Georgia Barbecue Association

Aug 10 2014

Board of Directors Minutes 8/02/2014

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

August 2, 2014

Forsyth, Georgia

Called to order by Rick Godfrey

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

Membership Present: Ed Vesely, John Ricketson, Giles O’Neal, Connie Rosser, Wayne Rosser, Jim Copeland, Scotty Lawson, Brad Sweet, Greg Sebastian, Bart Shipley, Jason Adams, Lonnie Smith

Action:

Vote:

Motion: Danny Meadows

Second: Greg Hoyt

To accept the Treasurer’s P&L Report.

Approved

7-0

Motion: Jim Sewell

Second: Alex Khoury

To amend the rule regarding pork loin as follows:

Pork Loin is to be a boneless or bone-in piece of meat that weighs at least 5 pounds at the time of meat inspection. After inspection by the GBA and trimming by the cook team, the pork loin is to be cooked as a single piece of meat until the time the cook team prepares the loin for the turn-in box.

Amendment: Greg Hoyt

Seconded: Danny Meadows

To delete the words “bone-in” from the proposed rule.

Approved

5-2

Motion: Rick Godfrey

Second: Danny Meadows

To establish and maintain the Georgia Barbecue Hall of Fame

(Committee created to work on this goal: Danny Meadows, Greg Hoyt, Rick Godfrey, Alex Khoury)

Approved

7-0

Motion: Jim Sewell

Second: Lois Sebastian

To require teams to maintain the same team name throughout the contest year

Approved

6-0

Motion: Rick Godfrey

Second: Greg Hoyt

To calculate Category of the Year standings using placement points only (not participation points)

Approved

7-0

Motion: Danny Meadows

Second: Lois Sebastian

To award 5 participation points per contest entered (instead of 2 points per category entered)

Approved

6-1

Motion: Greg Hoyt

Second: Danny Meadows

To transfer responsibility for meat inspection to the contest organizer, with inspection required to be completed by 5:00 pm on the day before the cook

Failed

0-7

Motion: Greg Hoyt

Second: Danny Evans

To require contest organizers to add an additional hotel room night in their sanctioning package

Approved

7-0

Motion: Jim Sewell

Second: Alex Khoury

To adopt the proposed Cooking for Fun rules and sanctioning changes, excluding the “move up” requirement for the CFF Team of the Year

Approved

7-0

Motion: Jim Sewell

Second: Rick Godfrey

To set a minimum age for Pitmasters at 16 and require an adult, age 21 or older, to cosign the team’s application and be onsite for the duration of the contest if the Pitmaster is under 21.

Approved

7-0

Motion: Greg Hoyt

Second: Danny Evans

To require a team entered to cook 2 GBA contests on the same day to declare which contest will count towards its point total by no later than the earliest cook team meeting for those contests

Approved

7-0

Motion: Jim Sewell

Second: Greg Hoyt

To reconsider the earlier vote on the pork loin rule

Approved

6-0

Motion: Jim Sewell

Second: Greg Hoyt

To return the words “bone-in” to the pork loin rule, as originally proposed.

The new rule, as adopted, is:

Approved

6-1

Motion: Rick Godfrey

Second: Alex Khoury

To use the proposed web-based membership software to manage the GBA’s membership roster

Approved

7-0

Motion: Rick Godfrey

Second: Danny Meadows

To go into executive session

Approved

7-0

Motion: Greg Hoyt

Second: Alex Khoury

To close executive session

Approved

7-0

Meeting adjourned

Jul 27 2014

GBA Board of Directors to meet Aug 2

The Georgia Barbecue Association Board of Directors will meet on August 2, 2014 at 11:00 am. The meeting will be held at:

Alderman Hall at Forsyth Welcome Center
68 North Lee Street
Forsyth, Georgia

The meeting is open to all active GBA members. Any member wishing to address the board should contact Board Chairman Rick Godfrey. (click here to email)

BOD tentative agenda 8-2-14

Jun 22 2014

Bubba Grills Gets The Last Call at Paulding Co Stars & Stripes BBQ

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

The battle for Grand Champion at the first Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Contest in Dallas, GA was just as heated as the summer afternoon, Bubba Grills’ Rib entry and Smokin’ 42 BBQ’s Loin entry both scored 596.2 points in the finals round. This forced the Grand Championship to be decided on a tiebreaker. It didn’t take long, however, as Bubba Grills won the first level tiebeaker to claim the Grand Championship.

