Head-to-head
7 head-to-head wins
Met
15 times in the data
8 head-to-head wins
JL Smokers has taken the last 5 meetings.
Career comparison
| SMOKE N BREW | JL Smokers | |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | Contests | 59 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 1 |
| 10 | Category wins | 5 |
| 3 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 98% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 97.3% |
| 94.5% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.3% |
| top 37% | Avg finish | top 45% |
| ±1.64% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.02% |
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)
| SMOKE N BREW | JL Smokers | |
|---|---|---|
| 7 | Chicken (15 meetings) | 8 |
| 8 | Pork Ribs (15 meetings) | 7 |
| 10 | Pork (15 meetings) | 5 |
| 6 | Brisket (15 meetings) | 9 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Jiggy With The Piggy 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 58.94 points at Pigs & Pedals (2019-08-02)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.0112 points at Clayton BBQ Challenge (2024-09-13)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | SMOKE N BREW | JL Smokers | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-13 | Clayton BBQ Challenge | 5 / 27 (693.0628) | 4 / 27 (693.0740) | JL Smokers |
| 2024-05-04 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 | 33 / 35 (665.6232) | 15 / 35 (690.7772) | JL Smokers |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | 13 / 45 (688.4916) | 12 / 45 (689.0744) | JL Smokers |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Invitational Contest | 137 / 211 (678.1596) | 128 / 211 (679.9084) | JL Smokers |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 297 / 487 (665.6344) | 271 / 487 (669.5768) | JL Smokers |
| 2023-04-14 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 2 / 32 (170.2856) | 3 / 32 (169.1772) | SMOKE N BREW |
| 2022-07-22 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 12 / 35 (680.5028) | 9 / 35 (685.0400) | JL Smokers |
| 2022-05-13 | Jiggy With The Piggy | 24 / 46 (670.7084) | 17 / 46 (677.0288) | JL Smokers |
| 2022-03-18 | Mission Farm's King of the Farm | 21 / 33 (676.4108) | 32 / 33 (655.8400) | SMOKE N BREW |
| 2021-10-08 | Waxhaw Grill'n & Chill'n BBQ Cook-off | 7 / 26 (679.8628) | 17 / 26 (652.9716) | SMOKE N BREW |
| 2021-07-16 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland | 8 / 19 (684.4572) | 3 / 19 (689.6228) | JL Smokers |
| 2019-10-11 | Waxhaw Grillin & Chillin BBQ cook-off | 2 / 27 (686.7996) | 3 / 27 (685.0624) | SMOKE N BREW |
| 2019-09-20 | Tilley Harley-Davidson Biker Blues BBQ Rally and BBQ Classic | 38 / 56 (648.4688) | 42 / 56 (643.2568) | SMOKE N BREW |
| 2019-08-02 | Pigs & Pedals | 3 / 40 (686.8000) | 35 / 40 (627.8636) | SMOKE N BREW |
| 2019-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy | 23 / 60 (666.1712) | 41 / 60 (646.8112) | SMOKE N BREW |