Southern Swine

Southern Swine is a competition barbecue team with 34 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2014 and 2026. They have won 2 Grand Championships, most recently at the Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2026), and finished Reserve Grand Champion twice. They are ranked #886 of 6,485 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#886

of 6,485 rated · rankings

Rating

1618

peak 1618 · rated over 29 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Sep 12, 2014

latest Sep 11, 2026 · 12 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#12

Backyard 2026 · every season

Grand champs

2 reserve · wins it all 6% of the time

Category wins

12 podiums

Overall top-10s

44% of 34 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s · 2 straight GCs

Avg finish

top 43%

overall standings

Best overall

679.8628 / 720

Master · Bama Brew & Que

Perfect 180s

1 🔥

Current form

342.34 ▼

last 5 Backyard vs avg 343.46 (-1.12)

Walk rate

65%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

180 🔥

Pork Ribs · Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)

Consistency

±7.31

spread of their Backyard overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 171.77 · weakest Brisket (161.85)

Road miles

4,999

across 34 mapped stops · furthest 501 mi

Schedule strength

62%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1579)

Purse competed for

$147K

listed at 27 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

1 🏅

won from 11 state-championship entries

Master avg

654.87 / 720

8 Master contests · 0 GCs

Backyard avg

343.46 / 360

20 Backyard contests · 2 GCs

Backyard (4-meat) avg

664.95 / 720

1 Backyard (4-meat) contest · 0 GCs

These overall scores sit on different scales (Master out of 720, Backyard out of 360, Backyard (4-meat) out of 720), so they're kept separate — averaging them together would be misleading.

This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.

Storylines (21 found in their record)

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

Riding a hot streak

4 straight overall top-10s

Currently on a 4-contest overall top-10 run.

career best 8

The heartbreaker

1.1544 points from the title

Came within 1.1544 points of the Grand Championship at Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (Nov 14, 2025).

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 pork ribs.

Pork Ribs ×1

Against the odds

23-in-100 shot on pre-contest ratings

The ratings favoured the top seed the other 77 times in 100

Their Grand Championship at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (Mar 13, 2026) came as the ratings underdog — roughly a 23-in-100 shot against the field's top-rated team, Rollin Smoke BBQ.

On the rise

+100 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 100 points across 15 contests since Sep 19, 2025 — from 1517 up to 1618.

15 contests since Sep 19, 2025
now 1618

Giant slayer

32 teams beaten in one weekend

Took the Grand Championship over a 32-team field at Ribs on the Ridge.

Feb 20, 2026

Happy hunting ground

Top 15% average finish here

Atlanta BBQ Store Classic is their spot: an average finish in the top 15% across 2 visits.

2 visits
best finish 2nd
average top 15%

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Multi-meat days

2 contests with 2+ category wins

They've won two or more meats on the same day 2 times — the best of them 2 category wins at Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) (Mar 13, 2026).

Chicken 1st
Pork Ribs 1st

They almost always walk

65% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 22 of 34 contests

A top-10 category call in 65% of their 34 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

679.8628 career-best overall

94.4% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 679.8628 at Bama Brew & Que — 94.4% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 25, 2015

State champions

1 state championship won

They've taken 1 state championship from 11 entries at contests carrying the title.

11 state-championship entries

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

Wee Daddy's BBQ has finished one call ahead of Southern Swine 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

Their season

2026 2 Grand Championships

2026 was the year it came together: 12 contests, 2 Grand Championships and 5 category wins, at an average finish in the top 30%.

12 contests
9 overall top-10s
5 category wins
average top 30%

A tough matchup

13–5 behind in the head-to-head

Rollin Smoke BBQ ahead in 72% of their meetings

Rollin Smoke BBQ has come out ahead in 13 of their 18 shared contests.

The weak link

−9.9 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 9.93 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 30% of the time against 52%.

Brisket avg 161.85
Chicken avg 171.77
3 calls in 10 entries

A strong matchup

7–3 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 70% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of Dogpatch Q in 7 of their 10 shared contests.

The comeback

5.6 yrs off the trail, then back

Off the trail for 5.6 years, then back at Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival (Apr 29, 2022).

last seen Oct 7, 2016
back Apr 29, 2022

Chicken nemesis

14 of 20 shared chicken entries lost

Rollin Smoke BBQ ahead 70% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Rollin Smoke BBQ has out-cooked them in 14 of 20 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

Rollin Smoke BBQ has landed one call behind them 2 times.

