Sep 12 2015

Board of Directors Meeting 9/13/2015 Agenda

Georgia Barbecue Association
Board of Directors Meeting
Sept 13, 2015

Tentative Agenda

  • Call to Order — Chair Rick Godfrey
  • Approval of revised By-Laws
  • Clarification of policy regarding grills/cookers donated by sponsors
  • Clarification of policy regarding judge certification/retraining
  • Change the name of Reserve Grand Champion change Sanctioning Agreement Section II, #23, a-b from minimum payout of $1500 for Grand Champion & $500 for Reserve Grand Champion to require both Champions to be paid equal amounts of no less than $1000 each.
  • Clarification of duties of official Meat Inspector
  • Adopt policy of seating 6 judges per table and method for dropping low score/judge
  • Member Comments
  • Adjourn

Jul 06 2015

Just Blowing Smoke Takes the Title at Brookhaven BBQ Bash

Just Blowing Smoke Takes the Title at Brookhaven BBQ Bash

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) invaded the metro Atlanta area for the Brookhaven BBQ Bash as part of the Brookhaven Soccerfest on the Fourth of July weekend.  The weekend started with on again/off again showers throughout the day Friday.  By Saturday morning, it had turned into a steady rain. The weather radar did give much hope with a continuous band of rain all the way west to Mississippi.  While lightning strikes delayed the start of the Peachtree Road Race just a few miles to the south, the dedicated GBA Pitmasters continued to work their magic & turned in box after box of outstanding ‘Que.

Grand Champion - Just Blowing Smoke

Grand Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

Just Blowing Smoke, Robin & Amy Bowles along with Rick Goldstein, made finals in all three GBA categories, but it was their first place Pork Loin that tallied the highest score of the day from the panel of finals judges to capture the Grand Championship.  Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took home the Reserve Grand Championship when he made finals in Pulled Pork and Ribs but just missed a “triple final” by 0.6 of a point for a 4th place finish in Loin.

Reserve Champion - 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Reserve Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Between Just Blowing Smoke’s winning Loin entry & 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 4th place box was Hard Rock Hill BBQ in 2nd place and Buckhaven BBQ, in their first competition,  in 3rd place. Fifth place went to 29 Barbecue with Hootie Q taking 6th place. Rub Shakers Que took 7th place & 8th went to Simply Q. Big Mama’s & Big Daddy’s BBQ grabbed the 9th spot and Lil Bubba’s rounded out the top 10.

Fiddlers BBQ

Fiddlers BBQ

 

 

 

Harvey & Shirley Wills of Fiddler’s BBQ took top honors in Pulled Pork. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers was the runner-up and Just Blowing Smoke took 3rd place.  In the preliminary round, Just Blowing Smoke tallied a perfect score of 600. Simply Q finished in 4th place. Fifth place went to Lil Bubba’s by 0.1 of a point over Hard Rock Hill BBQ. Swineholio came in 7th place followed by Porch Light in 8th; Que the Musick in 9th and Rub Shakers Que in 10th place.

 

 

The third category of the day is always Ribs and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers topped the field. Just Blowing Smoke came in second and Swineholio finished in 3rd place. 29 Barbeque took 4th place. Simply Q edged out Fiddler’s BBQ for 5th place by 0.1 of a point.  Seveth & eighth places were also close as Rub Shakers Que edged out Hard Rock Hill BBQ by just 0.2 of a point.  Ninth & 10 places went to Que the Musick and Porch Light respectively.

Hard Rock Hill BBQ

Hard Rock Hill BBQ

 

 

 

The GBA really enjoyed the beautiful park in Brookhaven. It was a shame that the weather washed out most the Soccerfest activities.  Our hosts for the weekend did an outstanding job & the GBA is looking forward to a return visit in the near future.

With the 2014-2015 competition season officially closed, we now look ahead to our Annual Banquet.  It will be held on August 1st at Healy Point Country Club in Macon.  All GBA members – cook teams, judges, sponsors, and general members – are invited to be a part of this special event.  We will honor our Teams of the Year as well as our Judge of the Year.  There be will nice gift bags from our sponsors as well as drawings for great door prizes.   The GBA also has a Judge Training Class scheduled for  August 22 at Towns Bluff Park near Hazlehurst.  Go to the Contests & Events page at www.bbqga.com to register for these events.

