Smokin on the Plaza

May 30, 2025 - May 31, 2025

State Championship

Contest Details

Smokin on the Plaza

IBCA Contest Number: 2025-93

106 E Central
Lovington, NM 88260
[Driving Directions]
[Map]

Head Judge: Melody Vinson

Tray Pickup:

Cooks Meeting: Friday at

Turn in times / Schedule

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

Awards

10,000

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 Slices)

Friday Ancillaries

Saturday Ancillaries

Dessert 30.00 10am

Open 30.00 11am

Contact and Registration

Contact: Star McKee

575-396-1418

director@lovingtonmainstreet.org

Registration

Entry Fee: 150

Competition Results

Head Judge: Melody Vinson

Number of Teams: 28

Tickets Summary: [PDF]

Master Ticket Details: [PDF]

Grand Champion

D'Kota Dixon / West Texas Smoke

Reserve Grand Champion

Aaron Lesley / Texas Oil Dust

Brisket: Tommy Smith / Bent Nail BBQ

Chicken: Brian Erbe / Big B BBQ

Pork Spare Ribs: Peter Armendariz / Texas Revolution

Overall

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	D'Kota Dixon	West Texas Smoke	558.56
2	Aaron Lesley	Texas Oil Dust	545.06
3	Tommy Smith	Bent Nail BBQ	542.86
4	Brian Erbe	Big B BBQ	541.94
5	Lindsey Vinson	I’ll tell you later bbq	539.3
6	Scott Najar	South Plains Smoke	535.12
7	Anthony Montez	Nena Q BBQ	534.14
8	Salomon Hernandez	HD BBQ	530.14
9	Eddie Carrasco	Monsta QUe	526.98
10	Peter Armendariz	Texas Revolution	525.2
11	Leo Alvarez	Bigotes BBQ	521.88
12	Mario Munguia	Smokin Que	520.54
13	Jeff Wyatt	Redneck cooker	518.18
14	Steve Thrasher	Pit Pirates BBQ	517.28
15	Cole Bradford	B-Man’s BBQ	516.3

Chicken

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Brian Erbe	Big B BBQ	192.4
2	D'Kota Dixon	West Texas Smoke	185.54
3	Eddie Carrasco	Monsta QUe	183.42
4	Scott Najar	South Plains Smoke	181.92
5	Jeff Wyatt	Redneck cooker	181.0
6	Mason Gallaway	Gallaway Cattle Grill Team	180.94
7	Mario Munguia	Smokin Que	178.2
8	Chan Kim	The Kims BBQ	177.52
9	Anthony Montez	Nena Q BBQ	176.6
10	Tommy Smith	Bent Nail BBQ	174.26
11	Lindsey Vinson	I’ll tell you later bbq	174.16
12	Lance Meeks	Lone Star Licious	173.2
13	Wyatt Duncan	Smoking D's BBQ	172.62
14	Steve Thrasher	Pit Pirates BBQ	171.8
15	Sam DeMerritt	Too Sauced Birdies	171.4

Pork Spare Ribs

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Peter Armendariz	Texas Revolution	196.06
2	Aaron Lesley	Texas Oil Dust	191.46
3	Lindsey Vinson	I’ll tell you later bbq	187.34
4	D'Kota Dixon	West Texas Smoke	182.48
5	Jeff Wyatt	Redneck cooker	182.46
6	Paul Whitaker	Scooter n Clarke	181.86
7	Cole Bradford	B-Man’s BBQ	181.54
8	Gary Robertson	Holy Smokers BBQ	180.28
9	Eddie Carrasco	Monsta QUe	179.34
10	Leo Alvarez	Bigotes BBQ	177.26
11	Albert Alba	Strong Smoke Rings	176.34
12	Salomon Hernandez	HD BBQ	176.28
13	Lance Meeks	Lone Star Licious	175.4
14	Jay Lara	Killshot BBQ	173.86
15	Steve Thrasher	Pit Pirates BBQ	172.6

Brisket

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Tommy Smith	Bent Nail BBQ	197.86
2	Aaron Lesley	Texas Oil Dust	196.94
3	D'Kota Dixon	West Texas Smoke	190.54
4	Scott Najar	South Plains Smoke	190.14
5	Brian Erbe	Big B BBQ	189.0
6	Salomon Hernandez	HD BBQ	188.0
7	Anthony Montez	Nena Q BBQ	186.48
8	Cole Bradford	B-Man’s BBQ	184.62
9	Lindsey Vinson	I’ll tell you later bbq	177.8
10	Mario Munguia	Smokin Que	175.34
11	Leo Alvarez	Bigotes BBQ	174.42
12	Albert Alba	Strong Smoke Rings	174.14
13	Steve Thrasher	Pit Pirates BBQ	172.88
14	Donnie Hill	The Right Stuff BBQ	169.58
15	Sam DeMerritt	Too Sauced Birdies	168.54

Ancillary

Dessert

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Christopher Sawyer	Poppa Pig and Porkchop	171.94

Open

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Tommy Smith	Bent Nail BBQ	187.08