Hawaii vs Alaska

Region Against

Hawaii 10 contests · 40 teams · 3.8 years 1 this season · 0 on the calendar

8–11

measures won

Alaska 15 contests · 39 teams · 5.2 years 2 this season · 0 on the calendar

Alaska takes 11 of the 20 measures below to Hawaii's 8. 2 teams have cooked in both.

Every measure

The winning side of each row is marked. “Winner” isn't always the bigger number — the tougher judging room is the one with the lower average category score, and that row is scored that way.

Hawaii	Measure	Alaska
10	Contests held	15
8	Contests with results	11
1	Contests this season	2
0	On the calendar	0
4	Seasons on record	6
40	Teams competed	39
13	Teams competing this season	5
12 teams	Typical field	8 teams
18 teams	Biggest field	12 teams
701.69	Avg winning score Master · of 720	698.49
706.2744	Best score ever Master overall	710.8228
166.67	Avg category score lower = tougher room	167.85
2	Perfect 180s	5
8.9	180s per 1,000 entries	21.9
3	Grand champions crowned	7
3	State championships	2
8	Recurring contests	11
3	Towns hosting	5
2	Reps working	6
$27,550	Published purses contests that listed one	$20,900

Contests per season (seasons with results, up to this one)

When each one cooks (month of year)

How each room scores (average per judged meat — lower is harder)

Teams that cook in both (2 in total)

A contest counts once per team, whether it cooked one series there or two. These are the teams whose own record says how the two regions compare.

Team	Rating	HI contests	HI GCs	AK contests	AK GCs
Smoked & Furious	1764	1	—	2	1
Sweetie's Bar-B-Q	1562	2	—	1	—

Who wins in Hawaii

Team	GCs	Contests
SMOKIN' VOLTS BBQ	2	3
Cynical BBQ	1	3
MACBBQ	—	3
TINY E BBQ	—	2
Sweetie's Bar-B-Q	—	2
Rolling Smoke BBQ & CO	—	2
It's Just Me BBQ	—	2
BAR-B-CUDA BBQ	—	1

Who wins in Alaska

Team	GCs	Contests
SMOKEY HAZE	1	5
Bear's Den BBQ	1	3
Smoken J's BBQ	1	3
Smoked & Furious	1	2
Pits and Grills	1	1
40 BELOW	1	1
BEAR NAKED BBQ	1	1
Holy Trinity BBQ	—	3

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