County Line Que

County Line Que is a competition barbecue team with 30 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2013 and 2015. Their best overall finish is 3rd of 51 at the Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) (2015). They are ranked #940 of 6,491 teams in the KCBS power rankings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

#940

of 6,491 rated · rankings

Rating

1612

peak 1620 · rated over 30 contests

Contests

in the data

First seen

Apr 26, 2013

latest Sep 4, 2015 · 2.4 years on the trail

Grand champs

0 reserve

Category wins

9 podiums

Overall top-10s

37% of 30 contests

Best top-10 run

straight overall top-10s

Avg finish

top 36%

overall standings

Best overall

698.8344 / 720

Master · Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)

Perfect 180s

Current form

666.04 ▲

last 5 Master vs avg 664.95 (+1.10)

Walk rate

83%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

178.8572

Brisket · Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)

Consistency

±11.53

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Chicken

avg 168.84 · weakest Brisket (163.86)

Road miles

3,914

across 30 mapped stops · furthest 256 mi

Schedule strength

30%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1540)

State championships

0 🏅

won from 1 state-championship entry

Master avg

664.95 / 720

30 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (11 found in their record)

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

On the rise

+29 rating points in a year

Their power rating has climbed 29 points across 13 contests since Sep 12, 2014 — from 1583 up to 1612.

13 contests since Sep 12, 2014
now 1612

They almost always walk

83% of contests with a top-10 call

A call in 25 of 30 contests

A top-10 category call in 83% of their 30 contests — they get to the stage more often than not.

High-water mark

698.8344 career-best overall

97.1% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 698.8344 at Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) — 97.1% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 12, 2014

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

TEMPLAR TEMPTATIONS has finished one call ahead of County Line Que 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

16–1 behind in the head-to-head

Killer B's BBQ ahead in 94% of their meetings

Killer B's BBQ has come out ahead in 16 of their 17 shared contests.

The weak link

−5.0 points behind their best meat

Brisket is where the weekend gets away from them — it averages 4.98 points below their chicken, and turns into a call 27% of the time against 50%.

Brisket avg 163.86
Chicken avg 168.84
8 calls in 30 entries

A strong matchup

11–0 ahead in the head-to-head

Ahead in 100% of their meetings

They've finished ahead of PIG ON FIRE in 11 of their 11 shared contests.

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Chicken nemesis

13 of 17 shared chicken entries lost

Killer B's BBQ ahead 76% of the time

Even in their strongest meat, Killer B's BBQ has out-cooked them in 13 of 17 shared chicken entries.

Looking over their shoulder

2× one call behind them

St. Louis Pit - Que has landed one call behind them 2 times.

The long haul

3,914 road miles between contests

Contest to contest, they've covered roughly 3,914 miles across 30 mapped stops — the longest single trip being 256 miles to Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional).

30 mapped stops
furthest 256 mi

The metronome

±1.60% swing around their own average

Their overall lands within ±1.60% of a perfect score of their own average — whatever the field, you know roughly what they'll turn in.

averages 92.4% of a perfect score
30 contests

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THAT'S OUR QUE

#941 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 27
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 44%
Peak: 1614

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 27 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 27 contests
last seen Jun 1, 2019

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PIGGY D'S BBQ

#938 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 41
GCs: 1
Top-10s: 46%
Peak: 1627

Careers of much the same size, 41 contests to 30, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.

rated over 41 contests
last seen Aug 23, 2019

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BLACK CAT BBQ

#942 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 21
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 52%
Peak: 1612

21 contests and no Grand Championship yet — a rating made of 52% top-10 finishes rather than wins.

rated over 21 contests
last seen Aug 5, 2016

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TWO CRACKERS Q-ING

#936 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 20
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 60%
Peak: 1623

Level with County Line Que on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.

rated over 20 contests
last seen Sep 24, 2021

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PAPA'S PIT CREW

#939 of the rated field

1612 power rating

Contests: 53
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 30%
Peak: 1612

This is the highest they've ever been rated, 51 rated contests in — a team sitting at its own career peak.

rated over 51 contests
last seen Aug 14, 2026

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All About the Wood

#943 of the rated field

1611 power rating

Contests: 61
GCs: 0
Top-10s: 54%
Peak: 1645

They turned up 6 years after County Line Que did, first appearing in 2019.

