Head-to-head
4 head-to-head wins
Met
29 times in the data
25 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Big Cat BBQ | Meat Candy Q | |
|---|---|---|
| 44 | Contests | 122 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 12 |
| 4 | Category wins | 44 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 25 |
| 97% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 99.1% |
| 93.8% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 96% |
| top 51% | Avg finish | top 23% |
| ±1.55% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.63% |
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 | Meat Candy Q | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Chicken (29 meetings) | 21 |
| 6 | Pork Ribs (29 meetings) | 23 |
| 8 | Pork (29 meetings) | 21 |
| 11 | Brisket (29 meetings) | 18 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest 3 times — Big Cat BBQ leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 times — Meat Candy Q leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship 2 times — Meat Candy Q leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) 2 times — Meat Candy Q leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 44.58 points at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025-11-05)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5712 points at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest (2024-10-30)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Big Cat BBQ | Meat Candy Q | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-20 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | 2 / 27 (696.5144) | 5 / 27 (694.2632) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2026-01-30 | The Golden State Battle VIII | 31 / 41 (667.2220) | 19 / 41 (685.6460) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-11-21 | BBQ Jackpot | 56 / 90 (676.4572) | 17 / 90 (693.6228) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 321 / 401 (651.9200) | 38 / 401 (696.5028) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 129 / 158 (672.4452) | 5 / 158 (703.3828) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-04-25 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | 19 / 31 (668.5032) | 7 / 31 (689.1316) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-03-28 | Q's & Brews | 19 / 26 (659.8172) | 1 / 26 (701.1316) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-03-14 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | 17 / 26 (677.6916) | 1 / 26 (699.4400) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-01-25 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 2) | 26 / 27 (662.1716) | 7 / 27 (695.3828) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2025-01-24 | The Golden State Battle VII (Day 1) | 14 / 31 (676.5260) | 5 / 31 (684.5028) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 260 / 444 (670.1944) | 66 / 444 (691.8968) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 145 / 169 (670.6968) | 148 / 169 (670.1256) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2024-04-26 | Lodi BeerFest & State BBQ Championship | 19 / 34 (678.1940) | 9 / 34 (691.9544) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2024-03-15 | Dinuba's BBQ & Brew Fest | 7 / 27 (688.4912) | 11 / 27 (681.0740) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2024-03-01 | The Golden State Battle VI | 16 / 33 (676.4456) | 2 / 33 (693.6228) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2024-01-12 | 9th Annual Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 7 / 58 (690.1828) | 3 / 58 (697.6800) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2023-11-17 | Golden State Battle of Indio | 27 / 40 (682.7884) | 2 / 40 (706.2744) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2023-08-04 | Dinuba's Annual BBQ & Brew Fest | 6 / 29 (686.2512) | 20 / 29 (668.4684) | Big Cat BBQ |
| 2023-03-03 | The Golden State Battle V | 13 / 28 (676.4916) | 8 / 28 (684.5140) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2023-01-13 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 10 / 45 (679.3140) | 9 / 45 (679.8856) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2022-09-23 | The Great Kearney BBQ Smoke-Out | 10 / 43 (675.9428) | 5 / 43 (688.0000) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2022-08-12 | Reata Round Up BBQ Contest | 3 / 25 (687.9084) | 2 / 25 (697.0856) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2022-07-08 | Clayton BBQ Cook-off | 10 / 27 (666.7428) | 5 / 27 (675.9312) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2022-04-29 | 3rd Annual Lodi BeerFest & BBQ Championship | 8 / 29 (680.0116) | 1 / 29 (705.7488) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2022-04-02 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship - Day 2 | 22 / 27 (667.2912) | 15 / 27 (691.3828) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2022-04-01 | 9th Annual Santa Anita Winners' Circle BBQ Championship | 21 / 37 (672.5372) | 2 / 37 (695.9428) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2022-01-22 | The Golden State Battle IV - Day 2 | 23 / 25 (669.0172) | 1 / 25 (705.0972) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2022-01-21 | The Golden State Battle IV - Day 1 | 19 / 30 (666.1484) | 5 / 30 (693.0860) | Meat Candy Q |
| 2022-01-14 | Slab-O-Rama Barbeque Challenge | 28 / 59 (668.4456) | 11 / 59 (679.9540) | Meat Candy Q |