Head-to-head
Salt City Barbecue vs Backdraft BBQ
4 head-to-head wins
Met
9 times in the data
5 head-to-head wins
Backdraft BBQ has taken the last 3 meetings.
Career comparison
| Salt City Barbecue | Backdraft BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Contests | 87 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 1 |
| 0 | Category wins | 7 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 98% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 96.2% |
| 93.9% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 93.2% |
| top 41% | Avg finish | top 47% |
| ±2.05% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±3.08% |
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)
| Salt City Barbecue | Backdraft BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chicken (9 meetings) | 5 |
| 3 | Pork Ribs (9 meetings) | 6 |
| 5 | Pork (9 meetings) | 4 |
| 5 | Brisket (9 meetings) | 4 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge 2 times — Backdraft BBQ leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 33.20 points at Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 (2020-10-02)
- 🤏 Closest call: 2.3540 points at Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival (2020-08-14)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Salt City Barbecue | Backdraft BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-14 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 35 / 59 (663.3024) | 30 / 59 (666.7544) | Backdraft BBQ |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition | 91 / 94 (660.4340) | 59 / 94 (682.1252) | Backdraft BBQ |
| 2020-10-03 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 | 9 / 41 (684.5256) | 4 / 41 (690.2400) | Backdraft BBQ |
| 2020-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 | 3 / 41 (693.0972) | 32 / 41 (659.8972) | Salt City Barbecue |
| 2020-09-05 | S.T.A.R Brews & Q | 5 / 19 (685.0856) | 10 / 19 (676.4800) | Salt City Barbecue |
| 2020-08-14 | Western Legends Heritage and Music Festival | 3 / 42 (694.8800) | 4 / 42 (692.5260) | Salt City Barbecue |
| 2020-06-19 | Traeger NorUt State BBQ Championship | 1 / 32 (705.7028) | 14 / 32 (677.6228) | Salt City Barbecue |
| 2020-01-17 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 31 / 59 (658.7200) | 17 / 59 (671.8740) | Backdraft BBQ |
| 2019-09-06 | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge | 16 / 28 (647.2684) | 6 / 28 (671.8860) | Backdraft BBQ |