BBQ Fest Panama
2026-03-21 · Panama, Pa · PANAMA · 📍 Isla Naos, Amador, Acon, Panama
Reps: DEBRA GAGE, MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN, WILLIAM GAGE
Grand Champion: Justice BBQ (667.9084) · 23 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 GRILL AND CHILL
Entries
Top score
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Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Came back for more
Form held
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Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 17.0284 points — a wider margin than 98% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
Justice BBQ won Pork Ribs, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 7–8: BBQ Fellas and GRILL AND CHILL tied on 157.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: BBQ Fellas edged WEBEA ES LO Q HAY by 0.0228. Brisket places 1–2: 88 BBQ edged BBQ Fellas by 0.0344.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Grill and Chill (won 2025).
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)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-26 | Panama, Pa | Monumento el árbol, Green City | 23 | 657.6912 | Grill and Chill | Justice BBQ |
| 2026-03-21 ← this one | Panama, Pa | Isla Naos, Amador, Acon, Panama | 23 | 667.9084 | Justice BBQ | GRILL AND CHILL |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 173.7372 | 162.8572 | 153.7028 |
| Pork Ribs | 174.2628 | 163.4172 | 157.1428 |
| Pork | 172.0000 | 169.7144 | 163.4400 |
| Brisket | 161.1544 | 159.4400 | 151.4628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
23 entries · top 667.9084 · median 614.2172
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice BBQ | |
| 2 | GRILL AND CHILL | |
| 3 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 4 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 5 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 6 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 7 | BBQ Love Club | |
| 8 | SMOKE FRIENDS | |
| 9 | 88 BBQ | |
| 10 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 11 | Mamba Smoke | |
| 12 | WEBEA ES LO Q HAY | |
| 13 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 14 | Lumberjacks Bbq | |
| 15 | ESTA GULA MIA | |
| 16 | The best grillers | |
| 17 | Bado BBQ | |
| 18 | Fire Machine Grill - Smoke | |
| 19 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 20 | PrimeSmokers | |
| 21 | MAD GRILL | |
| 22 | Minuto 7 | |
| 23 | Los Chefs del Emporio |
Chicken
23 entries · top 173.7372 · median 152.5600
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRILL AND CHILL | |
| 2 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 3 | Justice BBQ | |
| 4 | BBQ Love Club | |
| 5 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 6 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 7 | Mamba Smoke | |
| 8 | 88 BBQ | |
| 9 | ESTA GULA MIA | |
| 10 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 11 | MAD GRILL | |
| 12 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 13 | Lumberjacks Bbq | |
| 14 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 15 | WEBEA ES LO Q HAY | |
| 16 | Bado BBQ | |
| 17 | PrimeSmokers | |
| 18 | The best grillers | |
| 19 | SMOKE FRIENDS | |
| 20 | Fire Machine Grill - Smoke | |
| 21 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 22 | Los Chefs del Emporio | |
| 23 | Minuto 7 |
Pork Ribs
23 entries · top 174.2628 · median 152.5944
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice BBQ | |
| 2 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 3 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 4 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 5 | SMOKE FRIENDS | |
| 6 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 7 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 8 | GRILL AND CHILL | |
| 9 | BBQ Love Club | |
| 10 | Lumberjacks Bbq | |
| 11 | 88 BBQ | |
| 12 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 13 | ESTA GULA MIA | |
| 14 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 15 | The best grillers | |
| 16 | Mamba Smoke | |
| 17 | PrimeSmokers | |
| 18 | WEBEA ES LO Q HAY | |
| 19 | Bado BBQ | |
| 20 | Los Chefs del Emporio | |
| 21 | Fire Machine Grill - Smoke | |
| 22 | Minuto 7 | |
| 23 | MAD GRILL |
Pork
23 entries · top 172.0000 · median 157.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Justice BBQ | |
| 2 | GRILL AND CHILL | |
| 3 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 4 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 5 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 6 | SMOKE FRIENDS | |
| 7 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 8 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 9 | Mamba Smoke | |
| 10 | WEBEA ES LO Q HAY | |
| 11 | Fire Machine Grill - Smoke | |
| 12 | Bado BBQ | |
| 13 | PrimeSmokers | |
| 14 | BBQ Love Club | |
| 15 | 88 BBQ | |
| 16 | Minuto 7 | |
| 17 | The best grillers | |
| 18 | ESTA GULA MIA | |
| 19 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 20 | MAD GRILL | |
| 21 | Lumberjacks Bbq | |
| 22 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 23 | Los Chefs del Emporio |
Brisket
23 entries · top 161.1544 · median 149.1884
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 88 BBQ | |
| 2 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 3 | WEBEA ES LO Q HAY | |
| 4 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 5 | Lumberjacks Bbq | |
| 6 | SMOKE FRIENDS | |
| 7 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 8 | BBQ Love Club | |
| 9 | The best grillers | |
| 10 | ESTA GULA MIA | |
| 11 | Justice BBQ | |
| 12 | Mamba Smoke | |
| 13 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 14 | GRILL AND CHILL | |
| 15 | Fire Machine Grill - Smoke | |
| 16 | Bado BBQ | |
| 17 | Los Chefs del Emporio | |
| 18 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 19 | MAD GRILL | |
| 20 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 21 | Minuto 7 | |
| 22 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 23 | PrimeSmokers |
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Burger
17 entries · top 169.8172 · median 151.4744
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | WEBEA ES LO Q HAY | |
| 2 | SMOKE FRIENDS | |
| 3 | Belen Grill and Chill | |
| 4 | Los Chefs del Emporio | |
| 5 | BBQ Love Club | |
| 6 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 7 | The best grillers | |
| 8 | Brothers BBQ | |
| 9 | ESTA GULA MIA | |
| 10 | Mamba Smoke | |
| 11 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 12 | BBQ Fellas | |
| 13 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 14 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 15 | Fire Machine Grill - Smoke | |
| 16 | MAD GRILL | |
| 17 | Lumberjacks Bbq |