PS I LOVE YOU BBQ

PS I LOVE YOU BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 13 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off (2026). They are ranked #1614 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,614

of 6,476 rated · rankings

Rating

1557

peak 1557 · rated over 11 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 1, 2022

latest Apr 10, 2026 · 4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#450

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve · wins it all 8% of the time

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

23% of 13 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

702.8228 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

672.84 ▼

last 5 Master vs avg 674.30 (-1.46)

Walk rate

62%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

Consistency

±13.91

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 169.02 · weakest Chicken (167.41)

Road miles

2,667

across 13 mapped stops · furthest 591 mi

Schedule strength

44%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1557)

Purse competed for

$222K

listed at 9 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

674.30 / 720

12 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in pork.

Pork ×1

Against the odds

27-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 73 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off (Apr 10, 2026) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 27-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Glamping Grillers.

Giant slayer

41 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 41-team field at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off.

Apr 10, 2026

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 1st
average top 13%

They almost always walk

62% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 8 of 13 contests

A top-10 category call in 62% of their 13 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

702.8228 career-best overall

97.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 702.8228 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off — 97.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 10, 2026

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 11 entries at contests carrying the title.

11 state-championship entries

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The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Texas Smoke Whisperer has finished one call ahead of PS I LOVE YOU BBQ 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

LC BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

LC BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PAPPO'S BBQ in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Brisket nemesis

7 of 7 shared brisket entries lost

LC BBQ ahead 100% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, LC BBQ has out-cooked them in 7 of 7 shared brisket entries.

The metronome

±1.93% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.93% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 93.7% of a perfect score
13 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#450 (395 pts)	#707 (205 pts)	#833 (165 pts)	#411 (470 pts)	#505 (350 pts)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to PS I LOVE YOU BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

45 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Mountain Smoke BBQ

#1,617 of the rated field

1557 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 55%
Peak: 1557

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 11 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Aug 28, 2026
on a 5-contest top-10 run

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MADE WITH RUB

#1,609 of the rated field

1558 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 45%
Peak: 1558

Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before PS I LOVE YOU BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 11 contests

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SMOKEAHOLICS KS

#1,608 of the rated field

1558 power rating

Contests: 11
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 64%
Peak: 1573

Careers of much the same size, 11 contests to 13, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 11 contests
last seen Oct 11, 2013

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73-BBQ

#1,615 of the rated field

1557 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1559

Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 13 contests, alongside a 54% overall top-10 rate.

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jun 6, 2026

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VOGT'S BBQ

#1,621 of the rated field

1557 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 31%
Peak: 1557

They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before PS I LOVE YOU BBQ's first contest.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Jun 7, 2019

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Wink's BBQ

#1,624 of the rated field

1557 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 29%
Peak: 1557

Level with PS I LOVE YOU BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 14 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
LA PASADITA	12	5	7	42%	⚔ compare
TINY E BBQ	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
Barton BBQ	8	1	7	13%	⚔ compare
CHICKEN FRIED BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
Sure Shot BBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
LC BBQ	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Crossed Rifles BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
GETTIN' BASTED	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
Chingon BBQ	6	1	5	17%	⚔ compare
PAPPO'S BBQ	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
Smoke Show BBQ	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
S&S Pit Crew	5	4	1	80%	⚔ compare
Texas Revolution	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
THE REPUBLIC OF 'QUE	5	3	2	60%	⚔ compare
The Pitfather BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	12	3	0	0	174.3200	158.2400	167.41	top 46%
Pork Ribs	12	3	0	1	178.8572	161.1200	168.98	top 42%
Pork	12	3	1	1	180 🔥	158.8572	168.89	top 45%
Brisket	12	4	0	1	178.8572	163.9428	169.02	top 39%

“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.