We are excited to kick off our 2015-2016 competition season in Griffin on Sept 25-26. This will be one of three Team of the Year double points contests.   The GBA State Championship will be held at the Deep Roots BBQ Festival in Milledgeville on Oct 23-24.  Make you plans now to be a part of these two great events.

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 597 Just Blowing Smoke 1 595.8 Fiddlers BBQ 1 596.2 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
2 594.6 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 2 595.6 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 2 595.9 Just Blowing Smoke
3 590.1 BuckHaven Q 3 590.6 Just Blowing Smoke 3 589.2 Swineholio
4 589.8 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 4 584.5 Simply Q 4 588.5 29 Barbeque
5 586.4 29 Barbeque 5 583.3 Lil’ Bubba’s 5 585.2 Simply Q
6 583.9 Hootie Q 6 583.2 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 6 585.1 Fiddlers BBQ
7 582.3 Rub Shakers Que 7 579.6 Swineholio 7 584.8 Rub Shakers Que
8 579.2 Simply Q 8 578.5 Porch Light 8 584.6 Hard Rock Hill BBQ
9 575.9 Big Mama and Big Daddy’s BBQ 9 576.3 Que the Musick 9 580.9 Que the Musick
10 573.7 Lil’ Bubba’s 10 576.01 Rub Shakers Que 10 580.2 Porch Light
11 573 We Want Que 11 576 29 Barbeque 11 577.4 Twissted Smoke
12 570.6 Fiddlers BBQ 12 571.8 Hootie Q 12 575.6 Hootie Q
13 565.1 Que the Musick 13 569.7 We Want Que 13 575.4 We Want Que
14 562.2 Twissted Smoke 14 569.4 Twissted Smoke 14 568.7 Lil’ Bubba’s
15 559.7 Porch Light 15 566.5 Big Mama and Big Daddy’s BBQ 15 566.2 BuckHaven Q
16 547.3 Swineholio 16 565.2 BuckHaven Q 16 553.3 Big Mama and Big Daddy’s BBQ

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Just Blowing Smoke 595.1 600 592.8 1787.9
2 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 589.8 590.8 591.5 1772.1
3 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 590.8 583.2 584.6 1758.6
4 Fiddlers BBQ 570.6 599.1 585.1 1754.8
5 29 Barbeque 586.4 576 588.5 1750.9
6 Simply Q 579.2 584.5 585.2 1748.9
7 Rub Shakers Que 582.3 576.01 584.8 1743.11
8 Hootie Q 583.9 571.8 575.6 1731.3
9 Lil’ Bubba’s 573.7 583.3 568.7 1725.7
10 Que the Musick 565.1 576.3 580.9 1722.3
11 BuckHaven Q 590.4 565.2 566.2 1721.8
12 Porch Light 559.7 578.5 580.2 1718.4
13 Swineholio 547.3 579.6 591.2 1718.1
14 We Want Que 573 569.7 575.4 1718.1
15 Twissted Smoke 562.2 569.4 577.4 1709
16 Big Mama and Big Daddy’s BBQ 575.9 566.5 553.3 1695.7

 

May 24 2015

A Grand Time in Fort Gaines for Dobey Q

A Grand Time in Fort Gaines for Dobey Q

The Fort Gaines 200 committee pulled out all stops for an amazing contest in the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge. It all started with a beautiful venue on the banks of the Chattahoochee River.  The Challenge stepped up a notch when White Oak Pastures presented the People’s Choice competitors with their pasture raised chickens for the contest.  Smoke over Bluffton won both the People’s Choice and the BBQ Queen’s choice with their pulled chicken

In the GBA competition,  David Hair & Dobey Q’s pulled pork finals entry edges out the rib box of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers by 0.6 of a point for the Grand Championship.  That was a testament of how competitive the contest as for the first time in anyone’s memory,  9 different teams made the finals round in the three GBA categories.

