🏆 Serial winner
Ricky Bocanegra has taken 4 grand championships from 19 contests — a 21% strike rate.
Ricky Bocanegra
Competes out of TX
Contests
19
Grand championships
4
21.1% strike rate
Reserve champion
3
Average finish
4.5
best: 1st
Power rating
1568
#3 of 90
Career points
412
⭐ Signature category
Their strongest board is Beef Brisket — an average finish of 5.1 across 20 entries.
📍 Happy hunting ground
18 of their 19 contests came in TX, where they have won 4.
😤 The measuring stick
Nate Bocanegra has the edge: 4–3 across 7 shared contests.
📅 First seen
Their earliest result here is Kaufman Junior Livestock Association on March 11, 2022.
By category
| Category | Entries | Wins | Top 3 | Best | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 15 | 0 | 4 | 2nd | 7 |
| Pork Spareribs | 18 | 3 | 4 | 1st | 5.2 |
| Beef Brisket | 20 | 3 | 8 | 1st | 5.1 |
Familiar foes
Head-to-head across shared contests, four meetings or more.
| Head cook | Meetings | Ahead | Behind |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Erbe | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Vinny McNamara | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Nate Bocanegra | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Bud Brown | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| Tim Esh | 5 | 5 | 0 |
| Steve Cumbie | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| James Dodson | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Jaime Garza | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Terry Blount | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| Ed Faulder | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Kyle Speicher | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Stephen Peacock | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| AJ George | 4 | 1 | 3 |
Contest by contest
| Contest | Date | Where | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back The Blues | Jun 13, 2026 | Wills Point, TX | 2nd |
| Glenn Heights County Line Cookoff | Mar 28, 2026 | Glenn Heights, TX | 4th |
| Smoke & Whiskey Fest | Oct 25, 2025 | Flower Mound, TX | 7th |
| El Dorado Chevy Carshow & BBQ Cook Off | Oct 18, 2025 | McKinney, TX | 3rd |
| SYA BBQ Cook Off | Mar 29, 2025 | Saginaw, TX | 2nd |
| KCJLS BBQ Cook Off | Mar 8, 2025 | Kaufman, TX | 9th |
| Outlaw Round Up | Dec 7, 2024 | Denton, TX | 3rd |
| SmokeFest | Oct 26, 2024 | Flower Mound, TX | 6th |
| Terrell Jubilee BBQ Cook Off | Apr 27, 2024 | Terrell, TX | 6th |
| Risk it For the Brisket | Apr 6, 2024 | Gilmer, TX | 1st |
| KCJLS BBQ Cook Off | Mar 3, 2024 | Kaufman, TX | 5th |
| 2023 Events - Outlaw BBQ | Oct 28, 2023 | WICHITA FALLS, TX | 1st |
| 903 BBQ Cook Off | Jul 29, 2023 | Paris, TX | 5th |
| 1st Annual Outlaw Roundup | Dec 3, 2022 | Granbury, TX | 1st |
| 903 1st Annual BBQ Cook-off | Jul 23, 2022 | Paris, TX | 2nd |
| Kaufman Junior Livestock Association | Mar 11, 2022 | Kaufman, TX | 1st |
| August 2026 Events - Outlaw BBQ | Brush Prairie, WA | 6th | |
| Risk it For the Brisket | Gilmer, TX | 10th | |
| Keller Lions Club BBQ | Keller, TX | 11th |