High-water mark
686.1712
career-best overall
95.3% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 686.1712 at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest — 95.3% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Nov 5, 2025
Los Milagros Q-Crew
Los Milagros Q-Crew is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 84th of 158 at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest (2025). Also listed in KCBS results as “LOS MILAGROS Q CREW”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1493
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 22 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2022
latest Nov 5, 2025 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.44
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 167.11 · weakest Pork Ribs (164.97)
Road miles
11
across 6 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$106K
listed at 3 contests — purses, not winnings
State championships
0 🏅
won from 2 state-championship entries
Master avg
664.45 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Los Milagros Q-Crew, each with one reason worth a look.
Los Milagros Q-Crew has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 132 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,511 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,500 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1504
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Los Milagros Q-Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,487 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2017, 5 years before Los Milagros Q-Crew's first contest.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1494
Level with Los Milagros Q-Crew on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1513
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Los Milagros Q-Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,475 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1502
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before Los Milagros Q-Crew's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.8456 | 160 | 167.11 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 174.2744 | 156.5256 | 164.97 | top 70% |
| Pork | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 171.9656 | 158.8112 | 165.54 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 175.4400 | 160.5256 | 166.83 | top 55% |
“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
Contests a season
3
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
KS
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
692
finished ahead 351 times, behind 958
Longest layoff
3.1 yrs
Oct 1, 2022 → Nov 5, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best overall score686.1712 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest
- Most recent contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score659.3828 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
- Career-best single call (Brisket)175.4400 American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 62% | 95.3% | 93.7% |
| 2022 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 82% | 91.6% | 90.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Sides Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 282 / 401 (662.7084) | 218 (169.6800) | 312 (163.9428) | 322 (162.8228) | 234 (166.2628) |
| Nov 5, 2025 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest unrated Kansas City, KS | 84 / 158 (686.1712) | 53 (174.8456) | 50 (174.2744) | 72 (171.9656) | 132 (165.0856) |
| Oct 1, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - SIDES Kansas City, KS | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 367 / 505 (649.5424) | 347 (163.9312) | 444 (156.5256) | 214 (168.5600) | 349 (160.5256) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST unrated Kansas City, KS | 229 / 249 (659.3828) | 242 (160) | 203 (165.1316) | 243 (158.8112) | 26 (175.4400) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.