The first ever Smokin’ on Lake Blackshear BBQ & Music Festival was held at Lake Blackshear Resort & Georgia Veterans State Park in Cordele, Georgia on November 16, 2019. Thirty-five professional teams and another fifteen Cooking for Fun teams gathered to fight for their share of $10,000 in prize money, trophies, and bragging rights.
After two Reserve Championships in the first three contests of this season, Lang BBQ Smokers claimed the Grand Championship and a $2,000 check this week for their pork entry.
Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que returned to action and also won $2,000 and the Reserve Grand Championship with 3rd in Loin, 14th in pork, and 4th in loin.
Smoke Show finished first in the Pro Loin category. Hootie Q was second, and Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que took third loin.
Lang BBQ Smokers finished first in the Pro Pork category and also earned the only 600 score of the day during the preliminary round. Johnson Boys BBQ took second place, and Hogs Unlimited made their first finals with a third place Pork.
Smoke’N Cowboys won Pro Ribs, with Southern Hogs/Dexter Meat Co. taking second, and We Want Que in third.
In the Cooking for Fun division, Wine & Swine won the chicken category. Rack-N-Butts finished second and Pig-eee-licious came in third.
Pig-eee-licious won the CFF Pork category, followed by Wine & Swine and Cops N Robbers BBQ.
CFF Ribs was won by Shocks My Brain BBQ. Whitewater Smokers finished second and Rack-N-Butts was third.
Rack-N-Butts was named “Best of Lake Blackshear” after taking a 2nd Chicken, 3rd Rib, and 5th Pork in the CFF division.
The full results for each category and Pro reserve scores can be found at the following links:
Pro Loin, Pork, and Rib Results
Pro Reserve Scores
CFF Chicken, Pork, and Rib results
CFF Overall Results