Head-to-head
SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ vs JL Smokers
4 head-to-head wins
Met
12 times in the data
8 head-to-head wins
JL Smokers has taken the last 5 meetings.
Career comparison
| SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ | JL Smokers | |
|---|---|---|
| 26 | Contests | 59 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 1 |
| 1 | Category wins | 5 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 95.7% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 97.3% |
| 93.3% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.3% |
| top 55% | Avg finish | top 45% |
| ±1.91% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.02% |
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)
| SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ | JL Smokers | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chicken (12 meetings) | 7 |
| 6 | Pork Ribs (12 meetings) | 6 |
| 3 | Pork (12 meetings) | 9 |
| 7 | Brisket (12 meetings) | 5 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Jiggy With The Piggy 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge 2 times — SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 32.08 points at Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge (2020-09-11)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.6172 points at Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic (2019-09-20)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ | JL Smokers | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 | Uniquely Union Festival | 19 / 25 (663.3028) | 15 / 25 (679.2912) | JL Smokers |
| 2024-02-23 | Mission Farms King of the Farm | 21 / 26 (670.1488) | 12 / 26 (681.5884) | JL Smokers |
| 2023-10-13 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook Off | 11 / 25 (686.1828) | 6 / 25 (693.5996) | JL Smokers |
| 2023-05-05 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | 20 / 35 (682.7196) | 11 / 35 (693.6456) | JL Smokers |
| 2023-04-07 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | 12 / 28 (683.3256) | 9 / 28 (690.7884) | JL Smokers |
| 2023-02-24 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm | 11 / 33 (689.0632) | 18 / 33 (679.9316) | SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ |
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy | 26 / 46 (669.0284) | 17 / 46 (677.0288) | JL Smokers |
| 2021-09-24 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 3 / 27 (686.7424) | 16 / 27 (664.4116) | SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ |
| 2020-09-11 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 7 / 24 (685.6688) | 21 / 24 (653.5880) | SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ |
| 2019-11-08 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) | 34 / 47 (659.2684) | 23 / 47 (669.5652) | JL Smokers |
| 2019-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 44 / 56 (642.6396) | 42 / 56 (643.2568) | JL Smokers |
| 2019-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy | 25 / 60 (662.1484) | 41 / 60 (646.8112) | SPEAKS FOR ITSELF BBQ |