Georgia Barbecue Association

May 15 2017

Bull Rush BBQ Takes Grand at 3 Rivers Festival for Second Consecutive Year

Grand Champion – Bull Rush BBQ

There must be something about the tall pines and the river waters at the 3 Rivers BBQ Festival that suits Bryan Mroczka and Bull Rush BBQ. The Casselberry, FL team won the Grand Championship for the second year in a row. Gary & Dionn Lanton of Holy Smokes increased their lead in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) Team of the Year points race by making finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 4th place in Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion – Holy Smokes

First Place Ribss – Rescue Smokers

Holy Smokes lead the way in Loin. Rescue Smokers was second and Bubba Grills was third. Fouth place went to Southern Hogs with fifth place going to Weekend Warriors. Bull Rush BBQ’s Grand Championship Pulled Pork lead the way in the category followed by Holy Smokes in second. Off the Chain BBQ took 3rd place; Budmeisters took 4th place and Daddy O’s BBQ took 5th place. In Ribs it was Rescue Smokers, Robby Royal pitmaster, for the win. Southern Hogs was the runner up. Weekend Warriors grabbed 3rd place. In 4th place was Holy Smokes and in 5th was Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team.

Full Results: (1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds; all other scores are from preliminary rounds)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.4	Holy Smokes	1	599.4	Bull Rush BBQ	1	595.7	Rescue Smokers
2	595.2	Rescue Smokers	2	592.6	Holy Smokes	2	594.6	Southern Hogs
3	592	Bubba Grills	3	592.5	Off the Chain	3	594.1	Weekend Warriors
4	599.4	SOUTHERN HOGS	4	598.2	BUDMEISTERS	4	599.11	HOLY SMOKES
5	598.51	WEEKEND WARRIORS	5	597.6	DADDY O’S BBQ	5	599.1	CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM
6	598.5	BUDMEISTERS	6	597.3	REALLICIOUS Q	6	598.52	BUDMEISTERS
7	598.2	J DUB’S STEW & QUE	7	596.4	J DUB’S STEW & QUE	7	598.51	LANG BBQ SMOKERS
8	595.8	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	8	595.5	SOUTHERN HOGS	8	598.5	HOOTIE Q
9	595.5	HOOTIE Q	9	595.1	HOOTIE Q	9	597.6	RUB SHAKERS QUE
10	594.9	LANG BBQ SMOKERS	10	594.3	CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM	10	596.7	OFF THE CHAIN
11	594.6	RUB SHAKERS QUE	11	593.4	RUB SHAKERS QUE	11	595.5	BUBBA GRILLS
12	593.9	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	12	592.8	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	12	595.2	BULL RUSH BBQ
13	593.3	FIRE IN THE HOLE	13	591	LANG BBQ SMOKERS	13	594.3	KELVIN’S BBQ
14	591.6	REALLICIOUS Q	14	589.9	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND	14	593.6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
15	590.7	OFF THE CHAIN	15	587.8	FLINT RIVER COOKERS	15	592.2	SMOKIN GHOST BBQ
16	590	TEAM PORK RINDZ	16	587.3	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	16	592.2	TEAM PORK RINDZ
17	589.9	BULL RUSH BBQ	17	586.7	LAW DAWG BBQ	17	590.9	REALLICIOUS Q
18	587	BIG BUTTS BBQ	18	586.6	WEEKEND WARRIORS	18	589.1	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ
19	585.1	H&J COOKING TEAM	19	586.4	PIG TAILS	19	587.3	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND
20	584	CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM	20	585.4	BUBBA GRILLS	20	587	H&J COOKING TEAM
21	583.3	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	21	584.1	H&J COOKING TEAM	21	584.2	FLINT RIVER COOKERS
22	582.7	DADDY O’S BBQ	22	583.3	RESCUE SMOKERS	22	583.1	DADDY O’S BBQ
23	582.4	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND	23	583	TEAM PORK RINDZ	23	582.5	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
24	577.8	SMOKE SHOW	24	582.4	FIRE IN THE HOLE	24	579.4	SMOKE SHOW
25	574.8	KELVIN’S BBQ	25	582.4	SMOKIN GHOST BBQ	25	579.3	BIG BUTTS BBQ
26	574.7	LAW DAWG BBQ	26	580.9	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	26	577.3	J DUB’S STEW & QUE
27	573.6	FLINT RIVER COOKERS	27	579.5	FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN	27	574.5	PIG TAILS
28	572.5	FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN	28	575.7	KELVIN’S BBQ	28	570.6	FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN
29	572.4	SMOKIN GHOST BBQ	29	575.1	BIG BUTTS BBQ	29	568.2	FIRE IN THE HOLE
30	555.7	PIG TAILS	30	572.8	SMOKE SHOW	30	565.3	LAW DAWG BBQ

Reserve Scores:

