Apr 21 2014

Smokin’ Pork N Butts Photo Gallery

Smokin’ Pork N Butts Photo Gallery

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Reserve Grand Champion – Fletchers Finest

Apr 20 2014

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Takes Grand at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

It was cold and wet weekend in Jackson & Butts County, GA, but even the weather could not douse the hot streak that Smokin’ 42 BBQ has been on. The team in black from Tifton, GA, captured their 4th Grand Championship of the 2013-204 GBA season. Once again, it was Pork Loin that gave Pitmaster Chad Brooks and teammates Chris O’Neal and Justin Marchant the last call of the day.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Reserve Champion – Fletcher’s Finest

The rain was almost constant during the day Friday and continued throughout the night and most of the day Saturday. Temperatures dropped into the bone chilling range, but the tough conditions for the weekend didn’t dampen the spirits of the contestants. The cook teams took it all in stride and produced some outstanding BBQ for the judges.

Scott Fletcher of Fletcher’s Finest, made finals in Ribs to go along with a 4th place finish in Pullled Pork and a 5th place finish in Loin to take the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Loin Finalist – Where There’s Smoke

Smokin’ 42 BBQ championship winning box topped the Pork Loin field. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack was the runner-up. Cooking in their first GBA contest, Daniel Waters of Where There’s Smoke made finals & finished third. 92 BBQ came in 4th with Fletcher’s Finest taking 5th place. Another first time GBA competitor, Squeal Team Six/K&K Grills took 6th place. Seventh place went to a hometown team, Just Smoke N Around. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ claimed 8th place with BCD: Boys Cooking Dangerously and Dixie Que rounding out the top 10.

1 Place Pulled Pork – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack continued their strong run through the GBA contest season by winning the Pulled Pork category. Brad Sweet and 92 BBQ took 2nd place with Rub Shakers Que taking third. Fourth place went to Fletcher’s Finest and 5th place went to Dixie Que. Bubba Grills got the call for 6th place with BCD: Boys Cooking Dangerously getting the 7th place call. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ, Squeal Team Six/K&K Grills and Smokin’ 42 BBQ finished 8th, 9th & 10th respectively.

Fletcher’s Finest turned in the best Rib box of the day. Bill Goddard & Rub Shakers Que made finals twice & took 2nd place. TC’s BBQ captured 3rd place. Dixie Que & Where There’s Smoke tied for 4th with Dixie Que winning the spot on the 4th tiebreaker. Another local team, Rufus Smokehouse came in 6th place. Seventh thru 10th place went to BubbaGrills, Smokin’ 42 BBQ, 92 BBQ and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack.

The GBA extends gratitude to Connie & Wayne Rosser and the Jackson Exchange Club for a job very well done in the face of very trying conditions. The next stop on the GBA contest trail is the 3 Rivers BBQ Fest at Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center in Hazlehurst on May 2-3. The following week the GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake. An new contest has just been added to the GBA Calendar. The Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Cook-off will be held in Dallas on June 20-21.

Full Results for Smokin’ Pork N Butts:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.8	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	1	594.7	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	589.5	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	2	593.9	92 BBQ
3	587.8	WHERE THERE’S SMOKE	3	591.9	RUB SHAKERS QUE
4	591.8	92 BBQ	4	593.3	FLETCHERS FINEST
5	586.8	FLETCHERS FINEST	5	590.5	DIXIE QUE
6	585.7	SQUEAL TEAM 6/K&K GRILLS	6	588.4	BUBBA GRILLS
7	585.6	JUST SMOKE N AROUND	7	586.9	BCD BOYS COOKING DANGEROUSLY
8	582.3	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ	8	586.8	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
9	582	BCD BOYS COOKING DANGEROUSLY	9	585.3	SQUEAL TEAM 6/K&K GRILLS
10	581.9	DIXIE QUE	10	584.5	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
11	579.9	BUBBA GRILLS	11	582.3	JUST SMOKE N AROUND
12	575.6	TC’S BBQ	12	578.1	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13	575	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	13	577.7	RUFUS SMOKEHOUSE
14	573	RUFUS SMOKEHOUSE	14	576.4	MARVINS MISFITS
15	571.1	RUB SHAKERS QUE	15	575.7	TC’S BBQ
16	557.9	MARVINS MISFITS	16	565.9	WHERE THERE’S SMOKE

		RIBS
1	595.4	FLETCHERS FINEST
2	594.6	RUB SHAKERS QUE
3	590.4	TC’S BBQ
4	590.9	DIXIE QUE
5	590.9	WHERE THERE’S SMOKE
6	590.2	RUFUS SMOKEHOUSE
7	588.1	BUBBA GRILLS
8	587.2	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
9	583.6	92 BBQ
10	581.0	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
11	576.3	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
12	576.2	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13	575.1	JUST SMOKE N AROUND
14	566.5	MARVINS MISFITS
15	564.5	BCD BOYS COOKING DANGEROUSLY
16	557.5	SQUEAL TEAM 6/K&K GRILLS

