Georgia Barbecue Association

Oct 24 2016

Holy Smokes Takes GBA State Championship

GBA State Champions – Holy Smokes

The largest field of the year, 39 teams, gathered in Milledgeville for the Deep Roots Festival and the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) State Championships. The GBA State Championship is sponsored by Stump’s Smokers who present the State Champion with a $2,500 bonus on top of their Grand Championship winnings. Gary & Dionne Lanton of Holy Smokes scored a perfect 600 score in the Pulled Pork preliminary round, but it was their near perfect (599.7) score in the Loin Finals that earned them the Grand Champion and GBA State Champion titles.

Reserve Champion – Rub Shakers Que

First Place Pulled Pork – Bull Rush

The Rub Shakers Que team of Bill & Renee Goddard made finals in Loin along with a 5th place in Pulled Pork and a 7th place in Ribs to earn the Reserve Championship award.

Holy Smokes topped the Loin category. Rub Shakers took second place and a local Millegeville team Rotary Roasters brought home the 3rd place trophy. In Pulled Pork, Bull Rush BBQ took top honors with Hold Your Horses in 2nd place. Holy Smokes rounded out the top 3.

Two teams from Tifton dominated the Ribs category. Fat Boys of Tenneson

First Place Ribs – Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan

Nissan won the Ribs contest with Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team taking 2nd. Que Shack came in 3rd place. Que Shack also had a perfect 600 score in the ribs preliminary round.

The GBA head to Johnson Co next week for Wiggled & Twist. In Novemeber, it will be in Jackson for Smokin Pork N Butts followed by the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook-off in December.

Full Results: (note- the top three scores are from the finals rounds. all others are preliminary round scores)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.7	Holy Smokes Bbq	1	597.2	BullRush	1	598.6	The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan
2	592.9	Rub Shakers Que	2	594.7	Hold Your Horses BBQ	2	595.7	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
3	591	Rotary Roasters	3	592.4	Holy Smokes Bbq	3	589.1	Que Shack
4	596.1	Smokin The Good Stuff	4	595.51	Southern Hogs	4	598.8	Swineholio
5	595.81	We Want Que	5	595.5	Rub Shakers Que	5	597.61	Hold Your Horses BBQ
6	595.8	The BBQ Ninja	6	595.3	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	6	597.6	Real South BBQ
7	595.4	Hootie Q	7	593.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque	7	595.4	Rub Shakers Que
8	595.2	Just Blowing Smoke	8	593.31	Rescue Smokers	8	594.6	5 O’clock Somewhere
9	594.8	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	9	593.3	The BBQ Ninja	9	594	Holy Smokes Bbq
10	593.6	Smoke Shack BBQ	10	591.5	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	10	593.6	Main Street BBQ
11	589.9	Main Street BBQ	11	591.2	Lang BBQ Smokers	11	593.3	Just Blowing Smoke
12	589.9	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	12	590.2	Just Blowing Smoke	12	591.8	Raging Smoke BBQ
13	589.6	Bull Rush	13	589	Hootie Q	13	591.6	Smokin J’s Barbeque
14	586.6	New Generation BBQ	14	589	Daddy-O’s BBQ	14	590.6	Bull Rush
15	586.4	Southern Hogs	15	588.8	We Want Que	15	590.6	Lang BBQ Smokers
16	586	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	16	588.7	Bubba Grills	16	589.7	The BBQ Ninja
17	586	Sensational Pigs	17	588.2	Smoke Shack BBQ	17	589.2	Bubba Grills
18	585.7	Rescue Smokers	18	587.6	Kelvin’s BBQ	18	586.3	Party Porkers
19	585	Kelvin’s BBQ	19	586.9	Statesboro Blues BBQ	19	586	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
20	583.8	5 O’clock Somewhere	20	586.4	Kwitch Yer Swinin’	20	585.2	Kelvin’s BBQ
21	581.5	Swineholio	21	586	Smokin The Good Stuff	21	585	Kwitch Yer Swinin’
22	581.1	Party Porkers	22	585.9	The Grillman BBQ Company	22	583.8	Old Henry’s BBQ
23	580.7	Daddy-O’s BBQ	23	584.8	Old Henry’s BBQ	23	583.7	Ivey Rack & Q
24	579.6	Kwitch Yer Swinin’	24	584.7	Sensational Pigs	24	583.6	We Want Que
25	579	Lang BBQ Smokers	25	581.9	Main Street BBQ	25	582.9	Daddy-O’s BBQ
26	577.8	The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan	26	581.6	Maxus Porkamus	26	582.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
27	577.1	The Grillman BBQ Company	27	581.1	Que Shack	27	582.4	Southern Hogs
28	575.4	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	28	580	Real South BBQ	28	579.7	Sensational Pigs
29	574.4	Old Henry’s BBQ	29	578.7	5 O’clock Somewhere	29	579.4	Smokin The Good Stuff
30	572.3	Hold Your Horses BBQ	30	578.1	Rotary Roasters	30	579.2	Statesboro Blues BBQ
31	570.8	Bubba Grills	31	577.7	Raging Smoke BBQ	31	579	Rescue Smokers
32	570.8	Statesboro Blues BBQ	32	577.5	Pickle Barrel	32	578.5	Smoke Shack BBQ
33	570.6	Real South BBQ	33	575.6	The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan	33	578.4	Pickle Barrel
34	566.8	Pickle Barrel	34	574.3	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	34	576	Maxus Porkamus
35	563.9	Que Shack	35	572.1	Swineholio	35	575.9	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
36	562.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque	36	572	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	36	573.2	The Grillman BBQ Company
37	562.7	Maxus Porkamus	37	570.2	Party Porkers	37	571.5	Rotary Roasters
38	558.7	Raging Smoke BBQ	38	564.8	New Generation BBQ	38	562	Hootie Q
39	0	Ivey Rack & Q	39	562.1	Ivey Rack & Q	39	559.1	New Generation BBQ

