Flying Pigs Take Grand in Douglas
Brian Griffis of Flying Pigs BBQ got to hoist the “Big Check”for $5,000, the largest Grand Champion award in GBA history, as his Rib entry was the top scorer in the finals round at the South Georgia BBQ & Outdoor Festival in Douglas. It was a very even competition as 9 different teams advanced to the Finals round in the three meat categories.
Grand Champion – Flying Pigs
The Hold Your Horses BBQ team of Cary Chasteen made finals in Loin, placed 6th in Ribs and 7th in Pulled Pork to capture the Reserve Grand Championship and $2500.
Reserve Grand Champion – Hold Your Horses BBQ
Tim Coleman & Real South BBQ made finals for the first time ever on the Loin category. Their finals round Loin box was the best in the category & took 1st place. Hold Your Horses was runner-up with Johnson Boys BBQ in third. Southern Hogs topped the Pulled Pork category with Old Henry BBQ in 2nd & Hard Rock Hill BBQ rounding out the top three. Flying Pigs won Ribs. Bubba Grills came in 2nd place and Weekend Warriors took 3rd place.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | FINALS | Real South BBQ | 1 | FINALS | Southern Hogs | 1 | FINALS | Flying Pigs BBQ | ||
| 2 | FINALS | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 2 | FINALS | Old Henry BBQ | 2 | FINALS | Bubba Grills | ||
| 3 | FINALS | Johnson Boys | 3 | FINALS | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 3 | FINALS | Weedend Warriors | ||
| 4 | 598.8 | Flint River Cookers | 4 | 594.5 | Flint River Cookers | 4 | 594.2 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 5 | 595.8 | 2 Smokin Phat Boyz | 5 | 594.2 | Hootie Q | 5 | 591.9 | Smoking Outlaws | ||
| 6 | 595.5 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 6 | 591.5 | Flyin Pigs BBQ | 6 | 591.8 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | ||
| 7 | 594.81 | Weekend Warriors | 7 | 590.3 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 7 | 591.3 | Captian Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | ||
| 8 | 594.8 | Big Butts BBQ | 8 | 590 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 8 | 591.2 | Hootie Q | ||
| 9 | 591.3 | Flyin Pigs BBQ | 9 | 589.5 | Smoking Outlaws | 9 | 590.8 | Kelvin’s BBQ | ||
| 10 | 590.6 | Southern Hogs | 10 | 589.1 | Off the Chain | 10 | 590.5 | Real South BBQ | ||
| 11 | 590.3 | Off the Chain | 11 | 588.7 | Okefenokee Smokers | 11 | 589.2 | Okefenokee Smokers | ||
| 12 | 590.2 | Rescue Smokers | 12 | 586.3 | Real South BBQ | 12 | 586.6 | Raging Smoke | ||
| 13 | 585 | Real Licious Q | 13 | 585.3 | Captian Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | 13 | 586.3 | Flint River Cookers | ||
| 14 | 584 | Smoking Outlaws | 14 | 585.3 | 2 Smokin Phat Boyz | 14 | 583.9 | Big Butts BBQ | ||
| 15 | 583 | Americana Grillers | 15 | 582.7 | Weekend Warriors | 15 | 583.6 | Blue Diablo BBQ | ||
| 16 | 581.4 | Just Smoke ‘N’ Around | 16 | 581.7 | Rescue Smokers | 16 | 581.1 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | ||
| 17 | 581.1 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 17 | 579.6 | Smoke Show | 17 | 580.7 | Bayshore Porkers | ||
| 18 | 580.4 | Raging Smoke | 18 | 579.3 | Raging Smoke | 18 | 578.4 | Old Henry’s BBQ | ||
