East Montgomery County BBQ Pit Building Committee

05/11/2026

Congratulations to the 2026 scholarship recipients, each of these students received a scholarship to attend the trade school for their perspective career path. Congratulations to them and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for them.

Splendora High School
Kenli Coats $6500.00
Caiden Watson $4000.00

Porter High School
Shawn Wooten $6500.00
Colton Know $4000.00

New Caney High School
Jacob Brandon $6500.00
Kevin Gomez $4000.00

West Fork High School
Mason Cohn $6500.00

05/04/2026

04/15/2026

Reminder to all scholarship applicants. We will conducting in person interviews Friday April 17th at 5pm at the Splendora Agg shop.

03/19/2026

Attention seniors that attend Splendora or New Caney ISD's. I am attaching the scholarship application for our committee. This scholarship is for students that plan to attend a 2yr or technical/trade school. Applications are due by 4/17/2026.

This application is for Technical Schools, not for students attending 4 year schools. It is not only for students in the Ag Mechanics program, anyone in the CTE program who plans to attend a technical school, should apply. Keep in mind that students that work on the competition pit will receive extr...

12/16/2025

Thank you East Montgomery County Improvement District for your continued commitment and support for the youth in East Montgomery County through the East Montgomery County Pit Building Scholarship Committee.

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Fall Community Development Grant recipients! Twice a year, the EMCID Board of Directors approves grants to nonprofit organizations and governmental entities to assist with projects within the district’s boundaries. Congrats to All Ears! Listening and Language Center, East Montgomery County BBQ Pit Building Committee, EMC Swim Team, MCP4 Community Response Team, Mission Northeast, Texas Animal Society, NCHS Cheer Booster Board, OnPoint Rescue, Porter Spartan Band, Red, White and Bluebonnets - Quilts of Valor, Society of Saint Stephen - Kingwood, Splendora ISD Education Foundation, Splendora Sports Association, Lone Star Animal Welfare League, West Fork HS Senior Class Booster Club and Wildcat Athletic Booster Club.

09/07/2025

We had extraordinary set of pits this year. Splendora High was able to pull off the win with the “Gambler “ a Santa Maria style grill that was a crowd favorite.
Porter High brought the Reserve champion pit with a very well appointed grilling machine.
West Fork High School came out swinging as there first year to participate and built an awesome designed hanging fire pit with a preparation rack and a ton of grilling space. New Caney High went above and beyond with a combination grill and smoker. They used an excavator bucket supplied by an East County family owned company, Trout Construction and this pit is a show stopper for sure.
All the students and teachers worked there tails off on these projects and the results are proven by the auction results and raffle ticket sales.
The Grand Champion pit built by Splendora was purchased by our very own JUDGE JASON DUNN
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The reserve Champion pit built by Porter was purchased by Emilio Alaniz with ProConstruct. The Third place pit built by West Fork was the raffle prize and the luck winner was thrilled with it. The 4th place pit built by NewCaney was purchased by the very man that donated the excavator bucket for the project Ty Trout.
Only a few points separated 1st place through 4th place and we can’t wait to see what next year brings. We would like to thank East Montgomery County Improvement District for their year over year support by providing the grant for our Scholarship program. A huge shout out to the East Montgomery County Fair Association and their board for supplying the platform for these students to display their talents and skills and allow us to sell these projects at the BBQ cookoff. The cookers, family members, local business owners, elected officials and community members that have supported this program since 2009 buying raffle tickets and bidding on them at the auction. We are very proud of all the young men and women who work on these projects and make them the outstanding pits and grills year after year. Last but not least my fellow committee members for all your hard work and dedication. $245000.00 in scholarships and counting. Let make it even bigger and better next year.

09/06/2025

Come out and support our local students

08/23/2025

‼️It’s that time of the year‼️
The East Montgomery County Fair & Rodeo is just around the corner. Saturday Sept 6th This year the pits are better than ever and you do not want to miss your chance at winning or purchasing one of these awesome pits. So help support this amazing program and buy some raffle tickets and share this post as much as possible. All the money raised goes back to the students of Splendora, New Caney, West Fork and Porter high schools in the form of scholarships for students attending trade schools. This program was started in 2011 and to date we have given $230,000.00+ in scholarships to more than 51 students. This program is funded by the East Montgomery County Improvement District. Come out and support this program and help us sell raffle tickets to everyone you know. You can reach out to me on Facebook or Venmo payment and we will get your tickets filled out and send them to you.

05/07/2025

Congratulations to the 2025 scholarship recipients, each of these students received a $6500.00 scholarship to attend the trade school for the perspective career path. Congratulations to them and we can’t wait to see what the future holds for them.

Splendora High School
Noah Isenberger

Porter High School
Michael Martinez

New Caney High School
Kaleb Myles

03/31/2025

Here is the scholarship application for the 2024-2025
school year. We look forward to hearing from you!
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This application is for Technical Schools, not for students attending 4 year schools. It is not only for students in the Ag Mechanics program, anyone in the CTE program who plans to attend a technical school, should apply. Keep in mind that students that work on the competition pit will receive extr...

12/17/2024

Thx for the continued support from the EMCID board.

📢Did you know📢 – The EMCID Board of Directors approves Community Development Grants for nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies twice a year. EMCID approved grant funding to 21 organizations in EMC including Cub Scout Pack 911, EMC Swim Team, Montgomery County Precinct 4 Citizens Academy Alumni, Northeast Houston Aquatics NEHA, Porter Spartan Women Basketball Boosters Inc., Scout Troop 1011, Scout Troop 1111, OnPoint Rescue, City of Splendora Utilities and City Hall, Community Assistance Center, East Montgomery County BBQ Pit Building Committee, Kailee Mills Foundation, Little House of Arts and Smarts, Northeast Hospital Foundation- In the Pink of Health, Porter High School Senior Project Graduation, Rotary Club of East Montgomery County, Society of Saint Stephen - Kingwood, Splendora ISD, Splendora ISD Education Foundation, Splendora Project Graduation and Lone Star Animal Welfare League. Congratulations!