Grand Champion - Dobey Q

Grand Champion – Dobey Q

Just Blowing Smoke – Robin & Amy Bowles and Rick Goldstien – made finals in Ribs while also taking 4th place in Loin and 5th place in Pulled Pork to take home the Reserve Champiionship.

Reserve Champion - Just Blowing Smoke

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

 

First Place Loin - CaJenn Smokin Que

First Place Loin – CaJenn Smokin Que

CaJenn Smokin Que continued their recent hot streak by winning the Loin category.  I Go Low & Slow, cooking in their first GBA event, took 2nd place while Real South BBQ took 3rd place.  Fourth place went to Just Blowing Smoke with 5th place going to Fiddler’s BBQ.  Rib Ticklers captured 6th place followed by Dobey Q in 7th and LawDawgs BBQ in 8th place. Ninth went to 29 BBQ and 10th went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers.

 

Dobey Q led field in Pulled Pork with Fiddlers BBQ as runner-up and H & J Cooking Team coming in 3rd place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers won the 4th tiebreaker over Just Blowing Smoke for 4th place.  The sixth place call with to McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ with the 7th place call going to Real South BBQ. Rib Ticklers took 8th place with 29 BBQ taking 9th and Old Henry’s BBQ rounding out the top ten.

First Place Ribs - 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

First Place Ribs – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

The best Ribs of the day went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Just Blowing Smoke took second.  McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ made the Rib finals in their first professional contest and came in 3rd place. Old Henry’s BBQ walked in 4th place and Fiddler’s BBQ grabbed fifth.  Rib Ticklers took 6th place, Chattahoochee Smoke took 7th place and Real South BBQ took 8th place.  29 BBQ and Dobey Q finished 9th and 10th respectively.

The GBA is looking forward to a return trip to Fort Gaines in 2016.  The GBA will take a few weeks off the conclude the 2014-2015 contest season with the Brookhaven BBQ Bash on Fourth of July weekend.

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

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 596.2 CaJenn Smokin Que 1 597.9 Dobey Q 1 597.3 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
2 594.3 I Go Low & Slow 2 594.5 Fiddler’s BBQ 2 596.1 Just Blowing Smoke
3 591.5 Real South BBQ 3 589.6 H & J Cooking Team 3 588.6 McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ
4 592.5 Just Blowing Smoke 4 589.31 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 4 586.9 Old Henry’s BBQ
5 590.1 Fiddler’s BBQ 5 589.3 Just Blowing Smoke 5 586.3 Fiddler’s BBQ
6 588.8 Rib Ticklers 6 587.3 McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ 6 586.02 Rib Ticklers
7 586 Dobey Q 7 586.9 Real South BBQ 7 586.01 Chattahoochee Smoke
8 583.3 Law Dawgs 8 585.7 Rib Ticklers 8 586 Real South BBQ
9 578.7 29 BBQ 9 582.4 29 BBQ 9 585.8 29 BBQ
10 576.5 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 10 582.3 Old Henry’s BBQ 10 585.7 Dobey Q
11 576.3 Smokey Times 11 582.1 Law Dawgs 11 582.4 Knawty-Hawg
12 576.2 McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ 12 582 Blue Smoke BB 12 575.1 Law Dawgs
13 574.3 Hi I Que 13 579.9 CaJenn Smokin Que 13 574.7 Smokey Times
14 573.3 Chattahoochee Smoke 14 577.3 Smokey Times 14 573.6 CaJenn Smokin Que
15 572.5 Knawty-Hawg 15 571.8 Chattahoochee Smoke 15 569.4 I Go Low & Slow
16 571.3 H & J Cooking Team 16 571 Hi I Que 16 565.7 H & J Cooking Team
17 570.5 Blue Smoke BB 17 563.2 Smoke Over Bluffton 17 563.2 Smoke Over Bluffton
18 565.5 Smoke Over Bluffton 18 562.3 I Go Low & Slow 18 561.7 Blue Smoke BB
19 561.9 Old Henry’s BBQ 19 0 Knawty-Hawg 19 557.6 Hi I Que

