Georgia Barbecue Association

Dec 06 2015

Barbecue Crew Defends Title in Hometown

The 3rd Annual Moultrie Moose Lodge #1158 BBQ Cook-off is the last event on the 2015 calendar year for the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA). But before taking a break for the holidays, 11 of the top 20 teams in the GBA Team of the Year standings turned for the competition. The members of the Moose Lodge always roll out the red carpet for the GBA teams & judges. The Friday nite steak dinners that the Lodge serves have everyone looking forward to this contest each year.

Despite all the GBA heavy hitters best efforts, Moultrie’s own Foy Whatley of Barbecue Crew won the Grand Championship for the second year in a row. Whatley made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs, but it was his Pulled Pork box that brought home top honors. That Grand Championship box must have been really special as the panel of finals judges commented that all 3 of the Pulled Pork final entries were among the best they had sampled all year.

Brian Bond of Daddy O’s BBQ made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs plus added an 8th place finish in Loin to accumulate the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds. As a result, Daddy O’s BBQ took home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Just Blowing Smoke won the Loin category with Real South BBQ as the runner-up. Simply Q finished in 3rd place. Fiddler’s BBQ got the call for 4th place with H & J Cooking Team getting called for 5th place. Sixth place went to Southern Hogs; followed by Smokin’ 42 BBQ in 7th place & Daddy O’s BBQ in 8th place. Sunset Smokers, also from Moultrie, grabbed 9th place and Johnson Boys BBQ taking 10th place.

Following Barbecue winning Pulled Pork was Southern Hogs in 2nd place with Daddy O’s BBQ in 3rd place. Real South BBQ got their second call in 4th place and CaJenn Smoking Que walked in 5th place. Rescue Smokers came in 6th place just 0.4 ahead of Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in 7th place. Eighth place was also close as Raging Smoke edged H & J Cooking Team by just 0.2 of a point. Smokin’ 42 BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Daddy O’s BBQ took top honors in Ribs. Barbecue Crew took 2nd place. In the preliminary round Ribs, Barbecue Crew scored a perfect 600. Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Rescue Smokers came in 4th place just ahead of Just Blowing Smoke in 5th. Sixth place went to Southern Hogs and 7th place went to Rub Shakers Que. Eighth thru 10th places went to Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Real South BBQ and H & J Cooking Team respectively.

The contest also featured a backyard competition. Under Construction BBQ took 1st place in Chicken. Wicked Lickin BBQ Crew got the first place calls in both Pulled Pork & Ribs.

The GBA thanks all the Moose Lodge members for their great hospitality and we are looking forward to returning the Moultrie in 2016. Meanwhile, the GBA will pause the 2015-2016 season for the holidays.

The GBA will hold a judge training class on Jan 23, 2016 in Fort Gaines. Fee for the class is $35. You must be a member of the GBA to take the class. Registation is now open on the GBA website — www.bbqga.com The next contest will be the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash in February. Visit the website for more details.