rated over 59 contests
last seen Sep 27, 2026

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

Opponent	Meetings	Ahead	Behind	Win rate
THE SMOKEHOUSE MAFIA	17	4	13	24%	⚔ compare
SAUCED! BBQ TEAM	17	3	14	18%	⚔ compare
Killer B's BBQ	17	1	16	6%	⚔ compare
Bald Hawg BBQ	16	6	10	38%	⚔ compare
PICKIN' PORKERS	14	4	10	29%	⚔ compare
MIDNIGHT BURN	14	3	11	21%	⚔ compare
SMOKING BUTT HEADS	13	8	5	62%	⚔ compare
TWO OLD MEN AND A GRILL	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
WAYLON'S WICKEDLY GOOD Q	13	4	9	31%	⚔ compare
SMOKE THIS	12	1	11	8%	⚔ compare
PIG ON FIRE	11	11	0	100%	⚔ compare
BUBBAJACK'S	11	7	4	64%	⚔ compare
St. Louis Pit - Que	10	7	3	70%	⚔ compare
WICKED QUE	10	4	6	40%	⚔ compare
REDNECK SCIENTIFIC	10	2	8	20%	⚔ compare

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Wins	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	30	15	0	4	177.7372	155.4056	168.84	top 36%
Pork Ribs	30	12	4	4	178.3200	153.6572	165.91	top 39%
Pork	30	13	0	0	174.2628	156.5712	166.33	top 39%
Brisket	30	8	0	1	178.8572	151.3372	163.86	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 field size and state

By contest size

Field	Contests	GCs	Avg finish
Medium (20–39)	12	0	top 38%
Large (40+)	18	0	top 36%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
NC	13	top 35%
GA	8	top 40%
SC	8	top 29%
VA	1	top 83%

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

Contest	Visits	Best	Avg finish	Last visit
SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL)	3	6	top 33%	Jul 9, 2015
Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival	2	29	top 40%	Jun 13, 2014
Lincolnton Hog Happenin'	2	8	top 25%	Jun 6, 2014

More numbers

Busiest season 2015 11 contests

Contests a season 10 across 3 seasons in the data

Most contests held in NC 13 of 30 contests · 4 states in all

Contests visited 26 3 of them more than once

Opponents faced 623 finished ahead 938 times, behind 517

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

20153 milestones

May 29 25th tracked contest Piggin' in the Park
Aug 14 Peak power rating (1620) Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier)
Sep 4 Most recent contest Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)

20143 milestones

Sep 12 First overall podium Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
Sep 12 Career-best overall score698.8344 Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)
Sep 12 Career-best single call (Brisket)178.8572 Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)

20136 milestones

Apr 26 First tracked contest BBQ Capital Cook-Off
Apr 26 First call BBQ Capital Cook-Off
Apr 26 First overall past 90% of a perfect score653.1424 BBQ Capital Cook-Off
Jun 7 First overall top-10 Lincolnton Hog Happenin'
Aug 23 First category win (Pork Ribs) Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit
Oct 4 10th tracked contest Squealin' on the Square

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+13.7	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 11, 2013
+13	Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier)	Sep 12, 2014
+12.3	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig)	Apr 10, 2015
+11.3	Squealin' on the Square	Oct 4, 2013
+9.4	Lincolnton Hog Happenin'	Jun 7, 2013

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-8.9	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival	Apr 17, 2015
-8.2	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional)	Sep 4, 2015
-5.1	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier)	May 24, 2013
-4.1	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic	Sep 20, 2013
-3.8	SC Festival of Discovery	Jul 10, 2014

