Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
2025-11-11 – 2025-11-12 · Houston, TX · 📍 979 Campbell Dr.
Reps: EUGENE WICKHAM, KAREN JANE WILLIAMS, LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH, RALPH WILLIAMS, SARAH WICKHAM
Grand Champion: Western Midstream Partners (339.3712) · 98 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Nomad Proppant Services
Entries
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Perfect 180s
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🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 1.0400 points — closer than 83% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 4–5: GD Energy Products and Endurance Lift Solutions, LLC. tied on 169.1428 — settled by the KCBS tiebreaker. Pork Ribs places 9–10: Devon Energy edged Explore Group LLC by 0.0228. Brisket places 9–10: Iron Oak Energy Solutions edged Western Midstream Partners by 0.0228.
🛡️ Back to defend
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Cudd Energy Services (won 2024).
Score curves (score by finishing position — steep cliffs mean a spread field, flat lines a knife fight)
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Did form hold? (pre-contest rating vs overall finish — ratings called it if the dots climb to the right)
This contest over the years full contest page →
| Date | Where | Venue | Teams | High score | Grand Champion | Reserve Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-05 | Midland, TX | 974 Campbell Road | 102 | 335.4512 | Cudd Energy Services | — |
| 2025-11-11 ← this one | 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 | 179.4400 | 169.1428 | 166.2972 |
| Brisket | 172.1144 | 169.1428 | 163.9656 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
98 entries · top 339.3712 · median 293.4400
Pork Ribs
97 entries · top 179.4400 · median 147.5312
Brisket
97 entries · top 172.1144 · median 146.8572
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
66 entries · top 170.2628 · median 137.6398
Ancillary — Wild Game
71 entries · top 180.0000 · median 153.7484 · 🔥 perfect 180