Head-to-head
North Meets South BBQ vs JL Smokers
5 head-to-head wins
Met
9 times in the data
4 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| North Meets South BBQ | JL Smokers | |
|---|---|---|
| 21 | Contests | 59 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 1 |
| 3 | Category wins | 5 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 96.5% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 97.3% |
| 94.4% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.3% |
| top 40% | Avg finish | top 45% |
| ±1.21% | 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)
| North Meets South BBQ | JL Smokers | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chicken (9 meetings) | 5 |
| 5 | Pork Ribs (9 meetings) | 4 |
| 5 | Pork (9 meetings) | 4 |
| 5 | Brisket (9 meetings) | 4 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest 3 times — JL Smokers leads there 2–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition 2 times — North Meets South BBQ leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 9.22 points at Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest (2024-04-12)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.0236 points at Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition (2023-04-07)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | North Meets South BBQ | JL Smokers | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-13 | Clayton BBQ Challenge | 9 / 27 (689.6340) | 4 / 27 (693.0740) | JL Smokers |
| 2024-04-12 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 7 / 25 (685.6460) | 11 / 25 (676.4228) | North Meets South BBQ |
| 2023-04-14 | Bone Suckin' Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 13 / 32 (674.1828 · Master) | 3 / 32 (169.1772 · Other) | JL Smokers |
| 2023-04-07 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | 8 / 28 (690.8120) | 9 / 28 (690.7884) | North Meets South BBQ |
| 2022-07-22 | Bone Suckin Sauce Peak City Pig Fest | 18 / 35 (675.9088) | 9 / 35 (685.0400) | JL Smokers |
| 2022-04-08 | Jimbo's Annual BBQ Competition | 13 / 36 (677.0172) | 16 / 36 (674.1252) | North Meets South BBQ |
| 2021-09-24 | Pigmaster's BBQ Challenge | 12 / 27 (672.4572) | 16 / 27 (664.4116) | North Meets South BBQ |
| 2021-07-16 | Rufus Teague BBQ Throwdown - Zooland | 2 / 19 (694.7656) | 3 / 19 (689.6228) | North Meets South BBQ |
| 2019-11-08 | Polar Pig BBQ Cook-Off (Duel A) | 27 / 47 (667.2456) | 23 / 47 (669.5652) | JL Smokers |