Reserve Scores:

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Holy Smokes Bbq	599.7	600.0	594.0	1793.7
2	Rub Shakers Que	599.7	595.5	595.4	1790.6
3	Bull Rush	589.6	599.7	590.6	1779.9
4	The BBQ Ninja	595.8	593.3	589.7	1778.8
5	Just Blowing Smoke	595.2	590.2	593.3	1778.7
6	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	594.8	595.3	586.0	1776.1
7	We Want Que	595.8	588.8	583.6	1768.2
8	Hold Your Horses BBQ	572.3	595.5	597.6	1765.4
9	Main Street BBQ	589.9	581.9	593.6	1765.4
10	Southern Hogs	586.4	595.5	582.4	1764.3
11	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	589.9	591.5	582.7	1764.1
12	Smokin The Good Stuff	596.1	586.0	579.4	1761.5
13	Lang BBQ Smokers	579.0	591.2	590.6	1760.8
14	Smoke Shack BBQ	593.6	588.2	578.5	1760.3
15	Rescue Smokers	585.7	593.3	579.0	1758.0
16	Kelvin’s BBQ	585.0	587.6	585.2	1757.8
17	5 O’clock Somewhere	583.8	578.7	594.6	1757.1
18	The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan	577.8	575.6	599.4	1752.8
19	Daddy-O’s BBQ	580.7	589.0	582.9	1752.6
20	Swineholio	581.5	572.1	598.8	1752.4
21	Kwitch Yer Swinin’	579.6	586.4	585.0	1751.0
22	Sensational Pigs	586.0	584.7	579.7	1750.4
23	Bubba Grills	570.8	588.7	589.2	1748.7
24	Smokin J’s Barbeque	562.9	593.9	591.6	1748.4
25	Rotary Roasters	598.8	578.1	571.5	1748.4
26	Real South BBQ	570.6	580.0	597.6	1748.2
27	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	575.4	572.0	599.7	1747.1
28	Hootie Q	595.4	589.0	562.0	1746.4
29	Que Shack	563.9	581.1	600.0	1745.0
30	Old Henry’s BBQ	574.4	584.8	583.8	1743.0
31	Party Porkers	581.1	570.2	586.3	1737.6
32	Statesboro Blues BBQ	570.8	586.9	579.2	1736.9
33	The Grillman BBQ Company	577.1	585.9	573.2	1736.2
34	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	586.0	574.3	575.9	1736.2
35	Raging Smoke BBQ	558.7	577.7	591.8	1728.2
36	Pickle Barrel	566.8	577.5	578.4	1722.7
37	Maxus Porkamus	562.7	581.6	576.0	1720.3
38	New Generation BBQ	586.6	564.8	559.1	1710.5
39	Ivey Rack & Q	0.0	562.1	583.7	1145.8

