The heartbreaker
2.2172
points from the title
Came within 2.2172 points of the Grand Championship at Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) (Nov 5, 2024).
Ranger Energy Services
Ranger Energy Services is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 2nd of 102 at the Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2024), and they have finished Reserve Grand Champion once.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1503
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 23 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
0
1 reserve
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
20% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 35%
overall standings
Best overall
333.2340 / 360
Competitor Series · Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 159.78 · weakest Brisket (141.07)
Road miles
691
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 321 mi
Backyard avg
288.90 / 360
2 Backyard contests · 0 GCs
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 Ranger Energy Services, each with one reason worth a look.
Ranger Energy Services has 2 rated contests, short of the five a power ranking needs, so its rating is still close to the 1500 every team starts on and 116 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,106 of the rated field
- Contests
- 7
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 14%
- Peak
- 1503
Careers of much the same size, 7 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,098 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1514
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before Ranger Energy Services's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,086 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1521
Level with Ranger Energy Services on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,105 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1511
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,116 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1506
Their last contest in the data was back in 2019, 6 years before Ranger Energy Services's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,100 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 8 years before Ranger 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| iNet | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Patterson-UTI | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| Dragon Products | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Halliburton | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| NOV | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Cummins | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ 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 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 168.5944 | 149.6568 | 159.78 | top 19% |
| Brisket | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 165.2228 | 124.0572 | 141.07 | top 55% |
“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
Opponents faced
235
finished ahead 275 times, behind 126
Longest layoff
1.1 yrs
Sep 28, 2023 → Nov 5, 2024
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20251 milestone
- Most recent contest Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20245 milestones
- First overall top-10 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall podium Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First Reserve Championship Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score333.2340 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best overall score333.2340 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20222 milestones
- First call Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)168.5944 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
20211 milestone
- First tracked contest Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 40% | 83.2% | 83.2% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 2% | 92.6% | 92.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 81.6% | 81.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 38% | 84.5% | 84.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 56% | 76% | 76% |
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 | 39 / 98 (299.5084) | — | 16 (162.3200) | — | 70 (137.1884) |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 2 / 102 (333.2340) | — | 2 (168.0112) | — | 9 (165.2228) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 36 / 88 (293.7024) | — | 36 (150.2968) | — | 41 (143.4056) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 24 / 64 (304.0800) | — | 5 (168.5944) | — | 50 (135.4856) |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 30 / 54 (273.7140) | — | 16 (149.6568) | — | 39 (124.0572) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.