Bucks Backyard 9th Annual BBQ Cookoff

March 21, 2025 - March 22, 2025

Contest Details

Bucks Backyard 9th Annual BBQ Cookoff
IBCA Contest Number: 2025-126

1750 S FM 1626
Buda, TX 78610
[Driving Directions]
[Map]

Head Judge: Kim Love
Tray Pickup: 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Cooks Meeting: Friday at 6:30pm

Turn in times / Schedule
12:00 Chicken
1:30 Pork Spare Ribs
3:00 Brisket

Awards

$5000

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

Beef Fajitas $25 8:00 PM
Margaritas $10 8:00 PM

Saturday Ancillaries

Beans $20 11:00 AM

Contact and Registration

Contact: Shane Sanders

Registration

Entry Fee:$185

Contest Registration/Flyer

Competition Results

Head Judge:Kim Love
Number of Teams:53

Tickets Summary:[PDF]

Master Ticket Details:[PDF]

Grand Champion

Raymond Hernandez / No Mas Ponle


Reserve Grand Champion

Orlando Rodriguez / NVD Crew


Brisket: Orlando Rodriguez / NVD Crew
Chicken: Raymond Hernandez / No Mas Ponle
Pork Spare Ribs: Keith Hardaway / Purple Reign BBQ

Overall

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Raymond Hernandez
No Mas Ponle
543.82
2Orlando Rodriguez
NVD Crew
539.36
3Eddie Medrano
TX BBQ Depot
523.44
4Ryan Newland
Backline Smokers
522.58
5James Garza
The Republic of 'Que
522.3
6Ramiro Gonzalez
GordoCue
518.64
7Mike Valdez
Smokin Pops BBQ
516.28
8Dennis Butterworth
Warpig BBQ
513.84
9Michael Sargent Jr
Bubba Fatz BBQ
511.06
10Michael Hernandez
All the Smoke BBQ
508.3
11Chase Bishop
Bout Time BBQ
508.0
12Joe Arellano
Tiny's 2.1
506.64
13Carlos Calzada
Smokin Los BBQ
505.24
14John Zamora
Team Tito's #1
502.8
15 Master Ticket
M0101
502.2

Chicken

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Raymond Hernandez
No Mas Ponle
187.74
2Dennis Alvarez
Tito's #4
184.64
3Dennis Butterworth
Warpig BBQ
183.46
4Mike Valdez
Smokin Pops BBQ
181.22
5Eddie Medrano
TX BBQ Depot
180.94
6Chase Bishop
Bout Time BBQ
178.68
7Orlando Rodriguez
NVD Crew
177.54
8Albert Saucedo
Small Town Smokers
176.6
9Rudy Sauceda
Stargate Clinic
171.42
10Joe Arellano
Tiny's 2.1
169.64
11Michael Sargent Jr
Bubba Fatz BBQ
169.54
12Paul Alvarado
Buda Q
168.62
13John Jaster
El Patio BBQ
168.0
14Gregory Velasquez
Velasquez bbq
167.72
15Terry McDonald
Whiskey Tango
167.66

Pork Spare Ribs

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Keith Hardaway
Purple Reign BBQ
183.12
2Joe Arellano
Tiny's 2.1
182.2
3Ramiro Gonzalez
GordoCue
181.82
4Martin Puente
Una Flor BBQ
180.96
5Tino Canales
Lonestar Smokers
180.94
6Matt Prostko
Hell Week Cooking Team
178.42
7Ben Haverda
Big Ben's Tasty Meats
178.2
8Joshua Zike
Benchmark BBQ
177.16
9Raymond Hernandez
No Mas Ponle
176.4
10Danny Morales
The Amigos
176.34
11Victor Solis
Smokin' Solis BBQ
174.78
12Gregory Velasquez
Velasquez bbq
173.88
13Keno Ramos
Smoking Fool's
173.56
14Carlos Calzada
Smokin Los BBQ
172.9
15Melissa Lucio
Shut Em Up Cookers
172.56

Brisket

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Orlando Rodriguez
NVD Crew
191.08
2James Garza
The Republic of Que
190.8
3Ryan Newland
Backline Smokers
190.18
4Michael Hernandez
All the Smoke BBQ
187.14
5John Zamora
Team Tito's #1
183.46
6Tino Canales
Lonestar Smokers
180.46
7Raymond Hernandez
No Mas Ponle
179.68
8Jeffrey Guerrero
Smokin' Pickle
178.6
9Michael Sargent Jr
Bubba Fatz BBQ
177.86
10Jorge De Leon
Dirty 6 Creeks
174.76
11Paul Alvarado
Buda Q
174.54
12Eddie Medrano
TX BBQ Depot
173.22
13Dino DeYoung
DG's Smokin BBQ
171.72
14Ramiro Gonzalez
GordoCue
171.62
15Jonathan Clever
Commercial Towing Services
171.08

Ancillary

Beans

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Ryan Newland
Backline Smokers
184.32
2Keno Ramos
Smoking Fool's
183.38
3Anthony Gamez
FireAnt BBQ Co
174.14
4Melissa Lucio
Shut Em Up Cookers
171.34
5Joe Arellano
Tiny's 2.1
166.74
6Joshua Zike
Benchmark BBQ
166.46
7John Zamora
Team Tito's #1
163.12
8Keith Hardaway
Purple Reign BBQ
160.92
9Michael Sargent Jr
Bubba Fatz BBQ
157.54
10Matt Prostko
Hell Week Cooking Team
157.52

Beef Fajitas

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Ryan Newland
Backline Smokers
185.58
2Chase Bishop
Bout Time BBQ
181.66
3John Zamora
Team Tito's #1
179.22

Margaritas

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Anthony Gamez
FireAnt BBQ Co
192.0
2Melissa Lucio
Shut Em Up Cookers
191.08
3Dennis Alvarez
Tito's #4
189.22