Sep 25 2016

Smoking the Good Stuff Rides Off With Grand at Doc Holiday BBQ Championship

Grand Champion – Smoking the Good Stuff

Sept 24, 2016 Griffin, GA: Pitmaster Gary Godfrey and team Smoking the Good Stuff, won the final round shoot out with Pork Loin to wing the Grand Championship at the Doc Holiday BBQ Championship. Jack & Sandi Fallin of Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs plus 5th place in Loin to win the Reserve Grand Championship,

Reserve Champion – Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team

First Place Pork – Rescue Smokers

First Place Ribs – Smoke Shack

Smoking the Good Stuff and Just Blowing Smoke both scored a perfect 600 in the Loin preliminary round and finished 1st & 2nd respectively in finals. Just Smoke N Around got the 3rd Loin Finals call by edging Holy Smokes on a tiebreaker and finished 3rd. In Pulled Pork, Rescue Smokers topped the category and also had a 600 score in preliminary round. Southern Hogs took 2nd with Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ team taking 3rd. Smoke Shack won the Rib category in a tiebreaker over Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team. Lang BBQ Team claimed 3rd place.

Brisket Champion – Holy Smokes

The contest also hosted the Georgia State Brisket Championship. Gary & Dionn Lanton of Holy Smokes won the Brisket championship.

CFF Pork – Pork U

CFF Ribs – Hickory Flats BBQ Co.

In the Cooking For Fun division, Pork U won Pulled Pork and Hickory Flat BBQ Co. won Ribs.

Full Contest Results

(note: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from final rounds. All other scores from preliminaries)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598.2	Smoking the Good Stuff	1	597	Rescue Smokers	1	596.11	Smoke Shack
2	596.4	Just Blowing Smoke	2	596	Southern Hogs	2	596.1	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
3	589.7	Just Smoke “N” Around	3	592.1	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	3	592.4	Lang BBQ Team
4	599.4	Holy Smokes	4	597.9	Kelvin’s BBQ	4	598.8	Flint River Cooking Team
5	598.5	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ	5	597	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers	5	598.5	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers
6	596.7	Rescue Smokers	6	596.1	Smokestack Lightning	6	596.1	Holy Smokes
7	592.5	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers	7	595.8	BCD	7	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
8	590.5	Southern Hogs	8	595.51	We Want Q	8	594.5	The BBQ Ninja
9	588.8	We Want Q	9	595.5	Daddy-O’s BBQ	9	591.9	Johnson Boys BBQ
10	587.6	Bubba Grills	10	595.2	Holy Smokes	10	591.3	Southern Hogs
11	586	Daddy-O’s BBQ	11	594.8	Raging Smoke BBQ	11	589.9	Smokestack Lightning
12	585.7	Raging Smoke BBQ	12	594.5	Bubba Grills	12	588.8	Rescue Smokers
13	585.5	Johnson Boys BBQ	13	593.6	Smoking the Good Stuff	13	586.9	Rub My Butt BBQ
14	585.4	Lang BBQ Team	14	592.2	Lang BBQ Team	14	586.6	Kelvin’s BBQ
15	585.3	Badonkadonk	15	590	Smoke Shack	15	586.6	Smoking the Good Stuff
16	583.6	BCD	16	589.9	Just Blowing Smoke	16	585.5	Dawg Pit BBQ
17	582.7	The BBQ Ninja	17	589.4	Bearded BBQ	17	582.6	Daddy-O’s BBQ
18	581.7	Smoke Shack	18	587.8	Johnson Boys BBQ	18	582.3	Hold Your Horses BBQ
19	581.7	Smarr Cooking Crew	19	585.3	Just Smoke “N” Around	19	581.7	Bubba Grills
20	579	J’s Smokehouse BBQ	20	582.3	Rub My Butt BBQ	20	580.9	Raging Smoke BBQ
21	579	Hold Your Horses BBQ	21	579.7	Badonkadonk	21	580	Just Smoke “N” Around
22	577.4	Main Street BBQ	22	579.3	The BBQ Ninja	22	578.4	Badonkadonk
23	575.8	Smokestack Lightning	23	576.9	Smarr Cooking Crew	23	577.7	Smarr Cooking Crew
24	575.1	Kelvin’s BBQ	24	576	Main Street BBQ	24	574	Main Street BBQ
25	571.8	Dawg Pit BBQ	25	575.9	Hold Your Horses BBQ	25	570.2	BCD
26	569.8	Rub My Butt BBQ	26	571.5	Flint River Cooking Team	26	564.3	The Situation BBQ Team
27	567.5	Bearded BBQ	27	568.9	J’s Smokehouse BBQ	27	563	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew
28	567.4	The Situation BBQ Team	28	567.1	Dawg Pit BBQ	28	561.6	We Want Q
29	562.6	Flint River Cooking Team	29	565.6	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew	29	559.1	Bearded BBQ
30	0	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew	30	563.3	The Situation BBQ Team	30	0	J’s Smokehouse BBQ

