Friends for Wishes

October 17, 2025 - October 18, 2025
State Championship

Contest Details

Friends for Wishes
IBCA Contest Number: 2026-84

Waller County Fairgrounds
21988 FM 359
Hempstead, TX 77445
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[Map]

Head Judge: Mary Lynn Gammill
Tray Pickup: 4om - 6pm
Additional Tray Pickup: Saturday 8:30-9:00 AM
Cooks Meeting: Friday at 6pm

Turn in times / Schedule
12:00 Chicken
1:30 Pork Spare Ribs
3:00 Brisket

Awards

10K Guaranteed

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

Seafood 20 7:00pm

Saturday Ancillaries

Bloody Mary 20 9am
Kids Q 25 10:00 Chefs choice
Kids Q 25 10:45 Pork Chop

Contact and Registration

Contact: Jerry French

Registration

Entry Fee:250.00

Contest Registration/Flyer

Competition Results

Head Judge:Mary Lynn Gammill
Number of Teams:43

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Master Ticket Details:[PDF]

Grand Champion

Eddy Morales / The Pitfather BBQ


Reserve Grand Champion

Rene Sanchez / Double S Smokers


Brisket: Rita Marczewski / Bet Yur Ash BBQ
Chicken: Charles Kramer / LoneStar SmokeStacks
Pork Spare Ribs: James Miller / Thin Line Barbque

Overall

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Eddy Morales
The Pitfather BBQ
554.54
2Rene Sanchez
Double S Smokers
549.28
3Rita Marczewski
Bet Yur Ash BBQ
544.94
4Robert Foreman
PITSIN' ME OFF BAR-B-QUE
539.38
5Charles Kramer
LoneStar SmokeStacks
539.06
6Kirk Matura
Go Blue Que
535.32
7Kevin Trahan
Xtreme Heat
533.8
8Ira Green
Flying G Barbecue
533.48
9Derrick Bermea
We Stay Smokin'
532.58
10Tom Clarke
JC's Good Ol' Boys
532.24
11Randall Kendrick
Hide-A-Way Ranch
531.96
12James Miller
Thin Line Barbecue
531.94
13Mickey Lang
Bad To The Bone BBQ
531.92
14Bill Manning
BJ's Blue Smoke BBQ
530.64
15Roland Flores
Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation
529.54

Chicken

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Charles Kramer
LoneStar SmokeStacks
192.92
2Bill Manning
BJ's Blue Smoke BBQ
192.02
3Derrick Bermea
We Stay Smokin'
191.98
4Eddy Morales
The Pitfather BBQ
191.46
5Freddy Ramos
Eat My Meat Cookers
189.82
6Rene Sanchez
Double S Smokers
188.0
7Lyle Osadchuk
Lazy Honey Badgers
187.34
8Rita Marczewski
Bet Yur Ash BBQ
184.94
9Dennis Butterworth
Warpig BBQ
184.6
10Robert Foreman
PITSIN' ME OFF BAR-B-QUE
184.6
11Johnny Dunn
Bourbon Cowboy Cookers
183.4
12Mickey Lang
Bad To The Bone BBQ
182.68
13Kirk Matura
Go Blue Que
181.76
14Kevin Trahan
Xtreme Heat
181.46
15Randall Kendrick
Hide-A-Way Ranch
180.94

Pork Spare Ribs

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1James Miller
Thin Line Barbque
186.8
2Kevin Trahan
Xtreme Heat
183.72
3Ira Green
Flying G Barbecue
182.46
4Eddy Morales
The Pitfather BBQ
182.46
5Kirk Matura
Go Blue Que
181.88
6Charles Kramer
LoneStar SmokeStacks
181.54
7James Stalsby
Im Your Hucklberry
180.6
8Jody Lancour
Salty Dawg cookers
179.36
9Robert Foreman
PITSIN' ME OFF BAR-B-QUE
179.06
10Rene Sanchez
Double S Smokers
178.74
11Ron Garcia
Big Ron's Rub
176.94
12Randy Ritch
Ritch's Raiders
176.88
13Randall Kendrick
Hide-A-Way Ranch
176.88
14Tom Clarke
JC's Good Ol' Boys
176.28
15John Kimble
Kimble's Smokehouse
176.06

Brisket

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Rita Marczewski
Bet Yur Ash BBQ
185.2
2Roland Flores
Texas Chrome Hero's Foundation
182.54
3Rene Sanchez
Double S Smokers
182.54
4Bill Manning
BJ's Blue Smoke BBQ
182.08
5Tom Clarke
JC's Good Ol' Boys
181.22
6Eddy Morales
The Pitfather BBQ
180.62
7Mickey Lang
Bad To The Bone BBQ
176.34
8Jody Lancour
Salty Dawg cookers
176.02
9Robert Foreman
PITSIN' ME OFF BAR-B-QUE
175.72
10Dustin Standley
Twisted Flames
175.08
11Randall Kendrick
Hide-A-Way Ranch
174.14
12Mike Tristan
HTX Barbecue
173.76
13TROY LEE
Trail Riders 1
172.88
14RJ Briggs
Bogeymen Cookers
172.62
15Randy Jeffcoat
Rocking J Running W Cookers
172.6

Ancillary

Bloody Mary

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Steven Winkelmann
Dirty Dozen I
166.46
2Johnny Dunn
Bourbon Cowboy Cookers
165.2
3Steven Bremer
Lone Steer BBQ
156.22

Seafood

PlaceHead Cook / TeamPoints
1Chris McDonald
The Brother's Boo Cooking Crew
177.56
2Rita Marczewski
Bet Yur Ash BBQ
169.2
3Freddy Ramos
Eat My Meat Cookers
167.4