High-water mark
678.8568
career-best overall
94.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 678.8568 at Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 — 94.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 26, 2026
Tico BBQ Club
Tico BBQ Club is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 16 at the Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge (2026). They finished #643 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Mar 6, 2026
latest Jul 24, 2026
Category wins
1
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±3.07
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 173.70 · weakest Pork Ribs (163.43)
Road miles
110
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 63 mi
Schedule strength
23%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
675.04 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #643 (211 pts) | #688 (221 pts) | #809 (176 pts) | #481 (381 pts) | #499 (356 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1428 | 163.9656 | 166.66 | top 71% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164.5712 | 161.7488 | 163.43 | top 88% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.3200 | 167.4400 | 171.25 | top 42% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 178.8572 | 166.2284 | 173.70 | top 27% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
More numbers
Most contests held in
SJ
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
27
finished ahead 18 times, behind 31
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20269 milestones
- First tracked contest Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- First call Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- First category win (Brisket) Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- First overall top-10 Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score674.9260 Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score678.8568 Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026
- Peak power rating (1502) Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026
- Most recent contest ECP BBQ Challenge
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2026 | ECP BBQ Challenge San Jose | 15 / 17 (671.3368) | 9 (169.1428) | 15 (163.9656) | 8 (172) | 11 (166.2284) |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 10 / 19 (678.8568) | 15 (163.9656) | 17 (164.5712) | 2 (174.3200) | 2 (176) |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge Play Jaco | 9 / 16 (674.9260) | 13 (166.8800) | 14 (161.7488) | 11 (167.4400) | 1 (178.8572) |