Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 93 times in 100
Their Grand Championship at Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off (2020-07-17) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 7-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, LUCKY'S Q.
Took the Grand Championship over a 36-team field at Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off.
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 3 category wins at Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off (2020-07-17).
97.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 699.4056 at Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off — 97.1% of a perfect 720.
They've taken 1 state championship from 2 entries at contests carrying the title.
Finished 1 of 36 at their very first tracked contest, Real Squeal BBQ Smoke Off (2020-07-17).
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Iowa Smokey D's has 2 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 71 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-headLevel with Iowa Smokey D's on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-headTheir last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Iowa Smokey D's's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headThey turned up 6 years after Iowa Smokey D's did, first appearing in 2026.
⚔ Head-to-head6 contests to 2: their number has had years to settle where Iowa Smokey D's's is still finding its level.
⚔ Head-to-head3 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Head-to-head| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 173.7144 | 169.7028 | 171.71 | top 37% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 171.9772 | 174.27 | top 28% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.2972 | 176.0116 | 177.15 | top 11% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174.8456 | 168.5256 | 171.69 | top 30% |
“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.
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 31% | 95.9% | 95.9% |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100% | top 3% | 97.1% | 97.1% |
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | Cruisin' and BBQin' 🏅 Hampton, IA | 8 / 26 (690.2288) | 12 (173.7144) | 14 (171.9772) | 5 (176.0116) | 15 (168.5256) |
| 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) |