Head-to-head
11 head-to-head wins
Met
30 times in the data
19 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| BAMA BOYS BBQ | RIBLIFE | |
|---|---|---|
| 42 | Contests | 89 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 6 |
| 2 | Category wins | 13 |
| 2 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 190.9% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 190.8% |
| 103.2% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 107.1% |
| top 53% | Avg finish | top 31% |
| ±22.23% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±22.91% |
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)
| BAMA BOYS BBQ | RIBLIFE | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Chicken (30 meetings) | 20 |
| 13 | Pork Ribs (30 meetings) | 17 |
| 2 | Pork (10 meetings) | 8 |
| 1 | Brisket (3 meetings) | 2 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) 5 times — RIBLIFE leads there 3–2
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Poosa Q 5 times — RIBLIFE leads there 3–2
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke on the Falls 5 times — RIBLIFE leads there 4–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 24.08 points at Smoke on the Falls (2023-04-07)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5600 points at Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-09-05)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | BAMA BOYS BBQ | RIBLIFE | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-22 | Lakeland Pig Festival | 54 / 63 (660.9944) | 39 / 63 (681.5768) | RIBLIFE |
| 2025-12-05 | Christmas on the River State Bar B Q Championship (OPEN FORMAT) | 1 / 21 (687.3256) | 2 / 21 (686.7312) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2025-09-19 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 11 / 30 (345.6800) | 15 / 30 (339.9544) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 16 / 29 (341.1088) | 14 / 29 (341.6688) | RIBLIFE |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q | 29 / 42 (329.0168) | 7 / 42 (347.3828) | RIBLIFE |
| 2024-10-04 | Poosa Q | 4 / 59 (354.2628) | 14 / 59 (346.2284) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2024-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls | 17 / 31 (326.1944) | 4 / 31 (346.2284) | RIBLIFE |
| 2023-10-05 | Poosa Q | 36 / 73 (330.8000) | 9 / 73 (346.8344) | RIBLIFE |
| 2023-08-11 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 14 / 35 (503.3712) | 4 / 35 (516.5028) | RIBLIFE |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke on the Falls | 25 / 39 (330.1944) | 1 / 39 (354.2744) | RIBLIFE |
| 2022-09-16 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) | 11 / 18 (338.8000) | 10 / 18 (342.2284) | RIBLIFE |
| 2022-08-12 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | 14 / 35 (510.7772) | 11 / 35 (511.3372) | RIBLIFE |
| 2022-05-20 | The High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 19 / 29 (333.6228) | 3 / 29 (347.9656) | RIBLIFE |
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q | 2 / 72 (346.2400) | 23 / 72 (333.0972) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls | 27 / 34 (331.3600) | 4 / 34 (347.9772) | RIBLIFE |
| 2021-08-06 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 26 / 31 (485.6000) | 24 / 31 (489.0400) | RIBLIFE |
| 2021-06-04 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD) | 3 / 14 (343.3712) | 6 / 14 (341.1316) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2020-09-18 | Smoke on the Falls | 31 / 28 (324.4916) | 3 / 28 (341.6916) | RIBLIFE |
| 2020-08-07 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | 11 / 21 (490.1604) | 19 / 21 (476.9948) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2020-06-05 | Kick It In The Sticks (BACKYARD ONLY) | 13 / 23 (326.7772) | 6 / 23 (334.8000) | RIBLIFE |
| 2020-02-21 | Capital City Cook Off | 15 / 25 (331.3256) | 12 / 25 (332.4800) | RIBLIFE |
| 2019-12-06 | COTR BBQ | 6 / 25 (338.2056) | 8 / 25 (335.9200) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2019-09-06 | Fire on the Mountain (BACKYARD ONLY) | 7 / 19 (500.9940) | 10 / 19 (497.0056) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2019-08-23 | Great Americana BBQ Festival | 11 / 39 (332.5716) | 2 / 39 (345.7144) | RIBLIFE |
| 2019-06-14 | Poosa-Q | 18 / 48 (331.9316) | 15 / 48 (337.0628) | RIBLIFE |
| 2019-06-07 | Downtown BBQ Showdown (BACKYARD ONLY) | 7 / 22 (337.1084) | 12 / 22 (321.0284) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls | 11 / 30 (338.8232) | 13 / 30 (337.6800) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |
| 2019-03-22 | Smoke On the Diamond(BACKYARD ONLY) | 7 / 17 (333.6340) | 5 / 17 (334.8000) | RIBLIFE |
| 2019-03-08 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) | 31 / 34 (318.2172) | 16 / 34 (332.5144) | RIBLIFE |
| 2019-02-22 | Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off | 5 / 27 (337.7144) | 11 / 27 (333.7256) | BAMA BOYS BBQ |