Mar 22 2015

Back to Back Grands for 29 Barbeque

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) plowed into the Durhamtown Off Road Park near Union Point for the Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cook-off. While the slick red clay mud was a delight for the 4 Wheelers & Dirt Bikers, it presented some challenges to the Pitmasters. The GBA cooks were up for the conditions & turned in some outstanding ‘Que The competition was close as 16 teams vied for the final calls. The competition was so tight that the GBA reps had to go to break a tie for the Grand Championship.

In the Finals, 29 Barbeque’s Pulled Pork box & Dobey Q’s Loin box both tallied a score of 597 from the final’s judges. The GBA motto is “It’s All About the Taste” and the Taste criteria is the first level in the tiebreaker system. 29 Barbeque’s scored 0.04 higher in the Taste criteria than Dobey Q to win the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion -29 Barbeque

Bubba Grills made finals in both Loin & Ribs and added a 10th place finish in Pulled Pork to tally the top cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and take home the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin – Dobey Q

Dobey Q’s 597 score in Loin topped the category by just 0.2 over Fiddler’s BBQ. Bubba Grills took 3rd place. 29 Barbeque edged LawDawg BBQ by 0.04 of a point for 4th place. Sixth place went to Main Street BBQ and 7th place went to Real South BBQ. Southern Hogs, H & J Cooking Team & 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers rounded out the top 10.

29 Barbeque had the best Pulled Pork of the day with Main Street BBQ taking 2nd place & We Want Que taking 3rd place. Smoke Shack BBQ grabbe 4th place; 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers grabbed 4th and H & J Cooking Team pulled down 6th place. Real South BBQ once again captured 7th place with Master Basters capturing 8th place. Ninth place went to Dobey Q and 10th place went to Bubba Grills.

First Place Ribs – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the last call in the Ribs category. Smokin’ the Good Stuff was runner-up with Bubba Grills taking 3rd place. Smoke Shack BBQ got their second 4th place call of the day and Fiddlers BBQ got the call for 5th place. Dobey Q got their third call of the day for 6th place and H & J Coooking team also got a third call with a 7th place finish. In 8th place was Southern Hogs just 0.3 ahead of 29 Barbeque in 9th place. Tenth place went to We Want Que.

Durhamtown also hosted a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun division contest. Cooking for Fun consists of Pulled Pork and Ribs. It is one round of competition only with no finals round as in the GBA Pro division. Six teams competed in the Cooking For Fun Division.

Southern Accents took first place in Pulled Pork. White Racing Team topped the Ribs category. Fine Azz Swine was the runner-up in both cateories and Screaming Eagle BBQ took 3rd place in both as well,

Cooking For Fun Pork – Southern Accent

Coking For Fun – Ribs – White Racing

The GBA has three great contests on tap for April starting with Hawkinsville’s Smokin’ the Track followed by Bikes, Blues & BBQ in Douglas and Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson.

Full Results GBA Division:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597	Doby Q	1	597	29 Barbeque	1	596.4	92 Barbeque
2	596.8	Fiddlers BBQ	2	593.4	Main Street BBQ	2	594.7	Smokin the Good Stuff
3	587.2	Bubba Grills	3	591.2	We Want Que	3	590.9	Bubba Grills
4	588.5	29 Barbeque	4	588.5	Smoke Shack BBQ	4	588.2	Smoke Shack BBQ
5	588.1	Law Dawg BBQ	5	587.9	92 BBQ	5	587.5	Fiddlers BBQ
6	586.9	Main Street BBQ	6	587.8	H and J Cooking Team	6	585.5	Dobey Que
7	586.2	Real South	7	587.3	Real South	7	583.8	H and J Cooking Team
8	585.3	Southern Hogs	8	586.9	Master Basters	8	582.6	Southern Hogs
9	582.6	H and J Cooking Team	9	585.8	Dobey Que	9	582.3	29 Barbeque
10	576.8	92 BBQ	10	585.3	Bubba Grills	10	581.9	We Want Que
11	574.8	Old Henry’s BBQ	11	583.6	Fiddlers BBQ	11	580.4	Old Henry’s BBQ
12	574.3	Smoke Shack BBQ	12	583.4	Southern Hogs	12	579.6	Speed Power Pork
13	572.3	We Want Que	13	575.7	Law Dawg BBQ	13	573.3	Law Dawg BBQ
14	571.1	Master Basters	14	573.7	Speed Power Pork	14	564.5	Main Street BBQ
15	567.4	Smokin the Good Stuff	15	572.8	Old Henry’s BBQ	15	564.4	Master Basters
16	561.5	Speed Power Pork	16	568.2	Smokin the Good Stuff	16	563.8	Real South

