A tough matchup
5–0
behind in the head-to-head
Ranger Energy Services ahead in 100% of their meetings
Ranger Energy Services has come out ahead in 5 of their 5 shared contests.
Patterson-UTI
Patterson-UTI is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2025. Their best overall finish is 32nd of 54 at the Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) (2021). Also listed in KCBS results as “Patterson - UTI”.
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1491
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 72%
overall standings
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
0%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 141.23 · weakest Brisket (134.51)
Road miles
691
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 321 mi
Backyard avg
278.87 / 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 Patterson-UTI, each with one reason worth a look.
Patterson-UTI 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 159 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#3,599 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Careers of much the same size, 5 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,587 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1516
Level with Patterson-UTI on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#3,617 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 17%
- Peak
- 1516
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#3,586 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
They were already cooking in 2015, 6 years before Patterson-UTI's first contest.
⚔ Compare careers#3,618 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2022, 3 years before Patterson-UTI's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careers#3,624 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 20%
- Peak
- 1491
Their last contest in the data was back in 2021, 4 years before Patterson-UTI'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 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Halliburton | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| NOV | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Cummins | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| iNet | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Precision Drilling | 5 | 2 | 3 | 40% | ⚔ compare |
| Ranger Energy Services | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
| Key Energy Services | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% | ⚔ compare |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 151.4628 | 131.3600 | 141.23 | top 64% |
| Brisket | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 141.2116 | 118.8800 | 134.51 | top 68% |
“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 103 times, behind 298
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)
20231 milestone
- Career-best overall score290.2856 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20221 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)151.4628 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
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 95% | 71.7% | 71.7% |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 85% | 75.7% | 75.7% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 51% | 80.6% | 80.6% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 72% | 79.2% | 79.2% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 59% | 75.7% | 75.7% |
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 | 93 / 98 (258.2860) | — | 68 (139.4060) | — | 94 (118.8800) |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 87 / 102 (272.4228) | — | 95 (132.4800) | — | 66 (139.9428) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 45 / 88 (290.2856) | — | 35 (151.4516) | — | 53 (138.8340) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 46 / 64 (285.1656) | — | 30 (151.4628) | — | 52 (133.7028) |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 32 / 54 (272.5716) | — | 39 (131.3600) | — | 21 (141.2116) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.