A first Grand Championship
1
title in the data
This was Western Midstream Partners's first Grand Championship in the data.
Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) 2025
Nov 11–12, 2025 · Houston, TX · 📍 979 Campbell Dr.
Reps: Eugene Wickham, Karen Jane Williams, Larry Voth, Lynda Voth, Ralph Williams, Sarah Wickham
Western Midstream Partners won Grand Champion at the Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) on November 11, 2025 in Houston, TX at 979 Campbell Dr., scoring 339.3712 in a field of 98 teams. Nomad Proppant Services took Reserve Grand Champion with 338.3312. Category winners: Pork Ribs — Resource Energy Equipment (179.4400); Brisket — Clean Chemistry (172.1144). This is the 2nd of 2 editions of this contest on record; the 2024 edition was won by Cudd Energy Services.
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.
149.13
median 293.44
339.37 🏆
How the meats cooked
Every board on one scale — the bar runs last score to first, the dot is the median.
- Pork Ribs 179.44
- Brisket 172.11
94.53
179.44
Entries
98
2 judged meats · 2 ancillary
Top score
339.3712
Winning margin
1.0400
GC over RC
Field average
290.51
149.13339.37
median 293.44 · last place to winner
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Brisket
2.9716 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
321.7828
149.13339.37
10th place overall
Field spread
190.2396
winner to last place
Came back for more
52%
53 of 102 teams from the previous edition returned
Storylines (6 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.
A rookie on the podium
1st
at their first tracked contest
Western Midstream Partners finished 1st overall in the first contest the data has them cooking at all.
Photo finishes
Tie
closest of 4 calls decided inside half a point
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.
- Brisket 4–5 · tie
- Pork Ribs 9–10 · 0.0228
- Brisket 9–10 · 0.0228
- Brisket 7–8 · 0.1032
A contest record in pork ribs
179.4400
best pork ribs ever cooked here
Resource Energy Equipment turned in 179.4400 in pork ribs — past the 170.2972 that had stood across 1 earlier editions.
- old best 170.2972
- across 1 past editions
Back to defend
1
past champions back in the field
Past winners of this contest cooked this edition: Cudd Energy Services (won 2024).
- Cudd Energy Services · 2024
One of the big ones
98
teams on the grounds
Bigger than 98% of the 5,468 contests in the data
98 teams — bigger than 98% of the 5,468 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 | Midland, TX | 974 Campbell Road | 102 | 335.4512 | Cudd Energy Services |
| Nov 11, 2025 ← 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 · out of 360, not the usual 720
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 · median 153.7484 · 🔥 perfect 180