Competing in their first GBA contest, Robin Bowles and the Just Blowing Smoke team made finals in Loin and Pulled Pork along with a fifth place finish in Ribs to take the Reserve Championship Award.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

First Place Loin – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Smokin’ 42 BBQ continued to rule the Pork Loin category by winning the category for the 6th time this season. Just Blowing Smoke took second place with Bubba Grills taking third. Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ finished in 4th place and another first time GBA competitor, Reading BBQ finished in fifth place. Sixth place went to The Fat Redneck BBQ Co. Seventh place went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. Eighth place went to Smokin’ J’s. Ninth place went to Swine Time Grilling Team. Rounding out the top 10 was the only lady pitmaster in the contest, Crystal Smitherman of Hard Rock Hill BBQ.

First Place Pork – Fiddler’s BBQ

Harvey Willis of Fiddler’s BBQ had the top Pulled Pork entry of the contest. Just Blowing Smoke was just 0.6 of a point behind for their second runner-up finish. TC’s BBQ came in third place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ claimed 4th place with H & J BBQ taking fifth. Sixth place went to Swine and Shine BBQ. The Fat Redneck BBQ Co. & Swine Time Grilling Team finished 7th and 8th place respectively. Moe Cason of Poderosa BBQ and TV’s BBQ Pitmasters fame, took 9th place. Bubba Grills got the 10th place call.

Bubba Grills’ Grand Champiionship winning Ribs were tops in the category. Ponderosa BBQ came in second place. Smokin Squealers, another team cooking their first GBA contest, came in third place. 92 BBQ grabbed 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. Four Fathers BBQ edged out Just Smoke N Around BBQ for 6th place by just 0.1 of a point. Eighth thru tenth places went to TC’s BBQ, Fiddler’s BBQ and Butt Rubbin’ BBQ.

First Place Pork Cooking for Fun – Screaming Eagle BBQ

First Place Ribs Cooking for Fun – The Fat Guys

The contest also held a GBA Cooking For Fun division competition. Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the Pulled Pork Category. The Fat Guys took second place with We Want Q in third. The Fat Guys, pitmaster Robert Holt, had the top Ribs entry of the division. Sreaming Eagle BBQ was the runner-up with Pig Buster BBQ in third place.

This completes the 2013-2014 contest year for the Georgia Barbecue Association. The new contest year with begin with the GBA State Championships at the Hambone Jam in Fort Valley on September 5-6. The GBA will hold the first ever Team of the Year banquet on August 16 in Macon. More details of the banquet will be posted soon on the GBA website: www.bbqg.com

Full Contest Results:


		LOIN
1	596.2	Smokin’ 42
2	595.3	Just Blowing Smoke
3	589.8	Bubba Grills
4	591.2	92 BBQ
5	588.6	Reading Smoke
6	587.2	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company
7	586.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
8	585.4	Smokin J’s
9	582.7	Swine Time Grilling
10	580.7	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ
11	579.2	Butts & Brews BBQ
12	579.1	TC BBQ
13	579	Ponderosa BBQ
14	579	Smoking Butts BBQ
15	577.7	Just Smoke N Around
16	577.5	H & J Cook Team
17	575.4	Smokin Squealers
18	575.2	Bird Dog BBQ
19	572.7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
20	571.8	Dirt Road Smokers
21	571.8	Fiddler’s BBQ
22	571.5	Old Henry BBQ
23	570.3	Four Fathers BBQ
24	570.2	Squeal Team Six
25	568.4	Swine and Shine BBQ
26	563.2	Smoking the Good Stuff


