Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2023-09-28 · Midland, TX · 📍 974 Campbell Road Suite 101
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, RALPH WILLIAMS, TERRI MCKINNON
Grand Champion: Valtek (344.6516) · 88 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Diamondback Energy
Entries
Top score
Winning margin
Field average
Perfect 180s
Tightest race
Top-10 cutoff
Field spread
Double threats
How hot was the win?
Traveled in
Form held
Field strength
Storylines
💪 A statement win
The champion won by 14.4004 points — a wider margin than 97% of championships in the data.
🧹 A double category winner
Valtek won Pork Ribs, Brisket — a double, and took the Grand Championship on top of it.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 5–6: Spraberry Production Services edged EnQuest Energy Solutions by 0.0232. Pork Ribs places 6–7: Clearwell Dynamics edged MidCentral Energy by 0.0340. Pork Ribs places 7–8: MidCentral Energy edged Precision Drilling by 0.0456.
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
Category showdown (top / average / median score per meat)
Score distribution
Biggest rating movers (power-rating points won and lost at this contest)
Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 179.4400 | 162.2512 | 160.0572 |
| Brisket | 165.2116 | 162.2972 | 156.6628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
88 entries · top 344.6516 · median 290.3200
Pork Ribs
87 entries · top 179.4400 · median 148.4916
Brisket
84 entries · top 165.2116 · median 143.0914
Ancillary categories
Run by the organizers alongside the sanctioned contest. These are judged on their own terms and do not count toward the overall score, so they're kept out of the meat stats above.
Ancillary — Cocktails
58 entries · top 173.1084 · median 141.4000
Ancillary — College
5 entries · top 163.9772 · median 158.8228
| # | Team | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Texas (Diamondback) | |
| 2 | Texas A & M | |
| 3 | LSU (Diamondback) | |
| 4 | University of Virginia (DEP) | |
| 5 | Texas Tech (ProPetro) |
Ancillary — Wild Game
59 entries · top 173.2228 · median 150.3088