Head-to-head
Steel Smoke BBQ vs Good Grefe!
7 head-to-head wins
Met
17 times in the data
10 head-to-head wins
Good Grefe! is the team most often one call behind Steel Smoke BBQ (2 times). Good Grefe! has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| Steel Smoke BBQ | Good Grefe! | |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Contests | 59 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 1 |
| 0 | Category wins | 3 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 94.5% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 96.9% |
| 91.7% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 91.8% |
| top 75% | Avg finish | top 55% |
| ±1.66% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.92% |
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)
| Steel Smoke BBQ | Good Grefe! | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Chicken (17 meetings) | 9 |
| 10 | Pork Ribs (17 meetings) | 7 |
| 12 | Pork (16 meetings) | 4 |
| 6 | Brisket (16 meetings) | 10 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 4 times — Steel Smoke BBQ leads there 3–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) 3 times — Good Grefe! leads there 3–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked MN Masters BBQ 2 times — Steel Smoke BBQ leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smokin' in Steele 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 28.77 points at Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) (2025-06-13)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5600 points at Minnesota in May (2026-05-08)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Steel Smoke BBQ | Good Grefe! | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | Minnesota in May | 63 / 77 (670.1600) | 62 / 77 (670.7200) | Good Grefe! |
| 2026-05-01 | ND BBQ Championship | 48 / 71 (657.7144) | 44 / 71 (662.7888) | Good Grefe! |
| 2025-08-22 | MN Masters BBQ | 12 / 26 (670.1828) | 18 / 26 (665.6004) | Steel Smoke BBQ |
| 2025-07-11 | KTD Smokn' Gobbler | 26 / 26 (641.6232) | 14 / 26 (669.6228) | Good Grefe! |
| 2025-06-14 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 31 / 36 (664.9712) | 29 / 36 (668.4460) | Good Grefe! |
| 2025-06-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 16 / 36 (677.0860) | 34 / 36 (648.3196) | Steel Smoke BBQ |
| 2025-05-30 | Smokin' in Steele | 22 / 28 (659.2916) | 23 / 28 (656.3764) | Steel Smoke BBQ |
| 2024-08-23 | MN Masters BBQ | 19 / 27 (667.9548) | 21 / 27 (657.0172) | Steel Smoke BBQ |
| 2024-06-07 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 12 / 41 (678.7888) | 34 / 41 (660.4116) | Steel Smoke BBQ |
| 2023-10-13 | Bring'n Home the Bacon II (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 17 / 21 (659.8972) | 18 / 21 (656.9712) | Steel Smoke BBQ |
| 2023-07-28 | 7th Annual E'burg BBQ Contest | 24 / 32 (668.5372) | 20 / 32 (675.3716) | Good Grefe! |
| 2023-07-14 | KTD Smokin Gobbler Cook-off | 26 / 39 (664.4916) | 18 / 39 (672.4684) | Good Grefe! |
| 2023-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 31 / 40 (667.9084) | 28 / 40 (669.6572) | Good Grefe! |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 28 / 43 (655.9312) | 35 / 43 (647.3028) | Steel Smoke BBQ |
| 2023-06-02 | Smokin in Steele | 27 / 29 (638.8000) | 26 / 29 (646.1600) | Good Grefe! |
| 2022-06-11 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 34 / 37 (650.1372 · Master) | 4 / 37 (344.5484 · Backyard) | Good Grefe! |
| 2022-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 36 / 39 (639.8516) | 28 / 39 (657.5312) | Good Grefe! |