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	FLETCHERS FINEST	586.8	593.3	595.5	1775.6
2	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	595.4	594.8	581.0	1771.2
3	92 BBQ	591.8	595.4	583.6	1770.8
4	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	596.7	584.5	587.2	1768.4
5	DIXIE QUE	581.9	590.5	590.9	1763.3
6	RUB SHAKERS QUE	571.1	594.2	595.7	1761.0
7	BUBBA GRILLS	579.9	588.4	588.1	1756.4
8	WHERE THERE’S SMOKE	591.8	565.9	590.9	1748.6
9	TC’S BBQ	575.6	575.7	594.8	1746.1
10	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ	582.3	586.8	576.3	1745.4
11	JUST SMOKE N AROUND	585.6	582.3	575.1	1743.0
12	RUFUS SMOKEHOUSE	573.0	577.7	590.2	1740.9
13	BCD BOYS COOKING DANGEROUSLY	582.0	586.9	564.5	1733.4
14	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	575.0	578.1	576.2	1729.3
15	SQUEAL TEAM 6/K&K GRILLS	585.7	585.3	557.5	1728.5
16	MARVINS MISFITS	557.9	576.4	566.5	1700.8

Apr 02 2014

Team of the Year Banquet

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) will hold its first ever Team of the Year Banquet on August 16, 2014 at the Canongate-Healy Point Country Club in Macon. The event will begin at 6:00 pm with an Icebreaker Reception. The banquet will be served at 7:00 pm with the Team of the Year awards ceremonies to follow. Following the meal and awards, a DJ will play music for dancing until 11:00 pm.

All GBA members, cooks, judges and contest organizers, are invited to attend. There will be drawings for door prizes including two Jr Stumpster smokers.

The GBA will recognize the Top 20 teams in the Team of the Years points standings. Teams 11 thru 20 will receive a T0p 20 Team of the Year banner. Teams 2 thru 10 will recieve a cash award and a Top 10 Team of the Year banner. The Team of the Year will receive a cash award, a large 2013-2014 Team of the Year banner and a Stumps XL Baby Smoker.

Details for host hotel(s) near the banquet site are being finalized.

We hope everyone will save the date on their calendars and help make t his first annual banquet a great success.

Mar 30 2014

Bikes Blues & BBQ Photos

Bikes, Blues & BBQ Photos

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Reserve Grand Champion – G.A.S. Passers

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Mar 30 2014

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Bikes, Blues & BBQ

The Georgia Barbecue Association brought competition BBQ back to Douglas, GA for the Bikes, Blues & BBQ Festival held at Douglas Gene Chambers Municipal Airport. Twenty-seven teams persevered though heavy rains and a late night wind storm to produce championship BBQ. The GBA judges really had their work cut out for them as the close scoring indicated a high level of quality pork loin, pulled pork and pork ribs made it to the tables.

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Reserve Grand Champion – G.A.S. Passers

The City of Douglas really rolled out the red carpet for the GBA’s cook teams, judges and officials. The plans were in place for two days of great Blues music, motorcycle shows & games, a vintage car show & about 75 food & craft vendors. Unfortunately, the weather forced cancellation of most of the events. Still, despite the weather challenges, the festival organizers held a very successful contest.

Lonnie Smith & his Bubba Grills team from Haddock, GA had the highest scoring entry of the finals round. His Ribs scored a 597.9 to earn the Grand Championship. G.A.S. Passers of Hazlehurst, finaled in Ribs along with a fourth place in Pulled Pork and sixth place in Pork Loin to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

In Pork Loin, Bubba Grills topped the field in the category. Douglas, GA’s Bethel Smokers took second place. Smoking 42 BBQ claimed third place. Mojo Smokehouse finished fourth with H & J Cooking Crew finishing in fifth. Sixth through 10th places went to: G, A.S. Passers; Dirt Road Smokers; Drive By Smokers; Smokin-AJ’s & Ricketson Construction.

Harvey & Shirley Willis of Fiddler’s BBQ won the Pulled Pork Category with Bethel Smokers once again taking second place. Another Douglas team, Ricketson Construction claimed third place. G.A.S. Passers took fourth. Only 1.6 points separated 5th through 10th places. A tie for fifth place went to the fifth tiebreaker before Triple Threat Smokers gained an edge over TC’s BBQ. Rounding out the top 10 were: Bubba Grills, Smokin AJ’s, B-Queb’d; and Smokin 42 BBQ. Hard Rock Hill BBQ missed the top 10 by just a half point.

Bubba Grill’s championship winning Rib box topped the category. G.A.S. Passers claimed second place. Third place went to Loud Pipe Grillers. 92 BBQ took fourth with Smokin’ 42 BBQ in fifth place. TC’s BBQ; Lightning Strike BBQ; Hungry Hog BBQ; Mojo Smoke House and Hurricane Cookers finished 6th through 10th places respectively

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the City of Douglas, organizing staff and the multitude of volunteers for their hospitality and a great contest. All the GBA teams & judges are looking forward to returning in 2015.

