Head-to-head
PUDDLEDUCK BBQ vs Armstrong Smoke & Co.
8 head-to-head wins
Met
11 times in the data
3 head-to-head wins
PUDDLEDUCK BBQ has taken the last 5 meetings.
Career comparison
| PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
|---|---|---|
| 48 | Contests | 20 |
| 5 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 11 | Category wins | 4 |
| 5 | Perfect 180s | 3 |
| 186.3% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 98.1% |
| 97.2% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 95.4% |
| top 30% | Avg finish | top 34% |
| ±17.26% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±2.54% |
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)
| PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | |
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Chicken (14 meetings) | 4 |
| 8 | Pork Ribs (13 meetings) | 5 |
| 3 | Pork (3 meetings) | 0 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) 2 times — PUDDLEDUCK BBQ leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 31.52 points at Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-03-21)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.5484 points at Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) (2025-06-13)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ | Armstrong Smoke & Co. | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-24 | 8th Annual KCBS World Invitational: Master Series Invitational and the Backyard Series Invitational (Sunday, May 24, 2026) | 2 / 82 (354.2744) | 14 / 82 (349.6684) | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |
| 2026-05-15 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 1 / 29 (357.1544) | 4 / 29 (352.5600) | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |
| 2026-03-27 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 7 / 43 (348.5488) | 12 / 43 (345.0972) | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |
| 2026-03-20 | Smoke on the Shores BBQ Championship | 7 / 125 (349.1316) | 25 / 125 (340.4912) | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |
| 2025-10-10 | Scottsboro BBQ Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 1 / 30 (353.1200) | 6 / 30 (345.6800) | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |
| 2025-09-12 | Smoke on the Water Guntersville (BACKYARD ONLY) | 16 / 28 (339.9428) | 5 / 28 (353.1200) | Armstrong Smoke & Co. |
| 2025-09-05 | Bernard Blues & BBQ Cookoff (BACKYARD ONLY) | 2 / 29 (351.9772) | 10 / 29 (344.5256) | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |
| 2025-06-13 | Reelin N Smokin Backyard BBQ Competition (BACKYARD ONLY) | 5 / 35 (348.5372) | 6 / 35 (347.9888) | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |
| 2025-05-16 | High on the Hog Festival (BACKYARD ONLY) | 22 / 32 (333.1084) | 12 / 32 (343.9656) | Armstrong Smoke & Co. |
| 2025-04-25 | Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl (COMPETITOR SERIES) | 16 / 31 (507.8740) | 8 / 31 (516.5028) | Armstrong Smoke & Co. |
| 2025-03-21 | Singing River Smoke-O-Rama (BACKYARD ONLY) | 5 / 43 (348.5372) | 39 / 43 (317.0172) | PUDDLEDUCK BBQ |