Head-to-head
Cool Smoke vs OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE
3 head-to-head wins
Met
7 times in the data
4 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Cool Smoke | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Contests | 211 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 8 |
| 1 | Category wins | 48 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 17 |
| 97.2% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.5% |
| 94.8% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 95.4% |
| top 33% | Avg finish | top 27% |
| ±1.34% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.37% |
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 | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicken (7 meetings) | 6 |
| 1 | Pork Ribs (7 meetings) | 6 |
| 4 | Pork (7 meetings) | 3 |
| 3 | Brisket (7 meetings) | 4 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 times — Cool Smoke leads there 2–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 31.59 points at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (2019-09-12)
- 🤏 Closest call: 2.8456 points at 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) (2021-10-08)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Cool Smoke | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 31 / 487 (694.8000) | 125 / 487 (683.9656) | Cool Smoke |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 163 / 505 (678.1712) | 40 / 505 (693.1200) | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE |
| 2022-06-25 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 15 / 32 (686.8000) | 8 / 32 (690.8688) | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE |
| 2021-10-08 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 32 / 70 (680.4684) | 25 / 70 (683.3140) | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 47 / 467 (683.9656) | 94 / 467 (677.0628) | Cool Smoke |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 122 / 185 (675.8512) | 138 / 185 (671.9884) | Cool Smoke |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 197 / 468 (664.9712) | 8 / 468 (696.5600) | OLD VIRGINIA SMOKE |