Announced themselves early
5th
at their very first contest
Finished 5 of 19 at their very first tracked contest, Panama BBQ Fest (2023-01-28).
- 2023-01-28
- 19-team field
Barbaros Elite
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1507
peak 1509 · rated over 2 contests ⓘ
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
2023-01-28
latest 2026-01-24
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
of 2 contests
Avg finish
top 42%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
50%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 168.27 · weakest Brisket (149.97)
Road miles
195
mi across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
641.61 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
Storylines (1 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.
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.
Barbaros Elite has 2 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 115 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.
#2901 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1515
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2919 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Barbaros Elite's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2903 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
No shared contest yet.
Level with Barbaros Elite on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2937 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 2.
⚔ Head-to-head#2906 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1527
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Barbaros Elite's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2924 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1519
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Barbaros Elite'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 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.9428 | 159.9544 | 161.95 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.1428 | 157.6912 | 161.42 | top 45% |
| Pork | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 168.5712 | 167.9772 | 168.27 | top 26% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 158.2516 | 141.6800 | 149.97 | top 70% |
“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 26% |
| Medium (20–39) | 1 | 0 | top 58% |
The story so far (13 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
3 yrs
2023-01-28 → 2026-01-24
Busiest season
2026
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 2 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Chicken
2 entries · 0 wins · 1 calls
Strongest meat
Pork
averages 168.27 · weakest Brisket (149.97)
Walk rate
50%
a top-10 call in 1 of 2 contests
Overall top-10 rate
50%
1 of 2 contests
Master average
641.61
out of 720 · 2 contests · 0 GCs
Opponents faced
43
27–21 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
195
2 mapped stops
Longest layoff
3 yrs
2023-01-28 → 2026-01-24
Power rating
1507
peak 1509 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2023
- First tracked contest Panama BBQ Fest
- First call Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score655.3144 Panama BBQ Fest
- Career-best overall score655.3144 Panama BBQ Fest
- 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork)168.5712 Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional
- Most recent contest Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional
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 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 58% | 87.2% | 87.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 26% | 91% | 91% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-24 | Chiriqui Grill Fest Internacional Chiriqui, +507 | 18 / 31 (627.8968) | 13 (159.9544) | 20 (157.6912) | 11 (168.5712) | 29 (141.6800) |
| 2023-01-28 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City, | 5 / 19 (655.3144) | 5 (163.9428) | 5 (165.1428) | 3 (167.9772) | 9 (158.2516) |