Head-to-head
Bad Bears BBQ vs SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ
11 head-to-head wins
Met
21 times in the data
10 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Bad Bears BBQ | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 35 | Contests | 77 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 2 |
| 8 | Category wins | 6 |
| 5 | Perfect 180s | 3 |
| 98.3% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98% |
| 95.1% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.7% |
| top 36% | Avg finish | top 36% |
| ±2.33% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.53% |
Overall scores show as a share of a perfect total (Master /720, Backyard /360) so the two series compare fairly.
Meat by meat (who finishes ahead when both enter the category)
| Bad Bears BBQ | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Chicken (21 meetings) | 13 |
| 9 | Pork Ribs (21 meetings) | 12 |
| 11 | Pork (21 meetings) | 10 |
| 9 | Brisket (21 meetings) | 12 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) 4 times — dead level 2–2
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked BBQ Jackpot 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) 2 times — Bad Bears BBQ leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) 2 times — SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 24.63 points at 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest (2024-06-28)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5716 points at BBQ Jackpot (2025-11-21)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Bad Bears BBQ | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-08 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) | 7 / 17 (703.3940) | 14 / 17 (690.7888) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2026-08-07 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) | 9 / 25 (688.5140) | 2 / 25 (701.6916) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| 2026-04-17 | The Downtown Grand Master BBQ Showdown | 10 / 29 (686.7768) | 23 / 29 (668.4572) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2026-03-20 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | 9 / 27 (686.7540) | 6 / 27 (689.0628) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| 2026-01-30 | The Golden State Battle VIII | 9 / 41 (695.9316) | 12 / 41 (692.4912) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2026-01-16 | 11th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 17 / 53 (685.6000) | 7 / 53 (693.0628) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot | 40 / 90 (683.3488) | 42 / 90 (682.7772) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2025-08-09 | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 2) | 8 / 21 (682.2172) | 15 / 21 (660.4576) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2025-08-08 | 3rd Annual Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off (Day 1) | 13 / 25 (677.6456) | 17 / 25 (671.2912) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2025-01-25 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) | 10 / 27 (693.0512) | 2 / 27 (702.2744) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| 2025-01-24 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) | 21 / 31 (670.7428) | 2 / 31 (690.8228) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot | 34 / 74 (679.8856) | 14 / 74 (688.4684) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| 2024-06-28 | 20th Annual Burnt Offerings BBQ Contest | 9 / 35 (695.9428) | 25 / 35 (671.3140) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2024-05-24 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook Off | 5 / 21 (689.0628) | 10 / 21 (681.0744) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2024-04-26 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | 14 / 34 (688.0116) | 16 / 34 (684.5144) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2024-03-15 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | 2 / 27 (698.2744) | 9 / 27 (683.3944) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2024-03-01 | The Golden State Battle VI | 24 / 33 (670.1600) | 9 / 33 (686.7884) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| 2023-11-17 | Golden State Battle of Indio | 12 / 40 (691.3944) | 24 / 40 (686.1944) | Bad Bears BBQ |
| 2023-10-06 | Swanner House Autumn Reata Round Up BBQ Contest | 12 / 17 (679.8972) | 6 / 17 (691.9084) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| 2023-08-04 | Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest | 11 / 29 (678.2516) | 9 / 29 (682.7888) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |
| 2023-05-26 | Roaring Camp BBQ Cook-Off | 11 / 19 (667.8856) | 1 / 19 (689.0856) | SIMPLY MARVELOUS BBQ |