Rescue Smokers Caps Big Season with Grand at Fort Gaines

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.

  1. Grand - Rescue Smokers; Reserve - Poverty Hill Smokers

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

Three Rivers BBQ Fest Grand Goes To Bull Rush BBQ

Three Rivers BBQ Fest Grand Goes To Bull Rush BBQ

May 7, 2016; Hazlehurst, GA – Bull Rush BBQ’s final round Rib box edged Budmeister’s Pulled Pork finals entry by 0.02 to take the Grand Championship.  Budmeister won both the Pulled Pork & Loin categories plus finished 4th in Ribs to earn the Reserve Grand Championship

Grand Champion - Bull Rush BBQ

Grand Champion – Bull Rush BBQ

Reserve Grand - Budmeisters

Reserve Grand – Budmeisters

Full Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599.4 BUDMEISTERS 1 599.6 BUDMEISTERS 1 599.8 BULL RUSH
2 593.9 BUBBA GRILLS 2 594.8 BULL RUSH 2 594.2 RAGING SMOKE BBQ
3 592.1 LAWDAWG BBQ 3 588.1 LAWDAWG BBQ 3 589.2 FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN
4 592.8 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM 4 595.1 SMOKIN’ AJ’S 4 596.7 BUDMEISTERS
5 591.5 RESCUE SMOKERS 5 594.2 92 BBQ 5 595.2 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
6 590.9 STATESBORO BLUES BBQ 6 593.9 RESCUE SMOKERS 6 594.6 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ
7 590.2 BULL RUSH 7 590.7 REAL SOUTH BBQ 7 592.8 RESCUE SMOKERS
8 589.6 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 8 590.3 DADDY O’S BBQ 8 591.2 BUBBA GRILLS
9 589.3 DADDY O’S BBQ 9 589.9 SOUTHERN HOGS 9 590.6 STATESBORO BLUES BBQ
10 587.5 RUB SHAKERS QUE 10 589.6 JUST SMOKE N’ AROUND 10 590 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM
11 586.9 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 11 587.3 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ 11 589.9 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
12 586.6 REAL SOUTH BBQ 12 586.4 FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN 12 587.6 92 BBQ
13 585.4 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ   13 585.4 RUB SHAKERS QUE 13 587.6 REAL SOUTH BBQ
14 583.5 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 14 585.1 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 14 584.4 SMOKIN’ AJ’S
15 583.3 SMOKIN’ AJ’S   15 582.7 J DUBS STEW & QUE 15 583.3 SOUTHERN HOGS
16 582 SMOKIN’ J’S BBQ 16 582.3 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 16 581.8 WE WANT QUE
17 581.1 JUST SMOKE N’ AROUND 17 582.1 CAJENN SMOKING QUE 17 581.5 FORGET ME NOT BBQ
18 577.8 WE WANT QUE   18 582 WE WANT QUE 18 578.2 CAJENN SMOKING QUE
19 576.6 92 BBQ 19 579.6 STATESBORO BLUES BBQ 19 578.1 THE BLUE COLLAR COOKING CREW
20 575.1 SOUTHERN HOGS 20 578.1 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM 20 576.3 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ
21 571.5 FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN 21 575.4 SMOKIN’ J’S BBQ 21 575.7 LANG BBQ SMOKERS
22 571.4 CAJENN SMOKING QUE 22 575.1 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 22 575.5 RUB SHAKERS QUE
23 570.8 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 23 574.8 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 23 575.1 SMOKIN’ J’S BBQ
24 567.8 J DUBS STEW & QUE 24 573.9 THE BLUE COLLAR COOKING CREW 24 574.5 LAWDAWG BBQ
25 566.9 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 25 572.9 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 25 567.2 J DUBS STEW & QUE
26 565.2 THE BLUE COLLAR COOKING CREW   26 571.9 RAGING SMOKE BBQ   26 566.9 DADDY O’S BBQ
27 564 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 27 571 BUBBA GRILLS   27 564.4 JUST SMOKE N’ AROUND
28 560.3 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 28 568.7 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 28 561.3 OLD HENRY’S BBQ

Reserve Standings:

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 BUDMEISTERS 599.7 598.8 596.7 1795.2
2 BULL RUSH 590.2 599.1 597.9 1787.2
3 RESCUE SMOKERS 591.5 593.9 592.8 1778.2
4 LAWDAWG BBQ 599.4 598.5 574.5 1772.4
5 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ 585.4 587.3 594.6 1767.3
6 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 589.6 582.3 595.2 1767.1
7 REAL SOUTH BBQ 586.6 590.7 587.6 1764.9
8 SMOKIN’ AJ’S 583.3 595.1 584.4 1762.8
9 STATESBORO BLUES BBQ 590.9 579.6 590.6 1761.1
10 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM 592.8 578.1 590.0 1760.9
11 92 BBQ 576.6 594.2 587.6 1758.4
12 FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN 571.5 586.4 599.4 1757.3
13 BUBBA GRILLS 593.9 571.0 591.2 1756.1
14 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 586.9 572.9 589.9 1749.7
15 RUB SHAKERS QUE 587.5 585.4 575.5 1748.4
16 SOUTHERN HOGS 575.1 589.9 583.3 1748.3
17 DADDY O’S BBQ 589.3 590.3 566.9 1746.5
18 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 583.5 585.1 575.7 1744.3
19 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 570.8 571.9 599.4 1742.1
20 WE WANT QUE 577.8 582.0 581.8 1741.6
21 JUST SMOKE N’ AROUND 581.1 589.6 564.4 1735.1
22 SMOKIN’ J’S BBQ 582.0 575.4 575.1 1732.5
23 CAJENN SMOKING QUE 571.4 582.1 578.2 1731.7
24 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 566.9 575.1 576.3 1718.3
25 J DUBS STEW & QUE 567.8 582.7 567.2 1717.7
26 THE BLUE COLLAR COOKING CREW 565.2 573.9 578.1 1717.2
27 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 560.3 568.7 581.5 1710.5
28 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 564.0 574.8 561.3 1700.1

Rescue Smokers Wins Grand at BBQ & Brews

Rescue Smokers Wins Grand at BBQ & Brews

April 30, 2016 Canton, GA –  Rescue Smokers took first place in both Pulled Pork & Ribs, then outscored Loin winner Just Blowing Smoke in the finals round to claim the Grand Championship.  Just Blowing Smoke added a finals call in Pulled Pork plus 5th place in Ribs to take home the Reserve Grand Championship.

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Full Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599.3 Just Blowing Smoke 1 598.7 Rescue Smokers 1 599.6 Rescue Smokers
2 595.3 Smokin the Good Stuff 2 593.3 Rocketman BBQ 2 593.4 Fixin’ 2 Pork Q
3 588.8 Team BBQ Fool of Georgia 3 592.4 Just Blowing Smoke 3 591.2 We Want Q
4 595.8 Rescue Smokers 4 599.1 Smokin the Good Stuff 4 598.8 Rocketman BBQ
5 595.4 We Want Que 5 598.8 Squealz on Wheelz 5 598.5 Just Blowing Smoke
6 594.5 Fixin’ 2 Pork Q 6 597.9 Team BBQ Fool of Georgia 6 597.6 Four 41 South BBQ Company
7 594.3 Rocketman BBQ 7 595.5 92 BBQ 7 594.5 92 BBQ
8 590.8 Wild Eyed Southern Q 8 592.8 CJs BBQ 8 593.9 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’
9 590.6 Johnson Boys BBQ 9 590.9 Smokin’ J’s BBQ 9 591.5 Major Q BBQ
10 586.9 CJs BBQ 10 590.5 Porkaholic’s Barbeque 10 590.5 Q-Hutta
11 585.2 Smokey Tales 11 588.4 Johnson Boys BBQ 11 587.2 CJs BBQ
12 585.1 Squealz on Wheelz 12 587.8 Wild Eyed Southern Q 12 586.6 Ole Sparky’s BBQ
13 584.2 Four 41 South BBQ Company   13 586.6 Q-Hutta 13 586.6 Squealz on Wheelz
14 583.3 Midnight Smokers 14 585.9 Four 41 South BBQ Company 14 583.3 Porkaholic’s Barbeque
15 582.3 92 BBQ   15 585.3 Fixin’ 2 Pork Q 15 583.1 Smokin the Good Stuff
16 582 Smokin’ J’s BBQ 16 581.4 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 16 582.1 Midnight Smokers
17 579.2 Major Q BBQ 17 577.8 We Want Que 17 580.1 Team BBQ Fool of Georgia
18 578.7 Ole Sparky’s BBQ   18 575 Smokey Tales 18 579.7 Wild Eyed Southern Q
19 578.1 Q-Hutta 19 574.4 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 19 578.2 Johnson Boys BBQ
20 567.4 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 20 574.1 Major Q BBQ 20 576.6 Smokin’ J’s BBQ
21 565.6 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 21 573.4 Midnight Smokers 21 565.9 Four Fathers BBQ Crew
22 560.4 Porkaholic’s Barbeque 22 568.8 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 22 564.2 Smokey Tales

