Georgia Barbecue Association

Nov 11 2013

Fiddler’s BBQ Wins First GBA Grand in Richland

Fiddler’s BBQ Wins First GBA Grand in Richland

Grand Champion – Fiddler’s BBQ

The Fiddler’s BBQ team of Harvey and Shirley Willis from Cusseta, GA didn’t have far to travel to compete in the Pig Fest CharBroil Challenge in Richland. The short trip was a memorable one for the couple as they won their first Grand Championship on the GBA competition trail. Fiddler’s BBQ Pork Loin entry in the finals round was just 0.3 off a perfect 600 score. It took every tenth of a point as Bethel Smoker’s finals rib box was just a tick behind with a score of 599.4.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bethel Smokers

Mr Joe Wright, pitmaster for Bethel Smokers, made finals in both ribs and pulled pork. Bethel was the only team in the contest that made finals in more than one category. The two top 3 preliminary round finishes along with 7th place in loin, gave the team from Douglas the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Grand Championship.

Fiddler’s BBQ 599.7 score topped the Loin category. H & J Cooking Team came in second place with ET’s BBQ finishing in third. Lightning Strike BBQ tied for third place in the preliminary round, but fell on the 4th level of the tiebreaker to finish 4th. Holy Smoke, LLC claimed 5th place. ET’s BBQ scored a perfect 600 in the Loin preliminary round.

First Place Pulled Pork – Cooking with Sump

Cooking with Stump topped the field in the Pulled Pork category. Bethel Smokers took 2nd place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ of Tifton came in 3rd place. Fourth place went to ET’s BBQ. Fiddler’s BBQ took home 5th place just 0.3 of a point ahead of Swine Time Grillin’ Team. Just another 0.3 of a point back in 7th place was Lyles BBQ Company.

First place in Ribs went to Bethel Smokers with 92 BBQ as runnerup. Smokin’ J’s, cooking in their first GBA contest, took third place. Just Smokin’ Around BBQ took the 4th spot and Holy Smoke, LLC rounded out the top 5.

The Richland contest also held a backyard contest with 13 teams competing. Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew, led by 14 year old pitmaster Kason Gray, won the Grand Championship with 2nd place finishes in both Pulled Pork and Ribs, a 3rd place finish in Chicken and 1st place in From the Water with a perfect 600 score. Other category winners in the backyard division were:

Chicken: The Country Boy Cookers
Pulled Pork: Big Racks’ BBQ Cooking Team
Ribs: Bar B Que Bandits

The Georgia Barbecue Association was proud to once again be a part of this long running BBQ competition and festival. The next stop on the GBA trail will be in Moultrie as the GBA will sanction for the first time the Moultrie Moose Lodge 1158 Annual BBQ Cookoff on December 6-7.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	Fiddlers BBQ	1	598.8	Cooking With Stump
2	598.2	H & J Cooking Team	2	598.5	Bethel Smokers
3	597.6	E.T. ‘s BBQ	3	598.2	Smok’n 42 BBQ
4	591.5	Lightening Strike BBQ	4	591.5	E.T. ‘s BBQ
5	589.9	Holy Smoke, LLC	5	589	Fiddlers BBQ
6	588.3	Smok’n 42 BBQ	6	586.6	Swine Time Grill’n Team
7	587.8	Bethel Smokers	7	586.3	Lyles BBQ Company
8	584	Cooking With Stump	8	585.7	Just Smok “N” Around BBQ
9	583.3	Drive By Smoker’s	9	584.8	92 BBQ
10	582.8	Just Smok “N” Around BBQ	10	583.5	Drive By Smoker’s
11	579.4	92 BBQ	11	583.4	Holy Smoke, LLC
12	577.7	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	12	582.9	TC’s BBQ
13	577	TC’s BBQ	13	581	Old Henry’s BBQ
14	576.5	Lick’em Lips BBQ	14	578.3	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
15	572.7	Swine Time Grill’n Team	15	576.4	Smokin J’s
16	570.4	Lyles BBQ Company	16	568.7	Lightening Strike BBQ
17	570.2	Old Henry’s BBQ	17	566.5	H & J Cooking Team
18	568.1	Smokin J’s	18	564.9	Lick’em Lips BBQ