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	591.5	585.3	595.1	1771.9
2	Fiddlers BBQ	594.8	583.6	587.5	1765.9
3	Dobey Que	592.1	585.8	585.5	1763.4
4	29 Barbeque	588.5	589.9	582.3	1760.7
5	92 BBQ	576.8	587.9	590.6	1755.3
6	H and J Cooking Team	582.6	587.8	583.8	1754.2
7	Southern Hogs	585.3	583.4	582.6	1751.3
8	Smoke Shack BBQ	574.3	588.5	588.2	1751
9	We Want Que	572.3	590.9	581.9	1745.1
10	Main Street BBQ	586.9	591.5	564.5	1742.9
11	Real South	586.2	587.3	563.8	1737.3
12	Law Dawg BBQ	588.1	575.7	573.3	1737.1
13	Old Henry’s BBQ	574.8	572.8	580.4	1728
14	Smokin the Good Stuff	567.4	568.2	590.8	1726.4
15	Master Basters	571.1	586.9	564.4	1722.4
16	Speed Power Pork	561.5	573.7	579.6	1714.8

Cooking For Fun Division

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	589.6	Southern Accent	1	582.6	White Racing Team
2	582.3	Fine Azz Swine	2	580.9	Fine Azz Swine
3	580.6	Screaming Eagle BBQ	3	579.7	Screaming Eagle BBQ
4	573.7	Smokin Pipes	4	576	Southern Accent
5	0	White Racing Team	5	568.7	Smokin Pipes

Mar 17 2015

29 Barbeque Wins First GBA Grand at Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival

Barry Spayberry and 29 Barbeque took first place honors in both Pulled Pork and Ribs, but it was the Rib entry that edged out Pulled Pork box for highest score in the Finals rounds to win the Grand Championship at the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival. Twenty five teams turned out for the first year event with many of the teams competing in the GBA for the first time.

Grand Champion – 29 Barbeque

Reserve Champions – Just Blowing Smoke

Just Blowing Smoke was the runner up in both Loin and Pulled Pork as well as 7th in Ribs to claim the Reserve Championship for the second contest in a row.

Kerry Sparks and Lawdawg BBQ recorded a perfect 600 score in the Loin preliminary round to lead the way into the finals rounds. They followed that up with the top entry in the finals round to take first place. Just Blowing Smoke was second. Third place went to Forget Me Not BBQ with 29 Barbeque taking 4th place. Smoking Armadillo was 5th, 4 K’s BBQ was 6th and Simply Q was 7th place. Eighth through 10th places went to DCR BBQ, Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats and Porch Light respectively.

29 Barbeque led the way in Pulled Pork with Just Blowing Smoke once again in 2nd place. Porkinator took home 3rd place. Hootie Q came in 4th place. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats was 0.3 of a point better than Hitachi for 5th place. Southern Hog won the tiebreaker for 7th place over Simply Q. Lawdawg BBQ claimed 9th place with Georgia Smoke BBQ claiming 10th.