A March team

Top 20% average finish in March

Something about March: average finish in the top 20% across 3 contests, versus top 43% the rest of the year.

3 March contests
top 43% the rest of the year

The long haul

4,999 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 4,999 miles across 34 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 501 miles to Ribs on the Ridge.

34 mapped stops
furthest 501 mi

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 ↗	Backyard	#12 (1,221 pts)	#18 (1,137 pts)	#11 (1,217 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Backyard	#124 (461 pts)	#97 (588 pts)	#108 (584 pts)	—	—
2025 ↗	Master	—	#742 (216 pts)	#769 (228 pts)	#869 (144 pts)	—
2024 ↗	Backyard	#362 (75 pts)	#377 (60 pts)	#336 (100 pts)	—	—
2016 ↗	Master	#2866 (58 pts)	#2087 (108 pts)	#2888 (58 pts)	#2885 (58 pts)	#2131 (98 pts)
2015 ↗	Master	#1429 (176 pts)	#1308 (226 pts)	#1753 (126 pts)	#1448 (201 pts)	#1759 (121 pts)

Overall rank by season

Teams like this (closest power rating)

The teams rated closest to Southern Swine, each with one reason worth a look.

Pappy & Roleys

#884 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 38
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 39%
Peak: 1636

1–0 in 1 shared contest (100% to Southern Swine)

One contest in common so far: too few to settle anything, but a team Southern Swine has actually stood beside rather than a stranger on the same rating.

rated over 37 contests
last seen Jan 9, 2025

⚔ Head-to-head

Q'N CANUCKS

#888 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 28
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1635

Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 7 years before Southern Swine's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.

rated over 28 contests

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Butts-N-Racks BBQ

#883 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 30
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 37%
Peak: 1618

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 26 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 26 contests
last seen Aug 21, 2026

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WV LOC-N-LOADED BBQ

#882 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 27%
Peak: 1628

Careers of much the same size, 41 contests to 34, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 40 contests
last seen Jun 25, 2021

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YARD TIME BBQ

#885 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 16
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 50%
Peak: 1618

16 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 50% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 16 contests
last seen Oct 6, 2018

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GIVE IT TO GOD

#889 of the rated field

1618 power rating

Contests: 90
GCs: 3
Top-10s: 32%
Peak: 1681

Level with Southern Swine on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 87 contests
last seen Apr 28, 2017

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
Rollin Smoke BBQ	18	5	13	28%	⚔ compare
PUDDLEDUCK BBQ	15	6	9	40%	⚔ compare
LEE LA Q	12	4	8	33%	⚔ compare
Pork Life	11	6	5	55%	⚔ compare
Deviant Smoke	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
Wee Daddy's BBQ	11	4	7	36%	⚔ compare
Dogpatch Q	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
Mind if I Smoke?	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare
Bentley Que	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Electro-Que-ted	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Say My Name BBQ	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Modest Meats	9	3	6	33%	⚔ compare
Smokey Bees BBQ - MS	8	2	6	25%	⚔ compare
LENOX & SON BBQ COMPANY	7	5	2	71%	⚔ compare
HOLY SMOKIN!!!	7	3	4	43%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	31	16	2	4	178.8572	155.9544	171.77	top 38%
Pork Ribs	30	13	2	5	180 🔥	149.6572	168.46	top 48%
Pork	15	7	1	2	176.5600	151.3600	166.37	top 52%
Brisket	10	3	0	1	174.2628	139.8972	161.85	top 60%

“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)	3	0	top 69%
Medium (20–39)	22	2	top 43%
Large (40+)	4	0	top 22%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
AL	17	1	top 43%
MS	4	0	top 86%
IL	2	0	top 28%
TN	2	0	top 43%
GA	2	0	top 15%
KY	1	0	top 5%
FL	1	1	top 3%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2)	2	7	top 28%	Aug 15, 2026
Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	10	top 53%	Jun 12, 2026
Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	2	4	top 34%	Jun 5, 2026
High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	12	top 43%	May 15, 2026
Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)	2	5	top 29%	Mar 27, 2026
Atlanta BBQ Store Classic	2	2	top 15%	Nov 14, 2025
Bama Brew & Que	2	5	top 37%	Sep 25, 2015

