Head-to-head
Cool Smoke vs Rio Valley Meat BBQ
1 head-to-head wins
Met
7 times in the data
6 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Cool Smoke | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Contests | 62 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 5 |
| 1 | Category wins | 16 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 14 |
| 97.2% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.3% |
| 94.8% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 95.9% |
| top 33% | Avg finish | top 19% |
| ±1.34% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.2% |
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)
| Cool Smoke | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chicken (7 meetings) | 4 |
| 2 | Pork Ribs (7 meetings) | 5 |
| 3 | Pork (7 meetings) | 4 |
| 1 | Brisket (7 meetings) | 6 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 times — Rio Valley Meat BBQ leads there 2–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 39.03 points at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (2019-09-12)
- 🤏 Closest call: 4.5372 points at American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST (2021-09-16)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Cool Smoke | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 31 / 487 (694.8000) | 82 / 487 (688.4684) | Cool Smoke |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 163 / 505 (678.1712) | 92 / 505 (685.1316) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2021-10-08 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 32 / 70 (680.4684) | 5 / 70 (695.9540) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 47 / 467 (683.9656) | 27 / 467 (688.5028) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 122 / 185 (675.8512) | 94 / 185 (680.4916) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2019-10-25 | 31st Annual Jack Daniels World Championship Invitational Barbecue(JUDGES FULL)(COMPETITORS SERIES) | 50 / 97 (673.6684) | 8 / 97 (694.2972) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 197 / 468 (664.9712) | 1 / 468 (704.0000) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |