Los Primos BBQ

Los Primos BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 21 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 19 at the CASA's Big BBQ Bash (2014). They are ranked #1341 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#1,341

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1577

peak 1594 · rated over 20 contests1 invitational or side-series contest not counted

Contests

in the data

First seen

Mar 8, 2013

latest Jul 19, 2025 · 12.4 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#450

Master 2014 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

19% of 21 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 38%

overall standings

Best overall

686.7772 / 720

Master · CASA's Big BBQ Bash

Perfect 180s

Current form

665.03 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 659.46 (+5.57)

Walk rate

67%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Chicken · BBQ Jamboree (Day 2)

Consistency

±22.36

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 166.70 · weakest Brisket (162.73)

Road miles

4,196

across 21 mapped stops · furthest 1,073 mi

Schedule strength

31%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1542)

Purse competed for

$2,200

listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

659.46 / 720

20 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

331.42 / 360

1 Backyard contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

Happy hunting ground

Top 17% average finish here

City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival is their spot: an average finish in the top 17% across 3 visits.

3 visits
best finish 8th
average top 17%

They almost always walk

67% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 14 of 21 contests

A top-10 category call in 67% of their 21 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

686.7772 career-best overall

95.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 686.7772 at CASA's Big BBQ Bash — 95.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Oct 17, 2014

Their season

2015 their best year

2015 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 22%.

5 contests
0 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 22%

A tough matchup

16–0 behind in the head-to-head

BUTCHER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BUTCHER BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 16 shared contests.

A strong matchup

7–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of IRON WHEEL COOKERS in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

The comeback

6.2 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 6.2 years, then back at Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) (Jul 19, 2025).

last seen May 4, 2019
back Jul 19, 2025

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Chicken nemesis

10 of 16 shared chicken entries lost

BUTCHER BBQ ahead 63% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, BUTCHER BBQ has out-cooked them in 10 of 16 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

SPICY SPITFIRE has landed one call behind them 2 times.

An October team

Top 19% average finish in October

Something about October: average finish in the top 19% across 3 contests, versus top 38% the rest of the year.

3 October contests
top 38% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,196 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,196 miles across 21 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 1,073 miles to BBQ Jamboree (Day 2).

21 mapped stops
furthest 1,073 mi

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
2018 ↗	Master	#1954 (60 pts)	#2012 (60 pts)	#1996 (60 pts)	#2030 (60 pts)	#1990 (60 pts)
2017 ↗	Master	#1691 (125 pts)	#1802 (120 pts)	#1480 (185 pts)	#2260 (60 pts)	#2055 (95 pts)
2016 ↗	Master	#1585 (160 pts)	#1883 (120 pts)	#1137 (295 pts)	#1505 (195 pts)	#1686 (150 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#767 (450 pts)	#821 (440 pts)	#939 (375 pts)	#719 (520 pts)	#984 (340 pts)
2014 ↗	Master	#450 (858 pts)	#443 (848 pts)	#305 (1,148 pts)	#539 (718 pts)	#458 (833 pts)
2013 ↗	Master	#1147 (239 pts)	#1599 (149 pts)	#1246 (234 pts)	#1472 (169 pts)	#920 (334 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Los Primos BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

41 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

Lip S-Macn BBQ

#1,343 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 56%
Peak: 1576

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 16 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 16 contests
last seen May 3, 2019

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Badlands BBQ

#1,340 of the rated field

1577 power rating

Contests: 26
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 23%
Peak: 1586

Careers of much the same size, 26 contests to 21, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 26 contests
last seen May 1, 2026

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40 CALIBER BBQ

#1,342 of the rated field

1577 power rating

Contests: 33
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 24%
Peak: 1579

Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Los Primos BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 33 contests

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Smokin Mo's

#1,344 of the rated field

1576 power rating

Contests: 10
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 10%
Peak: 1576

Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2013.

rated over 10 contests
last seen Jun 8, 2019

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THREE DOGS BBQ

#1,339 of the rated field

1577 power rating

Contests: 52
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 25%
Peak: 1612

