Head-to-head
Big Boots BBQ vs ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ
4 head-to-head wins
Met
9 times in the data
5 head-to-head wins
ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ has taken the last 2 meetings.
Career comparison
| Big Boots BBQ | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 30 | Contests | 12 |
| 2 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 4 | Category wins | 3 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 96.5% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 96.7% |
| 94.7% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.8% |
| top 32% | Avg finish | top 26% |
| ±1.3% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.12% |
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)
| Big Boots BBQ | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Chicken (9 meetings) | 5 |
| 4 | Pork Ribs (9 meetings) | 5 |
| 4 | Pork (9 meetings) | 5 |
| 4 | Brisket (9 meetings) | 5 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 16.64 points at BBQ, Bikes and Blues (2019-04-26)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.0340 points at Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge (2021-03-26)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Big Boots BBQ | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-04-22 | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest | 18 / 29 (664.3768) | 14 / 29 (671.3028) | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ |
| 2021-09-24 | Praise the Lard Murphysboro BBQ Cook-Off | 15 / 39 (679.2912) | 8 / 39 (685.0744) | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ |
| 2021-04-23 | WashMo BBQ & Bluesfest | 2 / 45 (687.3600) | 5 / 45 (680.0116) | Big Boots BBQ |
| 2021-03-26 | Kickin It Route 66 Barbeque Challenge | 8 / 52 (687.3944) | 7 / 52 (687.4284) | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ |
| 2020-11-13 | Second Annual KCBS World Invitational Barbeque Competition | 60 / 94 (680.4800) | 15 / 94 (694.8228) | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ |
| 2019-08-16 | Cape Jaycees BBQ Fest | 4 / 45 (694.8344) | 9 / 45 (686.2628) | Big Boots BBQ |
| 2019-06-21 | Ribs on the River | 8 / 26 (681.5996) | 6 / 26 (683.9428) | ST. LOUIS BLACK IRON BBQ |
| 2019-05-03 | 38th Annual Kennett Jaycee's Show Me State BBQ Cookoff | 1 / 25 (693.6344) | 5 / 25 (685.0400) | Big Boots BBQ |
| 2019-04-26 | BBQ, Bikes and Blues | 4 / 39 (687.9544) | 21 / 39 (671.3140) | Big Boots BBQ |