By field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	0	top 56%
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 68%
Large (40+)	10	1	top 39%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
TX	9	1	top 35%
KS	2	0	top 68%
AR	1	0	top 68%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	GCs	Avg finish	Last visit
Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	3	22	0	top 49%	Sep 12, 2025
Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off	2	1	1	top 13%	Apr 10, 2026
Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	2	16	0	top 37%	Mar 28, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2022 7 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 5 seasons in the data

Most contests held in TX 9 of 13 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 8 3 of them more than once

First title Apr 10, 2026 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

Opponents faced 831 finished ahead 656 times, behind 649

Longest layoff 1 yrs Sep 8, 2023 → Sep 13, 2024

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20269 milestones

Apr 10 First category win (Pork) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First Grand Championship Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First state championship Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First perfect 180 (Pork) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Biggest field won (41 teams) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Career-best overall score702.8228 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Peak power rating (1557) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Most recent contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

20241 milestone

Sep 13 10th tracked contest Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff

20224 milestones

Apr 1 First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Apr 1 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Apr 1 First overall past 90% of a perfect score681.6804 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off
Jun 24 First overall top-10 Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+15.3	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off	Apr 10, 2026
+13.9	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships	Aug 19, 2022
+11.4	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off	Apr 1, 2022
+8.5	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	Sep 12, 2025
+7.3	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff	Mar 31, 2023

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-7.5	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	Sep 8, 2023
-0.8	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff	Sep 13, 2024

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Season	Contests	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	1	1	1	1	100%	top 2%	97.6%	97.6%
2025	2	0	0	0	100%	top 35%	94.5%	93.6%
2024	1	0	0	0	100%	top 52%	92.8%	92.8%
2023	2	0	0	0	50%	top 49%	94.8%	92.2%
2022	7	0	2	0	43%	top 49%	95.5%	93.6%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Apr 10, 2026	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	1 / 41 (702.8228)	9 (174.2628)	16 (169.7028)	1 (180)	2 (178.8572)
Sep 12, 2025	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	22 / 92 (680.5600)	9 (174.3200)	26 (172.5600)	36 (169.7028)	42 (163.9772)
Mar 28, 2025	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	22 / 48 (667.3600)	12 (170.8800)	31 (161.1200)	29 (164.5372)	8 (170.8228)
Sep 13, 2024	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	35 / 67 (667.8856)	59 (158.2400)	18 (171.9656)	48 (163.3944)	5 (174.2856)
Sep 8, 2023	Navy SEAL Danny Dietz Memorial Classic Cookoff 🏅 Waller, TX	70 / 99 (645.5772)	68 (161.1200)	74 (161.6572)	82 (158.8572)	53 (163.9428)
Mar 31, 2023	Cedar Fest BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	16 / 57 (682.2516)	23 (167.3828)	2 (178.8572)	19 (170.8572)	26 (165.1544)
Oct 1, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS	—	—	—	—	—
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS	217 / 505 (672.4456)	98 (173.1200)	197 (169.1200)	315 (164.5256)	243 (165.6800)
Sep 29, 2022	American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS	231 / 249 (658.7772)	245 (158.2628)	230 (161.6800)	112 (170.8572)	150 (167.9772)
Aug 19, 2022	Raider Red Meat BBQ & Ribeye Championships 🏅 Lubbock, TX	6 / 59 (687.3712)	15 (169.7028)	11 (172.5484)	10 (172)	5 (173.1200)
Jun 24, 2022	Lake Murvaul BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Carthage, TX	9 / 16 (675.3484)	10 (165.6912)	7 (169.7028)	5 (173.1316)	13 (166.8228)
May 27, 2022	Bombers & BBQ 🏅 Hot Springs, AR	19 / 28 (669.5772)	19 (163.3828)	19 (164.5372)	16 (169.6916)	13 (171.9656)
Apr 1, 2022	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	13 / 56 (681.6804)	13 (172.5716)	6 (174.2860)	19 (169.1428)	28 (165.6800)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

PS I LOVE YOU BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (12 found in their record)

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

Brisket nemesis

The metronome

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Season by season

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)