Head-to-head
TWISTED PAIR BBQ vs Optimus Swine
8 head-to-head wins
Met
23 times in the data
15 head-to-head wins
Optimus Swine has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| TWISTED PAIR BBQ | Optimus Swine | |
|---|---|---|
| 73 | Contests | 150 |
| 2 | Grand champs | 16 |
| 8 | Category wins | 36 |
| 2 | Perfect 180s | 13 |
| 97.1% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 141.7% |
| 94% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 97% |
| top 46% | Avg finish | top 28% |
| ±1.59% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±7.92% |
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)
| TWISTED PAIR BBQ | Optimus Swine | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Chicken (24 meetings) | 14 |
| 7 | Pork Ribs (23 meetings) | 15 |
| 9 | Pork (23 meetings) | 14 |
| 3 | Brisket (21 meetings) | 18 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 4 times — Optimus Swine leads there 3–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 3 times — Optimus Swine leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival 3 times — Optimus Swine leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Clayton BBQ Challenge 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 34.95 points at Chillin & Grillin in the Glades (2023-07-14)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5940 points at Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival (2023-05-19)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | TWISTED PAIR BBQ | Optimus Swine | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-24 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown | 9 / 45 (691.9772) | 5 / 45 (698.2628) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-09-26 | Fire in the Foothills | 14 / 25 (677.6224) | 4 / 25 (688.4916) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-09-19 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 9 / 36 (687.3372) | 17 / 36 (678.1368) | TWISTED PAIR BBQ |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Mountain | 26 / 37 (671.8856) | 13 / 37 (685.0284) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-07-18 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 14 / 34 (681.0628) | 10 / 34 (688.4800) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-09-20 | Pigmaster BBQ Challenge | 6 / 33 (691.3484) | 8 / 33 (687.8856) | TWISTED PAIR BBQ |
| 2024-09-13 | Clayton BBQ Challenge | 6 / 27 (691.9772) | 8 / 27 (689.6572) | TWISTED PAIR BBQ |
| 2024-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 4 / 31 (698.8000) | 16 / 31 (681.6000) | TWISTED PAIR BBQ |
| 2024-06-14 | Almost Heaven BBQ Bash | 18 / 30 (669.5880) | 13 / 30 (677.0632) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival | 6 / 18 (680.4572) | 1 / 18 (695.3716) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-04-12 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 13 / 25 (674.7196) | 1 / 25 (700.5372) | Optimus Swine |
| 2023-09-22 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 16 / 33 (681.6344) | 9 / 33 (690.7656) | Optimus Swine |
| 2023-09-15 | Clayton BBQ Challenge | 10 / 17 (678.7540) | 1 / 17 (705.0856) | Optimus Swine |
| 2023-07-14 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 32 / 36 (663.2456) | 2 / 36 (698.1940) | Optimus Swine |
| 2023-05-19 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival | 5 / 25 (691.9312) | 6 / 25 (691.3372) | TWISTED PAIR BBQ |
| 2022-11-04 | Currituck Bulls & BBQ | 8 / 22 (685.6112) | 1 / 22 (699.3828) | Optimus Swine |
| 2022-09-23 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 15 / 32 (682.7544) | 4 / 32 (694.2172) | Optimus Swine |
| 2022-07-29 | Smoke in the Grove (Day 1) | 16 / 54 (672.5256) | 25 / 54 (660.4572) | TWISTED PAIR BBQ |
| 2022-07-15 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 16 / 31 (685.0628) | 5 / 31 (695.9200) | Optimus Swine |
| 2022-05-20 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival | 8 / 32 (681.6000) | 2 / 32 (690.7772) | Optimus Swine |
| 2022-03-25 | BBQ Gives Back (Day 1) (Masters and Backyard) | 21 / 53 (683.9200) | 24 / 53 (679.9316) | TWISTED PAIR BBQ |
| 2021-07-30 | Smoke in the Grove | 15 / 54 (670.2516 · Master) | 9 / 54 (335.9428 · Backyard) | Optimus Swine |
| 2021-06-11 | City of Welch Coalfields Cook-off | 7 / 15 (679.8856 · Master) | 9 / 15 (337.0856 · Backyard) | TWISTED PAIR BBQ |