More numbers

Busiest season 2026 12 contests · 2 GCs

Contests a season 4.9 across 7 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 21 of 34 contests · 7 states in all

Contests visited 22 7 of them more than once

Most-entered meat Chicken 31 entries · 2 wins · 16 calls

First title Feb 20, 2026 Ribs on the Ridge

Opponents faced 563 finished ahead 671 times, behind 362

Longest layoff 5.6 yrs Oct 7, 2016 → Apr 29, 2022

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

20269 milestones

Feb 20 First category win (Chicken) Ribs on the Ridge
Feb 20 First Grand Championship Ribs on the Ridge
Feb 20 First state championship Ribs on the Ridge
Feb 20 First multi-meat day Ribs on the Ridge
Feb 20 Biggest field won (32 teams) Ribs on the Ridge
Mar 13 First perfect 180 (Pork Ribs) Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Mar 27 25th tracked contest Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)
Sep 11 Peak power rating (1618) Bands & BBQ at the Point
Sep 11 Most recent contest Bands & BBQ at the Point

20252 milestones

Nov 14 First overall podium Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
Nov 14 First Reserve Championship Atlanta BBQ Store Classic

20241 milestone

Nov 15 10th tracked contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic

20152 milestones

Sep 25 First overall top-10 Bama Brew & Que
Sep 25 Career-best overall score679.8628 Bama Brew & Que

20143 milestones

Sep 12 First tracked contest Bama Brew & Que
Sep 12 First call Bama Brew & Que
Sep 12 First overall past 90% of a perfect score669.6112 Bama Brew & Que

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+18.2	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic	Nov 14, 2025
+17.3	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE)	Sep 19, 2025
+17.2	Ribs on the Ridge	Feb 20, 2026
+14.1	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 13, 2026
+12.7	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY)	Mar 27, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-12.9	Downtown BBQ Throwdown	Oct 7, 2016
-8.9	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Fest	May 2, 2025
-8.3	O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2	May 2, 2026
-8.2	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival	Apr 29, 2022
-4.9	Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY)	Jun 13, 2025

