County Line Swine

County Line Swine is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2025 and 2026. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 16 at the Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff (2026), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once. They finished #542 in the 2026 Master Series Team of the Year standings.

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At a glance (the record in numbers)

Rating

1508

Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 4

Contests

in the data

First seen

Jun 20, 2025

latest Sep 18, 2026 · 1.2 years on the trail

Best ToY finish

#542

Master 2026 · every season

Grand champs

1 reserve

Category wins

2 podiums

Overall top-10s

25% of 4 contests

Avg finish

top 54%

overall standings

Best overall

704.5716 / 720

Master · Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff

Perfect 180s

Walk rate

75%

contests with a top-10 call

Best single call

177.7372

Pork · Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff

Consistency

±11.68

spread of their Master overall scores (lower = steadier)

Strongest meat

Pork

avg 174.13 · weakest Brisket (168.11)

Road miles

627

across 4 mapped stops · furthest 261 mi

Schedule strength

64%

of rated fields were softer than their average draw (1581)

Purse competed for

$90K

listed at 4 contests — purses, not winnings

State championships

0 🏅

won from 4 state-championship entries

Master avg

684.51 / 720

4 Master contests · 0 GCs

Storylines (4 found in their record)

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

The heartbreaker

0.5372 points from the title

Came within 0.5372 points of the Grand Championship at Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff (Sep 18, 2026).

High-water mark

704.5716 career-best overall

97.9% of a perfect 720

Their best day on record: 704.5716 at Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff — 97.9% of a perfect 720.

Master
Sep 18, 2026

The one to beat

2× one call ahead of them

K & E's Little Smokers has finished one call ahead of County Line Swine 2 times — their closest competition in the data.

A tough matchup

3–0 behind in the head-to-head

BAD ROOSTER BBQ ahead in 100% of their meetings

BAD ROOSTER BBQ has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 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	#542 (301 pts)	#759 (186 pts)	#576 (351 pts)	#503 (371 pts)	#624 (251 pts)
2025 ↗	Master	#1148 (60 pts)	#1221 (60 pts)	#1293 (60 pts)	#907 (130 pts)	#1094 (85 pts)

Overall rank by season

By meat

Category	Entries	Calls	Podiums	Best	Worst	Average	Avg finish
Chicken	4	2	0	174.2628	167.3944	170.84	top 58%
Pork Ribs	4	2	1	177.1544	160.5716	171.43	top 40%
Pork	4	2	1	177.7372	166.8228	174.13	top 33%
Brisket	4	1	0	176.5600	161.0856	168.11	top 56%

“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	Avg finish
Small (<20 teams)	1	top 13%
Medium (20–39)	1	top 66%
Large (40+)	2	top 69%

By state / province (where the contests were held)

Where	Contests	Avg finish
AL	2	top 46%
SC	1	top 59%
GA	1	top 66%

More numbers

Contests a season 2 across 2 seasons in the data

Most contests held in AL 2 of 4 contests · 3 states in all

Contests visited 4 a different one every time

Opponents faced 178 finished ahead 88 times, behind 136

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

20267 milestones

Sep 18 First overall top-10 Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff
Sep 18 First overall podium Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff
Sep 18 First Reserve Championship Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff
Sep 18 Career-best overall score704.5716 Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff
Sep 18 Career-best single call (Pork)177.7372 Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff
Sep 18 Peak power rating (1508) Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff
Sep 18 Most recent contest Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff

20253 milestones

Jun 20 First tracked contest Poosa Q
Jun 20 First overall past 90% of a perfect score675.3828 Poosa Q
Oct 3 First call The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival

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

📈 Biggest rating jumps

Swing	Contest	Date
+17	Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff	Sep 18, 2026
+1.6	South Carolina Festival of Discovery	Jul 9, 2026

📉 Toughest weekends

Swing	Contest	Date
-6.1	Poosa Q	Jun 20, 2025
-4.2	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival	Oct 3, 2025

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	GCs	Top-10s	Category wins	Walk rate	Avg finish	Best overall (% of perfect)	Avg overall (% of perfect)
2026	2	0	1	0	100%	top 36%	97.9%	96.1%
2025	2	0	0	0	50%	top 72%	94.4%	94.1%

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

Date	Event	Overall	Chicken	Ribs	Pork	Brisket
Sep 18, 2026	Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff 🏅 Columbiana, AL	2 / 16 (704.5716)	9 (173.1200)	2 (177.1544)	3 (177.7372)	4 (176.5600)
Jul 9, 2026	South Carolina Festival of Discovery 🏅 Greenwood, SC	44 / 75 (678.7772)	57 (167.3944)	15 (173.7372)	8 (176.5600)	61 (161.0856)
Oct 3, 2025	The Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival 🏅 Lyons, GA	21 / 32 (679.3256)	8 (174.2628)	9 (174.2628)	24 (166.8228)	23 (163.9772)
Jun 20, 2025	Poosa Q 🏅 Montgomery, AL	33 / 42 (675.3828)	32 (168.5712)	41 (160.5716)	11 (175.4056)	20 (170.8344)