High-water mark
689.6688
career-best overall
95.8% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.6688 at BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 — 95.8% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Mar 25, 2022
Comparrillas
Comparrillas is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2019 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 28 at the BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 (2022), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They are ranked #2988 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1506
peak 1506 · rated over 5 contests
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 23, 2019
latest Apr 6, 2024 · 5 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
1 reserve
Category wins
1
2 podiums
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 50%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±20.19
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 166.75 · weakest Brisket (160.32)
Road miles
6
across 5 mapped stops
Schedule strength
5%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1507)
Master avg
653.66 / 720
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #1012 (112 pts) | #1045 (117 pts) | #1154 (102 pts) | #837 (162 pts) | #1070 (107 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Comparrillas, each with one reason worth a look.
117 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.
#2,977 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1507
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,007 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1513
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 6 years before Comparrillas's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,980 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Level with Comparrillas on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,997 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1506
They were already cooking in 2014, 5 years before Comparrillas's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#2,998 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Their last contest in the data was back in 2014, 10 years before Comparrillas's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,983 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 71%
- Peak
- 1523
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRILLDROIDS | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 165.6684 | 156.5484 | 162.38 | top 56% |
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 178.8572 | 157.1428 | 166.75 | top 44% |
| Pork | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2744 | 150.7772 | 164.21 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4172 | 157.1084 | 160.32 | top 52% |
“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 | 2 | 0 | top 30% | Apr 15, 2023 |
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Contests visited
4
1 of them more than once
Opponents faced
67
finished ahead 64 times, behind 53
Longest layoff
2.1 yrs
Mar 23, 2019 → Apr 23, 2021
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20242 milestones
- Peak power rating (1506) BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024
- Most recent contest BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024
20227 milestones
- First category win (Pork Ribs) BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- First overall top-10 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- First overall podium BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- First Reserve Championship BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score689.6688 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- Career-best overall score689.6688 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)178.8572 BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022
20211 milestone
- First call Fuego y Humo 2021
20191 milestone
- First tracked contest BBQFest Costa Rica 2019
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +15.5 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 | Mar 25, 2022 |
| +2.4 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 | Apr 6, 2024 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -11.5 | BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 | Mar 23, 2019 |
| -0.3 | Fuego y Humo 2021 | Apr 23, 2021 |
| -0.1 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 | Apr 15, 2023 |
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 46% | 89% | 89% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 54% | 91.8% | 91.8% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 7% | 95.8% | 95.8% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 55% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 2024 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2024 Heredia | 11 / 24 (641.0168) | 11 (163.9656) | 6 (169.1656) | 21 (150.7772) | 10 (157.1084) |
| Apr 15, 2023 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2023 San Jose | 14 / 26 (661.0624) | 16 (165.6684) | 18 (164.0228) | 5 (173.1200) | 14 (158.2512) |
| Mar 25, 2022 | BBQ Fest Costa Rica 2022 San Jose | 2 / 28 (689.6688) | 13 (165.1200) | 1 (178.8572) | 3 (174.2744) | 9 (171.4172) |
| Apr 23, 2021 | Fuego y Humo 2021 San Jose | 12 / 22 (643.4512) | 11 (160.6056) | 14 (157.1428) | 6 (168.0228) | 13 (157.6800) |
| Mar 23, 2019 | BBQFest Costa Rica 2019 San Jose | 19 / 22 (633.0968) | 17 (156.5484) | 13 (164.5600) | 17 (154.8456) | 16 (157.1428) |