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	HOLY SMOKES	599.7	599.7	599.1	1798.5
2	BUDMEISTERS	598.5	598.2	598.5	1795.2
3	SOUTHERN HOGS	599.4	595.5	600.0	1794.9
4	HOOTIE Q	595.5	595.1	598.5	1789.1
5	OFF THE CHAIN	590.7	598.8	596.7	1786.2
6	RUB SHAKERS QUE	594.6	593.4	597.6	1785.6
7	WEEKEND WARRIORS	598.5	586.6	600.0	1785.1
8	BULL RUSH BBQ	589.9	599.4	595.2	1784.5
9	LANG BBQ SMOKERS	594.9	591.0	598.5	1784.4
10	RESCUE SMOKERS	599.4	583.3	599.1	1781.8
11	BUBBA GRILLS	599.7	585.4	595.5	1780.6
12	REALLICIOUS Q	591.6	597.3	590.9	1779.8
13	CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM	584.0	594.3	599.1	1777.4
14	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	593.9	587.3	593.6	1774.8
15	J DUB’S STEW & QUE	598.2	596.4	577.3	1771.9
16	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	595.8	592.8	582.5	1771.1
17	TEAM PORK RINDZ	590.0	583.0	592.2	1765.2
18	DADDY O’S BBQ	582.7	597.6	583.1	1763.4
19	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND	582.4	589.9	587.3	1759.6
20	H&J COOKING TEAM	585.1	584.1	587.0	1756.2
21	HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ	583.3	580.9	589.1	1753.3
22	SMOKIN GHOST BBQ	572.4	582.4	592.2	1747.0
23	FLINT RIVER COOKERS	573.6	587.8	584.2	1745.6
24	KELVIN’S BBQ	574.8	575.7	594.3	1744.8
25	FIRE IN THE HOLE	593.3	582.4	568.2	1743.9
26	BIG BUTTS BBQ	587.0	575.1	579.3	1741.4
27	SMOKE SHOW	577.8	572.8	579.4	1730.0
28	LAW DAWG BBQ	574.7	586.7	565.3	1726.7
29	FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN	572.5	579.5	570.6	1722.6
30	PIG TAILS	555.7	586.4	574.5	1716.6

May 15 2017

We Want Que Wins First Grand at Canton

Grand Champion – We Want Que

Stephanie & Michael Chumbley of We Want Que have been steadily climbing the standings in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) over the year or so. At BBQ & Brew, Canton; they captured their first Grand Championship. Their Final Round Loin entry outscored the Pulled Pork entry from Bubba Grills and the Ribs entry from Hold Your Horses BBQ.

Reserve Champion – Jack’s Old South

First Place Pork – Bubba Grills

Myron Mixon and Jack’s Old South made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork and added a 7th place finish in Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship trophy.

Following We Want Que in the Loin category was Jacks’s Old South in second place. Rub Shakers Que placed third. Southern Hogs finished 4th with Hootie Q in 5th place. Bubba Grills, Lonnie Smith, took top honors in Pulled Pork. Diamond D Cooking Team was runner-up and Jack’s Old South took 3rd place.

First Place Ribs – Hold Your Horses BBQ

Fourth place went to Lang BBQ Smokers and 5th place went to Hold Your Horses BBQ.

Cary Chasteen, pitmaster for Hold Your Horses BBQ, got his first category win in the GBA with Ribs. Lang BBQ Smokers came in 2nd place. Southern Hogs, Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team & We Want Que finished 3rd thru 5th respectively.

Whole Hog Winner – Rub Shakers Que

The contest held a Sunday afternoon Whole Hog Ancillary with both blind & on-site judging. Rub Shakers Que had the best hog of the day.

