Bubba Grills Dominates Smokin Pork N Butts … Again
The GBA returned for the second year to the Exchange Club Fairgrounds in Jackson, GA for Smokin Pork N Butts. It was a strong field of 30 teams and Lonnie Smith, pitmaster for Bubba Grills, repeated as Grand Champion. Those in attendace were treated to a Friday night concert by rising country music star Gannon Adams.
Grand Champion Bubba Grills
Smokin 42 BBQ finaled in Loin and took fifth place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs to secure the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Champions Smokin 42 BBA
In his first GBA contest, The Fat Redneck BBQ Co., won the Pork Loin category. Smokin 42 BBQ and Sauced Hogs Smokeshack tallied the same score with Smokin 42 BBQ taking second place on the second tiebreaker. Smoke Shack and Sutters Backwoods BBQ finished fourth and fifth respectively.
First Place Loin The Rat Redneck BBQ Co.
Bubba Grills Grand Championship winning score in Pulled Pork topped the category. Smoke Shack took second place with Rub Shakers Que in third place. Rounding out the top five were Sauced Hogs Smokeshack just 0.9 ahead of Smokin 42 BBQ.
Bubba Grills also claimed first place in Ribs with Sauced Hogs Smokeshack as runner up. Jethro’s Cooking Crew claimed third place. Smoke Shack finished in fourth place and Smokin’ 42 BBQ took fifth place.
| PORK LOIN | ||
| 1 | 596.1 | The Fat Redneck BBQ Co |
| 2 | 584.6 | Smokin 42 |
| 3 | 584.6 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack |
| 4 | 596.4 | Smoke Shack |
| 5 | 595.8 | Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ |
| 6 | 593.9 | Old Henry’s BBQ |
| 7 | 591.8 | Smokin AJ’s |
| 8 | 590.5 | Bubba Grills |
| 9 | 589.6 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew |
| 10 | 589.2 | Smoke Twen The Hedges |
| 11 | 586.4 | Wood Shed |
| 12 | 585.5 | Dixie Que |
| 13 | 585.3 | Super Sauce |
| 14 | 584.6 | TC’s BBQ |
| 15 | 584.4 | Blazin Butts |
| 16 | 583.4 | K & K Grills |
| 17 | 583.3 | Quenut BBQ |
| 18 | 582.7 | Blind Pig BBQ |
| 19 | 581.7 | AnarQue |
| 20 | 577.5 | Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue |
| 21 | 576.9 | BCD BBQ |
| 22 | 569.9 | Smoke Stack BBQ Shack |
| 23 | 569.6 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers |
| 24 | 567.8 | Dirty South |
| 25 | 566.8 | OnSite Ribs |
| 26 | 566.5 | Off Tha Hoof BBQ |
| 27 | 564.9 | 57 SmokeHouse |
| 28 | 564.5 | Shade Tree Smokers |
| 29 | 562.3 | Rub Shakers Que |
| 30 | 0 | Atlanta Butt Society |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 595.1 | Bubba Grills | 1 | 596.7 | Bubba Grills | |
| 2 | 594.2 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | 2 | 587.9 | Smoke Shack | |
| 3 | 585.2 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 3 | 586.9 | Rub Shakers Que | |
| 4 | 593.1 | Smoke Shack | 4 | 595.4 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | |
| 5 | 592.1 | Smokin 42 | 5 | 594.5 | Smokin 42 | |
| 6 | 591.2 | Quenut BBQ | 6 | 594.5 | Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ | |
| 7 | 588.5 | BCD BBQ | 7 | 594.2 | Smokin AJ’s | |
| 8 | 588.2 | Dixie Que | 8 | 593.9 | Dixie Que | |
| 9 | 587.8 | 57 SmokeHouse | 9 | 593.9 | AnarQue | |
| 10 | 586.6 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers | 10 | 593.1 | Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue | |
| 11 | 584.9 | The Fat Redneck BBQ Co | 11 | 592.2 | Quenut BBQ | |
