Holy Smokes Hits the Right Notes at Rhythm & Ribs

Holy Smokes Hits the Right Notes at Rhythm & Ribs

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Tifton, GA —  The competition was tough and tight at Rhythm & Ribs on a beautiful first weekend in March.  It was so close that it came down to a tie for the Grand Championship.  Gary & Dionn Lanton of Holy Smokes  won the Grand Championship in a tie with  ….  Themselves.  The team’s winning Loin score of 597.5 exactly the same as their winning Rib score.    Lang BBQ Smokers, Darryl Strickland, won the Pulled Pork category and was just 0.6 of a point off the Grand Championship scores.

 

 

 

 

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Matt & Donna Sapp of Southern Hogs claimed the Reserve Grand Championship by making finals in Loin along with a fourth place in Pulled Pork and 13th place in Ribs.

 

 

 

 

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Following Holy Smokes in Loin was Southern Hogs in 2nd place & Flint River Cookers in 3rd place.   Lang BBQ Smokers paced the field in Pulled Pork followed by runner up Fire in the Hole and 3rd place Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.   Holy Smokes topped the Rib category with local favorite  42 BBQ & Budmeisters BBQ Team taking 2nd & 3rd respectively.

The GBA sends a big Thank You to Tyon Spearman, the City of Tifton & a host of volunteers for their hospitality & putting on a great contest.

Full Results
1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are final round scores. All others are preliminary round scores.

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 597.5 Holy Smokes 1 596.9 Lang BBQ Smokers 1 597.5 Holy Smokes
2 595 Southern Hogs 2 595 Fire in the Hole 2 593.6 Smokin 42 BBQ
3 592.5 Flint River Cookers 3 592.5 Vienna Volunteer Fire Depaertment 3 593.5 Budmeisters BBQ Team
4 598.2 Flying Pig 4 595.81 Southern Hogs 4 599.4 Bite My Butt BBQ
5 595.4 Budmeisters BBQ Team 5 595.8 Rescue Smokers 5 598.81 Flying Pig
6 594.9 Fire in the Hole 6 595.1 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 6 598.8 Flint River Cooking Team
7 592.21 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers 7 593.1 Hardwood Smoke 7 598.5 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan
8 592.2 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 8 589.6 The Grillman BBQ Company 8 597.9 Real South BBQ
9 590.2 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department 9 588.5 Holy Smokes 9 595.2 Rib Ticklers
10 589.6 Wild Skips Smokers 10 587.3 Budmeisters BBQ Team 10 588.8 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
11 587.8 Jack’s Old South 11 587.2 Hootie Q 11 588.1 The Grillman BBQ Company
12 587.5 Rescue Smokers 12 586.9 Wild Skips Smokers 12 587.6 Jack’s Old South
13 587.5 Lang BBQ Smokers   13 586.9 Kelvin’s BBQ 13 587.5 Southern Hogs
14 586.9 Hootie Q 14 586.6 Real South BBQ 14 586.9 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
15 586.2 Smokin 42 BBQ   15 585.4 Flint River Cookers 15 586.7 Rescue Smokers
16 586.1 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 16 585.4 Flying Pig 16 586.7 Fire in the Hole
17 582.7 Smarr Cooking Crew 17 585.3 Smokin 42 BBQ 17 586.6 Just Smoke N Around BBQ
18 582.6 Just Smoke N Around BBQ   18 585.1 Jack’s Old South 18 585.3 Wild Skips Smokers
19 582.6 Real South BBQ 19 582.7 Bite My Butt BBQ 19 584.3 Lang BBQ Smokers
20 581.7 Swine Time Grilling Team 20 582.4 Smarr Cooking Crew 20 580.6 Hootie Q
21 580.3 Cool Hand Luke 21 581.1 Cool Hand Luke 21 579.3 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department
22 578.3 Kelvin’s BBQ 22 579.9 Rib Ticklers 22 577.3 Swine Time Grilling Team
23 573.8 Rib Ticklers 23 579.3 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 23 575.2 Kelvin’s BBQ
24 571.4 Bite My Butt BBQ 24 578.7 Flint River Cooking Team 24 572.6 Flint River Cookers
25 571.2 The Grillman BBQ Company 25 577.1 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers 25 571.6 Hardwood Smoke
26 570.5 Smokestack Lightning   26 575.8 Swine Time Grilling Team   26 570.5 Smarr Cooking Crew
27 570.2 Flint River Cooking Team 27 574.1 Smokestack Lightning   27 569 Smokestack Lightning
28 561 Hardwood Smoke 28 572.7 Just Smoke N Around BBQ 28 562.9 Cool Hand Luke

