A tough matchup
4–1
behind in the head-to-head
Dragon Products ahead in 80% of their meetings
Dragon Products has come out ahead in 4 of their 5 shared contests.
Cummins
Cummins is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 12th of 88 at the Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1480
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
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
0
0% of 5 contests
Avg finish
top 56%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
158.3084
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 148.25 · weakest Brisket (135.05)
Road miles
691
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 321 mi
Backyard avg
259.12 / 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 Cummins, each with one reason worth a look.
Cummins 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 140 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#4,140 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1509
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#4,145 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
Level with Cummins on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#4,168 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Cummins's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,147 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1480
They were already cooking in 2014, 7 years before Cummins's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#4,173 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1479
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Cummins's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#4,165 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1480
Their last contest in the data was back in 2018, 7 years before Cummins'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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Precision Drilling | 5 | 4 | 1 | 80% | ⚔ compare |
| Halliburton | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Key Energy Services | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Patterson-UTI | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| NOV | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| iNet | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Dragon Products | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
| Ranger Energy Services | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158.3084 | 137.1772 | 148.25 | top 50% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 153.7028 | 95.9432 | 135.05 | top 60% |
“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 195 times, behind 206
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)
20241 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)158.3084 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20231 milestone
- Career-best overall score306.2512 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (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 57% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 45% | 83.6% | 83.6% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 14% | 85.1% | 85.1% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 73% | 79.2% | 79.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 93% | 64.8% | 64.8% |
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 | 56 / 98 (290.9028) | — | 39 (151.4628) | — | 64 (139.4400) |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 46 / 102 (301.1084) | — | 25 (158.3084) | — | 61 (142.8000) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 12 / 88 (306.2512) | — | 31 (152.5484) | — | 15 (153.7028) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 47 / 64 (285.1204) | — | 53 (141.7372) | — | 39 (143.3832) |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 50 / 54 (233.1204) | — | 36 (137.1772) | — | 52 (95.9432) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.