Riding a hot streak
4
straight overall top-10s
Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.
- career best 4
San Lorenzo BBQ
San Lorenzo BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 8 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 6th of 10 at the Smokin Barrel Fest (2025). They are ranked #5336 of 6,477 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1455
peak 1455 · rated over 6 contests
Contests
8
in the data
First seen
Sep 9, 2022
latest Jun 14, 2025 · 2.8 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
4
50% of 8 contests
Best top-10 run
4
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 78%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Current form
640.09 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 632.35 (+7.74)
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±23.47
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 161.39 · weakest Brisket (155.41)
Road miles
352
across 8 mapped stops · furthest 245 mi
Schedule strength
3%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1504)
Master avg
632.35 / 720
6 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to San Lorenzo BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.
134 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#5,323 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 86%
- Peak
- 1455
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to San Lorenzo BBQ)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team San Lorenzo BBQ has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#5,343 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 8, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#5,331 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before San Lorenzo BBQ's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#5,324 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before San Lorenzo BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#5,355 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Level with San Lorenzo BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#5,327 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1455
Their last contest in the data was back in 2016, 9 years before San Lorenzo BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit Bull Smokers | 6 | 1 | 5 | 17% | ⚔ compare |
| BLUE MIST BBQ | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Barbecue Bazaar - Delta T BBQ | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 169.6800 | 147.9428 | 159.74 | top 63% |
| Pork Ribs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 170.8684 | 152.5600 | 161.39 | top 62% |
| Pork | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 173.1772 | 142.2628 | 157.33 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 162.8456 | 144.5600 | 155.41 | top 71% |
“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.
Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smokin' in the Valley | 2 | 8 | 0 | top 69% | May 4, 2024 |
More numbers
Busiest season
2024
4 contests
Contests a season
2
across 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
WA
1 of 8 contests
Contests visited
5
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
36
finished ahead 15 times, behind 60
Longest layoff
1 yrs
Oct 21, 2022 → Nov 4, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score662.8916 Smokin Barrel Fest
- Career-best single call (Pork)173.1772 Smokin Barrel Fest
- Most recent contest Smokin Barrel Fest
20241 milestone
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.7884 Smoking on the Swan
20231 milestone
- First overall top-10 Smokin' in the Valley
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Chidlow BBQ Festival
- First call Chidlow BBQ Festival
- Peak power rating (1485) Chidlow BBQ Festival
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +0.4 | Smokin' in the Valley | May 4, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -15.2 | Chidlow BBQ Festival | Sep 9, 2022 |
| -15.2 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION | Oct 21, 2022 |
| -8.1 | Smokin' in the Valley | Nov 4, 2023 |
| -3.9 | Smokin Barrel Fest | Jun 14, 2025 |
| -3.1 | Smoking on the Swan | Oct 11, 2024 |
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 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 60% | 92.1% | 92.1% |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100% | top 64% | 90.9% | 90% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 82% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 100% | 86% | 84.2% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 2025 | Smokin Barrel Fest Nanson, WA | 6 / 10 (662.8916) | 8 (162.8344) | 7 (164.0344) | 3 (173.1772) | 5 (162.8456) |
| Oct 11, 2024 | Smoking on the Swan Burswood, Western Australia | 7 / 10 (654.7884) | 4 (169.6800) | 10 (155.9656) | 4 (169.7256) | 7 (159.4172) |
| May 4, 2024 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia | 8 / 14 (641.7488) | 6 (164.0688) | 6 (165.1544) | 4 (160) | 11 (152.5256) |
| Feb 24, 2024 | Chicken in Bakers (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Bakers Hill, Western Australia | — | 7 (159.4056) | — | — | — |
| Feb 24, 2024 | OMC - Pork Ribs in Bakers (ONE MEAT RIBS) Bakers Hill, Western Australia | — | — | 2 (170.8684) | — | — |
| Nov 4, 2023 | Smokin' in the Valley Perth, Western Australia | 9 / 11 (621.6684) | 3 (164) | 10 (152.5600) | 10 (154.8456) | 10 (150.2628) |
| Oct 21, 2022 | Brew N Que - LITE EDITION Brigadoon | 15 / 15 (619.3596) | 15 (147.9428) | 7 (164.5828) | 14 (143.9884) | 7 (162.8456) |
| Sep 9, 2022 | Chidlow BBQ Festival Chidlow, Western | 17 / 17 (593.6452) | 14 (150.2512) | 10 (156.5712) | 17 (142.2628) | 15 (144.5600) |