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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- The winners of the 2017 Houston Livestock Show Rodeo World's Championship Bar-B-Que Contest were announced Saturday afternoon.It was a barbecue bucket list item checked off for Darren and Sherry Warth of Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ. The husband and wife duo from Des Moines, Iowa, took home the overall grand champion cooking team award, Saturday, March 4."My dream was to win Houston, and here it is," said Darren Warth. "I've been on every major barbecue stage and nothing compares to Houston."- Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ- Top Hand Cookers 2- Roadkill BBQ Company 2- Roadkill BBQ Company 2- Roadkill BBQ Company 1- Jack Daniels Barrelhouse Cookers 1- Iowa's Smokey D's BBQ- Top Hand Cookers 2- Wild Game Crew 1- Washington County Go Texan- Bulldog Mountain Cooking Crew- Bottomless Pit Cooking Team 1- Washington County Go Texan- Austin County Go Texan- Fowl Feathered Cookers- 100.3 The Bull- Brisket Cases- PBR Cookers- Houston First Corporation- Falls County Go Texan- Metro Go Texan, Gridiron Cookers- Lost Village Cooking Team- Shelby County Go Texan- Brazos County Go Texan- Devil's River Mountain Men- Floyd Morrow & Larkin- Clifton Chevy Cookers