High-water mark
689.0972
career-best overall
95.7% of a perfect 720
Their best day on record: 689.0972 at Camino del Fuego 2026 — 95.7% of a perfect 720.
- Master
- Sep 18, 2026
Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica
Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 16 at the Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge (2026). They finished #481 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1501
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Mar 6, 2026
latest Sep 18, 2026
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
1
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
2
40% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 55%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Consistency
±10.26
spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 172.43 · weakest Brisket (166.43)
Road miles
267
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 89 mi
Schedule strength
22%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1531)
Master avg
677.13 / 720
4 Master contests · 0 GCs
Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 ↗ | Master | #481 (344 pts) | #447 (453 pts) | #571 (339 pts) | #432 (444 pts) | #423 (454 pts) |
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica, each with one reason worth a look.
Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica 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 111 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,159 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1508
1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica)
One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.
⚔ Head-to-head#3,183 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,151 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1518
Level with Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,153 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1502
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,160 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1522
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 4 years before Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,176 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
They were already cooking in 2017, 9 years before Los Maes BBQ Team Costa Rica's first contest.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 176.5600 | 160.5256 | 167.98 | top 59% |
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 173.7488 | 158.8344 | 168.86 | top 70% |
| Pork | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 178.2972 | 166.2856 | 172.43 | top 44% |
| Brisket | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 174.2856 | 159.4284 | 166.43 | top 54% |
“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 69% |
| SJ | 1 | 0 | top 63% |
More numbers
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 · 1 win · 3 calls
Opponents faced
32
finished ahead 29 times, behind 32
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20269 milestones
- First tracked contest Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- First call Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- First category win (Chicken) Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- First overall top-10 Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score682.9144 Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- Peak power rating (1512) Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge
- Career-best overall score689.0972 Camino del Fuego 2026
- Career-best single call (Pork)178.2972 Camino del Fuego 2026
- Most recent contest Camino del Fuego 2026
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +11.6 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge | Mar 6, 2026 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -4.1 | Camino del Fuego 2026 | Sep 18, 2026 |
| -3.3 | BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque | May 1, 2026 |
| -3.1 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 | Jun 26, 2026 |
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)
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 | 11 / 16 (689.0972) | 10 (174.2628) | 15 (170.2744) | 3 (178.2972) | 13 (166.2628) |
| Sep 18, 2026 | Camino del Fuego 2026 (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) San Rafael, Alajuela, Costa Rica | — | 13 (162.2628) | — | — | — |
| Jun 26, 2026 | Pz al Carbon, Festival BBQ 2026 Perez Zeldon, SJ | 12 / 19 (674.8456) | 19 (160.5256) | 7 (173.7488) | 17 (166.2856) | 3 (174.2856) |
| May 1, 2026 | BBQ Fest Parque Tempisque Guanacaste | 9 / 14 (661.6684) | 5 (166.2856) | 13 (158.8344) | 7 (170.8228) | 8 (165.7256) |
| Mar 6, 2026 | Jaco Beach BBQ Challenge Play Jaco | 4 / 16 (682.9144) | 1 (176.5600) | 9 (172.5944) | 3 (174.3316) | 10 (159.4284) |