Buckles & Badges

July 11, 2025 - July 12, 2025

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State Championship

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Contest Details
Buckles & Badges
IBCA Contest Number: 2026-45

The BBQ Store
850 US-290 BUS
Hempstead, TX 77445
[Driving Directions]
[Map]

Head Judge: Alicia Kendrick
Tray Pickup: 4:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M. Friday
Additional Tray Pickup: 10:00 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. Saturday
Cooks Meeting: Friday at 6:00 P.M.

Turn in times / Schedule
12:00 Chicken
1:30 Pork Spare Ribs
3:00 Brisket
Awards
80/20
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
Contact and Registration
Contact: Dustin Standley
281-924-6357
dustin@webranditpromos.com
Registration
Entry Fee: 250.00

Contest Registration/Flyer
Competition Results
Head Judge: Alicia Kendrick
Number of Teams: 46
Tickets Summary: [PDF]
Master Ticket Details: [PDF]
Grand Champion
Adam Martinez / AMP Cookers

Reserve Grand Champion
Kirk Matura / Go Blue Que

Brisket: Chad Owens / HitList
Chicken: Kirk Matura / Go Blue Que
Pork Spare Ribs: TJ Swiger / TnT Swine O Mite

Overall
Place Head Cook Team Points
1 Adam Martinez AMP Cookers 539.04
2 Kirk Matura Go Blue Que 535.46
3 Rita Marczewski Bet Yur Ash BBQ 530.88
4 Buddy Northrup Big Boys BBQ 524.7
5 Mike Robertson The Miller Lite Bunch 523.94
6 Robert Meshell Hoo Cares Kookers 522.74
7 Dustin Davis Revolution BBQ 520.64
8 Tom Clarke JC's Good Ol' Boys 520.26
9 TJ Swiger TnT Swine O Mite 519.26
10 Chad Owens HitList 518.38
11 Ted Skinner Mad Scientist Social Club 517.48
12 James Miller Waller County Sheriff Office #2 516.34
13 Randall Kendrick Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers 515.62
14 Paul Flores Nut’n But Smoke Kookers 515.46
15 Michael Kimich 2 Hot 2 Handle 514.4
Chicken
Place Head Cook Team Points
1 Kirk Matura Go Blue Que 188.94
2 Rita Marczewski Bet Yur Ash BBQ 179.46
3 Buddy Northrup Big Boys BBQ 178.48
4 Jimmie Hammond Shiner Park Smokers 178.46
5 Tom Clarke JC's Good Ol' Boys 177.86
6 Robert Meshell Hoo Cares Kookers 175.32
7 Milton Baumann Hard To Be Humble 175.0
8 Mike Sistrunk Fire in the Hole Cookers 174.74
9 Steven Pfeiffer 3P Cookers 174.4
10 James Powell 360 BBQ 171.74
11 Paul Flores Nut’n But Smoke Kookers 171.72
12 Randall Kendrick Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers 171.66
13 Adam Martinez AMP Cookers 170.76
14 Dustin Davis Revolution BBQ 170.74
15 James Miller Waller County Sheriff Office #2 170.74
Pork Spare Ribs
Place Head Cook Team Points
1 TJ Swiger TnT Swine O Mite 186.54
2 Kirk Matura Go Blue Que 183.42
3 Adam Martinez AMP Cookers 183.06
4 Durell Clayton D&D BBQ 182.48
5 Buddy Northrup Big Boys BBQ 180.9
6 Mike Robertson The Miller Lite Bunch 180.68
7 Dustin Davis Revolution BBQ 180.34
8 Matt Wart Smoqued Up Click 180.34
9 Dennis Butterworth Warpig BBQ 179.96
10 Jason Carter ResQue Cookers 179.68
11 Randall Kendrick Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers 178.4
12 Mike Sistrunk Fire in the Hole Cookers 177.64
13 Ted Skinner Mad Scientist Social Club 176.34
14 Michael Kimich 2 Hot 2 Handle 176.0
15 James Miller Waller County Sheriff Office #2 176.0
Brisket
Place Head Cook Team Points
1 Chad Owens HitList 189.28
2 Adam Martinez AMP Cookers 185.22
3 Robert Meshell Hoo Cares Kookers 180.94
4 Rita Marczewski Bet Yur Ash BBQ 180.94
5 TJ Swiger TnT Swine O Mite 177.48
6 Jason Goss Brushy Creek Cookers 174.74
7 Matt Kaspar Rapsak BBQ 173.88
8 Mike Robertson The Miller Lite Bunch 173.8
9 IRA Green Flying G Barbecue 173.3
10 Dennis Butterworth Warpig BBQ 173.24
11 Tom Clarke JC's Good Ol' Boys 172.92
12 Mickey Lang Bad To The Bone BBQ 172.36
13 Ted Skinner Mad Scientist Social Club 172.28
14 Gerald Schomburg Havens Point Cookers 172.08
15 Paul Flores Nut’n But Smoke Kookers 170.48