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Belen Grill and Chill

Belen Grill and Chill is a competition barbecue team with 11 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Panama BBQ Fest (2023). They are ranked #2123 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#2,123
of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1534
peak 1534 · rated over 7 contests2 invitational or side-series contests not counted

Contests

11
in the data

First seen

Jan 28, 2023
latest Mar 21, 2026 · 3.1 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#521
Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

1
0 reserve · wins it all 9% of the time

Category wins

3
4 podiums

Overall top-10s

4
36% of 11 contests

Avg finish

top 52%
overall standings

Best overall

670.7996 / 720
Master · Panama BBQ Fest

Perfect 180s

0

Current form

643.68 ▼
last 5 Master vs avg 645.94 (-2.26)

Walk rate

45%
contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

179.4400
Pork · Panama BBQ Fest

Consistency

±14.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork
avg 166.78 · weakest Brisket (157.31)

Road miles

12,930
across 11 mapped stops · furthest 2,280 mi

Schedule strength

22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1530)

Purse competed for

$181K
listed at 5 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries

Master avg

645.94 / 720
9 Master contests · 1 GC

Storylines (12 found in their record)

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

Happy hunting ground

1× Grand Championship here

Panama BBQ Fest is their spot: 1 Grand Championship in 2 visits.

  • 2 visits
  • best finish 1st
  • average top 14%

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 Panama BBQ Fest (Jan 28, 2023).

  • Pork Ribs 1st
  • Pork 1st

High-water mark

670.7996 career-best overall

93.2% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 670.7996 at Panama BBQ Fest — 93.2% of a perfect 720.

  • Master
  • Jan 28, 2023

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Los Smokies has finished one call ahead of Belen Grill and Chill 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

7–1 behind in the head-to-head

Justice BBQ ahead in 88% of their meetings

Justice BBQ has come out ahead in 7 of their 8 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.5 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.47 points below their pork, and turns into a call 22% of the time against 44%.

  • Brisket avg 157.31
  • Pork avg 166.78
  • 2 calls in 9 entries

The drought

10 contests since the last title

Their last Grand Championship came at Panama BBQ Fest on Jan 28, 2023 — 10 contests and 3.7 years ago.

  • last GC Jan 28, 2023
  • 3.7 years ago
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A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of BBQ Fellas in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Pork nemesis

5 of 8 shared pork entries lost

Justice BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Justice BBQ has out-cooked them in 5 of 8 shared pork entries.

Announced themselves early

1st at their very first contest

Finished 1 of 19 at their very first tracked contest, Panama BBQ Fest (Jan 28, 2023).

  • Jan 28, 2023
  • 19-team field

The long haul

12,930 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 12,930 miles across 11 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 2,280 miles to Panama BBQ Fest.

  • 11 mapped stops
  • furthest 2,280 mi

The metronome

±1.98% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.98% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

  • averages 89.7% of a perfect score
  • 11 contests

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

YearSeriesOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
2026 ↗ Master #521 (324 pts) #521 (384 pts) #591 (339 pts) #567 (304 pts) #620 (254 pts)
2025 ↗ Master #641 (233 pts) #827 (173 pts) #881 (168 pts) #644 (258 pts) #698 (213 pts)
2024 ↗ Master #590 (292 pts) #729 (232 pts) #664 (292 pts) #510 (392 pts) #736 (217 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Belen Grill and Chill, each with one reason worth a look.

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ABS of SQUEAL
#2,139 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
22
GCs
0
Top-10s
0%
Peak
1557
0–2 in 2 shared contests (0% to Belen Grill and Chill)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Belen Grill and Chill has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

  • rated over 22 contests
  • last seen Sep 30, 2026
⚔ Head-to-head
Transformer BBQ
#2,141 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
1
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1540

Careers of much the same size, 8 contests to 11, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen May 17, 2025
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COOK'N WITH WOOD
#2,136 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
14%
Peak
1542

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Belen Grill and Chill's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

  • rated over 7 contests
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FIRESTOKERS
#2,125 of the rated field
1534 power rating
Contests
7
GCs
0
Top-10s
29%
Peak
1537

They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Belen Grill and Chill's first contest.