First Place Loin – LawDawg BBQ

In Ribs, it was 29 Barbeque once again at the top. Porkinator edged out Smokin’ Armadillo for second place by just 0.2 of a point. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats completed their strong showing with a 4th place finish in the category. 4 K’s BBQ took 5th with DCR BBQ taking 6th place. Just Blowing Smoke came in 7th. Old Henry’s BBQ took 8th place by winning the tiebreaker over Porch Light. Sharbite BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Next up for the GBA is the Durhamtown Spring Fling & BBQ Contest on March 20-21. Three great contests are on tap for April in the GBA: Hawkinsville’s Smokin’ the Track on April 3-4; Bikes Blues & BBQ in Douglas on April 10-11 and Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson on April 17-18.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.9	LawDawg BBQ	1	595.7	29 Barbeque	1	598.2	29 Barbeque
2	595.1	Just Blowing Smoke	2	594.6	Just Blowing Smoke	2	592	Porkinator
3	591	Forget Me Not BBQ	3	591.7	Porkinator	3	591.8	Smokin Armadillo
4	589.4	29 Barbeque	4	591.1	Hootie Q	4	592.1	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats
5	589.1	Smokin Armadillo	5	590.5	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats	5	591.9	4K’s BBQ
6	587.2	4K’s BBQ	6	590.2	Hitachi	6	591.5	DCR BBQ
7	586.1	Simply Q	7	588.5	Southern Hog	7	588.2	Just Blowing Smoke
8	585.6	DCR BBQ	8	588.5	Simply Q	8	586.6	Old Henry’s BBQ
9	585.2	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats	9	588.2	LawDawg BBQ	9	586.6	Porch Light
10	580.9	Porch Light	10	587.8	Georgia Smoke BBQ	10	582.9	Shark Bite BBQ
11	580.3	Southern Hog	11	587	Smokin J’s Barbeque	11	582.5	BCD
12	578.3	Hitachi	12	586.2	Senational Pigs	12	581	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
13	577.4	Georgia Smoke BBQ	13	583.3	DCR BBQ	13	580.9	Southern Hog
14	575.9	Old Henry’s BBQ	14	582	Maxus Porkamus	14	580.4	Hootie Q
15	572.4	Robison’s BBQ	15	582	Shark Bite BBQ	15	580	Forget Me Not BBQ
16	572.3	Senational Pigs	16	581.3	Smokin Armadillo	16	575.6	Robison’s BBQ
17	570.8	Maxus Porkamus	17	579.1	4K’s BBQ	17	575	Tiretoter’s BBQ
18	569.7	Porkinator	18	577.2	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	18	572.4	LawDawg BBQ
19	569.1	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	19	576.4	Tiretoter’s BBQ	19	572.2	Senational Pigs
20	568.5	Shark Bite BBQ	20	575	Robison’s BBQ	20	571.5	Simply Q
21	567.5	JT’s Smoking Butts	21	573.7	Forget Me Not BBQ	21	571.1	Georgia Smoke BBQ
22	566.2	Hootie Q	22	571.1	Old Henry’s BBQ	22	570.4	Smokin J’s Barbeque
23	564.1	Tiretoter’s BBQ	23	564.5	JT’s Smoking Butts	23	568.8	Maxus Porkamus
24	563.5	Smokin J’s Barbeque	24	563.5	BCD	24	564.5	Hitachi
25	563.2	BCD	25	558	Porch Light	25	558.2	JT’s Smoking Butts

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	596.4	599.7	588.2	1784.3
2	29 Barbeque	589.4	596.1	595.8	1781.3
3	Smokin Armadillo	589.1	581.3	600	1770.4
4	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats	585.2	590.5	592.1	1767.8
5	Porkinator	569.7	594.9	596.7	1761.3
6	LawDawg BBQ	600	588.2	572.4	1760.6
7	DCR BBQ	585.6	583.3	591.5	1760.4
8	4K’s BBQ	587.2	579.1	591.9	1758.2
9	Southern Hog	580.3	588.51	580.9	1749.71
10	Forget Me Not BBQ	593.1	573.7	580	1746.8
11	Simply Q	586.1	588.5	571.5	1746.1
12	Hootie Q	566.2	591.1	580.4	1737.7
13	Georgia Smoke BBQ	577.4	587.8	571.1	1736.3
14	Old Henry’s BBQ	575.9	571.1	586.61	1733.61
15	Shark Bite BBQ	568.5	582	582.9	1733.4
16	Hitachi	578.3	590.2	564.5	1733
17	Senational Pigs	572.3	586.2	572.2	1730.7
18	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	569.1	577.2	581	1727.3
19	Porch Light	580.9	558	586.6	1725.5
20	Robison’s BBQ	572.4	575	575.6	1723
21	Maxus Porkamus	570.8	582	568.8	1721.6
22	Smokin J’s Barbeque	563.5	587	570.4	1720.9
23	Tiretoter’s BBQ	564.1	576.4	575	1715.5
24	BCD	563.2	563.5	582.5	1709.2
25	JT’s Smoking Butts	567.5	564.5	558.2	1690.2