 

 Reserve Grand Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Holy Smokes 599.4 588.5 599.7 1787.6
2 Southern Hogs 599.7 595.8 587.5 1783.0
3 Flying Pig 598.2 585.4 598.8 1782.4
4 Budmeisters BBQ Team 595.4 587.3 599.4 1782.1
5 Fire in the Hole 594.9 598.5 586.7 1780.1
6 Smokin 42 BBQ 586.2 585.3 600.0 1771.5
7 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 586.1 595.1 588.8 1770.0
8 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 592.2 579.3 598.5 1770.0
9 Rescue Smokers 587.5 595.8 586.7 1770.0
10 Lang BBQ Smokers 587.5 596.4 584.3 1768.2
11 Real South BBQ 582.6 586.6 597.9 1767.1
12 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department 590.2 596.1 579.3 1765.6
13 Wild Skips Smokers 589.6 586.9 585.3 1761.8
14 Jack’s Old South 587.8 585.1 587.6 1760.5
15 Flint River Cookers 599.4 585.4 572.6 1757.4
16 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers 592.2 577.1 586.9 1756.2
17 Hootie Q 586.9 587.2 580.6 1754.7
18 Bite My Butt BBQ 571.4 582.7 599.4 1753.5
19 Rib Ticklers 573.8 579.9 595.2 1748.9
20 The Grillman BBQ Company 571.2 589.6 588.1 1748.9
21 Flint River Cooking Team 570.2 578.7 598.8 1747.7
22 Just Smoke N Around BBQ 582.6 572.7 586.6 1741.9
23 Kelvin’s BBQ 578.3 586.9 575.2 1740.4
24 Smarr Cooking Crew 582.7 582.4 570.5 1735.6
25 Swine Time Grilling Team 581.7 575.8 577.3 1734.8
26 Hardwood Smoke 561.0 593.1 571.6 1725.7
27 Cool Hand Luke 580.3 581.1 562.9 1724.3
28 Smokestack Lightning 570.5 574.1 569.0 1713.6

Smokestack Lightning Strikes for Grand Championship at Dilly Dally in Dooly

Smokestack Lightning Strikes for  Grand Championship at Dilly Dally in Dooly

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA)  along with the Dooly Co Chamber of Commerce combined to bring a second professional BBQ competition to the Big Pig Jig site in Vienna.   With 54 teams, Dilly Dally in Dooly became the second largest contest field in GBA history.  The contest drew teams from both GA & FL as well as Poor House Bar-B-Q, pitmaster Dan Jameson, who made a 20 hour drive down to south GA from Caanan, New Hampshire.

Grand Champion - Smokestack Lightning

Grand Champion – Smokestack Lightning

Getting the last call of the day for Grand Champion was Steve Holmes and Smokestack Lightning. The team topped the finals rounds with a score of 597.8 in Loin.  It was the team’s first Grand Championship. Taking the Reserve Grand Championship by making finals in Ribs along with 4th place in Loin & 8th place in Pulled Pork was Team Pork Rindz led by pitmaster Scott McCormick.

Reserve Champion - Team Pork Rindz

Reserve Champion – Team Pork Rindz

The Loin competition was especially tough as all three finals teams recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary rounds.  Team Pork Rindz missed the finals round by just 0.3 of a point with a 599.7. Following Smokestack Lightning in Loin was Reallicious Q in second place and Hootie Q in third.

Tim Coleman & Real South BBQ won the Pulled Pork category followed by Budmeisters as runner-up. Hootie Q edged H and J Cooking Team on a tiebreaker for third in preliminaries to qualify for finals and finished 3rd  in the final round.

Holy Smokes, Gary & Dionn Lanton, took top honors in Ribs. Bite My Butt BBQ scored a perfect 600 in the preliminary round and finished second in the finals. Team Pork Rindz rounded out the top three.

The contest held a Brisket ancillary competition.  Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Jack & Sandi Falin, walked for the first place call. Holy Smokes took 2nd place with Reallicious Q taking third.

The GBA thanks the staff of organizers & volunteers for Dilly Dally in Dooly on putting on a very successful first year event.  We look forward to growing it bigger & better in 2018.

