TICO GRILL

TICO GRILL is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 13th of 22 at the Fuego y Humo 2021 (2021). Also listed in KCBS results as “TICOGRILL”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1486

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 23, 2019

latest Apr 15, 2023 · 4.1 years on the trail

Category wins

1 podium

Avg finish

top 67%

overall standings

Best overall

653.1656 / 720

Master · BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

176.6172

Chicken · BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023

Consistency

±6.67

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 165.18 · weakest Brisket (155.60)

Road miles

across 3 mapped stops

Schedule strength

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)

Master avg

644.21 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (2 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

CLUB CARBONCITO ahead in 100% of their meetings

CLUB CARBONCITO has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2.1 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.1 years, then back at Fuego y Humo 2021 (Apr 23, 2021).

last seen Mar 23, 2019
back Apr 23, 2021

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	2	1	176.6172	151.4516	165.18	top 40%
Pork Ribs	3	1	0	166.8800	155.3828	162.28	top 61%
Pork	3	0	0	165.1656	157.1428	161.14	top 65%
Brisket	3	1	0	164.0228	142.7884	155.60	top 65%

“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

Contests a season 1 across 3 seasons in the data

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Opponents faced 49 finished ahead 23 times, behind 44

Longest layoff 2.1 yrs Mar 23, 2019 → Apr 23, 2021

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20234 milestones

Apr 15 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1656 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
Apr 15 Career-best overall score653.1656 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
Apr 15 Career-best single call (Chicken)176.6172 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
Apr 15 Most recent contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023

20211 milestone

Apr 23 First call Fuego y Humo 2021

20192 milestones

Mar 23 First tracked contest BBQFest Costa Rica 2019
Mar 23 Peak power rating (1492) BBQFest Costa Rica 2019

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	17 / 26 (653.1656)	2 (176.6172)	26 (155.3828)	20 (157.1428)	9 (164.0228)
Apr 23, 2021	Fuego y Humo 2021 San Jose	13 / 22 (642.3084)	4 (167.4744)	6 (166.8800)	13 (165.1656)	21 (142.7884)
Mar 23, 2019	BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 San Jose	17 / 22 (637.1544)	21 (151.4516)	12 (164.5828)	13 (161.1200)	14 (160)