Full Results (note 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores from preliminary rounds)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.6	We Want Que	1	595.8	Bubba Grills	1	595.7	Hold Your Horses BBQ
2	595.2	Jacks Old South	2	595.4	Diamond D Cooking Team	2	595.3	Lang BBQ Smokers
3	590.9	Rub Shakers Que	3	593.9	Jacks Old South	3	594.2	Southern Hogs
4	599.1	Southern Hogs	4	599.1	Lang BBQ Smokers	4	599.1	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team
5	598.5	Hootie Que	5	598.5	Hold Your Horses BQ	5	598.8	We Want Que
6	597	Just Blowing Smoke	6	595.8	Hootie Que	6	595.5	Holy Smokes
7	595.8	Fire in the Hole	7	595.2	Smoke Shack BBQ	7	595.2	Jacks Old South
8	595.2	Big Bad Wolf BBQ	8	594.82	Smokin the Good Stuff	8	594.9	Vienna Volunteer Fire Department
9	595.1	Bubba Grills	9	594.81	Swine Dining Georgia	9	593.9	Water Hogs BBQ
10	591.9	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	10	594.8	Boom Boom Que	10	593.6	Wild Skips Smokers
11	591.5	Holy Smokes	11	594.5	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	11	592.1	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.
12	590.8	92 BBQ	12	594.2	Rescue Smokers	12	591.5	Smoke Shack BBQ
13	590.5	Wild Skips Smokers	13	593.7	Big Bad Wolf BBQ	13	591.5	Swine Dining Georgia
14	590.3	The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan	14	592.7	Just Smokin Around	14	591.5	The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan
15	589.1	Swine Dining Georgia	15	591.5	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	15	591.2	Hootie Que
16	588.1	Smoke Shack BBQ	16	591.5	We Want Que	16	590.9	Diamond D Cooking Team
17	587.2	Smokin the Good Stuff	17	590.6	Holy Smokes	17	590.9	Old Henry’s BBQ
18	585.4	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	18	590.2	92 BBQ	18	590.6	Sqealz on Wheels
19	585.1	Big OX Barbecue	19	590	Rocket Man	19	590.3	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ
20	584.7	Johnson Boys BBQ	20	588.7	Bull Moose BBQ	20	587.9	Rub Shakers Que
21	584.4	Boom Boom Que	21	587.8	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	21	586.3	Just Blowing Smoke
22	583.9	Vienna Volunteer Fire Department	22	586.3	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ	22	585.8	Bombshell BBQ
23	583.3	Just Smokin Around	23	586.3	Smoking Butts BBQ	23	585	Kelvins BBQ
24	583	Kelvins BBQ	24	585.4	Wild Skips Smokers	24	583.6	92 BBQ
25	582.9	GTQ	25	585.4	East Coast BBQ	25	583	Johnson Boys BBQ
26	582.4	Where There’s Smoke	26	584	Big OX Barbecue	26	581.4	Boom Boom Que
27	581.7	Water Hogs BBQ	27	583.1	Southern Hogs	27	580.9	Bubba Grills
28	581.1	Smoking Butts BBQ	28	582.1	Vienna Volunteer Fire Department	28	580.4	Smoking Butts BBQ
29	579.3	Hold Your Horses BQ	29	581.4	Raging Smoke BBQ	29	578.7	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company
30	579.1	Rescue Smokers	30	581.2	Rub Shakers Que	30	578.7	Zombie Aporkalypse
31	578.4	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ	31	580.2	Johnson Boys BBQ	31	578.1	Rescue Smokers
32	577.5	Raging Smoke BBQ	32	579.7	Zombie Aporkalypse	32	576.8	GTQ
33	572.1	Diamond D Cooking Team	33	579.3	GTQ	33	576.2	Bull Moose BBQ
34	569.9	Old Henry’s BBQ	34	578.1	Kelvins BBQ	34	575.6	Where There’s Smoke
35	569.1	We Rub Our Butts	35	577.6	Bombshell BBQ	35	573.3	Big Bad Wolf BBQ
36	567.8	Rocket Man	36	576.7	Four 41 South	36	572.8	Raging Smoke BBQ
37	567.5	Lang BBQ Smokers	37	575.8	Where There’s Smoke	37	571.9	Just Smokin Around
38	567	Bull Moose BBQ	38	573.9	Just Blowing Smoke	38	571.2	Fire in the Hole
39	563.8	Zombie Aporkalypse	39	573.8	We Rub Our Butts	39	570.6	Smokin the Good Stuff
40	562.9	Sqealz on Wheels	40	573.2	Old Henry’s BBQ	40	570.3	Four 41 South
41	562.6	Bombshell BBQ	41	572.6	Water Hogs BBQ	41	567.3	East Coast BBQ
42	559.4	Four 41 South	42	572.4	The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan	42	567	Rocket Man
42	559.3	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	42	569.9	Fire in the Hole	42	564.5	We Rub Our Butts
44	558.7	East Coast BBQ	44	565.3	Sqealz on Wheels	44	0	Big OX Barbecue