Mar 10 2015

Smokin’ 42 Defends Home Turf Again in Tifton

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Defends Home Turf Again in Tifton

Twenty six Georgia Barbecue Associations teams gathered at Fulwood Park in Tifton, Ga for Rhythm & Ribs. The event in Tifton has become a favorite among the teams with a great venue and a large music and crafts festival to go along with the BBQ competition For the second year in a row, the hometown boys of Smokin’ 42 BBQ took home top honors by wining both the Loin & Pulled Pork categories and the Grand Championship. Chad Brooks and his crew were certainly on top of their game as they also recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round of Pulled Pork. The event in Tifton has become a favorite among the teams with a great venue and a large music and crafts festival to go along with the BBQ competition

Grand Champion – Smokin 42 BBQ

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

Robin Bowles and Just Blowing Smoke made finals in Pulled Pork and Ribs along with 8th place in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Chad Brooks and Smokin 42 BBQ’s score of 596.7 was the top score among the three finalists in Loin to take first place. Captain Jack’s Fredom BBQ Team took seond place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking third place. Fourth place went to Bubba Grills with Dobey Q in fifth place. LawDawg BBQ won the tiebreaker over Stumps Smokers BBQ Team for 6th place. In eighth place was Just Blowing Smoke with H & J Cooking team in 9th and Holy Smokes rounding out the top 10.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ followed up the perfect 600 score in Pulled Pork preliminaries with a near perfect 599.1 score in the finals round to win the category. Stumps Smokers BBQ Team came in 2nd place with Just Blowing Smoke in third. Rub Shakers Que took 4th place by 0.3 of a point over Law Dawg BBQ. Swine Time Grilling Team won 6th place in the tiebreaker over H & J Cooking Team. Dobey Q captured 8th place. Bethel Smokers came in 9th with Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in 10th place

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Jimmy Hornbuckle and Swine Time Grilling Team turned in the best Rib box of the day. Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team was the runner up with Just Blowing Smoke finishing in 3rd place and Bethel Smokers finishing in 4th place. Stumps Smokers BBQ Teams won the tiebreaker to take 5th place over H & J Cooking Team. J Dub Stew & Que grabbed 7th place and . Dobey Q took 8th place. It was Real South BBQ & Holy Smokes coming in 9th & 10 places respectively.

Rythm & Ribs also held a non-sanctioned backyard contest. Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Team got the Grand Championship call for the second year in a row.

The GBA heads north for the Hitiachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13.14 followed by Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	596.7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	1	599.1	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
2	593	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team	2	592	Stumps Smokers BBQ Team
3	592.3	92 BBQ Assassin Smokers	3	590.9	Just Blowing Smoke
4	598.8	Bubba Grills	4	593.9	Rub Shakers Que
5	598	Dobey Q	5	593.6	Law Dawg BBQ
6	595.11	Law Dawg BBQ	6	591.81	Swine Time Grilling Team
7	595.1	Stumps Smokers BBQ Team	7	591.8	H & J Cooking Team
8	594.8	Just Blowing Smoke	8	590.9	Dobey Q
9	591.8	H & J Cooking Team	9	590.3	Bethel Smoker
10	590.2	Holy Smokes	10	588.8	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team
11	588.8	Bones Grill Shack	11	585.1	Rib Ticklers
12	582.7	Bethel Smoker	12	585	Real South BBQ
13	580.5	J Dub’s Stew and Que	13	584.5	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
14	580	Rub Shakers Que	14	583.9	Holy Smokes
15	577.3	Smokey Times	15	579.9	Smokin J’s Barbecue
16	570.5	Dirt Road Smokerz	16	578.7	For Get Me Not BBQ
17	569	For Get Me Not BBQ	17	578.6	Flint River Cookers
18	568.3	Rib Ticklers	18	577.2	Bubba Grills
19	565.1	Southern Hogs	19	576.8	Nature Boy BBQ
20	565.1	Flint River Cookers	20	572.2	Raging Smoke BBQ
21	564.7	Raging Smoke BBQ	21	572.1	Southern Hogs
22	563.8	Smokin J’s Barbecue	22	570.4	Bones Grill Shack
23	563.8	Swine Time Grilling Team	23	569.5	Smokey Times
24	560.8	Wisham Jellies Smokers	24	565.7	J Dub’s Stew and Que
25	559.3	Real South BBQ	25	562.4	Dirt Road Smokerz
26	546.5	Nature Boy BBQ	26	560.8	Wisham Jellies Smokers