Full Standings: 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598	Just Blowing Smoke	1	598.9	Barbecue Crew	1	598.3	Daddy-O’s BBQ
2	595.6	Real South BBQ	2	593.6	Southern Hogs	2	595.9	Barbecue Crew
3	590.4	Simply “Q”	3	591.4	Daddy-O’s BBQ	3	588.6	Smokin 42 BBQ
4	595.7	Fiddler’s BBQ	4	593.6	Real South BBQ	4	595.8	Rescue Smokers
5	594.6	H.and J. cooking team	5	592.5	CaJenn Smokin Que	5	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
6	591.2	Southern Hogs	6	590	Rescue Smokers	6	590.9	Southern Hogs
7	590.8	Smokin 42 BBQ	7	589.6	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	7	590.3	Rub Shakers Que
8	589.7	Daddy-O’s BBQ	8	587.2	Raging Smoke	8	590.2	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
9	587.3	Sunset Smokers	9	587	H.and J. cooking team	9	587.5	Real South BBQ
10	587	Johnson Boys	10	586.3	Smokin 42 BBQ	10	587.3	H.and J. cooking team
11	586.9	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	11	585.7	Sunset Smokers	11	587.2	Hungry Hog
12	586.3	Raging Smoke	12	584.7	Hungry Hog	12	587.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
13	585.9	CaJenn Smokin Que	13	582.6	Fiddler’s BBQ	13	582.6	CaJenn Smokin Que
14	584.4	Blue Smoke	14	582.6	Rub Shakers Que	14	580.7	Double D Cook Team
15	580	Rub Shakers Que	15	580	Forget Me Not BBQ	15	574	Raging Smoke
16	573.5	Rib Ticklers	16	579.7	Simply “Q”	16	571.2	CowboySmokin
17	571.5	Rescue Smokers	17	578.7	Just Blowing Smoke	17	570	Blue Smoke
18	569.9	CowboySmokin	18	574.5	CowboySmokin	18	569.9	Sunset Smokers
19	569.8	Hungry Hog	19	573.3	Johnson Boys	19	568.5	Rib Ticklers
20	568.1	Barbecue Crew	20	571.7	Rib Ticklers	20	566.3	Simply “Q”
21	565.2	Double D Cook Team	21	569.8	Double D Cook Team	21	565.9	Forget Me Not BBQ
22	0	Forget Me Not BBQ	22	568.5	Blue Smoke	22	562.6	Johnson Boys

	Reserve Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Daddy-O’s BBQ	589.7	594.5	597.9	1782.1
2	Real South BBQ	599.4	593.6	587.5	1780.5
3	Southern Hogs	591.2	595.8	590.9	1777.9
4	Smokin 42 BBQ	590.8	586.3	599.1	1776.2
5	Just Blowing Smoke	596.1	578.7	595.5	1770.3
6	H.and J. cooking team	594.6	587.0	587.3	1768.9
7	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	586.9	589.6	590.2	1766.7
8	Fiddler’s BBQ	595.7	582.6	587.2	1765.5
9	Barbecue Crew	568.1	595.4	600.0	1763.5
10	CaJenn Smokin Que	585.9	592.5	582.6	1761.0
11	Rescue Smokers	571.5	590.0	595.8	1757.3
12	Rub Shakers Que	580.0	582.6	590.3	1752.9
13	Raging Smoke	586.3	587.2	574.0	1747.5
14	Simply “Q”	599.1	579.7	566.3	1745.1
15	Sunset Smokers	587.3	585.7	569.9	1742.9
16	Hungry Hog	569.8	584.7	587.2	1741.7
17	Blue Smoke	584.4	568.5	570.0	1722.9
18	Johnson Boys	587.0	573.3	562.6	1722.9
19	Double D Cook Team	565.2	569.8	580.7	1715.7
20	CowboySmokin	569.9	574.5	571.2	1715.6
21	Rib Ticklers	573.5	571.7	568.5	1713.7
22	Forget Me Not BBQ	0.0	580.0	565.9	1145.9

Dec 04 2015

GBA Judge Training Class

The GBA will hold a Judge Training Class on Jan 23 in Fort Gaines, GA. The cost of the class is $35 & is limited to 54 registrants. You must be a GBA member to take the class. If you are not already a member, please complete the online membership application on the GBA website before signing up for the class.

To register for the class, click on the Events tab on the top menu & scroll to the class announcement.

Nov 01 2015

Holy Smokes Has The Wiggle & Twist To Win Johnson Co.

The first Johnson Co. Wiggle & Twist Festival included a Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) competition. The unique festival name pays tribute to the old Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad. The old rail route had such a winding path that it picked up the nickname “Wiggle & Twist”. The festival and contest were held at the Wrightsville American Legion Post along with the Johnson Co. Chamber of Commerce. A large crowd turned to enjoy the sights & sounds of the BBQ competition; lots of vendors & great music. Holy Smokes, Gary & Dion Lanton, from nearby Dublin won both the Pulled Pork & Rib categories to claim the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Tifton’s Smokin’ 42 BBQ had a 599.7 preliminary score in Loin along with a 6th place in Pulled Pork and 7th place in Ribs to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

1st Loin – Bubba Grills

In the Loin finals, Bubba Grills edged Rescue Smokers by just 0.4 of a point to win the category. Smokin’ 42 BBQ finished third. The competition was close throughout the field as there was a 3 way tie for 4th place between Fiddlers BBQ, CaJenn Smokin Q and H & J Cooking Team. Fiddlers BBQ won the tiebreaker to take 4th place. CaJenn then won the next tiebreaker for 5th and H & J took 6th place. Georgia Boys claimed 7th place just ahead of Johnson Boys BBQ in 8th. Ninth place went to Real South BBQ and Holy Smokes got the 10th place call.

