Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY)(JUDGES FULL)
· Midland, TX · 📍 Midland, TX 79701
Reps: BILL SHIFLETT, JENNIFER SHIFLETT
Grand Champion: Key Energy Services (323.5088) · 46 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Solaris Companies
Entries
46
2 judged meats
Top score
323.5088
Winning margin
0.4804
GC over RC
Field average
283.58
median 287.38
Perfect 180s
0
Tightest race
Pork Ribs
4.6744 pts across the top 5
Top-10 cutoff
300.0108
10th place overall
Field spread
105.1552
winner to last place
How hot was the win?
Top 83%
beats 17% of 58 Competitor Series wins in the data
Traveled in
0%
of the 46 teams with a home region came from outside TX
Storylines
🪒 A razor-thin finish
The Grand Championship was decided by 0.4804 points — closer than 93% of every championship in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Brisket places 8–9: Gyrodata edged Terra Oilfield by 0.0228. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Solaris Companies edged Pioneer Natural Resources by 0.0456. Pork Ribs places 4–5: STEP Energy Services edged Weir Oil & Gas by 0.0916.
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
What a call cost (the score it took to finish 1st, 5th and 10th)
| Category | 1st | 5th | 10th |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 166.9256 | 162.2512 | 157.6912 |
| Brisket | 168.6172 | 163.5084 | 153.7144 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Competitor Series
Overall
46 entries · top 323.5088 · median 287.3832
Pork Ribs
46 entries · top 166.9256 · median 146.0572
Brisket
46 entries · top 168.6172 · median 138.5314