Head-to-head
8 head-to-head wins
Met
13 times in the data
5 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Big James Kitchen | LEE LA Q | |
|---|---|---|
| 29 | Contests | 169 |
| 6 | Grand champs | 12 |
| 4 | Category wins | 35 |
| 4 | Perfect 180s | 5 |
| 99.7% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 187.5% |
| 96.4% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 106% |
| top 20% | Avg finish | top 28% |
| ±1.95% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±20.8% |
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 James Kitchen | LEE LA Q | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Chicken (13 meetings) | 5 |
| 7 | Pork Ribs (13 meetings) | 6 |
| 3 | Pork (5 meetings) | 2 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 3 times — Big James Kitchen leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 times — Big James Kitchen leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 22.35 points at Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024-09-13)
- 🤏 Closest call: 2.2856 points at Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-08-22)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Big James Kitchen | LEE LA Q | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) | 20 / 82 (346.2284) | 8 / 82 (350.8572) | LEE LA Q |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 2 / 125 (358.8572) | 33 / 125 (337.6456) | Big James Kitchen |
| 2025-09-12 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | 1 / 28 (357.7144) | 11 / 28 (345.6800) | Big James Kitchen |
| 2025-08-22 | Up in Smoke on the Square (BACKYARD ONLY) | 6 / 31 (348.5256) | 8 / 31 (346.2400) | Big James Kitchen |
| 2025-08-01 | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 / 23 (351.9656) | 11 / 23 (342.2284) | Big James Kitchen |
| 2025-06-20 | Poosa Q | 26 / 42 (334.2056) | 19 / 42 (339.9428) | LEE LA Q |
| 2025-05-30 | Honeybee BBQ Competition | 18 / 26 (673.0056 · Master) | 4 / 26 (342.8000 · Backyard) | LEE LA Q |
| 2025-05-25 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Sunday, May 25, 2025) | 5 / 70 (352.5716) | 14 / 70 (347.3712) | Big James Kitchen |
| 2025-03-21 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 16 / 43 (342.8116) | 1 / 43 (355.4172) | LEE LA Q |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 22 / 100 (342.8000) | 8 / 100 (349.1432) | LEE LA Q |
| 2024-09-13 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | 1 / 33 (354.2628) | 23 / 33 (331.9084) | Big James Kitchen |
| 2024-04-19 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITORS SERIES) | 1 / 37 (529.1428) | 5 / 37 (522.8000) | Big James Kitchen |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 13 / 93 (338.2284) | 37 / 93 (320.4684) | Big James Kitchen |