The Pulled Pork finals was almost as close as the Loin finals. Holy Smokes won the category by only 0.8 of a point over Real South BBQ. Old Henry’s BBQ may have gotten the loudest ovation of the day with their 3rd place call. The BBQ Ninja took 4th place; Georgia Boys took 5th and Smokin’ 42 BBQ took 6th place. Southern Hogs edged Bubba Grills for 7th place by 0.3 of a point. CaJenn Smokin’ Q and H & J Cooking Team finished 9th & 10th respectively.

Holy Smokes Grand Championship winning Ribs topped the category. Fiddler’s BBQ was the runner up. Fat Daddy P’s BBQ, in the first competition, got the 3rd place call. Rescue Smokers grabbed 4th place with The BBQ Ninja in 5th. Sixth place went to H & J Cooking Team with 7th place going to Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Real South BBQ took 8th place. Johnson Boys BBQ walked in 9th place and Bubba Grills rounded out the top 10.

In the Cooking for Fun Division, Mama’s Que & Stew won the Pulled Pork category with Big Papa BBQ in 2nd & Smokin’ Snowballs in 3rd. In Cooking for Fun Ribs, Big Papa BBQ walked last. Master Basters took 2nd and Smokin’s Snowballs, again, took 3rd place.

Cooking For Fun Pork – Mama’s Que & Stew

Cooking for Fun Ribs – Big Papa’s BBQ

The GBA thanks all the coordinators and volunteers of the Johnson Co. Wiggle & Twist for their outstanding hospitality including a delicious Friday evening welcome dinner for all the teams & GBA officials. The group put on a great first year event & the GBA is looking forward to returning next year.

Full Results: (note in the GBA standings 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from the finals round. All other scores are from the preliminary rounds.)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.4	BUBBA GRILLS	1	597.9	HOLY SMOKES	1	599.4	HOLY SMOKES
2	595	RESCUE SMOKERS	2	597.1	REAL SOUTH BBQ	2	594.6	FIDDLERS BBQ
3	594.2	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	3	587.9	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	3	589.7	FAT DADDY P’S BBQ
4	591.2	FIDDLERS BBQ	4	592.2	THE BBQ NINJA	4	594.8	RESCUE SMOKERS
5	591.2	CAJENN SMOKING Q	5	591.5	GEORGIA BOYS	5	591.9	THE BBQ NINJA
6	591.2	H & J COOKING TEAM	6	589.9	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	6	590.6	H & J COOKING TEAM
7	585.9	GEORGIA BOYS	7	587.5	SOUTHEN HOGS	7	588.7	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
8	582	JOHNSON BOYS BBQ	8	587.2	BUBBA GRILLS	8	584.5	REAL SOUTH BBQ
9	580.9	REAL SOUTH BBQ	9	586.6	CAJENN SMOKING Q	9	582.3	JOHNSON BOYS BBQ
10	579	HOLY SMOKES	10	585	H & J COOKING TEAM	10	581.2	BUBBA GRILLS
11	576.6	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	11	582.6	RESCUE SMOKERS	11	580.4	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
12	571.5	SOUTHEN HOGS	12	581.7	FAT DADDY P’S BBQ	12	578.7	SOUTHEN HOGS
13	570.5	THE BBQ NINJA	13	576.8	FIDDLERS BBQ	13	573.8	CAJENN SMOKING Q
14	562.7	FAT DADDY P’S BBQ	14	567.2	JOHNSON BOYS BBQ	14	558.8	GEORGIA BOYS

