Giant slayer
88
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 88-team field at Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES).
- 2023-09-28
Valtek
At a glance (everything the results say about this team, in numbers)
Rating
1516
peak 1516 · rated over 1 contests ⓘ
Best runs
3
straight top-10s · 2 straight GCs
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
2022-09-29
latest 2024-11-05
Grand champs
2
0 reserve
Category wins
3
4 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 2%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
100%
contests with a top-10 call
Top-10 streak
3
and counting
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 172.76 · weakest Brisket (170.13)
Road miles
265
mi across 3 mapped stops · furthest 88 mi
Backyard avg
352.02 / 360
1 Backyard contest · 1 GC
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Storylines (6 found in this team's record)
Each card leads with the number that made it a story — read straight out of their results, no editorialising.
Signature meat
67%
brisket entries won
2 wins from 3 entries
When brisket is on the table, watch out — they've won it in 67% of their entries (2 of 3).
- best 176.5828
- average 170.13
- 3 calls
A multi-meat day
1
contests with 2+ category wins
They've won two or more meats on the same day 1 time — the best of them 2 category wins at Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2023-09-28).
- Pork Ribs 1st
- Brisket 1st
High-water mark
352.0228
career-best overall
97.8% of a perfect 360
Their best day on record: 352.0228 at Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) — 97.8% of a perfect 360.
- Backyard
- 2022-09-29
A strong matchup
3–0
ahead in the head-to-head
Ahead in 100% of their meetings
They've finished ahead of GD Energy Products in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Announced themselves early
1st
at their very first contest
Finished 1 of 64 at their very first tracked contest, Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022-09-29).
- 2022-09-29
- 64-team field
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The nearest teams in the power rankings, with a different reason on each card — six teams on one rating are rarely on it for the same reason. Rating decides who makes the list; where teams tie on it, the ones this team has actually cooked against come first, then teams at a similar point in their own career. KCBS doesn’t publish where a team is from, so nothing here is inferred from geography.
Valtek has 1 rated contest — short of the five it takes to earn a power ranking — so this rating has barely moved off the 1500 every team starts on and 85 rated teams sit within a point of it. Read the list as the nearest company at a number nobody here has moved far from, not as a verdict on who this team belongs with.
#2600 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1525
No shared contest yet.
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 5 contests to 3.
⚔ Head-to-head#2617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
They were already cooking in 2013, 9 years before Valtek's first contest.
⚔ Head-to-head#2620 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1526
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 3 years before Valtek's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2602 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Level with Valtek on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Head-to-head#2616 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1516
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Valtek's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-head#2608 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1523
No shared contest yet.
Their last contest in the data was back in 2015, 9 years before Valtek's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Head-to-headBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 179.4400 | 163.4056 | 172.76 | top 6% |
| Pork | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — |
| Brisket | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 176.5828 | 165.2116 | 170.13 | top 2% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
The story so far (17 numbers that describe this team)
On the trail
2.1 yrs
2022-09-29 → 2024-11-05
Busiest season
2024
1 contest
Contests a season
1
across 3 seasons in the data
Cooks most in
TX
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
3
0 of them cooked more than once
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 1 win · 2 calls
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
averages 172.76 · weakest Brisket (170.13)
Walk rate
100%
a top-10 call in 3 of 3 contests
Overall top-10 rate
100%
3 of 3 contests
Wins it all
67%
2 Grand Championships · 0 reserve
First title
2022-09-29
Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
Best top-10 run
3
straight contests — and still running
Backyard average
352.02
out of 360 · 1 contest · 1 GC
Opponents faced
176
249–2 across every shared overall standing
Road miles
265
3 mapped stops · furthest 88 mi
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
2023-09-28 → 2024-11-05
Power rating
1516
peak 1516 · #null of 6,413 rated
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
- 2022
- First tracked contest Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First category win (Brisket) Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall podium Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First Grand Championship Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score352.0228 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score352.0228 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- 2023
- First multi-meat day Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Biggest field won (88 teams) Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)179.4400 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- 2024
- Most recent contest Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Category scores over time
Overall finish over time (top-% of field, lower is better)
Where they finish (overall)
Best vs average (by meat)
How entries end (by meat)
Season by season
| Season | Contests | GCs | Top-10s | Category wins | Walk rate | Avg finish | Best overall (% of perfect) | Avg overall (% of perfect) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 3% | — | — |
| 2023 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100% | top 1% | — | — |
| 2022 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100% | top 2% | 97.8% | 97.8% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-11-05 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 3 / 102 (331.9884) | — | 15 (163.4056) | — | 4 (168.5828) |
| 2023-09-28 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 1 / 88 (344.6516) | — | 1 (179.4400) | — | 1 (165.2116) |
| 2022-09-29 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 1 / 64 (352.0228) | — | 2 (175.4400) | — | 1 (176.5828) |