Ghetto Kitchen Deer Park, Texas
Ghetto Kitchen Kookers
Four cooks, one pit, and a standing argument about brisket. We cook Deer Park, La Porte and Pasadena.
Who we are
A working team, not a hobby tent
Ghetto Kitchen Kookers is a four-founder competition barbecue team based in Deer Park, Texas. We cook local cookoffs around Deer Park, La Porte and Pasadena, and we treat every one of them the same way: same prep discipline, same timeline, same turn-in standard, whether the judging table is a sanctioned panel or a room of volunteers from the community.
What we can show you is the work — a season of cooks, books that are receipted line by line, and a tent that people come back to.
Between competitions we cook fundraisers and community plate sales. Those pay for entry fees and wood, and they are also the best practice a team can get: a real deadline, real volume, and people who tell you immediately if the brisket is dry.
If you have caught us at an event and want to talk about sponsoring, catering, or just how we run the pit, the door is open.
The founders
Four equal partners
Between the four of us we cover the pit, the prep, the paperwork and the people.
Founder
Solomon Peretz
Founder
James Kopeck
Founder
Daniel Molina
Founder
Randy Young
2026 season
Where you’ll find us
| Date | Event | Location | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11–12 | Pasadena Livestock Show & Rodeo Cook Off | Pasadena, TX | Brisket, ribs, chicken, fajitas, margaritas |
Come eat with us
Tent wristbands — $25
A wristband gets you into our tent at the cookoff for food and dinner. Wristbands are $25, beer included for 21+. If you just want to come eat with us, this is the one.
Checkout is handled by Square. Card details go to Square, never to us or this website.
What it gets you
Entry to the tent, food and dinner, plus the public bar for 21+. The sponsor bar is a separate thing and comes with sponsorship — see the sponsorship levels if that is what you are after.
Backed by
Our sponsors
Entry fees, wood, and protein do not pay for themselves. These businesses put us on the grounds.
