Yaga's Wild Game and Barbecue Cookoff

May 10, 2024 - May 11, 2024

https://www.ycfgalveston.org/general-9

Contest Details

IBCA Contest Number: 2024-137

Moody Gardens
7 Hope Boulevard
Galveston, TX 77554
[Driving Directions]
[Map]

Head Judge: Robin Myers

Tray Pickup: 2:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. Friday

Additional Tray Pickup: 9:00 A.M. - 10:00 A.M. Saturday

Cooks Meeting: Friday at 2:00 P.M.

Turn in times / Schedule

12:00 Chicken
1:30 Pork Spare Ribs
3:00 Brisket

Awards

TBD

Meats to be Cooked

Half Chicken 1 Fully Jointed Chicken Half (Complete with wing, breast, thigh and leg.)

Pork Spare Ribs (Required: 8 Individual Pork Spare Ribs)

Brisket (Required: 8 Full Slices)

Friday Ancillaries

Seafood 5:00 P.M.

Fajitas 6:30 P.M.

Wild Game Fowl

Wild Hog

Wild Game Venison

Saturday Ancillaries

Chefs Choice 10:30 A.M.

Wild Game 4:30 P.M.

Contact and Registration

Contact: Chris Arneson

409-939-6494

chris@buildinggalveston.com

Registration

Entry Fee:20' x 20' - 300.00, 30' x 20' - 350.00, 40' x 20' - 375.00, 30' x 30' - 400.00

Competition Results

Head Judge:Robin Myers

Number of Teams:49

Tickets Summary:[PDF]

Master Ticket Details:[PDF]

Grand Champion

Mike Robertson / The Lite Bunch 1

Reserve Grand Champion

John Specion / Real Slow Cookers

Brisket: Ted Skinner / Mad Scientist Social Club

Chicken: Mark Garcia / Roadkill Cookers

Pork Spare Ribs: Dean Solomon / Eye-One Cookers

Overall

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Mike Robertson The Lite Bunch 1	555.62
2	John Specion Real Slow Cookers	540.26
3	Dean Soloman Eye-One Cookers	529.58
4	Mark Garcia Roadkill Cookers	529.08
5	David Hernandez Whatcha Smokin'	524.58
6	Bryan Jones 2 J's Cook Team	523.78
7	Tyler Townsend Hardwood Bbq	522.72
8	scott mohon Gram's & Pap's Backyard Smokers	522.36
9	Donald Dobson G-Town Cookers 2	521.7
10	Billy Powell Texas Select Seasonings	521.08

Chicken

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Mark Garcia Roadkill Cookers	204.8
2	Ronnie Puccetti 3DC Cookers	193.94
3	James Little Smoke G.O.A.T.	183.4
4	Donald Dobson G-Town Cookers 2	182.96
5	Jerry Limones G-Town Cookers 1	182.94
6	Rob Penke Galveston Island Cookers	182.8
7	Justin Davis Bohica 2	181.06
8	Henry Nallie Pig out Cookers 1	179.36
9	scott mohon Gram's & Pap's Backyard Smokers	178.86
10	John Specion Real Slow Cookers	178.46

Pork Spare Ribs

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Dean Solomon Eye-One Cookers	199.86
2	Mike Robertson The Lite Bunch 1	197.6
3	Bryan Jones 2 J's Cook Team	193.6
4	Justin Davis Bohica 2	188.6
5	David Hernandez Whatcha Smokin'	184.76
6	Billy Powell Texas Select Seasonings	178.94
7	John Specion Real Slow Cookers	176.94
8	Sean Welsh Cool Cookers	176.8
9	Sean Lee Bullnose BBQ	176.02
10	Michael Cox The Lite Bunch 2	175.88

