Head-to-head
Salted Anchor vs SmokinGhost BBQ
4 head-to-head wins
Met
17 times in the data
13 head-to-head wins
SmokinGhost BBQ has taken the last 4 meetings.
Career comparison
| Salted Anchor | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Contests | 212 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 6 |
| 5 | Category wins | 32 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 13 |
| 97.7% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.3% |
| 94.5% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.6% |
| top 44% | Avg finish | top 35% |
| ±1.46% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.68% |
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)
| Salted Anchor | SmokinGhost BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chicken (17 meetings) | 12 |
| 5 | Pork Ribs (18 meetings) | 13 |
| 1 | Pork (17 meetings) | 16 |
| 11 | Brisket (17 meetings) | 6 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 3 times — SmokinGhost BBQ leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 times — SmokinGhost BBQ leads there 3–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 times — SmokinGhost BBQ leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked The Buckeye BBQ Classic 2 times — Salted Anchor leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 32.66 points at Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (2026-03-20)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.0464 points at Rockin' BBQ Warsaw (2024-05-17)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Salted Anchor | SmokinGhost BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw, Indiana | 23 / 35 (672.5832) | 11 / 35 (689.6916) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 90 / 125 (673.5884) | 6 / 125 (706.2516) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 198 / 401 (678.1828) | 80 / 401 (690.8000) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2025-09-05 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | 25 / 42 (674.7544) | 13 / 42 (686.2288) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2025-05-16 | 11th Annual Rockin' BBQ | 17 / 34 (679.9316) | 19 / 34 (678.7772) | Salted Anchor |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 30 / 100 (690.2056) | 40 / 100 (687.3604) | Salted Anchor |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 247 / 444 (672.9940) | 33 / 444 (696.5256) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2024-09-06 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | 15 / 30 (671.8972) | 7 / 30 (690.2860) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2024-07-19 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic | 3 / 33 (692.5140) | 5 / 33 (688.5028) | Salted Anchor |
| 2024-05-17 | Rockin' BBQ Warsaw | 14 / 32 (684.4224) | 13 / 32 (684.4688) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 73 / 93 (667.3028) | 17 / 93 (693.6572) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2023-10-13 | BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport | 12 / 20 (676.5716) | 1 / 20 (703.4400) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 174 / 487 (679.9200) | 42 / 487 (693.1088) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2023-08-18 | Madison Ribberfest BBQ Blues | 14 / 41 (686.7312) | 12 / 41 (688.5028) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2023-07-21 | The Buckeye BBQ Classic | 3 / 32 (689.7032) | 7 / 32 (684.4688) | Salted Anchor |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 84 / 505 (686.2284) | 42 / 505 (693.0740) | SmokinGhost BBQ |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 158 / 467 (670.2516) | 79 / 467 (678.7540) | SmokinGhost BBQ |