Head-to-head
Rio Valley Meat BBQ vs SLAPS BBQ
12 head-to-head wins
Met
28 times in the data
16 head-to-head wins
SLAPS BBQ has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | SLAPS BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 62 | Contests | 210 |
| 5 | Grand champs | 34 |
| 16 | Category wins | 59 |
| 14 | Perfect 180s | 49 |
| 98.3% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 99.4% |
| 95.9% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 96.4% |
| top 19% | Avg finish | top 17% |
| ±1.2% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.21% |
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)
| Rio Valley Meat BBQ | SLAPS BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Chicken (28 meetings) | 17 |
| 12 | Pork Ribs (28 meetings) | 16 |
| 10 | Pork (28 meetings) | 18 |
| 15 | Brisket (28 meetings) | 13 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 times — Rio Valley Meat BBQ leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest 2 times — SLAPS BBQ leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST 2 times — SLAPS BBQ leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 22.98 points at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (2019-09-12)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.0232 points at Beats, Brews, & BBQ (2020-06-12)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Rio Valley Meat BBQ | SLAPS BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 66 / 401 (693.0628) | 17 / 401 (700.0116) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 35 / 158 (694.2288) | 11 / 158 (699.3716) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 9 / 444 (700.5144) | 54 / 444 (693.6340) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 78 / 169 (685.6232) | 18 / 169 (697.6456) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 82 / 487 (688.4684) | 97 / 487 (686.2856) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 92 / 505 (685.1316) | 3 / 505 (703.3828) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 65 / 249 (688.4796) | 45 / 249 (691.8968) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2021-11-13 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Master Invitational | 52 / 92 (687.3484) | 41 / 92 (689.6460) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2021-11-11 | 3rd Annual KCBS World Invitational - Open | 40 / 111 (683.9316) | 31 / 111 (685.6460) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2021-10-08 | 32nd Annual Jack Daniel's World Championship Invitational Barbecue (Competitor's Series)(JUDGES BY INVITATION ONLY) | 5 / 70 (695.9540) | 2 / 70 (699.5200) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 27 / 467 (688.5028) | 60 / 467 (681.5996) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 94 / 185 (680.4916) | 62 / 185 (685.0628) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2021-09-04 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 2 | 3 / 43 (705.0856) | 21 / 43 (687.8740) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2021-09-03 | Papa Joe's Banjo-B-Que Day 1 | 9 / 37 (692.4684) | 11 / 37 (691.3256) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition | 24 / 94 (692.5028) | 13 / 94 (695.3828) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2020-10-09 | Roast-N-Boast | 5 / 36 (695.9656) | 19 / 36 (675.9196) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2020-10-03 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 2 | 16 / 41 (681.0400) | 1 / 41 (701.6916) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2020-10-02 | Smoke & Soul Fest-Day 1 | 6 / 41 (683.3600) | 1 / 41 (700.5372) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2020-09-19 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 2 | 3 / 56 (697.0972) | 7 / 56 (694.2056) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2020-09-18 | The Oklahoma Grand BBQ Championship Day 1 | 28 / 56 (675.9084) | 17 / 56 (683.9200) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2020-08-28 | Nevada Chamber Low and Slow Barbecue cook off | 9 / 37 (691.9316) | 1 / 37 (701.6800) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2020-08-21 | Smoke on the Bricks | 5 / 43 (692.4912) | 7 / 43 (691.3944) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2020-06-12 | Beats, Brews, & BBQ | 3 / 55 (694.8000) | 4 / 55 (694.7768) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 1 / 468 (704.0000) | 79 / 468 (681.0168) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- INVITATIONAL CONTEST | 43 / 135 (688.4684) | 15 / 135 (696.4912) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2019-07-19 | Smokin on the Summit | 9 / 35 (684.4912) | 6 / 35 (695.9772) | SLAPS BBQ |
| 2019-03-23 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 2 | 4 / 62 (702.8228) | 9 / 62 (693.6456) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |
| 2019-03-22 | Firelake BBQ Cook Off Day 1 | 3 / 74 (695.3484) | 25 / 74 (674.7656) | Rio Valley Meat BBQ |