Scores over time (% of a perfect score, averaged over 5 contests — 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)
2026	12	2	9	5	92%	top 30%	99.4%	95.9%
2025	12	0	3	0	42%	top 45%	98.7%	94.6%
2024	2	0	0	0	50%	top 42%	93.9%	92.5%
2022	2	0	1	0	100%	top 78%	89.1%	89%
2016	4	0	1	0	25%	top 70%	93.9%	90.2%
2015	1	0	1	0	100%	top 19%	94.4%	94.4%
2014	1	0	0	0	100%	top 54%	93%	93%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 11, 2026	Bands & BBQ at the Point 🏅 Carrollton, KY	2 / 38 (349.6800)	6 (171.9656)	1 (177.7144)	—	—
Aug 15, 2026	Smoke N for the Kids (Day 2) 🏅 Troy, IL	9 / 32 (337.0628)	8 (167.3828)	9 (169.6800)	—	—
Aug 14, 2026	Smoke N for the Kids (Day 1) 🏅 Troy, IL	7 / 26 (334.7656)	7 (167.3828)	9 (167.3828)	—	—
Jun 12, 2026	Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	10 / 31 (343.9428)	22 (167.3828)	3 (176.5600)	—	—
Jun 5, 2026	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL	14 / 26 (346.2400)	13 (171.9772)	9 (174.2628)	11 (171.9656)	—
May 15, 2026	High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN	12 / 29 (341.6684)	11 (171.9884)	15 (169.6800)	—	—
May 2, 2026	O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 Cleveland, AL	12 / 15 (341.6572)	10 (173.1200)	12 (168.5372)	—	—
May 1, 2026	O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 Cleveland, AL	9 / 17 (341.6572)	5 (174.2744)	16 (167.3828)	—	—
Apr 3, 2026	Smoke on the Falls 🏅 Gadsden, AL	8 / 36 (345.0972)	4 (176.5600)	17 (168.5372)	—	—
Mar 27, 2026	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL	5 / 43 (350.2744)	5 (177.7144)	11 (172.5600)	—	—
Mar 13, 2026	Foley BBQ & Blues Cook-Off (BACKYARD ONLY) Foley, AL	1 / 30 (357.7028)	1 (177.7028)	1 (180)	3 (174.8800)	—
Feb 20, 2026	Ribs on the Ridge 🏅 Haines City, FL	1 / 32 (351.9772)	1 (178.8572)	4 (173.1200)	1 (176)	2 (173.1200)
Dec 5, 2025	Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) 🏅 Demopolis, AL	6 / 21 (664.9484)	11 (171.9656)	23 (157.0744)	19 (161.6456)	8 (174.2628)
Nov 14, 2025	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA	2 / 56 (355.4056)	4 (177.7028)	2 (177.7028)	—	—
Oct 24, 2025	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cleveland, AL	—	13 (174.2628)	—	—	—
Oct 24, 2025	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT PORK) Cleveland, AL	—	—	—	8 (174.2628)	—
Oct 24, 2025	The Great Alabama BBQ Cook-Off (ONE MEAT RIBS) Cleveland, AL	—	—	3 (177.7028)	—	—
Sep 19, 2025	Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Glencoe, AL	4 / 30 (349.6800)	11 (173.1200)	5 (176.5600)	5 (176.5600)	—
Sep 5, 2025	Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) Cullman, AL	17 / 29 (340.5028)	23 (169.6800)	12 (170.8228)	—	—
Sep 5, 2025	Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (ONE MEAT CHICKEN) Cullman, AL	—	13 (169.6800)	—	—	—
Jun 13, 2025	Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) Huntsville, AL	26 / 35 (333.6112)	14 (173.1084)	30 (160.5028)	—	—
May 16, 2025	High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Winchester, TN	14 / 32 (342.8116)	12 (173.1200)	17 (169.6916)	24 (151.3600)	—
May 2, 2025	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Fest 🏅 Brookhaven, MS	25 / 27 (658.8228)	19 (170.8572)	19 (170.2628)	25 (156.5484)	23 (161.1544)
Mar 21, 2025	Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) Athens, AL	20 / 43 (339.3600)	19 (170.8228)	21 (168.5372)	—	—
Nov 15, 2024	Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cuming, GA	15 / 58 (338.2056)	10 (174.2628)	25 (163.9428)	—	—
Oct 11, 2024	Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) Scottsboro, AL	22 / 38 (327.9428)	26 (162.2628)	17 (165.6800)	—	—
Nov 4, 2022	Biloxi Blues & BBQ Festival 🏅 Biloxi, MS	8 / 11 (641.5436)	8 (165.6916)	10 (154.2288)	7 (166.2516)	8 (155.3716)
Apr 29, 2022	Hog Wild BBQ Cookoff and Family Festival 🏅 Brookhaven, MS	21 / 25 (640.4228)	5 (172.5600)	18 (161.0972)	22 (155.9540)	22 (150.8116)
Oct 7, 2016	Downtown BBQ Throwdown Hattiesburg, MS	25 / 26 (609.5432)	20 (155.9544)	24 (149.6572)	15 (164.0344)	26 (139.8972)
Oct 7, 2016	Bacon Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL	10 / 26 (676.4224)	7 (173.1084)	15 (167.3828)	7 (168.5484)	11 (167.3828)
Aug 26, 2016	Franklin BBQ Festival Presented By Franklin Noon Rotary Club Franklin, TN	—	—	—	—	—
Jul 29, 2016	Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off Hartselle, AL	25 / 33 (662.7200)	15 (170.8456)	33 (159.9544)	28 (163.9428)	17 (167.9772)
Sep 25, 2015	Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL	5 / 26 (679.8628)	3 (175.4056)	10 (167.3944)	4 (170.8228)	11 (166.2400)
Sep 12, 2014	Bama Brew & Que Tuscaloosa, AL	14 / 26 (669.6112)	3 (174.2628)	10 (170.2628)	22 (162.8228)	18 (162.2628)

Southern Swine

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

Backyard avg

Backyard (4-meat) avg

Storylines (21 found in their record)

Riding a hot streak

The heartbreaker

Perfect scores on the board

Against the odds

On the rise

Giant slayer

Happy hunting ground

Multi-meat days

They almost always walk

High-water mark

State champions

The one to beat

Their season

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

The comeback

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

A March team

The long haul

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, averaged over 5 contests — 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)