A first Grand Championship
1
title in the data
This was PELON PARRILLERO's first Grand Championship in the data.
BBQFest Costa Rica 2019
2019-03-23 – 2019-03-24 · San Jose, 1000 · COSTA RICA · 📍 San Jose, 1000
Grand Champion: PELON PARRILLERO (681.7944) · 22 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 BBQ COSTA RICA
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.
527.93
median 644.89
681.79 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Chicken 173.14
- Pork Ribs 177.74
- Pork 174.26
- Brisket 172.59
20.00
177.74
Entries
22
4 judged meats · 4 ancillary
Top score
681.7944
Winning margin
4.7088
GC over RC
Field average
642.63
527.93681.79
median 644.89 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Brisket
4.6060 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
648.5484
527.93681.79
10th place overall
Field spread
153.8632
winner to last place
Double threats
4
teams with 2+ top-5 calls
How hot was the win?
Top 86%
beats 14% of 4707 Master Series wins in the data
Form held
Moderate
ρ = -0.32 between pre-contest rating and finish
Field strength
1499
avg power rating going in · stronger than 1% of contests
Storylines (5 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.
A rookie on the podium
1st
at their first tracked contest
PELON PARRILLERO finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 12 calls decided inside half a point
Pork places 9–10: CLUB CARBON and TEC BBQ tied on 165.1200 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: BLOWIN' SMOKE and JR RIBS tied on 164.5600 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA edged TEC BBQ by 0.0112.
- Pork 9–10 · tie
- Brisket 7–8 · tie
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · 0.0112
- Brisket 4–5 · 0.0116
A double category winner
2
category wins in a day
PELON PARRILLERO won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
How the title was won
3 of 4
meats called to the stage
PELON PARRILLERO took the title on 3 calls from 4 meats, with 2 outright wins — their weakest board was chicken at 11th.
- Chicken 11th
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Pork 4th
- 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 | 173.1428 | 168.0228 | 164.0228 |
| Pork Ribs | 177.7372 | 169.6800 | 166.8112 |
| Pork | 174.2628 | 166.8800 | 165.1200 |
| Brisket | 172.5944 | 167.9884 | 161.1544 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
22 entries · top 681.7944 · median 644.8854
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PELON PARRILLERO | |
| 2 | BBQ COSTA RICA | |
| 3 | RAMADI PARRILLEROS | |
| 4 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 5 | LOS MAES BBQ & GRILL | |
| 6 | LOS PINOS GRILLERS | |
| 7 | TEC BBQ | |
| 8 | CLUB CARBON | |
| 9 | OUTNUMBERED BBQ | |
| 10 | 506F COMPETITION BBQ TEAM | |
| 11 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 12 | SEBAS BBQ & GRILL | |
| 13 | JR RIBS | |
| 14 | LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA | |
| 15 | 88 BBQ | |
| 16 | SABORES GRILL | |
| 17 | TICOGRILL | |
| 18 | KRADO | |
| 19 | COMPARRILLAS | |
| 20 | BBQ HOLICS | |
| 21 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 22 | BBQ PIT BOX |
Chicken
22 entries · top 173.1428 · median 163.7200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ PIT BOX | |
| 2 | BBQ COSTA RICA | |
| 3 | 88 BBQ | |
| 4 | LOS MAES BBQ & GRILL | |
| 5 | RAMADI PARRILLEROS | |
| 6 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 7 | 506F COMPETITION BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | SEBAS BBQ & GRILL | |
| 9 | CLUB CARBON | |
| 10 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 11 | PELON PARRILLERO | |
| 12 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 13 | LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA | |
| 14 | JR RIBS | |
| 15 | LOS PINOS GRILLERS | |
| 16 | TEC BBQ | |
| 17 | COMPARRILLAS | |
| 18 | OUTNUMBERED BBQ | |
| 19 | SABORES GRILL | |
| 20 | KRADO | |
| 21 | TICOGRILL | |
| 22 | BBQ HOLICS |
Pork Ribs
22 entries · top 177.7372 · median 165.1370
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PELON PARRILLERO | |
| 2 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 3 | BBQ PIT BOX | |
| 4 | SABORES GRILL | |
| 5 | BBQ COSTA RICA | |
| 6 | LOS MAES BBQ & GRILL | |
| 7 | CLUB CARBON | |
| 8 | LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA | |
| 9 | TEC BBQ | |
| 10 | LOS PINOS GRILLERS | |
| 11 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 12 | TICOGRILL | |
| 13 | COMPARRILLAS | |
| 14 | SEBAS BBQ & GRILL | |
| 15 | 88 BBQ | |
| 16 | BBQ HOLICS | |
| 17 | OUTNUMBERED BBQ | |
| 18 | JR RIBS | |
| 19 | RAMADI PARRILLEROS | |
