Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
2022-04-01 – 2022-04-02 · Cedar Park, TX · 📍 1901 Sun Chase Blvd · State championship
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, TERRI MCKINNON · Prize money: $15,000.00
Grand Champion: Chingon BBQ (698.2284) · 56 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0856 points — closer than 84% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 7–8: LC BBQ and Chingon BBQ tied on 173.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: TINY E BBQ and TEXAS OIL DUST tied on 173.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 2–3: Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation and Blues Hog tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: FAT BOYS BBQ - TEMPLE, TX (won 2017), Chicken Fried BBQ (won 2021).
🃏 An upset on the books
Chingon BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 18-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)
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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 ← this one | 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 | — | — | — | — | — |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 177.7028 | 174.8456 | 173.1200 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7028 | 174.8572 | 172.5716 |
| Pork | 177.1772 | 175.4400 | 174.2628 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 174.2628 | 170.8228 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
56 entries · top 698.2284 · median 658.4514
Chicken
56 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.2458
Pork Ribs
56 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.6570
Pork
56 entries · top 177.1772 · median 162.8400
Brisket
56 entries · top 177.7028 · median 165.4000
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
18 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smokin Bro's | |
| 2 | TEXAS WARPIG BBQ | |
| 3 | CHASCO | |
| 4 | TEXAS REVOLUTION | |
| 5 | Lolli Q | |
| 6 | LC BBQ | |
| 7 | Slab BBQ and Beer | |
| 8 | Smitty's Meating House | |
| 9 | Big Sexy's BBQ | |
| 10 | Barn BurnersBBQ | |
| 11 | Hoggy Style 1 | |
| 12 | PAPPO'S BBQ | |
| 13 | Hoggy Style 2 | |
| 14 | Texs Smoke BBQ | |
| 15 | George's Jungle | |
| 16 | That;s it BBQ | |
| 17 | BBQ PROJECT | |
| 18 | Smokin' Cole's |