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Rice Consolidated ISD sent several students to Branson, Missouri to compete in the National High School BBQ Competition and their results are as follows.
Rice sent 10 students to the competition and all of them finished in the top 40 or higher with one student cracking the top-10 and then combined their efforts to finish in the top-10 as a team.
Brenna Villarreal got things started for the Raiders at the National BBQ competition by cooking chili. Her chili earned 7th place for the Raiders, but the heat was just about to kick up.
She was joined by Ashten Tate, Julian Gasca, Gavin Tate and Arron Drlik to make up the team known as the Pit Raiders. They combined their efforts and knowledge to cook tri-tip and their efforts did not go unnoticed.
They claimed 7th place again for their tritip, their second top-10 finish of the day, and finished in 12th place as a team out of 45 schools. The Pit Raiders had more individuals cook as well, starting with Ashten Tate, who cooked chicken at the competition and came in 36th place.
Next was Gasca who came in 24th place with a delicious plate of tacos and Gavin Tate who cooked up a plate of ribs good enough for 11th place. Drlik was next with his pork chops that came in 40th place.
Then there were the Smokin Q’s that was made up of the team of Avery Brown, Taylor Eichelberger, Addyson Fucik, Abigail Hoelscher and Taylor Rohan.
Brown cooked chicken and came in 12th place and Eichelberger followed that up with some pork chops that came in 34th place. Fucik cooked chili and tri-tip which place 37th and 17th respectively.
Hoelscher and Rohan cooked tacos and ribs, placing 30th and 37th in those categories. As a team, though they came in 31st out of 45 High Schools at the competition. In the All-Girls Division, the Smokin Q’s took home 5th place as a team.
Congratulations to these students for their hard work on the grill, and hopefully, they have some leftovers.
