Apr 21 2015

GBA Election Update

logoredGBA Election Update

2015 is an election year for the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA).  The offices of President and Vice President are up for vote.  The election will be for 2 year term beginning September 2015.  The candidate qualifying period for these offices closed on April 15, 2015.  The following have qualified to seek office in the upcoming election:

 

President –  Danny Meadows (Incumbent);  Scotty Lawson

Vice President – Jim Sewell (Incumbnent)

 

Voting will be conducted online via the GBA website — www.bbqga.com.  The voting period will be from June 1 to June 10, 2015.  Only current, active members may vote.  A link to the voting page will be posted on the website when voting opens.

Congratulations to the candidates & best of luck

Apr 19 2015

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

There are a couple of things you can count on at Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson.  Great BBQ and Rain.  Mud boots were almost as essential as grills, charcoal & wood as steady rain pelted the event for most of the weekend.  In spite of the challenging conditions, the teams still made the judges work hard to determine who had the best BBQ of the day.

Fiddlers BBQ made finals in all three categories. Southern Hogs finaled in Loin & Pulled Pork. However, it was Bubba Grills Rib entry that recorded the top score in the final rounds to claim the Grand Championship.

 

Grand Champion - Bubba Grills

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Harvery & Shirley Wills of Fiddlers BBQ, with an assist from Master Judge candidate Greg Sebastian, “Triple Finaled” and accumulated the most points in the preliminary rounds to win the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion - Fiddlers BBQ

Reserve Champion – Fiddlers BBQ

 

Pork Loin is always a difficult category, but the scorers had to go to the tiebreaker to determine the winner in the category. Both Fiddler’s BBQ and LawDawg BBQ scored 594.4 in the final round of Loin judging.  The GBA declares “Its All About the Taste” and the Taste scores are the first level in the tiebreaker.  Fiddler’s BBQ had the highest taste score & edged LawDawg for first place. LawDawg BBQ had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary Loin round. Southern Hogs grabbed third place.  Que the Musick took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke taking fifth. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 6th place by winning the tiebreaker over Smokin J’s BBQ. Eighth place went to Bubba Grills; 9th place went to Smoke Shack BBQ and 10th went to Main Street BBQ.

Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs

 

In Pulled Pork, it was Fiddlers BBQ  once again taking top honors. Southern Hogs finished as runner-up with Que the Musick in third place.  Main Street BBQ got the 4th place call and Fletcher’s Finest got 5th place. Smokin the Good Stuff edged Real South BBQ for 6th place on the tiebreaker. Just Blowing Smoke also edged LawDawg BBQ in the tiebreaker for 8th place. Bubba Grills rounded out the top 10.

The Grand Championship winning Rib entry earned first place for Bubba Grills. Fiddlers BBQ completed their strong cook with the 2nd place award. Smokin the Good Stuff took 3rd place, but also had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. BCD (Boys Cooking Dangerously) came in 4th place. Hootie Q edged 29 BBQ by 0.1 of a point to take 5th place. Just Blowing Smoke captured 7th place and Smoke Shack BBQ captured 8th place.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers & Rub Shakers Que finished 9th & 10th respectively.

Once again Connie & Wayne Rosser of the Butt County Exchange Club did an outstanding job managing the contest in trying conditions.  The GBA heads to the Three Rivers Festival and Towns Bluff Park on the Altamaha River in Hazlehurst on May 1-2. The following week it will be Smoke on the Water on beautiful Lake Acworth. The month of May completes the water based trifecta with the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results:

NOTE: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from Final rounds. All other scores are from Preliminary rounds.

