Head-to-head
11 head-to-head wins
Met
16 times in the data
5 head-to-head wins
Thin Blue Swine has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| Thin Blue Swine | RIBLIFE | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Contests | 89 |
| 2 | Grand champs | 6 |
| 3 | Category wins | 13 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 140.8% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 190.8% |
| 106.5% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 107.1% |
| top 32% | Avg finish | top 31% |
| ±18.95% | 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)
| Thin Blue Swine | RIBLIFE | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Chicken (16 meetings) | 10 |
| 11 | Pork Ribs (16 meetings) | 5 |
| 1 | Pork (5 meetings) | 4 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) 4 times — dead level 2–2
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke on the Falls 2 times — Thin Blue Swine leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) 2 times — Thin Blue Swine leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 29.76 points at Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) (2020-08-07)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5484 points at Smoke on the Falls (2022-04-08)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Thin Blue Swine | RIBLIFE | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-19 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 13 / 30 (342.8228) | 15 / 30 (339.9544) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke on the Falls BBQ Competition | 8 / 31 (347.3828) | 13 / 31 (343.3828) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2023-08-11 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 19 / 35 (499.8744) | 4 / 35 (516.5028) | RIBLIFE |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke on the Falls | 3 / 34 (348.5256) | 4 / 34 (347.9772) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2021-08-06 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD & KIDS QUE) | 27 / 31 (483.3028) | 24 / 31 (489.0400) | RIBLIFE |
| 2021-04-23 | Smoke on the Water Festival(BACKYARD ONLY) | 11 / 29 (338.2628) | 1 / 29 (351.4056) | RIBLIFE |
| 2021-04-17 | Fire at the Foothills (BACKYARD ONLY) | 16 / 21 (484.3884) | 8 / 21 (500.5372) | RIBLIFE |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke on the Falls | 6 / 38 (342.8116) | 11 / 38 (339.9544) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2020-08-07 | Smoke in the Park (BACKYARD ONLY) | 5 / 21 (506.7544) | 19 / 21 (476.9948) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2020-03-06 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 / 32 (346.8112) | 5 / 32 (337.6684) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2020-02-21 | Capital City Cook Off | 16 / 25 (329.6112) | 12 / 25 (332.4800) | RIBLIFE |
| 2019-11-22 | Mission Q (Backyard Only) | 5 / 20 (341.1088) | 8 / 20 (340.5144) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2019-09-13 | RiverFest | 4 / 37 (342.7884) | 12 / 37 (337.6572) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2019-06-14 | Poosa-Q | 1 / 48 (354.2744) | 15 / 48 (337.0628) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls | 7 / 30 (342.7884) | 13 / 30 (337.6800) | Thin Blue Swine |
| 2019-03-08 | Corums Building Center BBQ(BACKYARD ONLY) | 6 / 34 (338.2056) | 16 / 34 (332.5144) | Thin Blue Swine |