2025 Fayette County Fair Bar-B-Q Cook-Off Winners
Reserve Champions
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Overall Reserve Champions – The “Navaque” team of, left to right, James Nava of Bastrop and his father James Nava Sr. -
First Place Brisket – The “Good and Ready” team of, left to right, Tiger Hall, Michael Tofel and David Tofel, and front, Frank and Lillian Tofel. -
First Place Steak – The “You Kill It We Grill It” team of, left to right, Nicole Vasut, Reeanna Ramirez and Jason Vasut. -
First Place Pork Butt – The “Linemen Who Cook” team of, left to right, Justin Whited, Amanda Whited and Mason Saleman. -
New this year was a kids’ BBQ cookoff contest, in which local young people cooked a pork chop that was judged. Here are all the kid competitors. -
Overall Grand Champions – The “Good and Ready” team of, left to right, Tiger Hall, Michael Tofel and David Tofel, and front, Frank and Lillian Tofel. -
First Place Pork Ribs – The “You Kill It We Grill It” team of, left to right, Jason and Nicole Vasut and front, Reeanna Ramirez. -
First Place Chicken – The “Good and Ready” team of, left to right, Tiger Hall, Michael Tofel and David Tofel, and front, Lillian and Frank Tofel. -
First Place Best Beans – The “Just Twisted” team of, left to right, Shawn, Sequoya and Shelby Janacek. -
Third place in the kids’ BBQ cook-off was won by Kortlynd Schramm. -
Second place in the kids’ BBQ cook-off was won by Bernard Turner. -
First place in the kids’ BBQ cook-off was won by Reeanna Ramirez.
The 2025 Fayette County Fair Bar-B-Q Cookoff was held Saturday at the fairgrounds in La Grange. David’s Tofel’s Team “Good and Ready” repeated as county grand champs.
Grand Champions
Photos by Jeff Wick