Head-to-head
9 head-to-head wins
Met
19 times in the data
10 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Big Cat BBQ | Big Boys BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | Contests | 43 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 4 | Category wins | 5 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 97% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.1% |
| 93.8% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 93.1% |
| top 51% | Avg finish | top 48% |
| ±1.55% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±4.82% |
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)
| Big Cat BBQ | Big Boys BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Chicken (19 meetings) | 11 |
| 4 | Pork Ribs (19 meetings) | 15 |
| 9 | Pork (19 meetings) | 10 |
| 7 | Brisket (19 meetings) | 12 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) 2 times — Big Boys BBQ leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 35.41 points at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025-11-05)
- 🤏 Closest call: 1.0740 points at The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) (2025-01-24)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Big Cat BBQ | Big Boys BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 321 / 401 (651.9200) | 118 / 401 (687.3256) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 129 / 158 (672.4452) | 148 / 158 (657.5768) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2025-07-19 | Sutherlin Throwdown | 9 / 35 (691.3716) | 2 / 35 (706.2512) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2025-05-31 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 2) | 25 / 28 (666.1484) | 3 / 28 (699.4060) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2025-05-30 | The Santiam Smoke Show (Day 1) | 4 / 30 (687.9200) | 15 / 30 (673.5884) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2025-04-25 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | 19 / 31 (668.5032) | 5 / 31 (692.5488) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2025-03-28 | Q's & Brews | 19 / 26 (659.8172) | 4 / 26 (690.7884) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2025-03-14 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | 17 / 26 (677.6916) | 2 / 26 (698.2284) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2025-01-25 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) | 26 / 27 (662.1716) | 9 / 27 (694.2400) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2025-01-24 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) | 14 / 31 (676.5260) | 12 / 31 (677.6000) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2024-06-14 | CBCA Clayton BBQ and Brews Festival (MASTERS) | 1 / 25 (698.2744) | 8 / 25 (683.9196) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2024-04-26 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | 19 / 34 (678.1940) | 20 / 34 (676.4568) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2024-03-15 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | 7 / 27 (688.4912) | 10 / 27 (681.6232) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2024-03-01 | The Golden State Battle VI | 16 / 33 (676.4456) | 7 / 33 (687.9428) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2024-01-12 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 7 / 58 (690.1828) | 46 / 58 (659.3028) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2023-11-17 | Golden State Battle of Indio | 27 / 40 (682.7884) | 31 / 40 (679.3256) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2023-09-29 | Field, Fire Fork! | 10 / 19 (672.9940) | 11 / 19 (670.7196) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2023-08-04 | Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest | 6 / 29 (686.2512) | 2 / 29 (690.8344) | Big Boys BBQ |
| 2023-03-03 | The Golden State Battle V | 13 / 28 (676.4916) | 24 / 28 (649.0288) | Big Cat BBQ |