Head-to-head
1 head-to-head wins
Met
17 times in the data
16 head-to-head wins
THE BBQ BUS has taken the last 15 meetings.
Career comparison
| C&M BBQ | THE BBQ BUS | |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | Contests | 188 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 15 |
| 4 | Category wins | 47 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 16 |
| 95.9% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.4% |
| 91.5% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.9% |
| top 58% | Avg finish | top 29% |
| ±6.53% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.7% |
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)
| C&M BBQ | THE BBQ BUS | |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Chicken (17 meetings) | 12 |
| 6 | Pork Ribs (22 meetings) | 16 |
| 6 | Pork (16 meetings) | 10 |
| 7 | Brisket (17 meetings) | 10 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked GLBBQA Spring Fling 2 times — THE BBQ BUS leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Iowa State BBQ Championship 2 times — THE BBQ BUS leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship 2 times — THE BBQ BUS leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Puckaway Pigfest 2 times — THE BBQ BUS leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash 2 times — THE BBQ BUS leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 159.98 points at Puckaway Pigfest (2024-09-06)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.6172 points at Marietta River City BBQ (2023-04-28)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | C&M BBQ | THE BBQ BUS | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-17 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | 30 / 48 (678.1940) | 8 / 48 (697.6684) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2025-09-26 | Rollin Smoke at Rustic Timbers BBQ Bash | 9 / 16 (673.0628) | 2 / 16 (699.3716) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2025-08-22 | Brighton Barbeque Bash | 9 / 29 (677.6000) | 5 / 29 (682.1712) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2025-04-18 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | 26 / 56 (682.1484) | 14 / 56 (688.5028) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2025-04-04 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 36 / 49 (663.8628) | 31 / 49 (668.4228) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2025-03-14 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 86 / 100 (660.4116) | 33 / 100 (689.0628) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2024-09-06 | Puckaway Pigfest | 37 / 37 (509.0400) | 15 / 37 (669.0172) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2024-07-19 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash | 14 / 37 (665.6688) | 1 / 37 (694.2172) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2024-04-19 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | 21 / 62 (686.1828) | 16 / 62 (689.0856) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 38 / 93 (683.3484) | 18 / 93 (693.6228) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2023-09-16 | Saluting with Smoke - Honor Q Reboot | 11 / 18 (678.8004) | 8 / 18 (690.7768) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2023-09-08 | Puckaway Pigfest | 22 / 28 (630.6632) | 1 / 28 (684.5256) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2023-07-14 | BBCubed - Brighton Barbeque Bash | 6 / 19 (673.0284) | 2 / 19 (687.3484) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2023-06-10 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 2 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 23 / 40 (675.3600) | 10 / 40 (682.7888) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2023-06-09 | Bring'n Home the Bacon Day 1 (MASTER & BACKYARD) | 21 / 43 (668.4796) | 3 / 43 (693.1088) | THE BBQ BUS |
| 2023-04-28 | Marietta River City BBQ | 10 / 42 (675.4056) | 11 / 42 (674.7884) | C&M BBQ |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 41 / 48 (650.7316) | 27 / 48 (673.0056) | THE BBQ BUS |