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Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge

2026-03-06 – 2026-03-07 · Play Jaco, 61101 · COSTA RICA · 📍 Calle Ancha

Reps: ERNESTO URIBE, NATASHA LOEW

Grand Champion: Justice BBQ (700.0456) · 16 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 GETTIN' BASTED

🥇
700.0456 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
698.8684 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
690.3656 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

16
4 judged meats

Top score

700.0456

Winning margin

1.1772
GC over RC

Field average

671.67
median 676.61

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
2.2744 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

670.2628
10th place overall

Field spread

71.4740
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 4.00 across 4 meats

Double threats

6
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Pork
won by 3.4400 pts — Justice BBQ

How hot was the win?

Top 47%
beats 53% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Form held

Moderate
ρ = -0.53 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1549
avg power rating going in · stronger than 53% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1907 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

Justice BBQ has won this contest 2 times across its 3 tracked editions.

🪒 A razor-thin finish

The Grand Championship was decided by 1.1772 points — closer than 76% of every championship in the data.

📸 Photo finishes

Chicken places 1–2: Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica and HUMO Parrillada tied on 176.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 8–9: Tiquicia Smokers BBQ and Bros & Fire PTY tied on 170.2628 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 7–8: Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que edged 88 BBQ by 0.0112.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Justice BBQ (won 2025).

🃏 An upset on the books

Justice BBQ came in rated below the field's top team, GETTIN' BASTED, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 17-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)

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 →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2025-01-24 Play Jaco, 61101 Calle Ancha 12 178.2972 Heifers, Butts & Clucks
2025-01-24 Play Jaco, 61101 Calle Ancha 12 175.4400 Justice BBQ
2026-03-06 ← this one Play Jaco, 61101 Calle Ancha 16 700.0456 Justice BBQ GETTIN' BASTED

What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)

Category1st5th10th
Chicken176.5600171.4628169.1544
Pork Ribs177.1544174.8800172.0116
Pork180.0000171.4056168.5600
Brisket178.8572173.7028159.4284

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

16 entries · top 700.0456 · median 676.6058

#TeamScore
1 Justice BBQ 700.0456
2 GETTIN' BASTED 698.8684
3 Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que 690.3656
4 Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica 682.9144
5 Firehouse Jimat BBQ 681.1656
6 Pura Vida BBQ 680.5832
7 Smoke 44 678.8460
8 Bros & Fire PTY 678.2856
9 Tico BBQ Club 674.9260
10 Club Carbon CR 670.2628
11 88 BBQ 664.5144
12 HUMO Parrillada 661.0860
13 DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica 658.1712
14 Tiquicia Smokers BBQ 655.3252
15 Valhalla Smokers 642.8572
16 Mr. G 628.5716

Chicken

16 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.2628

#TeamScore
1 Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica 176.5600
2 HUMO Parrillada 176.5600
3 Club Carbon CR 175.4172
4 GETTIN' BASTED 174.8456
5 Justice BBQ 171.4628
6 88 BBQ 170.8228
7 Firehouse Jimat BBQ 170.2856
8 Tiquicia Smokers BBQ 170.2628
9 Bros & Fire PTY 170.2628
10 Smoke 44 169.1544
11 Mr. G 168.5944
12 Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que 168.0000
13 Tico BBQ Club 166.8800
14 Valhalla Smokers 166.8456
15 DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica 162.2628
16 Pura Vida BBQ 158.8344

Pork Ribs

16 entries · top 177.1544 · median 172.8744

#TeamScore
1 Smoke 44 177.1544
2 GETTIN' BASTED 177.1428
3 Pura Vida BBQ 175.4400
4 DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica 175.4172
5 Justice BBQ 174.8800
6 Firehouse Jimat BBQ 174.8572
7 Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que 173.1656
8 88 BBQ 173.1544
9 Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica 172.5944
10 Valhalla Smokers 172.0116
11 Bros & Fire PTY 166.8800
12 Tiquicia Smokers BBQ 165.1772
13 Club Carbon CR 163.4400
14 Tico BBQ Club 161.7488
15 HUMO Parrillada 157.1432
16 Mr. G 150.8572

Pork

16 entries · top 180.0000 · median 169.4342 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Justice BBQ 180.0000 🔥
2 Bros & Fire PTY 176.5600
3 Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica 174.3316
4 HUMO Parrillada 172.5600
5 Club Carbon CR 171.4056
6 Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que 170.8800
7 Pura Vida BBQ 170.2744
8 GETTIN' BASTED 169.7028
9 Firehouse Jimat BBQ 169.1656
10 88 BBQ 168.5600
11 Tico BBQ Club 167.4400
12 Mr. G 165.7372
13 Tiquicia Smokers BBQ 165.0740
14 Valhalla Smokers 162.2972
15 DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica 161.6684
16 Smoke 44 160.5372

Brisket

16 entries · top 178.8572 · median 162.2914

#TeamScore
1 Tico BBQ Club 178.8572
2 Too Sauced Guys Bar-B-Que 178.3200
3 GETTIN' BASTED 177.1772
4 Pura Vida BBQ 176.0344
5 Justice BBQ 173.7028
6 Smoke 44 172.0000
7 Firehouse Jimat BBQ 166.8572
8 Bros & Fire PTY 164.5828
9 Club Carbon CR 160.0000
10 Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica 159.4284
11 DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica 158.8228
12 HUMO Parrillada 154.8228
13 Tiquicia Smokers BBQ 154.8112
14 88 BBQ 151.9772
15 Mr. G 143.3828
16 Valhalla Smokers 141.7028

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