Team Sunrise BBQ

Team Sunrise BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 19 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2023 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 4th of 18 at the La Classique What the Pork? (2025). They are ranked #4457 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#4,457

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1474

peak 1474 · rated over 14 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Aug 4, 2023

latest Jun 19, 2026 · 2.9 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#380

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

7 podiums

Overall top-10s

32% of 19 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s, still running

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

Best single call

180 🔥

Chicken · Spencerville Smoke Ring

Consistency

±20.71

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 167.74 · weakest Brisket (162.01)

Road miles

2,165

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 🏅

won from 6 state-championship entries

Master avg

659.99 / 720

14 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Each card leads with the number behind the story, straight from their results.

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 180

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
Aug 1, 2025

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

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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.

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	#380 (522 pts)	#449 (472 pts)	#279 (857 pts)	#308 (702 pts)	#411 (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)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Team Sunrise BBQ, each with one reason worth a look.

146 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

#4,449 of the rated field

1474 power rating

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

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 Aug 24, 2018

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SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF

#4,450 of the rated field

1474 power rating

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

Fewer contests behind them than Team Sunrise BBQ has cooked, 13 to 19, which makes theirs the less settled rating of the two.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Oct 4, 2024

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MEATATARIAN'S

#4,467 of the rated field

1474 power rating

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

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 13 contests

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Casey's BBQ & Smokehouse

#4,443 of the rated field

1474 power rating

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

13 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 15% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 13 contests
last seen Aug 24, 2019

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PIG FARMER'S BBQ

#4,440 of the rated field

1474 power rating

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

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

rated over 12 contests
last seen Jan 17, 2025

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McQ Smokers

#4,435 of the rated field

1474 power rating

Contests: 17
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 6%
Peak: 1474

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

rated over 17 contests
last seen Sep 11, 2026

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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 🔥	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 field size and state

By contest size

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

By state / province (where the contests were held)

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

Repeat visits (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%	Sep 14, 2024
Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 2)	2	17	top 79%	May 31, 2025
La Classique BBQ Labonte	2	21	top 87%	Aug 2, 2024

More numbers

Busiest season 2025 6 contests

Contests a season 4.8 across 4 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NH 5 of 19 contests · 4 states and provinces in all

Contests visited 10 3 of them more than once

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

Opponents faced 138 finished ahead 91 times, behind 219

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

20261 milestone

Jun 19 Most recent contest New Lowell True North BBQ Bash

20255 milestones

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

20241 milestone

Sep 13 First overall past 90% of a perfect score654.1140 Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 )

20233 milestones

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)

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13	La Classique What the Pork?	Aug 1, 2025
+9	La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes	May 29, 2026
+3.4	New Lowell True North BBQ Bash	Jun 19, 2026
+3.3	JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition	May 23, 2026
+1.9	Spencerville Smoke Ring	Sep 27, 2025

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-13	La Classique BBQ Labonte	Aug 4, 2023
-11.2	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Sep 8, 2023
-8.5	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES	Jun 1, 2024
-7.7	La Classique BBQ Labonte	Aug 2, 2024
-6	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY1 )	Sep 13, 2024

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	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
Jun 19, 2026	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)
May 29, 2026	La Classique - L'Entrepot de Viandes Montreal, QC	9 / 24 (671.9544)	13 (168)	13 (163.9772)	7 (170.8572)	8 (169.1200)
May 23, 2026	JACK9 Memorial BBQ Competition La Salette, ON	10 / 20 (670.2172)	15 (163.4172)	12 (167.9772)	10 (169.1428)	9 (169.6800)
May 9, 2026	Smoke on the Seaway Cornwall, ON	8 / 12 (670.7772)	5 (173.1428)	4 (168.5600)	2 (169.1200)	9 (159.9544)
May 9, 2026	Smoke on the Seaway (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cornwall, ON	—	—	2 (178.8572)	—	—
Sep 27, 2025	Spencerville Smoke Ring Spencerville	8 / 14 (678.7428)	1 (180)	8 (169.1200)	13 (165.0972)	9 (164.5256)
Aug 1, 2025	La Classique What the Pork? Sainte-Perpetue, QC	4 / 18 (692.0116)	14 (167.9884)	2 (175.4516)	5 (171.9888)	2 (176.5828)
May 31, 2025	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)
May 31, 2025	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Hancock, NH	—	5 (171.4172)	—	—	—
May 31, 2025	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Hancock, NH	—	—	12 (155.3600)	—	—
May 30, 2025	Granite State BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY 1) 🏅 Hancock, NH	17 / 22 (661.0060)	22 (156.4912)	12 (172)	11 (166.2632)	14 (166.2516)
Sep 14, 2024	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (DAY2) 🏅 Braintree, VT	18 / 25 (667.2912)	17 (167.9656)	16 (163.9312)	5 (172)	19 (163.3944)
Sep 13, 2024	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)
Aug 2, 2024	La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC	21 / 26 (642.8340)	26 (147.9884)	6 (169.1200)	15 (166.3200)	18 (159.4056)
Jun 1, 2024	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)
Sep 10, 2023	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Braintree, VT	—	5 (171.9772)	—	—	—
Sep 10, 2023	Green Mountain BBQ Championship - CAMPGROUND BBQ SERIES (ONE MEAT RIBS) Braintree, VT	—	—	6 (169.7028)	—	—
Sep 8, 2023	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)
Aug 4, 2023	La Classique BBQ Labonte Sainte-Perpetue, QC	31 / 33 (609.1088)	18 (159.4284)	22 (157.7372)	11 (162.2972)	33 (129.6460)

Team Sunrise BBQ

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

Best ToY finish

Grand champs

Category wins

Overall top-10s

Best top-10 run

Avg finish

Best overall

Perfect 180s

Current form

Walk rate

Best single call

Consistency

Strongest meat

Road miles

Schedule strength

Purse competed for

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (8 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

Perfect scores on the board

They almost always walk

High-water mark

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

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

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

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

By meat

By field size and state

By contest size

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Repeat visits (contests they've cooked twice or more)

More numbers

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

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

📉 Toughest weekends

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

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

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