La Mesa del Laurel
La Mesa del Laurel is a competition barbecue team with 2 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2024 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 8th of 23 at the BBQ Fest Panama (2025).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1509
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
2
in the data
First seen
Mar 2, 2024
latest Apr 26, 2025 · 1.1 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
2
of 2 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s, still running
Avg finish
top 40%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 161.73 · weakest Pork Ribs (150.28)
Road miles
92
across 2 mapped stops
Master avg
618.86 / 720
2 Master contests · 0 GCs
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168 | 155.4628 | 161.73 | top 25% |
| Pork Ribs | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2972 | 142.2628 | 150.28 | top 58% |
| Pork | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 155.4284 | 148.5256 | 151.98 | top 55% |
| Brisket | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.3084 | 147.4400 | 154.87 | top 40% |
“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
Opponents faced
34
finished ahead 27 times, behind 16
Longest layoff
1.2 yrs
Mar 2, 2024 → Apr 26, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score629.1656 BBQ Fest Panama
- Career-best single call (Chicken)168 BBQ Fest Panama
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Panama
20243 milestones
- First tracked contest Panama BBQ Fest
- First call Panama BBQ Fest
- First overall top-10 Panama BBQ Fest
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 2025 | BBQ Fest Panama Panama, Pa | 8 / 23 (629.1656) | 2 (168) | 11 (158.2972) | 14 (155.4284) | 14 (147.4400) |
| Mar 2, 2024 | Panama BBQ Fest Panama City | 10 / 22 (608.5596) | 9 (155.4628) | 15 (142.2628) | 11 (148.5256) | 4 (162.3084) |