Reserve Scores

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Jacks Old South	599.4	599.4	595.2	1794.0
2	We Want Que	599.4	591.5	598.8	1789.7
3	Hootie Que	598.5	595.8	591.2	1785.5
4	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	591.9	591.5	599.1	1782.5
5	Southern Hogs	599.1	583.1	599.4	1781.6
6	Holy Smokes	591.5	590.6	595.5	1777.6
7	Hold Your Horses BQ	579.3	598.5	599.7	1777.5
8	Swine Dining Georgia	589.1	594.8	591.5	1775.4
9	Bubba Grills	595.1	599.1	580.9	1775.1
10	Smoke Shack BBQ	588.1	595.2	591.5	1774.8
11	Wild Skips Smokers	590.5	585.4	593.6	1769.5
12	Rub Shakers Que	599.4	581.2	587.9	1768.5
13	Lang BBQ Smokers	567.5	599.1	599.7	1766.3
14	92 BBQ	590.8	590.2	583.6	1764.6
15	Diamond D Cooking Team	572.1	599.7	590.9	1762.7
16	Big Bad Wolf BBQ	595.2	593.7	573.3	1762.2
17	Vienna Volunteer Fire Department	583.9	582.1	594.9	1760.9
18	Boom Boom Que	584.4	594.8	581.4	1760.6
19	Just Blowing Smoke	597.0	573.9	586.3	1757.2
20	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ	578.4	586.3	590.3	1755.0
21	The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan	590.3	572.4	591.5	1754.2
22	Smokin the Good Stuff	587.2	594.8	570.6	1752.6
23	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	585.4	587.8	578.7	1751.9
24	Rescue Smokers	579.1	594.2	578.1	1751.4
25	Water Hogs BBQ	581.7	572.6	593.9	1748.2
26	Johnson Boys BBQ	584.7	580.2	583.0	1747.9
27	Just Smokin Around	583.3	592.7	571.9	1747.9
28	Smoking Butts BBQ	581.1	586.3	580.4	1747.8
29	Kelvins BBQ	583.0	578.1	585.0	1746.1
30	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	559.3	594.5	592.1	1745.9
31	GTQ	582.9	579.3	576.8	1739.0
32	Fire in the Hole	595.8	569.9	571.2	1736.9
33	Old Henry’s BBQ	569.9	573.2	590.9	1734.0
34	Where There’s Smoke	582.4	575.8	575.6	1733.8
35	Bull Moose BBQ	567.0	588.7	576.2	1731.9
36	Raging Smoke BBQ	577.5	581.4	572.8	1731.7
37	Bombshell BBQ	562.6	577.6	585.8	1726.0
38	Rocket Man	567.8	590.0	567.0	1724.8
39	Zombie Aporkalypse	563.8	579.7	578.7	1722.2
40	Sqealz on Wheels	562.9	565.3	590.6	1718.8
41	East Coast BBQ	558.7	585.4	567.3	1711.4
42	We Rub Our Butts	569.1	573.8	564.5	1707.4
43	Four 41 South	559.4	576.7	570.3	1706.4
44	Big OX Barbecue	585.1	584.0	0.0	1169.1

Apr 02 2017

Holy Smokes Pull Out Win at BBQ & Brews – Cartersville

Holy Smokes Pulls Out Win at BBQ & Brews – Cartersville

Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Cartersville – The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) officials had to go to the tiebreaker system to determine the Grand Champion at the Cartersville BBQ & Brews festival. Southern Hogs Loin entry and Holy Smokes Ribs entry both totaled a 597.5 final round score. On the first level tiebreaker, Taste, Holy Smokes received four 10’s compared to three received by Southern Hogs gave the edge to Gary & Dionn Lanton of Holy Smokes.

Reserve Champion – Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs, Matt & Donna Sapp, took the Reserve Grand Championship.

First Place Pulled Pork – Swine Dining GA

Following Southern Hogs winning Loin entry was Pop N Chubby BBQ in 2nd place & Rub Shakers Que in 3rd place. Swine Dining GA, Pitmaster Anthony Mullins, won the Pulled Pork category. Holy Smokes claimed 2nd with We Want Que taking third. Holy Smokes first place Ribs topped the runner-up Lang BBQ Smokers. Third place went to Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team.

Napalm Sticks for Pigs

In the Cooking for Fun Division, Napalm Sticks to Pigs won both the Pulled Pork & Ribs categories. O Holy Knight BBQ took 2nd in Ribs & 3rd in Pulled Pork. VPQ was runner-up in Pulled Pork. If You Smoke It, They Will Come placed 3rd in Ribs. Swine Dining GA won the Brisket ancillary contest with a perfect 600 score.

The GBA congratulates the BBQ & Brews crew for putting on an outstanding first contest in Cartersville.

