Tight Line BBQ
Tight Line BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 1 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contest on record in 2026. Their best overall finish is 17th of 16 at the Mike Gannon BBQ Cookoff (2026). They finished #299 in the 2026 Backyard Series Team of the Year standings.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 1
Contests
1
in the data
First seen
Sep 18, 2026
their only contest in the data
Avg finish
top 106%
overall standings
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 158.21 · weakest Chicken (149.06)
Purse competed for
$12K
listed at 1 contest — purses, not winnings
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here. Still inside their first twelve months: see what a first season usually looks like.
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 | #299 (88 pts) | #306 (83 pts) | #300 (93 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 149.0628 | 149.0628 | 149.06 | top 113% |
| Pork Ribs | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.2056 | 158.2056 | 158.21 | top 100% |
“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.
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 | 17 / 16 (307.2684) | 18 (149.0628) | 16 (158.2056) | — | — |