Category: Best Fajitas
1st Place – Reliable Automotive
Head Cook: Shane Phillips – Buda, Texas
Payout $1,000 and Trophy
2nd Place – Texan Grillerz 2
Head Cook: Roy Fuentes, Jr. – Weslaco, Texas
Payout: $750 and Trophy
3rd Place – Texan Grillerz
Head Cook: Roy Fuentes, Sr. – Weslaco, Texas
Payout $500 and Trophy
4th Place – World’s Foremost Grillers – Cabela’s
Head Cook: Jim Zuniga – Buda, Texas
Payout: $250 and Medal
5th Place – Casanova
Head Cook: Mauro Pena – McAllen, Texas
Payout: $100 and Medal
Category: Jackpots
Margaritas
1st Place – Los Cochinos
Head Cook: Jose Silva – McAllen, Texas
Payout: $100 and Medal
Salsa
1st Place – Skirt Chasers
Head Cook: Jack Harrison – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100 and Trophy
Pan De Campo
1st Place – Rub Me Tender
Head Cook: Kevin Gomez – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100 and Trophy
Charro Beans
1st Place – Rub Me Tender
Head Cook: Kevin Gomez – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100 and Trophy
Carne Guisada
1st Place – Done Right Sauces
Head Cook: Blake Leinneweber – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100 and Trophy
Category: Other Contests
Showmanship
1st Place – Skirt Chasers
Head Cook: Jack Harrison – Buda, Texas
Trophy
Jalapeno Eating Contest
Russell Coe – Arlington, Texas
Payout: Trophy
People’s Choice Award
Fajitas – World’s Foremost Grillers – Cabela’s
Head Cook: Jim Zuniga – Buda, Texas
Medal
Salsa – TIE – Longoria’s BBQ, World’s Foremost Grillers & Double Barrell
Head Cook: Tres Longoria – Hutto, Texas
Head Cook: Jim Zuniga – Buda, Texas
Head Cook: Ray Salazar – Austin, Texas
Medal
Charro Beans – The Pale Kings
Head Cook: Jeff Castleberry – Buda, Texas
Medal
Pan de Campo – Skirt Chasers
Head Cook: Jack Harrison – Buda, Texas
Medal
Carne Guisada – TIE – Done Right Sauces & Top Fuel Barbecue
Head Cook: Blake Leinneweber – Buda, Texas
Head Cook: Danny Anderson – Buda, Texas
Medal
Grito de Mariachi
Emily Gonzalez – Kyle, Texas
T-shirt & Medal
2016 Fajita Fiesta Committee
Carlos Porteny
Keller Williams Realty
Committee Chair
Britney Dodgen
Texas Farm Bureau
Committee Co-Chair
Heather Martaindale
Keller William Realty
Committee Co-Chair
Pauline Anton
TAMACC
Lysa Gonzalez
City of Buda, Tourism
Lisa Lefco-Gray
Independent Sales Consultant
Shirley Malone
Edward Jones
Adam Merril
Penny Moulder
Century 21, Randall Morris & Associates
Louis Nesby
Louis Nesby A/C & Heating
Patrick Nesby
High-Caliber Home Services
Deborah Pacheco
RBFCU
J.R. Gonzales
BACC Executive Director
Denise Hernandez
BACC Operations Administrator
Brianna Moreno
BACC Membership Services
Category: Best Fajitas
1st Place – Texas Grillers 2
Head Cook: Roy Fuentes, Jr. – Weslaco, Texas
Payout $1,000 and Trophy
2nd Place – Texas Grillers
Head Cook: Roy Fuentes, Sr. – Weslaco, Texas
Payout: $750 and Trophy
3rd Place – US Foods – Loco Gringo
Head Cook: Alan Widmer – Buda, Texas
Payout $500 and Trophy
4th Place – Skirt Chasers
Head Cook: Jack Harrison – Buda, Texas
Payout: $250 and Medal
5th Place – RQ Smoke Masters
Head Cook: Scott Grumbles – Austin, Texas
Payout: $100 and Medal
Category: Jackpots
Margaritas
1st Place – US Foods – Sales
Head Cook: Logan Hamm – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100 and Medal
Salsa
1st Place – Done Right Sauces
Head Cook: Blake Leinnewebber – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100 and Trophy