Full Results: (note: 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. All others are from the preliminary rounds)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	595.1	Bubba Grills	1	596.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
2	594.6	Bethel Smokers	2	596	Bethel Smokers
3	592.3	Smokin 42	3	588.3	Ricketson Construction
4	592.8	Mojo Smoke House	4	590.5	Gas Passers
5	591.5	H&J Cooking	5	588.8	Triple Threat Smokers
6	589.3	Gas Passers	6	588.8	TC’s BBQ
7	587.6	Dirt Road Smokers	7	588.1	Bubba Grills
8	587.5	Drive By Smokers	8	587.5	Smokin-AJ’s
9	584.7	Smokin-AJ’s	9	587.3	B-Queb’d
10	583	Ricketson Construction	10	587.2	Smokin 42
11	582.9	Triple Threat Smokers	11	586.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
12	582.7	Lighter’d Knot BBQ	12	586	92 BBQ
13	580.2	Loud Pipe Grillers	13	585.3	Mojo Smoke House
14	579.3	Fiddler’s BBQ	14	582.3	Hurricane Cookers
15	579.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	15	581.2	H&J Cooking
16	578.7	TC’s BBQ	16	580.5	Smokin J’s
17	578.1	Rub Shakers Q	17	576.6	Rub Shakers Q
18	577.5	Lightning Strike BBQ	18	576.2	Swine Time Grilling
19	576.5	Swine Time Grilling	19	575.9	Hungry Hog
20	574.7	Williams Food BBQ	20	574.7	Loud Pipe Grillers
21	573	92 BBQ	21	574.5	Lighter’d Knot BBQ
22	569.7	Hurricane Cookers	22	569.4	Southwire
23	565.5	Hungry Hog	23	567.1	Drive By Smokers
24	564.2	B-Queb’d	24	566.5	The Pickled Pigs
25	560.5	The Pickled Pigs	25	565.7	Lightning Strike BBQ
26	556.6	Smokin J’s	26	561.7	Dirt Road Smokers
27	0	Southwire	27	561.5	Williams Food BBQ

		RIBS
1	597.9	Bubba Grills
2	591.5	Gas Passers
3	588	Loud Pipe Grillers
4	593.7	92 BBQ
5	590.9	Smokin 42
6	589.4	TC’s BBQ
7	587.3	Lightning Strike BBQ
8	586.6	Hungry Hog
9	586	Mojo Smoke House
10	584.3	Hurricane Cookers
11	583	Triple Threat Smokers
12	582.7	Ricketson Construction
13	582.4	Swine Time Grilling
14	581.7	Bethel Smokers
15	580.9	Lighter’d Knot BBQ
16	580.8	Drive By Smokers
17	580.4	Williams Food BBQ
18	580	Dirt Road Smokers
19	579.6	B-Queb’d
20	578.5	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
21	575.4	Rub Shakers Q
22	573.8	Fiddler’s BBQ
23	572.9	Smokin-AJ’s
24	564.4	H&J Cooking
25	560.4	The Pickled Pigs
26	559.4	Smokin J’s
27	554.6	Southwire

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	599.7	588.1	595.2	1783
2	Gas Passers	589.3	590.5	599.1	1778.9
3	Smokin 42	599.1	587.2	590.9	1777.2
4	Bethel Smokers	598.8	595.8	581.7	1776.3
5	Ricketson Construction	583	598.5	582.7	1764.2
6	Mojo Smoke House	592.8	585.3	586	1764.1
7	TC’s BBQ	578.7	588.8	589.4	1756.9
8	Triple Threat Smokers	582.9	588.81	583	1754.71
9	92 BBQ	573	586	593.7	1752.7
10	Loud Pipe Grillers	580.2	574.7	597	1751.9
11	Fiddler’s BBQ	579.3	593.9	573.8	1747
12	Smokin-AJ’s	584.7	587.5	572.9	1745.1
13	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	579.1	586.7	578.5	1744.3
14	Lighter’d Knot BBQ	582.7	574.5	580.9	1738.1
15	H&J Cooking	591.5	581.2	564.4	1737.1
16	Hurricane Cookers	569.7	582.3	584.3	1736.3
17	Drive By Smokers	587.5	567.1	580.8	1735.4
18	Swine Time Grilling	576.5	576.2	582.4	1735.1
19	B-Queb’d	564.2	587.3	579.6	1731.1
20	Lightning Strike BBQ	577.5	565.7	587.3	1730.5
21	Rub Shakers Q	578.1	576.6	575.4	1730.1
22	Dirt Road Smokers	587.6	561.7	580	1729.3
23	Hungry Hog	565.5	575.9	586.6	1728
24	Williams Food BBQ	574.7	561.5	580.4	1716.6
25	Smokin J’s	556.6	580.5	559.4	1696.5
26	The Pickled Pigs	560.5	566.5	560.4	1687.4
27	Southwire	0	569.4	554.6	1124