“With all these other barbecue chefs being there, it’ll by far be the biggest stage we’ve ever been on,” Ortega said. The Famous Dave’s event also judged chicken and ribs, with Ortega’s chicken winning second place and his ribs fifth place. “That was surprising, because we do ribs, chicken, brisket, and hardly ever wings,” Ortega said. It’s so fun.”His chicken wings marked the 15th overall first-place finish in his culinary career. “We have our regular ribs, pork belly burnt ends, more of a Texas-style brisket, Santa Maria-style tri-tips over an open fire, our pulled pork, barbecue chicken, sausages,” he added.