| 20 | 506F COMPETITION BBQ TEAM | |
| 21 | KRADO | |
| 22 | BLOWIN' SMOKE |
Pork
22 entries · top 174.2628 · median 162.2342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ COSTA RICA | |
| 2 | RAMADI PARRILLEROS | |
| 3 | KRADO | |
| 4 | PELON PARRILLERO | |
| 5 | SEBAS BBQ & GRILL | |
| 6 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 7 | OUTNUMBERED BBQ | |
| 8 | 506F COMPETITION BBQ TEAM | |
| 9 | CLUB CARBON | |
| 10 | TEC BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ PIT BOX | |
| 12 | SABORES GRILL | |
| 13 | TICOGRILL | |
| 14 | LOS PINOS GRILLERS | |
| 15 | JR RIBS | |
| 16 | LOS MAES BBQ & GRILL | |
| 17 | COMPARRILLAS | |
| 18 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 19 | BBQ HOLICS | |
| 20 | LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA | |
| 21 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 22 | 88 BBQ |
Brisket
22 entries · top 172.5944 · median 160.8342
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | PELON PARRILLERO | |
| 2 | LOS PINOS GRILLERS | |
| 3 | OUTNUMBERED BBQ | |
| 4 | RAMADI PARRILLEROS | |
| 5 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 6 | BBQ HOLICS | |
| 7 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 8 | JR RIBS | |
| 9 | LOS MAES BBQ & GRILL | |
| 10 | TEC BBQ | |
| 11 | BBQ COSTA RICA | |
| 12 | 506F COMPETITION BBQ TEAM | |
| 13 | KRADO | |
| 14 | TICOGRILL | |
| 15 | LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA | |
| 16 | COMPARRILLAS | |
| 17 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 18 | 88 BBQ | |
| 19 | CLUB CARBON | |
| 20 | SABORES GRILL | |
| 21 | SEBAS BBQ & GRILL | |
| 22 | BBQ PIT BOX |
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 — Xdessert
22 entries · top 179.4400 · median 162.8400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 2 | TEC BBQ | |
| 3 | JR RIBS | |
| 4 | TICOGRILL | |
| 5 | CLUB CARBON | |
| 6 | PELON PARRILLERO | |
| 7 | BBQ PIT BOX | |
| 8 | SABORES GRILL | |
| 9 | LOS PINOS GRILLERS | |
| 10 | OUTNUMBERED BBQ | |
| 11 | SEBAS BBQ & GRILL | |
| 12 | LOS MAES BBQ & GRILL | |
| 13 | 88 BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQ COSTA RICA | |
| 15 | BBQ HOLICS | |
| 16 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 17 | COMPARRILLAS | |
| 18 | KRADO | |
| 19 | 506F COMPETITION BBQ TEAM | |
| 20 | LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA | |
| 21 | RAMADI PARRILLEROS | |
| 22 | CLUB CARBONCITO |
Ancillary — Xsauce
22 entries · top 174.2744 · median 154.8458
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 2 | BBQ PIT BOX | |
| 3 | CLUB CARBON | |
| 4 | 88 BBQ | |
| 5 | BBQ COSTA RICA | |
| 6 | LOS MAES BBQ & GRILL | |
| 7 | 506F COMPETITION BBQ TEAM | |
| 8 | COMPARRILLAS | |
| 9 | BBQ HOLICS | |
| 10 | LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA | |
| 11 | PELON PARRILLERO | |
| 12 | TEC BBQ | |
| 13 | JR RIBS | |
| 14 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 15 | SABORES GRILL | |
| 16 | OUTNUMBERED BBQ | |
| 17 | KRADO | |
| 18 | RAMADI PARRILLEROS | |
| 19 | SEBAS BBQ & GRILL | |
| 20 | TICOGRILL | |
| 21 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 22 | LOS PINOS GRILLERS |
Ancillary — Xsurprise
22 entries · top 167.4400 · median 154.2856
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ COSTA RICA | |
| 2 | LOS MAES BBQ & GRILL | |
| 3 | SABORES GRILL | |
| 4 | RAMADI PARRILLEROS | |
| 5 | JR RIBS | |
| 6 | TICOGRILL | |
| 7 | SEBAS BBQ & GRILL | |
| 8 | BBQ PIT BOX | |
| 9 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 10 | OUTNUMBERED BBQ | |
| 11 | PELON PARRILLERO | |
| 12 | LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA | |
| 13 | 88 BBQ | |
| 14 | BBQ HOLICS | |
| 15 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 16 | 506F COMPETITION BBQ TEAM | |
| 17 | CLUB CARBON | |
| 18 | KRADO | |
| 19 | LOS PINOS GRILLERS | |
| 20 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 21 | TEC BBQ | |
| 22 | COMPARRILLAS |
Ancillary — Xtipical
22 entries · top 176.0000 · median 161.7030
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | BBQ COSTA RICA | |
| 2 | 88 BBQ | |
| 3 | BBQ HOLICS | |
| 4 | TEC BBQ | |
| 5 | 506F COMPETITION BBQ TEAM | |
| 6 | PELON PARRILLERO | |
| 7 | CLUB CARBONCITO | |
| 8 | COMPARRILLAS | |
| 9 | CLUB CARBON | |
| 10 | JR RIBS | |
| 11 | SABORES GRILL | |
| 12 | LOS PINOS GRILLERS | |
| 13 | GRILLDROIDS | |
| 14 | BBQ PIT BOX | |
| 15 | OUTNUMBERED BBQ | |
| 16 | RAMADI PARRILLEROS | |
| 17 | SEBAS BBQ & GRILL | |
| 18 | TICOGRILL | |
| 19 | BLOWIN' SMOKE | |
| 20 | KRADO | |
| 21 | LOS MAES BBQ & GRILL | |
| 22 | LA PARRILLA DE MI TATA |