This Month’s Smokin’ Log

April 2021

Region 4 Promoter Meet & Greet Liz Shamlian & Oscar Garcia, Reg 4 Directors along with Eva Martinez, Exec Head Judge, hosted a meet & greet for promoters in Region 4 on Sunday, March 27. They had a great attendance by promoters and local/county...

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March 2021

March 2021

IBCA Scoring Tool 2.0 We held our first Test Run Event using our new version of the scoring system February 27 in Beeville. We didn't have the turn out with the cooks as we had hoped thanks to the winter storm. We had 10 of our head judges come out and work the...

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February 2021

February 2021

Don't forget nominations for Vice President & Region 2, 3 & 5 will close Thursday, 2/11/21, at 5:00 pm.Ballots will go out Monday, 2/15/21, at 8:00 am and the election will close on Wednesday, 2/17/21, at 5:00 pm.Check your spam/junk folder for your ballot. If...

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January 2021

January 2021

The Special Meeting to vote on proposed bylaw changes was held in Seguin on January 9, 2021. For the purpose of being able to meet the quorum requirements, members were allowed to cast proxy ballots. There were 1012 ballots emailed to the members with the voting open...

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December 2020

December 2020

Bylaw Changes: In order to reach the largest number of members possible, we will utilize proxy voting. Proxy ballots will be sent to the email on file. Please verify your email is correct. Voting will open Saturday, 1/2/2021, at 8:00 am and will continue until...

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November 2020

November 2020

Thank you to all who took the time to attend the Annual Meeting in San Antonio. While the meeting didn't go as well as planned, there were some areas that were made apparent from this meeting. Unfortunately, sometimes the best lessons are learned through the worst...

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October 2020

October 2020

Well we've had 5 successful events since returning to sanctioning. I would like to thank all of the teams that came out to support the promoters and IBCA. Congratulations to those who walked. I was out at the Dimmit County Jr Livestock Show Shootout on October 2...

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September 2020

September 2020

We're Back! We are very excited to announce that after suspending sanctioning in July, IBCA will return to sanctioning events in October. This does not mean that we throw caution to the wind. We still need to follow the safety measures that we all have been following...

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August 2020

August 2020

Social Distancing Photo ContestThanks for the photo submissions. Looks like there is life away from barbeque. Congratulations Billy Blackmon for your 1st place photo. You've got beautiful view. Be on the look out for your gift basket from South Texas Barbeque...

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