Head-to-head
0 head-to-head wins
Met
8 times in the data · 1 dead level
7 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Secondhand Smoke | HESSHOGS | |
|---|---|---|
| 41 | Contests | 62 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 6 |
| 3 | Category wins | 12 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 5 |
| 147.8% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 148.1% |
| 95.7% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 101.7% |
| top 65% | Avg finish | top 24% |
| ±20.83% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±16.75% |
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 | HESSHOGS | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicken (8 meetings) | 7 |
| 2 | Pork Ribs (8 meetings) | 6 |
| 0 | Pork (2 meetings) | 2 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Iowa State BBQ Championship 3 times — HESSHOGS leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 33.85 points at Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 (2022-10-08)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5712 points at Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) (2022-04-01)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Secondhand Smoke | HESSHOGS | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-04 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 16 / 49 (679.3260 · Master) | 16 / 49 (339.9544 · Backyard) | Dead level |
| 2023-08-12 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - BACKYARD SERIES INVITATIONAL | 24 / 29 (337.0860) | 13 / 29 (348.5372) | HESSHOGS |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 9 / 47 (337.6688) | 4 / 47 (342.8572) | HESSHOGS |
| 2022-10-28 | Boo-B-Que BBQ Championship | 12 / 40 (330.2400) | 11 / 40 (335.3828) | HESSHOGS |
| 2022-10-08 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 2 | 21 / 32 (499.2912) | 1 / 32 (533.1428) | HESSHOGS |
| 2022-10-07 | Que' For a Cause (BACKYARD) Day 1 | 15 / 32 (503.8972) | 7 / 32 (514.7996) | HESSHOGS |
| 2022-04-01 | Iowa State BBQ Championship (Backyard) | 9 / 27 (339.4060) | 7 / 27 (339.9772) | HESSHOGS |
| 2021-11-12 | Barbecue With A View (BACKYARD ONLY) | 10 / 30 (343.4172) | 1 / 30 (355.4172) | HESSHOGS |