2nd Annual Smokin' for Scholars

December 5, 2025 - December 6, 2025
State Championship
GRILLIN TO THE BONE POINTS CHASE EVENT

Contest Details

2nd Annual Smokin' for Scholars
IBCA Contest Number: 2026-28

Wilderness Lakes RV Resort
Lake Corpus Christi, TX 78372
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Head Judge: Rose Simola
Tray Pickup: Friday between 4pm-6pm
Additional Tray Pickup: Before 11:00 AM
Cooks Meeting: Friday at 6:00

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

Awards

$7000

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

Ribeye Steak 25 7:30

Saturday Ancillaries

Beans 25 10.00
Dessert 25 11:00

Contact and Registration

Contact: Brittany Crow

Registration

Entry Fee: 200

Contest Registration/Flyer

Competition Results

Head Judge: Rose Simola
Number of Teams: 34

Tickets Summary: [PDF]

Master Ticket Details: [PDF]

Grand Champion

Chad Gangnath / Rusty Junk BBQ


Reserve Grand Champion

Carl Davis / Cast Iron Cookers


Brisket: Leroy Barrera Jr / DIG IN BBQ
Chicken: Chad Gangnath / Rusty Junk BBQ
Pork Spare Ribs: Cinco Villarreal / Broke Boyz BBQ

Overall

PlaceHead CookTeamPoints
1Chad GangnathRusty Junk BBQ531.6
2Carl DavisCast Iron Cookers529.02
3Phil BreedenLC BBQ524.9
4Leroy Barrera JrDIG IN BBQ523.94
5Cinco VillarrealBroke Boyz BBQ523.7
6Weston KimballNo Boar BBQ522.82
7Cody CrowHeavy Hog BBQ512.86
8Matt KasparRapsak BBQ511.72
9Justin MoodyHigh Line BBQ510.76
10Johnny MartinezBBQ Bandits510.68
11Richard GarciaTurn’d Up BBQ507.74
12Jody LancourSalty dawg Cookers505.04
13Jonathan FloresDouble J’s BBQ501.6
14Andres ChavarriaLos Perdidos501.58
15Carlos GuerraOld Dirty Barrels499.94

Chicken

PlaceHead CookTeamPoints
1Chad GangnathRusty Junk BBQ176.72
2Jody LancourSalty dawg Cookers176.42
3Roger De la PazTexas Fired Up Grillers174.2
4Phil BreedenLC BBQ173.54
5Carl DavisCast Iron Cookers172.34
6Cody CrowHeavy Hog BBQ171.94
7Rick MirelezLick My Stack Cooking Team169.88
8Weston KimballNo Boar BBQ168.6
9Jonathan FloresDouble J’s BBQ167.08
10Justin MoodyHigh Line BBQ166.46
11IRA GreenFlying G Barbecue166.46
12Matt KasparRapsak BBQ165.54
13John GarciaBad Boyz BBQ164.56
14Carlos GuerraOld Dirty Barrels162.08
15Roman CuevasSmokin C ‘s BBQ161.5

Pork Spare Ribs

PlaceHead CookTeamPoints
1Cinco VillarrealBroke Boyz BBQ181.26
2Justin MoodyHigh Line BBQ180.88
3Carl DavisCast Iron Cookers179.08
4Phil BreedenLC BBQ178.42
5Alonzo FrancoTejas leather & Wood177.88
6Johnny MartinezBBQ Bandits177.54
7Leroy Barrera JrDIG IN BBQ176.26
8Andres ChavarriaLos Perdidos174.16
9Matt KasparRapsak BBQ173.28
10Richard GarciaTurn’d Up BBQ172.98
11Weston KimballNo Boar BBQ172.68
12Chad GangnathRusty Junk BBQ171.68
13John GarciaBad Boyz BBQ171.66
14Carlos GuerraOld Dirty Barrels171.4
15Jonathan FloresDouble J’s BBQ171.38

Brisket

PlaceHead CookTeamPoints
1Leroy Barrera JrDIG IN BBQ188.34
2Richard GarciaTurn’d Up BBQ184.94
3Cinco VillarrealBroke Boyz BBQ184.08
4Chad GangnathRusty Junk BBQ183.2
5Cody CrowHeavy Hog BBQ181.86
6Weston KimballNo Boar BBQ181.54
7Carl DavisCast Iron Cookers177.6
8Trey HavelkaTeam woody176.4
9Phil BreedenLC BBQ172.94
10Johnny MartinezBBQ Bandits172.92
11Matt KasparRapsak BBQ172.9
12Jody LancourSalty dawg Cookers171.14
13Andres ChavarriaLos Perdidos169.28
14Lenny MartinezSmoke -In-The-Dark167.46
15Carlos GuerraOld Dirty Barrels166.46

Ancillary

Beans

PlaceHead CookTeamPoints
1Christina RustDirty Oyster Gang175.68

Dessert

PlaceHead CookTeamPoints
1Mathieu SchleyDiamond B Smokers187.34

Ribeye Steak

PlaceHead CookTeamPoints
1Cody CrowHeavy Hog BBQ186.74