Full Results
note: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from final rounds. all other scores from preliminary rounds

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 597.8 Smokestack Lightning 1 597.5 Real South BBQ 1 596.8 Holy Smoke
2 595.3 Reallicious Q 2 595.8 Budmeisters BBQ 2 594.8 Bite My Butt BBQ
3 592.1 Hootie Q 3 590.8 Hootie Q 3 593.4 Team Pork Rindz
4 599.7 Team Pork Rindz 4 599.1 H and J Cooking Team 4 596.1 Heavenly Hawgs
5 599.4 Rub Shakers Que 5 598.81 Raging Smoke BBQ 5 595.8 Rub Shakers Que
6 599.1 EZQ 6 598.8 We Want Que 6 595.11 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
7 598.8 Flying Pig Bar-B-Que 7 595.52 Naked Daves 7 595.1 Lang Smokers
8 596.1 Heavenly Hawgs 8 595.51 Team Pork Rindz 8 594.2 Fat Daddys Stew & Que
9 595.5 Holy Smokes 9 595.5 Southern Hogs 9 592.5 Real South BBQ
10 595.4 Southern Hogs 10 594.9 Flying Pig Bar-B-Que 10 591.8 Bubba Grills
11 594.5 Smokin AJ’s 11 594.8 The Grillman BBQ Company 11 591.3 We Want Que
12 592.2 Bite My Butt BBQ 12 594.8 Rescue Smokers 12 591.2 92 Assassin BBQ
13 591.5 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.   13 593.6 B’s BBQ 13 591.2 Southern Hogs
14 591.5 Budmeisters BBQ 14 591.6 Bite My Butt BBQ 14 590.8 Rick and Anniebell’s BBQ and Crew
15 590.6 Bubba Grills   15 591.2 Smokin AJ’s 15 590 Smarr Cooking Crew
16 590.2 Shark Bite BBQ 16 591.2 Bubba Grills 16 590 Papa’s Cookers
17 589.9 Rescue Smokers 17 590.9 Heavenly Hawgs 17 589.5 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.
18 587.6 Real South BBQ   18 590.3 92 Assassin BBQ 18 589.3 Flint River Cookers
19 586.2 Fletcher’s Finest 19 590.2 Fletcher’s Finest 19 589 Reallicious Q
20 586.2 Pink Pork Pokers 20 589 The Fatboy’s of Tenneson Nissan 20 588.3 Flying Pig Bar-B-Que
21 584.4 Naked Daves 21 588.3 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 21 588.1 H and J Cooking Team
22 584.3 Smarr Cooking Crew 22 588.2 Fire in the Hole 22 587.9 Georgia Bullhawgs
23 584.3 Hold Your Horses BBQ 23 587.5 Wild Skips Smokers 23 587.9 Hootie Q
24 584 Fat Daddys Stew & Que 24 586.7 Big Jon’s BBQ 24 587.9 Budmeisters BBQ
25 583.3 Poor House Bar-B-Que 25 586.6 EZQ 25 587.5 Big Jon’s BBQ
26 583 Just Smoken Around BBQ   26 584.6 Pink Pork Pokers   26 586.6 Fletcher’s Finest
27 582.6 Our Gang 27 583.3 Poor House Bar-B-Que   27 586.3 Hold Your Horses BBQ
28 582.6 Georgia Bullhawgs 28 583 Hold Your Horses BBQ 28 585.9 Hole in the Wall
29 581.2 B’s BBQ 29 583 Holy Smokes 29 584.9 The Fatboy’s of Tenneson Nissan
30 581 Fire in the Hole 30 582.4 Shark Bite BBQ 30 584.6 Fire in the Hole
31 580.8 Wild Skips Smokers 31 582.1 Bite Back Competition BBQ Team, LLC 31 584 Rescue Smokers
32 580.2 92 Assassin BBQ 32 581.7 Our Gang 32 583 B’s BBQ
33 580 We Want Que 33 581.6 Lang Smokers 33 582 Wild Skips Smokers
34 579.1 Lang Smokers 34 579.8 Smokestack Lightning 34 581.9 Poor House Bar-B-Que
35 577.1 Rick and Anniebell’s BBQ and Crew 35 579.6 Smarr Cooking Crew 35 579.7 Shark Bite BBQ
36 575.1 Raging Smoke BBQ 36 579.3 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept. 36 579.1 Smokin AJ’s
37 574.8 The Grillman BBQ Company 37 579.2 Pig Dynasty 37 578.7 Raging Smoke BBQ
38 573.8 Big Jon’s BBQ 38 577.5 Springy’s Backyard Burners 38 578.5 Just Smoken Around BBQ
39 571.7 Pig Dynasty 39 576.6 Just Smoken Around BBQ 39 578.2 Our Gang
40 570.5 The Game Changers 40 576.2 Rub Shakers Que 40 577.7 Pig Dynasty
41 570.2 Nice Rack 41 575.9 Hole in the Wall 41 577.5 The Grillman BBQ Company
42 570.2 Bite Back Competition BBQ Team, LLC 42 574.5 Fat Daddys Stew & Que 42 577 EZQ
42 568.9 H and J Cooking Team 42 573.6 Time Out BBQ 42 576.9 The Game Changers
44 567.7 Flint River Cookers 44 573.1 Nice Rack 44 576 Naked Daves
45 566.6 For Get Me Not BBQ 45 570.3 Reallicious Q 45 568.4 Pink Pork Pokers
46 566.2 Springy’s Backyard Burners 46 570.3 Rick and Anniebell’s BBQ and Crew 46 568.3 Smokestack Lightning
47 562.8 Pogo’s Porkers 47 569.2 Flint River Cookers 47 567.2 Nice Rack
48 561 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 48 569.1 Pogo’s Porkers 48 566.6 For Get Me Not BBQ
49 560.4 Dixie Davis Cooks 49 569 Papa’s Cookers 49 566.5 Pogo’s Porkers
50 558 Time Out BBQ 50 568.6 The Game Changers 50 566.1 Circle C Cookers
51 557.4 The Fatboy’s of Tenneson Nissan 51 568.2 Dixie Davis Cooks 51 564.6 Bite Back Competition BBQ Team, LLC
52 555.7 Hole in the Wall 52 568.1 For Get Me Not BBQ 52 561.2 Dixie Davis Cooks
53 0 Papa’s Cookers 53 557.5 Georgia Bullhawgs 53 555.8 Time Out BBQ
54 0 Circle C Cookers 54 545.2 Circle C Cookers 54 0 Springy’s Backyard Burners