  • rated over 7 contests
  • last seen Sep 28, 2018
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SMOKEY GOODNESS
#2,124 of the rated field
1534 power rating
Contests
8
GCs
0
Top-10s
50%
Peak
1536

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

  • rated over 8 contests
  • last seen Jan 15, 2016
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CLUB CARBONCITO
#2,135 of the rated field
1533 power rating
Contests
6
GCs
0
Top-10s
67%
Peak
1533

Level with Belen Grill and Chill on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

  • rated over 6 contests
  • last seen Mar 14, 2025
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Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

OpponentMeetingsAheadBehindWin rate
Justice BBQ 8 1 7 13% ⚔ compare
BBQ Fellas 5 5 0 100% ⚔ compare

By meat

CategoryEntriesCallsWinsPodiumsBestWorstAverageAvg finish
Chicken 9 3 0 0 167.4172 151.9656 160.55 top 60%
Pork Ribs 9 3 1 2 169.6912 150.8228 161.30 top 57%
Pork 9 4 2 2 179.4400 155.9428 166.78 top 45%
Brisket 9 2 0 0 171.4172 141.6800 157.31 top 58%

“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

FieldContestsGCsAvg finish
Small (<20 teams)11top 5%
Medium (20–39)40top 31%
Large (40+)40top 85%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

WhereContestsGCsAvg finish
KS30top 81%
TN10top 99%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

ContestVisitsBestGCsAvg finishLast visit
Panama BBQ Fest 2 1 1 top 14% Mar 2, 2024
BBQ Fest Panama 2 5 0 top 24% Mar 21, 2026
American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 258 0 top 71% Nov 5, 2025

More numbers

Busiest season 2024 4 contests
Contests a season 2.8 across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in KS 5 of 11 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited 6 3 of them more than once
First title Jan 28, 2023 Panama BBQ Fest
Opponents faced 678 finished ahead 330 times, behind 874

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

20263 milestones
  1. 10th tracked contest Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional
  2. Peak power rating (1534) BBQ Fest Panama
  3. Most recent contest BBQ Fest Panama
202310 milestones
  1. First tracked contest Panama BBQ Fest
  2. First call Panama BBQ Fest
  3. First category win (Pork Ribs) Panama BBQ Fest
  4. First overall top-10 Panama BBQ Fest
  5. First overall podium Panama BBQ Fest
  6. First Grand Championship Panama BBQ Fest
  7. First multi-meat day Panama BBQ Fest
  8. First overall past 90% of a perfect score670.7996 Panama BBQ Fest
  9. Career-best overall score670.7996 Panama BBQ Fest
  10. Career-best single call (Pork)179.4400 Panama BBQ Fest

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

SwingContestDate
+16.1Panama BBQ FestJan 28, 2023
+9.6BBQ Fest PanamaApr 26, 2025
+9.3Panama BBQ FestMar 2, 2024
+7.7BBQ Fest PanamaMar 21, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

SwingContestDate
-6.3American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestOct 30, 2024
-2.4American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open ContestNov 5, 2025
-0.3Chiriqui Grill Fest InternacionalJan 24, 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)

Season by season

SeasonContestsGCsTop-10sCategory winsWalk rateAvg finishBest overall (% of perfect)Avg overall (% of perfect)
20262010 100% top 39% 88.4% 88.2%
20253010 33% top 43% 92.8% 90.7%
20244011 25% top 67% 90.5% 88.9%
20232112 50% top 52% 93.2% 91.4%

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

DateEventOverallChickenRibsPorkBrisket
Mar 21, 2026 BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa 6 / 23 (636.6056) 5 (162.8572) 3 (165.1428) 8 (165.7600) 18 (142.8456)
Jan 24, 2026 Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui 16 / 31 (632.9828) 8 (167.4172) 28 (150.8228) 16 (159.9428) 14 (154.8000)
Nov 5, 2025 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 258 / 401 (667.9428) 281 (166.2628) 205 (169.1200) 340 (161.1428) 119 (171.4172)
Nov 5, 2025 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Apr 26, 2025 BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa 5 / 23 (638.1828) 12 (156.0228) 13 (154.2172) 4 (168.5484) 7 (159.3944)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS — — — — —
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS 343 / 444 (651.8516) 392 (157.6916) 381 (159.9428) 127 (171.9772) 325 (162.2400)
Oct 30, 2024 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS 169 / 169 (642.6972) 164 (161.1200) 166 (155.9544) 168 (155.9428) 100 (169.6800)
Mar 2, 2024 Panama BBQ Fest Panama City 5 / 22 (626.7656) 12 (151.9656) 5 (161.6800) 1 (171.4400) 15 (141.6800)
Oct 13, 2023 Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) unrated Lynchburg, TN 80 / 81 (645.6228) 78 (158.2400) 72 (165.1200) 62 (166.8228) 79 (155.4400)
Jan 28, 2023 Panama BBQ Fest Panama City 1 / 19 (670.7996) 6 (163.4056) 1 (169.6912) 1 (179.4400) 8 (158.2628)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

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

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