Head-to-head
2 head-to-head wins
Met
7 times in the data
5 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| LWS Smokin Aces | Budget BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | Contests | 12 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 1 |
| 0 | Category wins | 2 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 94.9% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.3% |
| 90.9% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.2% |
| top 74% | Avg finish | top 57% |
| ±3.01% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.94% |
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)
| LWS Smokin Aces | Budget BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chicken (7 meetings) | 3 |
| 2 | Pork Ribs (7 meetings) | 5 |
| 1 | Pork (2 meetings) | 1 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 17.79 points at Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) (2024-09-06)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5712 points at O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 (2025-05-03)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | LWS Smokin Aces | Budget BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-15 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 13 / 29 (341.6456) | 16 / 29 (336.5144) | LWS Smokin Aces |
| 2026-05-01 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 17 / 17 (321.6116) | 12 / 17 (337.6572) | Budget BBQ |
| 2026-03-27 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 34 / 43 (326.7428) | 23 / 43 (337.6572) | Budget BBQ |
| 2025-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 2 | 20 / 23 (334.7888) | 19 / 23 (335.3600) | Budget BBQ |
| 2025-05-02 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 16 / 28 (335.9544) | 22 / 28 (331.9200) | LWS Smokin Aces |
| 2024-09-06 | Bernard Blues and BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 25 / 27 (319.3260) | 16 / 27 (337.1204) | Budget BBQ |
| 2024-05-03 | O'So Good BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) Day 1 | 23 / 27 (327.3488) | 21 / 27 (330.1828) | Budget BBQ |