The one to beat
2×
one call ahead of them
Stallion Oilfield Services has finished one call ahead of Baker Hughes 2 times — their closest competition in the data.
Baker Hughes
Baker Hughes is a competition barbecue team with 5 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2021 and 2024. Their best overall finish is 8th of 88 at the Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1522
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 5, 2024 · 3.1 years on the trail
Grand champs
0
0 reserve
Category wins
0
0 podiums
Overall top-10s
3
60% of 5 contests
Best top-10 run
3
straight overall top-10s
Avg finish
top 14%
overall standings
Best overall
317.1544 / 360
Competitor Series · Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
Perfect 180s
0
Walk rate
40%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork Ribs
avg 156.13 · weakest Brisket (154.74)
Road miles
691
across 5 mapped stops · furthest 321 mi
Backyard avg
307.74 / 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 Baker Hughes, each with one reason worth a look.
Baker Hughes 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 88 rated teams sit within a point of it.
#2,471 of the rated field
- Contests
- 8
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 0%
- Peak
- 1521
A longer road to the same neighbourhood — 8 contests to 5.
⚔ Compare careers#2,477 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 1
- Top-10s
- 67%
- Peak
- 1521
Their rating is built on 1 Grand Championship in 6 contests, alongside a 67% overall top-10 rate.
⚔ Compare careers#2,453 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 80%
- Peak
- 1522
Both teams' first contest in the data came in 2021.
⚔ Compare careers#2,457 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 50%
- Peak
- 1522
Level with Baker Hughes on power rating, which is the whole reason they're on the list.
⚔ Compare careers#2,460 of the rated field
- Contests
- 6
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 33%
- Peak
- 1522
Careers of much the same size, 6 contests to 5, so neither rating has had more chance to settle than the other.
⚔ Compare careers#2,465 of the rated field
- Contests
- 5
- GCs
- 0
- Top-10s
- 60%
- Peak
- 1532
Their last contest in the data was back in 2017, 7 years before Baker Hughes's most recent — their rating stopped moving when they stopped cooking.
⚔ Compare careersBy meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pork Ribs | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162.2512 | 146.2856 | 156.13 | top 25% |
| Brisket | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 160.5828 | 148.5940 | 154.74 | top 21% |
“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
4
a different one every time
Opponents faced
198
finished ahead 267 times, behind 37
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 overall score317.1544 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20231 milestone
- Career-best single call (Pork Ribs)162.2512 Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES)
20213 milestones
- First tracked contest Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First call Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY)
- First overall top-10 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% | — | — | — |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | top 13% | 88.1% | 88.1% |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 9% | 86.3% | 86.3% |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0% | top 16% | 87.9% | 87.9% |
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100% | top 19% | 83% | 83% |
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 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov 5, 2024 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off by Daniel Energy Partners (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 13 / 102 (317.1544) | — | 19 (160) | — | 22 (157.1544) |
| Sep 28, 2023 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (COMPETITOR SERIES) unrated Midland, TX | 8 / 88 (310.8452) | — | 5 (162.2512) | — | 28 (148.5940) |
| Sep 29, 2022 | Permian Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 10 / 64 (316.5828) | — | 25 (156) | — | 13 (160.5828) |
| Sep 29, 2021 | Permain Basin Barbeque Cook-off (BACKYARD ONLY) Midland, TX | 10 / 54 (298.9028) | — | 20 (146.2856) | — | 6 (152.6172) |
An unrated contest — an invitational, or a Competitor or Kosher Series board — is in the record but doesn’t move the power rating.