Reserve Grand Champions Scores

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Team Pork Rindz 599.7 595.5 599.1 1794.3
2 Hootie Q 600.0 599.1 587.9 1787.0
3 Bite My Butt BBQ 592.2 591.6 600.0 1783.8
4 Heavenly Hawgs 596.1 590.9 596.1 1783.1
5 Southern Hogs 595.4 595.5 591.2 1782.1
6 Flying Pig Bar-B-Que 598.8 594.9 588.3 1782.0
7 Real South BBQ 587.6 599.7 592.5 1779.8
8 Budmeisters BBQ 591.5 599.4 587.9 1778.8
9 Holy Smokes 595.5 583.0 599.7 1778.2
10 Bubba Grills 590.6 591.2 591.8 1773.6
11 Rub Shakers Que 599.4 576.2 595.8 1771.4
12 We Want Que 580.0 598.8 591.3 1770.1
13 Rescue Smokers 589.9 594.8 584.0 1768.7
14 Smokin AJ’s 594.5 591.2 579.1 1764.8
15 Fletcher’s Finest 586.2 590.2 586.6 1763.0
16 EZQ 599.1 586.6 577.0 1762.7
17 92 Assassin BBQ 580.2 590.3 591.2 1761.7
18 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept. 591.5 579.3 589.5 1760.3
19 Reallicious Q 600.0 570.3 589.0 1759.3
20 B’s BBQ 581.2 593.6 583.0 1757.8
21 H and J Cooking Team 568.9 599.1 588.1 1756.1
22 Naked Daves 584.4 595.5 576.0 1755.9
23 Lang Smokers 579.1 581.6 595.1 1755.8
24 Smarr Cooking Crew 584.3 579.6 590.0 1753.9
25 Fire in the Hole 581.0 588.2 584.6 1753.8
26 Hold Your Horses BBQ 584.3 583.0 586.3 1753.6
27 Fat Daddys Stew & Que 584.0 574.5 594.2 1752.7
28 Raging Smoke BBQ 575.1 598.8 578.7 1752.6
29 Shark Bite BBQ 590.2 582.4 579.7 1752.3
30 Wild Skips Smokers 580.8 587.5 582.0 1750.3
31 Poor House Bar-B-Que 583.3 583.3 581.9 1748.5
32 Smokestack Lightning 600.0 579.8 568.3 1748.1
33 Big Jon’s BBQ 573.8 586.7 587.5 1748.0
34 The Grillman BBQ Company 574.8 594.8 577.5 1747.1
35 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 561.0 588.3 595.1 1744.4
36 Our Gang 582.6 581.7 578.2 1742.5
37 Pink Pork Pokers 586.2 584.6 568.4 1739.2
38 Rick and Anniebell’s BBQ and Crew 577.1 570.3 590.8 1738.2
39 Just Smoken Around BBQ 583.0 576.6 578.5 1738.1
40 The Fatboy’s of Tenneson Nissan 557.4 589.0 584.9 1731.3
41 Pig Dynasty 571.7 579.2 577.7 1728.6
42 Georgia Bullhawgs 582.6 557.5 587.9 1728.0
43 Flint River Cookers 567.7 569.2 589.3 1726.2
44 Hole in the Wall 555.7 575.9 585.9 1717.5
45 Bite Back Competition BBQ Team, LLC 570.2 582.1 564.6 1716.9
46 The Game Changers 570.5 568.6 576.9 1716.0
47 Nice Rack 570.2 573.1 567.2 1710.5
48 For Get Me Not BBQ 566.6 568.1 566.6 1701.3
49 Pogo’s Porkers 562.8 569.1 566.5 1698.4
50 Dixie Davis Cooks 560.4 568.2 561.2 1689.8
51 Time Out BBQ 558.0 573.6 555.8 1687.4
52 Papa’s Cookers 0.0 569.0 590.0 1159.0
53 Springy’s Backyard Burners 566.2 577.5 0.0 1143.7
54 Circle C Cookers 0.0 545.2 566.1 1111.3

