2018-04-06 – 2018-04-07 · Cedar Park, TX · 📍 1901 Sunchase Blvd
Grand Champion: ROOFTOP BBQ (693.6800) · 69 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX
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.
693.6800 is the highest overall score this contest has ever produced — past the 687.4284 FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX set in 2017.
Pork Ribs places 2–3: LA PASADITA and Lolli Q tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: HOGGY STYLE and DUKE'S PEPPER COMPANY tied on 172.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: BUCKSHOT BBQ - TX and SMOKIN' DOUBLE Z BBQ tied on 173.1656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
ROOFTOP BBQ took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 33rd.
ROOFTOP BBQ turned in 180.0000 in brisket — past the 176.5600 that had stood across 2 earlier editions.
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX (won 2017).
Bigger than 95% of the 5,410 contests in the data
69 teams made this a bigger field than 95% of every contest tracked.
2 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-04-04 | Cedar Park, TX | Cedar Park, TX 78630 | 50 | 663.9768 | TRASH CAN COOKERS | ONE MAN PITS |
| 2017-03-31 | Cedar Park, TX | 1901 Sunchase Blvd | 70 | 687.4284 | FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS |
| 2018-04-06 ← this one | Cedar Park, TX | 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 | 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 173.1772 | 170.8800 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.1772 | 174.2856 | 171.9656 |
| Pork | 180.0000 | 175.4172 | 173.1656 |
| Brisket | 180.0000 | 172.0000 | 169.6684 |
69 entries · top 693.6800 · median 645.0856
69 entries · top 177.7028 · median 161.7028
68 entries · top 177.1772 · median 162.8800
68 entries · top 180.0000 · median 163.1370 · 🔥 perfect 180
69 entries · top 180.0000 · median 159.3828 · 🔥 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.
32 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.5656 · 🔥 perfect 180
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Me, Myself & I Lisa | |
| 2 | Smokin Bros Jordan | |
| 3 | LA PASADITA | |
| 4 | THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE | |
| 5 | Barn Burners 2 | |
| 6 | Lolli Q | |
| 7 | Moeller Que | |
| 8 | Arnold Grading | |
| 9 | LUCILLE'S BBQ | |
| 10 | Smitty's Meating House | |
| 11 | Fire Drill BBQ | |
| 12 | Mem-Tex BBQ | |
| 13 | Henry Mayers Company | |
| 14 | Finger Lickin' Que | |
| 15 | Cedar Pork BBQ | |
| 16 | Bigcat BBQ/CCQ BBQ | |
| 17 | OfficalQ | |
| 18 | The Lone Star BBQ Crew | |
| 19 | APPETITES BARBEQUE | |
| 20 | BARN BURNERS | |
| 21 | ETS Lindgren | |
| 22 | Main Street Grillers | |
| 23 | CRS Barbecue | |
| 24 | B.A.D. BBQ | |
| 25 | Supreme Cookers | |
| 26 | HELL BENT 100% TEXAS COOKERS | |
| 27 | ROLLIN' SMOKE BBQ TEXAS | |
| 28 | Creek Bottom Cookers | |
| 29 | AMERICAN IRON BBQ | |
| 30 | Wilstones | |
| 31 | GenX Smokers | |
| 32 | HOGGY STYLE |