2025 Buda Lion's Country Fair & BBQ Cook Off

April 25, 2025 - April 26, 2025

State Championship

Contest Details

IBCA Contest Number: 2025-148

Buda City Park
204 San Antonio St
Buda, TX 78610
[Driving Directions]
[Map]

Head Judge: Kim Love

Tray Pickup: Friday

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

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

Saturday Ancillaries

Beans 30 11:00

Contact and Registration

Contact: Frankie Hoch

512-971-0355

frankiewhoch@msn.com

Registration

Entry Fee: 200

Contest Registration/Flyer

Competition Results

Head Judge: Kim Love

Number of Teams: 38

Tickets Summary: [PDF]

Master Ticket Details: [PDF]

Grand Champion

Jamie Beran / Post Oak Cookers

Reserve Grand Champion

IRA Green / Flying G Barbecue

Brisket: Michael Hernandez / All the Smoke BBQ

Chicken: Jamie Beran / Post Oak Cookers

Pork Spare Ribs: Tim Balch / Balch's Blazin BBQ

Overall

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Jamie Beran	Post Oak Cookers	554.94
2	IRA Green	Flying G Barbecue	550.38
3	Orlando Bernal	Black Belt’s BBQ	539.72
4	Greg Pitts	Rusted Shut BBQ	530.1
5	Michael Hernandez	All the Smoke BBQ	529.76
6	Tino Canales	Lonestar Smokers	529.64
7	Mark Meade	Texas Star Cookers	529.32
8	Adam Luna	Black Label Smokers	526.22
9	Jon Barton	Barton BBQ	524.96
10	James Brooks	Boss BBQ	524.4
11	Evaristo Almendarez	Buck'n Good BBQ	524.08
12	Ryan Newland	Backline Smokers	523.1
13	Doug Scheiding	Rogue Cookers	522.18
14	Tim Balch	Balch's Blazin BBQ	520.04
15	Bruce Smith	Peg Leg BBQ	515.16

Chicken

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Jamie Beran	Post Oak Cookers	185.0
2	Rylan Newland	Backline Smokers	184.06
3	IRA Green	Flying G Barbecue	183.34
4	Mark Meade	Texas Star Cookers	183.1
5	Orlando Bernal	Black Belt’s BBQ	182.8
6	Tino Canales	Lonestar Smokers	181.22
7	Chris Rodriguez	Shameful Smoke	178.82
8	Doug Scheiding	Rogue Cookers	178.2
9	Josh Jurek	Burning Briskets	177.8
10	Dennis Alvarez	Tito's #4 D'Lish BBQ	177.22
11	Jeff Odell	Half Lit Cookers	176.78
12	Greg Pitts	Rusted Shut BBQ	175.66
13	Michael Hernandez	All the Smoke BBQ	175.66
14	Evaristo Almendarez	Buck'n Good BBQ	174.82
15	James Brooks	Boss BBQ	171.74

Pork Spare Ribs

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Tim Balch	Balch's Blazin BBQ	189.86
2	Dino DeYoung	DG's Smokin BBQ	184.88
3	Orlando Bernal	Black Belt’s BBQ	184.62
4	Jon Barton	Barton BBQ	184.34
5	Jamie Beran	Post Oak Cookers	182.8
6	Evaristo Almendarez	Buck'n Good BBQ	182.46
7	IRA Green	Flying G Barbecue	182.16
8	Ryan Newland	Backline Smokers	182.16
9	Bryson Beran	Sauced Birdies BBQ	181.26
10	Adam Luna	Black Label Smokers	181.0
11	Doug Scheiding	Rogue Cookers	180.96
12	Bruce Smith	Peg Leg BBQ	180.68
13	James Brooks	Boss BBQ	180.58
14	Robert Ray Perez	Loaded Dice BBQ	179.4
15	Mark Meade	Texas Star Cookers	179.2

Brisket

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Michael Hernandez	All the Smoke BBQ	187.42
2	Jamie Beran	Post Oak Cookers	187.14
3	IRA Green	Flying G Barbecue	184.88
4	Greg Pitts	Rusted Shut BBQ	183.68
5	Paul Alvarado	Buda Q	180.02
6	Adam Luna	Black Label Smokers	179.42
7	Dennis Alvarez	Tito's #4 D'Lish BBQ	178.16
8	Bruce Smith	Peg Leg BBQ	177.0
9	Chris Oliveira	Rock’n BACK BBQ	174.8
10	Tino Canales	Lonestar Smokers	174.6
11	Tim Balch	Balch's Blazin BBQ	173.6
12	Michael Alvarez	Stacked Deck BBQ	172.98
13	Jon Barton	Barton BBQ	172.34
14	Orlando Bernal	Black Belt’s BBQ	172.3
15	James Brooks	Boss BBQ	172.08

Ancillary

Beans

Place	Head Cook	Team	Points
1	Dennis Alvarez	Tito's #4 D'Lish BBQ	177.86
2	Josh Jurek	Burning Briskets	177.58
3	Abel Rodriguez	Small Town Cookers	176.32
4	Jeff Odell	Half Lit Cookers	174.8
5	Ryan Newland	Backline Smokers	168.0