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MASON CITY | The Up in Smoke BBQ Bash, one of the largest barbecue events in the Midwest, will be held Friday and Saturday at the North Iowa E…
MASON CITY | At least 25 teams from across the U.S. will compete for up to $9,500 in prize money at the 14th annual North Iowa Up in Smoke BBQ…
MASON CITY — Standing Hampton will be the featured band headlining a free rock concert Friday night, Sept. 28, for the Up In Smoke BBQ Bash at…
Teams entered in the 2018 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash include:
The Kansas City Barbeque Society, or KCBS, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and enjoying barbecue.
It is a little-known fact that when you put store-bought barbecue sauce on ribs, the ribs secretly laugh at you. Chicken snickers. And brisket?
MASON CITY | The annual Up in Smoke BBQ Bash will return for its 15th year at a new time and new location thanks to a new partnership between …
MASON CITY | Pig Skin BBQ of Rockwell has competed for nine years in the Up in Smoke BBQ Bash, picking up three Reserve Champion trophies as w…
MASON CITY | More than 45 teams from across the U.S. will compete for more than $10,000 in prize money at the 14th annual North Iowa Up in Smo…
MASON CITY — Standing Hampton will be the featured band headlining a free rock concert Friday night, July 21, for the Up In Smoke BBQ Bash in …
Teams entered in the 2017 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash are:
The Kansas City Barbeque Society, or KCBS, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and enjoying barbecue.
Admission is free. All events are in Mason City’s East Park.
MASON CITY | Sheltered Reality is scheduled to play at 5:30 p.m. July 21 at the band shell in East Park as part of the kick-off of the 14th An…
The Mason City Jaycees will host a bag tournament (corn hole tournament) at 1 p.m., Saturday, July 22, at the Up in Smoke BBQ Bash. Registrati…
MASON CITY | Smithfield has awarded the Up in Smoke BBQ Bash a 2017 "Smokin' with Smithfield" grant to present the top 20 percent of the barbe…
MASON CITY | The 14th annual Up in Smoke BBQ Bash will being teams from across the Midwest and even as far as California to compete for pork glory.
The Up in Smoke BBQ Bash team decided to use the KCBS Judging Registration this year making it the first major change in the process in the pa…
Here are the results from the 2016 Up in Smoke BBQ Bash, held July 22-23 in Mason City:
We baked in the sun, got soaked by the rain. We rocked and rolled and ate until we could eat no more.
MASON CITY — For Porky Butts BBQ, the first time was the charm.
Photos from this weekends Up in Smoke BBQ Bash at East Park in Mason City.
MASON CITY — Doug Champlin’s wife was relieved when he traded ballooning for barbecue competitions.