		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.6	Fiddler’s BBQ	1	596.2	Bubba Grills
2	595	Just Blowing Smoke	2	595.1	Ponderosa BBQ
3	591.1	TC BBQ	3	591.3	Smokin Squealers
4	589.2	Smokin’ 42	4	594.2	92 BBQ
5	588.6	H & J Cook Team	5	590.9	Just Blowing Smoke
6	587.8	Swine and Shine BBQ	6	588.2	Four Fathers BBQ
7	586.6	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	7	588.1	Just Smoke N Around
8	586	Swine Time Grilling	8	587.2	TC BBQ
9	584.3	Ponderosa BBQ	9	584.8	Fiddler’s BBQ
10	583.9	Bubba Grills	10	582.9	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
11	581.6	Bird Dog BBQ	11	582.3	Old Henry BBQ
12	581.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	12	582.3	Bird Dog BBQ
13	581	Smoking the Good Stuff	13	581.1	Swine Time Grilling
14	579.1	92 BBQ	14	579	Squeal Team Six
15	579.1	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ	15	577.6	H & J Cook Team
16	579	Squeal Team Six	16	575.6	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ
17	577.7	Butts & Brews BBQ	17	575.3	Smokin J’s
18	575.4	Smokin Squealers	18	573.3	Dirt Road Smokers
19	572.5	Just Smoke N Around	19	573.3	Smoking Butts BBQ
20	571.8	Old Henry BBQ	20	571.7	Reading Smoke
21	570.9	Smoking Butts BBQ	21	571.4	Swine and Shine BBQ
22	570.8	Smokin J’s	22	566.8	Smoking the Good Stuff
23	567.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	23	566.5	Smokin’ 42
24	567	Dirt Road Smokers	24	565.1	Butts & Brews BBQ
25	563.4	Reading Smoke	25	563.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
26	553	Four Fathers BBQ	26	561.2	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	597.6	583.9	595.4	1776.9
2	Just Blowing Smoke	592.7	590.5	590.9	1774.1
3	92 BBQ	591.2	579.1	594.2	1764.5
4	TC BBQ	579.1	591.8	587.2	1758.1
5	Ponderosa BBQ	579	584.3	594.5	1757.8
6	Smokin’ 42	597.7	589.2	566.5	1753.4
7	Swine Time Grilling	582.7	586	581.1	1749.8
8	Smokin Squealers	575.4	575.4	598.8	1749.6
9	Fiddler’s BBQ	571.8	591.1	584.8	1747.7
10	H & J Cook Team	577.5	588.6	577.6	1743.7
11	Bird Dog BBQ	575.2	581.6	582.3	1739.1
12	Just Smoke N Around	577.7	572.5	588.1	1738.3
13	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ	580.7	579.1	575.6	1735.4
14	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	587.2	586.6	561.2	1735
15	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	586.9	581.6	563.9	1732.4
16	Smokin J’s	585.4	570.8	575.3	1731.5
17	Squeal Team Six	570.2	579	579	1728.2
18	Swine and Shine BBQ	568.4	587.8	571.4	1727.6
19	Old Henry BBQ	571.5	571.8	582.3	1725.6
20	Reading Smoke	588.6	563.4	571.7	1723.7
21	Smoking Butts BBQ	579	570.9	573.3	1723.2
22	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	572.7	567.2	582.9	1722.8
23	Butts & Brews BBQ	579.2	577.7	565.1	1722
24	Dirt Road Smokers	571.8	567	573.3	1712.1
25	Four Fathers BBQ	570.3	553	588.2	1711.5
26	Smoking the Good Stuff	563.2	581	566.8	1711

Cooking for Fun Division
			PULLED PORK			RIBS
	1	590.9	Screaming Eagle	1	591.2	The Fat Guys
	2	586.6	The Fat Guys	2	577.8	Screaming Eagle
	3	580.3	We Want Q	3	574.8	Pig Buster BBQ
	4	579.3	CJ’s BBQ	4	568	Sweetwater Competition Smoke Out Team
	5	560.4	Pig Buster BBQ	5	566.7	We Want Q
	6	546	Sweetwater Competition Smoke Out Team	6	562.5	CJ’s BBQ

May 11 2014

Smokin’ 42 Dominates at Smoke on the Lake

The “Black Train” made the long trip from Tifton to Acworth worthwhile by dominating the field at Smoke on the Lake at Cauble Park on Lake Acworth. The team turned the GBA “hat trick” by making finals in all three categories. They capped off the strong run in the preliminary rounds with a perfect 600 score in Ribs. It was, however, their Pork Loin entry that had the highest score in the finals rounds for the Grand Championship win.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Reserve Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack, who is trying to hold off the hard charging Smokin’ 42 BBQ team in the GBA Team of the Year standings, also had a successful weekend by making finals in Pork Loin & Pulled Pork and took home the Reserve Championship. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack holds a slim 21 point lead in the Team of the Year standings with only one contest remaining in the 2013-2014 season.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ’s final round score of 599.1 topped the Pork Loin category. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took the 2nd spot Trey Barnes of Butt Rubbin’ BBQ finished third. Bubba Grills took 4th place with 92 BBQ in 5th. Sixth thru 10th places went to Wild Smoke, Just Smoke N Around, Smoke Ring Aficionados, Plum Superior BBQ and Natural Born Smokers.

