A rookie on the podium
3rd
at their first tracked contest
Tiquicia Smokers finished 3rd overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Masters BBQ Challenge CR
Mar 14–15, 2025 · San Jose, Costa Rica · COSTA RICA · 📍 Uruca, Restaurante Tres Hermanas
Reps: Ernesto Uribe, Natasha Loew
Club Carbon CR won Grand Champion at the Masters BBQ Challenge CR on March 14, 2025 in San Jose, 10104 at Uruca, Restaurante Tres Hermanas, scoring 681.1888 in a field of 17 teams. Justice BBQ took Reserve Grand Champion with 677.1428. Category winners: Chicken — DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica (174.3200); Pork Ribs — Los Pinos BBQ Team (176.0000); Pork — Justice BBQ (174.2856); Brisket — Club Carbon CR (173.7028).
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.
629.70
median 648.53
681.19 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 174.32
- Pork Ribs 176
- Pork 174.29
- Brisket 173.70
141.67
176
Entries
17
4 judged meats
Top score
681.1888
Winning margin
4.0460
GC over RC
Field average
648.39
629.70681.19
median 648.53 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.8800 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
642.2172
629.70681.19
10th place overall
Field spread
51.4860
winner to last place
Double threats
6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 87%
beats 13% of 4711 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Strong
ρ = -0.62 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1,505
avg power rating going in · stronger than 4% of contests
Storylines (3 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 8 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 3–4: Club Carbon CR and 88 BBQ tied on 173.1772 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 1–2: Justice BBQ and Firehouse Jimat tied on 174.2856 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork places 3–4: Tiquicia Smokers edged DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica by 0.0112.
- Pork Ribs 3–4 · tie
- Pork 1–2 · tie
- Pork 3–4 · 0.0112
- Brisket 4–5 · 0.0112
How the title was won
4 of 4
meats called to the stage
Club Carbon CR took the title on 4 calls from 4 meats, with 1 outright win — their weakest board was chicken at 5th.
- Chicken 5th
- Pork Ribs 3rd
- Pork 5th
- Brisket 1st
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)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 174.3200 | 168.0116 | 163.4628 |
| Pork Ribs | 176 | 173.1200 | 164.5828 |
| Pork | 174.2856 | 166.2972 | 161.1200 |
| Brisket | 173.7028 | 165.1088 | 154.2284 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
17 entries · top 681.1888 · median 648.5260
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 2 | Justice BBQ | |
| 3 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 4 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 5 | Smoke 44 | |
| 6 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Tico Smoke | |
| 8 | Los Pinos BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 10 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 11 | 88 BBQ | |
| 12 | Raices Smoke & Grill | |
| 13 | Firehouse Jimat | |
| 14 | Days BBQ | |
| 15 | The Grillers | |
| 16 | Pura vida BBQ | |
| 17 | Holy Smokers |
Chicken
17 entries · top 174.3200 · median 163.9656
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica | |
| 2 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 3 | 88 BBQ | |
| 4 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 5 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 6 | Justice BBQ | |
| 7 | Smoke 44 | |
| 8 | Days BBQ | |
| 9 | Tico Smoke | |
| 10 | Holy Smokers | |
| 11 | The Grillers | |
| 12 | Firehouse Jimat | |
| 13 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 14 | Pura vida BBQ | |
| 15 | Raices Smoke & Grill | |
| 16 | Los Pinos BBQ Team | |
| 17 | GRILLDROIDS |
Pork Ribs
17 entries · top 176 · median 165.7144
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Pinos BBQ Team | |
| 2 | Justice BBQ | |
| 3 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 4 | 88 BBQ | |
| 5 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 6 | Tico Smoke | |
| 7 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 8 | Days BBQ | |
| 9 | Raices Smoke & Grill | |
| 10 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica | |
| 11 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 12 | Smoke 44 | |
| 13 | The Grillers | |
| 14 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 15 | Pura vida BBQ | |
| 16 | Holy Smokers | |
| 17 | Firehouse Jimat |
Pork
17 entries · top 174.2856 · median 161.7256
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice BBQ | |
| 2 | Firehouse Jimat | |
| 3 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 4 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica | |
| 5 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 6 | Smoke 44 | |
| 7 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 8 | Los Pinos BBQ Team | |
| 9 | Tico Smoke | |
| 10 | Raices Smoke & Grill | |
| 11 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 12 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 13 | The Grillers | |
| 14 | Days BBQ | |
| 15 | Pura vida BBQ | |
| 16 | Holy Smokers | |
| 17 | 88 BBQ |
Brisket
17 entries · top 173.7028 · median 158.8000
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 2 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 3 | Pura vida BBQ | |
| 4 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 5 | Valhalla Smokers | |
| 6 | Holy Smokers | |
| 7 | Justice BBQ | |
| 8 | The Grillers | |
| 9 | Smoke 44 | |
| 10 | Tiquicia Smokers | |
| 11 | Raices Smoke & Grill | |
| 12 | Tico Smoke | |
| 13 | Days BBQ | |
| 14 | Los Pinos BBQ Team | |
| 15 | 88 BBQ | |
| 16 | Firehouse Jimat | |
| 17 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica |