Flames of Freedom

August 1, 2025 - August 2, 2025

State Championship

Contest Details

Flames of Freedom

IBCA Contest Number: 2026-79

906 South Houston ave
Lamesa, TX 79331
[Driving Directions]
[Map]

Head Judge: Melody Vinson

Tray Pickup: Friday 4-6pm

Additional Tray Pickup: 10am

Cooks Meeting: Friday at 6pm

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

Jalapeno Popper 25 8pm

Saturday Ancillaries

Wings 25 11am

Contact and Registration

Contact: James Grayson

jameshgrayson@icloud.com

806-808-9626

Registration

Entry Fee:200

Competition Results

Head Judge:Melody Vinson

Number of Teams:29

Tickets Summary:[PDF]

Master Ticket Details:[PDF]

Grand Champion

Aaron Lesley / Texas Oil Dust

Reserve Grand Champion

Scott Fish / Smokers Section BBQ

Brisket: Aaron Lesley / Texas Oil Dust

Chicken: Paul Whitaker / Scooter-N-Clarke

Pork Spare Ribs: Josh Honea / Smokin’ Barrels BBQ

Overall

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Aaron Lesley Texas Oil Dust	559.36
2	Scott Fish Smokers Section BBQ	554.6
3	Jacob Fierro Red Iron BBQ	541.9
4	DAVID LAY BAD BOYZ BBQ	540.22
5	Lindsey Vinson I’ll tell you later bbq	529.24
6	Tommy Smith Bent Nail BBQ	527.02
7	AJ Salgado Bullet BBQ	526.64
8	Scott Cravey Rockin S BBQ	526.38
9	Gary Robertson Holy Smokers BBQ	524.56
10	Paul Whitaker Scooter-N-Clarke	524.02
11	Josh Honea Smokin’ Barrels BBQ	521.76
12	Chris Goodman Smokin G Que	520.74
13	Lance Meeks Lone Star Licious	520.48
14	Anthony Montez Nena Q BBQ	513.56
15	Clayton Knight Day Trash BBQ Team	504.24

Chicken

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Paul Whitaker Scooter-N-Clarke	188.06
2	Chris Goodman Smokin G Que	188.0
3	Jason Trent Rub Me Tender	184.34
4	Josh Honea Smokin’ Barrels BBQ	183.74
5	Ruben Tejeda H&R BBQ	182.54
6	DAVID LAY BAD BOYZ BBQ	182.14
7	Aaron Lesley Texas Oil Dust	181.54
8	Lance Meeks Lone Star Licious	179.94
9	Gary Robertson Holy Smokers BBQ	179.4
10	Eddie Carrasco Monsta Que	176.88
11	Scott Fish Smokers Section BBQ	176.6
12	Lindsey Vinson I’ll tell you later bbq	176.0
13	Salomon Hernandez HD BBQ	176.0
14	Anthony Montez Nena Q BBQ	174.42
15	AJ Salgado Bullet BBQ	173.78

Pork Spare Ribs

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Josh Honea Smokin’ Barrels BBQ	188.94
2	Scott Fish Smokers Section BBQ	185.92
3	Aaron Lesley Texas Oil Dust	184.94
4	Gary Robertson Holy Smokers BBQ	183.74
5	Jacob Fierro Red Iron BBQ	183.4
6	Salomon Hernandez HD BBQ	182.8
7	Jerry Castro Showtime BBQ	180.34
8	Izabella Granado G Bar BBQ	178.42
9	Anthony Montez Nena Q BBQ	176.94
10	Mason Gallaway Gallaway Cattle Grill Team	176.88
11	Scott Cravey Rockin S BBQ	175.4
12	Eddie Carrasco Monsta Que	175.08
13	Lance Meeks Lone Star Licious	175.0
14	Wesley Borella Us Vs Them	174.8
15	Lindsey Vinson I’ll tell you later bbq	174.48

Brisket

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Aaron Lesley Texas Oil Dust	192.88
2	Scott Fish Smokers Section BBQ	192.08
3	DAVID LAY BAD BOYZ BBQ	188.28
4	Jacob Fierro Red Iron BBQ	185.22
5	Scott Cravey Rockin S BBQ	181.8
6	AJ Salgado Bullet BBQ	181.52
7	Tommy Smith Bent Nail BBQ	181.22
8	Lindsey Vinson I’ll tell you later bbq	178.76
9	Clayton Knight Day Trash BBQ Team	176.94
10	Alan Morales CMC BBQ	175.68
11	Mason Gallaway Gallaway Cattle Grill Team	173.86
12	Jason Trent Rub Me Tender	169.86
13	Paul Whitaker Scooter-N-Clarke	169.22
14	Joe Contreras Smokin J's	167.12
15	Lance Meeks Lone Star Licious	165.54

Ancillary

Jalapeno Popper

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Scott Cravey Rockin S BBQ	170.82
2	Eddie Carrasco Monsta Que	166.18
3	Mason Gallaway Gallaway Cattle Grill Team	156.88

Wings

Place	Head Cook / Team	Points
1	Aaron Lesley Texas Oil Dust	191.34
2	AJ Salgado Bullet BBQ	180.72
3	Jacob Fierro Red Iron BBQ	177.22