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 594.41 Fiddlers BBQ   1 595.5 Fiddlers BBQ   1 596.2 Bubba Grills
2 594.4 Law Dawgs   2 593 Southern Hogs   2 594.6 Fiddlers BBQ
3 592.2 Southern Hogs   3 591.5 Que The Musick   3 591.2 Smokin the Good Stuff
4 592.1 Que The Musick 4 594.2 Main Street BBQ 4 590.3 BCD
5 591.2 Just Blowning Smoke 5 593.9 Fletcher’s Finest 5 588.9 Hootie Q
6 587.21 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 6 593.61 Smokin the Good Stuff 6 588.8 29 Barbeque
7 587.2 Smokin J’s Barbeque 7 593.6 Real South BBQ 7 588.2 Just Blowning Smoke
8 586.9 Bubba Grills 8 591.81 Just Blowning Smoke 8 587.9 Smoke Shack BBQ
9 583.2 Smoke Shack BBQ 9 591.8 Law Dawgs 9 585 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
10 582.9 Main Street BBQ 10 591.2 Bubba Grills 10 584.5 Rub Shakers Que
11 581.3 Hootie Q 11 590.6 Hootie Q 11 583 Raging Smoke BBQ
12 581 Forget Me Not BBQ 12 590.5 29 Barbeque 12 582.3 Que The Musick
13 579.3 Real South BBQ 13 590.2 Rub Shakers Que 13 580.6 Southern Hogs
14 570.8 Just Smokin N Around 14 584.4 Just Smokin N Around 14 579.3 We Want Que
15 570 Shark Bite BBQ 15 582.7 Raging Smoke BBQ 15 578.8 J Dubs’ Stew and Que
16 568.4 BCD 16 579.6 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 16 578.1 Fletcher’s Finest
17 567.2 Rub Shakers Que 17 577.5 Smokin J’s Barbeque 17 576.7 Golfin Grillers
18 567.2 Fletcher’s Finest 18 574.7 Smoke Shack BBQ 18 574.7 Law Dawgs
19 566.5 Raging Smoke BBQ 19 574.6 BCD 19 574.5 Temple of The Hog
20 565.6 Temple of The Hog 20 571.5 We Want Que 20 574.2 Shark Bite BBQ
21 565.5 Smokin the Good Stuff 21 571.3 Temple of The Hog 21 573.9 Main Street BBQ
22 563.2 29 Barbeque 22 567.2 Golfin Grillers 22 573.2 Real South BBQ
23 562.2 J Dubs’ Stew and Que 23 563.5 Forget Me Not BBQ 23 570.9 Smokin J’s Barbeque
24 559.2 Golfin Grillers 24 563 Porch Light 24 570.2 Forget Me Not BBQ
25 554.7 Porch Light 25 562.5 Shark Bite BBQ 25 569.6 Porch Light
26 0 We Want Que 26 561.2 J Dubs’ Stew and Que 26 559.1 Just Smokin N Around

 

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Fiddlers BBQ 596.4 594.9 595.1 1786.4
2 Bubba Grills 586.9 591.2 598.8 1776.9
3 Southern Hogs 595.8 594.9 580.6 1771.3
4 Just Blowning Smoke 591.2 591.81 588.2 1771.21
5 Que The Musick 592.1 596.4 582.3 1770.8
6 Law Dawgs 600 591.8 574.7 1766.5
7 Hootie Q 581.3 590.6 588.9 1760.8
8 Smokin the Good Stuff 565.5 593.61 600 1759.11
9 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 587.21 579.6 585 1751.81
10 Main Street BBQ 582.9 594.2 573.9 1751
11 Real South BBQ 579.3 593.6 573.2 1746.1
12 Smoke Shack BBQ 583.2 574.7 587.9 1745.8
13 29 Barbeque 563.2 590.5 588.8 1742.5
14 Rub Shakers Que 567.2 590.2 584.5 1741.9
15 Fletcher’s Finest 567.2 593.9 578.1 1739.2
16 Smokin J’s Barbeque 587.2 577.5 570.9 1735.6
17 BCD 568.4 574.6 590.3 1733.3
18 Raging Smoke BBQ 566.5 582.7 583 1732.2
19 Forget Me Not BBQ 581 563.5 570.2 1714.7
20 Just Smokin N Around 570.8 584.4 559.1 1714.3
21 Temple of The Hog 565.6 571.3 574.5 1711.4
22 Shark Bite BBQ 570 562.5 574.2 1706.7
23 Golfin Grillers 559.2 567.2 576.7 1703.1
24 J Dubs’ Stew and Que 562.2 561.2 578.8 1702.2
25 Porch Light 554.7 563 569.6 1687.3
26 We Want Que 0 571.5 579.3 1150.8

Apr 12 2015

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Takes Grand at Bikes, Blues & BBQ

Douglas, GA has a storied history in the world of competition BBQ.  The city has joined forces with the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) the past two years to bring professional competition BBQ back to the city. The City of Douglas pulled out all stops to put on a great show for the 2nd annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ Festival.

Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the final call of the day as Grand Champion. It was not easy however as his Loin Finals entry scored just one tenth of a point more than David Hair & Dobey Q’s Pulled Pork Finals entiry.

grand - 92bbq

 

Howard Harris and Jeff Schramm, aka H & J Cooking Team, made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs in addition to a 10th place finish Loin.  This consistency over the preliminary rounds captured the Reserve Grand Champion.