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Just Blowing Smoke 592.5 589.3 590.6 1772.4
2 Fiddler’s BBQ 590.1 594.8 586.3 1771.2
3 Real South BBQ 597.6 586.9 586 1770.5
4 Dobey Q 586 590.2 585.7 1761.9
5 Rib Ticklers 588.8 585.7 586.02 1760.52
6 McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ 576.2 587.3 596.4 1759.9
7 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 576.5 589.31 590.6 1756.41
8 CaJenn Smokin Que 594.5 579.9 573.6 1748
9 29 BBQ 578.7 582.4 585.8 1746.9
10 Law Dawgs 583.3 582.1 575.1 1740.5
11 H & J Cooking Team 571.3 594.3 565.7 1731.3
12 Chattahoochee Smoke 573.3 571.8 586.01 1731.11
13 I Go Low & Slow 599.4 562.3 569.4 1731.1
14 Old Henry’s BBQ 561.9 582.3 586.9 1731.1
15 Smokey Times 576.3 577.3 574.7 1728.3
16 Blue Smoke BB 570.5 582 561.7 1714.2
17 Hi I Que 574.3 571 557.6 1702.9
18 Smoke Over Bluffton 565.5 563.2 563.2 1691.9
19 Knawty-Hawg 572.5 0 582.4 1154.9

May 10 2015

Fiddler’s BBQ Breaks Thru at Smoke on the Lake

Fiddler’s BBQ Breaks Thru at Smoke on the Lake

A few weeks ago at Jackson, Fiddler’s BBQ made finals in all three categories and took first in Loin & Pulled Pork.  However, Bubba Grills’ Rib entry denied Harvey & Shirley Wills the last call.  At Smoke on the Lake at Acworth, Fiddler’s only made finals in Pulled Pork, but the entry was stong enough to bring home a score of 599 and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion - Fiddler's BBQ

Grand Champion – Fiddler’s BBQ

Brad Sweet of 92/Assassin Smokers scored a perfect 600 in both Loin and Ribs in the preliminary rounds to record the highest cumulative score for the contest and capture the Reserve Championship. It was the first time a single team has received perfect scores in two different categories in the same contest.  Bubba Grills did hit the 600 mark in both the preliminaries and finals in Ribs at Gordon in 2012.

Reserve Champion - 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Reserve Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

 

In Pork Loin, Just Blowing Smoke won the final’s table with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking 2nd place and Smokin The Good Stuff taking third.  Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ;; 5th place went to We Want Que and 6th place went to Plum Superior BBQ. CJ’s BBQ took 7th place with Smart Ash BBQ taking eighth.  Curley Que BBQ made 9th place and SmokeShack BBQ rounded out the top 10.

 

1st Place Loin - Just Blowing Smoke

1st Place Loin – Just Blowing Smoke

 

 

Fiddler’s BBQ Grand Championship Pulled Pork entry topped the category with Swineholio as the runner-up and CJ’s BBQ in third place. Plum Superior BBQ finished in 4th just ahead of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in 5th place. Just Blowing Smoke walked for 6th place and Smoking the Good Stuff got the 7th place call.  Eighth thru 10th places went to We Want Que, SmokeShack BBQ and Four Fathers BBQ Crew respectively.

 

Winning Ribs was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers.  Plum Superior BBQ claimed 2nd place and Smoking Butts BBQ claimed third.  Smokin the Good Stuff took 4th place.  Fifth place went to Rub Shakers Que and 6th place in Ribs went to Swineholio. We Want Que waked for the third time with the 7th place call and Porkinator got their first call of the day for 8th place.  Just Blowing Smoke took 9th place and 10th place went to Fiddler’s BBQ.

 

 

Smoke on the Lake also hosted a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun contest.  Hickory Flat BBQ won the Grand Championship and Nice Rack BBQ won the Reserve Championship.