Brisket Ancillary

Brisket
1 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 598.5
2 Holy Smokes 596.4
3 Reallicious Q 596.1
4 Bite My Butt BBQ 592.8
5 HYH BBQ 591.2
6 Team Pork Rindz 591.1
7 Hold Your Horses BBQ 590.8
8 Smarr Cooking Crew 589.7
9 Budmeisters BBQ 587.8
10 B’s BBQ 587.6
11 Raging Smoke BBQ 586.9
12 Smokin AJ’s 586.3
13 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept. 584.0
14 Bubba Grills 582.0
15 Hootie Q 581.8
16 H and J Cooking Team 581.7
17 Flying Pig Bar-B-Que 580.6
18 Bite Back Competition BBQ Team, LLC 579.7
19 Fat Daddy’s Stew & Que 579.7
20 Poor House BBQ 578.8
21 Pig Dynasty 576.3
22 Flint River Cookers 575.4
23 Pogo’s Porkers 571.2
24 Dixie Davis Cooks 567.8
25 Smokn’ 17 563.7
26 Just Smokin Around 560.5

Real South BBQ Takes Grand over Tough Field at Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook-Off

Real South BBQ Takes Grand over Tough Field at Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook-Off

Grand Champions - Real South BBQ

Grand Champions – Real South BBQ

Moultrie, Dec 3,2016:  Twenty two of the top GBA teams, including the top 5 in the Team of the Year chase. gathered at the Moose Lodge for the last contest of the 2016 calendar year.  It was a tight contest as only 0.5 of a point decided the Grand Championship and less than a point separated the top two teams for the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion - Rescue Smokers

Reserve Champion – Rescue Smokers

First Place Pulled Pork - Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan

First Place Pulled Pork – Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan

 

 

Tim Coleman & team Real South BBQ had the top entry in the finals rounds with Ribs to win the Grand Championship.   Robby Royal continued his hot streak on the GBA circuit by winning the Reserve Grand Championship.

 

 

600 Score - Just Blowing Smoke

600 Score – Just Blowing Smoke

 

 

Rescue Smokers & Just Blowing Smoke finished 1-2 in the Loin final round after both recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. Smokin’ AJs took 3rd place.  Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan, Pitmaster Randy Meadows, took top honors in Pulled Pork. Holy Smokes took 2nd with Southern Hogs taking 3rd place.  The Grand Championship Ribs of Real South BBQ won the category. Smokin’ AJs was the runner-up and Southern Hogs again claimed 3rd place.

In the Cooking for Fun contest; Nuts & Butts BBQ won both Chicken & Pulled Pork while Big Butts BBQ won Ribs.

Nuts & Butts BBQ

Nuts & Butts BBQ

Big Butts BBQ

Big Butts BBQ

 

The GBA will take a break for the holidays before staring off 2017 on Feb 24-25 in Vienna for Dilly Dally in Dooley.  The GBA salutes the Moultrie Moose Lodge for their hospitality and hosting another great contest.

