Head-to-head
2 head-to-head wins
Met
8 times in the data
6 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Budget BBQ | Deviant Smoke | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | Contests | 70 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 2 |
| 2 | Category wins | 8 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 98.3% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 144% |
| 94.2% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 97.1% |
| top 57% | Avg finish | top 35% |
| ±1.94% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±9.17% |
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)
| Budget BBQ | Deviant Smoke | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicken (8 meetings) | 7 |
| 5 | Pork Ribs (8 meetings) | 3 |
| 0 | Pork (2 meetings) | 2 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 2 times — Deviant Smoke leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 20.65 points at O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 (2026-05-02)
- 🤏 Closest call: 2.8340 points at Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024-09-06)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Budget BBQ | Deviant Smoke | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 6 / 15 (349.6916) | 14 / 15 (329.0400) | Budget BBQ |
| 2026-05-01 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 12 / 17 (337.6572) | 11 / 17 (340.5028) | Deviant Smoke |
| 2026-03-27 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 23 / 43 (337.6572) | 28 / 43 (333.0512) | Budget BBQ |
| 2025-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 19 / 23 (335.3600) | 11 / 23 (346.2516) | Deviant Smoke |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 22 / 28 (331.9200) | 2 / 28 (349.6800) | Deviant Smoke |
| 2025-03-21 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 18 / 43 (339.9656) | 4 / 43 (350.2628) | Deviant Smoke |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 16 / 27 (337.1204) | 14 / 27 (339.9544) | Deviant Smoke |
| 2024-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 21 / 27 (330.1828) | 15 / 27 (337.0856) | Deviant Smoke |