Buckles & Badges

July 11, 2025 - July 12, 2025
State Championship
^^^^^^^To register please click on the Google Doc Link above ^^^^^^^

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

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

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Adam Martinez
AMP Cookers
539.04
2Kirk Matura
Go Blue Que
535.46
3Rita Marczewski
Bet Yur Ash BBQ
530.88
4Buddy Northrup
Big Boys BBQ
524.7
5Mike Robertson
The Miller Lite Bunch
523.94
6Robert Meshell
Hoo Cares Kookers
522.74
7Dustin Davis
Revolution BBQ
520.64
8Tom Clarke
JC's Good Ol' Boys
520.26
9TJ Swiger
TnT Swine O Mite
519.26
10Chad Owens
HitList
518.38
11Ted Skinner
Mad Scientist Social Club
517.48
12James Miller
Waller County Sheriff Office #2
516.34
13Randall Kendrick
Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers
515.62
14Paul Flores
Nut’n But Smoke Kookers
515.46
15Michael Kimich
2 Hot 2 Handle
514.4

Chicken

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Kirk Matura
Go Blue Que
188.94
2Rita Marczewski
Bet Yur Ash BBQ
179.46
3Buddy Northrup
Big Boys BBQ
178.48
4Jimmie Hammond
Shiner Park Smokers
178.46
5Tom Clarke
JC's Good Ol' Boys
177.86
6Robert Meshell
Hoo Cares Kookers
175.32
7Milton Baumann
Hard To Be Humble
175.0
8Mike Sistrunk
Fire in the Hole Cookers
174.74
9Steven Pfeiffer
3P Cookers
174.4
10James Powell
360 BBQ
171.74
11Paul Flores
Nut’n But Smoke Kookers
171.72
12Randall Kendrick
Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers
171.66
13Adam Martinez
AMP Cookers
170.76
14Dustin Davis
Revolution BBQ
170.74
15James Miller
Waller County Sheriff Office #2
170.74

Pork Spare Ribs

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1TJ Swiger
TnT Swine O Mite
186.54
2Kirk Matura
Go Blue Que
183.42
3Adam Martinez
AMP Cookers
183.06
4Durell Clayton
D&D BBQ
182.48
5Buddy Northrup
Big Boys BBQ
180.9
6Mike Robertson
The Miller Lite Bunch
180.68
7Dustin Davis
Revolution BBQ
180.34
8Matt Wart
Smoqued Up Click
180.34
9Dennis Butterworth
Warpig BBQ
179.96
10Jason Carter
ResQue Cookers
179.68
11Randall Kendrick
Hide-A-Way Ranch Cookers
178.4
12Mike Sistrunk
Fire in the Hole Cookers
177.64
13Ted Skinner
Mad Scientist Social Club
176.34
14Michael Kimich
2 Hot 2 Handle
176.0
15James Miller
Waller County Sheriff Office #2
176.0

Brisket

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Chad Owens
HitList
189.28
2Adam Martinez
AMP Cookers
185.22
3Robert Meshell
Hoo Cares Kookers
180.94
4Rita Marczewski
Bet Yur Ash BBQ
180.94
5TJ Swiger
TnT Swine O Mite
177.48
6Jason Goss
Brushy Creek Cookers
174.74
7Matt Kaspar
Rapsak BBQ
173.88
8Mike Robertson
The Miller Lite Bunch
173.8
9Ira Green
Flying G Barbecue
173.3
10Dennis Butterworth
Warpig BBQ
173.24
11Tom Clarke
JC's Good Ol' Boys
172.92
12Mickey Lang
Bad To The Bone BBQ
172.36
13Ted Skinner
Mad Scientist Social Club
172.28
14Gerald Schomburg
Havens Point Cookers
172.08
15Paul Flores
Nut’n But Smoke Kookers
170.48