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 595.6 Rescue Smokers 1 597.1 Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 1 597.6 Real South BBQ
2 595.3 Just Blowing Smoke 2 596.5 Holy Smokes 2 594.3 Smokin-AJ’s
3 593.1 Smokin-AJ’s 3 590.7 Southern Hogs 3 592.3 Southern Hogs
4 594.5 Sun Set Smokers 4 598.81 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ 4 594.6 Just Blowing Smoke
5 592.5 Hold Your Horses BBQ 5 598.8 Rescue Smokers 5 592.2 Holy Smokes
6 592.2 Southern Hogs 6 593.3 Vienna Vol. Fire Department 6 591.5 Hootie Q
7 589.6 Vienna Vol. Fire Department 7 590.9 Hootie Q 7 589.9 Rescue Smokers
8 587.51 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 8 590.6 Real South BBQ 8 589.5 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
9 587.5 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ 9 587.3 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 9 588 Rib Ticklers
10 585.8 Holy Smokes 10 586 Double D Cook Team 10 585.6 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
11 584.7 Real South BBQ 11 585.3 Raging Smoke BBQ 11 583.3 Sun Set Smokers
12 580.8 QueNut BBQ 12 584.7 Just Blowing Smoke 12 580.8 Hold Your Horses BBQ
13 578.4 Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que   13 583.4 Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que 13 579.7 Fire In The Hole
14 575.8 Raging Smoke BBQ 14 582.3 Rib Ticklers 14 579.7 Raging Smoke BBQ
15 574.4 Colquitt Cookers   15 580.5 Colquitt Cookers 15 579.7 Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan
16 573.8 Statesboro Blues 16 580.4 Hold Your Horses BBQ 16 579.4 QueNut BBQ
17 571.8 Hootie Q 17 580.1 Fire In The Hole 17 579.3 Forget Me Not BBQ
18 571.4 Forget Me Not BBQ   18 579.4 Statesboro Blues 18 578.4 Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que
19 571.2 Fire In The Hole 19 577.3 Sun Set Smokers 19 576.5 Colquitt Cookers
20 562 Double D Cook Team 20 577.2 QueNut BBQ 20 575.4 Double D Cook Team
21 0 Rib Ticklers 21 574.6 Forget Me Not BBQ 21 570.9 Vienna Vol. Fire Department
22 0 Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 22 571.6 Smokin-AJ’s 22 570.9 Statesboro Blues

 

Reserve Champion Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Rescue Smokers 600.0 598.8 589.9 1788.7
2 Southern Hogs 592.2 599.7 594.9 1786.8
3 Just Blowing Smoke 600.0 584.7 594.6 1779.3
4 Holy Smokes 585.8 599.4 592.2 1777.4
5 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ 587.5 598.8 585.6 1771.9
6 Real South BBQ 584.7 590.6 594.9 1770.2
7 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 587.5 587.3 589.5 1764.3
8 Smokin-AJ’s 596.4 571.6 596.1 1764.1
9 Sun Set Smokers 594.5 577.3 583.3 1755.1
10 Hootie Q 571.8 590.9 591.5 1754.2
11 Vienna Vol. Fire Department 589.6 593.3 570.9 1753.8
12 Hold Your Horses BBQ 592.5 580.4 580.8 1753.7
13 Raging Smoke BBQ 575.8 585.3 579.7 1740.8
14 Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que 578.4 583.4 578.4 1740.2
15 QueNut BBQ 580.8 577.2 579.4 1737.4
16 Colquitt Cookers 574.4 580.5 576.5 1731.4
17 Fire In The Hole 571.2 580.1 579.7 1731.0
18 Forget Me Not BBQ 571.4 574.6 579.3 1725.3
19 Statesboro Blues 573.8 579.4 570.9 1724.1
20 Double D Cook Team 562.0 586.0 575.4 1723.4
21 Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 0.0 599.4 579.7 1179.1
22 Rib Ticklers 0.0 582.3 588.0 1170.3

Cooking for Fun Results:

  Chicken     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 600 Nuts & Butts BBQ 1 585.1 Nuts & Butts BBQ 1 600 Big Butts BBQ
2 591.8 Big Butts BBQ 2 577.8 Big Butts BBQ 2 594.8 Nuts & Butts BBQ
3 0 Big Dawgs Sic’em & Smoke’em 3 574.5 Big Dawgs Sic’em & Smoke’em 3 580.6 Big Dawgs Sic’em & Smoke’em

 

Smokin’ the Good Stuff Wins With Loin at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

Smokin’ the Good Stuff Wins With Loin at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

Grand Chammpion - Smokifn the Good Stuf

Grand Chammpion – Smokin the Good Stuff

It was a tough field of 23 teams assembled in Jackson for the new November edition of Smokin’ Pork N Butts. At the end, it was Gary Godfrey and Smokin’ the Good Stuff scoring a 599.4 out of a possible 600 in Loin Finals to claim the Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion - QueNut

Reserve Champion – QueNut

QueNut, Pitmaster Alvin Meyer, made finals in Loin & Ribs alon with 4th place call in Pulled Pork won the Reserve Grand Champion award.

