They almost always walk
75%
of contests with a top-10 call
A call in 6 of 8 contests
A top-10 category call in 75% of their 8 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.
Los Pinos BBQ Team
Los Pinos BBQ Team is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 17 at the ECP BBQ Challenge (2026). They are ranked #3700 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
peak 1489 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Apr 23, 2021
latest Sep 18, 2026 · 5.4 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
38% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 60%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
669.55 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 660.34 (+9.21)
Walk rate
75%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±24.02
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 168.48 · weakest Brisket (161.21)
Road miles
350
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 168 mi
Schedule strength
9%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1513)
Master avg
660.34 / 720
7 Master contests · 0 GCs
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 | #360 (532 pts) | #368 (576 pts) | #403 (577 pts) | #351 (572 pts) | #336 (602 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Los Pinos BBQ Team, each with one reason worth a look.
158 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,693 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,701 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 10 years before Los Pinos BBQ Team's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,712 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1489
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Los Pinos BBQ Team's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,686 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1489
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ Compare careers#3,674 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 63%
- Peak
- 1515
4 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careers#3,677 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 13%
- Peak
- 1517
Level with Los Pinos BBQ Team on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 88 BBQ | 7 | 2 | 5 | 29% | ⚔ compare |
| Justice BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Club Carbon CR | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Smoke 44 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 151.4172 | 163.55 | top 69% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 176 | 154.8112 | 168.48 | top 51% |
| Pork | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 173.1200 | 158.8228 | 167.57 | top 47% |
| Brisket | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 147.9428 | 161.21 | top 57% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 4 | 0 | top 59% |
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 62% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
5 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CR
2 of 8 contests
Contests visited
7
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Chicken
8 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
87
finished ahead 62 times, behind 80
Longest layoff
3 yrs
Mar 25, 2022 → Mar 14, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score690.8228 ECP BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1497) ECP BBQ Challenge
- Most recent contest Camino del Fuego 2026
20254 milestones
- First call Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First category win (Pork Ribs) Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First overall top-10 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)176 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
20221 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score661.6456 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
20211 milestone
- First tracked contest Fuego y Humo 2021
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.3 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional | Jan 24, 2026 |
| +7.5 | ECP BBQ Challenge | Jul 24, 2026 |
| +3.2 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR | Mar 14, 2025 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | Fuego y Humo 2021 | Apr 23, 2021 |
| -8 | Camino del Fuego 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| -6.9 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 | Mar 25, 2022 |
| -5.9 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica | Feb 21, 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
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 52% | 95.9% | 93.7% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 47% | 90.1% | 90.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 75% | 91.9% | 91.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 91% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 2026 | Camino del Fuego 2026 San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica | 13 / 16 (686.7884) | 14 (171.4056) | 8 (175.4172) | 10 (173.1084) | 11 (166.8572) |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Camino del Fuego 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica | — | 10 (166.8228) | — | — | — |
| Jul 24, 2026 | ECP BBQ Challenge San Jose | 6 / 17 (690.8228) | 5 (174.2744) | 12 (169.7256) | 7 (173.1200) | 3 (173.7028) |
| Feb 21, 2026 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Alajuela | 13 / 18 (657.0624) | 14 (163.3712) | 9 (169.1084) | 6 (165.1428) | 13 (159.4400) |
| Jan 24, 2026 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui | 6 / 31 (664.5256) | 16 (158.2628) | 4 (173.7600) | 8 (170.8344) | 6 (161.6684) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR San Jose | 8 / 17 (648.5488) | 16 (158.2860) | 1 (176) | 8 (162.8572) | 14 (151.4056) |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 San Jose | 21 / 28 (661.6456) | 14 (164.5484) | 26 (160.5372) | 11 (169.1200) | 16 (167.4400) |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Fuego y Humo 2021 San Jose | 20 / 22 (612.9940) | 20 (151.4172) | 17 (154.8112) | 18 (158.8228) | 18 (147.9428) |