Head-to-head
RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE vs Gold-N-Blue Barbecue
12 head-to-head wins
Met
30 times in the data
18 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
|---|---|---|
| 67 | Contests | 101 |
| 3 | Grand champs | 5 |
| 11 | Category wins | 19 |
| 2 | Perfect 180s | 3 |
| 143.9% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 146.8% |
| 104.3% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 103.9% |
| top 33% | Avg finish | top 32% |
| ±19.41% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±19.29% |
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)
| RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Chicken (30 meetings) | 19 |
| 15 | Pork Ribs (30 meetings) | 15 |
| 8 | Pork (19 meetings) | 11 |
| 2 | Brisket (2 meetings) | 0 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) 8 times — dead level 4–4
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) 2 times — Gold-N-Blue Barbecue leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 times — Gold-N-Blue Barbecue leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 times — Gold-N-Blue Barbecue leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 26.40 points at Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022-09-24)
- 🤏 Closest call: 1.1200 points at Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (2022-05-21)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | Stoney Creek BBQ Cookoff | 10 / 16 (678.1944) | 14 / 16 (654.0912) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2025-08-09 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) | 22 / 25 (671.9200) | 14 / 25 (681.0288) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) | 14 / 25 (336.5484 · Backyard) | 19 / 25 (674.7656 · Master) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2025-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 3 / 43 (351.9656 · Backyard) | 39 / 43 (670.7660 · Master) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2025-03-21 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 1 / 45 (347.4056 · Backyard) | 6 / 45 (693.0740 · Master) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2024-08-10 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 2) | 4 / 28 (341.1088) | 3 / 28 (346.2400) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2024-08-09 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown (Day 1) | 9 / 27 (341.6456) | 1 / 27 (354.2972) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2024-03-23 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 7 / 42 (341.6456) | 13 / 42 (334.2056) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2024-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 2 / 45 (350.8228) | 13 / 45 (332.4916) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2023-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 7 / 20 (518.2056) | 2 / 20 (528.5372) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2023-09-22 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 15 / 24 (507.9084) | 7 / 24 (518.2172) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2023-07-29 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 2) | 4 / 40 (344.5256) | 9 / 40 (339.3828) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2023-07-28 | Smoke on the Rail (Day 1) | 22 / 51 (329.6224) | 1 / 51 (353.7144) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2023-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) (Masters and Backyard) | 8 / 46 (504.5144) | 2 / 46 (518.8112) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2023-03-24 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 13 / 53 (489.0400) | 11 / 53 (498.2400) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2022-09-24 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 14 / 18 (492.4456) | 6 / 18 (518.8460) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2022-09-23 | Americamps BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 14 / 20 (505.0628) | 4 / 20 (519.9544) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2022-05-21 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 2 | 4 / 13 (343.9428) | 5 / 13 (342.8228) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2022-05-20 | Forks of the Buffalo BBQ Throwdown - Day 1 | 4 / 14 (339.3600) | 6 / 14 (338.2056) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2021-11-12 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Backyard | 26 / 33 (329.0632) | 3 / 33 (346.2284) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2021-09-25 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown at Americamps - Day 2 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 15 / 18 (489.5888) | 6 / 18 (509.0400) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2021-09-24 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown at Americamps - Day 1 (BACKYARD ONLY) | 6 / 19 (501.0400) | 11 / 19 (498.7544) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2021-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove | 11 / 54 (163.3828 · Open Comp) | 5 / 54 (339.3716 · Backyard) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2021-04-17 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 | 12 / 34 (334.2056) | 11 / 34 (335.9428) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2021-04-16 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 | 15 / 47 (326.2172) | 13 / 47 (329.0856) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2021-03-27 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 2) | 16 / 40 (490.1944) | 10 / 40 (498.7196) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2021-03-26 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) | 9 / 46 (499.3716) | 5 / 46 (505.6228) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2020-08-07 | BBQ WYTHE US DAY 1 | 12 / 19 (314.1256) | 7 / 19 (327.9084) | Gold-N-Blue Barbecue |
| 2020-07-24 | Smoke in the Grove | 3 / 59 (336.5372) | 4 / 59 (332.5260) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |
| 2019-10-25 | Zom-B-Q(BBQ Wythe US) | 1 / 20 (505.1088) | 5 / 20 (495.9656) | RED SMOKE BAR-B-QUE |