 

Cookin For Fun Grand Champion - Hickory Flat BBQ

Cooking For Fun Grand Champion – Hickory Flat BBQ

Cooking For Fun Reserve Champion - NIce Rack BBQ

Cooking For Fun Reserve Champion – NIce Rack BBQ

Hickory Flat BBQ won the Chicken category with East Coast BBQ taking 2nd place and YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ taking 3rd place.  Nice Rack BBQ took top honors in Pulled Pork. Liberty BBQ was the runner up and Its Hog Gone Good got the 3rd place call.  Hickory Flat BBQ picked up their second 1st place trophy for Ribs, Dawgs Smokin Hawgs came in 2nd with Nice Rack BBQ coming in 3rd place.

The GBA thanks the North Cobb Rotary Club for organizing Smoke on the Lake and the citizens of Acworth for their amazing support of the event.  Each year the Rotary club raises thousands for thier charity projects.  Next  up for the GBA is  White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results – GBA Divisioin (note 1st , 2nd & 3rd place scores are from Final Rounds. All other scores are from preliminary round scores.)

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 597.6 Just Blowing Smoke 1 599 Fiddlers BBQ 1 596.3 92 BBQ Assasin Smokers
2 595.4 92 BBQ Assasin Smokers 2 590.8 Swineholio 2 595.7 Plum Superior BBQ
3 588.4 Smokin The God Stuff 3 586.8 CJ’s BBQ 3 587.9 Smoking Butts BBQ
4 592.1 Fiddlers BBQ 4 587.2 Plum Superior BBQ 4 590.2 Smokin The Good Stuff
5 591.5 We Want Que 5 586.8 92 BBQ 5 588.7 Rub Shakers Que
6 590.8 Plum Superior BBQ 6 583.2 Just Blowin’ Smoke 6 588.2 Swineholio
7 589.9 CJ’s BBQ 7 581.9 Smokin The Good Stuff 7 584.2 We Want Que
8 583.9 Smart Ash BBQ 8 580.6 We Want Que 8 583.6 Porkinator
9 580.9 Curly Q BBQ 9 579.6 Smoke Shack BBQ 9 583.3 Just Blowin’ Smoke
10 579.3 Smoke Shack BBQ 10 577.4 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 10 582.1 Fiddlers BBQ
11 579 Smoking Butts BBQ 11 577 Lizzy Lou 11 580.3 Butt Rubbin BBQ
12 577 Porkinator 12 576.7 Smoking Butts BBQ 12 576.9 Lizzy Lou
13 574 Rub Shakers Que 13 574.7 Porkinator 13 576.7 CJ’s BBQ
14 569.7 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 14 573.9 Rub Shakers Que 14 572 Smart Ash BBQ
15 563.6 Swineholio 15 570.5 Butt Rubbin BBQ 15 569.9 Four Fathers BBQ Crew
16 562.1 Lizzy Lou 16 566.5 Curly Q BBQ 16 565.7 Smoke Shack BBQ
17 561.8 Butt Rubbin BBQ 17 555.6 Smart Ash BBQ 17 561.9 Curly Q BBQ

 

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 92 BBQ 600 586.8 600 1786.8
2 Plum Superior BBQ 590.8 587.2 596.1 1774.1
3 Smokin The Good Stuff 594.8 581.9 590.2 1766.9
4 Fiddlers BBQ 592.1 592.1 582.1 1766.3
5 CJ’s BBQ 589.9 599.7 576.7 1766.3
6 Just Blowin’ Smoke 594.2 583.2 583.3 1760.7
7 We Want Que 591.5 580.6 584.2 1756.3
8 Swineholio 563.6 597.4 588.2 1749.2
9 Smoking Butts BBQ 579 576.7 590.8 1746.5
10 Rub Shakers Que 574 573.9 588.7 1736.6
11 Porkinator 577 574.7 583.6 1735.3
12 Smoke Shack BBQ 579.3 579.6 565.7 1724.6
13 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 569.7 577.4 569.9 1717
14 Lizzy Lou 562.1 577 576.9 1716
15 Butt Rubbin BBQ 561.8 570.5 580.3 1712.6
16 Smart Ash BBQ 583.9 555.6 572 1711.5
17 Curly Q BBQ 580.9 566.5 561.9 1709.3

 

Cooking For Fun Results;  (note: there is no final rounds in Cooking For Fun)

 