52 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 25% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 52 contests
last seen Aug 16, 2019

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BOARS NIGHT OUT

#1,318 of the rated field

1578 ▲ 1 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1621

2–0 in 2 shared contests (100% to Los Primos BBQ)

2 contests in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Los Primos BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Sep 30, 2026

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
BUTCHER BBQ	16	0	16	0%	⚔ compare
BIG BUTTS NEED RUBBIN TOO	11	3	8	27%	⚔ compare
IRON WHEEL COOKERS	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
Three Hog Night Smokers	10	3	7	30%	⚔ compare
BUFFALO'S BBQ	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
UNCLE BC'S	10	1	9	10%	⚔ compare
Smokin Hot J's	9	4	5	44%	⚔ compare
CLARK CREW BBQ	8	0	8	0%	⚔ compare
MOOCHEWSOOEY	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
INDIAN TERRITORY SMOKE	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
TNK BBQ	7	4	3	57%	⚔ compare
CIRCLE R COOKERS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SPICY SPITFIRE	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
SMOKE N HOGS BBQ KS	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare
OKIEQ	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	21	6	1	1	178.8572	153.0744	166.70	top 39%
Pork Ribs	21	9	0	3	176.5600	148.5484	166.30	top 39%
Pork	20	4	0	1	176.5600	144.5712	163.66	top 45%
Brisket	20	3	0	2	175.4056	143.3368	162.73	top 42%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	2	top 43%
Medium (20–39)	4	top 67%
Large (40+)	15	top 29%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
OK	11	top 33%
TX	6	top 42%
MO	2	top 20%
MI	1	top 71%
VA	1	top 67%

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	3	12	top 34%	May 4, 2018
City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	3	8	top 17%	Sep 3, 2016
Firelake BBQ Cook Off	2	13	top 48%	Mar 25, 2016

More numbers

Busiest season 2014 7 contests

Contests a season 2.6 across 8 seasons in the data

Most contests held in OK 11 of 21 contests · 5 states in all

Contests visited 16 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 1,120 finished ahead 1,299 times, behind 483

Longest layoff 6.2 yrs May 4, 2019 → Jul 19, 2025

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

20251 milestone

Jul 19 Most recent contest Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)

20192 milestones

May 4 First category win (Chicken) BBQ Jamboree (Day 2)
May 4 Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 BBQ Jamboree (Day 2)

20171 milestone

May 5 Peak power rating (1594) Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival (JUDGES FULL)

20151 milestone

Mar 27 10th tracked contest Firelake BBQ Cook Off

20142 milestones

Oct 17 First overall podium CASA's Big BBQ Bash
Oct 17 Career-best overall score686.7772 CASA's Big BBQ Bash

20134 milestones

Mar 8 First tracked contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Mar 8 First call Sam's Club National BBQ Tour
Aug 31 First overall top-10 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival
Aug 31 First overall past 90% of a perfect score657.6684 City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+14.4	CASA's Big BBQ Bash	Oct 17, 2014
+14.2	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival	Aug 31, 2013
+12.2	Firelake BBQ Cook-off	Mar 28, 2014
+10	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival	May 2, 2014
+9	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open	Oct 3, 2015

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 14, 2014
-8.5	Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jul 19, 2025
-8	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour	Mar 8, 2013
-6.8	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival	May 4, 2018
-6.7	Firelake BBQ Cook Off	Mar 25, 2016

