SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED KS
Rating
1603
peak 1635 · rated over 31 contests
Best runs
13
straight top-10s
Contests
37
in the data
First seen
2019-03-22
latest 2025-10-11
Best ToY finish
#39
Master 2019
Grand champs
4
2 reserve
Category wins
11
32 podiums
Overall top-10s
25
of 37 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
1 🔥
Current form
676.60 ▲
last 5 Master vs avg 672.19 (+4.41)
Walk rate
86%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
13
best run (overall)
Consistency
±10.10
std dev of Master overall scores (lower = steadier)
Strongest meat
Chicken
avg 169.40 · weakest Brisket (165.27)
Road miles
18086
mi across 37 mapped stops · furthest 5512 mi
Schedule strength
49%
of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1544)
State championships
0 🏅
GCs in 1 state-championship entries
Master avg
672.19 / 720
31 Master contests · 4 GCs
Storylines
🎯 The one to beat
Knockstone BBQ Team Austria has finished one call ahead of SUNCITY BBQ SZEGED 3 times — their closest competition in the data.
👀 Looking over their shoulder
Woodquarter Smokerheads has landed one call behind them 2 times.
⚔️ A tough matchup
SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 14 shared contests.
⚔️ A strong matchup
They've finished ahead of Roast a Piece in 11 of their 12 shared contests.
🗡️ Giant slayer
Took the Grand Championship over a 44-team field at 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival.
🐣 Announced themselves early
Finished 1 of 20 at their very first tracked contest, Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 (2019-03-22).
Teams like this (closest power rating, KS first)
Familiar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| COOKLOUNGE BBQ | 26 | 18 | 8 | 69% | ⚔ compare |
| SCHLUCHTENGRILLER BBQ | 20 | 7 | 13 | 35% | ⚔ compare |
| White Squirrel BBQ | 18 | 7 | 11 | 39% | ⚔ compare |
| Knockstone BBQ Team Austria | 16 | 6 | 10 | 38% | ⚔ compare |
| Westside BBQ | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57% | ⚔ compare |
| SOUTHERN DUTCH BBQ | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7% | ⚔ compare |
| Roast a Piece | 12 | 11 | 1 | 92% | ⚔ compare |
| EGGHEAD-BARBECUE | 11 | 10 | 1 | 91% | ⚔ compare |
| DRAGON BBQ | 8 | 5 | 3 | 63% | ⚔ compare |
| BUNCH OF SWINES | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| IQ - NETHERLANDS | 8 | 2 | 6 | 25% | ⚔ compare |
| BBQ4FUN | 7 | 7 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Stammtischgriller | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| GRILLSPITZ BBQ HUNTERS | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| SAUWALD BBQ | 6 | 6 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 32 | 23 | 3 | 9 | 178.2972 | 151.9428 | 169.40 | top 41% |
| Pork Ribs | 36 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 177.1772 | 153.7260 | 168.19 | top 39% |
| Pork | 31 | 23 | 2 | 9 | 176.5828 | 151.4172 | 169.33 | top 36% |
| Brisket | 31 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 180.0000 🔥 | 147.3372 | 165.27 | top 46% |
“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 | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| KS | 2 | 0 | top 66% |
| TN | 1 | 0 | top 47% |
| LT | 1 | 0 | top 40% |
By contest size
| Field | Contests | GCs | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Small (<20 teams) | 15 | 1 | top 37% |
| Medium (20–39) | 11 | 2 | top 29% |
| Large (40+) | 5 | 1 | top 44% |
Contest-by-contest record (recurring contests they've cooked twice or more)
| Contest | Visits | Best | GCs | Avg finish | Last visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wild West Fest on Fire | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 37% | 2025-08-09 |
| Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | top 38% | 2022-07-30 |
| Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | top 36% | 2022-07-29 |
The story so far
- Busiest season: 2019 (11 contests)
- Cooks mostly in KS (2 of 37 contests)
- Most-entered category: Pork Ribs (36 entries)
- First Grand Championship in the data: Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 (2019-03-22)
- Wins it all in 11% of contests
- Average Master overall score: 672.19 / 720
- 1 perfect 180 on the books 🔥
Milestones
- 🚩 2019-03-22 — First tracked contest · Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1
- 📣 2019-03-22 — First call · Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1
