Great American Cook-off

June 6, 2025 - June 7, 2025

State Championship

Contest Details

IBCA Contest Number: 2025-94

702 S 2nd St
Brownfield, TX 79316
[Driving Directions]
[Map]

Head Judge: Cindy Niles

Tray Pickup: Friday from 4:00 to 6:00

Cooks Meeting: at

Turn in times / Schedule

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

Awards

80%

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

Beans 10 11:00

Contact and Registration

Contact: Justin Hesse

806-236-0362

jhessetx@yahoo.com

Registration

Entry Fee: 150

Contest Registration/Flyer

Competition Results

Head Judge: Cindy Niles

Number of Teams: 22

Tickets Summary: [PDF]

Master Ticket Details: [PDF]

Grand Champion

D'Kota Dixon / West Texas Smoke

Reserve Grand Champion

Fernando Solano / Smokin' Dawgs

Brisket: Lance Meeks / Lone Star Licious

Chicken: Jacob Luna / Phat Meat Smokers

Pork Spare Ribs: Scott Najar / South Plains Smoke

Overall

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	D'Kota Dixon	West Texas Smoke	527.6
2	Fernando Solano	Smokin' Dawgs	515.26
3	Scott Najar	South Plains Smoke	514.98
4	Jacob Luna	Phat Meat Smokers	513.68
5	Lance Meeks	Lone Star Licious	513.12
6	Cole Bradford	B-Man’s BBQ	499.32
7	Joseth Villarreal	Two Cousins BBQ	497.1
8	Matthew Valdonado	Big Matt & Suena BBQ	495.42
9	Michael Hernandez	All The Smoke	494.16
10	Bernie Zertuche	Cobra Kai Kookers	492.84
11	Benjamin Lyles	Brother Bear BBQ	489.58
12	Ruben Tejeda	H&R BBQ	470.08
13	Manuel Consteneio	Sillver Bullet	469.2
14	Jacob Moreno	Los Primos	468.32
15	Mike Lerma	Hot Road BBQ	464.12

Chicken

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Jacob Luna	Phat Meat Smokers	179.36
2	Alex Trevino III	Amigo's Ranch	168.92
3	Joseth Villarreal	Two Cousins BBQ	161.88
4	Michael Hernandez	All The Smoke	161.86
5	Matthew Valdonado	Big Matt & Suena BBQ	161.76
6	Ruben Tejeda	H&R BBQ	161.18
7	D'Kota Dixon	West Texas Smoke	159.9
8	Manuel Consteneio	Sillver Bullet	158.42
9	Fernando Solano	Smokin' Dawgs	157.18
10	Cole Bradford	B-Man’s BBQ	156.5
11	Jacob Moreno	Los Primos	153.58
12	Mike Lerma	Hot Road BBQ	153.08
13	Benjamin Lyles	Brother Bear BBQ	152.3
14	Scott Najar	South Plains Smoke	151.62
15	Bernie Zertuche	Cobra Kai Kookers	151.6

Pork Spare Ribs

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Scott Najar	South Plains Smoke	187.38
2	D'Kota Dixon	West Texas Smoke	183.72
3	Jacob Luna	Phat Meat Smokers	180.34
4	Bernie Zertuche	Cobra Kai Kookers	178.18
5	Fernando Salano	Smokin' Dawgs	176.88
6	Lance Meeks	Lone Star Licious	175.42
7	Cole Bradford	B-Man’s BBQ	173.88
8	Benjamin Lyles	Brother Bear BBQ	172.94
9	Paul Carlos Vasquez	The BBQ Barn	171.8
10	Matthew Valdonado	Big Matt & Suena BBQ	171.32
11	Jacob Moreno	Los Primos	171.08
12	Michael Hernandez	All The Smoke	168.96
13	Ruben Tejeda	H&R BBQ	168.62
14	Joseth Villarreal	Two Cousins BBQ	167.42
15	Mike Lerma	Hot Road BBQ	167.06

Brisket

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Lance Meeks	Lone Star Licious	187.34
2	D'Kota Dixon	West Texas Smoke	183.98
3	Fernando Solano	Smokin' Dawgs	181.2
4	Scott Najar	South Plains Smoke	175.98
5	Joe G Martinez	Joe G's BBQ	169.58
6	Cole Bradford	B-Man’s BBQ	168.94
7	Joseth Villarreal	Two Cousins BBQ	167.8
8	Benjamin Lyles	Brother Bear BBQ	164.34
9	Michael Hernandez	All The Smoke	163.34
10	Bernie Zertuche	Cobra Kai Kookers	163.06
11	Matthew Valdonado	Big Matt & Suena BBQ	162.34
12	Manuel Consteneio	Sillver Bullet	159.44
13	Jacob Luna	Phat Meat Smokers	154.08
14	Freddy Hernandez	Broken Oak	150.16
15	Bobby Arguellel	Arguellez Bar-B-Que	149.82

Ancillary

Beans

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Lance Meeks	Lone Star Licious	162.46
2	Alex Trevino III	Amigo's Ranch	160.6
3	Bernie Zertuche	Cobra Kai Kookers	158.74
4	Jacob Moreno	Los Primos	155.38
5	Joe G Martinez	Joe G's BBQ	154.74