Head-to-head
Secondhand Smoke vs Sugar Shack
3 head-to-head wins
Met
7 times in the data
4 head-to-head wins
Sugar Shack has taken the last 3 meetings.
Career comparison
| Secondhand Smoke | Sugar Shack | |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Contests | 63 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 3 | Category wins | 3 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 147.8% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 97.6% |
| 95.7% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 93.2% |
| top 65% | Avg finish | top 51% |
| ±20.83% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.12% |
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)
| Secondhand Smoke | Sugar Shack | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chicken (7 meetings) | 4 |
| 4 | Pork Ribs (7 meetings) | 3 |
| 2 | Pork (4 meetings) | 2 |
| 0 | Brisket (4 meetings) | 4 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Iowa State BBQ Championship 4 times — dead level 2–2
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 29.76 points at 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN (2023-08-11)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.0004 points at 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL (2023-08-12)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Secondhand Smoke | Sugar Shack | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-29 | SD BBQ Shootout @ Huset's Speedway | 40 / 44 (650.1260) | 21 / 44 (677.5884) | Sugar Shack |
| 2025-04-04 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 16 / 49 (679.3260) | 14 / 49 (679.4056) | Sugar Shack |
| 2024-03-29 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 37 / 42 (661.6004) | 33 / 42 (665.6456) | Sugar Shack |
| 2023-08-12 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | 24 / 29 (337.0860) | 25 / 29 (337.0856) | Secondhand Smoke |
| 2023-08-11 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN | 77 / 90 (667.3144) | 13 / 90 (697.0744) | Sugar Shack |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 9 / 47 (337.6688) | 13 / 47 (332.5372) | Secondhand Smoke |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) | 9 / 27 (339.4060) | 13 / 27 (335.3596) | Secondhand Smoke |