Head-to-head
Q LIVE CREW vs SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ
1 head-to-head wins
Met
13 times in the data
12 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Q LIVE CREW | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 36 | Contests | 64 |
| 0 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 1 | Category wins | 4 |
| 0 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 94.9% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 97.8% |
| 88.4% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 94.7% |
| top 79% | Avg finish | top 34% |
| ±6.03% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±1.59% |
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)
| Q LIVE CREW | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chicken (13 meetings) | 12 |
| 3 | Pork Ribs (13 meetings) | 10 |
| 4 | Pork (13 meetings) | 9 |
| 2 | Brisket (12 meetings) | 10 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Wild West BBQ Cook-Off 4 times — SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ leads there 3–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Smoke & Soul Fest 2 times — SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ leads there 2–0
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 145.03 points at Wild West BBQ Cook-Off (2026-04-24)
- 🤏 Closest call: 6.8684 points at BBQ Jackpot (2024-12-06)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Q LIVE CREW | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-24 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 26 / 27 (505.0400) | 19 / 27 (650.0684) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2025-04-25 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 10 / 30 (675.9428) | 25 / 30 (662.1712) | Q LIVE CREW |
| 2024-12-06 | BBQ Jackpot | 57 / 74 (666.1600) | 47 / 74 (673.0284) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2024-10-30 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 373 / 444 (639.8516) | 11 / 444 (700.0228) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2024-05-10 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 22 / 29 (660.9940) | 3 / 29 (686.2056) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2023-10-06 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 16 / 28 (665.5768) | 4 / 28 (687.3256) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2023-09-27 | American Royal World Series of Barbecue - Open Contest | 256 / 487 (671.3600) | 34 / 487 (694.2288) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2022-10-22 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 2 | 29 / 31 (636.4344) | 5 / 31 (685.6340) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2022-10-21 | Meat Scream BBQ Competition-Day 1 | 30 / 32 (646.6508) | 11 / 32 (677.6112) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2022-10-07 | Smoke & Soul Fest | 23 / 29 (651.2684) | 3 / 29 (682.8000) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2022-05-06 | Wild West BBQ Cook-Off | 29 / 33 (635.2912) | 9 / 33 (673.0400) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2019-04-26 | LuLu's Brew & Que | 25 / 40 (655.2452) | 10 / 40 (679.3484) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |
| 2019-01-11 | National Western BBQ Throwdown | 29 / 38 (648.4688) | 12 / 38 (671.8972) | SMOKIN HOT BUTTS BBQ |