Jun 27–28, 2025 · Perez Zeldon, Costa Rica · COSTA RICA · 📍 San Isidro, feria del agricultor
Reps: Ernesto Uribe, Natasha Loew
Fire Family BBQ PTY won Grand Champion at the Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 on June 27, 2025 in Perez Zeldon, SJ at San Isidro, feria del agricultor, scoring 681.7488 in a field of 16 teams. DrumQ BBQ C.R. took Reserve Grand Champion with 679.4972. Category winners: Chicken — DrumQ BBQ C.R. (176.0000); Pork Ribs — Justice BBQ (176.5600); Pork — Lucky Three BBQ PTY (178.8572); Brisket — DrumQ BBQ C.R. (174.3200). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2026.
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.
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
The ratings favoured the top seed the other 67 times in 100
Fire Family BBQ PTY came in rated below the field's top team, Justice BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 33-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings.
Fire Family BBQ PTY won the Grand Championship without winning a single meat — 4 calls from 4 boards, best of them 2nd. Consistency beat fireworks.
This was Fire Family BBQ PTY's first Grand Championship in the data.
First to fifth in the overall standings covered just 4.7320 points.
Fire Family BBQ PTY finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Chicken places 8–9: 88 BBQ and Tiquicia Smokers tied on 163.9656 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 9–10: El Prado BBQ Team and Wild Hog BBQ tied on 164.0000 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 3–4: Firehouse Jimat BBQ edged Club Carbon CR by 0.0228.
DrumQ BBQ C.R. won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2025 ← this one | Perez Zeldon, SJ | San Isidro, feria del agricultor | 16 | 681.7488 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | DrumQ BBQ C.R. |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Perez Zeldon, SJ | San Isidro, feria del agricultor | 19 | 693.7028 | Club Carbon CR | Diablicos BBQ |
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176 | 166.2628 | 163.4284 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 170.8572 | 158.8572 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 171.4400 | 164 |
| Brisket | 174.3200 | 165.1428 | 162.8916 |
16 entries · top 681.7488 · median 660.2684
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 2 | DrumQ BBQ C.R. | |
| 3 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 4 | 88 BBQ | |
| 5 | Justice BBQ | |
| 6 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 7 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 8 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 9 | Pura Vida BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 11 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 12 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 13 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 14 | Los Maes BBQ Team | |
| 15 | El Prado BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Sibo Smokers |
16 entries · top 176 · median 163.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DrumQ BBQ C.R. | |
| 2 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 3 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 4 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 5 | Justice BBQ | |
| 6 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 7 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 8 | 88 BBQ | |
| 9 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 10 | Pura Vida BBQ Team | |
| 11 | Sibo Smokers | |
| 12 | Los Maes BBQ Team | |
| 13 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 14 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 15 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 16 | El Prado BBQ Team |
16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 162.0230
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice BBQ | |
| 2 | 88 BBQ | |
| 3 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 4 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 5 | DrumQ BBQ C.R. | |
| 6 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 7 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 8 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 9 | Pura Vida BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 11 | Los Maes BBQ Team | |
| 12 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 13 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 14 | Sibo Smokers | |
| 15 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 16 | El Prado BBQ Team |
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 2 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 3 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 4 | 88 BBQ | |
| 5 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 6 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 7 | Justice BBQ | |
| 8 | Pura Vida BBQ Team | |
| 9 | El Prado BBQ Team | |
| 10 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 11 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 12 | Los Maes BBQ Team | |
| 13 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 14 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 15 | Sibo Smokers | |
| 16 | DrumQ BBQ C.R. |
16 entries · top 174.3200 · median 164.0342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DrumQ BBQ C.R. | |
| 2 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 3 | Pura Vida BBQ Team | |
| 4 | 88 BBQ | |
| 5 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 6 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 7 | Justice BBQ | |
| 8 | El Prado BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 10 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 11 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 12 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 13 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 14 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 15 | Los Maes BBQ Team | |
| 16 | Sibo Smokers |