South Cobb BBQ & Blues Gets Smoked Rescue Style
Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers,of BBQ Pitmasters fame, took first place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival. It was his near perfect score of 599.1 in the Pulled Pork finals round that netted the team the Grand Championship
Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers
Just Blowing Smoke, Robin Bowles PItmaster, made finals in Loin; finished 5th in Pulled Pork and 7th in Ribs to take home the Reserve Championship.
Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke
Butt Rubbin BBQ
The first category of the contest was Loin and Just Blowing Smoke topped the field. Butt Rubbin BBQ took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third. Rescue Smokers actually tied for third place but lost the tiebreaker to miss finals and finished in fourth place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ came in fifth place with Dixie Que in sixth. Smokin Butts BBQ took seventh; Rub Shakers Que took eighth; Fiddlers BBQ took ninth and We Want Que took 10th place.
CJs
Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with CJ’s as runner-up. We Want Que grabbed third place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in fourth and Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. There was a tie for sixth place and Fiddler’s BBQ won the tiebreaker over Dixie Que. Rub Shakers Que, Smokin’ the Good Stuff and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished eighth through tenth respectively.
It was Rescue Smokers taking their second win of the day with the top scoring Rib box. Rub Shakers Que came in second with Smokin’ The Good Stuff coming in third. Fiddlers BBQ took fourth; Smoking J’s took fifth place and Dixie Que took sixth place. Seventh place went to Just Blowing Smoke. The final three calls in Ribs were very close. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ got the eighth place call by just 0.2 of a point over We Want Que in ninth. Just 0.1 of a point back was Daddy-O’s BBQ in tenth place.
The Georgia Barbecue Association really enjoyed their first trip to Austell and the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival We want to thank the contest organizers and the staff of the beautiful EpiCenter for hosting a great contest. Next week, the GBA heads to MIlledgeville for the Deep Roots Fesitval
Full Contest Results:
| LOIN | ||
| 1 | 596.3 | Just Blowing Smoke |
| 2 | 594.2 | Butt Rubb’n BBQ |
| 3 | 591.5 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers |
| 4 | 592.4 | Rescue Smokers |
| 5 | 588.2 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ |
| 6 | 583.6 | Dixie Que |
| 7 | 582.9 | Smokin Butts BBQ |
| 8 | 580.2 | Rub Shakers Que |
| 9 | 579.9 | Fiddler’s BBQ |
| 10 | 575.9 | We Want Que |
| 11 | 575.1 | Smokin’ the Good Stuff |
| 12 | 574.8 | Smokin’ Hotlanta |
| 13 | 571.4 | CJ’s |
| 14 | 571.4 | Where There’s Smoke |
| 15 | 570.2 | Smokin J’s Barbeque |
| 16 | 569.7 | Temple of the Hog |
| 17 | 566.6 | Daddy-O’s_BBQ |
| PULLED PORK | RIBS | |||||
| 1 | 599.1 | Rescue Smokers | 1 | 597.2 | Rescue Smokers | |
| 2 | 593.5 | CJ’s | 2 | 593.2 | Rub Shakers Que | |
| 3 | 588.2 | We Want Que | 3 | 591.6 | Smokin’ the Good Stuff | |
| 4 | 594.5 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 4 | 591.2 | Fiddler’s BBQ | |
| 5 | 592.1 | Just Blowing Smoke | 5 | 589.9 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | |
| 6 | 591.21 | Fiddler’s BBQ | 6 | 587.5 | Dixie Que | |
| 7 | 591.2 | Dixie Que | 7 | 584.8 | Just Blowing Smoke | |
| 8 | 590.6 | Rub Shakers Que | 8 | 582.2 | Butt Rubb’n BBQ | |
| 9 | 587.6 | Smokin’ the Good Stuff | 9 | 582 | We Want Que | |
| 10 | 586.1 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 10 | 581.9 | Daddy-O’s_BBQ | |
| 11 | 582 | Daddy-O’s_BBQ | 11 | 578.6 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | |
| 12 | 582 | Smokin’ Hotlanta | 12 | 577.1 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | |
| 13 | 578.9 | Butt Rubb’n BBQ | 13 | 575.1 | Smokin’ Hotlanta | |
| 14 | 575.4 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 14 | 572.5 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 15 | 575.4 | Smokin Butts BBQ | 15 | 564.8 | CJ’s | |
| 16 | 568.5 | Where There’s Smoke | 16 | 563.9 | Where There’s Smoke | |
| 17 | 566.1 | Temple of the Hog | 17 | 560.6 | Temple of the Hog |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||||
| 1 | Rescue Smokers | 592.4 | 595.7 | 596.4 | 1784.5 | ||
| 2 | Just Blowing Smoke | 599.7 | 592.1 | 584.8 | 1776.6 | ||
| 3 | Rub Shakers Que | 580.2 | 590.6 | 595.4 | 1766.2 | ||
| 4 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 592.41 | 594.5 | 578.6 | 1765.51 | ||
| 5 | Fiddler’s BBQ | 579.9 | 591.21 | 591.2 | 1762.31 | ||
| 6 | Dixie Que | 583.6 | 591.2 | 587.5 | 1762.3 | ||
| 7 | Butt Rubb’n BBQ | 596.1 | 578.9 | 582.2 | 1757.2 | ||
| 8 | Smokin’ the Good Stuff | 575.1 | 587.6 | 592.4 | 1755.1 | ||
| 9 | We Want Que | 575.9 | 595.2 | 582 | 1753.1 | ||
| 10 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 588.2 | 586.1 | 577.1 | 1751.4 | ||
| 11 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 570.2 | 575.4 | 589.9 | 1735.5 | ||
| 12 | Smokin’ Hotlanta | 574.8 | 582 | 575.1 | 1731.9 | ||
| 13 | CJ’s | 571.4 | 595.4 | 564.8 | 1731.6 | ||
| 14 | Smokin Butts BBQ | 582.9 | 575.4 | 572.5 | 1730.8 | ||
| 15 | Daddy-O’s_BBQ | 566.6 | 582 | 581.9 | 1730.5 | ||
| 16 | Where There’s Smoke | 571.4 | 568.5 | 563.9 | 1703.8 | ||
| 17 | Temple of the Hog | 569.7 | 566.1 | 560.6 | 1696.4me | ||