600 Loin Score - We Want Que

600 Loin Score – We Want Que

1st Place Pulled Pork - Rescue Smokers

1st Place Pulled Pork – Rescue Smokers

Brisket Winner - 4K BBQ

Brisket Winner – 4K BBQ

Smokin’ the Good Stuff and We Want Que both scored perfect 600 scores in the Loin preliminary round. It was Smokin’ the Good Stuff taking first in finals over We Want Que.  QueNut took 3rd place.  Rescue Smokers took top honors in Pulled Pork.  Southern Hogs grabbed 2nd place with Smokin’ the Good Stuff in 3rd place. QueNut won the Ribs category. Southern Hogs was again the runner up.  Hold Your Horses walked in the 3rd place.  In the Brisket ancillary, 4K BBQ won the winner take all contest with a perfect 600 score.

The teams all enjoyed to move to fall from the traditional, rain filled spring dates.  Hats off to Wayne & Connie Rosser for another outstanding contest.

Full Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599.6 Smokin The Good Stuff 1 597.5 Rescue Smokers 1 597.8 Quenut
2 593.6 We Want Que 2 595.4 Southern Hogs 2 596.7 Southern Hogs
3 591 Quenut 3 591.6 Smokin The Good Stuff 3 589.1 Hold Your Horses BBQ
4 599.4 92 BBQ 4 599.1 Quenut 4 598.2 Hootie Q
5 599.1 Rescue Smokers 5 594.5 Off The Chain 5 596.4 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ
6 598.8 Off The Chain 6 594.2 Just Smoke”N” Around 6 595.2 Flint River Cook Team
7 597.9 Que Shack 7 591.5 Hootie Q 7 594.8 Off The Chain
8 594.2 Just Blowin Smoke 8 590.81 Just Blowin Smoke 8 594.6 92 BBQ
9 593.3 Hootie Q 9 590.8 Kelvin’s BBQ 9 594.2 Just Blowin Smoke
10 592.4 4K’s BBQ 10 590.6 The BBQ Ninja 10 592.2 Kelvin’s BBQ
11 587.2 Fire in The Hole 11 589.9 Rub Shakers Que 11 590.9 Smokin The Good Stuff
12 586.5 Rub Shakers Que 12 589.9 92 BBQ 12 590.6 Que Shack
13 583.5 The BBQ Ninja   13 589.6 Atlanta Butt Society 13 589.4 Smokestack Lightning
14 583.2 Atlanta Butt Society 14 588 We Want Que 14 588.4 Fire in The Hole
15 582.6 Hold Your Horses BBQ   15 586.7 Smokestack Lightning 15 586.9 Rescue Smokers
16 582.1 Southern Hogs 16 586.4 Hold Your Horses BBQ 16 584.4 The BBQ Ninja
17 581.9 Kelvin’s BBQ 17 585.9 Flint River Cook Team 17 581.8 Rub Shakers Que
18 580 Shark Bite   18 585.6 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 18 580.6 4K’s BBQ
19 576.3 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 19 578.8 4K’s BBQ 19 580 Atlanta Butt Society
20 575.4 Flint River Cook Team 20 576.1 Old Henry’s BBQ 20 578.1 Shark Bite
21 571.5 Old Henry’s BBQ 21 574.4 Fire in The Hole 21 575.4 Old Henry’s BBQ
22 567.5 Just Smoke”N” Around 22 573.1 Que Shack 22 575 We Want Que
23 560.4 Smokestack Lightning 23 551.4 Shark Bite 23 570.5 Just Smoke”N” Around

 

Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Quenut 599.7 599.1 599.4 1798.2
2 Smokin The Good Stuff 600.0 599.4 590.9 1790.3
3 Off The Chain 598.8 594.5 594.8 1788.1
4 Rescue Smokers 599.1 599.4 586.9 1785.4
5 92 BBQ 599.4 589.9 594.6 1783.9
6 Hootie Q 593.3 591.5 598.2 1783.0
7 Southern Hogs 582.1 599.4 599.1 1780.6
8 Just Blowin Smoke 594.2 590.8 594.2 1779.2
9 Hold Your Horses BBQ 582.6 586.4 598.5 1767.5
10 Kelvin’s BBQ 581.9 590.8 592.2 1764.9
11 We Want Que 600.0 588.0 575.0 1763.0
12 Que Shack 597.9 573.1 590.6 1761.6
13 The BBQ Ninja 583.5 590.6 584.4 1758.5
14 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 576.3 585.6 596.4 1758.3
15 Rub Shakers Que 586.5 589.9 581.8 1758.2
16 Flint River Cook Team 575.4 585.9 595.2 1756.5
17 Atlanta Butt Society 583.2 589.6 580.0 1752.8
18 4K’s BBQ 592.4 578.8 580.6 1751.8
19 Fire in The Hole 587.2 574.4 588.4 1750.0
20 Smokestack Lightning 560.4 586.7 589.4 1736.5
21 Just Smoke”N” Around 567.5 594.2 570.5 1732.2
22 Old Henry’s BBQ 571.5 576.1 575.4 1723.0
23 Shark Bite 580.0 551.4 578.1 1709.5

