Head-to-head
6 head-to-head wins
Met
9 times in the data
3 head-to-head wins
Nice Racks has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| Nice Racks | POPPA Q-BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 24 | Contests | 44 |
| 2 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 2 | Category wins | 0 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 96.3% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 94.7% |
| 93.5% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 91.5% |
| top 34% | Avg finish | top 52% |
| ±1.67% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.56% |
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)
| Nice Racks | POPPA Q-BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Chicken (9 meetings) | 2 |
| 6 | Pork Ribs (9 meetings) | 3 |
| 9 | Pork (9 meetings) | 0 |
| 4 | Brisket (9 meetings) | 5 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked New Jersey State Barbecue Championship 6 times — Nice Racks leads there 4–2
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 43.53 points at New Jersey State Barbecue Championship (2022-07-09)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5944 points at Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (2021-05-14)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Nice Racks | POPPA Q-BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 18 / 62 (677.6112) | 28 / 62 (670.1484) | Nice Racks |
| 2025-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 22 / 63 (662.7656) | 25 / 63 (653.4968) | Nice Racks |
| 2024-07-13 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 21 / 62 (663.3488) | 9 / 62 (678.7888) | POPPA Q-BBQ |
| 2023-07-14 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 16 / 64 (667.3256) | 14 / 64 (668.4800) | POPPA Q-BBQ |
| 2022-07-09 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 3 / 61 (693.6572) | 27 / 61 (650.1256) | Nice Racks |
| 2021-07-09 | New Jersey State BBQ Championship | 5 / 59 (674.2284) | 17 / 59 (655.8856) | Nice Racks |
| 2021-05-14 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 16 / 46 (651.2456) | 14 / 46 (651.8400) | POPPA Q-BBQ |
| 2020-06-26 | York County BBQ Festival | 15 / 53 (673.6004) | 42 / 53 (640.9600) | Nice Racks |
| 2019-07-12 | New Jersey State Barbecue Championship | 8 / 64 (665.0516) | 17 / 64 (654.7084) | Nice Racks |