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ	598.5	598.8	599.1	1796.4
2	Holy Smokes	599.4	595.2	596.1	1790.7
3	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers	592.5	597.0	598.5	1788.0
4	Rescue Smokers	596.7	600.0	588.8	1785.5
5	Just Blowing Smoke	600.0	589.9	595.5	1785.4
6	Southern Hogs	590.5	599.1	591.3	1780.9
7	Smoking the Good Stuff	600.0	593.6	586.6	1780.2
8	Lang BBQ Team	585.4	592.2	599.7	1777.3
9	Smoke Shack	581.7	590.0	599.7	1771.4
10	Johnson Boys BBQ	585.5	587.8	591.9	1765.2
11	Just Smoke “N” Around	599.4	585.3	580.0	1764.7
12	Daddy-O’s BBQ	586.0	595.5	582.6	1764.1
13	Bubba Grills	587.6	594.5	581.7	1763.8
14	Smokestack Lightning	575.8	596.1	589.9	1761.8
15	Raging Smoke BBQ	585.7	594.8	580.9	1761.4
16	Kelvin’s BBQ	575.1	597.9	586.6	1759.6
17	The BBQ Ninja	582.7	579.3	594.5	1756.5
18	BCD	583.6	595.8	570.2	1749.6
19	We Want Q	588.8	595.5	561.6	1745.9
20	Badonkadonk	585.3	579.7	578.4	1743.4
21	Rub My Butt BBQ	569.8	582.3	586.9	1739.0
22	Hold Your Horses BBQ	579.0	575.9	582.3	1737.2
23	Smarr Cooking Crew	581.7	576.9	577.7	1736.3
24	Flint River Cooking Team	562.6	571.5	598.8	1732.9
25	Main Street BBQ	577.4	576.0	574.0	1727.4
26	Dawg Pit BBQ	571.8	567.1	585.5	1724.4
27	Bearded BBQ	567.5	589.4	559.1	1716.0
28	The Situation BBQ Team	567.4	563.3	564.3	1695.0
29	J’s Smokehouse BBQ	579.0	568.9	0.0	1147.9
30	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew	0.0	565.6	563.0	1128.6

		Brisket
1	Holy Smokes	599.4
2	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers	599.1
3	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ	598.8
4	Bubba Grills	598.5
5	Raging Smoke BBQ	598.2
6	The BBQ Ninja	593.1
7	Hold Your Horses BBQ	591.5
8	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	586.6
9	Pork U	586.6
10	Rescue Smokers	585.9
11	Flint River Cooking Team	584.3
12	Wright On Q	582.7
13	KB’s Southern Smokin’ BBQ	582.6
14	Lang Cookers	581.0
15	Just Smoke “N” Around	572.8
16	Kelvin’s BBQ	572.7
17	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew	572.1
18	Dawg Pit BBQ	571.5
19	Bearded BBQ	567.2
20	Rub My Butt BBQ	563.3
21	Smoke Shack	561.3
22	Smarr Cooking Team	560.8

Georgia State Brisket Championship

		Brisket
1	Holy Smokes	599.4
2	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers	599.1
3	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ	598.8
4	Bubba Grills	598.5
5	Raging Smoke BBQ	598.2
6	The BBQ Ninja	593.1
7	Hold Your Horses BBQ	591.5
8	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	586.6
9	Pork U	586.6
10	Rescue Smokers	585.9
11	Flint River Cooking Team	584.3
12	Wright On Q	582.7
13	KB’s Southern Smokin’ BBQ	582.6
14	Lang Cookers	581.0
15	Just Smoke “N” Around	572.8
16	Kelvin’s BBQ	572.7
17	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew	572.1
18	Dawg Pit BBQ	571.5
19	Bearded BBQ	567.2
20	Rub My Butt BBQ	563.3
21	Smoke Shack	561.3
22	Smarr Cooking Team	560.8