CHICKEN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 592.1 Hickory Flat BBQ Co. 1 597 Nice Rack BBQ 1 596.7 Hickory Flat BBQ Co.
2 587.9 East Coast BBQ 2 587.6 Liberty BBQ 2 594.4 Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs
3 583.6 YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ 3 587 It’s Hog Gone Good 3 583.8 Nice Rack BBQ
4 583.31 How Bout Them Hawgs 4 586.9 Smokin’ Jackets 4 580.9 The Smokin’ Snowballs
5 583.3 The Smokin’ Snowballs 5 583.5 Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs 5 578.31 Liberty BBQ
6 582.9 Sweet Bottom BBQ 6 582.9 Sweet Bottom BBQ 6 578.3 Smokin’ Z BBQ
7 581.3 Nice Rack BBQ 7 580.7 East Coast BBQ 7 578 Smokin’ Jackets
8 580.5 It’s Hog Gone Good 8 579.7 Cooking in Congress 8 573.31 How Bout Them Hawgs
9 578.3 Smokin’ Jackets 9 575.3 Hickory Flat BBQ Co. 9 573.3 East Coast BBQ
10 577 Liberty BBQ 10 575 YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ 10 571 YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ
11 576.6 Smokin’ Z BBQ 11 574.8 How Bout Them Hawgs 11 570.4 Sweet Bottom BBQ
12 563 Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs 12 569.1 Smokin’ Z BBQ 12 567.8 It’s Hog Gone Good
13 0 Cooking in Congress 13 568.4 The Smokin’ Snowballs 13 0 Cooking in Congress

 

 Overall Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Hickory Flat BBQ Co. 592.1 575.3 596.7 1764.1
2 Nice Rack BBQ 581.3 597 583.8 1762.1
3 Smokin’ Jackets 578.3 586.9 578 1743.2
4 Liberty BBQ 577 587.6 578.31 1742.91
5 East Coast BBQ 587.9 580.7 573.3 1741.9
6 Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs 563 583.5 594.4 1740.9
7 Sweet Bottom BBQ 582.9 582.9 570.4 1736.2
8 It’s Hog Gone Good 580.5 587 567.8 1735.3
9 The Smokin’ Snowballs 583.3 568.4 580.9 1732.6
10 How Bout Them Hawgs 583.31 574.8 573.31 1731.42
11 YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ 583.6 575 571 1729.6
12 Smokin’ Z BBQ 576.6 569.1 578.3 1724
13 Cooking in Congress 0 579.7 0 579.7

May 03 2015

Smokin 42 BBQ Rules at Three Rivers Festival

Smokin 42 BBQ Rules at Three Rivers Festival

After battling the elements over the past few contests, the teams of the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) found picture perfect weather for the Three Rivers Festival at Towns Bluff Park.  The teams responded by turning in outstanding BBQ.  A common theme among the judges was how tough it was to pick a favorite among so many great entries.  In the end, it was the Finals round Pulled Pork entry turned in by Smokin’ 42 BBQ of Tifton that got the last call of the day as Grand Champion.

Grand Champion - Smokin' 42 BBQ

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

CaJenn Smokin’ Que of Hoboken had the highest cumulative score across all three categories in the preliminary rounds to take the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion - CaJenn Smokin' Que

Reserve Champion – CaJenn Smokin’ Que

 

1st Loin - Bethel Smokers

1st Loin – Bethel Smokers

 

 

Bethel Smokers  of Douglas captured the first place award in Pork Loin. CaJenn Smokin’ Que edge out Just Blowing Smoke of Canton for second place by 0.3 of a point.  LawDawg BBQ from Brunswick took third place.  Just Smoke N Around of Jackson took 5th place by  1/10th of a point over Smokin’ 42 BBQ,  Seventh place went to Lizzy Lou of Middleburg, FL.  Swainsboro’s Real South BBQ came in 8th place in Pork Loin with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers of Griffin in 9th place and H & J Cooking Team of Vienna in 10th place

 

 

First place in Pulled Pork went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers as the runner-up. Dobey Q of Buena Vista captured 3rd place. Just Smoke N Around captured 4th place and Real South BBQ captured 5th place.  Just 7/10th of a point separated 6th place from 9th place.  in 6th place, it was LawDawg BBQ just ahead of Bubba Grills of Haddock in 7th place with Buffalo Chip BBQ of Hazlehurst taking 8th place and Mojo Smokehouse of Willcoochee taking 9th place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que rounded out the top 10 in Pulled Pork.

