Smokin’ 42 BBQ Defends Home Turf Again in Tifton
Twenty six Georgia Barbecue Associations teams gathered at Fulwood Park in Tifton, Ga for Rhythm & Ribs. The event in Tifton has become a favorite among the teams with a great venue and a large music and crafts festival to go along with the BBQ competition For the second year in a row, the hometown boys of Smokin’ 42 BBQ took home top honors by wining both the Loin & Pulled Pork categories and the Grand Championship. Chad Brooks and his crew were certainly on top of their game as they also recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round of Pulled Pork. The event in Tifton has become a favorite among the teams with a great venue and a large music and crafts festival to go along with the BBQ competition
Grand Champion – Smokin 42 BBQ
Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke
Robin Bowles and Just Blowing Smoke made finals in Pulled Pork and Ribs along with 8th place in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Champion award.
Chad Brooks and Smokin 42 BBQ’s score of 596.7 was the top score among the three finalists in Loin to take first place. Captain Jack’s Fredom BBQ Team took seond place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking third place. Fourth place went to Bubba Grills with Dobey Q in fifth place. LawDawg BBQ won the tiebreaker over Stumps Smokers BBQ Team for 6th place. In eighth place was Just Blowing Smoke with H & J Cooking team in 9th and Holy Smokes rounding out the top 10.
Smokin’ 42 BBQ followed up the perfect 600 score in Pulled Pork preliminaries with a near perfect 599.1 score in the finals round to win the category. Stumps Smokers BBQ Team came in 2nd place with Just Blowing Smoke in third. Rub Shakers Que took 4th place by 0.3 of a point over Law Dawg BBQ. Swine Time Grilling Team won 6th place in the tiebreaker over H & J Cooking Team. Dobey Q captured 8th place. Bethel Smokers came in 9th with Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in 10th place
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Jimmy Hornbuckle and Swine Time Grilling Team turned in the best Rib box of the day. Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team was the runner up with Just Blowing Smoke finishing in 3rd place and Bethel Smokers finishing in 4th place. Stumps Smokers BBQ Teams won the tiebreaker to take 5th place over H & J Cooking Team. J Dub Stew & Que grabbed 7th place and . Dobey Q took 8th place. It was Real South BBQ & Holy Smokes coming in 9th & 10 places respectively.
Rythm & Ribs also held a non-sanctioned backyard contest. Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Team got the Grand Championship call for the second year in a row.
The GBA heads north for the Hitiachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13.14 followed by Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.
Full Results:
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 596.7 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | 1 | 599.1 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | |
| 2 | 593 | Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team | 2 | 592 | Stumps Smokers BBQ Team | |
| 3 | 592.3 | 92 BBQ Assassin Smokers | 3 | 590.9 | Just Blowing Smoke | |
| 4 | 598.8 | Bubba Grills | 4 | 593.9 | Rub Shakers Que | |
| 5 | 598 | Dobey Q | 5 | 593.6 | Law Dawg BBQ | |
| 6 | 595.11 | Law Dawg BBQ | 6 | 591.81 | Swine Time Grilling Team | |
| 7 | 595.1 | Stumps Smokers BBQ Team | 7 | 591.8 | H & J Cooking Team | |
| 8 | 594.8 | Just Blowing Smoke | 8 | 590.9 | Dobey Q | |
| 9 | 591.8 | H & J Cooking Team | 9 | 590.3 | Bethel Smoker | |
| 10 | 590.2 | Holy Smokes | 10 | 588.8 | Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team | |
| 11 | 588.8 | Bones Grill Shack | 11 | 585.1 | Rib Ticklers | |
