Head-to-head
DRILLING & GRILLING vs SMOKECRAFT - MD
13 head-to-head wins
Met
30 times in the data
17 head-to-head wins
SMOKECRAFT - MD has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| DRILLING & GRILLING | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
|---|---|---|
| 60 | Contests | 148 |
| 2 | Grand champs | 3 |
| 10 | Category wins | 30 |
| 2 | Perfect 180s | 12 |
| 97.1% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 97.6% |
| 93.2% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.4% |
| top 35% | Avg finish | top 37% |
| ±4.65% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.99% |
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)
| DRILLING & GRILLING | SMOKECRAFT - MD | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Chicken (30 meetings) | 11 |
| 10 | Pork Ribs (30 meetings) | 20 |
| 9 | Pork (29 meetings) | 20 |
| 21 | Brisket (30 meetings) | 9 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) 4 times — dead level 2–2
- 🏕️ They've both cooked York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) 4 times — SMOKECRAFT - MD leads there 3–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) 3 times — SMOKECRAFT - MD leads there 3–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked New Holland Summer Fest 2 times — SMOKECRAFT - MD leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 157.11 points at Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) (2025-07-25)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5712 points at York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) (2024-06-29)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | DRILLING & GRILLING | SMOKECRAFT - MD | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-02 | Grand American Barbecue New York State Championship Open (OPEN FORMAT) | 22 / 59 (681.0632) | 13 / 59 (688.5144) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2026-05-01 | Grand American Barbecue World Championship Invitational (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 15 / 43 (687.8740) | 14 / 43 (687.9200) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2026-04-03 | Rekindled Ironman | 2 / 14 (694.2056) | 4 / 14 (681.5884) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2025-10-10 | MD State BBQ Bash | 5 / 29 (693.6456) | 6 / 29 (691.9084) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2025-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 5 / 27 (692.4800) | 12 / 27 (674.2172) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 30 / 30 (519.3716) | 17 / 30 (676.4800) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2024-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest | 25 / 38 (658.7084) | 4 / 38 (690.7656) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2024-07-27 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 28 / 32 (657.5544) | 6 / 32 (694.8000) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2024-07-26 | Smoke on the Rail BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 9 / 35 (675.8624) | 13 / 35 (672.4456) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2024-06-29 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 2) | 11 / 19 (683.8972) | 10 / 19 (684.4684) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2024-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival (Day 1) | 22 / 29 (656.4000) | 16 / 29 (675.9084) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2024-05-18 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 2) | 15 / 26 (669.0400) | 5 / 26 (682.1832) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2024-05-17 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke (Day 1) | 32 / 37 (639.7828) | 7 / 37 (682.7772) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2023-05-19 | Twin Valley Fire and Smoke | 11 / 37 (673.5540) | 10 / 37 (677.0168) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2022-06-25 | Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle | 9 / 32 (690.2744) | 23 / 32 (665.6000) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2021-04-17 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 2 | 23 / 34 (673.5888) | 8 / 34 (691.9200) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2021-04-16 | Interstate BBQ Festival - Day 1 | 26 / 47 (671.2796) | 2 / 47 (698.8344) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2020-06-26 | York County BBQ Festival | 27 / 53 (663.8972) | 2 / 53 (695.3600) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2019-10-18 | Boo-B-Que | 18 / 63 (661.5544) | 23 / 63 (653.5428) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2019-10-04 | Keystone Classic BBQ State Championship | 3 / 36 (682.7196) | 11 / 36 (663.8852) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2019-09-27 | Smoke in the Park | 4 / 40 (668.4912) | 11 / 40 (658.1600) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2019-08-23 | New Holland Summer Fest | 13 / 65 (671.3600) | 1 / 65 (685.0740) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2019-08-09 | Maryland State BBQ Bash | 5 / 30 (678.7884) | 8 / 30 (669.6800) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2019-07-26 | Smoke in the Grove | 15 / 53 (665.0056) | 13 / 53 (665.6912) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2019-06-28 | York County BBQ Festival | 2 / 48 (697.1656) | 28 / 48 (657.6232) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2019-05-25 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 2 | 17 / 32 (683.9084) | 15 / 32 (686.2632) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2019-05-24 | Gettysburg BBQ Festival Day 1 | 12 / 33 (674.7428) | 10 / 33 (677.1084) | SMOKECRAFT - MD |
| 2019-04-19 | Interstate BBQ Festival | 2 / 54 (689.0632) | 28 / 54 (658.8344) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2019-04-05 | The Ironman | 6 / 42 (674.8000) | 20 / 42 (651.7940) | DRILLING & GRILLING |
| 2019-03-22 | BBQ Gives Back-III (Day 1) | 22 / 63 (662.7196) | 30 / 63 (655.8628) | DRILLING & GRILLING |