A first Grand Championship
3
tracked contests to get there
This was Cudd Energy Services's first Grand Championship in the data — it arrived at their 3rd tracked contest.
Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) 2024
Nov 5–6, 2024 · Midland, TX · 📍 974 Campbell Road
Reps: Bob McKinnon, Karen Jane Williams, Ralph Williams, Terri McKinnon
Cudd Energy Services won Grand Champion at the Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) on November 5, 2024 in Midland, TX at 974 Campbell Road, scoring 335.4512 in a field of 102 teams. Ranger Energy Services took Reserve Grand Champion with 333.2340. Category winners: Pork Ribs — Wilcat Oil Tools (170.2972); Brisket — VTX Energy Partners (173.7372). This is the 1st of 2 editions of this contest on record; the next was held in 2025.
The contest at a glance (read off the scored boards)
How the field scored
Overall totals, every team on the board — tall stacks are where the pack sat.
117.13
median 294.86
335.45 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Pork Ribs 170.30
- Brisket 173.74
116.51
173.74
Entries
102
2 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
335.4512
Winning margin
2.2172
GC over RC
Field average
292.43
117.13335.45
median 294.86 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
4.5144 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
319.4280
117.13335.45
10th place overall
Field spread
218.3196
winner to last place
Storylines (3 found in this contest's numbers)
Everything below is read straight out of the results — the number on each card is the one that made it a story.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 6 calls decided inside half a point
Pork Ribs places 6–7: Clean Chemistry / ADS and Sand X tied on 165.2228 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Brisket places 7–8: Mustang CAT/United Vision Logistics and MidCentral Energy tied on 165.7828 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Atlas Energy Solutions edged Cudd Energy Services by 0.0004.
- Pork Ribs 6–7 · tie
- Brisket 7–8 · tie
- Pork Ribs 8–9 · 0.0004
- Brisket 5–6 · 0.0116
One of the big ones
102
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 98% of the 5,469 contests in the data
102 teams — bigger than 98% of the 5,469 contests in the data.
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
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 2024 ← this one | Midland, TX | 974 Campbell Road | 102 | 335.4512 | Cudd Energy Services |
| Nov 11, 2025 | Houston, TX | 979 Campbell Dr. | 98 | 339.3712 | Western Midstream Partners |
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 170.2972 | 165.7828 | 164.6400 |
| Brisket | 173.7372 | 167.9772 | 165.1772 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
102 entries · top 335.4512 · median 294.8630 · out of 360, not the usual 720
Pork Ribs
101 entries · top 170.2972 · median 150.2400
Brisket
101 entries · top 173.7372 · median 146.2516
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 — Cocktail
67 entries · top 171.4404 · median 136.5828
Ancillary — Wild Game
78 entries · top 173.1428 · median 150.0114