Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
2022-09-29 · Midland, TX · 📍 11700 W COUNTY RD 122
Reps: BOB MCKINNON, LARRY VOTH, LYNDA VOTH, TERRI MCKINNON
Grand Champion: Valtek (352.0228) · 64 teams
Reserve Champion: 🥈 Covia
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 24.0456 points — a wider margin than 99% of championships in the data.
📸 Photo finishes
Pork Ribs places 6–7: Gravity edged Covia by 0.0684. Pork Ribs places 8–9: Wildcat Oil Tools edged Blue Energy Services by 0.1028.
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 | 177.2000 | 168.5944 | 163.5084 |
| Brisket | 176.5828 | 169.7600 | 162.2628 |
Official results on kcbs.us ↗
Backyard Series
Overall
64 entries · top 352.0228 · median 299.7426
Pork Ribs
63 entries · top 177.2000 · median 151.3368
Brisket
60 entries · top 176.5828 · 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 — Cocktail
40 entries · top 174.2628 · median 155.4114
Ancillary — Wild Game
42 entries · top 174.8572 · median 156.3086