The win in Pulled Pork went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack with Bubba Grills taking 2nd place. Smokin 42 BBQ grabbed third place and Plum Superior BBQ grabbed 4th place. 92 BBQ edged out Butt Rubbin BBQ for 5th place by 0.3 of a point. Smokin’ J’s finished in 7th with Smokin’ HOTlanta in 8th place. Rounding out the top 10 was Just Smoke N Around BBQ and Smoke Ring Aficionados.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ followed up the prefect score in the Ribs preliminary round with the top score in the Ribs finals round. 92 BBQ was the runner up. Third place went to Plum Superior BBQ and 4th place went to Smokin’ J’s. Natural Born Smokers completed the top 5. Sixth place went to Bubba Grills with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack just 0.6 of a point back in 7th place. Just Smoke N Around, Smokin’ HOTlanta & Butt Rubbin; BBQ finished 8th thru 10th place respectively

The North Cobb Rotary Club also sponsored a GBA Cooking for Fun Division that drew 21 teams. Swineholio won the Grand Champion award and East Coast BBQ was named the Reserve Champion.

Cooking For Fun Grand Champion – Swineholio

Swineholio won the Chicken competition with How Bout Them Hawks in second place. Holy Smokers NS took 3rd place with Smokin’ Z BBQ in 4th and Smokin’ Snowballs in 5th place. Smokin’ Z BBQ finished on top in Pulled Pork. Swineholio was the runner up. Third thru 5th places went to East Coast BBQ, Big Blue BBQ and Nice Rack BBQ. The winner in the Ribs category was Smokin’ Jackets. CJ BBQ grabbed 2nd place and Swineholio grabbed third. East Coast BBQ and Grills Gone Wild completed the top five.

The North Cobb Rotary Club did an outstanding job in spite of rain off and on throughout the weekend. Even with the rain washing out the Firday nite concert and fireworks, the Acworth community still turned out to support the event & the People’s Choice contests generated over $5,000 for charity.

The Georgia Barbecue Association will wind up the 2013-2014 competition season in Dallas, GA with the Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Cook Off & Festival on June 20-21.

GBA Division Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	599.1	Smokin 42 BBQ	1	596	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
2	592.6	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	2	594.7	Bubba Grills
3	590.3	Butt Rubbin BBQ	3	591.3	Smokin 42 BBQ
4	591.8	Bubba Grills	4	590.6	Plum Superior BBQ
5	588.2	92 BBQ	5	590.2	92 BBQ
6	579.3	Wild Smoke	6	589.9	Butt Rubbin BBQ
7	577.2	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	7	587.5	Smokin J’s
8	576.7	Smoke Ring Aficianiados	8	583.9	Smokin Hotlanta
9	572.3	Plum Superior BBQ	9	578.4	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
10	568.4	Natural Born Smokers	10	577.4	Smoke Ring Aficianiados
11	564.5	Smokin Hotlanta	11	577.1	Wild Smoke
12	564.1	Smokin J’s	12	569	Atlanta Butts Society
13	562.9	Stand With Barry	13	568.2	Natural Born Smokers
14	557	Atlanta Butts Society	14	555	Stand With Barry

		RIBS
1	597.3	Smokin 42 BBQ
2	595.9	92 BBQ
3	588.8	Plum Superior BBQ
4	585.5	Smokin J’s
5	582.7	Natural Born Smokers
6	579.9	Bubba Grills
7	579.3	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
8	578.1	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
9	576	Smokin Hotlanta
10	575.4	Butt Rubbin BBQ
11	571.4	Stand With Barry
12	571.2	Smoke Ring Aficianiados
13	556.3	Wild Smoke
14	552.9	Atlanta Butts Society

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Smokin 42 BBQ	592.4	595.8	600	1788.2
2	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	595.1	595.4	579.3	1769.8
3	92 BBQ	588.2	590.2	589.9	1768.3
4	Bubba Grills	591.8	594.8	579.9	1766.5
5	Plum Superior BBQ	572.3	590.6	595.1	1758
6	Butt Rubbin BBQ	591.81	589.9	575.4	1757.1
7	Smokin J’s	564.1	587.5	585.5	1737.1
8	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	577.2	578.4	578.1	1733.7
9	Smoke Ring Aficianiados	576.7	577.4	571.2	1725.3
10	Smokin Hotlanta	564.5	583.9	576	1724.4
11	Natural Born Smokers	568.4	568.2	582.7	1719.3
12	Wild Smoke	579.3	577.1	556.3	1712.7
13	Stand With Barry	562.9	555	571.4	1689.3
14	Atlanta Butts Society	557	569	552.9	1678.9

