Team Sunrise BBQ

At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)

Power ranking

#4425

of 6,413 rated · rankings

Rating

1474

peak 1474 · rated over 14 contests ⓘ

Best runs

straight top-10s

Contests

in the data

First seen

2023-08-04

latest 2026-06-19

Best ToY finish

#313

Master 2026

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

of 19 contests

Avg finish

top 68%

overall standings

Best overall

692.0116 / 720

Master · La Classique What the Pork?

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

674.90 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 659.99 (+14.91)

Walk rate

68%

contests with a top-10 call

Top-10 streak

and counting

Best single call

180.0000 🔥

Chicken · Spencerville Smoke Ring

Consistency

±20.71

std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.74 · weakest Brisket (162.01)

Road miles

2,165

mi across 19 mapped stops · furthest 398 mi

Schedule strength

32%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1543)

Purse competed for

$27K

listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

GCs in 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.99 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

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Storylines (8 found in this team's record)

Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.

Riding a hot streak

6 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 6-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 6

Perfect scores on the board

1 perfect 180s

1 perfect 180 in the data — every judge at the table handing back a nine, all in chicken.

Chicken ×1

They almost always walk

68% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 13 of 19 contests

A top-10 category call in 68% of their 19 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

692.0116 career-best overall

96.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 692.0116 at La Classique What the Pork? — 96.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
2025-08-01

Their season

2026 their best year

2026 was the year it came together: 5 contests, 0 Grand Championships and 0 category wins, at an average finish in the top 51%.

5 contests
4 overall top-10s
0 category wins
average top 51%

A tough matchup

7–0 behind in the head-to-head

ELJEFE SMOKE ahead in 100% of their meetings

ELJEFE SMOKE has come out ahead in 7 of their 7 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.7 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 5.73 points below their pork, and turns into a call 36% of the time against 50%.

Brisket avg 162.01
Pork avg 167.74
5 calls in 14 entries

A strong matchup

5–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Professor Smoke in 5 of their 5 shared contests.

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.

147 rated teams sit within a point of this rating, so a place on this list means the numbers match — no more than that.

PORK FICTION

#4430 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 14
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 7%
Peak: 1518

No shared contest yet.

They've been 1518 at their best, 44 points above where they sit today — they're arriving at this rating from above.

rated over 14 contests
last seen 2018-08-24

⚔ Head-to-head

All Smoked Up

#4405 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1508

No shared contest yet.

Their last contest in the data was back in 2023, 3 years before Team Sunrise BBQ's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 15 contests

⚔ Head-to-head

Deans Rockn Rednecks

#4423 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 15
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 13%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Careers of much the same size, 15 contests to 19, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 15 contests
last seen 2023-07-29

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MEATATARIAN'S

#4441 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 8%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 8% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen 2023-03-25

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PIG FARMER'S BBQ

#4418 of the rated field

1474 ▲ 0 power rating

Contests: 12
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1501

No shared contest yet.

They were already cooking in 2017, 6 years before Team Sunrise BBQ's first contest.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2025-01-17

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1st and 10 BBQ

#4448 of the rated field

1474 ▼ 0 power rating

Contests: 13
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 0%
Peak: 1474

No shared contest yet.

Level with Team Sunrise BBQ on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 12 contests
last seen 2024-09-13

⚔ Head-to-head

Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rub Sweat and Beers	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
CycloneBBQ	7	1	6	14%	⚔ compare
ELJEFE SMOKE	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN HOGGZ BBQ - MA	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
BBQ WorX	7	0	7	0%	⚔ compare
Mullen It Over BBQ	6	4	2	67%	⚔ compare
FIRE AT THE END OF THE DAY	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
PADDY MCQ'S	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Up-2 BBQ	6	0	6	0%	⚔ compare
Professor Smoke	5	5	0	100%	⚔ compare
RUSTY'S SMOKE BBQ	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
SMOKIN BOYS AND HOT GRILLS	5	2	3	40%	⚔ compare
Q42	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
CIDER BOYS BBQ	5	1	4	20%	⚔ compare
American Barbecue Company	5	0	5	0%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	16	4	1	1	180.0000 🔥	147.9884	164.62	top 66%
Pork Ribs	17	7	0	3	178.8572	155.3600	166.87	top 55%
Pork	14	7	0	2	177.7028	156.5600	167.74	top 49%
Brisket	14	5	0	1	176.5828	129.6460	162.01	top 65%

“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 state / province

Where	Contests	Avg finish
QC	4	top 59%
ON	3	top 56%
NH	3	top 82%
VT	3	top 84%

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	4	0	top 49%
Medium (20–39)	10	0	top 76%

Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2)	3	18	top 84%	2024-09-14
Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	2	17	top 79%	2025-05-31
La Classique BBQ Labonte	2	21	top 87%	2024-08-02

The story so far (18 numbers that describe this team)

On the trail 2.9 yrs 2023-08-04 → 2026-06-19

Busiest season 2025 6 contests

Contests a season 4.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Cooks most in NH 5 of 19 contests · 4 states/provinces in all

Contests visited 10 3 of them cooked more than once

Most-entered meat Pork Ribs 17 entries · 0 wins · 7 calls

Strongest meat Pork averages 167.74 · weakest Brisket (162.01)

Walk rate 68% a top-10 call in 13 of 19 contests

Overall top-10 rate 32% 6 of 19 contests

Best top-10 run 6 straight contests — and still running

Master average 659.99 out of 720 · 14 contests · 0 GCs

Perfect 180s 1 every judge at the table handing back a nine

Opponents faced 138 91–219 across every shared overall standing

Road miles 2,165 19 mapped stops · furthest 398 mi

Schedule strength 1543 average field rating faced — tougher than 32% of rated contests

