Masters BBQ Challenge CR
2025-03-14 – 2025-03-15 · San Jose, 10104 · COSTA RICA · 📍 Uruca, Restaurante Tres Hermanas
Reps: ERNESTO URIBE, NATASHA LOEW
Grand Champion: Club Carbon (681.1888) · 17 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Justice BBQ
Entries
17
4 judged meats
Top score
681.1888
Winning margin
4.0460
GC over RC
Field average
648.39
median 648.53
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
2.8800 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
642.2172
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 95%
beats 5% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.59 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1506
avg power rating going in · stronger than 8% of contests
Storylines
📸 Photo finishes
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.
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)
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 | 176.0000 | 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 176.0000 · 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 |