| 12 | 584.9 | AnarQue | 12 | 589.6 | 57 SmokeHouse | |
| 13 | 583.7 | Smoke Stack BBQ Shack | 13 | 587.1 | Blind Pig BBQ | |
| 14 | 583.3 | Wood Shed | 14 | 586.1 | The Fat Redneck BBQ Co | |
| 15 | 583 | OnSite Ribs | 15 | 585 | K & K Grills | |
| 16 | 580.3 | Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ | 16 | 583.2 | Smoke Twen The Hedges | |
| 17 | 579.6 | Shade Tree Smokers | 17 | 582.7 | Blazin Butts | |
| 18 | 578.2 | Off Tha Hoof BBQ | 18 | 582 | Old Henry’s BBQ | |
| 19 | 577.9 | Rub Shakers Que | 19 | 581.7 | Shade Tree Smokers | |
| 20 | 577.1 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 20 | 578.7 | Wood Shed | |
| 21 | 576.6 | Dirty South | 21 | 576.9 | Dirty South | |
| 22 | 576.3 | Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue | 22 | 575.9 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | |
| 23 | 575.8 | TC’s BBQ | 23 | 575.1 | BCD BBQ | |
| 24 | 573.5 | Blind Pig BBQ | 24 | 573.6 | Atlanta Butt Society | |
| 25 | 567.2 | Blazin Butts | 25 | 572.8 | Super Sauce | |
| 26 | 563.8 | Smoke Twen The Hedges | 26 | 571.8 | TC’s BBQ | |
| 27 | 562.9 | Super Sauce | 27 | 570.2 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers | |
| 28 | 559.9 | K & K Grills | 28 | 566.6 | Off Tha Hoof BBQ | |
| 29 | 559 | Smokin AJ’s | 29 | 566.6 | OnSite Ribs | |
| 30 | 0 | Atlanta Butt Society | 30 | 563.9 | Smoke Stack BBQ Shack |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||||
| 1 | Smokin 42 | 592.1 | 594.5 | 598.8 | 1785.4 | ||
| 2 | Smoke Shack | 593.1 | 595.7 | 596.4 | 1785.2 | ||
| 3 | Bubba Grills | 595.8 | 598.5 | 590.5 | 1784.8 | ||
| 4 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | 594.9 | 595.4 | 591.8 | 1782.1 | ||
| 5 | Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ | 580.3 | 594.5 | 595.8 | 1770.6 | ||
| 6 | The Fat Redneck BBQ Co | 584.9 | 586.1 | 599.4 | 1770.4 | ||
| 7 | Dixie Que | 588.2 | 593.9 | 585.5 | 1767.6 | ||
| 8 | Quenut BBQ | 591.2 | 592.2 | 583.3 | 1766.7 | ||
| 9 | AnarQue | 584.9 | 593.9 | 581.7 | 1760.5 | ||
| 10 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 594.9 | 575.9 | 589.6 | 1760.4 | ||
| 11 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 577.1 | 582 | 593.9 | 1753 | ||
| 12 | Wood Shed | 583.3 | 578.7 | 586.4 | 1748.4 | ||
| 13 | Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue | 576.3 | 593.1 | 577.5 | 1746.9 | ||
| 14 | Smokin AJ’s | 559 | 594.2 | 591.8 | 1745 | ||
| 15 | Blind Pig BBQ | 573.5 | 587.1 | 582.7 | 1743.3 | ||
| 16 | 57 SmokeHouse | 587.8 | 589.6 | 564.9 | 1742.3 | ||
| 17 | BCD BBQ | 588.5 | 575.1 | 576.9 | 1740.5 | ||
| 18 | Rub Shakers Que | 577.9 | 599.4 | 562.3 | 1739.6 | ||
| 19 | Smoke Twen The Hedges | 563.8 | 583.2 | 589.2 | 1736.2 | ||
| 20 | Blazin Butts | 567.2 | 582.7 | 584.4 | 1734.3 | ||
| 21 | TC’s BBQ | 575.8 | 571.8 | 584.6 | 1732.2 | ||
| 22 | K & K Grills | 559.9 | 585 | 583.4 | 1728.3 | ||
| 23 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers | 586.6 | 570.2 | 569.6 | 1726.4 | ||
| 24 | Shade Tree Smokers | 579.6 | 581.7 | 564.5 | 1725.8 | ||
| 25 | Dirty South | 576.6 | 576.9 | 567.8 | 1721.3 | ||
| 26 | Super Sauce | 562.9 | 572.8 | 585.3 | 1721 | ||
| 27 | Smoke Stack BBQ Shack | 583.7 | 563.9 | 569.9 | 1717.5 | ||
| 28 | OnSite Ribs | 583 | 566.6 | 566.8 | 1716.4 | ||
| 29 | Off Tha Hoof BBQ | 578.2 | 566.6 | 566.5 | 1711.3 | ||
| 30 | Atlanta Butt Society | 0 | 573.6 | 0 | 573.6 | ||