Reserve Champion - H & J Cooking Team

Reserve Champion – H & J Cooking Team

 

1st ribs - dobey

 

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category. Douglas native daughter, Crystal Smitherman and Hard Rock Hill BBQ took 2nd place with CA Jenn Smokin Que taking 3rd place. It was the first time making GBA finals for both these teams.  J Dubs Stew & Que grabbed 4th place and LawDawg BBQ grabbed 5th place.  In a tie for 5th place, Dobey Q won the tiebreaker over Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somthin’. Eighth place went to Dixie Que, 9th place went to Kelvin’s BBQ and H & J Cooking Team rounded out the top ten.

Dobey Q took top honors in Puled Pork with Just Blowing Smoke as the runner up and H & J Cooking Team in 3rd place. Mojo Smokehouse got the call fr 4th place. LawDawg BBQ won the tiebreaker for 5th place over Kelvin’s BBQ. Seventh place went to Gas Passers.  A pair of local teams were up next with Bethel Smokers placing 8th and East Coast Asphalt placing ninth.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 10th place.

In Ribs, it was H & J Cooking Team for the win.  Just Blowing Smoke edged out Mojo Smokehouse for second place on the first tiebreaker.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the 4th place call. Gas Passers took 5th place and Dixie Que took sixth.  Raging Smoke BBQ walked for 7th place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ got  second call for the 8th place Rib entry. Old Henry’s BBQ captured 9th place and Stump’s Smokers captuted 10th place.

Next up for the GBA is Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson.   The month of May brings three great contests.   The Three Rivers Festibal at Towns Bluff Park will be in Hazlehurst on May 1-2. The following week will be Smoke on the Lake in Acworth.  The GBA  will sanction the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results: (note – 1st. 2nd & 3rd places are Final Round scores. All others are preliminary round scores)

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 598 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 1 597.9 DOBEY Q 1 597.2 H & J COOKING TEAM
2 595.2 HARD ROCK HILL BBQ 2 592.9 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 2 592.41 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
3 588.5 CA JENN SMOKIN QUE 3 591.2 H & J COOKING TEAM 3 592.4 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
4 591.5 J DUBS STEW & QUE 4 591.5 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 4 592.8 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
5 587.9 LAWDAWG BBQ 5 591.21 LAWDAWG BBQ 5 592.5 GAS PASSERS
6 587.81 DOBEY Q 6 591.2 KELVIN’S BBQ 6 590.2 DIXIE QUE
7 587.8 WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING 7 590.6 GAS PASSERS 7 589.3 RAGING SMOKE BBQ
8 586.3 DIXIE QUE 8 587.9 BETHEL SMOKERS 8 587.3 HARD ROCK HILL BBQ
9 583 KELVIN’S BBQ 9 587.3 EAST COAST ASPHALT 9 586.6 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
10 582.7 H & J COOKING TEAM 10 586.9 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 10 586.3 STUMPS SMOKERS
11 582.6 GAS PASSERS 11 586.3 WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING 11 580.9 BETHEL SMOKERS
12 582.3 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 12 583 HARD ROCK HILL BBQ 12 579.2 CA JENN SMOKIN QUE
13 580 BOSS HOGS 13 582 SIMPLY Q 13 579 LIZZY LOU
14 579.3 PICKLED PIGS 14 581.7 PICKLED PIGS 14 578.7 LAWDAWG BBQ
15 576.9 STUMPS SMOKERS 15 581.7 CA JENN SMOKIN QUE 15 578.4 WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING
16 572.1 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 16 581.6 LIZZY LOU 16 578.3 SIMPLY Q
17 571.4 SIMPLY Q 17 578.6 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 17 578.1 J DUBS STEW & QUE
18 570.3 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 18 578.3 DIXIE QUE 18 576.3 BUBBA GRILLS
19 568.7 BETHEL SMOKERS 19 577.8 BOSS HOGS 19 575 BOSS HOGS
20 567.9 EAST COAST ASPHALT 20 576.5 STUMPS SMOKERS 20 573 DOBEY Q
21 567.4 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 21 574.8 BUBBA GRILLS 21 572.1 EAST COAST ASPHALT
22 562.9 BUBBA GRILLS 22 572 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 22 570.1 KELVIN’S BBQ
23 557.9 LIZZY LOU 23 565.3 SMOKE RING DREAMS 23 568.2 SMOKE RING DREAMS
24 550.6 SMOKE RING DREAMS 24 563.3 J DUBS STEW & QUE 24 556.7 PICKLED PIGS

If the Grand Champion also has the top cumulative score for the Reserve Champion, the award passes down to the 2nd highest cumulative score.