		RIBS
1	598.9	Swine Time Grilling Team
2	591.7	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team
3	591	Just Blowing Smoke
4	592.1	Bethel Smoker
5	591.21	Stumps Smokers BBQ Team
6	591.2	H & J Cooking Team
7	590.8	J Dub’s Stew and Que
8	588.5	Dobey Q
9	588.2	Real South BBQ
10	587.2	Holy Smokes
11	583.9	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
12	583.6	For Get Me Not BBQ
13	583.6	Bubba Grills
14	583.3	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
15	583	Rub Shakers Que
16	580	Smokey Times
17	580	Law Dawg BBQ
18	576.3	Southern Hogs
19	575.7	Dirt Road Smokerz
20	575.1	Flint River Cookers
21	575	Smokin J’s Barbecue
22	570	Raging Smoke BBQ
23	569.8	Rib Ticklers
24	567.8	Nature Boy BBQ
25	567.2	Bones Grill Shack
26	558.2	Wisham Jellies Smokers

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	594.8	594.3	595.7	1784.8
2	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	599.7	600	583.3	1783
3	Stumps Smokers BBQ Team	595.1	595.8	591.21	1782.11
4	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team	599.1	588.8	592.11	1780.01
5	Dobey Q	598	590.9	588.5	1777.4
6	H & J Cooking Team	591.8	591.8	591.2	1774.8
7	Law Dawg BBQ	595.11	593.6	580	1768.71
8	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	599.1	584.5	583.9	1767.5
9	Bethel Smoker	582.7	590.3	592.1	1765.1
10	Holy Smokes	590.2	583.9	587.2	1761.3
11	Bubba Grills	598.8	577.2	583.6	1759.6
12	Rub Shakers Que	580	593.9	583	1756.9
13	Swine Time Grilling Team	563.8	591.81	599.1	1754.71
14	J Dub’s Stew and Que	580.5	565.7	590.8	1737
15	Real South BBQ	559.3	585	588.2	1732.5
16	For Get Me Not BBQ	569	578.7	583.6	1731.3
17	Smokey Times	577.3	569.5	580	1726.8
18	Bones Grill Shack	588.8	570.4	567.2	1726.4
19	Rib Ticklers	568.3	585.1	569.8	1723.2
20	Flint River Cookers	565.1	578.6	575.1	1718.8
21	Smokin J’s Barbecue	563.8	579.9	575	1718.7
22	Southern Hogs	565.1	572.1	576.3	1713.5
23	Dirt Road Smokerz	570.5	562.4	575.7	1708.6
24	Raging Smoke BBQ	564.7	572.2	570	1706.9
25	Nature Boy BBQ	546.5	576.8	567.8	1691.1
26	Wisham Jellies Smokers	560.8	560.8	558.2	1679.8

Feb 01 2015

Dobey Q Walks Last at the Beach Bash

Grand Champion – Dobey Q

The Brunswick Lions Club’s Jekyll BBQ Beach Bash has become one of the biggest events on Jekyll Island. Thirty of the top teams in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) gathered at the beach in Great Dune Park and the level of competition was off the charts. In the end, the last call of the day went to David Hair and Dobey Q who walked away with the Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

Lonnie Smith debuted the new Bubba Grills T3 Steam. With the innovative new cooker, Bubba Grills got two finals calls to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

First Place Pulled Pork – Bethel Smokers

Dobey Q’s Grand Championship Loin entry won the category. Kevin McKinney of Hungry Hogs BBQ was the runner up with Barbecue Crew taking third place. Smoke Risin’ took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in 5th and Smoke Shack BBQ in 6th place. Seventh place went to Just Pig Out and 8th place went to Smokin’ the Good Stuff. Southern Hogs edged out Rescue Smokers for 9th place by 0.1 of a point

Joe Wright & Bethel Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category over Bubba Grills in second place and Rescue Smokers in third. Just Blowing Smoke took 4th place. Just Pig Out claimed 5th place by 0.3 of a point over Barbecue Crew who claimed 6th place by another 0.3 of a point over Smokin’ AJs. Smoke Risin’ won the 5th tiebreaker to take 8th place over 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Tenth place went to Southern Hogs.

