Head-to-head
Black & Veatch vs Butts & Guts
2 head-to-head wins
Met
6 times in the data
4 head-to-head wins
Butts & Guts has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| Black & Veatch | Butts & Guts | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Contests | 6 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 0 | Category wins | 0 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 90.4% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 94.1% |
| 87.2% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 88.5% |
| top 84% | Avg finish | top 77% |
| ±2.54% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.73% |
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)
| Black & Veatch | Butts & Guts | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chicken (6 meetings) | 6 |
| 2 | Pork Ribs (6 meetings) | 4 |
| 2 | Pork (6 meetings) | 4 |
| 3 | Brisket (6 meetings) | 3 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 3 times — Black & Veatch 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: 42.34 points at 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST (2019-09-12)
- 🤏 Closest call: 8.4464 points at American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST (2022-09-29)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Black & Veatch | Butts & Guts | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 375 / 401 (622.8456) | 356 / 401 (640.9828) | Butts & Guts |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 432 / 444 (594.1032) | 385 / 444 (634.1144) | Butts & Guts |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 391 / 487 (642.8460) | 458 / 487 (617.5200) | Black & Veatch |
| 2022-09-29 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - OPEN CONTEST | 463 / 505 (621.6796) | 445 / 505 (630.1260) | Butts & Guts |
| 2021-09-16 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue-OPEN CONTEST | 304 / 467 (650.8228) | 388 / 467 (622.2520) | Black & Veatch |
| 2019-09-12 | 40th American Royal World Series of Barbecue- OPEN CONTEST | 364 / 468 (635.3256) | 103 / 468 (677.6684) | Butts & Guts |