Rescue Smokers Defies the Odds to Take Grand at Wiggle & Twist

Rescue Smokers Defies the Odds to Take Grand at Wiggle & Twist

Grand Champion - Rescue Smokers

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

When the preliminary rounds ended at Johnson County Co Wiggle & Twist, the odds were stacked against Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers.  Newly crowned GBA State Champion Gary Lanton & Holy Smokes made finals in all three categories.  Top 5 teams, Southern Hogs & Real South BBQ had made finals in 2 categories.  Another top contender, Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team had finaled in Ribs. Royal made finals in Loin which, oh by the way, Holy Smokes has just scored perfect 600 in the preliminaries.  Robby put the Rescue Style mojo on his finals entry and walked last as Grand Champion.

Reserve Grand Champion - Holy Smokes

Reserve Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Holy Smokes recorded scores of 600, 599.1 & 599.4 in the preliminary rounds for a cumulative total of 1798.5 (out of a possible 1800) to win the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Soouthern Hogs

Soouthern Hogs

Real South BBQ

Real South BBQ

Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team

Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team

 

Following Rescue Smokers in Loin were Holy Smokes in second & Southern Hogs in third place. Holy Smokes won Pulled Pork with Real South BBQ as runner up. Southern Hogs again took 3rd place.  It was Holy Smokes got their second category win in Ribs.  Real South BBQ walked again in 2nd place and Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team rounded out the top three.

The GBA salutes Ms Betty Williamson, the Johnson Co Chamber of Commerce and all the may voluteers and sponsors for a job well done.

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 598.3 RESCUE SMOKERS 1 597.1 HOLY SMOKES 1 596.5 HOLY SMOKES
2 596.3 HOLY SMOKES 2 596 REAL SOUTH 2 594.7 REAL SOUTH
3 589.1 SOUTHERN HOGS 3 590.7 SOUTHERN HOGS 3 593.5 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ
4 594.2 92 BBQ ASSASSIN SMOKERS 4 592.2 92 BBQ ASSASSIN SMOKERS 4 594.9 RAGING SMOKE BBQ
5 592.2 THE GRILLMAN BBQ 5 590.5 HOOTIE Q 5 594.8 92 BBQ ASSASSIN SMOKERS
6 590.5 BIG JON’S BBQ 6 589.7 RESCUE SMOKERS 6 589.6 BIG JON’S BBQ
7 585.9 OLD HENRYS BBQ 7 588.4 BIG JON’S BBQ 7 588.5 OLD HENRYS BBQ
8 584.9 HOOTIE Q 8 586.5 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM 8 584.6 RESCUE SMOKERS
9 582.3 REAL SOUTH BBQ 9 586.4 THE GRILLMAN BBQ 9 581.7 THE GRILLMAN BBQ
10 577.5 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 10 578.7 OLD HENRYS BBQ 10 580.3 SOUTHERN HOGS
11 572.1 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM 11 576 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 11 579.7 HOOTIE Q
12 565.4 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 12 571.4 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 12 569.6 JUST SMOKE N AROUND
13 557.9 TANNER TIMBER HARVESTING SMOKEHOUSE CREW   13 571.1 TANNER TIMBER HARVESTING SMOKEHOUSE CREW 13 567.2 TANNER TIMBER HARVESTING SMOKEHOUSE CREW

 

 

 Reserve Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 HOLY SMOKES 600.0 599.1 599.4 1798.5
2 92 BBQ ASSASSIN SMOKERS 594.2 592.2 594.8 1781.2
3 REAL SOUTH BBQ 582.3 595.1 599.7 1777.1
4 SOUTHERN HOGS 594.5 599.4 580.3 1774.2
5 RESCUE SMOKERS 594.8 589.7 584.6 1769.1
6 BIG JON’S BBQ 590.5 588.4 589.6 1768.5
7 THE GRILLMAN BBQ 592.2 586.4 581.7 1760.3
8 HOOTIE Q 584.9 590.5 579.7 1755.1
9 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM 572.1 586.5 596.4 1755.0
10 OLD HENRYS BBQ 585.9 578.7 588.5 1753.1
11 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 565.4 576.0 594.9 1736.3
12 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 577.5 571.4 569.6 1718.5
13 TANNER TIMBER HARVESTING SMOKEHOUSE CREW 557.9 571.1 567.2 1696.2