Head-to-head
3 head-to-head wins
Met
5 times in the data · 1 dead level
1 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Backroad BBQ | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Contests | 148 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 2 |
| 0 | Category wins | 18 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 3 |
| 95.6% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.1% |
| 92.3% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.6% |
| top 48% | Avg finish | top 39% |
| ±1.99% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.57% |
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)
| Backroad BBQ | WHEN PIGS DIE | |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chicken (5 meetings) | 2 |
| 2 | Pork Ribs (5 meetings) | 2 |
| 1 | Pork (1 meetings) | 0 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Iowa State BBQ Championship 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Tri City BBQ Fest 2 times — Backroad BBQ leads there 1–0
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Backroad BBQ | WHEN PIGS DIE | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-04-04 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 30 / 49 (326.2404 · Backyard) | 10 / 49 (681.0516 · Master) | WHEN PIGS DIE |
| 2024-09-20 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 5 / 30 (332.5028 · Backyard) | 5 / 30 (689.0744 · Master) | Dead level |
| 2024-05-10 | Minnesota in May | 13 / 58 (341.1084 · Backyard) | 17 / 58 (688.5372 · Master) | Backroad BBQ |
| 2023-09-15 | Tri City BBQ Fest | 1 / 32 (344.0000 · Backyard) | 6 / 32 (690.8000 · Master) | Backroad BBQ |
| 2023-03-31 | Iowa State BBQ Championship | 21 / 47 (323.3716 · Backyard) | 23 / 47 (673.6804 · Master) | Backroad BBQ |