Cooking For Fun Division Results:

		CHICKEN			PULLED PORK
1	599.4	SWINEHOLIO	1	593.3	SMOKIN Z BBQ
2	595.7	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS	2	591.8	SWINEHOLIO
3	594.8	HOLY SMOKERS	3	590.2	EAST COAST BBQ
4	591.3	SMOKIN Z BBQ	4	588.3	BIG BLUE BBQ
5	586.9	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS	5	586.7	NICE RACK BBQ
6	585.9	EAST COAST BBQ	6	585.2	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS
7	579.6	BALDY’S BUTTS	7	583.5	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.
8	579.3	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.	8	582	FOREFATHERS
9	578.6	BIG BLUE BBQ	9	579.8	CJ BBQ
10	578.4	NICE RACK BBQ	10	579.4	HOLY SMOKERS
11	577.7	SWINE DINING BBQ	11	579.3	BALDY’S BUTTS
12	575.6	BOOTLEGGER BBQ	12	579	KOMADO KOMMANOS
13	575.2	CJ BBQ	13	579	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS
14	571.8	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS	14	577.8	HEY JACK BBQ
15	570.6	WE WANT QUE	15	577.3	SWINE DINING BBQ
16	570.3	SMOKIN JACKETS	16	576.7	BOOTLEGGER BBQ
17	568.6	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ	17	576.3	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS
18	566.3	GRILLS GONE WILD	18	573.6	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ
19	565.8	FOREFATHERS	19	572.4	WE WANT QUE
20	564.9	HEY JACK BBQ	20	567.7	GRILLS GONE WILD
21	0	KOMADO KOMMANOS	21	563.9	SMOKIN JACKETS

		RIBS
1	586.9	SMOKIN JACKETS
2	583.2	CJ BBQ
3	582.9	SWINEHOLIO
4	582.2	EAST COAST BBQ
5	581.6	GRILLS GONE WILD
6	580	BOOTLEGGER BBQ
7	577.5	KOMADO KOMMANOS
8	576.9	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS
9	576.8	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS
10	576.6	HOLY SMOKERS
11	576.6	SWINE DINING BBQ
12	575.5	FOREFATHERS
13	575.1	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.
14	575.1	NICE RACK BBQ
15	574.8	WE WANT QUE
16	574.7	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS
17	572.6	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ
18	572	BALDY’S BUTTS
19	570.5	BIG BLUE BBQ
20	567.4	HEY JACK BBQ
21	535.3	SMOKIN Z BBQ

	Grand Champion Scores
		CHICKEN	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	SWINEHOLIO	599.4	591.8	582.9	1774.1
2	EAST COAST BBQ	585.9	590.2	582.2	1758.3
3	HOLY SMOKERS	594.8	579.4	576.6	1750.8
4	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS	595.7	576.3	576.9	1748.9
5	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS	586.9	585.2	574.7	1746.8
6	NICE RACK BBQ	578.4	586.7	575.1	1740.2
7	CJ BBQ	575.2	579.8	583.2	1738.2
8	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.	579.3	583.5	575.1	1737.9
9	BIG BLUE BBQ	578.6	588.3	570.5	1737.4
10	BOOTLEGGER BBQ	575.6	576.7	580	1732.3
11	SWINE DINING BBQ	577.7	577.3	576.6	1731.6
12	BALDY’S BUTTS	579.6	579.3	572	1730.9
13	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS	571.8	579	576.8	1727.6
14	FOREFATHERS	565.8	582	575.5	1723.3
15	SMOKIN JACKETS	570.3	563.9	586.9	1721.1
16	SMOKIN Z BBQ	591.3	593.3	535.3	1719.9
17	WE WANT QUE	570.6	572.4	574.8	1717.8
18	GRILLS GONE WILD	566.3	567.7	581.6	1715.6
19	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ	568.6	573.6	572.6	1714.8
20	HEY JACK BBQ	564.9	577.8	567.4	1710.1
21	KOMADO KOMMANOS	0	579	577.5	1156.5

May 04 2014

Bethel Smokers Rises to the Top at 3 Rivers BBQ Fest

Bethel Smokers of Douglas, GA, won the Pulled Pork Category and with the top score of the finals rounds captured the Grand Championship at the 3 Rivers BBQ Fest. The contest was held at the Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center just north of Hazlehurst on the banks of the mighty Altamaha River.

