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KCBS Brasil Barbecue Contest 2026

2026-07-17 – 2026-07-18 · Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, 18052-280 · BRAZIL · 📍 R. Antônio Aparecido Ferraz, 945

Reps: DEBRA GAGE, MARIA LOHMAN, WAYNE LOHMAN

Grand Champion: BRA BARBECUE TEAM (712.6172) · 24 teams

Reserve Champion: 🥈 FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM

🥇
712.6172 · Master Series — Overall
🥈
700.5600 · Master Series — Overall
🥉
699.3944 · Master Series — Overall

Entries

24
4 judged meats · 2 ancillary

Top score

712.6172

Winning margin

12.0572
GC over RC

Field average

669.32
median 663.87

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Tightest race

Pork Ribs
4.0116 pts across the top 5

Top-10 cutoff

665.7148
10th place overall

Field spread

67.6692
winner to last place

Most consistent

avg finish 1.75 across 4 meats

Double threats

3
teams with 2+ top-5 calls

Widest winning margin

Chicken
won by 5.1316 pts — BRA BARBECUE TEAM

How hot was the win?

Top 2%
beats 98% of 1951 Master Series wins in the data

Came back for more

27%
7 of 26 teams from the previous edition returned

Form held

Weak
ρ = -0.18 between pre-contest rating and finish

Field strength

1502
avg power rating going in · stronger than 4% of contests

Top-rated in the field

rated 1528 pre-contest

Storylines

👑 A dynasty in the making

B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM has won this contest 2 times across its 2 tracked editions.

💪 A statement win

The champion won by 12.0572 points — a wider margin than 95% of championships in the data.

🧹 A double category winner

BRA BARBECUE TEAM won Chicken, Pork — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.

📸 Photo finishes

Pork Ribs places 5–6: Team Brazil and DiBe BBQ Team tied on 174.8456 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Paulista BBQ Team and La Barba BBQ tied on 171.4056 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 2–3: FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM and BRA BARBECUE TEAM tied on 177.7028 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker.

🛡️ Back to defend

Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM (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)

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)

This contest over the years full contest page →

DateWhereVenueTeamsHigh scoreGrand ChampionReserve Champion
2025-06-28 Sorocaba - Sao Paulo, 18042-280 Rua Antonio Aparecido Ferraz, 1081 26 706.2628 B.R.A. BARBECUE TEAM Ferro Fogo Barbecue Team
2026-07-17 ← this one Sorocaba, Sao Paulo, 18052-280 R. Antônio Aparecido Ferraz, 945 24 712.6172 BRA BARBECUE TEAM FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM

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

Category1st5th10th
Chicken178.8572172.0000170.3084
Pork Ribs178.8572174.8456171.4056
Pork177.7600171.4056167.4284
Brisket180.0000175.4288169.1428

Official results on kcbs.us ↗

Master Series

Overall

24 entries · top 712.6172 · median 663.8684

#TeamScore
1 BRA BARBECUE TEAM 712.6172
2 FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM 700.5600
3 Team Brazil 699.3944
4 Barbaros gastronomia na Brasa 691.9996
5 Kojismokerbbq team 683.3828
6 Ramalho Experience 678.8340
7 Smoke & Unity Barbecrew Team 678.7772
8 DiBe BBQ Team 675.3256
9 Paulista BBQ Team 673.1084
10 Barbudos Barbacue 665.7148
11 ItaJonny BBQ 665.0516
12 MENZE BREWING BBQ 664.4572
13 REBU ARTMILL 663.2796
14 VILA JAPI TEAM 662.2628
15 FIRE FRIENDS 662.1024
16 La Barba BBQ 661.6800
17 Bruttus 661.6796
18 G.R.V. 658.2284
19 Vini Alves BBQ Team 657.5544
20 FIRE REPUBLIC 652.4340
21 Parrillas Premium Peru 651.4288
22 Amazon Smoke 651.3832
23 MG74 647.3600
24 Team Bisao BBQ 644.9480

Chicken

24 entries · top 178.8572 · median 167.9772

#TeamScore
1 BRA BARBECUE TEAM 178.8572
2 FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM 173.7256
3 VILA JAPI TEAM 173.1428
4 Team Brazil 173.1200
5 Paulista BBQ Team 172.0000
6 Barbaros gastronomia na Brasa 171.9656
7 Parrillas Premium Peru 171.4400
8 Smoke & Unity Barbecrew Team 170.8572
9 Team Bisao BBQ 170.8112
10 Ramalho Experience 170.3084
11 FIRE REPUBLIC 168.5256
12 Barbudos Barbacue 167.9888
13 MENZE BREWING BBQ 167.9656
14 ItaJonny BBQ 167.3944
15 DiBe BBQ Team 166.2400
16 G.R.V. 165.6684
17 Amazon Smoke 163.9772
18 Vini Alves BBQ Team 163.9772
19 La Barba BBQ 163.4056
20 Kojismokerbbq team 162.8116
21 FIRE FRIENDS 160.5028
22 Bruttus 159.3712
23 REBU ARTMILL 158.2284
24 MG74 150.8000