 

1st Ribs - Bubba Grills

1st Ribs – Bubba Grills

 

 

Bubba Grills topped the Ribs category. Dobey Q took 2nd with Just Blowing Smoke taking 3rd place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que walked for the 4th place award with Buffalo Chip BBQ in 5th place. Real South BBQ grabbed 6th place and Smokin’ J’s of Dallas, GA grabbe 7th place. The 8th place call went out to Bethel Smokers. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 9th place in Ribs with Smokin’ 42 BBQ taking 10th place.

 

The GBA wants to thank the staff at Towns Bluff Park for hosting the contest at one of the best venue’s on our circuit.  Thanks also to the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Co. Board of Tourism for organizing the contest.   The GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake on May 8-9 then to Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines for the White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on May 22-23. For more information about the Georgia Barbecue Association, visit our website at www.bbqga.org.

 

 

Full Results (note: scores for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores.  Scores from 4th place & down are preliminary round scores)

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 596.3 BETHEL SMOKERS 1 596.9 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 1 595 BUBBA GRILLS
2 593 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 2 593.8 92 BBQ 2 593.6 DOBEY Q
3 592.7 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 3 591.3 DOBEY Q 3 593.4 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
4 591.8 LAWDAWG BBQ 4 589.3 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 4 591.1 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE
5 591.3 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 5 588.5 REAL SOUTH BBQ 5 587.5 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ
6 591.2 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 6 586.9 LAWDAWG BBQ 6 587.3 REAL SOUTH BBQ
7 587.2 LIZZY LOU 7 586.6 BUBBA GRILLS 7 587 SMOKIN J’S
8 587 REAL SOUTH BBQ 8 586.3 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ 8 583.6 BETHEL SMOKERS
9 586.6 92 BBQ 9 586.2 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 9 581.7 92 BBQ
10 586.2 H&J COOKING TEAM 10 584.2 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 10 580.6 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
11 585.9 SMOKIN J’S 11 583.9 H&J COOKING TEAM 11 579.4 H&J COOKING TEAM
12 580 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ 12 579.7 SMOKIN J’S 12 579 LAWDAWG BBQ
13 579 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 13 575.7 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 13 578.7 OLD HENRY BBQ
14 576.6 DOBEY Q 14 574.4 LIZZY LOU 14 576.1 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
15 571.7 BUBBA GRILLS 15 571.7 BETHEL SMOKERS 15 575.1 RAGING SMOKE BBQ
16 571.4 OLD HENRY BBQ 16 570.5 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 16 574 LIZZY LOU
17 556.7 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 17 558.9 OLD HENRY BBQ 17 560.5 JUST SMOKE N AROUND

 

 

 Reserve Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 596.1 584.2 591.1 1771.4
2 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 591.2 594.2 580.6 1766
3 DOBEY Q 576.6 591.1 598.2 1765.9
4 REAL SOUTH BBQ 587 588.5 587.3 1762.8
5 92 BBQ 586.6 590.8 581.7 1759.1
6 LAWDAWG BBQ 591.8 586.9 579 1757.7
7 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 593.6 570.5 592.1 1756.2
8 BUBBA GRILLS 571.7 586.6 596.4 1754.7
9 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ 580 586.3 587.5 1753.8
10 SMOKIN J’S 585.9 579.7 587 1752.6
11 BETHEL SMOKERS 594.5 571.7 583.6 1749.8
12 H&J COOKING TEAM 586.2 583.9 579.4 1749.5
13 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 591.3 589.3 560.5 1741.1
14 LIZZY LOU 587.2 574.4 574 1735.6
15 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 579 575.7 575.1 1729.8
16 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 556.7 586.2 576.1 1719
17 OLD HENRY BBQ 571.4 558.9 578.7 1709