Signature meat
29%
brisket entries won
2 wins from 7 entries
When brisket is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 29% of their entries (2 of 7).
- best 179.4400
- average 164.06
- 3 calls
DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica
DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica is a competition barbecue team with 9 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 6th of 17 at the Masters BBQ Challenge CR (2025). They are ranked #3553 of 6,476 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1492
peak 1507 · rated over 7 contests
Contests
9
in the data
First seen
Mar 14, 2025
latest Sep 18, 2026 · 1.5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
4
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
5
56% of 9 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 59%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
674.44 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 668.74 (+5.69)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±13.97
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 170.28 · weakest Brisket (164.06)
Road miles
362
across 9 mapped stops · furthest 137 mi
Schedule strength
16%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1523)
Master avg
668.74 / 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 | #328 (587 pts) | #376 (567 pts) | #281 (812 pts) | #359 (547 pts) | #209 (892 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica, each with one reason worth a look.
147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#3,536 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 10 contests to 9, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,568 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,551 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,537 of the rated field
- Contests
- 10
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 10%
- Peak
- 1508
They were already cooking in 2018, 7 years before DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,560 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1492
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 8 years before DrumQ BBQ Costa Rica's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,541 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 25%
- Peak
- 1492
This is the highest they've ever been rated, 8 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.
⚔ 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 |
| Smoke 44 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 14% | ⚔ compare |
| Club Carbon CR | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Justice BBQ | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Pura Vida BBQ | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Bros & Fire PTY | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 174.8456 | 157.1084 | 166.84 | top 61% |
| Pork Ribs | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 179.4400 | 159.4172 | 170.28 | top 46% |
| Pork | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 172 | 161.6684 | 167.15 | top 66% |
| Brisket | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 179.4400 | 141.6688 | 164.06 | top 53% |
“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 state / province (where the contests were held)
| Where | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| CR | 1 | 0 | top 50% |
| SJ | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
6 contests
Contests a season
4.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CR
1 of 9 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
7
a different one every time
Opponents faced
46
finished ahead 48 times, behind 62
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20264 milestones
- Peak power rating (1507) BBQ Fest Costa Rica
- Career-best overall score694.8456 Camino del Fuego 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Camino del Fuego 2026
- Most recent contest Camino del Fuego 2026
20255 milestones
- First tracked contest Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First call Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS)
- First category win (Chicken) Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First overall top-10 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score650.2860 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +6.3 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR | Mar 14, 2025 |
| +3.1 | Camino del Fuego 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| +2.7 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 |
| +1.1 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica | Feb 21, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -13 | ECP BBQ Challenge | Jul 24, 2026 |
| -7.9 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge | Mar 6, 2026 |
| -0.2 | BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque | May 1, 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 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 100% | top 63% | 96.5% | 93.3% |
| 2025 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 35% | 90.3% | 90.3% |
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 | 8 / 16 (694.8456) | 9 (174.8456) | 1 (179.4400) | 12 (172) | 8 (168.5600) |
| Jul 24, 2026 | ECP BBQ Challenge San Jose | 16 / 17 (667.9200) | 16 (163.3828) | 17 (159.4172) | 14 (169.6800) | 1 (175.4400) |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 9 / 19 (679.9084) | 6 (171.4172) | 10 (170.8228) | 7 (171.9656) | 11 (165.7028) |
| May 1, 2026 | BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque Guanacaste | 8 / 14 (671.3368) | 12 (157.1084) | 6 (172.5600) | 12 (162.2284) | 1 (179.4400) |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge Play Jaco | 13 / 16 (658.1712) | 15 (162.2628) | 4 (175.4172) | 15 (161.6684) | 11 (158.8228) |
| Feb 21, 2026 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica Alajuela | 9 / 18 (658.7312) | 10 (164.5484) | 4 (172.5716) | 12 (162.8000) | 15 (158.8112) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR San Jose | 6 / 17 (650.2860) | 1 (174.3200) | 10 (164.5828) | 4 (169.7144) | 17 (141.6688) |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Play Jaco | — | 8 (166.8572) | — | — | — |
| Jan 24, 2025 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge (ONE MEAT RIBS) Play Jaco | — | — | 7 (167.4172) | — | — |