Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack Take Last Event of the Season
Grand Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
The Georgia Barbecue Association closed out a banner competition season at Powers Pavilion in Newnan with Pig N Swig. With a $12,000 purse on the line and a strong field of 31 teams, the competition was expected to be close. No one had any idea how close it would be.
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack turned in a near perfect Pulled Pork entry in the finals, but so did Bubba Grills in Ribs. Both teams were just one tick off a perfect score with identical 599.7 scores. In fact, the scores matched so closely the teams went through 8 levels of the tiebreaker system before Clint Britton’s team edged out Lonnie Smith’s for the Grand Championship on the 9th & last level. Lead contest rep. Greg Hoyt, was ready to call for a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors if the two teams remained tied.
Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills
Bubba Grills made finals in both Ribs & Pork along with 6th place in Loin to rack up the highest cumulative score and capture the Reserve Grand Championship.
The Black Train from Tifton, Smokin’ 42 BBQ, continued their strong run of late by winning the Loin category. Smokey Butts took second place. Dirty South BBQ took third.with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in fourth place. Fifth place went to Bethel Smokers who edged out Bubba Grills by 0.9 of a point.
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack’s Grand Championship entry led the way in the Pulled Pork category with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Blue Brothers BBQ from Barnesville made finals in their first GBA contest and finished third. Just Smoken Around claimed fourth and Jason Adams of Anarque claimed fifth place.
Bubba Grills near perfect Rib box was tops in the category. Forrest Dilmore of Forrest’s Fine Foods took second place honors with Bethel Smokers in third. Butts-N-Brews took fourth place. Blues Brothers BBQ edged out 800 Mile Ribs & BBQ for fifth place by less than a point.
First Place Loin – Smokin 42 BBQ
Final results from Pig N Swig:
| PORK LOIN | ||
| 1 | 597.9 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ |
| 2 | 596.1 | SMOKEY BUTTS |
| 3 | 594.5 | DIRTY SOUTH BBQ |
| 4 | 596.7 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK |
| 5 | 595.1 | BETHEL SMOKERS |
| 6 | 594.2 | BUBBA GRILLS |
| 7 | 591.2 | HOLY SMOKES |
| 8 | 590.4 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE |
| 9 | 589.6 | SOUTHERN TOUCH |
| 10 | 586.9 | HOLY SMOKERS BBQ |
| 11 | 585.7 | ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ |
| 12 | 585.5 | THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY |
| 13 | 584.3 | ANARQUE |
| 14 | 583.4 | SMOKIN AJS |
| 15 | 583 | RESCUE SMOKERS |
| 16 | 582.1 | SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW |
| 17 | 581.6 | BUTTS-N-BREWS |
| 18 | 580.4 | BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS |
| 19 | 580 | THE PIT CREW |
| 20 | 579.8 | WILDESMOKE BBQ |
| 21 | 579.8 | 800 MILE RIBS & BBQ |
| 22 | 579.6 | PARTY PORKERS |
| 23 | 579.1 | JETHROS COOKING CREW |
| 24 | 578.8 | JUST SMOKEN AROUND |
| 25 | 573.8 | BLUES BROTHERS BBQ |
| 26 | 573.6 | BOB B QUE |
| 27 | 572.3 | WAY 2 QUE |
| 28 | 570.3 | BEARDED BBQ |
| 29 | 570.2 | BUTT RUBB’N BBQ |
| 30 | 568.2 | FORREST FINE FOODS |
| 31 | 555.3 | ZOMBIE PIG BBQ |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 599.7 | BUBBA GRILLS | 1 | 599.7 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK | |
| 2 | 598.2 | FORREST FINE FOODS | 2 | 598.8 | BUBBA GRILLS | |
| 3 | 594.6 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 3 | 594 | BLUES BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 4 | 595.2 | BUTTS-N-BREWS | 4 | 595.2 | JUST SMOKEN AROUND | |
| 5 | 592.1 | BLUES BROTHERS BBQ | 5 | 595.1 | ANARQUE | |
| 6 | 591.2 | 800 MILE RIBS & BBQ | 6 | 593.3 | SMOKEY BUTTS | |
| 7 | 591 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | 7 | 590.7 | SOUTHERN TOUCH | |
| 8 | 589.6 | HOLY SMOKERS BBQ | 8 | 590.3 | THE PIT CREW | |
