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KCBS in Mexico
13 tracked contests over 10.3 years,
37 teams on the scoresheets — the 64th busiest of 94 regions on file.
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At a glance
This season 2
contests in 2026
Teams competed 37
distinct teams on record
Typical field 24
teams · biggest 25
Avg winning score 670.30
Master · of 720 · best 681.17
Avg category score 153.16
across 188 meat entries
Perfect 180s 0
0 per 1,000 entries
Grand champions 2
titles handed out here
Reps 10
who have worked here
Towns 9
2 venues · 10 recurring contests
Seasons on record 5
2016 – 2026
Cancelled 1
not counted as contests held
How Mexico stacks up (against all 94 regions on file)
The bar is Mexico'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.
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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.
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)
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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.
Mexico marks brisket hardest — 12.28 points below the rest of the sport.
Meat Avg here vs sport Entries 180s 180s /1k
Chicken
154.93
-10.23
47
0
0
Pork Ribs
153.77
-9.85
47
0
0
Pork
154.01
-10.29
47
0
0
Brisket
149.94
-12.28
47
0
0
Top teams who cook here (by power rating)
The regulars (most contests cooked in Mexico)
Team Contests GCs Last
TX BBQ Depot 2 1 Sep 29, 2023
Wild Hogs 2 1 Sep 29, 2023
RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ 2 — Sep 29, 2023
Los Ajos Confitados 2 — Sep 29, 2023
Puro Pinche Parrillero 2 — Sep 29, 2023
Natural Grillers 2 — Sep 29, 2023
Club de Parrilla 2 — Sep 29, 2023
600�F 2 — Sep 29, 2023
Smoke Field 2 — Sep 29, 2023
Maria Ahumada 2 — Sep 29, 2023
SMELLAQUE 1 — Sep 30, 2022
Cheche Grill 1 — Sep 29, 2023
Highest scores in Mexico (Master · /720)
Score Team Where
681.1656 TX BBQ Depot
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 29, 2023
672.5716 Los Ajos Confitados
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 29, 2023
659.4288 Wild Hogs
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 30, 2022
648.5256 RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 30, 2022
647.5884 Kettle Grillers (Saltillo)
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 30, 2022
645.6576 RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 29, 2023
645.6000 Puro Pinche Parrillero
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 29, 2023
641.6112 SMELLAQUE
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 30, 2022
639.3024 TX BBQ Depot
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 30, 2022
637.6460 Wild Hogs
Monterrey BBQ Fest Sep 29, 2023
Contests that come back (recurring)
Where it happens (towns in Mexico)
Town Contests Seasons Avg field Last
Mexicali, Baja California 4 0 — —
Monterrey, N.L. 2 2 — Sep 28, 2023
Hermosillo Sonora 1 0 — —
Tampico 1 1 — Sep 5, 2026
Nuevo Laredo 1 1 — Sep 4, 2026
Hermosillo, Sonora 1 1 — Nov 23, 2025
Santiago, N.L. 1 1 22 Sep 29, 2023
San Pedro Garza Garcia 1 1 25 Sep 30, 2022
Cancun 1 1 — May 5, 2016
Every contest in Mexico (13, newest first)
Date Contest Town Teams
Sep 5, 2026
Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Mexico (Tampico)
Tampico
—
Sep 4, 2026
Certified Barbeque Judging Class & Table Captain Class - Mexico (Nuevo Laredo)
Nuevo Laredo
—
Nov 23, 2025
Certified Barbeque Judging & Table Captain Class - Mexico
Hermosillo, Sonora
—
Sep 29, 2023
Monterrey BBQ Fest results
Santiago, N.L.
22
Sep 28, 2023
Certified BBQ Judging Class - Monterrey, N.L. Mexico
Monterrey, N.L.
—
Sep 30, 2022
Monterrey BBQ Fest results
San Pedro Garza Garcia
25
Sep 29, 2022
Certified BBQ Judging Class - Monterrey, N.L. Mexico
Monterrey, N.L.
—
May 5, 2016
1st Annual Grillin N Chillin BBQ Celebra-cation ( Canceled )
Cancun
—
—
Certified BBQ Judging Class
Hermosillo Sonora
—
—
Certified BBQ Judging Class
Mexicali, Baja California
—
—
Table Captain Class
Mexicali, Baja California
—
—
Certified BBQ Judging Class (Postponed)
Mexicali, Baja California
—
—
Table Captain Class (Postponed)
Mexicali, Baja California
—
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Where else these teams cook
Of the 37 teams with a recorded finish in Mexico, this is where else they turn up — the honest picture of which scenes share a travelling field. Follow one to open it up.
On the map (every mapped contest in Mexico — tap a pin)
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