A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Cudd Energy Services ahead in 100% of their meetings
Cudd Energy Services has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
NOV
NOV is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 7th of 54 at the Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1515
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 24 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
6
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
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 52%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 147.88 · weakest Brisket (142.18)
Road miles
691
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 321 mi
Backyard avg
304.85 / 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 NOV, each with one reason worth a look.
NOV 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 81 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,637 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1515
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,641 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,643 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1518
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before NOV's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,644 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1515
Level with NOV on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,626 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 12 years before NOV's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#2,624 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 100%
- Peak
- 1516
6 straight overall top-10s says this rating is a moving target.
⚔ Compare careersFamiliar foes (most-met opponents in overall standings — one meeting per contest)
| Opponent | Meetings | Ahead | Behind | Win rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precision Drilling | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Dragon Products | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Key Energy Services | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| iNet | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Halliburton | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Cummins | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Patterson-UTI | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| STEP Energy Services | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Ranger Energy Services | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Cudd Energy Services | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 154.2856 | 138.7772 | 147.88 | top 48% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 156.0456 | 130.2628 | 142.18 | top 52% |
“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 6 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
TX
6 of 6 contests
Contests visited
6
a different one every time
Opponents faced
264
finished ahead 200 times, behind 246
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)
20214 milestones
- First call Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score306.3084 Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Brisket)156.0456 Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
—1 milestone
- First tracked contest Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL)
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 | 0% | top 63% | 77.9% | 77.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 53% | 81.4% | 81.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 86% | 75.5% | 75.5% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 79.2% | 79.2% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 41% | 84.3% | 84.3% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 13% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
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 | 52 / 98 (293.0172) | — | 69 (138.7772) | — | 28 (154.2400) |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 88 / 102 (271.9768) | — | 84 (139.9884) | — | 87 (131.9884) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 50 / 88 (285.1084) | — | 25 (154.2856) | — | 69 (130.8228) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 26 / 64 (303.3944) | — | 28 (153.6800) | — | 26 (149.7144) |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 7 / 54 (306.3084) | — | 13 (150.2628) | — | 4 (156.0456) |
| — | Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL) unrated Midland, TX | 29 / 46 (280.5372) | — | 18 (150.2744) | — | 33 (130.2628) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.