Head-to-head
HESSHOGS vs Stone Cold Grillers
8 head-to-head wins
Met
10 times in the data
2 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| HESSHOGS | Stone Cold Grillers | |
|---|---|---|
| 62 | Contests | 45 |
| 6 | Grand champs | 1 |
| 12 | Category wins | 2 |
| 5 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 148.1% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 142% |
| 101.7% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 93.4% |
| top 24% | Avg finish | top 36% |
| ±16.75% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±8.96% |
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)
| HESSHOGS | Stone Cold Grillers | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Chicken (10 meetings) | 3 |
| 6 | Pork Ribs (10 meetings) | 4 |
| 1 | Pork (1 meetings) | 0 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Iowa State BBQ Championship 2 times — HESSHOGS leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 173.10 points at Bar-B-QC (Backyard) (2022-09-09)
- 🤏 Closest call: 1.7484 points at Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) (2023-05-27)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | HESSHOGS | Stone Cold Grillers | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-20 | Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 6 / 36 (349.6916) | 11 / 36 (345.6800) | HESSHOGS |
| 2024-08-17 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 12 / 26 (337.0740) | 2 / 26 (350.2628) | Stone Cold Grillers |
| 2024-06-14 | Morris Rhythm & BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 4 / 40 (345.1316) | 20 / 40 (329.0512) | HESSHOGS |
| 2023-08-19 | Smoke on the Midway (BACKYARD ONLY) | 17 / 32 (321.6456) | 20 / 32 (314.1712) | HESSHOGS |
| 2023-08-12 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | 13 / 29 (348.5372) | 5 / 29 (353.1200) | Stone Cold Grillers |
| 2023-05-27 | Westmont Red White & BBQ (BACKYARD ONLY) | 3 / 34 (513.1200) | 4 / 34 (511.3716) | HESSHOGS |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 4 / 47 (342.8572) | 14 / 47 (331.9544) | HESSHOGS |
| 2022-11-12 | 4th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | 13 / 49 (344.5256) | 28 / 49 (334.8000) | HESSHOGS |
| 2022-09-09 | Bar-B-QC (Backyard) | 6 / 13 (513.0396) | 13 / 13 (339.9428) | HESSHOGS |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) | 7 / 27 (339.9772) | 20 / 27 (316.4916) | HESSHOGS |