Reserve Championship Standings:

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Just Blowing Smoke 599.1 599.4 598.5 1797.0
2 Rescue Smokers 595.8 599.1 600.0 1794.9
3 Rocketman BBQ 594.3 599.7 598.8 1792.8
4 Smokin the Good Stuff 600.0 599.1 583.1 1782.2
5 Fixin’ 2 Pork Q 594.5 585.3 599.4 1779.2
6 Team BBQ Fool of Georgia 599.4 597.9 580.1 1777.4
7 We Want Que 595.4 577.8 599.4 1772.6
8 92 BBQ 582.3 595.5 594.5 1772.3
9 Squealz on Wheelz 585.1 598.8 586.6 1770.5
10 Four 41 South BBQ Company 584.2 585.9 597.6 1767.7
11 CJs BBQ 586.9 592.8 587.2 1766.9
12 Wild Eyed Southern Q 590.8 587.8 579.7 1758.3
13 Johnson Boys BBQ 590.6 588.4 578.2 1757.2
14 Q-Hutta 578.1 586.6 590.5 1755.2
15 Smokin’ J’s BBQ 582.0 590.9 576.6 1749.5
16 Major Q BBQ 579.2 574.1 591.5 1744.8
17 Midnight Smokers 583.3 573.4 582.1 1738.8
18 Porkaholic’s Barbeque 560.4 590.5 583.3 1734.2
19 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 578.7 568.8 586.6 1734.1
20 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 565.6 574.4 593.9 1733.9
21 Smokey Tales 585.2 575.0 564.2 1724.4
22 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 567.4 581.4 565.9 1714.7

Board of Directors Meeting – July 30, 2016

Georgia Barbecue Association

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

July 30, 2016

Perry, Georgia

 

Called to order by Rick Godfrey

Attending:  Rick Godfrey, Danny Meadows, Greg Hoyt, Lois Sebastian, Jim Sewell, Alex Khoury, and Danny Evans

Membership Present: Greg Sebastian, Ed Vesely, Brian Bond, Robby Royal, Stephanie Royal, Danny Smith, Mike Holland, Travis James, John Ricketson, Ed Humphreys, Kay James, Chuck East, and Carrie East

Action Motion Second Vote
To accept the Treasurer’s Financials and P&L Report Rick Godfrey Danny Meadows Approved

7-0

To require cook teams to put at least 8 pieces of meat in turn-in boxes Jim Sewell Danny Meadows Motion Withdrawn
To move turn-in times up by 30 minutes Jim Sewell Alex Khoury Approved

7-0

To require trophies or plaques for 1st through 3rd place in each category Lois Sebastian Danny Meadows Approved

7-0

To amend Master Judge contest record forms as proposed Lois Sebastian Danny Evans Approved

7-0

To adopt the use of table captains during judging Lois Sebastian Danny Evans Approved

7-0

To require there be at least 100 miles between two contests on the same weekend Lois Sebastian Danny Meadows Approved

7-0

To approve the following contest designations:

State Championship—Milledgeville

Double Points—Canton, Thomaston, and Douglas

Rick Godfrey Danny Evans Approved

6-0

(Jim Sewell abstained)

To adopt the Cooking for Fun rules presented by Greg Hoyt with the insertion of “pitmaster” in the following sentence:

“No member of a CFF team may have participated as a PITMASTER of a professional cook team in any barbecue event (sanctioned or unsanctioned) in the past.”

Greg Hoyt Jim Sewell Approved

7-0

To prohibit a family member of a pitmaster from judging in a contest where the pitmaster is cooking.  For purposes of this rule, “family member” is defined as a parent, child, sibling, or spouse.

Amended to add “living in the same household” to the definition of a family member for purposes of this rule.

Greg Hoyt

Amendment by Alex Khoury

Jim Sewell Approved

7-0

To allow a judge to socialize with cook teams when the judge has completed judging for the day Greg Hoyt Rick Godfrey Approved

7-0

Executive Session      
Meeting adjourned      

 

Rescue Smokers Takes Grand in Dallas

Rescue Smokers Takes Grand in Dallas

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) joined with the City of Dallas for their 2016 City Fest. It was a day filled with many different events. The professional BBQ competition was a huge part of the event. Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers continued to set the pace with a final round score of 597.5 out of a possible 600 in Pulled Pork to winning the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion - Rescue Smokers

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Bird Dawg BBQ, led by Chris Cochran, made finals on both Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 5th place finish in Ribs to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

 reserve bird dawg

In the preliminary round of Pulled Pork both Just Blowing Smoke and Bird Dawg BBQ score perfect 600 scores.