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 599.4 586.9 592.8 1779.1
2 H & J COOKING TEAM 582.7 598.5 594.9 1776.1
3 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 582.3 591.8 594.8 1768.9
4 GAS PASSERS 582.6 590.6 592.5 1765.7
5 HARD ROCK HILL BBQ 595.1 583 587.3 1765.4
6 DOBEY Q 587.81 597.6 573 1758.41
7 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 570.3 591.5 596.1 1757.9
8 LAWDAWG BBQ 587.9 591.21 578.7 1757.81
9 CA JENN SMOKIN QUE 595.5 581.7 579.2 1756.4
10 DIXIE QUE 586.3 578.3 590.2 1754.8
11 WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING 587.8 586.3 578.4 1752.5
12 KELVIN’S BBQ 583 591.2 570.1 1744.3
13 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 572.1 578.6 589.3 1740
14 STUMPS SMOKERS 576.9 576.5 586.3 1739.7
15 BETHEL SMOKERS 568.7 587.9 580.9 1737.5
16 J DUBS STEW & QUE 591.5 563.3 578.1 1732.9
17 BOSS HOGS 580 577.8 575 1732.8
18 SIMPLY Q 571.4 582 578.3 1731.7
19 EAST COAST ASPHALT 567.9 587.3 572.1 1727.3
20 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 567.4 572 586.6 1726
21 LIZZY LOU 557.9 581.6 579 1718.5
22 PICKLED PIGS 579.3 581.7 556.7 1717.7
23 BUBBA GRILLS 562.9 574.8 576.3 1714
24 SMOKE RING DREAMS 550.6 565.3 568.2 1684.1

Apr 06 2015

Stump Smokers Hits Trifecta at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

Stump Smokers Hits Trifecta at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

The Hawkinsville Harness Racing Festival hosted the Georgia Barbecue Association and Smokin’ the Track BBQ competition.  When the dust settled from a day of harness racing on the track; Stump Smokers, Tab & Walter “Stump” McDowell,  hit the Trifecta by winning all three categories.  This left no doubt that the team would also win the Grand Championship.  This was only the third time in GBA history that one team made a clean sweep of all the top awards.

Grand Champion - Stump Smokers

Grand Champion – Stump Smokers

 

dobey

Reserve Champions – Dobey Q

 

David Hair & Dobey Q made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs to go with a 5th place finish in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

The runner-up to Stump Smokers in Loin was Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJs.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers helped maintain their lead in the season’s Team of the Year standings by placing third. LawDawg, currently in second place in the TOTY standings, kept pace by coming in 4th place.  Dobey Q claimed 5th place with 29 Barbecue claiming sixth. Southern Hogs finished in 7th place.  Fiddlers BBQ finished 8th. CaJenn BBQ, cooking in their first GBA contest grabbed 9th place with J Dubs Stew & Que taking 10th

 

pulled pork entries

pulled pork entries

 

Stumps Smokers and Dobey Q finished first and second in both the Pulled Pork and Ribs categories.  In Pulled Pork, Smokin AJs was again right there in the hunt by finishing third. Just Blowing Smoke came in 4th with LawDawg BBQ coming in fifth. Southern Hogs edge 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers for 6th place by just a tenth of a point. Forget Me Not BBQ took 8th place, HIgh Tech Smokers/Comsouth took 9th with Dixie Davis Cooks rounding out the top ten.

buster

Smokin AJs

 

 

 

Following Stump Smokers and Dobey Q in Ribs was 29 Barbecue in third place. in 4th place it was Southern Hogs once again edging  92 Barbecue/Assassin Smokers but by a half a point this time. In a tie for 6th place, Real South BBQ won the coin toss over Smokin AJs.  LawDawg BBQ got their third call of the day for 8th place. CaJenn BBQ got to walk a second time in their first GBA contest in 9th place. Forget Me Not BBQ also got to walk twice by taking 10th place in Ribs.

The GBA thanks the Hawkinsvile-Pulaski Co Chamber of Commerce for a great contest and an entertaining day at the Harness Racing Festival.  The GBA head to Douglas for Bikes Blues & BBQ this week and then on to Jackson for Smokin Pork N Butts the following week.

 

 

 

 

 

Full Results.