| 9 | 589.2 | SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW | 9 | 589.6 | FORREST FINE FOODS | |
| 10 | 589 | WAY 2 QUE | 10 | 589.3 | HOLY SMOKERS BBQ | |
| 11 | 587.3 | BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS | 11 | 588.5 | SMOKIN AJS | |
| 12 | 586.9 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK | 12 | 587.9 | SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW | |
| 13 | 586.1 | HOLY SMOKES | 13 | 586.3 | DIRTY SOUTH BBQ | |
| 14 | 584.1 | PARTY PORKERS | 14 | 584.8 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 15 | 583.7 | DIRTY SOUTH BBQ | 15 | 584.8 | RESCUE SMOKERS | |
| 16 | 583.6 | JUST SMOKEN AROUND | 16 | 583.8 | JETHROS COOKING CREW | |
| 17 | 583.1 | SMOKEY BUTTS | 17 | 583.8 | HOLY SMOKES | |
| 18 | 582.7 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 18 | 582.9 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | |
| 19 | 582.3 | SOUTHERN TOUCH | 19 | 582.4 | BUTT RUBB’N BBQ | |
| 20 | 582.1 | JETHROS COOKING CREW | 20 | 579.7 | BETHEL SMOKERS | |
| 21 | 580.4 | THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY | 21 | 579.6 | THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY | |
| 22 | 579.7 | BOB B QUE | 22 | 579.2 | 800 MILE RIBS & BBQ | |
| 23 | 578.8 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | 23 | 578 | BOB B QUE | |
| 24 | 578.7 | THE PIT CREW | 24 | 576 | BEARDED BBQ | |
| 25 | 577.8 | SMOKIN AJS | 25 | 575.1 | WAY 2 QUE | |
| 26 | 575.8 | ANARQUE | 26 | 575 | ZOMBIE PIG BBQ | |
| 27 | 573.8 | ZOMBIE PIG BBQ | 27 | 573 | PARTY PORKERS | |
| 28 | 571.2 | WILDESMOKE BBQ | 28 | 570 | ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ | |
| 29 | 564.3 | ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ | 29 | 568.9 | BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS | |
| 30 | 560.5 | BUTT RUBB’N BBQ | 30 | 567.3 | BUTTS-N-BREWS | |
| 31 | 554.3 | BEARDED BBQ | 31 | 565.3 | WILDESMOKE BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||||
| 1 | BUBBA GRILLS | 595.5 | 598.5 | 594.2 | 1788.2 | ||
| 2 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK | 586.9 | 599.7 | 596.7 | 1783.3 | ||
| 3 | SMOKEY BUTTS | 583.1 | 593.3 | 598.8 | 1775.2 | ||
| 4 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | 591 | 582.9 | 599.4 | 1773.3 | ||
| 5 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 595.8 | 579.7 | 595.1 | 1770.6 | ||
| 6 | DIRTY SOUTH BBQ | 583.7 | 586.3 | 598.8 | 1768.8 | ||
| 7 | HOLY SMOKERS BBQ | 589.6 | 589.3 | 586.9 | 1765.8 | ||
| 8 | BLUES BROTHERS BBQ | 592.1 | 598.5 | 573.8 | 1764.4 | ||
| 9 | SOUTHERN TOUCH | 582.3 | 590.7 | 589.6 | 1762.6 | ||
| 10 | HOLY SMOKES | 586.1 | 583.8 | 591.2 | 1761.1 | ||
| 11 | SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW | 589.2 | 587.9 | 582.1 | 1759.2 | ||
| 12 | JUST SMOKEN AROUND | 583.6 | 595.2 | 578.8 | 1757.6 | ||
| 13 | ANARQUE | 575.8 | 595.1 | 584.3 | 1755.2 | ||
| 14 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | 578.8 | 584.8 | 590.4 | 1754 | ||
| 15 | FORREST FINE FOODS | 595.8 | 589.6 | 568.2 | 1753.6 | ||
| 16 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 582.7 | 584.8 | 583 | 1750.5 | ||
| 17 | 800 MILE RIBS & BBQ | 591.2 | 579.2 | 579.8 | 1750.2 | ||
| 18 | SMOKIN AJS | 577.8 | 588.5 | 583.4 | 1749.7 | ||
| 19 | THE PIT CREW | 578.7 | 590.3 | 580 | 1749 | ||
| 20 | THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY | 580.4 | 579.6 | 585.5 | 1745.5 | ||
| 21 | JETHROS COOKING CREW | 582.1 | 583.8 | 579.1 | 1745 | ||
| 22 | BUTTS-N-BREWS | 595.2 | 567.3 | 581.6 | 1744.1 | ||
| 23 | PARTY PORKERS | 584.1 | 573 | 579.6 | 1736.7 | ||
| 24 | BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS | 587.3 | 568.9 | 580.4 | 1736.6 | ||
| 25 | WAY 2 QUE | 589 | 575.1 | 572.3 | 1736.4 | ||
| 26 | BOB B QUE | 579.7 | 578 | 573.6 | 1731.3 | ||
| 27 | ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ | 564.3 | 570 | 585.7 | 1720 | ||
| 28 | WILDESMOKE BBQ | 571.2 | 565.3 | 579.8 | 1716.3 | ||
| 29 | BUTT RUBB’N BBQ | 560.5 | 582.4 | 570.2 | 1713.1 | ||
| 30 | ZOMBIE PIG BBQ | 573.8 | 575 | 555.3 | 1704.1 | ||
| 31 | BEARDED BBQ | 554.3 | 576 | 570.3 | 1700.6 | ||