Giant slayer
46
teams beaten in one weekend
Took the Grand Championship over a 46-team field at Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL).
Key Energy Services
Key Energy Services is a competition barbecue team with 6 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. They have won 1 Grand Championship, at the Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL) ().
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1505
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
1
0 reserve · wins it all 17% of the time
Category wins
0
1 podium
Overall top-10s
1
17% of 6 contests
Avg finish
top 46%
overall standings
Best overall
323.5088 / 360
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
17%
contests with a top-10 call
Best single call
164.0460
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 149.21 · weakest Brisket (145.41)
Road miles
691
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 321 mi
Backyard avg
293.40 / 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 Key Energy Services, each with one reason worth a look.
Key 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 102 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,024 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1508
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 6, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,015 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1507
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Key Energy Services's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,013 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1505
They were already cooking in 2013, 8 years before Key Energy Services's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,029 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 40%
- Peak
- 1505
Level with Key Energy Services on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,016 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1508
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 12 years before Key Energy Services's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,026 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1510
Their last contest in the data was back in 2013, 12 years before Key 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 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| Precision Drilling | 6 | 4 | 2 | 67% | ⚔ compare |
| NOV | 6 | 3 | 3 | 50% | ⚔ compare |
| Patterson-UTI | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100% | ⚔ compare |
| STEP Energy Services | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| iNet | 5 | 3 | 2 | 60% | ⚔ compare |
| Cudd Energy Services | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Ranger Energy Services | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Halliburton | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Cummins | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 164.0460 | 138.1600 | 149.21 | top 45% |
| Brisket | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 159.4628 | 135.9544 | 145.41 | top 46% |
“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 219 times, behind 227
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)
—8 milestones
- First tracked contest Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL)
- First call Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL)
- First overall top-10 Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL)
- First overall podium Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL)
- First Grand Championship Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL)
- Biggest field won (46 teams) Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best overall score323.5088 Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)164.0460 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 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 2% | 89.9% | 89.9% |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 68% | 78.4% | 78.4% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 79% | 77.9% | 77.9% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 38% | 81.9% | 81.9% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 44% | 84.1% | 84.1% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 43% | 78.9% | 78.9% |
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 | 67 / 98 (282.1140) | — | 72 (138.1600) | — | 55 (143.9540) |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 81 / 102 (280.4916) | — | 70 (144.5372) | — | 78 (135.9544) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 33 / 88 (294.8000) | — | 38 (150.2516) | — | 36 (144.5484) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 28 / 64 (302.8572) | — | 27 (153.7372) | — | 28 (149.1200) |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 23 / 54 (283.9428) | — | 22 (144.5484) | — | 24 (139.3944) |
| — | Simmons Energy Permian Basin BBQ cook Off Invitational (BACKYARD ONLY) (JUDGES FULL) unrated Midland, TX | 1 / 46 (323.5088) | — | 2 (164.0460) | — | 7 (159.4628) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.