HUMO TROPICAL
HUMO TROPICAL is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2021. Their best overall finish is 9th of 18 at the BBQ Fest Costa Rica (2017). They finished #1087 in the 2021 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1495
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Mar 4, 2017
latest Apr 23, 2021 · 4.1 years on the trail
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 164.58 · weakest Brisket (148.52)
Road miles
26
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
632.75 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1087 (97 pts) | #1098 (107 pts) | #864 (172 pts) | #1138 (92 pts) | #1139 (87 pts) |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160.5256 | 158.8456 | 159.69 | top 60% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4400 | 161.7256 | 164.58 | top 28% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5372 | 159.3828 | 159.96 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 150.8228 | 146.2172 | 148.52 | top 75% |
“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
Opponents faced
37
finished ahead 16 times, behind 22
Longest layoff
4.1 yrs
Mar 4, 2017 → Apr 23, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20213 milestones
- Career-best overall score638.1712 Fuego y Humo 2021
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)167.4400 Fuego y Humo 2021
- Most recent contest Fuego y Humo 2021
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- First call BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- First overall top-10 BBQ Fest Costa Rica
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2021 | Fuego y Humo 2021 San Jose | 15 / 22 (638.1712) | 13 (160.5256) | 5 (167.4400) | 16 (159.3828) | 17 (150.8228) |
| Mar 4, 2017 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Costa Rica | 9 / 18 (627.3256) | 11 (158.8456) | 6 (161.7256) | 9 (160.5372) | 13 (146.2172) |