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 596.1 Cookin with Stump 1 595.9 Cookin with Stump 1 597 Cookin with Stump
2 594.9 Smokin AJ’s 2 594 Dobey Q 2 593.8 Dobey Q
3 591 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 3 592.1 Smokin AJ’s 3 591.2 29 Barbeque
4 590.3 LawDawg BBQ 4 587.7 Just Blowin Smoke 4 589.5 Southern Hogs
5 587.9 Dobey Q 5 586.9 LawDawg BBQ 5 589 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
6 586.1 29 Barbeque 6 582.2 Southern Hogs 6 586.91 Real South BBQ
7 585.7 Southern Hogs 7 582.1 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 7 586.9 Smokin’ AJ’s
8 584.9 Fiddlers BBQ 8 581.1 Foeget Me Not BBQ 8 585.4 LawDawg BBQ
9 582.5 CaJenn BBQ 9 578.1 High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth 9 584 CaJenn BBQ
10 580.1 JDubs Stew & Que 10 574.9 Dixie Davis Cooks 10 579.6 Foeget Me Not BBQ
11 577.5 Dixie Davis Cooks 11 574.1 Real South BBQ 11 579.2 Just Blowin Smoke
12 572.9 Real South BBQ 12 572.6 Pig Dynasty 12 578.7 Lizzy Lou
13 569.4 Lizzy Lou 13 570.4 Fiddlers BBQ 13 578.7 Dixie Davis Cooks
14 568.1 Just Blowin Smoke 14 569.8 JDubs Stew & Que 14 575.1 JDubs Stew & Que
15 566 Pig Dynasty 15 567.8 29 Barbeque 15 574.1 Fiddlers BBQ
16 558.5 High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth 16 566.8 CaJenn BBQ 16 554.5 Pig Dynasty
17 548 Foeget Me Not BBQ 17 566.5 Lizzy Lou 17 0 High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth

 

(Reserve Champion note: If the #1 team in the Reserve stainding wins the Grand Champion, the Reserve award passes down to the #2 team)

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Cookin with Stump.com 594.7 592.1 599.4 1786.2
2 Dobey Q 587.9 591.8 591.6 1771.3
3 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 599.4 582.1 589 1770.5
4 Smokin’ AJ’s 591.2 590 586.9 1768.1
5 LawDawg BBQ 590.3 586.9 585.4 1762.6
6 Southern Hogs 585.7 582.2 589.5 1757.4
7 29 Barbeque 586.1 567.8 590.2 1744.1
8 Just Blowin Smoke 568.1 587.7 579.2 1735
9 Real South BBQ 572.9 574.1 586.91 1733.91
10 CaJenn BBQ 582.5 566.8 584 1733.3
11 Dixie Davis Cooks 577.5 574.9 578.7 1731.1
12 Fiddlers BBQ 584.9 570.4 574.1 1729.4
13 JDubs Stew & Que 580.1 569.8 575.1 1725
14 Lizzy Lou 569.4 566.5 578.7 1714.6
15 Foeget Me Not BBQ 548 581.1 579.6 1708.7
16 Pig Dynasty 566 572.6 554.5 1693.1
17 High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth 558.5 578.1 0 1136.6

 

 

Mar 30 2015

Candidate Qualifying for GBA President and Vice President

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Candidate Qualifying for GBA President and Vice President

 

 

 

 

The offices of President and Vice President of the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) are up for election this year.

  • The Candidate Qualifying Period shall be from April 1 to April 15 of the year prior to the end of the current officers’ terms.
  • Any member in good standing who has been a member of the GBA for at least one year prior to the Candidate Qualifying Period may qualify to run for office by declaring their intent to run to the Chairman of the Board of Directors in writing by email or regular mail.
  • On or after April 16, the Chairman of the Board of Directors will announce the candidates for office to the membership via email and posting on the GBA’s website.
  • The voting period will be from June 1 to June 10.

If qualifying by email, the email should be addressed to the Chairman of the GBA Board of Directors Rick Godfrey and Cc: to the Vice Chariman of the GBA Board of Directors Greg Hoyt.  Emails must be timestamped no later than midnight April 15. 2015

If qualifying by regular mail, the letter should be address to the Rick Godfrey Chairman and mailed to the GBA address at PO Box 2085; Perry, GA 31069.  Letter must be postmarked no later than April 15, 2015

In order that all interested members may make an informed decision about seeking office; the duties of each office are linked below:

Duties of the President

Duties of the Vice President