Head-to-head
Bearded Boar BBQ vs Popping Smoke Barbecue
6 head-to-head wins
Met
6 times in the data
0 head-to-head wins
Bearded Boar BBQ has taken the last 6 meetings.
Career comparison
| Bearded Boar BBQ | Popping Smoke Barbecue | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Contests | 8 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 8 | Category wins | 0 |
| 2 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 97.5% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 93.5% |
| 94.6% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 90.4% |
| top 43% | Avg finish | top 59% |
| ±1.19% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.86% |
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)
| Bearded Boar BBQ | Popping Smoke Barbecue | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chicken (6 meetings) | 3 |
| 2 | Pork Ribs (6 meetings) | 4 |
| 4 | Pork (6 meetings) | 2 |
| 6 | Brisket (6 meetings) | 0 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Montana Pitmaster Classic 3 times — Bearded Boar BBQ leads there 3–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked East Helena Smoke Show 2 times — Bearded Boar BBQ leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 56.63 points at Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off (2024-07-27)
- 🤏 Closest call: 3.3600 points at Montana Pitmaster Classic (2022-08-26)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Bearded Boar BBQ | Popping Smoke Barbecue | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-23 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 7 / 39 (693.6688) | 25 / 39 (664.4800) | Bearded Boar BBQ |
| 2024-08-09 | East Helena Smoke Show | 8 / 18 (670.2172) | 13 / 18 (638.6628) | Bearded Boar BBQ |
| 2024-07-27 | Blowin' Smoke Barbecue Cook Off | 1 / 11 (693.0972) | 7 / 11 (636.4688) | Bearded Boar BBQ |
| 2023-08-25 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 21 / 44 (667.3828) | 26 / 44 (657.0628) | Bearded Boar BBQ |
| 2023-08-05 | East Helena Smoke Show | 10 / 24 (682.2284) | 15 / 24 (658.7424) | Bearded Boar BBQ |
| 2022-08-26 | Montana Pitmaster Classic | 15 / 37 (676.4916) | 17 / 37 (673.1316) | Bearded Boar BBQ |