Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
2025-06-27 – 2025-06-28 · Perez Zeldon, SJ · COSTA RICA · 📍 San Isidro, feria del agricultor
Reps: ERNESTO URIBE, NATASHA LOEW
Grand Champion: Fire Family BBQ PTY (681.7488) · 16 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 DrumQ BBQ C.R.
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How hot was the win?
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🧳 Out-of-towners took the title
Fire Family BBQ PTY took the Grand Championship home to KS.
🧹 A double category winner
DrumQ BBQ C.R. won Chicken, Brisket — a double.
📸 Photo finishes
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.
🃏 An upset on the books
Fire Family BBQ PTY came in rated below the field's top team, Justice BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-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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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 ← this one | Perez Zeldon, SJ | San Isidro, feria del agricultor | 16 | 681.7488 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | DrumQ BBQ C.R. |
| 2026-06-26 | Perez Zeldon, SJ | San Isidro, feria del agricultor | 19 | 693.7028 | Club Carbon CR | Diablicos BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 176.0000 | 166.2628 | 163.4284 |
| Pork Ribs | 176.5600 | 170.8572 | 158.8572 |
| Pork | 178.8572 | 171.4400 | 164.0000 |
| Brisket | 174.3200 | 165.1428 | 162.8916 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
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 |
Chicken
16 entries · top 176.0000 · 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 |
Pork Ribs
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 |
Pork
16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 166.0000
| # | 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. |
Brisket
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 |