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	599.7	589.9	588.7	1778.3
2	HOLY SMOKES	579.0	598.8	598.8	1776.6
3	RESCUE SMOKERS	599.1	582.6	594.8	1776.5
4	H & J COOKING TEAM	591.2	585.0	590.6	1766.8
5	BUBBA GRILLS	595.8	587.2	581.2	1764.2
6	FIDDLERS BBQ	591.2	576.8	595.8	1763.8
7	REAL SOUTH BBQ	580.9	595.2	584.5	1760.6
8	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	576.6	598.8	580.4	1755.8
9	THE BBQ NINJA	570.5	592.2	591.9	1754.6
10	CAJENN SMOKING Q	591.2	586.6	573.8	1751.6
11	FAT DADDY P’S BBQ	562.7	581.7	595.7	1740.1
12	SOUTHEN HOGS	571.5	587.5	578.7	1737.7
13	GEORGIA BOYS	585.9	591.5	558.8	1736.2
14	JOHNSON BOYS BBQ	582.0	567.2	582.3	1731.5

Cooking For Fun:

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	591.5	MAMA’S QUE & STEW	1	589.8	BIG PAPA BBQ
2	589.8	BIG PAPA BBQ	2	584.2	MASTER BASTERS
3	587.5	SMOKING SNOWBALLS	3	579.4	SMOKING SNOWBALLS
4	575.7	MASTER BASTERS	4	576	SPANK YO BUTT BBQ
5	0	SPANK YO BUTT BBQ	5	573	MAMA’S QUE & STEW

Oct 25 2015

Bubba Grills Wins GBA State Championship

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) held its annual State Championship contest at the Deep Roots Festival in historic, downtown Milledgeville. Thirty two teams put their best efforts forward to take home a share of the $11,000 purse. Stumps Smokers sponsored an additional $1500 award to the overall GBA State Champion. Getting that coveted last call of the day as Deep Roots Festival Grand Champion and the GBA State Champion was Lonnie Smith and team Bubba Grills.

In the GBA, the team with the highest cumulative score across the three categories in the preliminary rounds is named the Reserve Grand Champion. CaJenn Smokin’ Que, led by pitmaster Billy Jennings, made finals in Pulled Pork along with 7th place in Loin and 6th place in Ribs to win the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Teams had to be on their “A” game right off the bat. The first category turned in is Pork Loin and the entry had to be close to perfect to advance to the finals round. In fact, the top 3 teams in the preliminary round all scored a 599.7 out of a possible 600. After the Loin Finals entries were scored by the panel of finals judges; Tim Coleman and his Real South BBQ team took top honors. We Want Q was the runner-up with 92 BBQ finishing in third place. Daddy O’s BBQ took 4th place; Smokin the Good Stuff took 5th and Southern Hogs took 6th place. Cajenn Smokin’ Que won the tiebreaker over Bubba Grills for 7th place. Rescue Smokers claimed 9th place and Smokin’ 42 BBQ claimed 10th place.

Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Jack & Sandy Fallin, won the Pulled Pork category. Cajenn Smokin’ Que got the 2nd place call. Real South BBQ walked for the second time by taking 3rd place. Raging Smoke BBQ grabbed 4th place. By just 0.3 of a point, 5 O’Clock Somewhere edged Dixe Que for 5th. Johnson Boys BBQ took home the 7th place award with Nature Boy BBQ grabbing 8th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Rescue Smokers swapped placed this time with Smokin 42 BBQ in 9th and Rescue Smokers in 10th.

Bubba Grills State Championship Ribs won the final category of the day. Daddy O’s BBQ was 2nd with Simply Que in third place. Just Blowing Smoke took 4th place followed by Party Porkers in 5th and Cajenn Smokin’ Que in 6th place. Rescue Smokers took 7th place by 0.5 of a point over Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team. Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Raging Smoke BBQ rounded out the top 10.

The GBA wants to thank the city of Milledgeville for rolling out the red carpet once again all the GBA teams & judges. The Deep Roots Festival is one of the top festivals in the state of Georgia. Next the GBA heads to Wrightsville for the first time for Johnson County Wiggle & Twist on Halloweeen weekend.

