Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash 2025 – Hold Your Horses takes Grand Championship
The Georgia Barbecue Association was in beautiful Ashburn, Georgia, this weekend for the Annual Fire Ant Festival. This year’s festival theme—“The Greatest ShowAnt”—set the perfect tone for an unforgettable weekend of food, fun, and fierce BBQ competition! The BBQ Bash featured an impressive $12,500 payout for competitors!
Grand Champion – Hold Your Horses BBQ defended their 2024 Fire Ant Festival Grand Championship and kept the title in Pulled Pork! , Yep, Back-to-Back Grand Championships at the Fire Ant Festival!
Reserve Grand Champion – Hog Harris BBQ
THE COMPETITION
A strong field of 33 teams battled it out in the GBA-sanctioned categories: Loin, Pulled Pork, and Ribs. Nine different teams made it to the finals, meaning 28% of the field had a shot at the Grand Championship after the preliminary round!
Loin Results – 1st Place Hog Harris BBQ, 2nd Place Place Meat By The Fire, 3rd Place K&E’s Little Smokers
Pulled Pork Results – 1st Place Hold Your Horses BBQ , 2nd Place Real-Licious Q, 3rd Place The Look and the Cook BBQ
Rib Results – 1st Place Flying B BBQ, , 2nd Place Leron’s BBQ, 3rd Place Hot Ash Q
Brisket Champion – Come ‘n Get It
Kids Burger Challenge Champion – Ella Mizell of Heavy Metal Hogs!
People’s Choice: Leron’s BBQ
THANK YOU TO our 2025 Georgia BBQ Association TEAM of the YEAR Sponsors – A BETTER BUILT FENCE CO. & DEXTER MEAT CO.
