High-water mark
672.0116
career-best overall
93.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 672.0116 at BBQ Fest Costa Rica — 93.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Feb 21, 2026
Los Maes BBQ Team
Los Maes BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 18 at the BBQ Fest Costa Rica (2026).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1490
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Jun 27, 2025
latest Feb 21, 2026
Category wins
1
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 3 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 66%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.23 · weakest Brisket (155.13)
Road miles
84
across 3 mapped stops · furthest 68 mi
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
Master avg
653.97 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Backyard avg
322.80 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs
These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 166.8344 | 157.6800 | 161.87 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.7144 | 158.3200 | 164.38 | top 59% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.7372 | 163.9656 | 171.23 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157.7256 | 152.5372 | 155.13 | top 91% |
“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
Busiest season
2025
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
SJ
1 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
a different one every time
Opponents faced
28
finished ahead 17 times, behind 22
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20266 milestones
- First category win (Pork) BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score672.0116 BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- Career-best overall score672.0116 BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.7372 BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- Peak power rating (1490) BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica
20253 milestones
- First tracked contest Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025
- First call BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY)
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2026 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Alajuela | 4 / 18 (672.0116) | 6 (166.8344) | 8 (169.7144) | 1 (177.7372) | 16 (157.7256) |
| Nov 15, 2025 | BBQ Fest Palmares (BACKYARD ONLY) Palmares | 7 / 8 (322.8000) | 8 (157.6800) | 5 (165.1200) | 4 (172) | — |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 14 / 16 (635.9312) | 12 (161.1084) | 11 (158.3200) | 12 (163.9656) | 15 (152.5372) |