Head-to-head
THE REAL SMOKIN ACES vs Heavy Smoke BBQ
13 head-to-head wins
Met
29 times in the data
16 head-to-head wins
Heavy Smoke BBQ has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 92 | Contests | 201 |
| 3 | Grand champs | 27 |
| 14 | Category wins | 52 |
| 7 | Perfect 180s | 22 |
| 98.3% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.3% |
| 94.5% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 95.9% |
| top 31% | Avg finish | top 23% |
| ±1.53% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.37% |
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)
| THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | Heavy Smoke BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Chicken (29 meetings) | 13 |
| 12 | Pork Ribs (29 meetings) | 17 |
| 12 | Pork (29 meetings) | 17 |
| 10 | Brisket (29 meetings) | 19 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest 3 times — THE REAL SMOKIN ACES leads there 3–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 times — THE REAL SMOKIN ACES leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 times — Heavy Smoke BBQ leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked CCSFEST 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 34.94 points at KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship (2019-02-08)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.0344 points at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST (2022-09-29)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES | Heavy Smoke BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 162 / 401 (682.7428) | 59 / 401 (694.2056) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 207 / 444 (677.6568) | 58 / 444 (692.5372) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 99 / 211 (684.5028) | 139 / 211 (677.6116) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 8 / 487 (700.5484) | 45 / 487 (693.0628) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2022-11-12 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - MASTER SERIES INVITATIONAL | 10 / 61 (701.0972) | 8 / 61 (702.8000) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 86 / 505 (686.1940) | 29 / 505 (694.7884) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 121 / 249 (681.6112) | 123 / 249 (681.5768) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2022-06-25 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) | 8 / 32 (689.0744) | 1 / 32 (706.2400) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2022-06-24 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day One) | 8 / 36 (685.6344) | 9 / 36 (685.0284) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2022-05-06 | Route 66 Smoke Out | 2 / 33 (701.1200) | 4 / 33 (693.0976) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2022-04-08 | CCSFEST | 12 / 42 (687.9088) | 20 / 42 (676.4572) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 5 / 467 (698.2856) | 128 / 467 (674.1484) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 43 / 185 (689.0972) | 67 / 185 (685.0284) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2021-07-09 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery | 5 / 38 (685.0744) | 1 / 38 (693.6800) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2021-06-26 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day Two) | 35 / 43 (661.5888) | 1 / 43 (687.9200) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2021-06-25 | Heritage Days BBQ Showdown (Day one) | 6 / 49 (682.2172) | 8 / 49 (681.0744) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2021-06-19 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 2 | 26 / 37 (670.2404) | 29 / 37 (667.8396) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2021-06-18 | Hoosier BBQ Classic Day 1 | 10 / 51 (685.0628) | 2 / 51 (693.6344) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition | 38 / 94 (687.3712) | 22 / 94 (693.0740) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2020-10-02 | Ottumwa Smoketoberfest | 10 / 66 (681.6800) | 8 / 66 (684.5028) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2020-07-10 | Harvest On the Fire At the Winery | 18 / 53 (675.3484) | 5 / 53 (686.2172) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2020-06-20 | Covid-Que Relief (Day 2) | 31 / 63 (670.2288) | 15 / 63 (679.3484) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2020-06-19 | Covid-Que Relief (Day 1) | 4 / 69 (685.6572) | 9 / 69 (681.6572) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2020-05-29 | Rockin BBQ | 5 / 66 (685.1200) | 11 / 66 (675.3368) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 271 / 468 (653.6568) | 115 / 468 (676.0000) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 25 / 135 (693.0740) | 31 / 135 (691.9312) | THE REAL SMOKIN ACES |
| 2019-06-14 | Hog Capital Challenge | 2 / 25 (683.9316) | 1 / 25 (702.2400) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2019-04-05 | CCSFest | 21 / 40 (669.0168) | 1 / 40 (693.6344) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |
| 2019-02-08 | KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Championship | 60 / 92 (669.0284) | 1 / 92 (703.9656) | Heavy Smoke BBQ |