- 🏆 2019-03-22 — First Grand Championship · Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1
- 🔥 2019-07-20 — First perfect 180 (Brisket) · 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
- ⭐ 2019-07-20 — Career-best overall score (691.4056) · 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival
- 📈 2021-08-14 — Peak power rating (1635) · Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2
- 🎖️ 2022-09-29 — 25th tracked contest · American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST
Power rating over time (1500 = average; recomputed nightly)
📈 Biggest rating jumps
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| +16.1 | Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 | 2019-03-22 |
| +14.4 | 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 | 2019-04-27 |
| +14 | Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 | 2019-03-23 |
| +12.9 | 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | 2019-07-20 |
| +11.8 | Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest | 2019-09-07 |
📉 Toughest weekends
| Swing | Contest | Date |
|---|---|---|
| -12.3 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 2022-09-29 |
| -11.9 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition | 2025-10-11 |
| -7.4 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival | 2022-07-23 |
| -7.4 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days | 2023-07-29 |
| -3.2 | The War of Barbeque | 2022-06-18 |
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 | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50% | top 58% | 94.6% | 94.1% |
| 2024 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 41% | 93.7% | 93.7% |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 100% | top 49% | 94.4% | 92.9% |
| 2022 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 63% | top 55% | 93.9% | 92.7% |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 100% | top 31% | 94% | 93% |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100% | top 39% | 93.1% | 92.1% |
| 2019 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 100% | top 16% | 96% | 94.1% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-11 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition Szerencs, 3900 | 16 / 21 (674.1368) | 17 (167.9656) | 11 (170.8228) | 11 (169.6684) | 14 (165.6800) |
| 2025-10-11 | V. I Love Smoky Exhibition and BBQ Competition (ONE MEAT RIBS) Szerencs, 3900 | — | — | 2 (174.8800) | — | — |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 8 / 20 (681.0744) | 11 (171.9772) | 4 (174.2972) | 15 (163.9656) | 8 (170.8344) |
| 2025-08-09 | Wild West Fest on Fire (ONE MEAT RIBS) Medvode, 1215 | — | — | 12 (168.5600) | — | — |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival Freistadt, Os 4240 | 9 / 22 (674.7428) | 10 (169.6684) | 7 (165.0972) | 3 (176.0000) | 14 (163.9772) |
| 2024-05-18 | Muehlviertler BBQ Festival (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Freistadt, Os 4240 | — | 9 (166.8228) | — | — | — |
| 2023-10-21 | Vienna BBQ Days 2023 Vienna, 1110 | 6 / 13 (679.3716) | 1 (178.2972) | 8 (167.4056) | 5 (171.4172) | 11 (162.2516) |
| 2023-10-21 | Vienna BBQ Days 2023 (ONE MEAT RIBS) Vienna, 1110 | — | — | 7 (170.2972) | — | — |
| 2023-08-12 | Wild West Fest on Fire Medvode, 1215 | 4 / 12 (673.6684) | 7 (168.0112) | 7 (159.9888) | 4 (171.9656) | 2 (173.7028) |
| 2023-07-29 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days Reichenau, | 8 / 12 (653.5884) | 11 (156.5372) | 10 (158.2400) | 5 (168.5600) | 3 (170.2512) |
| 2023-07-29 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days (ONE MEAT RIBS) Reichenau, | — | — | 7 (165.7028) | — | — |
| 2022-10-14 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) Lynchburg, TN | 39 / 83 (675.8968) | 61 (165.1084) | 43 (170.8228) | 28 (171.4284) | 45 (168.5372) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST Kansas City, KS | 213 / 249 (665.6340) | 98 (172.5828) | 188 (166.2628) | 217 (163.9656) | 212 (162.8228) |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST 🏅 Kansas City, KS | 239 / 505 (669.6340) | 352 (163.3828) | 172 (170.2856) | 134 (171.9656) | 268 (164.0000) |
| 2022-07-30 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2 Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 4 / 11 (675.4396) | 2 (172.5828) | 2 (169.1428) | 8 (162.2512) | 4 (171.4628) |
