A day of perfect scores
4
perfect 180s
4 perfect 180s were scored at this contest — every judge at the table handing back a nine.
- GETTIN' BASTED · Pork
- Regi-Q-BBQ · Pork
- Barton BBQ · Pork
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 2023
Mar 31 – Apr 1, 2023 · Cedar Park, TX · 📍 Elizabeth Wilburn Park Cedar Park · State championship
Reps: Bob McKinnon, Terri McKinnon · Prize money: $15,000
GETTIN' BASTED won Grand Champion at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff on March 31, 2023 in Cedar Park, TX at Elizabeth Wilburn Park Cedar Park, scoring 702.8456 in a field of 57 teams. LC BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 699.9312. Category winners: Chicken — Sure Shot BBQ (178.8572); Pork Ribs — Smoke Show BBQ (180.0000); Pork — GETTIN' BASTED (180.0000); Brisket — Kanned Heat (177.7028). This is the 1st of 3 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2024.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
448.49
median 652.46
702.85 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 178.86
- Pork Ribs 180 🔥
- Pork 180 🔥
- Brisket 177.70
20
180
Winning score by edition
What it has taken to win here, 2023 to 2025 — this edition picked out.
Entries
57
4 judged meats · 1 ancillary
Top score
702.8456
Winning margin
2.9144
GC over RC
Field average
643.57
448.49702.85
median 652.46 · last place to winner
Tightest race
Brisket
2.2972 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
687.9424
448.49702.85
10th place overall
Field spread
254.3544
winner to last place
Prize money
$15,000
on the line
Double threats
2
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 21%
beats 79% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.57 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,535
avg power rating going in · stronger than 25% of contests
Storylines (4 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 14 calls decided inside half a point
Chicken places 6–7: Back Door BBQ Crew and Pirates, Pigs & Poultry tied on 176.0116 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 9–10: T-MAC SMOKIN and Cluster Cluck Barbecue tied on 174.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 2–3: PS I LOVE YOU BBQ and Sure Shot BBQ tied on 178.8572 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.
- Chicken 6–7 · tie
- Chicken 9–10 · tie
- Pork Ribs 2–3 · tie
- Pork 1–2 · tie
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
GETTIN' BASTED took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was pork ribs at 16th.
- Chicken 5th
- Pork Ribs 16th
- Pork 1st
- Brisket 9th
One of the big ones
57
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 90% of the 5,462 contests in the data
57 teams — bigger than 90% of the 5,462 contests in the data.
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 31, 2023 ← this one | Cedar Park, TX | Elizabeth Wilburn Park Cedar Park | 57 | 702.8456 | Gettin'Based | LC BBQ |
| Apr 5, 2024 | Cedar Park, TX | Elizabeth Wilburn Park Cedar Park | 40 | 706.8460 | Sure Shot BBQ | Texas Chrome Hero's |
| Mar 28, 2025 | Cedar Park, TX | Elizabeth Milburn Park Cedar Park | 48 | 694.2400 | Gettin' Basted | Cuatro D BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 178.8572 | 176.0228 | 174.2628 |
| Pork Ribs | 180 | 177.1772 | 175.4172 |
| Pork | 180 | 176.5600 | 174.8456 |
| Brisket | 177.7028 | 175.4056 | 173.1428 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
57 entries · top 702.8456 · median 652.4568
Chicken
55 entries · top 178.8572 · median 165.7144
Pork Ribs
57 entries · top 180 · median 167.3944 · 🔥 perfect 180
Pork
57 entries · top 180 · median 163.4400 · 🔥 perfect 180
Brisket
55 entries · top 177.7028 · median 164.5372
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
17 entries · top 178.8800 · median 169.1428
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Regi-Q-BBQ | |
| 2 | HEB Cedar Park | |
| 3 | Red Dirt Red Meat | |
| 4 | Barton BBQ | |
| 5 | Smokin Bros | |
| 6 | Rockin A Grilling Supplies | |
| 7 | Fat Boyz | |
| 8 | Grillfathers | |
| 9 | Hoggy Style | |
| 10 | Pyramid ATX Construction | |
| 11 | Cranesmokers | |
| 12 | Smitty's Meating House | |
| 13 | Gitter-Done | |
| 14 | Beer& Bullets BBQ Team | |
| 15 | The Smoke Show Tx | |
| 16 | Minyard Sons | |
| 17 | Fire Oak Distillery &BBQ |