Cooking For Fun

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598.5	Pork U	1	591.2	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.
2	593.3	MaMa’s Que Stew& Country Café	2	590.6	Lazy Dogs BBQ
3	589.7	Wright On Q	3	589.21	MaMa’s Que Stew& Country Café
4	583.3	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	4	589.2	KB’s Southern Smokin BBQ
5	576.6	KB’s Southern Smokin BBQ	5	586.11	Wright On Q
6	565.8	Pig Poppa Pump	6	586.1	Pig Poppa Pump
7	562.8	Lazy Dogs BBQ	7	579.6	Pork U

Sep 11 2016

Budmeisters Walks Last at South Georgia BBQ & Outdoor Festival

Sept 10. 2016; Douglas, GA – Thomas Henry of Budmeisters scored 599.8 out of a possible 600 on his finals round Pulled Pork entry to earn the last call of the day and a $3000 check at the South Georgua BBQ & Outdoor Festival. This is the third year the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) has sanctioned the Douglas contest. The first two years, the contest was in the spring and held at the Douglas Municipal Airport. This year, the City of Douglas moved the contest to September to combine it with their very popular Outdoor Hunting Expo. The contest attracted 30 of the top teams in Georgia and Florida.

Grand Champion – Budmeisters

Gary & Dionne Lanton of Holy Smokes made finals in Ribs; took 5th place in Loin and 8th place in Pulled Pork to win $2000 and the Reserve Grand Champion

Reserve Champion – Holy Smokes

There were three perfect 600 scores in the preliminary rounds. Rescue Smokers and Bull Rush BBQ both posted a perfect score in Loin. 92 BBQ Assassin Smokers had a 600 score in Ribs.

First Place Loin & 600 Score – Rescue Smokers

Rescue Smokers won the Pork Loin category with Southern Hogs in 2nd place & Bull Rush BBQ in third. Budmeisters topped the Pulled Pork category followed by Wooley Bully BBQ Mafia in second. Douglas locals Barnyard BBQ, in their first professional cook-off, took 3rd place. In Ribs, Holy Smokes claimed first place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers as runner. Finishing in third place and making GBA finals for the first time was 2 Smokin Phat Boyz.

600 Score – Bull Rush BBQ

600 Score – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

The GBA thanks the City of Douglas, Mayor Paulk, Georgia Henderson, Blondale Thomas and a host of city staffer & volunteers for great hospitality and a well run festival.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599	Rescue Smokers	1	599.8	Budmeisters BBQ	1	597.9	Holy Smokes
2	593.4	Southern Hogs	2	592.9	Wooley Bully “BBQ Mafia”	2	596.3	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
3	592.1	Bull Rush BBQ	3	591.8	Barnyard BBQ	3	590.2	2 Smokin Phat Boyz
4	599.7	Budmeisters BBQ	4	595.5	Bull Rush BBQ	4	596.4	Budmeisters BBQ
5	592.4	Holy Smokes	5	594.6	Johnson Boys BBQ	5	595.2	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ
6	588.5	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	6	594.5	Raging Smoke BBQ	6	594.8	Wooley Bully “BBQ Mafia”
7	586.6	2 Smokin Phat Boyz	7	593.9	Poverty Hill Smokers	7	594	J Dub’s Stew & Que
8	586	Vienna Vol. Fire Dept.	8	590.8	Rescue Smokers	8	592.4	Poverty Hill Smokers
9	585	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	9	589.6	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	9	590.6	Southern Hogs
10	583.7	Bubba Grills	10	588.2	Holy Smokes	10	588.7	H & J Cooking Team
11	583.3	J Dub’s Stew & Que	11	587.6	The Grillman Company	11	587	Real South BBQ
12	582.4	Williams BBQ Team	12	586.3	Smoke Show	12	584.4	The Grillman Company
13	582	Barnyard BBQ	13	585	Boog-A-Lou Crew	13	584.3	Rub Shakers Que
14	578.1	East Coast Asphalt, LLC	14	584.7	Rub Shakers Que	14	584	Johnson Boys BBQ
15	578	The Grillman Company	15	583	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ	15	583.3	Smoke Show
16	576.7	Rub Shakers Que	16	582.5	Southern Hogs	16	583	Bubba Grills
17	575	Smoke Show	17	577.1	Real South BBQ	17	581.1	Bull Rush BBQ
18	573.8	Wooley Bully “BBQ Mafia”	18	576.8	Bubba Grills	18	580.8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
19	573.7	Poverty Hill Smokers	19	575.8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	19	578.8	Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan
20	573.5	Swine-O-Holics	20	575.5	Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan	20	578.5	Raging Smoke BBQ
21	572.8	Real South BBQ	21	574.1	J Dub’s Stew & Que	21	574.1	Boog-A-Lou Crew
22	571.9	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ	22	574.1	Williams BBQ Team	22	573.8	Williams BBQ Team
23	570.6	Pickled Pigs	23	573.2	Vienna Vol. Fire Dept.	23	572.1	Rescue Smokers
24	570.6	H & J Cooking Team	24	571.3	Mojo Smkehouse	24	570	Swine-O-Holics
25	565.9	Mojo Smkehouse	25	571.2	2 Smokin Phat Boyz	25	568.6	East Coast Asphalt, LLC
26	565.8	Boog-A-Lou Crew	26	569.8	H & J Cooking Team	26	567.9	Pickled Pigs
27	565	Lick ‘Em Lips BBQ Team	27	565.9	Lick ‘Em Lips BBQ Team	27	567.8	Vienna Vol. Fire Dept.
28	563.6	Johnson Boys BBQ	28	562.3	East Coast Asphalt, LLC	28	566.9	Mojo Smkehouse
29	562.1	Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan	29	559.3	Pickled Pigs	29	565.9	Barnyard BBQ
30	559.6	Raging Smoke BBQ	30	556.7	Swine-O-Holics	30	556.4	Lick ‘Em Lips BBQ Team

