High-water mark
680.0000
career-best overall
94.4% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 680.0000 at New Lowell True North BBQ Bash — 94.4% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Jun 19, 2026
BELEN GRILL & CHILL
BELEN GRILL & CHILL is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 9th of 16 at the New Lowell True North BBQ Bash (2026). They finished #794 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1498
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 21 invitational or side-series contest not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 27, 2023
latest Jun 19, 2026 · 2.7 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
25% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 74%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±22.57
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.42 · weakest Pork Ribs (159.41)
Road miles
845
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 845 mi
Purse competed for
$120K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 1 state-championship entry
Master avg
653.82 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 161.6800 | 167.42 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 170.3200 | 145.6344 | 159.41 | top 75% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5600 | 161.0856 | 166.82 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.1200 | 156.5144 | 160.16 | top 84% |
“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.
By field size and state
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 56% |
| Large (40+) | 2 | 0 | top 83% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2023
3 contests
Contests a season
2
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
3 of 4 contests · 2 states and provinces in all
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
503
finished ahead 165 times, behind 545
Longest layoff
2.7 yrs
Sep 27, 2023 → Jun 19, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20265 milestones
- First call New Lowell True North BBQ Bash
- First overall top-10 New Lowell True North BBQ Bash
- Career-best overall score680 New Lowell True North BBQ Bash
- Career-best single call (Pork)172.5600 New Lowell True North BBQ Bash
- Most recent contest New Lowell True North BBQ Bash
20232 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score656.5372 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 56% | 94.4% | 94.4% |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 83% | 91.2% | 89% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 2026 | New Lowell True North BBQ Bash New Lowell, ON | 9 / 16 (680) | 6 (172) | 8 (170.3200) | 7 (172.5600) | 13 (165.1200) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 208 / 211 (624.9144) | 201 (161.6800) | 211 (145.6344) | 202 (161.0856) | 200 (156.5144) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 331 / 487 (656.5372) | 233 (168.5944) | 365 (162.2744) | 283 (166.8228) | 377 (158.8456) |
| Sep 27, 2023 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.