Head-to-head
3 head-to-head wins
Met
10 times in the data
7 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| SWEET SMOKE BBQ | ZIPS BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | Contests | 75 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 7 |
| 3 | Category wins | 16 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 11 |
| 96.7% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 143% |
| 93.1% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 97.3% |
| top 66% | Avg finish | top 35% |
| ±2.1% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±9.13% |
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)
| SWEET SMOKE BBQ | ZIPS BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chicken (10 meetings) | 6 |
| 2 | Pork Ribs (10 meetings) | 8 |
| 1 | Pork (10 meetings) | 9 |
| 3 | Brisket (10 meetings) | 7 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked BBQ Boogie & Blues 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 55.02 points at Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship (2024-03-15)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5712 points at BBQ Boogie & Blues (2021-09-24)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | SWEET SMOKE BBQ | ZIPS BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-24 | 7th Annual KCBS World Invitational (Saturday, May 24, 2025) | 69 / 106 (680.4572) | 79 / 106 (678.1368) | SWEET SMOKE BBQ |
| 2025-04-25 | BBQ & Boogie | 27 / 32 (662.6972) | 14 / 32 (684.4456) | ZIPS BBQ |
| 2024-11-15 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 19 / 58 (687.9200) | 26 / 58 (685.6344) | SWEET SMOKE BBQ |
| 2024-05-24 | 6th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN | 104 / 118 (663.8860) | 2 / 118 (706.2516) | ZIPS BBQ |
| 2024-03-15 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 89 / 93 (641.5196) | 8 / 93 (696.5372) | ZIPS BBQ |
| 2024-03-01 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 45 / 59 (660.3656) | 31 / 59 (677.5772) | ZIPS BBQ |
| 2023-11-17 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic | 50 / 60 (665.5312) | 14 / 60 (691.9084) | ZIPS BBQ |
| 2023-04-28 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | 17 / 32 (675.3260) | 5 / 32 (694.7772) | ZIPS BBQ |
| 2021-09-24 | BBQ Boogie & Blues | 20 / 27 (666.7084) | 21 / 27 (666.1372) | SWEET SMOKE BBQ |
| 2021-07-30 | GBC Summer Showdown | 37 / 39 (642.6628) | 9 / 39 (685.0972) | ZIPS BBQ |