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	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2015	11	5	1	100%	top 39%	95.8%	93%
2014	9	3	1	78%	top 32%	97.1%	92.4%
2013	10	3	2	70%	top 37%	93.5%	91.6%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 4, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour (Regional) Richmond, VA	25 / 30 (650.6508)	22 (165.6684)	24 (161.6456)	10 (169.6684)	26 (153.6684)
Aug 14, 2015	Classic City BBQ Fest & Tailgate Show (GBC Qualifier) Athens, GA	12 / 40 (676.9940)	8 (174.2628)	11 (168.5372)	10 (171.9656)	27 (162.2284)
Jul 9, 2015	SC Festival of Discovery (TEAMS AND JUDGES FULL) Greenwood, SC	30 / 90 (664.3884)	8 (174.2628)	64 (156.5144)	27 (167.3828)	29 (166.2284)
Jun 12, 2015	Sam's Club National BBQ Tour N. Charleston, SC	5 / 29 (664.5600)	3 (174.2972)	28 (153.6800)	10 (165.1312)	6 (171.4516)
Jun 5, 2015	Hog Happenin' BBQ & Bike Fest Lincolnton, NC	9 / 34 (673.6112)	5 (173.7028)	9 (167.4400)	18 (163.9312)	11 (168.5372)
May 29, 2015	Piggin' in the Park Woodruff, SC	9 / 23 (666.7428)	9 (171.4056)	5 (168.5372)	8 (166.8228)	18 (159.9772)
May 22, 2015	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	33 / 65 (664.4456)	2 (177.7372)	33 (166.2744)	62 (157.0512)	42 (163.3828)
Apr 17, 2015	Cornelia Apple Blossom BBQ Festival Cornelia, GA	21 / 29 (667.8396)	18 (169.6684)	6 (169.1428)	27 (157.0628)	8 (171.9656)
Apr 10, 2015	Bib's Camel City Cookoff (formerly Jammin' Pig) Winston-Salem, NC	3 / 51 (689.7028)	10 (173.1656)	1 (176.0344)	5 (174.2628)	20 (166.2400)
Mar 27, 2015	Smokin' Butts & Tires - Cookoff and Car Show (GBC Qualifier) Conyers, GA	10 / 38 (679.3484)	16 (170.2628)	18 (166.2628)	8 (171.4056)	9 (171.4172)
Feb 6, 2015	Brasstown Valley's BBQ Throwdown - GBC Qualifier (TEAM SPOTS AVAILABLE --- JUDGES FULL) Young Harris, GA	17 / 35 (670.7196)	9 (171.9656)	23 (163.9656)	15 (166.2628)	16 (168.5256)
Sep 19, 2014	Fiddle-N-Pig Shindig Fort Mill, SC	12 / 35 (666.1600)	24 (159.9428)	9 (171.9772)	12 (168.5256)	13 (165.7144)
Sep 12, 2014	Jug Tavern Festival (GBC & SBBQA Qualifier) Winder, GA	3 / 42 (698.8344)	11 (174.8456)	1 (178.2972)	21 (166.8344)	3 (178.8572)
Aug 1, 2014	Pigs & Pedals Asheboro, NC	13 / 32 (650.1828)	17 (166.2628)	14 (161.1088)	10 (166.8112)	20 (156)
Jul 25, 2014	WNC BBQ Festival Maggie Valley, NC	15 / 46 (665.0400)	2 (174.2628)	10 (170.2744)	37 (160.5028)	31 (160)
Jul 10, 2014	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	50 / 86 (645.5888)	48 (162.2632)	34 (165.0856)	36 (163.4400)	62 (154.8000)
Jun 13, 2014	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	29 / 73 (665.0744)	11 (173.1544)	36 (163.4172)	38 (165.1200)	42 (163.3828)
Jun 6, 2014	Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC	10 / 38 (666.2516)	5 (173.7372)	23 (158.8116)	24 (161.7028)	6 (172)
May 9, 2014	Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off (GBC Qualifier) 🏅 Waynesboro, GA	8 / 42 (666.1484)	10 (171.9884)	7 (168.5256)	4 (168.5372)	23 (157.0972)
Apr 18, 2014	17th Annual Firehouse BBQ Cook-off Kings Mountain, NC	19 / 55 (662.7544)	30 (165.1200)	45 (153.6572)	6 (170.8228)	4 (173.1544)
Oct 4, 2013	Squealin' on the Square Laurens, SC	4 / 28 (673.0856)	10 (166.2284)	1 (178.3200)	5 (169.1200)	10 (159.4172)
Sep 20, 2013	Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic Salisbury, NC	44 / 72 (652.4912)	60 (155.4056)	51 (160.5256)	14 (171.9772)	37 (164.5828)
Aug 23, 2013	Sooie't Relief BBQ Benefit Greer, SC	13 / 41 (660.4916)	26 (159.3828)	1 (175.4744)	11 (167.9772)	28 (157.6572)
Jul 26, 2013	WNC Barbeque Festival Maggie Valley, NC	27 / 48 (657.5544)	13 (170.2744)	11 (169.1200)	18 (166.8228)	43 (151.3372)
Jul 11, 2013	SC Festival of Discovery Greenwood, SC	6 / 78 (670.8344)	6 (170.8572)	43 (158.8572)	6 (169.7028)	10 (171.4172)
Jun 14, 2013	Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival Tryon, NC	39 / 97 (649.1424)	42 (163.4284)	56 (157.7142)	6 (173.1428)	65 (154.8570)
Jun 7, 2013	Lincolnton Hog Happenin' Lincolnton, NC	8 / 34 (667.4286)	5 (173.7142)	10 (164)	8 (164.5714)	11 (165.1430)
May 24, 2013	Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que (GBC Qualifier) Evans, GA	32 / 47 (656.5712)	43 (158.8570)	18 (167.4286)	33 (162.2856)	18 (168)
May 10, 2013	Jiggy with the Piggy BBQ Challenge Kannapolis, NC	23 / 58 (652.5708)	2 (173.7142)	17 (165.7142)	46 (156.5712)	33 (156.5712)
Apr 26, 2013	BBQ Capital Cook-Off Lexington, NC	18 / 71 (653.1424)	54 (155.4284)	9 (170.8570)	31 (164.5712)	21 (162.2858)

County Line Que

At a glance (the record in numbers)

Power ranking

Rating

Contests

First seen

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

State championships

Master avg

Storylines (11 found in their record)

On the rise

They almost always walk

High-water mark

The one to beat

A tough matchup

The weak link

A strong matchup

Chicken nemesis

Looking over their shoulder

The long haul

The metronome

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)