Region head-to-head

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Puerto Rico PR · 5 contests · 98 teams · 2.6 years 0 this season · 0 on the calendar

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Kansas KS · 537 contests · 5408 teams · 13.5 years 28 this season · 12 on the calendar

Kansas takes 19 of the 20 measures below to Puerto Rico's 1. 3 teams have cooked in both.

Every measure

The winning side of each row is marked. “Winner” isn't always the bigger number — the tougher judging room is the one with the lower average category score, and that row is scored that way.

Puerto Rico	Measure	Kansas
5	Contests held	537
4	Contests with results	404
0	Contests this season	28
0	On the calendar	12
4	Seasons on record	15
98	Teams competed	5,408
0	Teams out this season	432
35 teams	Typical field	57 teams
41 teams	Biggest field	557 teams
678.11	Avg winning score Master · of 720	697.82
686.8456	Best score ever Master overall	843.4744
155.10	Avg category score lower = tougher room	164.50
0	Perfect 180s	742
0.0	180s per 1,000 entries	8.4
4	Grand champions crowned	400
0	State championships	183
5	Recurring contests	294
1	Towns hosting	67
0	Reps working	39
$0	Published purses contests that listed one	$1,969,855

Contests per season

When each one cooks (month of year)

How each room scores (average per judged meat — lower is harder)

Teams that cook in both (3 in total)

Contests counted at overall grain — one per contest, whichever series they entered. These are the teams whose own record says how the two regions compare.

Team	Rating	PR contests	PR GCs	KS contests	KS GCs
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	1865	3	1	23	—
T-MAC SMOKIN	1690	2	1	15	—
THE SMOKIN' C'S BBQ	1709	1	—	2	—

Who wins in Puerto Rico

Team	GCs	Contests
PLAYING WITH FIRE	1	4
SHIGGIN & GRINNIN	1	3
T-MAC SMOKIN	1	2
R2-BQ	1	1
Smoke'Em All	—	4
BBQ FREAKS	—	4
Cocineros del Este	—	4
Sabor A Lena	—	4

Who wins in Kansas

Team	GCs	Contests
SLAPS BBQ	22	123
CLARK CREW BBQ	15	70
HIGH i QUE	10	119
913 BBQ	9	121
GETTIN' BASTED	9	77
THE SMOKING HILLS	8	80
TRUEBUD BBQ	8	23
MAN MEAT BBQ	7	136

📍 All of Puerto Rico 📍 All of Kansas 🗺 Every region