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Budmeisters BBQ	599.7	599.7	596.4	1795.8
2	Holy Smokes	592.4	588.2	599.7	1780.3
3	Bull Rush BBQ	600.0	595.5	581.1	1776.6
4	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	585.0	589.6	600.0	1774.6
5	Southern Hogs	599.7	582.5	590.6	1772.8
6	Wooley Bully “BBQ Mafia”	573.8	595.8	594.8	1764.4
7	Rescue Smokers	600.0	590.8	572.1	1762.9
8	Poverty Hill Smokers	573.7	593.9	592.4	1760.0
9	2 Smokin Phat Boyz	586.6	571.2	599.4	1757.2
10	J Dub’s Stew & Que	583.3	574.1	594.0	1751.4
11	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ	571.9	583.0	595.2	1750.1
12	The Grillman Company	578.0	587.6	584.4	1750.0
13	Barnyard BBQ	582.0	599.1	565.9	1747.0
14	Rub Shakers Que	576.7	584.7	584.3	1745.7
15	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	588.5	575.8	580.8	1745.1
16	Smoke Show	575.0	586.3	583.3	1744.6
17	Bubba Grills	583.7	576.8	583.0	1743.5
18	Johnson Boys BBQ	563.6	594.6	584.0	1742.2
19	Real South BBQ	572.8	577.1	587.0	1736.9
20	Raging Smoke BBQ	559.6	594.5	578.5	1732.6
21	Williams BBQ Team	582.4	574.1	573.8	1730.3
22	H & J Cooking Team	570.6	569.8	588.7	1729.1
23	Vienna Vol. Fire Dept.	586.0	573.2	567.8	1727.0
24	Boog-A-Lou Crew	565.8	585.0	574.1	1724.9
25	Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan	562.1	575.5	578.8	1716.4
26	East Coast Asphalt, LLC	578.1	562.3	568.6	1709.0
27	Mojo Smkehouse	565.9	571.3	566.9	1704.1
28	Swine-O-Holics	573.5	556.7	570.0	1700.2
29	Pickled Pigs	570.6	559.3	567.9	1697.8
30	Lick ‘Em Lips BBQ Team	565.0	565.9	556.4	1687.3

Sep 05 2016

Smokin the Good Stuff Open New Season with Grand at Smokin Up the Mountains

Sept 3, 2016 East Ellijay, GA – Smoking the Good Stuff scored a perfect 600 score in the Loin preliminary round then followed it up with a near perfect 599.6 score in the Loin final round to capture the Grand Championship at the first Smokin Up the Mountains in East Ellijay.