Full Standings: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from final rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.5	Southern Hogs	1	596.6	Swine Dining Ga	1	597.5	Holy Smokes
2	595.8	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ	2	596.4	Holy Smokes	2	595.6	Lang BBQ Smokers
3	589.9	Rub Shakers Que	3	591.8	WeWant Que	3	591.9	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
4	596.8	GTQ	4	594.8	Southern Hogs	4	595.1	Pirates of Pork Scents
5	596.1	Holy Smokes	5	594.5	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ	5	593.9	East Coast BBQ
6	595.1	Rescue Smokers	6	591.8	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	6	593.4	Southern Hogs
7	594.6	Hootie Q	7	590.8	Just Blowing Smoke	7	592.5	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ
8	591.9	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	8	590.61	Smokin The Good Stuff	8	591.8	Hootie Q
9	591.22	We Want Que	9	590.6	Fire In The Hole	9	591.21	Rescue Smokers
10	591.21	We-Q-4-U	10	589.6	Rub Shakers Que	10	591.2	McQue BBQ
11	591.2	Smokin The Good Stuff	11	588.5	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	11	589.5	Just Blowing Smoke
12	588.6	Swine Dining GA	12	588.2	Hootie Q	12	587.9	Hickory Flat BBQ
13	587.9	Smoking Butts BBQ	13	586.9	Hold Your Horses BBQ	13	586.3	Swine Dining GA
14	585.4	Lang BBQ Smokers	14	584.3	Pirates of Pork Scents	14	586	Smoking Butts BBQ
15	584.6	Hickory Flat BBQ	15	581.4	Raging Smoke BBQ	15	583	Hold Your Horses BBQ
16	583.3	Just Blowing Smoke	16	581	Big Bad Wolf BBQ	16	578.8	Assassin 92 BBQ
17	582.4	Fire In The Hole	17	580	East Coast BBQ	17	575.4	Rub Shakers Que
18	578.4	Assassin 92 BBQ	18	577.8	Rescue Smokers	18	575.1	GTQ
19	575.7	Pirates of Pork Scents	19	576.1	Hickory Flat BBQ	19	574.5	Smokin The Good Stuff
20	574.1	Raging Smoke BBQ	20	575.4	Lang BBQ Smokers	20	573.9	Fire In The Hole
21	570.6	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	21	575.3	Assassin 92 BBQ	21	573.8	We Want Que
22	569.4	McQue BBQ	22	572.3	Smoking Butts BBQ	22	572.1	Raging Smoke BBQ
23	567.4	Zombie Aporkalypse	23	570.1	Barnsley Gardens	23	570.7	Big Bad Wolf BBQ
24	565.3	East Coast BBQ	24	569.8	McQue BBQ	24	570.4	Barnsley Gardens
25	558.3	Big Bad Wolf BBQ	25	562.3	GTQ	25	565.6	We-Q-4-U
26	557.5	Hold Your Horses BBQ	26	561.7	Zombie Aporkalypse	26	564.5	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company
27	552.7	Barnsley Gardens	27	0	We-Q-4-U	27	563	Zombie Aporkalypse

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Holy Smokes	596.1	600.0	597.3	1793.4
2	Southern Hogs	599.7	594.8	593.4	1787.9
3	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ	599.1	594.5	592.5	1786.1
4	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	591.9	591.8	598.8	1782.5
5	Hootie Q	594.6	588.2	591.8	1774.6
6	Swine Dining GA	588.6	598.8	586.3	1773.7
7	Rub Shakers Que	599.7	589.6	575.4	1764.7
8	We Want Que	591.2	599.1	573.8	1764.1
9	Rescue Smokers	595.1	577.8	591.2	1764.1
10	Just Blowing Smoke	583.3	590.8	589.5	1763.6
11	Lang BBQ Smokers	585.4	575.4	599.4	1760.2
12	Smokin The Good Stuff	591.2	590.6	574.5	1756.3
13	Pirates of Pork Scents	575.7	584.3	595.1	1755.1
14	Hickory Flat BBQ	584.6	576.1	587.9	1748.6
15	Fire In The Hole	582.4	590.6	573.9	1746.9
16	Smoking Butts BBQ	587.9	572.3	586.0	1746.2
17	East Coast BBQ	565.3	580.0	593.9	1739.2
18	GTQ	596.8	562.3	575.1	1734.2
19	Assassin 92 BBQ	578.4	575.3	578.8	1732.5
20	McQue BBQ	569.4	569.8	591.2	1730.4
21	Raging Smoke BBQ	574.1	581.4	572.1	1727.6
22	Hold Your Horses BBQ	557.5	586.9	583.0	1727.4
23	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	570.6	588.5	564.5	1723.6
24	Big Bad Wolf BBQ	558.3	581.0	570.7	1710.0
25	Barnsley Gardens	552.7	570.1	570.4	1693.2
26	Zombie Aporkalypse	567.4	561.7	563.0	1692.1
27	We-Q-4-U	591.2	0.0	565.6	1156.8

Cooking For Fun:

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.4	Napalm Sticks To Pigs	1	592.8	Napalm Sticks To Pigs
2	587.2	VPQ	2	592.1	O Holy Knight BBQ
3	582.3	O Holy Knight BBQ	3	589.5	If You Can Smoke It, They Will Come
4	582	If You Can Smoke It, They Will Come	4	581.2	VPQ
5	581.5	Sweet Bottom BBQ	5	576.7	Sweet Bottom BBQ
6	579.5	MJ’s BBQ	6	573.7	MJ’s BBQ
7	576.3	Whitewater Smokers	7	571	Johns BBQ Smokehouse
8	572.4	Moonschwein BBQ	8	560.5	Moonschwein BBQ
9	564.4	Johns BBQ Smokehouse	9	559.9	Whitewater Smokers

Brisket:

600	Swine Dining GA
596.4	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
596.1	Rescue Smokers
582	VPQ
581.4	Hold Your Horses BBQ
573.8	McQue BBQ
568.1	Hootie Q
565.7	Zombie Aporkalypse
565.1	Barnsley Gardens
564.5	Big Bad Wolf BBQ
559.6	Smoking Butts BBQ

Mar 27 2017

Captain Jack Captures the “Anterprise” at Fire Ant Festival

Grand Champion- Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team

Ashburn, GA — The Fire Ant Festival in Ashburn comes up with a new & unique theme each year. For 2017, it was a Star Trek theme. The Grand Champion recevied $2500 and a unique “Starship Anterprise” trophy complete with lights, phasers & photo torpedoes. Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Jack & Sandi Fallin, captured their first Grand they “beamed up” the best entry of the finals rounds in Ribs.