Bubba Grills got the first place call in Ribs. 29 Barbecue captured 2nd place with Real South BBQ in third. Rescue Smokers edged Smokin’ AJs by 0.3 of a point for 4th place. Sixth place went to Naked Daves by only 0.1 of a point over The Hurricane Cookers. Once again, there was a tie for 8th place & this one went to the 4th tiebreaker. Smoke Shack BBQ won the tiebreaker which put Just Blowing Smoke in 9th place. Bethel Smokers rounded out the top 10.

The Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash also had a backyard division. Julie Weprek & Mama’s Que-N-Stew won both Pulled Pork & Ribs. LawDawg BBQ II took second place in Pulled Pork and Wcked Lickin’ BBQ Crew took second in Ribs.

Mama’s Que-N-Stew

Lawdawg BBQ II

Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew

Next up for the GBA is Rythm & Ribs in Tifton on March 6-7. The following week the GBA heads north for the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13-14 with the Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.

Full GBA Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.2	DOBEY Q	1	598.1	BETHEL SMOKERS	1	595.3	BUBBA GRILLS
2	594.1	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	2	592.3	BUBBA GRILLS	2	594.2	29 BARBEQUE
3	588.7	BARBECUE CREW	3	591.6	RESCUE SMOKERS	3	592.5	REAL SOUTH BBQ
4	587.9	SMOKE RISING	4	594.6	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	4	588.5	RESCUE SMOKERS
5	587.2	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	5	591.8	JUST PIG OUT	5	588.2	SMOKIN AJ’S
6	585.9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	6	591.5	BARBECUE CREW	6	587	NAKED DAVE’S
7	584.6	JUST PIG OUT	7	591.2	SMOKIN AJ’S	7	586.9	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE
8	583.9	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	8	590.51	SMOKE RISING	8	584.61	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
9	582.5	SOUTHERN HOGS	9	590.5	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	9	584.6	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
10	582.4	RESCUE SMOKERS	10	586.3	SOUTHERN HOGS	10	583.3	BETHEL SMOKERS
11	581	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	11	586	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	11	582.7	BARE BONES BBQ
12	580	RUBSHAKERS QUE	12	584.3	DOBEY Q	12	581.4	BARBECUE CREW
13	579.8	FIDDLER’S BBQ	13	582.9	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE	13	581.1	DOBEY Q
14	579.1	BETHEL SMOKERS	14	582.1	J DUB STEW & QUE	14	580.3	ET’S BBQ
15	578.4	LAW DAWGS BBQ	15	582	LAW DAWGS BBQ	15	579.7	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
16	575	BUBBA GRILLS	16	578.7	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	16	579.6	JUST PIG OUT
17	573.6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	17	576.8	FIDDLER’S BBQ	17	578.7	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
18	572.8	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE	18	576.6	REAL SOUTH BBQ	18	577.8	RUBSHAKERS QUE
19	571.5	REAL SOUTH BBQ	19	576.6	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE	19	576.6	SOUTHERN HOGS
20	570.8	LIZZY LOU	20	575.4	NAKED DAVE’S	20	576.3	FIDDLER’S BBQ
21	570.8	SMOKIN AJ’S	21	574.2	RUBSHAKERS QUE	21	574.8	SMOK’N ARMDILLO
22	570.2	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	22	573.8	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	22	574.1	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
23	567.6	SMOK’N ARMDILLO	23	571.8	OLD HENRY BBQ	23	571.1	SMOKE RISING
24	566.9	OLD HENRY BBQ	24	569.8	LIZZY LOU	24	569.3	LIZZY LOU
25	566.8	NAKED DAVE’S	25	568.5	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	25	569.2	J DUB STEW & QUE
26	565.4	ET’S BBQ	26	567.2	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	26	568.7	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
27	564.5	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE	27	564.5	ET’S BBQ	27	565.8	LAW DAWGS BBQ
28	557.5	29 BARBEQUE	28	562.9	SMOK’N ARMDILLO	28	564.3	FORGET ME NOT BBQ
29	553	J DUB STEW & QUE	29	561.3	BARE BONES BBQ	29	563.9	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE
30	0	BARE BONES BBQ	30	557.6	29 BARBEQUE	30	556	OLD HENRY BBQ