Pork Ribs

24 entries · top 178.8572 · median 169.1314

#TeamScore
1 Kojismokerbbq team 178.8572
2 BRA BARBECUE TEAM 178.2972
3 FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM 177.1544
4 MENZE BREWING BBQ 176.5944
5 Team Brazil 174.8456
6 DiBe BBQ Team 174.8456
7 ItaJonny BBQ 173.7028
8 Barbaros gastronomia na Brasa 172.6056
9 Paulista BBQ Team 171.4056
10 La Barba BBQ 171.4056
11 FIRE FRIENDS 170.2512
12 Ramalho Experience 169.7028
13 VILA JAPI TEAM 168.5600
14 Bruttus 167.4628
15 REBU ARTMILL 166.8228
16 MG74 166.2972
17 Smoke & Unity Barbecrew Team 165.1200
18 Vini Alves BBQ Team 165.0972
19 FIRE REPUBLIC 163.9656
20 Team Bisao BBQ 162.2628
21 Parrillas Premium Peru 162.2628
22 G.R.V. 161.0856
23 Amazon Smoke 159.3944
24 Barbudos Barbacue 158.2744

Pork

24 entries · top 177.7600 · median 166.8400

#TeamScore
1 BRA BARBECUE TEAM 177.7600
2 Team Brazil 176.0000
3 ItaJonny BBQ 172.0000
4 FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM 171.9772
5 Ramalho Experience 171.4056
6 Kojismokerbbq team 170.8456
7 MG74 169.7256
8 Barbudos Barbacue 169.1544
9 DiBe BBQ Team 169.1200
10 Barbaros gastronomia na Brasa 167.4284
11 Vini Alves BBQ Team 167.3828
12 La Barba BBQ 166.8688
13 REBU ARTMILL 166.8112
14 Smoke & Unity Barbecrew Team 166.2284
15 FIRE FRIENDS 166.2284
16 Bruttus 165.7028
17 G.R.V. 164.0000
18 Paulista BBQ Team 163.4056
19 MENZE BREWING BBQ 162.8228
20 Team Bisao BBQ 162.2284
21 VILA JAPI TEAM 160.5600
22 Amazon Smoke 158.8688
23 Parrillas Premium Peru 157.6572
24 FIRE REPUBLIC 154.2056

Brisket

24 entries · top 180.0000 · median 166.8572 · 🔥 perfect 180

#TeamScore
1 Barbaros gastronomia na Brasa 180.0000 🔥
2 FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM 177.7028
3 BRA BARBECUE TEAM 177.7028
4 Smoke & Unity Barbecrew Team 176.5716
5 Team Brazil 175.4288
6 REBU ARTMILL 171.4172
7 Kojismokerbbq team 170.8684
8 Barbudos Barbacue 170.2972
9 Amazon Smoke 169.1428
10 Bruttus 169.1428
11 G.R.V. 167.4744
12 Ramalho Experience 167.4172
13 Paulista BBQ Team 166.2972
14 FIRE REPUBLIC 165.7372
15 DiBe BBQ Team 165.1200
16 FIRE FRIENDS 165.1200
17 Vini Alves BBQ Team 161.0972
18 MG74 160.5372
19 Parrillas Premium Peru 160.0688
20 VILA JAPI TEAM 160.0000
21 La Barba BBQ 160.0000
22 MENZE BREWING BBQ 157.0744
23 ItaJonny BBQ 151.9544
24 Team Bisao BBQ 149.6456

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 — Hot Wings

24 entries · top 176.0000 · median 166.5542

#TeamScore
1 MENZE BREWING BBQ 176.0000
2 FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM 172.5828
3 Kojismokerbbq team 172.0116
4 VILA JAPI TEAM 171.4172
5 Vini Alves BBQ Team 169.7028
6 La Barba BBQ 169.6684
7 Amazon Smoke 169.1428
8 ItaJonny BBQ 169.1200
9 Team Bisao BBQ 168.5944
10 FIRE REPUBLIC 168.0228
11 Bruttus 167.4400
12 Barbaros gastronomia na Brasa 166.8456
13 FIRE FRIENDS 166.2628
14 Smoke & Unity Barbecrew Team 166.2516
15 REBU ARTMILL 165.7028
16 Ramalho Experience 164.5600
17 G.R.V. 164.5256
18 Paulista BBQ Team 162.2856
19 MG74 162.2628
20 BRA BARBECUE TEAM 161.6916
21 Barbudos Barbacue 158.8916
22 DiBe BBQ Team 155.9200
23 Team Brazil 154.7772
24 Parrillas Premium Peru 145.7256

Ancillary — Sauce

24 entries · top 177.1428 · median 167.4228

#TeamScore
1 DiBe BBQ Team 177.1428
2 Smoke & Unity Barbecrew Team 176.5600
3 Team Brazil 175.4744
4 BRA BARBECUE TEAM 175.4516
5 Parrillas Premium Peru 174.2856
6 Kojismokerbbq team 173.7028
7 Bruttus 172.0000
8 MENZE BREWING BBQ 171.9884
9 Amazon Smoke 170.8916
10 Team Bisao BBQ 170.8456
11 G.R.V. 168.0000
12 Ramalho Experience 167.4400
13 Vini Alves BBQ Team 167.4056
14 REBU ARTMILL 167.4056
15 MG74 167.4056
16 La Barba BBQ 167.3940
17 FIRE REPUBLIC 166.8456
18 Paulista BBQ Team 166.8456
19 Barbudos Barbacue 165.1428
20 VILA JAPI TEAM 165.1428
21 Barbaros gastronomia na Brasa 164.5716
22 FIRE FRIENDS 164.0000
23 FERRO FOGO BBQ TEAM 160.5716
24 ItaJonny BBQ 158.8228

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