Apr 10–11, 2026 · Cedar Park, TX · 📍 Elizabeth Milburn Park Cedar Park · State championship
Reps: Debbie Spray, Scott Spray · Prize money: $15,000
PS I LOVE YOU BBQ won Grand Champion at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off on April 10, 2026 in Cedar Park, TX at Elizabeth Milburn Park Cedar Park, scoring 702.8228 in a field of 41 teams. Si Quema BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 700.4912. Category winners: Chicken — Si Quema BBQ (180.0000); Pork Ribs — Barton BBQ (180.0000); Pork — PS I LOVE YOU BBQ (180.0000); Brisket — LA PASADITA (180.0000). This is the 7th of 8 editions of this contest on record; the 2022 edition was won by Chingon BBQ; the next is scheduled for April 2, 2027.
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
What it has taken to win here, 2014 to 2026 — this edition picked out.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100
PS I LOVE YOU BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Glamping Grillers, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
This was PS I LOVE YOU BBQ's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 12th tracked contest.
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
Si Quema BBQ finished 2nd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Pork places 2–3: BrewsCue and Sure Shot BBQ tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Sure Shot BBQ and Cooks of Hazard tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 4–5: Cooks of Hazard and Glamping Grillers tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
PS I LOVE YOU BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 16th.
Barton BBQ turned in 180.0000 in pork ribs — past the 178.3200 that had stood across 6 earlier editions.
This contest was away for 4 years — the previous tracked edition ran on 2022-04-01.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 2014 | Cedar Park, TX | Cedar Park, TX 78630 | 50 | 663.9768 | TRASH CAN COOKERS | ONE MAN PITS |
| Mar 31, 2017 | Cedar Park, TX | 1901 Sunchase Blvd | 70 | 687.4284 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS |
| Apr 6, 2018 | Cedar Park, TX | 1901 Sunchase Blvd | 69 | 693.6800 | ROOFTOP BBQ | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX |
| Apr 5, 2019 | Cedar Park, TX | 1901 Sunchase Blvd | 61 | 701.7372 | Texas-car-b-que | KISS MY RACK |
| Jun 4, 2021 | Cedar Park, TX | 1901 Sun Chase Blvd | 48 | 702.8800 | Chicken Fried BBQ | LA PASADITA |
| Apr 1, 2022 | Cedar Park, TX | 1901 Sun Chase Blvd | 56 | 698.2284 | Chingon BBQ | Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation |
| Apr 10, 2026 ← this one | Cedar Park, TX | Elizabeth Milburn Park Cedar Park | 41 | 702.8228 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | Si Quema BBQ |
| Apr 2, 2027 | Cedar Park, TX | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180 | 175.4400 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 174.2744 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 172.5828 |
| Brisket | 180 | 177.1544 | 175.4400 |
41 entries · top 702.8228 · median 671.9316
41 entries · top 180 · median 167.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
41 entries · top 180 · median 167.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
41 entries · top 180 · median 166.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
41 entries · top 180 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
9 entries · top 176.5944 · median 167.4516
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balch's Blazin BBQ | |
| 2 | Rockin A Grilling Supplies LLC | |
| 3 | Fat Cap | |
| 4 | Brushy Creek Pitt King | |
| 5 | Smokin Cochinos | |
| 6 | CHASCO Constructors | |
| 7 | Capital Industries | |
| 8 | PAPPO'S BBQ | |
| 9 | Holy Smokes |