Head-to-head
5 head-to-head wins
Met
25 times in the data
20 head-to-head wins
Optimus Swine has taken the last 4 meetings.
Career comparison
| HalaQyah BBQ | Optimus Swine | |
|---|---|---|
| 38 | Contests | 150 |
| 1 | Grand champs | 16 |
| 6 | Category wins | 36 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 13 |
| 97.3% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 141.7% |
| 94.3% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 97% |
| top 51% | Avg finish | top 28% |
| ±1.97% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±7.92% |
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)
| HalaQyah BBQ | Optimus Swine | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chicken (25 meetings) | 21 |
| 8 | Pork Ribs (25 meetings) | 17 |
| 14 | Pork (25 meetings) | 11 |
| 3 | Brisket (25 meetings) | 22 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Mission Farms - King of the Farm 2 times — Optimus Swine leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Chillin & Grillin in the Glades 2 times — Optimus Swine leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 62.49 points at Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (2024-04-12)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.6520 points at Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) (2025-08-08)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | HalaQyah BBQ | Optimus Swine | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-06 | Sip & Swine BBQ Festival | 34 / 44 (665.5312) | 27 / 44 (681.0400) | Optimus Swine |
| 2026-02-27 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm | 22 / 33 (675.9204) | 3 / 33 (697.0628) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-10-24 | Eastern Carolina BBQ Throwdown | 18 / 45 (681.6344) | 5 / 45 (698.2628) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-09-26 | Fire in the Foothills | 9 / 25 (683.8972) | 4 / 25 (688.4916) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-09-19 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 5 / 36 (691.3600) | 17 / 36 (678.1368) | HalaQyah BBQ |
| 2025-08-09 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 2) | 4 / 25 (690.2400) | 2 / 25 (695.4060) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-08-08 | Triple Crown BBQ (Day 1) | 15 / 25 (681.6804) | 16 / 25 (681.0284) | HalaQyah BBQ |
| 2025-07-25 | Smoke on the Mountain | 6 / 37 (688.4684) | 13 / 37 (685.0284) | HalaQyah BBQ |
| 2025-07-18 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 25 / 34 (673.0744) | 10 / 34 (688.4800) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-05-09 | Boss Hog State Championship Cook-Off | 11 / 42 (686.7312) | 1 / 42 (698.2056) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-04-26 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 2) | 8 / 16 (693.6804) | 12 / 16 (680.5144) | HalaQyah BBQ |
| 2025-04-25 | Revolutionary BBQ Brawl (Day 1) | 12 / 20 (675.9540) | 11 / 20 (678.2056) | Optimus Swine |
| 2025-03-28 | Smokin' in the Pines | 6 / 22 (685.6344) | 10 / 22 (681.0516) | HalaQyah BBQ |
| 2025-02-28 | Mission Farms - King of the Farm | 10 / 26 (682.1832) | 4 / 26 (692.4800) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-11-08 | Currituck Bulls and BBQ | 10 / 16 (675.3028) | 2 / 16 (697.0628) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-10-26 | Zom-B-Q (Day 2) | 10 / 11 (674.2292) | 6 / 11 (690.7888) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-10-25 | Nightmare before Zom-B-Q (Day 1) | 13 / 13 (647.7944) | 9 / 13 (681.0284) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-09-20 | Pigmaster BBQ Challenge | 28 / 33 (664.3884) | 8 / 33 (687.8856) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-09-13 | Clayton BBQ Challenge | 21 / 27 (668.4800) | 8 / 27 (689.6572) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-08-30 | Fire in the Foothills BBQ Festival | 15 / 28 (678.7084) | 5 / 28 (693.0628) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-07-19 | Chillin & Grillin in the Glades | 27 / 31 (654.7316) | 16 / 31 (681.6000) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-05-17 | Kings of Q BBQ Cook-Off and Festival | 12 / 18 (666.1372) | 1 / 18 (695.3716) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-05-04 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 2 | 31 / 35 (669.6232) | 10 / 35 (694.2288) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-05-03 | Jiggy With The Piggy - Day 1 | 39 / 45 (657.5772) | 30 / 45 (675.2800) | Optimus Swine |
| 2024-04-12 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 23 / 25 (638.0456) | 1 / 25 (700.5372) | Optimus Swine |