| 19 | 578.8 | Captian Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | 19 | 579.2 | 8-Finger Jack Stew & Q | 19 | 577.8 | Smoke Show | ||
| 20 | 576.5 | Bubba Grills | 20 | 577.7 | Bayshore Porkers | 20 | 575.1 | Real Licious Q | ||
| 21 | 571.7 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 21 | 577.4 | Johnson Boys | 21 | 574.8 | Smokin the Good Stuff | ||
| 22 | 569.3 | Okefenokee Smokers | 22 | 575.6 | Bubba Grills | 22 | 573.8 | Off the Chain | ||
| 23 | 568 | 8-Finger Jack Stew & Q | 23 | 574.5 | Just Smoke ‘N’ Around | 23 | 567.2 | Just Smoke ‘N’ Around | ||
| 24 | 561.8 | Smoke Show | 24 | 572 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 24 | 565.9 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 25 | 561.3 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 25 | 567.3 | Big Butts BBQ | 25 | 564.8 | Johnson Boys | ||
| 26 | 560 | Hootie Q | 26 | 566.9 | Real Licious Q | 26 | 563 | Americana Grillers | ||
| 27 | 559.3 | Bayshore Porkers | 27 | 564.2 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 27 | 533.8 | 8-Finger Jack Stew & Q | ||
| 28 | 549.9 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 28 | 559.5 | Americana Grillers | 28 | 516 | 2 Smokin Phat Boyz |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 599.7 | 590.3 | 591.8 | 1781.8 | |
| 2 | Southern Hogs | 590.6 | 596.1 | 594.2 | 1780.9 | |
| 3 | Flint River Cookers | 598.8 | 594.5 | 586.3 | 1779.6 | |
| 4 | Flyin Pigs BBQ | 591.3 | 591.5 | 595.2 | 1778.0 | |
| 5 | Real South BBQ | 599.7 | 586.3 | 590.5 | 1776.5 | |
| 6 | Weekend Warriors | 594.8 | 582.7 | 598.8 | 1776.3 | |
| 7 | Smoking Outlaws | 584.0 | 589.5 | 591.9 | 1765.4 | |
| 8 | Captian Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | 578.8 | 585.3 | 591.3 | 1755.4 | |
| 9 | Off the Chain | 590.3 | 589.1 | 573.8 | 1753.2 | |
| 10 | Bubba Grills | 576.5 | 575.6 | 598.8 | 1750.9 | |
| 11 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 571.7 | 598.2 | 578.4 | 1748.3 | |
| 12 | Okefenokee Smokers | 569.3 | 588.7 | 589.2 | 1747.2 | |
| 13 | Raging Smoke | 580.4 | 579.3 | 586.6 | 1746.3 | |
| 14 | Big Butts BBQ | 594.8 | 567.3 | 583.9 | 1746.0 | |
| 15 | Hootie Q | 560.0 | 594.2 | 591.2 | 1745.4 | |
| 16 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 595.5 | 572.0 | 574.8 | 1742.3 | |
| 17 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 561.3 | 590.0 | 590.8 | 1742.1 | |
| 18 | Johnson Boys | 599.7 | 577.4 | 564.8 | 1741.9 | |
| 19 | Rescue Smokers | 590.2 | 581.7 | 565.9 | 1737.8 | |
| 20 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 549.9 | 599.1 | 581.1 | 1730.1 | |
| 21 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 581.1 | 564.2 | 583.6 | 1728.9 | |
| 22 | Real Licious Q | 585.0 | 566.9 | 575.1 | 1727.0 | |
| 23 | Just Smoke ‘N’ Around | 581.4 | 574.5 | 567.2 | 1723.1 | |
| 24 | Smoke Show | 561.8 | 579.6 | 577.8 | 1719.2 | |
| 25 | Bayshore Porkers | 559.3 | 577.7 | 580.7 | 1717.7 | |
| 26 | Americana Grillers | 583.0 | 559.5 | 563.0 | 1705.5 | |
| 27 | 2 Smokin Phat Boyz | 595.8 | 585.3 | 516.0 | 1697.1 | |
| 28 | 8-Finger Jack Stew & Q | 568.0 | 579.2 | 533.8 | 1681.0 |