A tough matchup
4–0
behind in the head-to-head
Cudd Energy Services ahead in 100% of their meetings
Cudd Energy Services has come out ahead in 4 of their 4 shared contests.
Core Laboratories
Core Laboratories is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 21st of 54 at the Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1504
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 13 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2021
latest Nov 11, 2025 · 4.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 4 contests
Avg finish
top 70%
overall standings
Best overall
293.0852 / 360
Competitor Series · Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
158.3084
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 143.02 · weakest Brisket (135.97)
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.
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.3084 | 134.8452 | 143.02 | top 61% |
| Brisket | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 143.4400 | 129.6912 | 135.97 | top 67% |
“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 4 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
4 of 4 contests
Contests visited
4
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
4 entries · 0 wins · 0 calls
Opponents faced
218
finished ahead 90 times, behind 248
Longest layoff
2 yrs
Sep 29, 2021 → Sep 28, 2023
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20253 milestones
- Career-best overall score293.0852 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.3084 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)
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 52% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 92% | 73.5% | 73.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 98% | 37.5% | 37.5% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 39% | 79.9% | 79.9% |
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 | 51 / 98 (293.0852) | — | 23 (158.3084) | — | 77 (134.7768) |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 94 / 102 (264.5364) | — | 91 (134.8452) | — | 89 (129.6912) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 86 / 88 (134.8684) | — | 75 (134.8684) | — | — |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 21 / 54 (287.4972) | — | 24 (144.0572) | — | 19 (143.4400) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.