Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026
2026-06-26 – 2026-06-27 · Perez Zeldon, SJ · COSTA RICA · 📍 San Isidro, feria del agricultor
Reps: ERNESTO URIBE, NATASHA LOEW
Grand Champion: Club Carbon CR (693.7028) · 19 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Diablicos BBQ
Entries
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Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
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📸 Photo finishes
Chicken places 3–4: Pura Vida BBQ and Justice BBQ tied on 173.7144 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Chicken places 6–7: DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica and Urban Smoke House tied on 171.4172 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 1–2: Diablicos BBQ edged Tico BBQ Club by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Fire Family BBQ PTY (won 2025).
🃏 An upset on the books
Club Carbon CR came in rated below the field's top team, Justice BBQ, and took the Grand Championship anyway — roughly a 34-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)
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-27 | Perez Zeldon, SJ | San Isidro, feria del agricultor | 16 | 681.7488 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | DrumQ BBQ C.R. |
| 2026-06-26 ← this one | Perez Zeldon, SJ | San Isidro, feria del agricultor | 19 | 693.7028 | Club Carbon CR | Diablicos BBQ |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 175.4056 | 172.5600 | 169.1084 |
| Pork Ribs | 178.8572 | 176.5828 | 170.8228 |
| Pork | 176.5600 | 172.5484 | 170.3200 |
| Brisket | 176.0228 | 171.9656 | 166.2400 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Master Series
Overall
19 entries · top 693.7028 · median 678.8568
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 2 | Diablicos BBQ | |
| 3 | Justice BBQ | |
| 4 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 5 | Pura Vida BBQ | |
| 6 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 7 | Sibo Smokers | |
| 8 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 9 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Tico BBQ Club | |
| 11 | Smoke 44 | |
| 12 | Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica | |
| 13 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 14 | 88 BBQ | |
| 15 | Tiquicia Smokers BBQ | |
| 16 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 17 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 18 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 19 | Humo Academia |
Chicken
19 entries · top 175.4056 · median 169.1084
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 2 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 3 | Pura Vida BBQ | |
| 4 | Justice BBQ | |
| 5 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 6 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica | |
| 7 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 8 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 9 | Smoke 44 | |
| 10 | Tiquicia Smokers BBQ | |
| 11 | Sibo Smokers | |
| 12 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 13 | Diablicos BBQ | |
| 14 | 88 BBQ | |
| 15 | Tico BBQ Club | |
| 16 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 17 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 18 | Humo Academia | |
| 19 | Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica |
Pork Ribs
19 entries · top 178.8572 · median 170.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 2 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 3 | Justice BBQ | |
| 4 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 5 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 6 | Smoke 44 | |
| 7 | Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Pura Vida BBQ | |
| 9 | Diablicos BBQ | |
| 10 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica | |
| 11 | 88 BBQ | |
| 12 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 13 | Sibo Smokers | |
| 14 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 15 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 16 | Humo Academia | |
| 17 | Tico BBQ Club | |
| 18 | Tiquicia Smokers BBQ | |
| 19 | Bros & Fire PTY |
Pork
19 entries · top 176.5600 · median 170.3200
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sibo Smokers | |
| 2 | Tico BBQ Club | |
| 3 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 4 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 5 | Smoke 44 | |
| 6 | Tiquicia Smokers BBQ | |
| 7 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica | |
| 8 | Diablicos BBQ | |
| 9 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 10 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 11 | Pura Vida BBQ | |
| 12 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 13 | 88 BBQ | |
| 14 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 15 | Wild Hog BBQ | |
| 16 | Justice BBQ | |
| 17 | Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica | |
| 18 | Humo Academia | |
| 19 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY |
Brisket
19 entries · top 176.0228 · median 166.2400
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Diablicos BBQ | |
| 2 | Tico BBQ Club | |
| 3 | Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica | |
| 4 | Lucky Three BBQ PTY | |
| 5 | Club Carbon CR | |
| 6 | Fire Family BBQ PTY | |
| 7 | Firehouse Jimat BBQ | |
| 8 | Sibo Smokers | |
| 9 | Pura Vida BBQ | |
| 10 | Urban Smoke House | |
| 11 | DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica | |
| 12 | Justice BBQ | |
| 13 | 88 BBQ | |
| 14 | Tiquicia Smokers BBQ | |
| 15 | Bros & Fire PTY | |
| 16 | Humo Academia | |
| 17 | HUMO Parrillada | |
| 18 | Smoke 44 | |
| 19 | Wild Hog BBQ |