (176.5600) | 1 (178.2972) | 1 (174.8456) |