A La Barbakoa

A La Barbakoa is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2019. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 12 at the Viva La BBQ Fest (2019), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. Also listed in KCBS results as “A La Bar Ba KOA”, “A-la-Bar-ba-Koa” and “A LA BAR-BA KOA”.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1511

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Feb 21, 2014

latest Jun 21, 2019 · 5.3 years on the trail

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

4 podiums

Overall top-10s

50% of 4 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

Avg finish

top 50%

overall standings

Best overall

674.2744 / 720

Master · Viva La BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

174.2628

Pork · Viva La BBQ Fest

Consistency

±26.28

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork Ribs

avg 169.86 · weakest Brisket (147.68)

Road miles

3,190

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 1,576 mi

Schedule strength

28%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1538)

Master avg

640.64 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (6 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

3.9652 points from the title

Came within 3.9652 points of the Grand Championship at Viva La BBQ Fest (Jun 21, 2019).

High-water mark

674.2744 career-best overall

93.6% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 674.2744 at Viva La BBQ Fest — 93.6% of a perfect 720.

Master
Jun 21, 2019

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

BBQ FREAKS ahead in 100% of their meetings

BBQ FREAKS has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

A strong matchup

3–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Cocineros del Este in 3 of their 3 shared contests.

The comeback

2.7 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 2.7 years, then back at World Barbecue Championship (Nov 11, 2016).

last seen Feb 21, 2014
back Nov 11, 2016

The long haul

3,190 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,190 miles across 4 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,576 miles to World Barbecue Championship.

4 mapped stops
furthest 1,576 mi

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	1	1	172.0116	155.4172	162.83	top 51%
Pork Ribs	4	3	0	2	173.1772	167.9772	169.86	top 22%
Pork	4	2	0	1	174.2628	151.4400	160.26	top 56%
Brisket	4	1	0	0	160.0228	137.6916	147.68	top 77%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 17%
Medium (20–39)	2	top 43%
Large (40+)	1	top 97%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AL	1	0	top 97%
PR	1	0	top 61%

More numbers

Contests a season 1 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 1 of 4 contests · 2 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 148 finished ahead 45 times, behind 113

Longest layoff 2.7 yrs Feb 21, 2014 → Nov 11, 2016

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

20197 milestones

Jun 21 First category win (Chicken) Viva La BBQ Fest
Jun 21 First overall podium Viva La BBQ Fest
Jun 21 First Reserve Championship Viva La BBQ Fest
Jun 21 Career-best overall score674.2744 Viva La BBQ Fest
Jun 21 Career-best single call (Pork)174.2628 Viva La BBQ Fest
Jun 21 Peak power rating (1511) Viva La BBQ Fest
Jun 21 Most recent contest Viva La BBQ Fest

20172 milestones

Feb 18 First overall top-10 Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach
Feb 18 First overall past 90% of a perfect score658.2056 Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach

20142 milestones

Feb 21 First tracked contest Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
Feb 21 First call Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.5	Viva La BBQ Fest	Jun 21, 2019
+9.9	Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach	Feb 18, 2017

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-9.8	World Barbecue Championship	Nov 11, 2016
-2.8	Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition	Feb 21, 2014

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2019	1	1	1	100%	top 17%	93.6%	93.6%
2017	1	1	0	100%	top 26%	91.4%	91.4%
2016	1	0	0	0%	top 97%	85.8%	85.8%
2014	1	0	0	100%	top 61%	85.1%	85.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jun 21, 2019	Viva La BBQ Fest San Juan	2 / 12 (674.2744)	1 (172.0116)	3 (167.9772)	2 (174.2628)	10 (160.0228)
Feb 18, 2017	Smoking Hot BBQ CoCo Beach Rio Grande	6 / 23 (658.2056)	6 (167.9884)	3 (173.1772)	8 (163.3828)	11 (153.6572)
Nov 11, 2016	World Barbecue Championship Orange Beach, AL	86 / 89 (617.5200)	85 (155.9200)	24 (170.2744)	88 (151.9656)	87 (139.3600)
Feb 21, 2014	Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition San Juan, PR	23 / 38 (612.5488)	28 (155.4172)	8 (168)	28 (151.4400)	30 (137.6916)

A La Barbakoa

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

Contests

First seen

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Master avg

Storylines (6 found in their record)

The heartbreaker

High-water mark

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

The long haul

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)