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2025	1	0	0	100%	top 71%	92.1%	92.1%
2019	1	0	1	100%	top 67%	91.6%	91.6%
2018	1	0	0	0%	top 63%	89.2%	89.2%
2017	1	0	0	100%	top 18%	94.4%	94.4%
2016	3	0	0	33%	top 39%	93.9%	92.6%
2015	5	0	0	40%	top 22%	95.2%	93.8%
2014	7	3	0	86%	top 38%	95.4%	90.5%
2013	2	1	0	100%	top 42%	91.3%	88.3%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Jul 19, 2025	Dowagiac BBQ Competition and Summer Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Dowagiac, MI	12 / 17 (331.4172)	14 (161.7144)	10 (169.7028)	—	—
May 4, 2019	BBQ Jamboree (Day 2) 🏅 Fredericksburg, VA	22 / 33 (659.2572)	1 (178.8572)	28 (159.9544)	21 (166.8228)	29 (153.6228)
May 4, 2018	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival Bixby, OK	43 / 68 (642.0908)	35 (165.0856)	41 (161.1084)	56 (153.6340)	33 (162.2628)
May 5, 2017	Bixby BBQ'n Blues Festival (JUDGES FULL) Bixby, OK	12 / 68 (679.3256)	13 (171.9772)	5 (173.7028)	25 (166.2400)	18 (167.4056)
Sep 3, 2016	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	14 / 58 (668.5372)	26 (165.6800)	16 (169.1656)	32 (164.5372)	12 (169.1544)
May 6, 2016	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	17 / 83 (675.9428)	36 (161.6572)	3 (176.5600)	10 (172.5600)	19 (165.1656)
Mar 25, 2016	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	47 / 66 (656.4344)	35 (167.3828)	57 (158.2172)	38 (165.7144)	41 (165.1200)
Oct 3, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Open Kansas City, MO	120 / 606 (672.4800)	95 (171.9656)	428 (158.2400)	23 (176.5600)	218 (165.7144)
Oct 2, 2015	36th Annual American Royal World Series of Barbeque- Invitational unrated Kansas City, MO	39 / 187 (685.0972)	50 (173.1316)	130 (164.5944)	52 (171.9656)	21 (175.4056)
Sep 4, 2015	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	13 / 70 (665.6688)	24 (166.2972)	38 (162.8344)	3 (174.2744)	28 (162.2628)
May 1, 2015	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	19 / 81 (671.8968)	23 (168.5256)	11 (172.5600)	27 (166.2972)	28 (164.5140)
Mar 27, 2015	Firelake BBQ Cook Off Shawnee, OK	13 / 52 (681.0628)	5 (175.4172)	24 (168.5944)	18 (169.6684)	21 (167.3828)
Oct 17, 2014	CASA's Big BBQ Bash Lawton, OK	3 / 19 (686.7772)	8 (168.5372)	3 (173.1200)	5 (173.1200)	3 (172)
May 2, 2014	Bixby BBQ'N Blues Festival Bixby, OK	15 / 80 (662.7540)	8 (174.2628)	4 (174.2628)	48 (157.0628)	41 (157.1656)
Apr 11, 2014	9th Annual Smokin' Red Dirt BBQ Enid, OK	23 / 64 (661.0628)	25 (167.4056)	17 (169.1316)	40 (158.2284)	16 (166.2972)
Apr 4, 2014	Stillwater Elks Lodge Blazathon Stillwater, OK	20 / 40 (617.1768)	9 (161.1544)	29 (148.5484)	15 (153.1656)	15 (154.3084)
Mar 28, 2014	Firelake BBQ Cook-off Shawnee, OK	9 / 43 (671.8968)	13 (167.9656)	10 (167.4056)	17 (166.2628)	7 (170.2628)
Mar 14, 2014	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Fort Worth, TX	23 / 29 (608.9828)	26 (153.0744)	7 (166.8344)	27 (145.7372)	28 (143.3368)
Mar 7, 2014	NBBQA BBQ Bash Cook Off San Marcos, TX	10 / 22 (651.9196)	9 (167.4056)	3 (172.6172)	10 (159.3484)	19 (152.5484)
Aug 31, 2013	City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival Bedford, TX	8 / 89 (657.6684)	52 (157.1200)	32 (161.1428)	17 (167.4056)	2 (172)
Mar 8, 2013	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour Westworth Village, TX	22 / 29 (613.1424)	21 (156)	7 (163.9998)	28 (144.5712)	24 (148.5714)

An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.

Los Primos BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Backyard avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

Happy hunting ground

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

An October team

The long haul

Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)