1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores in each category are Final Round scores. All other scores are from preliminary rounds.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.4	Real South BBQ	1	596.3	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	1	598.6	Bubba Grills
2	595.3	We Want Q	2	595.6	Cajenn Smokin Que	2	594.3	Daddy-O’s BBQ
3	592	92 BBQ	3	593.1	Real South BBQ	3	591.2	Simply Que
4	598.8	Daddy-O’s BBQ	4	597.9	Raging Smoke BBQ	4	592.1	Just Blowing Smoke
5	596.7	Smokin the Good Stuff	5	595.8	5 O’Clock Somewhere	5	591.5	Party Porkers
6	595.4	Southern Hogs	6	595.5	Dixie Que	6	590.5	Cajenn Smokin Que
7	593.1	Cajenn Smokin Que	7	595.4	Johnson Boys BBQ	7	589.7	Rescue Smokers
8	593.1	Bubba Grills	8	594.8	Nature Boy BBQ	8	589.2	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team
9	592.1	Rescue Smokers	9	594.8	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	9	588.4	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
10	591.8	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	10	594.2	Rescue Smokers	10	588.2	Raging Smoke BBQ
11	591.4	Just Blowing Smoke	11	593.1	Sensational Pigs	11	586.2	Southern Hogs
12	590.5	Rub Shakers Que	12	590.6	Bubba Grills	12	584.5	Johnson Boys BBQ
13	586.6	Dixie Que	13	588.5	Rub Shakers Que	13	584.2	Smoke Shack BBQ
14	586	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	14	587.2	Old Henry’s BBQ	14	583.9	Rub Shakers Que
15	585.9	Main Street BBQ	15	587.2	92 BBQ	15	582.5	Nature Boy BBQ
16	585.6	Party Porkers	16	586.9	Just Blowing Smoke	16	582.2	We Want Que
17	582.6	Smoke Shack BBQ	17	586.4	Southern Hogs	17	582	Rotary Roasters
18	581.6	For Get Me Not BBQ	18	586.3	Smoke Shack BBQ	18	581.9	Real South BBQ
19	580.9	Raging Smoke BBQ	19	585.9	Smokin the Good Stuff	19	581.7	Sensational Pigs
20	578.4	Sensational Pigs	20	584.8	Maxus Porkamus	20	580.9	Old Henry’s BBQ
21	578	Pigs in Heat	21	582.9	Main Street BBQ	21	580.4	5 O’Clock Somewhere
22	576.3	5 O’Clock Somewhere	22	582.7	Simply Que	22	580	Cold War BBQ
23	574.2	Rotary Roasters	23	582.3	Party Porkers	23	576.6	92 BBQ
24	573.1	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	24	581.4	New Generation BBQ	24	576.3	Smokin the Good Stuff
25	572.7	Lazy Days BBQ	25	578.4	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	25	575.7	Main Street BBQ
26	572.4	Maxus Porkamus	26	577.1	Rotary Roasters	26	573	Pigs in Heat
27	571.8	Johnson Boys BBQ	27	574	We Want Que	27	572	Dixie Que
28	571.7	Old Henry’s BBQ	28	570.3	For Get Me Not BBQ	28	571.2	For Get Me Not BBQ
29	564.6	New Generation BBQ	29	570.3	Daddy-O’s BBQ	29	563.9	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
30	558.9	Simply Que	30	561.4	Pigs in Heat	30	562.9	Lazy Days BBQ
31	558.4	Nature Boy BBQ	31	560.3	Lazy Days BBQ	31	554.8	Maxus Porkamus
32	0	Cold War BBQ	32	0	Cold War BBQ	32	0	New Generation BBQ