| 12 | 582.7 | Bethel Smoker | 12 | 585 | Real South BBQ | |
| 13 | 580.5 | J Dub’s Stew and Que | 13 | 584.5 | 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers | |
| 14 | 580 | Rub Shakers Que | 14 | 583.9 | Holy Smokes | |
| 15 | 577.3 | Smokey Times | 15 | 579.9 | Smokin J’s Barbecue | |
| 16 | 570.5 | Dirt Road Smokerz | 16 | 578.7 | For Get Me Not BBQ | |
| 17 | 569 | For Get Me Not BBQ | 17 | 578.6 | Flint River Cookers | |
| 18 | 568.3 | Rib Ticklers | 18 | 577.2 | Bubba Grills | |
| 19 | 565.1 | Southern Hogs | 19 | 576.8 | Nature Boy BBQ | |
| 20 | 565.1 | Flint River Cookers | 20 | 572.2 | Raging Smoke BBQ | |
| 21 | 564.7 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 21 | 572.1 | Southern Hogs | |
| 22 | 563.8 | Smokin J’s Barbecue | 22 | 570.4 | Bones Grill Shack | |
| 23 | 563.8 | Swine Time Grilling Team | 23 | 569.5 | Smokey Times | |
| 24 | 560.8 | Wisham Jellies Smokers | 24 | 565.7 | J Dub’s Stew and Que | |
| 25 | 559.3 | Real South BBQ | 25 | 562.4 | Dirt Road Smokerz | |
| 26 | 546.5 | Nature Boy BBQ | 26 | 560.8 | Wisham Jellies Smokers |
| RIBS | ||
| 1 | 598.9 | Swine Time Grilling Team |
| 2 | 591.7 | Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team |
| 3 | 591 | Just Blowing Smoke |
| 4 | 592.1 | Bethel Smoker |
| 5 | 591.21 | Stumps Smokers BBQ Team |
| 6 | 591.2 | H & J Cooking Team |
| 7 | 590.8 | J Dub’s Stew and Que |
| 8 | 588.5 | Dobey Q |
| 9 | 588.2 | Real South BBQ |
| 10 | 587.2 | Holy Smokes |
| 11 | 583.9 | 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers |
| 12 | 583.6 | For Get Me Not BBQ |
| 13 | 583.6 | Bubba Grills |
| 14 | 583.3 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ |
| 15 | 583 | Rub Shakers Que |
| 16 | 580 | Smokey Times |
| 17 | 580 | Law Dawg BBQ |
| 18 | 576.3 | Southern Hogs |
| 19 | 575.7 | Dirt Road Smokerz |
| 20 | 575.1 | Flint River Cookers |
| 21 | 575 | Smokin J’s Barbecue |
| 22 | 570 | Raging Smoke BBQ |
| 23 | 569.8 | Rib Ticklers |
| 24 | 567.8 | Nature Boy BBQ |
| 25 | 567.2 | Bones Grill Shack |
| 26 | 558.2 | Wisham Jellies Smokers |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Just Blowing Smoke | 594.8 | 594.3 | 595.7 | 1784.8 | |
| 2 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | 599.7 | 600 | 583.3 | 1783 | |
| 3 | Stumps Smokers BBQ Team | 595.1 | 595.8 | 591.21 | 1782.11 | |
| 4 | Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team | 599.1 | 588.8 | 592.11 | 1780.01 | |
| 5 | Dobey Q | 598 | 590.9 | 588.5 | 1777.4 | |
| 6 | H & J Cooking Team | 591.8 | 591.8 | 591.2 | 1774.8 | |
| 7 | Law Dawg BBQ | 595.11 | 593.6 | 580 | 1768.71 | |
| 8 | 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers | 599.1 | 584.5 | 583.9 | 1767.5 | |
| 9 | Bethel Smoker | 582.7 | 590.3 | 592.1 | 1765.1 | |
| 10 | Holy Smokes | 590.2 | 583.9 | 587.2 | 1761.3 | |
| 11 | Bubba Grills | 598.8 | 577.2 | 583.6 | 1759.6 | |
| 12 | Rub Shakers Que | 580 | 593.9 | 583 | 1756.9 | |
| 13 | Swine Time Grilling Team | 563.8 | 591.81 | 599.1 | 1754.71 | |
| 14 | J Dub’s Stew and Que | 580.5 | 565.7 | 590.8 | 1737 | |
| 15 | Real South BBQ | 559.3 | 585 | 588.2 | 1732.5 | |
| 16 | For Get Me Not BBQ | 569 | 578.7 | 583.6 | 1731.3 | |
| 17 | Smokey Times | 577.3 | 569.5 | 580 | 1726.8 | |
| 18 | Bones Grill Shack | 588.8 | 570.4 | 567.2 | 1726.4 | |
| 19 | Rib Ticklers | 568.3 | 585.1 | 569.8 | 1723.2 | |
| 20 | Flint River Cookers | 565.1 | 578.6 | 575.1 | 1718.8 | |
| 21 | Smokin J’s Barbecue | 563.8 | 579.9 | 575 | 1718.7 | |
| 22 | Southern Hogs | 565.1 | 572.1 | 576.3 | 1713.5 | |
| 23 | Dirt Road Smokerz | 570.5 | 562.4 | 575.7 | 1708.6 | |
| 24 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 564.7 | 572.2 | 570 | 1706.9 | |
| 25 | Nature Boy BBQ | 546.5 | 576.8 | 567.8 | 1691.1 | |
| 26 | Wisham Jellies Smokers | 560.8 | 560.8 | 558.2 | 1679.8 |