Brisket

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Ted Skinner Mad Scientist Social Club	185.94
2	John Specion Real Slow Cookers	184.86
3	David Hernandez Whatcha Smokin'	183.82
4	scott mohon Gram's & Pap's Backyard Smokers	183.56
5	Mike Robertson The Lite Bunch 1	180.74
6	Josh Allred Galveston Tropics	180.06
7	Phillip Sukal South Texas Smoker	177.2
8	Jerry Limones G-Town Cookers 1	175.74
9	Tyler Townsend Hardwood Bbq	175.16
10	Donald Dobson G-Town Cookers 2	173.88

Ancillary

Chefs ChoicePlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Donald Dobson
G-Town Cookers 2201.26
2David Hernandez
Whatcha Smokin'201.26
3Sean Welsh
Cool Cookers199.2
4Mark Garcia
Roadkill Cookers196.8
5Jake Loy
Hardwood BBQ 4194.28
6Mike Varela
Galveston Tropics 3188.06
7David Leal
Texas Best 1187.28
8Mike Robertson
The Lite Bunch 1184.82
9James Little
Smoke G.O.A.T.184.78
10Dean Solomon
Eye-One Cookers183.34
FajitasPlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Dickie Bonds
Pig Out Cookers 2200.08
2Donald Dobson
G-Town Cookers 2188.06
3David Leal
Texas Best 1179.0
4Mark Morgan
Galveston Tropics 2178.52
5John Specion
Real Slow Cookers177.82
6Phillip Sukal
South Texas Smoker176.8
7Tommy Stunson
Cool Cookers 2176.74
8Mike Varela
Galveston Tropics 3175.6
9Tony Listi
The Texas Barbeque Massacre166.94
10Arnold Garza
Texas Pit Stop BBQ165.88
SeafoodPlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1David Hernandez
Whatcha Smokin'
2PJ Nelson
Meat House BBQ
3Sean Welsh
Cool Cookers
4George Saracco
Texas Missing Lynx A
5Phillip Sukal
South Texas Smoker
6Josh Allred
Galveston Tropics
7David Koerth
Paradise Cookers 3
8David Leal
Texas Best 1
9Jerry Limones
G-Town Cookers 1
10Justin Davis
Bohica 2
Wild GamePlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Sean Welsh
Cool Cookers177.2
2Robert Meche
Hardwood BBQ 3176.2
3Michael Cox
The Lite Bunch 2172.44
4David Leal
Texas Best 1169.26
5Dickie Bonds
Pig Out Cookers 2156.52
6Billy Powell
Texas Select Seasonings155.2
7David Hernandez
Whatcha Smokin'151.12
8Jerry Limones
G-Town Cookers 1147.04
9Ronnie Puccetti
3DC Cookers138.92
Wild Game FowlPlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1David Leal
Texas Best 1197.08
2Jerry Limones
G-Town Cookers 1192.98
3Billy Powell
Texas Select Seasonings189.86
4John Specion
Real Slow Cookers183.4
5Trey Presley
Los Casadores172.44
6Austin Koerth
Paradise Cookers 5171.14
7Bryan Jones
2 J's Cook Team 168.26
8Paul Gutowsky
Paradise Cookers 4166.7
9Arnold Garza
Texas Pit Stop BBQ159.78
10Stewart Gagnon
Paradise Cookers 1158.26
Wild Game VenisonPlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Robert Meche
Hardwood BBQ 3190.28
2Michael Cox
The Lite Bunch 2185.2
3Sean Welsh
Cool Cookers180.28
4Erika Eriksson
Texas Missing Lynx B178.54
5Tommy Stunson
Cool Cookers 2176.52
6Tyson Arnold
Island Sundowners176.24
7Rob Penke
Galveston Island Cookers175.78
8Mike Robertson
The Lite Bunch 1174.42
9Justin Davis
Bohica 2170.34
10Josh Allred
Galveston Tropics169.02
Wild HogPlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1David Hernandez
Whatcha Smokin'201.4
2Ronnie Puccetti
3DC Cookers178.12
3Dickie Bonds
Pig Out Cookers 2157.8
4Dean Solomon
Eye-One Cookers155.92
5Henry Nallie
Pig out Cookers 1152.72