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KCBS in Puerto Rico PR

7 tracked contests over 5.9 years, 120 teams on the scoresheets — the 75th busiest of 95 regions on file.

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At a glance

Contests

7
6 scored

This season

0
contests in 2026

Teams competed

120
distinct teams on record

Typical field

29
teams · biggest 41

Avg winning score

681.11
Master · of 720 · best 695.97

Avg category score

156.01
across 678 meat entries

Perfect 180s

0
0 per 1,000 entries

Grand champions

6
titles handed out here

Towns

3
4 venues · 7 recurring contests

Seasons on record

6
2013 – 2019

How Puerto Rico stacks up (against all 95 regions on file)

The bar is Puerto Rico's standing on that measure: a full bar is the region that leads it, an empty one is the region that trails it. Rate-based measures need a minimum body of results before a region is ranked at all, so a single hot weekend can't buy a place. The median is the middle region, not the average — one huge region would drag an average somewhere no region actually is.

Regions like this one

Matched on the shape of the scene — how many contests it runs, how deep the fields get, how the room scores and how often it hands out a 180 — not on the map. Counts are compared on a log scale, because 5 contests to 15 is a different scene while 300 to 310 is the same one.

Season by season

Click a column heading to re-sort. Winning score is the Master overall (of 720); a season with no scored Master contest leaves it blank.

SeasonContestsTeamsAvg fieldBiggest Avg winBest180sState titles
2019 1 12 12 12 678.24 678.24 — — events →
2017 1 24 23 23 695.97 695.97 — — events →
2016 1 28 28 28 676 676 — — events →
2015 1 34 33 33 674.19 674.19 — — events →
2014 2 38 38 38 686.85 686.85 — — events →
2013 1 41 41 41 675.41 675.41 — — events →

Contests per season (up to 2026)

When they cook (month of year)

Field depth over time (average teams per contest, and teams competing that season)

What it took to win (average Master winning score, and 180s scored)

How the room scores (every judged meat, against the sport as a whole)

A lower average means a harder room. “vs sport” is this region's average minus the same meat's average everywhere KCBS is scored. Puerto Rico marks chicken hardest — 9.4 points below the rest of the sport.

MeatAvg herevs sportEntries180s180s /1k
Chicken 155.78 -9.4 169 0 0
Pork Ribs 158.31 -5.34 174 0 0
Pork 156.11 -8.22 167 0 0
Brisket 153.77 -8.48 168 0 0

Top teams who cook here (by power rating)

Power rankTeamRating
#19SHIGGIN & GRINNIN1876
#2333 EYZ BBQ1746
#363THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ1710
#483T-MAC SMOKIN1681
#8165 FINGER BBQ1626
#901R2-BQ1616
#1,292BBQ FREAKS1580
#1,969Smoke'Em All1540
#2,800PLAYING WITH FIRE1511
#3,495Kilted Kilby BBQ1493
#4,930BBQ Holics1464
#5,542Cocineros del Este1450

The regulars (most contests cooked in Puerto Rico)

TeamContestsGCsLast
BBQ FREAKS62Jun 21, 2019
Smoke'Em All6—Jun 21, 2019
Cocineros del Este6—Jun 21, 2019
PLAYING WITH FIRE51Feb 18, 2017
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN41Feb 18, 2017
Backyard BBQ & Grill4—Jun 21, 2019
Sabor A Lena4—Feb 20, 2016
A La Barbakoa3—Jun 21, 2019
Q-Bitas BBQ3—Jun 21, 2019
Slowly Smoked3—Feb 20, 2016
S.M.R. BBQ Team3—Feb 21, 2015
T-MAC SMOKIN21Feb 20, 2016

Highest scores in Puerto Rico (Master · /720)

ScoreTeamWhere
695.9656BBQ FREAKS Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach Feb 18, 2017
686.8456R2-BQ Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition Feb 21, 2014
683.9772SHIGGIN & GRINNIN Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition Feb 21, 2014
678.2396BBQ FREAKS Viva La BBQ Fest Jun 21, 2019
677.1088La Estacion Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach Feb 18, 2017
676SHIGGIN & GRINNIN 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan Feb 20, 2016
675.4056PLAYING WITH FIRE Cattlemen's BBQ Competition Jul 13, 2013
674.2744A La Barbakoa Viva La BBQ Fest Jun 21, 2019
674.1940T-MAC SMOKIN Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico Feb 21, 2015
673.6572Sabor A Lena Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico Feb 21, 2015

Most GCs in Puerto Rico

TeamGCs
BBQ FREAKS2
R2-BQ1
PLAYING WITH FIRE1
T-MAC SMOKIN1
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN1

Where it happens (towns in Puerto Rico)

TownContestsSeasonsAvg fieldLast
San Juan6530Jun 21, 2019
Rio Grande1123Feb 18, 2017

Reps who work Puerto Rico

RepContestsLast
Debby Harwell1Jun 21, 2019
Don Harwell1Jun 21, 2019

Where else these teams cook

Of the 118 teams with a recorded finish in Puerto Rico, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.

RegionShared teamsShare of the field hereContests they cooked there
Tennessee TN 8 7% 19 compare →
Wisconsin WI 4 3% 117 compare →
Minnesota MN 4 3% 71 compare →
Iowa IA 4 3% 46 compare →
Illinois IL 4 3% 11 compare →
Arkansas AR 4 3% 7 compare →
Pennsylvania PA 3 3% 44 compare →
Kansas KS 3 3% 28 compare →

On the map (every mapped contest in Puerto Rico — tap a pin)

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