Head-to-head
11 head-to-head wins
Met
23 times in the data
12 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| KC Meat Sweats | Shark Q | |
|---|---|---|
| 54 | Contests | 47 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 5 | Category wins | 4 |
| 3 | Perfect 180s | 3 |
| 96.7% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 97.8% |
| 93.7% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94% |
| top 46% | Avg finish | top 52% |
| ±1.8% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.3% |
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)
| KC Meat Sweats | Shark Q | |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Chicken (23 meetings) | 8 |
| 10 | Pork Ribs (23 meetings) | 13 |
| 10 | Pork (23 meetings) | 13 |
| 12 | Brisket (23 meetings) | 11 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) 6 times — dead level 3–3
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Big Blue BBQ Championship 4 times — dead level 2–2
- 🏕️ They've both cooked American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Meat Inferno 2 times — Shark Q leads there 2–0
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke on the Water 2 times — KC Meat Sweats leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 56.65 points at Smoke on the Trails (2019-09-27)
- 🤏 Closest call: 1.1084 points at Big Blue BBQ Championship (2025-06-06)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | KC Meat Sweats | Shark Q | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-10 | Smoke in the Spring (OPEN FORMAT) | 92 / 101 (660.3768) | 45 / 101 (688.4912) | Shark Q |
| 2025-11-05 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 168 / 401 (681.6456) | 216 / 401 (675.9316) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2025-10-03 | Meat Inferno | 12 / 21 (681.0172) | 7 / 21 (689.0400) | Shark Q |
| 2025-06-06 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | 14 / 29 (681.5884) | 15 / 29 (680.4800) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2025-04-11 | Smoke in the Spring | 70 / 92 (666.1484) | 75 / 92 (661.5544) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 175 / 444 (680.4684) | 131 / 444 (685.0284) | Shark Q |
| 2024-10-11 | Smoke on the Water | 4 / 31 (696.5144) | 20 / 31 (679.3028) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2024-05-31 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | 16 / 25 (671.2684) | 10 / 25 (681.0400) | Shark Q |
| 2024-04-05 | Smoke in the Spring | 64 / 97 (675.2568) | 68 / 97 (671.8516) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2023-10-13 | Smoke on the Water | 12 / 39 (685.5768) | 17 / 39 (682.1712) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2023-09-09 | 7th Annual Smoke on the Trails | 11 / 38 (690.2176) | 6 / 38 (694.7772) | Shark Q |
| 2023-08-11 | 5th Annual KCBS World Invitational - OPEN | 49 / 90 (683.8740) | 73 / 90 (671.2684) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2023-04-07 | Smoke in the Spring | 48 / 103 (681.0056) | 31 / 103 (687.3600) | Shark Q |
| 2022-10-07 | Meat Inferno (JUDGING FULL) | 22 / 29 (667.2224) | 18 / 29 (678.7656) | Shark Q |
| 2022-09-09 | 6th Annual Smoke on the Trails | 14 / 37 (681.6116) | 19 / 37 (670.1256) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2022-06-24 | The Great Lenexa BBQ Battle - Kansas State Championship | 32 / 164 (670.2168) | 27 / 164 (675.4056) | Shark Q |
| 2022-06-03 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | 17 / 25 (655.8284) | 12 / 25 (670.1024) | Shark Q |
| 2022-04-08 | Smoke in the Spring | 39 / 94 (678.2056) | 46 / 94 (675.8968) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2021-09-10 | Smoke on the Trails | 29 / 53 (666.0912) | 21 / 53 (685.0168) | Shark Q |
| 2021-06-04 | Big Blue BBQ Championship | 7 / 28 (686.2400) | 14 / 28 (671.4060) | KC Meat Sweats |
| 2021-04-09 | Smoke in the Spring | 80 / 105 (654.0792) | 56 / 105 (675.9540) | Shark Q |
| 2020-09-11 | Smoke on the Trails | 32 / 48 (656.4112) | 28 / 48 (670.2056) | Shark Q |
| 2019-09-27 | Smoke on the Trails | 9 / 53 (674.2400) | 41 / 53 (617.5884) | KC Meat Sweats |