High-water mark
699.3828
career-best overall
97.1% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 699.3828 at Camino del Fuego 2026 — 97.1% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 18, 2026
Tiquicia Smokers
Tiquicia Smokers is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 17 at the Masters BBQ Challenge CR (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1511
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
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
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 47%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±17.38
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 171.14 · weakest Brisket (161.82)
Road miles
101
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 53 mi
Schedule strength
12%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1517)
Master avg
673.06 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
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Tiquicia Smokers has 4 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 103 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,831 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 29%
- Peak
- 1535
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
They were already cooking in 2018, 7 years before Tiquicia Smokers's first contest.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with Tiquicia Smokers on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
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- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1510
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⚔ Compare careers#2,823 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 9 years before Tiquicia Smokers's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,816 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1517
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 12 years before Tiquicia Smokers'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 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 178.8572 | 163.9656 | 170.84 | top 34% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 175.4172 | 155.4172 | 168.98 | top 58% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 173.7028 | 169.7256 | 171.14 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.8572 | 154.2284 | 161.82 | top 65% |
“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 25% |
| SJ | 1 | 0 | top 69% |
More numbers
Busiest season
2026
3 contests
Contests a season
2.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
CR
2 of 5 contests · 2 states in all
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Chicken
5 entries · 0 wins · 5 calls
Opponents faced
35
finished ahead 35 times, behind 27
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Jun 27, 2025 → Jul 24, 2026
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20263 milestones
- Career-best overall score699.3828 Camino del Fuego 2026
- Career-best single call (Chicken)178.8572 Camino del Fuego 2026
- Most recent contest Camino del Fuego 2026
20256 milestones
- First tracked contest Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First call Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First overall top-10 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First overall podium Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score666.7768 Masters BBQ Challenge CR
- Peak power rating (1512) Masters BBQ Challenge CR
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +12.3 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR | Mar 14, 2025 |
| +11.1 | Camino del Fuego 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -7.3 | ECP BBQ Challenge | Jul 24, 2026 |
| -5.5 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 | Jun 27, 2025 |
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 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 51% | 97.1% | 95.4% |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 43% | 92.6% | 91.5% |
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 | 4 / 16 (699.3828) | 3 (178.8572) | 13 (171.9656) | 8 (173.7028) | 3 (174.8572) |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Camino del Fuego 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica | — | 4 (169.7028) | — | — | — |
| Jul 24, 2026 | ECP BBQ Challenge San Jose | 13 / 17 (674.7544) | 7 (171.9772) | 7 (175.4172) | 12 (170.2628) | 17 (157.0972) |
| Jun 27, 2025 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2025 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 11 / 16 (651.3256) | 9 (163.9656) | 13 (155.4172) | 6 (170.8572) | 13 (161.0856) |
| Mar 14, 2025 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR San Jose | 3 / 17 (666.7768) | 4 (169.7028) | 5 (173.1200) | 3 (169.7256) | 10 (154.2284) |