Head-to-head
4 head-to-head wins
Met
6 times in the data
2 head-to-head wins
Buckeye Flavor has taken the last 4 meetings.
Career comparison
| Buckeye Flavor | KEVLAR BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Contests | 71 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 4 |
| 2 | Category wins | 10 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 2 |
| 97.1% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.2% |
| 94.8% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.1% |
| top 37% | Avg finish | top 39% |
| ±1.96% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.66% |
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)
| Buckeye Flavor | KEVLAR BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chicken (6 meetings) | 3 |
| 4 | Pork Ribs (6 meetings) | 2 |
| 2 | Pork (6 meetings) | 4 |
| 4 | Brisket (6 meetings) | 2 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked GLBBQA Spring Fling 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 37.82 points at BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport (2023-10-13)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5836 points at Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition (2024-05-03)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Buckeye Flavor | KEVLAR BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-05 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | 7 / 42 (692.5028) | 10 / 42 (689.6568) | Buckeye Flavor |
| 2025-04-18 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | 21 / 56 (685.0284) | 28 / 56 (680.5032) | Buckeye Flavor |
| 2024-09-06 | Grizzly BBQ Brawl | 2 / 30 (693.1544) | 6 / 30 (690.7884) | Buckeye Flavor |
| 2024-05-03 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition | 16 / 26 (670.7432) | 18 / 26 (670.1596) | Buckeye Flavor |
| 2024-04-19 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | 18 / 62 (687.3828) | 14 / 62 (690.2172) | KEVLAR BBQ |
| 2023-10-13 | BLACK BOX BBQ @ Wadsworth Municipal Airport | 17 / 20 (648.9828) | 5 / 20 (686.8000) | KEVLAR BBQ |