Head-to-head
Loaded Barrel BBQ vs McQ Smokers
1 head-to-head wins
Met
5 times in the data
4 head-to-head wins
McQ Smokers has taken the last 4 meetings.
Career comparison
| Loaded Barrel BBQ | McQ Smokers | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Contests | 13 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 0 | Category wins | 0 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 90.5% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 95.3% |
| 89.5% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 92.4% |
| top 83% | Avg finish | top 62% |
| ±0.73% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.3% |
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)
| Loaded Barrel BBQ | McQ Smokers | |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Chicken (5 meetings) | 5 |
| 1 | Pork Ribs (5 meetings) | 4 |
| 3 | Pork (5 meetings) | 2 |
| 4 | Brisket (5 meetings) | 1 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Bands & BBQ at the Point 4 times — McQ Smokers leads there 3–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 39.03 points at Bands and BBQ at the Point (2025-09-12)
- 🤏 Closest call: 6.8796 points at Bands & BBQ at the Point (2022-09-09)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Loaded Barrel BBQ | McQ Smokers | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-12 | Bands and BBQ at the Point | 27 / 29 (638.6168) | 15 / 29 (677.6456) | McQ Smokers |
| 2024-09-13 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 27 / 31 (641.5660) | 16 / 31 (674.7660) | McQ Smokers |
| 2023-09-08 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 30 / 33 (651.7940) | 6 / 33 (686.2744) | McQ Smokers |
| 2022-09-09 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 29 / 32 (639.2688) | 26 / 32 (646.1484) | McQ Smokers |
| 2021-09-10 | Bands & BBQ at the Point | 16 / 28 (650.6972) | 21 / 28 (628.4460) | Loaded Barrel BBQ |