Barbecue Crew Takes Grand on Home Turf
Foy Whatley of the Barbece Crew had the rest of the GBA Pitmasters right where he wanted them on his home turf at the Moultrie Moose Lodge Cookoff. Whatley racked up the top score in the finals round with his Pulled Pork entry to claim the Grand Championship in the second year event.
Gtand Champion – Barbecue Crew
Just Blowing Smoke made finals in both Loin and Ribs to go with a 7th place finish in Pulled Pork to win the Reserve Champion award.
Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke
H & J Cooking Team
Just Blowing Smoke led the way in the Loin category with H & J Cooking Team and Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJ’s following in second and third. Real South BBQ took fourth place with Lawdawg BBQ taking fifth. Sixth place with to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Fiddler’s BBQ finished 7th and Sunset Smokers finished 8th Ninth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers rounding out the top 10.
Barbecue Crew had the best Pulled Pork of the contest. H & J Cooking Teams again was the runner up. Hungry Hog BBQ took third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers just missed the finals on a tiebreaker to come in fourth place. Fiddler’s BBQ took fifth place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 6th place. In 7th place was Just Blowing Smoke and Real South BBQ finished in 8th place. Smokin’ AJs and Durt Road Smokerz finished ninth & tenth respectively.
Hungry Hog BBQ
Just Blowing Smoke won their second category of the contest with the top score in Ribs. Fiddler’s BBQ came in second with Travis & Montae Webb of Sunset Smokers coming in third place. H & J Cooling Team took fourth place. Fifth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts in just their second contest. Double D Cooking Team took sixth place and Smokin J’s BBQ took seventh place. Eighth through tenth places were Durt Road Smokerz, Colquitt Cookers and Lawdawg BBQ.
In the backyard contest Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the chicken category with Cowboy Smokin. G.W. McLeod pitmaster, winning Pulled Pork and Ribs.
 Screaming Eagle BBQ |
 Cowboy Smokin |
| Loin | ||
| 1 | 598.1 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE |
| 2 | 592.7 | H & J COOKING TEAM |
| 3 | 590.6 | SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ |
| 4 | 595.1 | REAL SOUTH BBQ |
| 5 | 594.5 | LAWDAWG BBQ |
| 6 | 593 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS |
| 7 | 589.6 | FIDDLERS BBQ |
| 8 | 586.3 | SUNSET SMOKERS |
| 9 | 585.4 | MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS |
| 10 | 585.1 | PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS |
| 11 | 581.5 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ |
| 12 | 574 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ |
| 13 | 572.2 | DURT ROAD SMOKERZ |
| 14 | 571.8 | BARBECUE CREW |
| 15 | 564.7 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ |
| 16 | 563.4 | DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM |
| 17 | 558.5 | COLQUITT COOKERS |
| 18 | 555.8 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ |
| PULLED PORK | ||
| 1 | 599.3 | BARBECUE CREW |
| 2 | 590.4 | H & J COOKING TEAM |
| 3 | 589.9 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ |
| 4 | 590.3 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS |
| 5 | 590 | FIDDLERS BBQ |
| 6 | 589.6 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ |
| 7 | 589.31 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE |
| 8 | 589.3 | REAL SOUTH BBQ |
| 9 | 586.3 | SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ |
| 10 | 585.7 | DURT ROAD SMOKERZ |
| 11 | 581.4 | PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS |
| 12 | 580.2 | DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM |
| 13 | 578.8 | LAWDAWG BBQ |
| 14 | 576.8 | SUNSET SMOKERS |
| 15 | 573 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ |
| 16 | 572.4 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ |
| 17 | 568.7 | COLQUITT COOKERS |
| RIBS | ||
| 1 | 598.9 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE |
| 2 | 594.4 | FIDDLERS BBQ |
| 3 | 588.7 | SUNSET SMOKERS |
| 4 | 589.7 | H & J COOKING TEAM |
| 5 | 587.6 | MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS |
| 6 | 586.3 | DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM |
| 7 | 586 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ |
| 8 | 584.8 | DURT ROAD SMOKERZ |
| 9 | 582.8 | COLQUITT COOKERS |
| 10 | 582.7 | LAWDAWG BBQ |
| 11 | 582.4 | SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ |
| 12 | 579.8 | PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS |
| 13 | 577.9 | REAL SOUTH BBQ |
| 14 | 577.6 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS |
| 15 | 575.5 | BARBECUE CREW |
| 16 | 569 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ |
| 17 | 568.1 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ |
| 18 | 564.7 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | ||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | |||
| 1 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 595.8 | 589.31 | 593.9 | 1779.01 | |
| 2 | H & J COOKING TEAM | 598.2 | 590.31 | 589.7 | 1778.21 | |
| 3 | FIDDLERS BBQ | 589.6 | 590 | 590.3 | 1769.9 | |
| 4 | SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ | 599.4 | 586.3 | 582.4 | 1768.1 | |
| 5 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 595.1 | 589.3 | 577.9 | 1762.3 | |
| 6 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 593 | 590.3 | 577.6 | 1760.9 | |
| 7 | SUNSET SMOKERS | 586.3 | 576.8 | 595.2 | 1758.3 | |
| 8 | LAWDAWG BBQ | 594.5 | 578.8 | 582.7 | 1756 | |
| 9 | PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS | 585.1 | 581.4 | 579.8 | 1746.3 | |
| 10 | BARBECUE CREW | 571.8 | 595.8 | 575.5 | 1743.1 | |
| 11 | DURT ROAD SMOKERZ | 572.2 | 585.7 | 584.8 | 1742.7 | |
| 12 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | 581.5 | 572.4 | 586 | 1739.9 | |
| 13 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | 564.7 | 598.2 | 569 | 1731.9 | |
| 14 | DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM | 563.4 | 580.2 | 586.3 | 1729.9 | |
| 15 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | 555.8 | 589.6 | 568.1 | 1713.5 | |
| 16 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | 574 | 573 | 564.7 | 1711.7 | |
| 17 | COLQUITT COOKERS | 558.5 | 568.7 | 582.8 | 1710 | |
| 18 | MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS | 585.4 | 0 | 587.6 | 1173 |