Head-to-head
The Specialists vs Sheats Smoked Meats
5 head-to-head wins
Met
8 times in the data
3 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| The Specialists | Sheats Smoked Meats | |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Contests | 20 |
| 2 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 2 | Category wins | 2 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 0 |
| 97.4% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 95.9% |
| 94.5% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 93.5% |
| top 32% | Avg finish | top 48% |
| ±1.5% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.63% |
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)
| The Specialists | Sheats Smoked Meats | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chicken (8 meetings) | 4 |
| 4 | Pork Ribs (8 meetings) | 4 |
| 4 | Pork (8 meetings) | 4 |
| 6 | Brisket (8 meetings) | 2 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Poosa Q 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 34.95 points at Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off (2019-07-26)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5372 points at Smoke on the Falls (2019-04-12)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | The Specialists | Sheats Smoked Meats | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-05 | Poosa Q | 62 / 72 (654.6852) | 9 / 72 (687.3600) | Sheats Smoked Meats |
| 2019-09-13 | RiverFest | 12 / 37 (673.5540) | 16 / 37 (669.6112) | The Specialists |
| 2019-07-26 | Cotton Pickin BBQ Cook-Off | 5 / 27 (679.3712) | 22 / 27 (644.4224) | The Specialists |
| 2019-06-14 | Poosa-Q | 3 / 48 (691.3944) | 25 / 48 (677.0400) | The Specialists |
| 2019-05-03 | The Whistlestop Festival & Rocket City BBQ | 14 / 54 (678.1484) | 27 / 54 (665.0280) | The Specialists |
| 2019-04-19 | High on the Hog Festival | 21 / 39 (674.7428) | 10 / 39 (686.7772) | Sheats Smoked Meats |
| 2019-04-12 | Smoke on the Falls | 11 / 30 (674.7656) | 9 / 30 (675.3028) | Sheats Smoked Meats |
| 2019-02-22 | Bama Q Capital City Cook-Off | 1 / 27 (701.0972) | 8 / 27 (682.7656) | The Specialists |