Head-to-head
Butts & Guts vs HI-TECH SMOKERS
3 head-to-head wins
Met
6 times in the data
3 head-to-head wins
Butts & Guts has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| Butts & Guts | HI-TECH SMOKERS | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Contests | 17 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 0 | Category wins | 0 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 94.1% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 89.2% |
| 88.5% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 86.2% |
| top 77% | Avg finish | top 81% |
| ±2.73% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.31% |
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)
| Butts & Guts | HI-TECH SMOKERS | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chicken (6 meetings) | 1 |
| 5 | Pork Ribs (6 meetings) | 1 |
| 3 | Pork (6 meetings) | 3 |
| 1 | Brisket (6 meetings) | 5 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 times — HI-TECH SMOKERS leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 times — Butts & Guts leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 14.85 points at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2025-11-05)
- 🤏 Closest call: 2.1828 points at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest (2024-10-30)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Butts & Guts | HI-TECH SMOKERS | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 356 / 401 (640.9828) | 373 / 401 (626.1372) | Butts & Guts |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 385 / 444 (634.1144) | 389 / 444 (631.9316) | Butts & Guts |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 458 / 487 (617.5200) | 450 / 487 (622.2056) | HI-TECH SMOKERS |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 445 / 505 (630.1260) | 460 / 505 (623.3024) | Butts & Guts |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 388 / 467 (622.2520 · Master) | 57 / 467 (497.6456 · Open Comp) | HI-TECH SMOKERS |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 103 / 468 (677.6684 · Master) | 71 / 468 (492.4684 · Open Comp) | HI-TECH SMOKERS |