Giant slayer
102
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 102-team field at Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES).
- Nov 5, 2024
Cudd Energy Services
Cudd Energy Services is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2024).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 14 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
5
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2021
latest Nov 11, 2025 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
1
0 reserve · wins it all 20% of the time
Category wins
0
3 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
60% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
2
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 23%
overall standings
Best overall
335.4512 / 360
Competitor Series · Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
80%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
171.4972
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 154.74 · weakest Brisket (154.58)
Road miles
691
across 4 mapped stops · furthest 292 mi
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Teams like this (closest power rating)
The teams rated closest to Cudd Energy Services, each with one reason worth a look.
Cudd Energy Services has 1 rated contest, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 98 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,655 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,647 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with Cudd Energy Services on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,654 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1519
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,661 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,663 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,673 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1514
Their last contest in the data was back in 2020, 5 years before Cudd Energy Services's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dragon Products | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| NOV | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Precision Drilling | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Key Energy Services | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 165.1540 | 135.3828 | 154.74 | top 31% |
| Brisket | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 171.4972 | 127.4284 | 154.58 | top 24% |
“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.
More numbers
Contests a season
1
across 5 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
5 of 5 contests
Contests visited
5
a different one every time
First title
Nov 5, 2024
Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Opponents faced
248
finished ahead 307 times, behind 76
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 29, 2021 → Sep 28, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20252 milestones
- Career-best single call (Brisket)171.4972 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Most recent contest Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20245 milestones
- First overall podium Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First Grand Championship Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score335.4512 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Biggest field won (102 teams) Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score335.4512 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20211 milestone
- First overall top-10 Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
—2 milestones
Scores over time (% of a perfect score — tap a meat to add it)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 48% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 10% | 89.4% | 89.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 1% | 93.2% | 93.2% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 50% | 80.7% | 80.7% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 7% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 11, 2025 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Houston, TX | 10 / 98 (321.7828) | — | 42 (150.2856) | — | 2 (171.4972) |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 1 / 102 (335.4512) | — | 9 (165.1540) | — | 3 (170.2972) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 44 / 88 (290.3544) | — | 74 (135.3828) | — | 12 (154.9716) |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 4 / 54 (308.1144) | — | 6 (159.4288) | — | 12 (148.6856) |
| — | Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL) unrated Midland, TX | 22 / 46 (290.8684) | — | 3 (163.4400) | — | 36 (127.4284) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.