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Cajenn Smokin Que	593.1	598.8	590.5	1782.4
2	Real South BBQ	599.7	598.8	581.9	1780.4
3	Rescue Smokers	592.1	594.2	589.7	1776.0
4	Bubba Grills	593.1	590.6	592.2	1775.9
5	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	591.8	594.8	588.4	1775.0
6	Just Blowing Smoke	591.4	586.9	592.1	1770.4
7	Southern Hogs	595.4	586.4	586.2	1768.0
8	Raging Smoke BBQ	580.9	597.9	588.2	1767.0
9	92 BBQ	599.7	587.2	576.6	1763.5
10	Rub Shakers Que	590.5	588.5	583.9	1762.9
11	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	573.1	600.0	589.2	1762.3
12	Daddy-O’s BBQ	598.8	570.3	592.5	1761.6
13	Party Porkers	585.6	582.3	591.5	1759.4
14	Smokin the Good Stuff	596.7	585.9	576.3	1758.9
15	We Want Que	599.7	574.0	582.2	1755.9
16	Dixie Que	586.6	595.5	572.0	1754.1
17	Sensational Pigs	578.4	593.1	581.7	1753.2
18	Smoke Shack BBQ	582.6	586.3	584.2	1753.1
19	5 O’Clock Somewhere	576.3	595.8	580.4	1752.5
20	Johnson Boys BBQ	571.8	595.4	584.5	1751.7
21	Main Street BBQ	585.9	582.9	575.7	1744.5
22	Old Henry’s BBQ	571.7	587.2	580.9	1739.8
23	Simply Que	558.9	582.7	595.5	1737.1
24	Nature Boy BBQ	558.4	594.8	582.5	1735.7
25	Rotary Roasters	574.2	577.1	582.0	1733.3
26	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	586.0	578.4	563.9	1728.3
27	For Get Me Not BBQ	581.6	570.3	571.2	1723.1
28	Pigs in Heat	578.0	561.4	573.0	1712.4
29	Maxus Porkamus	572.4	584.8	554.8	1712.0
30	Lazy Days BBQ	572.7	560.3	562.9	1695.9
31	New Generation BBQ	564.6	581.4	0.0	1146.0
32	Cold War BBQ	0.0	0.0	580.0	580.0

Sep 27 2015

A Near Perfect Day for Rescue Smokers

The 2015-2016 competition season for the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) got off to a unbelievable start at the Doc Holiday BBQ & Blues Festival in downtown Griffin. On the Pro competiton, 39 of the top teams in the state turned out to try and grab the early lead in the Team of the Year competition as Double Points were on the line. There were also 5 Cooking for Fun division teams. The contest also featured Friday ancillaries in Sauce, Wings & Dessert. There was also a special Saturday Brisket Shootout competition.

The level of competition was on display right off the bat in Pork Loin as three teams — Bubba Grills, Dixie Q & Rescue Smokers — each tallied a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. Smokin’ 42 BBQ missed the 4th perfect score in Loin by just 0.3 of a point. Rescue Smokers pulled their second 600 score of the day in the Pulled Pork preliminary round.

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers near perfect day ended with the last call as Grand Champion of the contest. Lonnie Smith and the Bubba Grills team strong showing across all three categories earned the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin – Dixie Q

Breaking ties with perfect scores often comes down to the dreaded coin toss. In the GBA, however, the top three teams in each category advance to the Finals rounds where they prepare another turn in box to be scored by a select panel of Finals judges. So, the three teams with perfect scores go to settle it with a head to head to head matchup.

Rick Godfrey of Dixie Q got the top score in the Loin finals round to win the category. Rescue Smokers took second place with Bubba Grills taking third. Smokin’ 42 BBQ came in 4th place. Johnson Boys BBQ, in their first GBA contest, finished 5th with Dobey Q finishing sixth. Forget Me Not BBQ took 7th place, Daddy-O’s BBQ took 8th, 92 BBQ took 9th and Fiddlers BBQ took 10th place.

Rescue Smokers had the top finals round Pulled Pork score for the win. Johnson Boys BBQ was the runner-up with Southern Hogs in 3rd place. Bubba Grills grabbed 4th place followed by CaJenn BBQ in 5th and Rub My Butt in 6th place. Seventh place went to We Want Que and 8th place went to Dixie Q. Smokin 42 BBQ & The BBQ Ninja finished 9th & 10th respectively.

First Place Ribs – The BBQ Ninja

The BBQ Ninja took top honors in Ribs. 92 BBQ took second place with Smokin the Good Stuff in third. For third place, Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team edged out Fiddlers BBQ who came in fourth. Sixth place went to We Want Que just ahead of Rescue Smokers in 7th place. Rub My Butt, Simply Q and Daddy-O’s BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Rescue Smokers continued their domination of the day by winning the Brisket Challenge. Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team took 2nd place with Smokin 42 BBQ taking 3rd. The BBQ Ninja grabbed 4th place and Dobey Q took 5th.

