A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Club Carbon CR ahead in 100% of their meetings
Club Carbon CR has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Raices Smoke & Grill
Raices Smoke & Grill is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 11th of 26 at the BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 (2023). They finished #934 in the 2023 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1489
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 3
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Mar 25, 2022
latest Mar 14, 2025 · 3 years on the trail
Category wins
0
1 podium
Avg finish
top 65%
overall standings
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.70
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 167.63 · weakest Brisket (158.46)
Road miles
0
across 3 mapped stops
Schedule strength
7%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1510)
Master avg
653.87 / 720
3 Master contests · 0 GCs
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.5716 | 159.3940 | 163.79 | top 67% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.7144 | 161.7032 | 163.99 | top 69% |
| Pork | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 174.2972 | 161.1200 | 167.63 | top 39% |
| Brisket | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 172.0228 | 150.8344 | 158.46 | top 61% |
“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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 | 2 | 11 | 0 | top 62% | Apr 15, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Contests visited
2
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
49
finished ahead 25 times, behind 43
Longest layoff
1.9 yrs
Apr 15, 2023 → Mar 14, 2025
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Masters BBQ Challenge CR
20233 milestones
- Career-best overall score662.2632 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
- Career-best single call (Pork)174.2972 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
- Peak power rating (1495) BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- First call BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score660.5828 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 2025 | Masters BBQ Challenge CR San Jose | 12 / 17 (638.7772) | 15 (159.4172) | 9 (165.7144) | 10 (161.1200) | 11 (152.5256) |
| Apr 15, 2023 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 San Jose | 11 / 26 (662.2632) | 8 (172.5716) | 17 (164.5600) | 3 (174.2972) | 23 (150.8344) |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 San Jose | 23 / 28 (660.5828) | 23 (159.3940) | 25 (161.7032) | 13 (167.4628) | 8 (172.0228) |