600 score - Just Blowing Smoke

600 score – Just Blowing Smoke

600 score - Bird Dawg BBQ

600 score – Bird Dawg BBQ

1st Place Loin - Smokin the Good Stuff

1st Place Loin – Smokin the Good Stuff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Loin, Smoking the Good Stuff took top honors. Rescue Smokers took 2nd place and Bird Dawg BBQ took third.  Fifth place went to We Want Que with 6th place going to Just Blowing Smoke.  Four Fathers BBQ claimed 7th place. Southern Hogs claimed 8th place. Ninth place belonged to Simply Q and Where There’s Smoke rounded out the top 10.

Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with Just Blowing Smoke as the runner-up. In 3rd place again was Bird Dawg BBQ.  Smokin’ the Good Stuff grabbed 4th place and CJ’s BBQ grabbed 5th.  Major Q got the 6th place call followed by Rub Shakers Que in 7th and Swineholio in 8th place. Ninth & 10th went to Four Fathers BBQ and Southern Hogs, respectively.

 

1st place Ribs - Major Q

1st place Ribs – Major Q

Major Q walked last in Ribs with We Want Que taking 2nd and Rub Shakers Que taking 3rd.  Smokin the Good Stuff got another call for 4th place. Bird Dawg BBQ came in 5th.  Johnson Boys BBQ took 6th place and Rescue Smokers took 7th.  Just Blowing Smoke finished 8th; Smokin’ J’s BBQ finished 9th and Swineholio finished 10th.

The GBA was proud to be a part of this great festival and looks forward to returning for 2016.

Full Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 596.5 Smokin the Good Stuff 1 597.5 Rescue Smokers 1 596.1 Major Q BBQ
2 594.5 Rescue Smokers 2 595 Just Blowing Smoke 2 594.5 We Want Que
3 593.9 Bird Dawg BBQ 3 592.5 Bird Dawg BBQ 3 594.2 Rub Shakers Que
4 593.7 We Want Que 4 598.5 Smokin the Good Stuff 4 595.22 Smokin the Good Stuff
5 593.3 Just Blowing Smoke 5 590.9 CJs BBQ 5 595.21 Bird Dawg BBQ
6 591.5 Swineholio 6 585.7 Major Q BBQ 6 595.2 Johnson Boys BBQ
7 585 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 7 583.6 Rub Shakers Que 7 594.9 Rescue Smokers
8 584.7 Southern Hogs 8 582.7 Swineholio 8 593.9 Just Blowing Smoke
9 582.4 Simply Q 9 582 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 9 591.6 Smokin J’s BBQ
10 581.2 Where There’s Smoke 10 581.7 Southern Hogs 10 585.4 Swineholio
11 581 Johnson Boys BBQ 11 580.8 Simply Q 11 583.6 Southern Hogs
12 580.8 Rub Shakers Que 12 578.8 We Want Que 12 577.4 CJs BBQ
13 574.7 Major Q BBQ   13 574.7 Johnson Boys BBQ 13 570.9 Simply Q
14 573.2 Smokin J’s BBQ 14 567.4 Smokin J’s BBQ 14 569.4 Where There’s Smoke
15 559.9 CJs BBQ   15 560.7 Where There’s Smoke 15 568 Four Fathers BBQ Cr
 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Rescue Smokers 598.5 599.7 594.9 1793.1
2 Bird Dawg BBQ 595.5 600.0 595.2 1790.7
3 Smokin the Good Stuff 594.8 598.5 595.2 1788.5
4 Just Blowing Smoke 593.3 600.0 593.9 1787.2
5 We Want Que 593.7 578.8 595.4 1767.9
6 Rub Shakers Que 580.8 583.6 599.1 1763.5
7 Swineholio 591.5 582.7 585.4 1759.6
8 Major Q BBQ 574.7 585.7 598.8 1759.2
9 Johnson Boys BBQ 581.0 574.7 595.2 1750.9
10 Southern Hogs 584.7 581.7 583.6 1750.0
11 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 585.0 582.0 568.0 1735.0
12 Simply Q 582.4 580.8 570.9 1734.1
13 Smokin J’s BBQ 573.2 567.4 591.6 1732.2
14 CJs BBQ 559.9 590.9 577.4 1728.2
15 Where There’s Smoke 581.2 560.7 569.4 1711.3