	Reserve Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	BUBBA GRILLS	575	600	599.4	1774.4
2	RESCUE SMOKERS	582.4	599.7	588.5	1770.6
3	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	587.2	594.6	584.6	1766.4
4	BARBECUE CREW	588.8	591.5	581.4	1761.7
5	BETHEL SMOKERS	579.1	599.1	583.3	1761.5
6	DOBEY Q	593.7	584.3	581.1	1759.1
7	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	585.9	586	584.61	1756.51
8	JUST PIG OUT	584.6	591.8	579.6	1756
9	SMOKIN AJ’S	570.8	591.2	588.2	1750.2
10	SMOKE RISING	587.9	590.51	571.1	1749.51
11	SOUTHERN HOGS	582.5	586.3	576.6	1745.4
12	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	573.6	590.5	579.7	1743.8
13	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE	572.8	582.9	586.9	1742.6
14	REAL SOUTH BBQ	571.5	576.6	591.5	1739.6
15	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	594.8	573.8	568.7	1737.3
16	FIDDLER’S BBQ	579.8	576.8	576.3	1732.9
17	RUBSHAKERS QUE	580	574.2	577.8	1732
18	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	583.9	568.5	578.7	1731.1
19	NAKED DAVE’S	566.8	575.4	587	1729.2
20	LAW DAWGS BBQ	578.4	582	565.8	1726.2
21	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	581	578.7	564.3	1724
22	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	570.2	567.2	574.1	1711.5
23	ET’S BBQ	565.4	564.5	580.3	1710.2
24	LIZZY LOU	570.8	569.8	569.3	1709.9
25	29 BARBEQUE	557.5	557.6	592.4	1707.5
26	SMOK’N ARMDILLO	567.6	562.9	574.8	1705.3
27	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE	564.5	576.6	563.9	1705
28	J DUB STEW & QUE	553	582.1	569.2	1704.3
29	OLD HENRY BBQ	566.9	571.8	556	1694.7
30	BARE BONES BBQ	0	561.3	582.7	1144

Jan 22 2015

Board of Directors Minutes of Jan 17, 2015

Georgia Barbecue Association

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

January 17, 2015

Jackson, Georgia

Called to order by Rick Godfrey

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

Membership Present: Ed Vesely, Larry Greene, Chuck East, Bart Shipley, Carrie East, Julie Weprek, Cody Oakes, Ken Rose, Buddy Fletcher, Wayne Rosser, Connie Rosser, Peggy Grimes, Donnie Thurston, Lucy Sewell, Lonnie Smith, Harry Faircloth, Greg Sebastian, Scott Galt, David Carter, Jimmy Hogg, Dave Curran, Buster Davis

Action:

Vote:

Motion: Alex Khoury

Second: Rick Godfrey

To approve the minutes from the August 2, 2014 Board meeting.

Approved

6-0

Motion: Jim Sewell

Second: Greg Hoyt

To edit the wording of the tie break procedure to improve clarity, as follows:

Compare the total score for TASTE. If tied, compare the number of 10’s in the criteria.
Compare the total score for TENDERNESS. If tied, compare the number of 10’s in the criteria.
Compare the total score for APPEARANCE. If tied, compare the number of 10’s in the criteria.
Compare the total score for OVERALL IMPRESSION. If tied, compare the number of 10’s in the criteria.
Flip a coin.

Approved

6-0

Motion: Jim Sewell

Second: Danny Meadows

To revise the Nomination/Election process as follows:

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 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.

Amendment: Jim Sewell

Second: Danny Meadows

To amend the motion as follows:

2) 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.

Approved as amended

7-0

Motion: Rick Godfrey

Second: Greg Hoyt

To go into executive session

Approved

7-0

Motion: Rick Godfrey

Second: Greg Hoyt

To close executive session

Approved

7-0

Motion: Rick Godfrey

Second: Alex Khoury

To eliminate the position of Administrative Secretary.

Approved

7-0

Meeting adjourned