Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
2026-04-10 – 2026-04-11 · Cedar Park, TX · 📍 Elizabeth Milburn Park Cedar Park · State championship
Reps: DEBBIE SPRAY, SCOTT SPRAY · Prize money: $15,000.00
Grand Champion: PS I LOVE YOU BBQ (702.8228) · 41 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Si Quema BBQ
Entries
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Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
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Prize money
Double threats
How hot was the win?
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🔥 A day of perfect scores
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
PS I LOVE YOU BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, Glamping Grillers, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 28-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
Where the field came from (home regions on file)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-04 | Cedar Park, TX 78630 | 50 | 663.9768 | TRASH CAN COOKERS | ONE MAN PITS | |
| 2017-03-31 | 1901 Sunchase Blvd | 70 | 687.4284 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 2018-04-06 | 1901 Sunchase Blvd | 69 | 693.6800 | ROOFTOP BBQ | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | |
| 2019-04-05 | Cedar Park, TX | 1901 Sunchase Blvd | 61 | 701.7372 | Texas-car-b-que | KISS MY RACK |
| 2021-06-04 | Cedar Park, TX | 1901 Sun Chase Blvd | 48 | 702.8800 | Chicken Fried BBQ | LA PASADITA |
| 2022-04-01 | Cedar Park, TX | 1901 Sun Chase Blvd | 56 | 698.2284 | Chingon BBQ | Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation |
| 2026-04-10 ← this one | Cedar Park, TX | Elizabeth Milburn Park Cedar Park | 41 | 702.8228 | PS I LOVE YOU BBQ | Si Quema BBQ |
| 2027-04-02 | Cedar Park, TX | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 180.0000 | 175.4400 | 173.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 180.0000 | 174.2744 | 171.9772 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 176.5600 | 172.5828 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 177.1544 | 175.4400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
41 entries · top 702.8228 · median 671.9316
Chicken
41 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.4056 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork Ribs
41 entries · top 180.0000 · median 167.9656 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
41 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.2744 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
41 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.1200 · 🔥 perfect 180
Ancillary categories
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.
Ancillary — Cook'S Choice
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 |