Head-to-head
12 head-to-head wins
Met
19 times in the data
7 head-to-head wins
Career comparison
| Q-JITSU | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
|---|---|---|
| 65 | Contests | 40 |
| 2 | Grand champs | 0 |
| 5 | Category wins | 7 |
| 1 | Perfect 180s | 1 |
| 98.1% | Best overall (% of perfect) | 97.8% |
| 94.2% | Avg overall (% of perfect) | 92.9% |
| top 40% | Avg finish | top 42% |
| ±1.73% | Consistency (% of perfect) | ±3.93% |
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-JITSU | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | Chicken (19 meetings) | 8 |
| 10 | Pork Ribs (20 meetings) | 10 |
| 7 | Pork (19 meetings) | 12 |
| 12 | Brisket (19 meetings) | 7 |
Common ground
- 🏕️ They've both cooked All American BBQ Throwdown 5 times — Q-JITSU leads there 4–1
- 🏕️ They've both cooked Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com 2 times — dead level 1–1
- 💥 Biggest beatdown: 20.07 points at Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com (2020-09-25)
- 🤏 Closest call: 0.0344 points at All American BBQ Throwdown (2021-08-06)
Every meeting
| Date | Event | Q-JITSU | FIREHOUSE SMOKE | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-09-13 | September Fest | 3 / 18 (683.9200) | 7 / 18 (675.8856) | Q-JITSU |
| 2024-08-02 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 8 / 40 (688.5256) | 5 / 40 (693.6456) | FIREHOUSE SMOKE |
| 2024-05-03 | Smoke in the Mitten BBQ Competition | 9 / 26 (675.9088) | 2 / 26 (690.1828) | FIREHOUSE SMOKE |
| 2024-04-19 | GLBBQA Spring Fling | 22 / 62 (684.5372) | 5 / 62 (695.4172) | FIREHOUSE SMOKE |
| 2023-08-25 | Rockin' BBQ Take 2 | 1 / 23 (706.2860) | 2 / 23 (703.9428) | Q-JITSU |
| 2023-08-04 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 17 / 44 (673.6572) | 20 / 44 (672.5260) | Q-JITSU |
| 2022-10-14 | Best of the Midwest BBQ | 5 / 36 (690.7540) | 7 / 36 (687.3488) | Q-JITSU |
| 2022-08-05 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 16 / 50 (679.9544) | 24 / 50 (671.8628) | Q-JITSU |
| 2022-07-15 | Bordertown BBQ Brawl | 3 / 30 (697.6572) | 8 / 30 (686.7656) | Q-JITSU |
| 2022-04-08 | CCSFEST | 9 / 42 (689.6340) | 27 / 42 (671.2800) | Q-JITSU |
| 2021-09-24 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com | 17 / 28 (663.8740) | 7 / 28 (678.1596) | FIREHOUSE SMOKE |
| 2021-08-06 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 15 / 32 (664.5256) | 16 / 32 (664.4912) | Q-JITSU |
| 2021-05-15 | Rockin' BBQ - Day 2 | 17 / 39 (672.0004) | 18 / 39 (671.9084) | Q-JITSU |
| 2020-09-25 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com | 20 / 28 (662.6852) | 4 / 28 (682.7540) | FIREHOUSE SMOKE |
| 2020-08-07 | All American BBQ Throwdown | 22 / 42 (662.8000) | 31 / 42 (646.1940) | Q-JITSU |
| 2020-05-29 | Rockin BBQ | 47 / 66 (646.1716) | 39 / 66 (651.2108) | FIREHOUSE SMOKE |
| 2019-09-20 | Rumble on the River Presented by TheBBQSuperStore.com | 17 / 28 (668.4800) | 23 / 28 (663.3256) | Q-JITSU |
| 2019-09-13 | Silver Lake Sand Dunes Apple & BBQ Festival | 18 / 35 (658.2400) | 25 / 35 (650.7428) | Q-JITSU |
| 2019-08-02 | Westland Area Jaycees All American BBQ Throwdown | 19 / 40 (659.4056) | 9 / 40 (671.9656) | FIREHOUSE SMOKE |