Pan De Campo
1st Place – Rub Me Tender
Head Cook: Kevin Gomez – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100 and Trophy
Charro Beans
1st Place – US Foods – 3 Brothers
Head Cook: Aldo Vargas – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100 and Trophy
Carne Guisada
1st Place – US Foods – Top Fuel BBQ
Head Cook: Todd Pearson – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100 and Trophy
Category: Other Contests
Showmanship
1st Place – Carnitas Del Aguion (CDA)
Head Cook: Johnny Johnston, Jr. – Kyle, Texas
Trophy
2nd Place – Smokin’ Across Texas
Head Cook: Frankie Falcon, Jr. – Buda, Texas
Trophy
Jalapeno Eating Contest
Joseph Baird – Kyle, Texas
Payout: Trophy
People’s Choice Award
Fajitas – RQ Smoke Masters
Head Cook: Scott Grumbles – Austin, Texas
Medal
Salsa – RQ Smoke Masters
Head Cook: Scott Grumbles – Austin, Texas
Medal
Charro Beans – CTK Cookers
Head Cook: Luis Robledo – Buda, Texas
Medal
Pan de Campo – The Outlaws
Head Cook: Rene “T.J.” Tijerina – McAllen, Texas
Medal
Carne Guisada – RQ Smoke Masters
Head Cook: Scott Grumbles – Austin, Texas
Medal
Grito de Mariachi
Ron Hare – Austin, Texas
T-shirt & Medal
2015 Fajita Fiesta Committee
Lisa Lefco Gray
Ellis & Salazar Body Shop
Committee Co – Chair
Tyler Zientara
Texas State University
Committee Co-Chair
Jeremy de Alcala
Chick-fil-A at I-35/Ben White
Lysa Gonzalez
City of Buda, Director of Tourism
Carlos Porteny
Century 21 Randal Morris & Associate
Texas Home Team
J.R. Gonzales
BACC Managing Director
Monica Martinez
BACC Operations Administrator
Category: Best Fajitas
1st Place – Team Martinez
Head Cook, Juan Martinez – Buda, Texas
Payout: $1,000.00 and Trophy
2nd Place- US Foods
Head Cook, Todd Pearson – Buda, Texas
Payout: $750.00 and Trophy
3rd – Team Bryant
Head Cook, Pete Bryant – Midland, Texas
Payout: $500.00 and Trophy
4th Place – Team RQ BBQ
Head Cook, Matt Ronshausen – Austin, Texas
Payout: $250.00 and Trophy
5th Place – Amigos Brew Ncue
Head Cook, Tres Longoria – Pflugerville, Texas
Category: Jackpot
1st Place Salsa – Team Bryant
Head Cook, Pete Bryant – Midland
Payout: $100.00 and Trophy
1st Place Pan de Campo – Kwik Kars
Head Cook: Reed Shoemaker – Buda, Texas
Payout: $100.00 and Trophy
1st Place Charro Beans – RQ BBQ
Head Cook, Matt Ronshausen – Austin, Texas
Pay Out: $100.00 and Trophy
Category: Other Contests
1st Place Showmanship – US FOODS
Head Cook, Todd Pearson – Buda, Texas
Payout: Trophy
2nd Place Showmanship – Skirt Chasers
Head Cook: Jack Harrison – Buda, Texas
Payout: Trophy
1st Place Jalapeno Eating Contest
Winner: Carlo Goris – Kyle, Texas
Payout: Trophy & Tall Glass of Milk
The Buda Area Chamber of Commerce would like to acknowledge and thank the volunteers who served and worked on the Fajita Fiesta Cook-Off Committee. This inaugural Chamber of Commerce event was a successful one. Plans for Fajita Fiesta 2015 are well underway.
2014 Fajita Fiesta Committee
Sylvia Gallo
N&S Domestics
Committee Chair
Lysa Gonzalez
City of Buda Director of Tourism
Lisa Lefco-Gray
Ellis and Salazar Body Shop
Anita Lafferty
AMM Collision Center
Linda Thornburg
Thornburg Insurance Services
Dwight Stewart
Kyle/Buda VFW Post 12058
Chamber of Commerce Staff
J.R. Gonzales
BACC Managing Director
Monica Martinez
BACC Operations Administrator
Tyler Zientara
BACC Intern