In the Cooking For Fun Division, Badonkadonk won Pulled Pork with Mama’s Que & Stew in 2nd and Burnt Offering Cooking Crew in third. In Ribs, Burnt Bermuda BBQ took top honors with Badonkadonk as runner-up and Mama’s Que & Stew taking third.

Cooking For Fun Pork – Badonkadonk

Cooking For Fun Ribs – Burnt Bermuda BBQ

Next, the GBA heads to Milledgeville for the Deep Roots Festival and The GBA State Championship on October 23-24.

If you want to become a part of this exciting BBQ competition organization, membership information can be found at www.bbqga.com

Full Results – Note: the top three scores are from Finals Rounds. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.2	Dixie Que	1	599.1	Rescue Smokers	1	597	The BBQ Ninja
2	595	Rescue Smokers	2	595	Johnson Boys BBQ	2	595.3	92 BBQ
3	593.4	Bubba Grills	3	592	Southern Hogs	3	593.5	Smokin the Good Stuff
4	599.7	Smokin 42 BBQ	4	595.1	Bubba Grills	4	595.8	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team
5	597.6	Johnson Boys BBQ	5	594.2	CaJenn Smokin Que	5	595.5	Fiddlers
6	597.4	Dobey Q	6	593.9	Rub My Butt BBQ	6	592.4	We Want Que
7	596.4	Forget Me Not BBQ	7	593.3	We Want Que	7	592.2	Rescue Smokers
8	595.8	Daddy-O’s BBQ	8	591.81	Dixie Q	8	591.9	Rub My Butt BBQ
9	594.9	92 BBQ	9	591.8	Smokin 42 BBQ	9	591.8	Simply Q
10	594.5	Fiddlers	10	591.5	The BBQ Ninja	10	591.2	Daddy-O’s BBQ
11	594.2	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	11	590.8	H & J Cooking Team	11	590.9	Screaming Eagle
12	592.1	Rub My Butt BBQ	12	590.6	Smoke Shack BBQ	12	590.8	Raging Smoke BBQ
13	590.9	Real South BBQ	13	589.9	Real South BBQ	13	588.2	Templar Temptations
14	590.9	J Dubas Stew & Que	14	589.9	Simply Q	14	587.9	Bubba Grills
15	589.9	Simply Q	15	589.6	Rub Shakers Que	15	587.9	Rub Shakers Que
16	589.9	Templar Temptations	16	589	Daddy-O’s BBQ	16	587.5	Dixie Q
17	587.1	Main Street Barbecue	17	587.5	Raging Smoke BBQ	17	587.5	Smokin 42 BBQ
18	587	Raging Smoke BBQ	18	587.2	Templar Temptations	18	586.3	Fletcher’s Finest
19	585.7	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team	19	587.2	Que The Musick	19	586.2	CaJenn Smokin Que
20	585.1	CaJenn Smokin Que	20	586.6	Smokin the Good Stuff	20	584.2	J Dubas Stew & Que
21	585	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	21	586.3	Screaming Eagle	21	583.6	Southern Hogs
22	581	Southern Hogs	22	584.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	22	583.6	Real South BBQ
23	580.3	The BBQ Ninja	23	584.2	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	23	582.9	H & J Cooking Team
24	580.3	Rub Shakers Que	24	583.9	Fiddlers	24	582.6	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team
25	580.1	Smokin the Good Stuff	25	583.4	Hold Your Horses BBQ	25	582	Main Street Barbecue
26	579.8	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	26	583.1	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team	26	581.4	Dobey Q
27	579.6	Que The Musick	27	582.9	Fletcher’s Finest	27	580.3	Dawg Pit BBQ
28	579.1	Smoke Shack BBQ	28	581.7	Main Street Barbecue	28	578.5	Ole Sparky’s BBQ
29	576	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ	29	581.4	Forget Me Not BBQ	29	577.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
30	575.3	We Want Que	30	578.7	J Dubas Stew & Que	30	575.7	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ
31	575	Bearded BBQ	31	577.1	Old Henry BBQ	31	575.4	Que The Musick
32	572.1	Old Henry BBQ	32	576.3	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ	32	573.9	Just for Fun
33	571.4	Screaming Eagle	33	576.3	Dawg Pit BBQ	33	571.5	Smoke Shack BBQ
34	570.2	Fletcher’s Finest	34	574.5	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ	34	571.4	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ
35	566.6	H & J Cooking Team	35	572.7	Just for Fun	35	570.8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
36	564.3	Hold Your Horses BBQ	36	570.5	Bearded BBQ	36	570.2	Bearded BBQ
37	560.9	Just for Fun	37	569.7	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	37	568.7	Johnson Boys BBQ
38	559	Dawg Pit BBQ	38	567.8	92 BBQ	38	567.9	Hold Your Horses BBQ
39	0	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ	39	0	Dobey Q	39	566.9	Old Henry BBQ

