A tough matchup
3–0
behind in the head-to-head
Cudd Energy Services ahead in 100% of their meetings
Cudd Energy Services has come out ahead in 3 of their 3 shared contests.
Gravity
Gravity is a competition barbecue team with 4 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 16th of 64 at the Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2022).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1508
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 13 invitational or side-series contests not counted
Contests
4
in the data
First seen
Sep 29, 2022
latest Nov 11, 2025 · 3.1 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 65%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
25%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 143.85 · weakest Brisket (138.45)
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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 166.3428 | 129.1200 | 143.85 | top 63% |
| Brisket | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 145.1428 | 129.7604 | 138.45 | top 69% |
“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
Opponents faced
214
finished ahead 114 times, behind 234
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)
20224 milestones
- First tracked contest Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best overall score308.1144 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)166.3428 Permian 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 88% | 74% | 74% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 57% | 80.8% | 80.8% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 89% | 73.3% | 73.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100% | top 25% | 85.6% | 85.6% |
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 | 86 / 98 (266.2400) | — | 90 (129.1200) | — | 73 (137.1200) |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 58 / 102 (290.8456) | — | 66 (145.7028) | — | 55 (145.1428) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 78 / 88 (263.9888) | — | 77 (134.2284) | — | 72 (129.7604) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 16 / 64 (308.1144) | — | 6 (166.3428) | — | 43 (141.7716) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.