| 2022-07-29 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1 Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 5 / 10 (671.3596) | 9 (163.4516) | 5 (166.2284) | 2 (171.4284) | 4 (170.2512) |
| 2022-07-23 | 5th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival , | 13 / 20 (648.4572) | 6 (172.0000) | 6 (166.2628) | 12 (162.8228) | 18 (147.3716) |
| 2022-06-18 | The War of Barbeque Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | 8 / 15 (666.7772) | 6 (170.2972) | 7 (166.2744) | 6 (170.8228) | 10 (159.3828) |
| 2022-06-18 | The War of Barbeque (ONE MEAT RIBS) Isola della Scala (VR), 300257 | — | — | 5 (163.9772) | — | — |
| 2021-09-11 | Twin Smoke Vilnius, LT | 6 / 15 (663.9428) | 2 (174.2628) | 3 (171.4400) | 6 (164.5828) | 7 (153.6572) |
| 2021-08-14 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 2 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 7 / 26 (666.8228) | 4 (170.8456) | 16 (158.2628) | 2 (176.5828) | 12 (161.1316) |
| 2021-08-13 | Eastern BBQ Contest 2020-Day 1 MEERBEKE, 9402 | 5 / 19 (663.9544) | 3 (174.3200) | 1 (177.1772) | 8 (165.1200) | 17 (147.3372) |
| 2021-07-24 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 2 Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 4 / 10 (677.1200) | 4 (173.7028) | 7 (164.5944) | 2 (174.8456) | 6 (163.9772) |
| 2021-07-23 | Vienna Alps BBQ Days - Day 1 Reichenau an der Rax, 2651 | 2 / 9 (674.8228) | 8 (151.9428) | 1 (173.1772) | 2 (176.0000) | 2 (173.7028) |
| 2020-07-25 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 2 Vienna, 1030 | 6 / 21 (670.2860) | 2 (172.5944) | 1 (174.2972) | 12 (164.5600) | 13 (158.8344) |
| 2020-07-24 | Vienna BBQ Days 2020 Day 1 Vienna, 1030 | 9 / 18 (655.9656) | 1 (174.2856) | 13 (158.2628) | 5 (168.5600) | 13 (154.8572) |
| 2019-10-05 | Austrian BBQ Festival- Indian Summer Challenge 2019 Graz, Messegelande, 8010 | 7 / 16 (658.2288) | 7 (169.1200) | 15 (153.7260) | 9 (163.3828) | 1 (172.0000) |
| 2019-09-07 | Jack Daniel's presents Burgerfest Prague, 17000 | 1 / 13 (680.5828) | 5 (165.1544) | 1 (175.4744) | 1 (173.1428) | 6 (166.8112) |
| 2019-08-10 | Wild West Fest On Fire Zbilje, Medvode, 1215 | 3 / 27 (679.3944) | 14 (167.9888) | 6 (169.7372) | 5 (171.9656) | 5 (169.7028) |
| 2019-07-20 | 4th Black Forest Smoke & Wine Festival Bad Bellingen, 79415 | 1 / 44 (691.4056) | 12 (169.1428) | 14 (166.2628) | 2 (176.0000) | 1 (180.0000) |
| 2019-06-22 | The War of Barbeque Jesolo, Venezia, 300257 | 3 / 19 (674.8576) | 9 (169.1316) | 7 (168.0000) | 8 (168.5944) | 4 (169.1316) |
| 2019-06-08 | Tony Stone BBQ Competition Hoofddorp, 2314CG | 21 / 55 (660.0000) | 1 (177.7600) | 12 (168.0000) | 48 (151.4172) | 25 (162.8228) |
| 2019-05-18 | Transylvanian BBQ Festival Covasna County, 520008 | 4 / 17 (670.7772) | 7 (166.8344) | 3 (170.2744) | 5 (165.1084) | 4 (168.5600) |
| 2019-04-27 | 5th Barbecue Bulls Championship Salzburg 2019 Salzburg, 5020 | 1 / 26 (689.6800) | 2 (174.8456) | 5 (174.8572) | 4 (172.5600) | 10 (167.4172) |
| 2019-04-13 | 2nd Wild King BBQ Competition Tirol, A-6380 | 4 / 28 (680.5144) | 21 (161.6456) | 2 (172.5944) | 3 (172.5600) | 4 (173.7144) |
| 2019-03-23 | Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day2 Torreglia, Pa 30027 | 2 / 25 (684.5484) | 2 (177.1544) | 6 (169.1656) | 1 (174.2856) | 16 (163.9428) |
| 2019-03-22 | Country Road & BBQ Contest -Day1 Torreglia, Pa 30027 | 1 / 20 (685.2000) | 6 (171.4400) | 4 (174.8800) | 6 (173.7256) | 8 (165.1544) |
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 | #672 (138 pts) | #853 (108 pts) | #532 (302 pts) | #679 (148 pts) | #735 (128 pts) |
| 2025 ↗ | Master | #1034 (91 pts) | #1125 (86 pts) | #589 (350 pts) | #985 (116 pts) | #1038 (101 pts) |
| 2024 ↗ | Master | #849 (132 pts) | #686 (254 pts) | #918 (152 pts) | #727 (222 pts) | #1039 (102 pts) |
| 2023 ↗ | Master | #848 (153 pts) | #664 (263 pts) | #1071 (133 pts) | #861 (163 pts) | #1120 (108 pts) |
| 2022 ↗ | Master | #326 (706 pts) | #306 (791 pts) | #244 (981 pts) | #325 (751 pts) | #351 (686 pts) |
| 2021 ↗ | Master | #211 (899 pts) | #191 (974 pts) | #208 (979 pts) | #182 (1014 pts) | #277 (729 pts) |
| 2020 ↗ | Master | #378 (289 pts) | #236 (514 pts) | #338 (374 pts) | #410 (279 pts) | #525 (209 pts) |
| 2019 ↗ | Master | #39 (2331 pts) | #91 (1763 pts) | #71 (1825 pts) | #54 (1996 pts) | #76 (1831 pts) |
| 2018 ↗ | Master | #550 (651 pts) | #657 (561 pts) | #632 (581 pts) | #726 (496 pts) | #598 (611 pts) |