Grand Champion – Smokin the Good Stuff

Rescue Smokers made finals in Ribs along with 4th in Loin and 8th in Pulled Pork to take home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Smokin the Good Stuff won the Loin category with We Want Que in second and The Grill Man BBQ Company taking 3rd place. Four 41 South BBQ Company took first place honors in Pulled Pork followed by Daddy O’s BBQ in 2nd & 92 BBQ taking third. Southern Hogs won the Ribs category. Rescue Smokers was the runnerup and Water Hawgs BBQ finished third.

Big Ox BBQ won the Brisket ancillary with a 599.1 score. In the Cooking for Fun Division, East Coast BBQ won Pulled Pork and Napalm Sticks to Pigs won Ribs.

GBA Pro Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.6	Smokin’ the Good Stuff	1	598.5	Four 41 South BBQ Company	1	596.8	Southern Hogs
2	592.6	We Want Que	2	596.7	Daddy-O’s BBQ	2	596.5	Rescue Smokers
3	591	The Grill Man BBQ Company	3	0	92 BBQ Assassin Smokers	3	591.7	Water Hawgs BBQ
4	599.4	Rescue Smokers	4	594.2	Smokin The Good Stuff	4	596.4	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ
5	591.6	Southern Hogs	5	593.9	Rub Shakers Que	5	595.8	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
6	591.51	GTQ	6	591.9	The Grillman BBQ Company	6	594.91	We Want Que
7	591.5	Smokin’ J’s BBQ	7	590.5	Smokin’ J’s BBQ	7	594.9	Poppy Que
8	591.2	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	8	589.3	Rescue Smokers	8	591.9	Screaming Eagle
9	591.1	Just Smokin’ Around	9	589	Hootie Q	9	591.8	Daddy-O’s BBQ
10	590.8	Burning Butts BBQ	10	588.2	Screaming Eagle	10	590.6	Rocket Man
11	580	Rocket Man	11	587.8	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	11	590.2	Simply Q
12	578.7	Daddy-O’s BBQ	12	586.9	We Want Que	12	590.2	Four 41 South BBQ Company
13	577.2	Big OX Barbecue	13	586.9	GTQ	13	589.9	H&J Cooking Team
14	577.1	Rub Shakers Que	14	586.1	Old Henry’s BBQ	14	585.7	Burning Butts BBQ
15	576.7	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	15	582.6	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	15	584.7	Smokin The Good Stuff
16	576.1	Four 41 South BBQ Company	16	582.4	Simply Q	16	579.7	Just Smokin’ Around
17	575.7	Zombie Aporkalypse	17	579.7	Poppy Que	17	579.6	GTQ
18	573.1	Simply Q	18	578.7	Water Hawgs BBQ	18	579.4	Old Henry’s BBQ
19	572.3	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	19	578.4	Zombie Aporkalypse	19	577.2	Zombie Aporkalypse
20	570.3	Water Hawgs BBQ	20	578.4	Just Smokin’ Around	20	576.7	The Grillman BBQ Company
21	569.5	H&J Cooking Team	21	576.9	Southern Hogs	21	576.4	Rub Shakers Que
22	567.5	Screaming Eagle	22	573.5	Big OX Barbecue	22	567.5	Big OX Barbecue
23	566.8	Hootie Q	23	570.8	Rocket Man	23	565.2	Porkaholic’s Barbeque
24	562.9	Poppy Que	24	570.2	H&J Cooking Team	24	563.3	Smokin’ J’s BBQ
25	0	Old Henry’s BBQ	25	564.8	Burning Butts BBQ	25	561.6	Hootie Q

Reserve Standings:

