A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
GRILLDROIDS ahead in 100% of their meetings
GRILLDROIDS has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
TEC BBQ
TEC BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2017 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 7th of 22 at the BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 (2019). They are ranked #4858 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1466
peak 1466 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 4, 2017
latest Apr 15, 2023 · 6.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 75%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±32.56
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 163.33 · weakest Brisket (148.32)
Road miles
6,051
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
3%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1504)
Master avg
626.30 / 720
5 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to TEC BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
126 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#4,843 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,837 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
They turned up 5 years after TEC BBQ did, first appearing in 2022.
⚔ Compare careers#4,865 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
Level with TEC BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,870 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,864 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1465
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 3 years before TEC BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,855 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1466
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 4 years before TEC BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRILLDROIDS | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ Costa Rica | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7600 | 141.6800 | 151.66 | top 86% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 170.8800 | 156.0228 | 162.99 | top 57% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 173.7600 | 150.8572 | 163.33 | top 49% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.8800 | 115.9088 | 148.32 | top 62% |
“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) | 2 | 0 | top 89% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 66% |
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 | 2 | 22 | 0 | top 84% | Apr 15, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
65
finished ahead 28 times, behind 77
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Mar 23, 2019 → Mar 25, 2022
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20231 milestone
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
20222 milestones
- Career-best overall score661.2000 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- Career-best single call (Brisket)174.8800 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
20192 milestones
- First overall top-10 BBQFest Costa Rica 2019
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.8916 BBQFest Costa Rica 2019
20173 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- First call BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- Peak power rating (1490) BBQ Fest Costa Rica
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +7.9 | BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 | Mar 23, 2019 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13.5 | Circuito Parrillero by BBQ Fest Etapo 1 2018 | Apr 7, 2018 |
| -10.5 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica | Mar 4, 2017 |
| -10.3 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 | Apr 15, 2023 |
| -8 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 | Mar 25, 2022 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 88% | 89.1% | 89.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 79% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 32% | 90.4% | 90.4% |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 94% | 79.7% | 79.7% |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 83% | 83.8% | 83.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 2023 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 San Jose | 23 / 26 (641.7828) | 26 (152.0228) | 21 (161.1772) | 8 (170.3200) | 13 (158.2628) |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 San Jose | 22 / 28 (661.2000) | 28 (141.6800) | 12 (170.8800) | 4 (173.7600) | 4 (174.8800) |
| Mar 23, 2019 | BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 San Jose | 7 / 22 (650.8916) | 16 (157.7600) | 9 (166.8572) | 10 (165.1200) | 10 (161.1544) |
| Apr 7, 2018 | Circuito Parrillero by BBQ Fest Etapo 1 2018 San Jose | 15 / 16 (574.1716) | 14 (151.3828) | 11 (156.0228) | 15 (150.8572) | 16 (115.9088) |
| Mar 4, 2017 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Costa Rica | 15 / 18 (603.4628) | 13 (155.4628) | 9 (160.0344) | 11 (156.5828) | 18 (131.3828) |