Head-to-head
Insomnia BBQ Team vs SMOKING FINNS FI
4 head-to-head wins
Met
8 times in the data
4 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Insomnia BBQ Team | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | Contests | 14 |
| 5 | Grand champs | 3 |
| 20 | Category wins | 6 |
| 3 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 98.3% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 95% |
| 93.6% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 92.5% |
| top 31% | Avg finish | top 37% |
| ±2.61% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.38% |
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)
| Insomnia BBQ Team | SMOKING FINNS FI | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Chicken (8 meetings) | 1 |
| 2 | Pork Ribs (8 meetings) | 6 |
| 5 | Pork (8 meetings) | 3 |
| 0 | Brisket (8 meetings) | 8 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Twin Smoke 3 times — SMOKING FINNS FI leads there 2–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 42.83 points at Twin Smoke (2022-07-02)
- 🤏 Closest call: 8.0000 points at BIGFEAST CHALLENGE (2022-08-13)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Insomnia BBQ Team | SMOKING FINNS FI | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-11 | Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series) (JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 54 / 87 (674.1940) | 79 / 87 (650.1484) | Insomnia BBQ Team |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Smoke | 8 / 18 (634.2628) | 1 / 18 (670.2056) | SMOKING FINNS FI |
| 2023-08-18 | BBQ Festival Vanamoisa | 1 / 15 (671.4284) | 6 / 15 (656.4800) | Insomnia BBQ Team |
| 2022-08-13 | BIGFEAST CHALLENGE | 2 / 9 (690.2740) | 3 / 9 (682.2740) | Insomnia BBQ Team |
| 2022-07-02 | Twin Smoke | 2 / 15 (662.2744) | 4 / 15 (619.4400) | Insomnia BBQ Team |
| 2021-09-11 | Twin Smoke | 5 / 15 (665.6688) | 3 / 15 (674.9140) | SMOKING FINNS FI |
| 2021-08-20 | BBQ Festival 2021 | 6 / 13 (643.3256) | 2 / 13 (660.6740) | SMOKING FINNS FI |
| 2019-08-16 | BBQ Festival 2019 | 11 / 18 (651.2916) | 1 / 18 (681.6684) | SMOKING FINNS FI |