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	599.4	589.3	599.4	1788.1
2	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	591.2	598.5	595.8	1785.5
3	We Want Que	599.7	586.9	594.9	1781.5
4	Smokin The Good Stuff	600.0	594.2	584.7	1778.9
5	Daddy-O’s BBQ	578.7	599.4	591.8	1769.9
6	The Grillman BBQ Company	599.7	591.9	576.7	1768.3
7	Southern Hogs	591.6	576.9	599.4	1767.9
8	Four 41 South BBQ Company	576.1	598.2	590.2	1764.5
9	GTQ	591.5	586.9	579.6	1758.0
10	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	572.3	582.6	596.4	1751.3
11	Just Smokin’ Around	591.1	578.4	579.7	1749.2
12	Screaming Eagle	567.5	588.2	591.9	1747.6
13	Rub Shakers Que	577.1	593.9	576.4	1747.4
14	Water Hawgs BBQ	570.3	578.7	598.2	1747.2
15	Simply Q	573.1	582.4	590.2	1745.7
16	Smokin’ J’s BBQ	591.5	590.5	563.3	1745.3
17	Rocket Man	580.0	570.8	590.6	1741.4
18	Burning Butts BBQ	590.8	564.8	585.7	1741.3
19	Poppy Que	562.9	579.7	594.9	1737.5
20	Zombie Aporkalypse	575.7	578.4	577.2	1731.3
21	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	576.7	587.8	565.2	1729.7
22	H&J Cooking Team	569.5	570.2	589.9	1729.6
23	Big OX Barbecue	577.2	573.5	567.5	1718.2
24	Hootie Q	566.8	589.0	561.6	1717.4
25	Old Henry’s BBQ	0.0	586.1	579.4	1165.5

Brisket Ancillary

		Brisket
1	Big Ox Barbecue	599.1
2	Rescue Smokers	596.7
3	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	596.4
4	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	594.8
5	Burning Butts BBQ	592.1
6	Four 41 South BBQ Company	584.2
7	Bubonic BBQ	583.2
8	Rub Shakers Que	582.0
9	The Grillman BBQ Company	577.3
10	Hootie Q	572.0
11	Daddy-O’s BBQ	567.8
12	Rocket Man	560.2
13	Napalm Sticks to Pigs	531.4

Cooking for Fun

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.7	East Coast BBQ	1	596.1	Napalm Sticks to Pigs
2	594.9	Hamalicious BBQ	2	592.2	East Coast BBQ
3	584.1	Napalm Sticks to Pigs	3	584.2	Jackson Diesel
4	582	Jackson Diesel	4	565.1	Hamalicious BBQ
5	572.8	Bubonic BBQ	5	561.2	Bubonic BBQ

Sep 05 2016

Rescue Smokers Caps Big Season with Grand at Fort Gaines

May 28, 2016 Fort Gaines, GA – Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers scored 599.1 out of a possible 600 points with their Loin final round entry to take the Grand Championship at the 2nd Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge. Poverty Hill Smokers won both Pulled Pork & Ribs plus had a 7th place in Loin to take home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.1	Rescue Smokers	1	598.1	Poverty Hill Smokers	1	598.8	Poverty Hill Smokers
2	594.7	Team Pork Rindz	2	595.5	Rescue Smokers	2	593.6	Raging Smoke
3	590.2	Just Blowing Smoke	3	590.4	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	3	590.9	Just Blowing Smoke
4	591.8	Johnson Boys BBQ	4	590.5	Team Pork Rindz	4	594.5	Johnson Boys BBQ
5	591.4	Old Henry’s BBQ	5	588.81	Bubba Grills	5	592.7	Bubba Grills
6	589.9	Bubba Grills	6	588.8	Bite My Butt BBQ	6	590.6	Bite My Butt BBQ
7	583.9	Poverty Hill Smokers	7	583.9	Rib Ticklers	7	589.8	Recue Smokers
8	582.3	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	8	579.3	Just Blowing Smoke	8	580.6	Team Pork Rindz
9	579.6	Raging Smoke	9	572.1	Old Henry’s BBQ	9	572.4	Rib Ticklers
10	568.1	Bite My Butt BBQ	10	565	Raging Smoke	10	570.4	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
11	563.8	Rib Ticklers	11	0	Johnson Boys BBQ	11	567.8	Old Henry’s BBQ

Reserve Standings:

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Poverty Hill Smokers	583.9	600.0	599.4	1783.3
2	Recue Smokers	599.4	591.7	589.8	1780.9
3	Bubba Grills	589.9	588.8	592.7	1771.4
4	Team Pork Rindz	599.7	590.5	580.6	1770.8
5	Just Blowing Smoke	592.4	579.3	595.8	1767.5
6	Bite My Butt BBQ	568.1	588.8	590.6	1747.5
7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	582.3	593.7	570.4	1746.4
8	Raging Smoke	579.6	565.0	599.4	1744.0
9	Old Henry’s BBQ	591.4	572.1	567.8	1731.3
10	Rib Ticklers	563.8	583.9	572.4	1720.1
11	Johnson Boys BBQ	591.8	0.0	594.5	1186.3