Reserve Champion – Southern Hogs

Matt & Donna Sapp of Southern Hogs just missed making finals twice. Once on a tiebreaker. However, the 4th place finishes in Loin and Ribs lead to the best overall score and the Reserve Grand Champion.

Hootie Q 600 Loin Score

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 600 Ribs Score

The field of 35 on the top teams from Georgia and north Florida delivered awesome”Que” to the judges tables. There were two perfect 600 scores recorded in the preliminary rounds. Hootie Q, Sandy Autry, hit the perfect mark in Loin while Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers did it in Ribs. Off the Chain BBQ made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork.

1st Place Loin – Rescue Smokers

1st Place Pulled Pork – Off the Chain BBQ

Rescue Smokers, Pitmaster Robby Royal, topped the Loin category. Hootie Q came in 2nd place and Off the Chain took 3rd place. In Pulled Pork, it was Chuck & Carrie East of Off the Chain BBQ for the win. Weekend Warriors BBQ was the runner-up and Bite My Butt BBQ finished third. Following Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in Ribs was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in 2nd and Carter Q in 3rd place.

Once again the Ashburn Chamber of Commerce delivered a top notch festival surrounding the BBQ competition. Thousands of visitors enjoyed the entertainment, carnival, vendors and fireworks show.

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

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.6	Rescue Smokers	1	597	Off the Chain	1	599.3	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
2	594.21	Hootie Q	2	595.1	Weekend Warriors BBQ	2	592.4	92 Assassin BBQ
3	594.2	Off the Chain	3	592.9	Bite My Butt BBQ	3	591.7	Carter Q
4	599.4	Southern Hogs	4	595.8	Flying Pig Bar-B-Que	4	599.4	Southern Hogs
5	596.1	Holy Smokes	5	595.7	Hootie Q	5	599.1	Hold Your Horses
6	595.7	Bite My Butt BBQ	6	595.1	Holy Smokes	6	598.8	Weekend Warriors BBQ
7	594.8	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	7	594.82	Under Construction BBQ	7	598.2	Budmeisters BBQ
8	593.6	Bubba Grills	8	594.81	Daddy-O’s BBQ	8	595.4	Lang BBQ Smokers
9	592.1	Real South BBQ	9	594.8	Carter Q	9	595.2	Heavenly Hawgs
10	591.81	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	10	593.9	92 Assassins BBQ	10	595.1	Smoking Butts BBQ
11	591.8	Weekend Warriors BBQ	11	591.6	Bubba Grills	11	594.8	Holy Smokes
12	591.2	Flint River Cookers	12	591.4	Budmeisters BBQ	12	593.1	Reallicious Q
13	591.2	Smoking Outlaws	13	590.6	Heavenly Hawgs	13	592.5	EZQ
14	590.7	Reallicious Q	14	590.3	Southern Hogs	14	590.5	Hootie Q
15	590.2	Budmeisters BBQ	15	588.1	Lang BBQ Smokers	15	589.2	Bite My Butt BBQ
16	589.9	Dawg Pitt BBQ	16	587.5	EZQ	16	587.3	Daddy-O’s BBQ
17	588.2	EZQ	17	587	Smokin AJ’s	17	585.1	Flying Pig Bar-B-Que
18	586	Fire in the Hole	18	586.6	Southern Tailgates	18	582.7	Rescue Smokers
19	585.3	Smokin AJ’s	19	585.3	Dawg Pitt BBQ	19	582.6	Dawg Pitt BBQ
20	584.3	Lang BBQ Smokers	20	584.4	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	20	582	Under Construction BBQ
21	583.7	Carter Q	21	582.7	Hold Your Horses	21	579.8	Flint River Cookers
22	582.9	Hold Your Horses	22	581.9	Rescue Smokers	22	579.7	Smoking Outlaws
23	574.7	Under Construction BBQ	23	580	Smoke Show	23	578.7	Southern Tailgates
24	574.4	Bones Grill Shack	24	579.5	Fire in the Hole	24	578.7	Fire in the Hole
25	571.1	Daddy-O’s BBQ	25	579.4	Real South BBQ	25	577.8	Real South BBQ
26	570.6	Smoking Butts BBQ	26	579.3	Smoking Butts BBQ	26	577.7	Bubba Grills
27	570.5	Double D Cook Team	27	579.2	Bones Grill Shack	27	577.5	Smokin AJ’s
28	569.8	Flying Pig Bar-B-Que	28	578.8	Double D Cook Team	28	576.8	Off the Chain
29	567.5	Heavenly Hawgs	29	578.3	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	29	576.7	Smoke Show
30	567.4	92 Assassins BBQ	30	578.1	Smokin Cowboys	30	574.4	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan
31	564.2	Smoke Show	31	574.5	Flint River Cookers	31	572.1	Double D Cook Team
32	562	Smokin Cowboys	32	571.4	Reallicious Q	32	569.6	Smokin Cowboys
33	557.1	Generations BBQ Team	33	566.9	Bombshell BBQ	33	567.3	Generations BBQ Team
34	551.4	Bombshell BBQ	34	565.9	Generations BBQ Team	34	566	Bones Grill Shack
35	545.4	Southern Tailgates	35	0	Smoking Outlaws	35	564.9	Bombshell BBQ

