Si Quema BBQ

Si Quema BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 41 at the Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #923 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1543

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 10, 2026

latest Sep 4, 2026

Best ToY finish

#923

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

3 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 14%

overall standings

Best overall

700.4912 / 720

Master · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off

Consistency

±1.42

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Brisket

avg 176.37 · weakest Chicken (173.13)

Road miles

1,434

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,360 mi

Schedule strength

60%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1576)

Purse competed for

$42K

listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 3 state-championship entries

Master avg

698.60 / 720

3 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (5 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

2.3316 points from the title

Came within 2.3316 points of the Grand Championship at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off (Apr 10, 2026).

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

A multi-meat day

1 contest with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off (Jul 24, 2026).

Pork Ribs 1st
Brisket 1st

High-water mark

700.4912 career-best overall

97.3% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 700.4912 at Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off — 97.3% of a perfect 720.

Master
Apr 10, 2026

Announced themselves early

2nd at their very first contest

Finished 2 of 41 at their very first tracked contest, Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off (Apr 10, 2026).

Apr 10, 2026
41-team field

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	#923 (115 pts)	#1141 (60 pts)	#882 (155 pts)	#978 (105 pts)	#730 (185 pts)

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	3	1	1	1	180 🔥	165.6800	173.13	top 51%
Pork Ribs	4	2	1	1	178.8572	170.8228	174.12	top 29%
Pork	3	2	0	0	174.2628	173.1200	173.88	top 23%
Brisket	3	2	1	1	179.4400	171.9656	176.37	top 19%

“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
Medium (20–39)	1	0	top 9%
Large (40+)	2	0	top 16%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
ID	1	top 27%
WY	1	top 9%
TX	1	top 5%

More numbers

Most contests held in ID 2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 3 a different one every time

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 4 entries · 1 win · 2 calls

Opponents faced 121 finished ahead 111 times, behind 18

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

202612 milestones

Apr 10 First tracked contest Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First call Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First category win (Chicken) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First overall top-10 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First overall podium Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First Reserve Championship Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 First overall past 90% of a perfect score700.4912 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Apr 10 Career-best overall score700.4912 Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off
Jul 24 First multi-meat day Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off
Sep 4 Peak power rating (1543) Meat & Tater BBQ Fest
Sep 4 Most recent contest Meat & Tater BBQ Fest

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+16.4	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off	Apr 10, 2026
+14.9	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off	Jul 24, 2026
+11.8	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest	Sep 4, 2026

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)

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 4, 2026	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest 🏅 Meridian, ID	14 / 52 (697.0740)	29 (173.7028)	26 (171.4056)	16 (174.2628)	5 (177.7028)
Sep 4, 2026	Meat & Tater BBQ Fest (ONE MEAT RIBS) Meridian, ID	—	—	18 (170.8228)	—	—
Jul 24, 2026	Albany County Fair Smokin' BBQ Cook-Off 🏅 Laramie, WY	3 / 32 (698.2400)	30 (165.6800)	1 (178.8572)	5 (174.2628)	1 (179.4400)
Apr 10, 2026	Cedar Fest BBQ Cook Off 🏅 Cedar Park, TX	2 / 41 (700.4912)	1 (180)	4 (175.4056)	9 (173.1200)	18 (171.9656)