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
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
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
phone 361-813-1672
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
| Place | Head Cook | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad Gangnath | Rusty Junk BBQ | 531.6 |
| 2 | Carl Davis | Cast Iron Cookers | 529.02 |
| 3 | Phil Breeden | LC BBQ | 524.9 |
| 4 | Leroy Barrera Jr | DIG IN BBQ | 523.94 |
| 5 | Cinco Villarreal | Broke Boyz BBQ | 523.7 |
| 6 | Weston Kimball | No Boar BBQ | 522.82 |
| 7 | Cody Crow | Heavy Hog BBQ | 512.86 |
| 8 | Matt Kaspar | Rapsak BBQ | 511.72 |
| 9 | Justin Moody | High Line BBQ | 510.76 |
| 10 | Johnny Martinez | BBQ Bandits | 510.68 |
| 11 | Richard Garcia | Turn’d Up BBQ | 507.74 |
| 12 | Jody Lancour | Salty dawg Cookers | 505.04 |
| 13 | Jonathan Flores | Double J’s BBQ | 501.6 |
| 14 | Andres Chavarria | Los Perdidos | 501.58 |
| 15 | Carlos Guerra | Old Dirty Barrels | 499.94 |
Chicken
| Place | Head Cook | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chad Gangnath | Rusty Junk BBQ | 176.72 |
| 2 | Jody Lancour | Salty dawg Cookers | 176.42 |
| 3 | Roger De la Paz | Texas Fired Up Grillers | 174.2 |
| 4 | Phil Breeden | LC BBQ | 173.54 |
| 5 | Carl Davis | Cast Iron Cookers | 172.34 |
| 6 | Cody Crow | Heavy Hog BBQ | 171.94 |
| 7 | Rick Mirelez | Lick My Stack Cooking Team | 169.88 |
| 8 | Weston Kimball | No Boar BBQ | 168.6 |
| 9 | Jonathan Flores | Double J’s BBQ | 167.08 |
| 10 | Justin Moody | High Line BBQ | 166.46 |
| 11 | IRA Green | Flying G Barbecue | 166.46 |
| 12 | Matt Kaspar | Rapsak BBQ | 165.54 |
| 13 | John Garcia | Bad Boyz BBQ | 164.56 |
| 14 | Carlos Guerra | Old Dirty Barrels | 162.08 |
| 15 | Roman Cuevas | Smokin C ‘s BBQ | 161.5 |
Pork Spare Ribs
| Place | Head Cook | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cinco Villarreal | Broke Boyz BBQ | 181.26 |
| 2 | Justin Moody | High Line BBQ | 180.88 |
| 3 | Carl Davis | Cast Iron Cookers | 179.08 |
| 4 | Phil Breeden | LC BBQ | 178.42 |
| 5 | Alonzo Franco | Tejas leather & Wood | 177.88 |
| 6 | Johnny Martinez | BBQ Bandits | 177.54 |
| 7 | Leroy Barrera Jr | DIG IN BBQ | 176.26 |
| 8 | Andres Chavarria | Los Perdidos | 174.16 |
| 9 | Matt Kaspar | Rapsak BBQ | 173.28 |
| 10 | Richard Garcia | Turn’d Up BBQ | 172.98 |
| 11 | Weston Kimball | No Boar BBQ | 172.68 |
| 12 | Chad Gangnath | Rusty Junk BBQ | 171.68 |
| 13 | John Garcia | Bad Boyz BBQ | 171.66 |
| 14 | Carlos Guerra | Old Dirty Barrels | 171.4 |
| 15 | Jonathan Flores | Double J’s BBQ | 171.38 |
Brisket
| Place | Head Cook | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leroy Barrera Jr | DIG IN BBQ | 188.34 |
| 2 | Richard Garcia | Turn’d Up BBQ | 184.94 |
| 3 | Cinco Villarreal | Broke Boyz BBQ | 184.08 |
| 4 | Chad Gangnath | Rusty Junk BBQ | 183.2 |
| 5 | Cody Crow | Heavy Hog BBQ | 181.86 |
| 6 | Weston Kimball | No Boar BBQ | 181.54 |
| 7 | Carl Davis | Cast Iron Cookers | 177.6 |
| 8 | Trey Havelka | Team woody | 176.4 |
| 9 | Phil Breeden | LC BBQ | 172.94 |
| 10 | Johnny Martinez | BBQ Bandits | 172.92 |
| 11 | Matt Kaspar | Rapsak BBQ | 172.9 |
| 12 | Jody Lancour | Salty dawg Cookers | 171.14 |
| 13 | Andres Chavarria | Los Perdidos | 169.28 |
| 14 | Lenny Martinez | Smoke -In-The-Dark | 167.46 |
| 15 | Carlos Guerra | Old Dirty Barrels | 166.46 |
Ancillary
Beans
| Place | Head Cook | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christina Rust | Dirty Oyster Gang | 175.68 |
Dessert
| Place | Head Cook | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu Schley | Diamond B Smokers | 187.34 |
Ribeye Steak
| Place | Head Cook | Team | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cody Crow | Heavy Hog BBQ | 186.74 |