	Reserve Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Southern Hogs	599.4	590.3	599.4	1789.1
2	Weekend Warriors BBQ	591.8	596.7	598.8	1787.3
3	Hootie Q	600.0	595.7	590.5	1786.2
4	Holy Smokes	596.1	595.1	594.8	1786.0
5	Bite My Butt BBQ	595.7	599.1	589.2	1784.0
6	Budmeisters BBQ	590.2	591.4	598.2	1779.8
7	Carter Q	583.7	594.8	599.4	1777.9
8	Off the Chain	599.4	599.1	576.8	1775.3
9	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	591.8	578.3	599.4	1769.5
10	EZQ	588.2	587.5	592.5	1768.2
11	Lang BBQ Smokers	584.3	588.1	595.4	1767.8
12	Hold Your Horses	582.9	582.7	599.1	1764.7
13	Rescue Smokers	599.7	581.9	582.7	1764.3
14	Bubba Grills	593.6	591.6	577.7	1762.9
15	92 Assassins BBQ	567.4	593.9	600.0	1761.3
16	Dawg Pitt BBQ	589.9	585.3	582.6	1757.8
17	Reallicious Q	590.7	571.4	593.1	1755.2
18	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	594.8	584.4	574.4	1753.6
19	Heavenly Hawgs	567.5	590.6	595.2	1753.3
20	Daddy-O’s BBQ	571.1	594.8	587.3	1753.2
21	Under Construction BBQ	574.7	594.8	582.0	1751.5
22	Flying Pig Bar-B-Que	569.8	595.8	585.1	1750.7
23	Smokin AJ’s	585.3	587.0	577.5	1749.8
24	Real South BBQ	592.1	579.4	577.8	1749.3
25	Flint River Cookers	591.2	574.5	579.8	1745.5
26	Smoking Butts BBQ	570.6	579.3	595.1	1745.0
27	Fire in the Hole	586.0	579.5	578.7	1744.2
28	Double D Cook Team	570.5	578.8	572.1	1721.4
29	Smoke Show	564.2	580.0	576.7	1720.9
30	Bones Grill Shack	574.4	579.2	566.0	1719.6
31	Southern Tailgates	545.4	586.6	578.7	1710.7
32	Smokin Cowboys	562.0	578.1	569.6	1709.7
33	Generations BBQ Team	557.1	565.9	567.3	1690.3
34	Bombshell BBQ	551.4	566.9	564.9	1683.2
35	Smoking Outlaws	591.2	0.0	579.7	1170.9

Mar 24 2017

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Hits Perfection at Walton Co EMC BBQ Festival

Grand Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Monroe, GA — Brad Sweet and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers nailed a perfect 600 score in the Ribs finals round to take the Grand Championship at the Walton Co EMC BBQ Festival. Since the revised finals round scoring system went into effect a couple years ago, Sweet is the first pitmaster to record a perfect score in finals.

Reserve Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Holy Smokes, Gary Lanton, continued their hot streak as they made finals in Pulled Pork; placed 4th in Ribs and 10th in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Championship award.

First Place Loin – Rescue Smokers

First Place Pulled Pork – Raging Smoke BBQ

Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers was tops in the Loin category. Bubba Grills came in 2nd and Wright on Q took 3rd place. In Pulled Pork, Raging Smoke BBQ with pitmaster Jerry Buchans, took first place in Pulled Pork. Holy Smokes was the runner-up with McQue taking third. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers perfect Ribs lead the way in that category. Rescue Smokers had another strong event in taking 2nd place and Swineholio got the 3rd place Rib call.

The GBA had another great experience with the Walton Co Festival and would like to thank all the event sponsors and event coordinators for their excellent work.

