RESCUE SMOKERS WINS the GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!
The Georgia BBQ Association headed over to Cordele, GA for the 2024 SMOKIN on BLACKSHEAR BBQ Festival. We had beautiful weather and an amazing venue, with Linda Hawkins and her staff going all out as usual! We had 30 GBA Pro Teams, 14 IAW Backyard Teams, and 7 Kids Burger Challenge Competitors. Huge Thank You to all the GBA Teams, IAW Teams, Kids Burger Cooks, GBA Judges, and GBA Reps that made this event GREAT. 30 GBA Teams made life tough for the judges there, and when all the judging was done RESCUE SMOKERS Won the Grand Championship with their Pork Entry scoring a 600 in the preliminary round. This event showed what the Georgia BBQ Association is all about, BBQ Family helping another when it was needed! Thank you to Chuck & Carrie East for helping the Rescue Smokers at a moments notice!
Johnson Boys & Girl BBQ won the Reserve Grand Championship with an amazing cook, taking a 1st Place Loin, 6th Place Pork, & 7th Place Rib call.
PORK LOIN CATEGORY
Johnson Boys & Girl BBQ came out on top with 1st Place Loin. Let’s Smoke Something took 2nd place Loin with 319 Q taking 3rd place Loin.
Pork Category
Congratulations to Rescue Smokers on their Pork category win with a perfect 600 in the preliminary round.! Kimbrell-Q took 2nd place pork with Heavy Metal Hogz taking 3rd place pork.
RIB CATEGORY
Congrats to Big Butts BBQ on their 1st Place Rib! Big Daddys Meat House with 2nd place rib and Scott’s Smoke Shack on 3rd place ribs and a perfect 600 in the preliminary round.
GBA CATEGORY RESULTS
Smokin on Blackshear Kids Burger Challenge
Jeb Stanley Won 1st Place at the Lake Blackshear Kids Burger Challenge, Huge Congrats on his first ever contest!!!!!!!!
Kids Turn In Pics
RIBPUBLICANS takes Grand Championship at the Smokin on Lake Blackshear IAW Backyard Event
Backyard Pork Loin
Backyard Pork
Backyard Ribs
THANK YOU to All Judges for Doing What YOU Do!