Purse competed for $26,500 listed at 8 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships 0 from 6 state-championship entries

Power rating 1474 peak 1474 · #4425 of 6,413 rated

Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)

2023
Aug 4 First tracked contest La Classique BBQ Labonte
Aug 4 Peak power rating (1487) La Classique BBQ Labonte
Sep 10 First call Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS)
2024
Sep 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1140 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 )
2025
May 31 10th tracked contest Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS)
Aug 1 First overall top-10 La Classique What the Pork?
Aug 1 Career-best overall score692.0116 La Classique What the Pork?
Sep 27 First category win (Chicken) Spencerville Smoke Ring
Sep 27 First perfect 180 (Chicken) Spencerville Smoke Ring
2026
Jun 19 Most recent contest New Lowell True North BBQ Bash

Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+12.9	La Classique What the Pork?	2025-08-01
+9	La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes	2026-05-29
+3.4	New Lowell True North BBQ Bash	2026-06-19
+3.3	JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition	2026-05-23
+1.9	Spencerville Smoke Ring	2025-09-27

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	La Classique BBQ Labonte	2023-08-04
-11.1	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2023-09-08
-8.5	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	2024-06-01
-7.7	La Classique BBQ Labonte	2024-08-02
-6	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 )	2024-09-13

Category scores over time

Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)

Where they finish (overall)

Best vs average (by meat)

How entries end (by meat)

Team of the Year rank by season

Season by season

Season	Contests	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	5	4	0	100%	top 51%	94.8%	93.6%
2025	6	2	1	67%	top 59%	96.1%	93.3%
2024	4	0	0	50%	top 81%	92.7%	90.7%
2023	4	0	0	50%	top 95%	88.3%	86.5%

Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026-06-19	New Lowell True North BBQ Bash New Lowell, ON	8 / 16 (682.7884)	12 (165.7028)	3 (176.5600)	4 (177.1428)	14 (163.3828)
2026-05-29	La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes Montreal, QC	9 / 24 (671.9544)	13 (168.0000)	13 (163.9772)	7 (170.8572)	8 (169.1200)
2026-05-23	JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON	10 / 20 (670.2172)	15 (163.4172)	12 (167.9772)	10 (169.1428)	9 (169.6800)
2026-05-09	Smoke on the Seaway Cornwall, ON	8 / 12 (670.7772)	5 (173.1428)	4 (168.5600)	2 (169.1200)	9 (159.9544)
2026-05-09	Smoke on the Seaway (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cornwall, ON	—	—	2 (178.8572)	—	—
2025-09-27	Spencerville Smoke Ring Spencerville, K0E 1X0	8 / 14 (678.7428)	1 (180.0000)	8 (169.1200)	13 (165.0972)	9 (164.5256)
2025-08-01	La Classique What the Pork? Sainte-Perpetue, QC	4 / 18 (692.0116)	14 (167.9884)	2 (175.4516)	5 (171.9888)	2 (176.5828)
2025-05-31	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2) 🏅 Hancock, NH	21 / 26 (656.4232)	26 (154.8000)	23 (162.2516)	2 (177.7028)	20 (161.6688)
2025-05-31	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Hancock, NH	—	5 (171.4172)	—	—	—
2025-05-31	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hancock, NH	—	—	12 (155.3600)	—	—
2025-05-30	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Hancock, NH	17 / 22 (661.0060)	22 (156.4912)	12 (172.0000)	11 (166.2632)	14 (166.2516)
2024-09-14	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) 🏅 Braintree, VT	18 / 25 (667.2912)	17 (167.9656)	16 (163.9312)	5 (172.0000)	19 (163.3944)
2024-09-13	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 ) 🏅 Braintree, VT	21 / 25 (654.1140)	14 (166.2856)	22 (162.2168)	23 (161.6456)	13 (163.9660)
2024-08-02	La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC	21 / 26 (642.8340)	26 (147.9884)	6 (169.1200)	15 (166.3200)	18 (159.4056)
2024-06-01	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Merrimack, NH	32 / 37 (646.6740)	34 (154.2056)	15 (167.9772)	32 (162.2284)	24 (162.2628)
2023-09-10	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT	—	5 (171.9772)	—	—	—
2023-09-10	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT	—	—	6 (169.7028)	—	—
2023-09-08	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES 🏅 Braintree, VT	25 / 26 (635.8856)	19 (165.1544)	24 (155.9312)	24 (156.5600)	22 (158.2400)
2023-08-04	La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC	31 / 33 (609.1088)	18 (159.4284)	22 (157.7372)	11 (162.2972)	33 (129.6460)

Career map (orange GC · green top-10 · grey the rest — tap a pin)

Team of the Year standings (rank per category by season — year links to the full board on kcbs.us)

Year	Series	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
2026 ↗	Master	#313 (522 pts)	#387 (472 pts)	#216 (857 pts)	#243 (702 pts)	#344 (492 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#420 (485 pts)	#363 (637 pts)	#386 (652 pts)	#355 (635 pts)	#400 (545 pts)
2024 ↗	Master	#595 (286 pts)	#613 (306 pts)	#529 (436 pts)	#506 (396 pts)	#561 (341 pts)
2023 ↗	Master	#1073 (109 pts)	#573 (335 pts)	#704 (280 pts)	#794 (184 pts)	#978 (124 pts)