Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
Sabor A Lena
Sabor A Lena is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2016. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 33 at the Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico (2015), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1541
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Jul 13, 2013
latest Feb 20, 2016 · 2.6 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
3
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
100% of 4 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 20%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.76
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Brisket
avg 168.73 · weakest Pork (161.57)
Road miles
4
across 4 mapped stops
Schedule strength
11%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1515)
Master avg
656.84 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176.5716 | 156 | 164.43 | top 28% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 167.4172 | 153.0972 | 162.11 | top 41% |
| Pork | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 177.1428 | 145.1428 | 161.57 | top 43% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 174.9028 | 162.8572 | 168.73 | top 14% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (20–39) | 3 | 0 | top 20% |
| Large (40+) | 1 | 0 | top 20% |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
PR
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
96
finished ahead 112 times, behind 24
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Feb 21, 2014 → Feb 21, 2015
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20162 milestones
- Peak power rating (1541) 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan
- Most recent contest 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan
20153 milestones
- First overall podium Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- First Reserve Championship Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
- Career-best overall score673.6572 Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico
20143 milestones
- First category win (Pork) Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score651.3828 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
- Career-best single call (Pork)177.1428 Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition
20133 milestones
- First tracked contest Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- First call Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
- First overall top-10 Cattlemen's BBQ Competition
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +14.7 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico | Feb 21, 2015 |
| +10.4 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition | Jul 13, 2013 |
| +8 | 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan | Feb 20, 2016 |
| +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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 29% | 91.4% | 91.4% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 6% | 93.6% | 93.6% |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 26% | 90.5% | 90.5% |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 20% | 89.5% | 89.5% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 20, 2016 | 9th Annual Smoking Hot BBQ San Juan San Juan, PR | 8 / 28 (657.7256) | 5 (165.1200) | 16 (162.8572) | 23 (154.8456) | 1 (174.9028) |
| Feb 21, 2015 | Smokin' Hot BBQ San Juan Puerto Rico San Juan, PR | 2 / 33 (673.6572) | 1 (176.5716) | 9 (165.0856) | 6 (169.1428) | 11 (162.8572) |
| Feb 21, 2014 | Cattlemen's Caribbean BBQ Competition San Juan, PR | 10 / 38 (651.3828) | 26 (156) | 24 (153.0972) | 1 (177.1428) | 6 (165.1428) |
| Jul 13, 2013 | Cattlemen's BBQ Competition San Juan, PR | 8 / 41 (644.5944) | 9 (160.0116) | 6 (167.4172) | 29 (145.1428) | 2 (172.0228) |