Grand Champion – Bethel Smokers

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin – 92 BBQ

It was a close race for the Reserve Championship. Bubba Grills total of 1765.5 in the three preliminary rounds was just 0.2 of a point ahead of Smokin’ 42 BBQ.

Bethel Smokers score of 597.7 topped the Pulled Pork category. Mojo Smokehouse of Willacoochee, GA took second place. In third place, cooking in their first GBA contest, was Straw Boss BBQ. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack finished in fourth place with Just Smoke N Around in fifth place. Sixth place went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ and 7th place went to Drive By Smokers. H & J Cook Team, Bubba Grills and 92 BBQ finished 8th, 9th & 10th respectively.

Bubba Grills won the Ribs category with Smokin’ 42 BBQ as runner-up. TC’s BBQ of Swainsboro, captured third and 92 BBQ captured fourth place. Rounding out the top 5 was Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. Sixth place was taken by Mojo Smokehouse. Seventh thru 10th places went to Smokin’ AJ’s, Bethel Smokers, Just Smoke N Around and Doc & Dicies.

92 BBQ, Brad Sweet with special assistant pitmaster William, conquered the Pork Loin category. Bubba Grills took second place. Mojo Smokehouse grabbed the third spot. Sauced Hogs Smokeshack had their second 4th place finish and Just Smoke N Around got their second 5th place award. Smokin’ AJ’s took 6th place and Doc & Dicies took 7th place. Eighth went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ and 9th place went to Straw Boss BBQ. Bethel Smokers completed the top 10 in the category.

The GBA would like to thank the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Co. Board of Tourism and the staff of Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center for hosting a great contest at a beautiful venue.

The GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake next week (May 9-10) then winds up the 2013-2014 season in Dallas GA at the Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Cook-off & Festival on June 20-21.

Full Contest Results:

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.7	BETHEL SMOKERS	1	596.7	BUBBA GRILLS
2	592.0	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	2	594.7	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
3	590.4	STRAW BOSS BBQ	3	591.4	TC’S BBQ
4	589.9	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK	4	589.9	92 BBQ
5	587.0	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ	5	583.9	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK
6	586.6	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	6	583.6	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
7	585.3	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	7	583	SMOKIN – AJ’S
8	585.0	H & J COOKING TEAM	8	579	BETHEL SMOKERS
9	582.3	BUBBA GRILLS	9	574.5	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ
10	581.7	92 BBQ	10	574.4	DOC & DICIES
11	581.7	TC’S BBQ	11	574.1	H & J COOKING TEAM
12	579.7	DOC & DICIES	12	573	STRAW BOSS BBQ
13	578.7	SMOKIN – AJ’S	13	572.4	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
14	569.9	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	14	570.2	R K BQ
15	567.0	R K BQ	15	554.3	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

		LOIN
1	595.1	92 BBQ
2	593.6	BUBBA GRILLS
3	590.9	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
4	588.8	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK
5	587.9	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ
6	587.6	SMOKIN – AJ’S
7	582.4	DOC & DICIES
8	579.3	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
9	578.3	STRAW BOSS BBQ
10	573.7	BETHEL SMOKERS
11	572.4	H & J COOKING TEAM
12	568.8	R K BQ
13	568.1	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
14	567.1	TC’S BBQ
15	557	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	BUBBA GRILLS	591.4	582.3	591.8	1765.5
2	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	579.3	586.6	599.4	1765.3
3	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	590.1	590.9	583.6	1764.6
4	92 BBQ	591.8	581.7	589.9	1763.4
5	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK	588.8	589.9	583.9	1762.6
6	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ	587.9	587.0	574.5	1749.4
7	SMOKIN – AJ’S	587.6	578.7	583	1749.3
8	BETHEL SMOKERS	573.7	595.8	579	1748.5
9	STRAW BOSS BBQ	578.3	592.5	573	1743.8
10	TC’S BBQ	567.1	581.7	591.5	1740.3
11	DOC & DICIES	582.4	579.7	574.4	1736.5
12	H & J COOKING TEAM	572.4	585.0	574.1	1731.5
13	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	568.1	585.3	572.4	1725.8
14	R K BQ	568.8	567.0	570.2	1706.0
15	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	557	569.9	554.3	1681.2