A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Club Carbon CR ahead in 100% of their meetings
Club Carbon CR has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Rojas BBQ
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1499
peak 1501 · rated over 3 contests ⓘ
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2023-04-15
latest 2026-02-21
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
652.55
last 3 Master vs avg 652.55 (+0.00)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±11.33
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 168.01 · weakest Brisket (159.79)
Road miles
10
mi across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Master avg
652.55 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (2 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
The comeback
1.9 yrs
off the trail, then back
Off the trail for 1.9 years, then back at BBQ Fest Costa Rica (2026-02-21).
- last seen 2024-04-06
- back 2026-02-21
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Rojas BBQ has 3 rated contests — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 125 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#3246 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#3236 of the rated field
- Contests
- 9
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 11%
- Peak
- 1504
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Rojas BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3218 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 10 years before Rojas BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#3232 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1499
No shared contest yet.
Level with Rojas BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#3245 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Rojas BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#3227 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1501
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before Rojas BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 176.0000 | 160.0000 | 168.01 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 169.1200 | 154.2744 | 162.48 | top 66% |
| Pork | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.8456 | 156.5828 | 163.24 | top 51% |
| Brisket | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 165.7256 | 150.2400 | 159.79 | top 52% |
“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 contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 1 | 0 | top 44% |
| Medium (20–39) | 2 | 0 | top 60% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Fest Costa Rica | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 58% | 2026-02-21 |
The story so far (14 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.9 yrs
2023-04-15 → 2026-02-21
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
1 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
4 entries · 0 wins · 3 calls
Strongest meat
Chicken
averages 168.01 · weakest Brisket (159.79)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
33%
1 of 3 contests
Master average
652.55
out of 720 · 3 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
50
30–35 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
10
3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
1515
average field rating faced — tougher than 11% of rated contests
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
2024-04-06 → 2026-02-21
Power rating
1499
peak 1501 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
- First call BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6456 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
- Career-best overall score661.6456 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
- Career-best single call (Chicken)176.0000 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
- Peak power rating (1501) BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
- 2026
- First overall top-10 BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +3.5 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica | 2026-02-21 |
| +1.4 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 | 2023-04-15 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -5.8 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 | 2024-04-06 |
Category scores over time
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 44% | 91.6% | 91.6% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 71% | 88.4% | 88.4% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 50% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-21 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Alajuela, 10903 | 8 / 18 (659.4284) | 8 (165.1428) | 15 (164.0344) | 5 (166.8456) | 8 (163.4056) |
| 2024-04-06 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 Heredia, 40703 | 17 / 24 (636.5828) | 15 (160.0000) | 18 (154.2744) | 16 (156.5828) | 4 (165.7256) |
| 2023-04-15 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 San Jose, | 13 / 26 (661.6456) | 3 (176.0000) | 10 (169.1200) | 15 (166.2856) | 25 (150.2400) |