Place Team Head cook City

Category

Kid’s Que (7-10 yrs. old)

1st N/A Sophia Syed N/A

2nd N/A Reece Brown St. Ansgar, Iowa

3rd N/A Jamison Wildeman N/A

Kid’s Que (11-15 yrs. old)

1st N/A Elizabeth Frey Mankato

2nd N/A Nicholas Bisping Northfield

3rd N/A Drake Holter River Falls, Wisconsin

Chili

1st Smokin Bros BBQ Rich Jensen Albert Lea

2nd Smokin Sons Brandon Servantez Albert Lea

3rd 3 Thirds BBQ Larry Dahlen Austin

Sauce

1st Drawn to Smoke Dana Turner Robbinsdale

2nd Drawn to Smoke 2 Dana Turner Robbinsdale

3rd Fire Fightin Cookin Crew Mike Perreault Hugo

People’s Choice Chili

1st Grease Monkey Grilling Ross Corey Plymouth

2nd Shug’s BBQ Richard Stagg St. Paul

3rd Beauty & the Beast Clark Hagen Albert Lea

Overall

Grand champion Grills Gone Wild Iowa Steve and Kathy Nelson Algona, Iowa

Reserve champion The Smoking Hills Loren Hill Overland Park, Kansas

3rd overall Lucky’s Q Justin McGlaun Waverly, Iowa

Chicken

1st The Smoking Hills Loren Hill Overland Park, Kansas

2nd Lucky’s Q Justin McGlaun Waverly, Iowa

3rd Bark and Bones Jeff Richardson Waconia

Ribs

1st Grills Gone Wild Iowa Steve and Kathy Nelson Algona, Iowa

2nd Lucky’s Q Justin McGlaun Waverly, Iowa

3rd Marburg Brothers BBQ Jeff Anderson Richfield

Pork

1st Grills Gone Wild Iowa Steve and Kathy Nelson Algona, Iowa

2nd Subtle Smoke Gary Harding Watertown

3rd Woodward Barbecue Mike Green Woodward, Iowa

Brisket

1st Shiggin and Grinnin Jeff Vanderlinde Delano

2nd Grills Gone Wild Iowa Steve Nelson Algona, Iowa

3rd Zach’s Bachelor Party Chad Brueggeman West Salem, Wisconsin

Without Zach

Dessert

1st Grills Gone Wild Iowa Steve and Kathy Nelson Algona, Iowa

2nd The Smoking Hills Loren Hill Overland Park, Kansas

3rd Farm Boy BBQ Joe Rosenberg St. Ansgar, Iowa

People’s Choice Appetizer

1st Smokin Bros BBQ Rich Jensen Albert Lea

2nd Smokin Joe Joe Week Rochester

34d Tatooed Q Mark Huntley Nora Springs, Iowa

Best Margarita

1st Firefightin Cookin Crew Mike Perreault Hugo

2nd Starfire Rachelle Caldwell Morristown

3rd Nectar of the Hogs James Mitchell Minneapolis

Best Appetizer

1st Smokin Bros BBQ Rich Jensen Albert Lea

2nd Case of Ribs Cullen Case St. Paul

3rd Smokin’ Joe BBQ Molly Week Rochester

Best Ribeye Steak

Grand champion RI Cooking Team No. 3 Shawna Roppolo Shreveport, Louisiana

Reserve champion Down Home Cooking & BBQ Ron Milhous Ames, Iowa

3rd Place R Butts R Smokin’ Randy Robinett Liberty, Missouri