Reserve Championship: Highest cumulative score from preliminary rounds. If Grand Champion has top score, the award passes down to the second highest total score.

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	600	600	592.2	1792.2
2	Bubba Grills	600	595.1	587.9	1783
3	Dixie Q	600	591.81	587.5	1779.31
4	Smokin 42 BBQ	599.7	591.8	587.5	1779
5	Rub My Butt BBQ	592.1	593.9	591.9	1777.9
6	Daddy-O’s BBQ	595.8	589	591.2	1776
7	Fiddlers	594.5	583.9	595.5	1773.9
8	Simply Q	589.9	589.9	591.8	1771.6
9	The BBQ Ninja	580.3	591.5	596.4	1768.2
10	CaJenn Smokin Que	585.1	594.2	586.2	1765.5
11	Smokin the Good Stuff	580.1	586.6	598.8	1765.5
12	Raging Smoke BBQ	587	587.5	590.8	1765.3
13	Templar Temptations	589.9	587.2	588.2	1765.3
14	Real South BBQ	590.9	589.9	583.6	1764.4
15	Southern Hogs	581	599.1	583.6	1763.7
16	92 BBQ	594.9	567.8	599.4	1762.1
17	Johnson Boys BBQ	597.6	595.4	568.7	1761.7
18	We Want Que	575.3	593.3	592.4	1761
19	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	579.8	584.2	595.8	1759.8
20	Rub Shakers Que	580.3	589.6	587.9	1757.8
21	Forget Me Not BBQ	596.4	581.4	577.5	1755.3
22	J Dubas Stew & Que	590.9	578.7	584.2	1753.8
23	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team	585.7	583.1	582.6	1751.4
24	Main Street Barbecue	587.1	581.7	582	1750.8
25	Screaming Eagle	571.4	586.3	590.9	1748.6
26	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	594.2	569.7	578.5	1742.4
27	Que The Musick	579.6	587.2	575.4	1742.2
28	Smoke Shack BBQ	579.1	590.6	571.5	1741.2
29	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	585	584.7	570.8	1740.5
30	H & J Cooking Team	566.6	590.8	582.9	1740.3
31	Fletcher’s Finest	570.2	582.9	586.3	1739.4
32	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ	576	576.3	575.7	1728
33	Old Henry BBQ	572.1	577.1	566.9	1716.1
34	Bearded BBQ	575	570.5	570.2	1715.7
35	Dawg Pit BBQ	559	576.3	580.3	1715.6
36	Hold Your Horses BBQ	564.3	583.4	567.9	1715.6
37	Just for Fun	560.9	572.7	573.9	1707.5
38	Dobey Q	597.4	0	581.4	1178.8
39	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ	0	574.5	571.4	1145.9

Cooking For Fun

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	589.9	Badonkadonk	1	598.5	Burnt Bermuda BBQ
2	583.2	MaMa’s Que N Stew	2	593.9	Badonkadonk
3	581	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew	3	588.2	MaMa’s Que N Stew
4	571.1	Mill Hill Barbecue Company	4	586.9	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew
5	569.6	Burnt Bermuda BBQ	5	567.6	Mill Hill Barbecue Company