Panama BBQ Fest
2024-03-02 – 2024-03-03 · Panama City, · PANAMA · 📍 Amador
Reps: ERNESTO URIBE, NATASHA LOEW
Grand Champion: Justice BBQ (665.0740) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Webea Es Lo Q Hay
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Came back for more
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 17.7484 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 6–7: Justice BBQ and Ruta 45 BBQ tied on 161.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 9–10: Los de la Septima edged Nevada Smoke Crew by 0.0112. Pork Ribs places 4–5: Smoke Friends edged Belen Grill and Chill by 0.0116.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-01-28 | Panama City, | Ciudad del Saber | 19 | 670.7996 | Belen Grill and Chll | Los Smokies |
| 2024-03-02 ← this one | Panama City, | Amador | 22 | 665.0740 | Justice BBQ | Webea Es Lo Q Hay |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.2628 | 164.5944 | 155.4056 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7144 | 161.6800 | 151.9428 |
| Pork | 171.4400 | 157.7028 | 148.6056 |
| Brisket | 171.4056 | 162.2856 | 157.6572 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 665.0740 · median 603.8798
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice BBQ | |
| 2 | Webea Es Lo Q Hay | |
| 3 | Ruta 45 BBQ | |
| 4 | Los Smokies | |
| 5 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 6 | Lucky 3 | |
| 7 | Los de la Septima | |
| 8 | Humacera | |
| 9 | Grill and Chill | |
| 10 | La Mesa del Laurel | |
| 11 | Nevada Smoke Crew | |
| 12 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 13 | Brother BBQ | |
| 14 | Urban Smoke | |
| 15 | La Pandilla Parrillera | |
| 16 | Los Hijos de Noriega | |
| 17 | Smoke Friends | |
| 18 | Jartadera | |
| 19 | Los Drs. Del Grill | |
| 20 | Xavie's BBQ | |
| 21 | XPL | |
| 22 | Jungle Smoke Team |
Chicken
21 entries · top 174.2628 · median 152.5256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice BBQ | |
| 2 | Ruta 45 BBQ | |
| 3 | Lucky 3 | |
| 4 | Los Smokies | |
| 5 | Webea Es Lo Q Hay | |
| 6 | Humacera | |
| 7 | Nevada Smoke Crew | |
| 8 | Los de la Septima | |
| 9 | La Mesa del Laurel | |
| 10 | Brother BBQ | |
| 11 | Urban Smoke | |
| 12 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 13 | Grill and Chill | |
| 14 | Los Hijos de Noriega | |
| 15 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 16 | Jartadera | |
| 17 | Smoke Friends | |
| 18 | La Pandilla Parrillera | |
| 19 | Los Drs. Del Grill | |
| 20 | Xavie's BBQ | |
| 21 | XPL |
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 177.7144 · median 149.9714
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grill and Chill | |
| 2 | Los de la Septima | |
| 3 | Los Smokies | |
| 4 | Smoke Friends | |
| 5 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 6 | Justice BBQ | |
| 7 | Ruta 45 BBQ | |
| 8 | Webea Es Lo Q Hay | |
| 9 | Humacera | |
| 10 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 11 | Urban Smoke | |
| 12 | XPL | |
| 13 | Los Hijos de Noriega | |
| 14 | Nevada Smoke Crew | |
| 15 | La Mesa del Laurel | |
| 16 | Los Drs. Del Grill | |
| 17 | Jungle Smoke Team | |
| 18 | Lucky 3 | |
| 19 | Jartadera | |
| 20 | Brother BBQ | |
| 21 | La Pandilla Parrillera | |
| 22 | Xavie's BBQ |
Pork
22 entries · top 171.4400 · median 148.2914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 2 | Justice BBQ | |
| 3 | Webea Es Lo Q Hay | |
| 4 | Ruta 45 BBQ | |
| 5 | La Pandilla Parrillera | |
| 6 | Urban Smoke | |
| 7 | XPL | |
| 8 | Jartadera | |
| 9 | Nevada Smoke Crew | |
| 10 | Los Drs. Del Grill | |
| 11 | La Mesa del Laurel | |
| 12 | Lucky 3 | |
| 13 | Brother BBQ | |
| 14 | Grill and Chill | |
| 15 | Los Smokies | |
| 16 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 17 | Humacera | |
| 18 | Smoke Friends | |
| 19 | Jungle Smoke Team | |
| 20 | Los de la Septima | |
| 21 | Xavie's BBQ | |
| 22 | Los Hijos de Noriega |
Brisket
22 entries · top 171.4056 · median 153.6914
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky 3 | |
| 2 | Justice BBQ | |
| 3 | Webea Es Lo Q Hay | |
| 4 | La Mesa del Laurel | |
| 5 | Humacera | |
| 6 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 7 | La Pandilla Parrillera | |
| 8 | Brother BBQ | |
| 9 | Los de la Septima | |
| 10 | Nevada Smoke Crew | |
| 11 | Los Smokies | |
| 12 | Los Drs. Del Grill | |
| 13 | Los Hijos de Noriega | |
| 14 | Grill and Chill | |
| 15 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 16 | Ruta 45 BBQ | |
| 17 | Jartadera | |
| 18 | XPL | |
| 19 | Urban Smoke | |
| 20 | Smoke Friends | |
| 21 | Jungle Smoke Team | |
| 22 | Xavie's BBQ |
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 — Burgers
18 entries · top 166.3200 · median 147.4228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los de la Septima | |
| 2 | Webea Es Lo Q Hay | |
| 3 | Los Hijos de Noriega | |
| 4 | Ruta 45 BBQ | |
| 5 | Urban Smoke | |
| 6 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 7 | Jartadera | |
| 8 | Lucky 3 | |
| 9 | Nevada Smoke Crew | |
| 10 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 11 | La Mesa del Laurel | |
| 12 | Los Smokies | |
| 13 | Smoke Friends | |
| 14 | XPL | |
| 15 | Los Drs. Del Grill | |
| 16 | La Pandilla Parrillera | |
| 17 | Brother BBQ | |
| 18 | Xavie's BBQ |