Final Results: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.3	Rescue Smokers	1	596.1	Raging Smoke BBQ	1	600	92/Assassin Smokers
2	595.5	Bubba Grills	2	594.5	Holy Smokes	2	591.5	Rescue Smokers
3	588.4	Wright On Q	3	594.3	McQue	3	591.1	Swineholio
4	599.12	Southern Hogs	4	598.5	92/Assassin BBQ	4	598.8	Holy Smokes
5	599.11	Off the Chain	5	596.1	Swine Dining	5	596.7	Raging Smoke BBQ
6	599.1	Just Blowing Smoke	6	595.8	Porkinator	6	594.81	Hootie Q
7	595.5	Just Smoke “N” Around	7	594.2	Off the Chain	7	594.8	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ
8	595.1	We Want Que	8	593.1	Bubba Grills	8	593.6	Bubba Grills
9	591.5	Simply Q	9	591.5	Southern Hogs	9	591.9	Butt Hawgs
10	590.2	Holy Smokes	10	591.3	We Want Que	10	591.5	Swine Dining
11	589.9	Cookersandgrills.com	11	590.3	Cookersandgrills.com	11	590.3	Cookersandgrills.com
12	586.9	Shark Bite BBQ	12	590.2	Hootie Q	12	590.2	4K’s BBQ
13	586.6	92/Assassin BBQ	13	586.9	Wright On Q	13	590.2	Porkinator
14	583.6	Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ	14	585.7	Rescue Smokers	14	589.1	Southern Hogs
15	583.3	Swineholio	15	585.4	Swineholio	15	587.9	Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ
16	583.3	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	16	585.3	Butt Hawgs	16	587.9	Four 41 South BBQ
17	583	Raging Smoke BBQ	17	584.8	Smokin R/T	17	587.5	Wright On Q
18	582.1	Old Henrys	18	583.6	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	18	586	Smoked BBQ Company
19	581.4	Butt Hawgs	19	583.1	4K’s BBQ	19	586	Smokin R/T
20	581.2	Properly Smoked	20	582.3	Old Henrys	20	585.1	McQue
21	580.7	Shockin Smokers	21	582.3	Four 41 South BBQ	21	584.4	Shark Bite BBQ
22	580.6	Hootie Q	22	580.4	Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ	22	584.4	Old Henrys
23	580	Porkinator	23	578.6	Just Blowing Smoke	23	583.4	Just Blowing Smoke
24	579.5	Swine Dining	24	578.5	Properly Smoked	24	582.4	Off the Chain
25	579.1	Four 41 South BBQ	25	578.1	Shockin Smokers	25	579.4	Just Smoke “N” Around
26	573.8	Smokin R/T	26	578.1	Smoked BBQ Company	26	576.1	George’s Rib Shack
27	571.8	4K’s BBQ	27	576.8	Simply Q	27	575.4	Simply Q
28	565.9	Smoked BBQ Company	28	573.9	Just Smoke “N” Around	28	571.2	We Want Que
29	562.3	McQue	29	573.2	Shark Bite BBQ	29	570.9	Properly Smoked
30	557.5	George’s Rib Shack	30	0	George’s Rib Shack	30	570.6	Shockin Smokers

	Reserve Grand Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Holy Smokes	590.2	599.4	598.8	1788.4
2	Bubba Grills	599.4	593.1	593.6	1786.1
3	92/Assassin BBQ	586.6	598.5	599.4	1784.5
4	Rescue Smokers	599.4	585.7	599.4	1784.5
5	Southern Hogs	599.1	591.5	589.1	1779.7
6	Raging Smoke BBQ	583.0	599.1	596.7	1778.8
7	Off the Chain	599.1	594.2	582.4	1775.7
8	Wright On Q	599.1	586.9	587.5	1773.5
9	Cookersandgrills.com	589.9	590.3	590.3	1770.5
10	Swineholio	583.3	585.4	599.7	1768.4
11	Swine Dining	579.5	596.1	591.5	1767.1
12	Porkinator	580.0	595.8	590.2	1766.0
13	Hootie Q	580.6	590.2	594.8	1765.6
14	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	583.3	583.6	594.8	1761.7
15	Just Blowing Smoke	599.1	578.6	583.4	1761.1
16	Butt Hawgs	581.4	585.3	591.9	1758.6
17	We Want Que	595.1	591.3	571.2	1757.6
18	Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ	583.6	580.4	587.9	1751.9
19	Four 41 South BBQ	579.1	582.3	587.9	1749.3
20	Just Smoke “N” Around	595.5	573.9	579.4	1748.8
21	Old Henrys	582.1	582.3	584.4	1748.8
22	McQue	562.3	599.4	585.1	1746.8
23	4K’s BBQ	571.8	583.1	590.2	1745.1
24	Smokin R/T	573.8	584.8	586.0	1744.6
25	Shark Bite BBQ	586.9	573.2	584.4	1744.5
26	Simply Q	591.5	576.8	575.4	1743.7
27	Properly Smoked	581.2	578.5	570.9	1730.6
28	Smoked BBQ Company	565.9	578.1	586.0	1730.0
29	Shockin Smokers	580.7	578.1	570.6	1729.4
30	George’s Rib Shack	557.5	0.0	576.1	1133.6