Head-to-head
Speaks For Itself vs SMOKE SHOW MAFIA
2 head-to-head wins
Met
5 times in the data
3 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Speaks For Itself | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Contests | 77 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 0 | Category wins | 10 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 4 |
| 96.8% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.1% |
| 94.1% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 95.3% |
| top 58% | Avg finish | top 34% |
| ±1.19% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.48% |
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)
| Speaks For Itself | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicken (5 meetings) | 4 |
| 1 | Pork Ribs (5 meetings) | 4 |
| 2 | Pork (5 meetings) | 3 |
| 2 | Brisket (5 meetings) | 3 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 2) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 25.81 points at Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 1) (2022-10-28)
- 🤏 Closest call: 1.2120 points at Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 2) (2022-10-29)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Speaks For Itself | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | Battle of the Blue Ridge | 4 / 41 (697.0744) | 20 / 41 (681.0744) | Speaks For Itself |
| 2025-02-28 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm | 23 / 26 (667.2456) | 8 / 26 (686.7544) | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA |
| 2024-07-11 | South Carolina Festival of Discovery | 42 / 76 (681.5884) | 10 / 76 (697.0628) | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA |
| 2022-10-29 | Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 2) | 23 / 34 (671.8628) | 24 / 34 (670.6508) | Speaks For Itself |
| 2022-10-28 | Shelby BBQ Extravaganza (Day 1) | 23 / 35 (672.9940) | 2 / 35 (698.8000) | SMOKE SHOW MAFIA |