		RIBS
1	599.4	Bethel Smokers
2	598.8	92 BBQ
3	597.3	Smokin J’s
4	588.8	Just Smok “N” Around BBQ
5	588.2	Holy Smoke, LLC
6	586.9	Cooking With Stump
7	586.6	Fiddlers BBQ
8	586.6	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
9	583.6	Old Henry’s BBQ
10	583.2	Swine Time Grill’n Team
11	580	H & J Cooking Team
12	578.8	Lyles BBQ Company
13	575.4	Lightening Strike BBQ
14	575.1	Drive By Smoker’s
15	575.1	TC’s BBQ
16	569.7	E.T. ‘s BBQ
17	568.5	Smok’n 42 BBQ
18	567.1	Lick’em Lips BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Bethel Smokers	591.5	592.1	587.8	1771.4
2	Fiddlers BBQ	586.6	589	592.5	1768.1
3	Cooking With Stump	586.9	595.1	584	1766
4	92 BBQ	599.1	584.8	579.4	1763.3
5	Holy Smoke, LLC	588.2	583.4	589.9	1761.5
6	E.T. ‘s BBQ	569.7	591.5	600	1761.2
7	Just Smok “N” Around BBQ	588.8	585.7	582.8	1757.3
8	Smok’n 42 BBQ	568.5	599.1	588.3	1755.9
9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	586.6	578.3	577.7	1742.6
10	Swine Time Grill’n Team	583.2	586.6	572.7	1742.5
11	Drive By Smoker’s	575.1	583.5	583.3	1741.9
12	H & J Cooking Team	580	566.5	591.5	1738
13	Lightening Strike BBQ	575.4	568.7	591.5	1735.6
14	Lyles BBQ Company	578.8	586.3	570.4	1735.5
15	TC’s BBQ	575.1	582.9	577	1735
16	Old Henry’s BBQ	583.6	581	570.2	1734.8
17	Smokin J’s	589.5	576.4	568.1	1734
18	Lick’em Lips BBQ	567.1	564.9	576.5	1708.5

Oct 27 2013

Jack’s Old South Edges Out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in Hawkinsville

Jack’s Old South Edges Out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in Hawkinsville

Grand Champions – Jack’s Old South

Some of the top names in the world of competition BBQ turned out for the Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ Cook Off, but the regulars on the Georgia Barbecue Association circuit were up for the challenge. When the smoke settled, the Grand Championship had to be decided by a coin toss. Jack’s Old South scored a near perfect 599.1 in the Pork Loin finals. That was matched by Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack’s final Rib entry. The GBA officials compared the scores thru the tie breaker procedure and the two teams matched up exactly. That left it up to a coin toss and the winningest man in BBQ walked last once again.

Myron Mixon actually got his winning ways started in Hawkinsville. In 1996, Hawkinsville hosted a Memphis in May BBQ contest & Mixon won his very first Grand Championship at that event.

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack may have come out on the wrong end of the coin toss, but the team’s strong showing across the three GBA categories secured the Reserve Grand Championship. The team made finals both Ribs & Pork Loin .

Jack’s Old South score of 599.1 in Pork Loin topped the category. Sauced Hogs Smoke shack finished second with ComSouth High Tech Smokers finishing third.. BBQ Pitmasters star, Michael Character of Character’s Famous BBQ from Adairsville, GA, captured 4th place. Another BBQ Pitmasters alum, Moe Cason of Ponderoas BBQ, took 5th place.

1st Place Pulled Pork – 92 BBQ

In Pulled Pork, 92 BBQ in just their 3rd GBA contest, beat out all the big names & seasoned vets to capture their first category win. Smokin 42 BBQ was the runner up. Kelvin’s BBQ took third place. Cooking with Stump, another BBQ Pitmasters star, claimed 4th place. Jack’s Old South rounded out the top five.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack racked up a near perfect score in the Ribs Finals to win the category over Jack’s Old South, second place, and Ponderosa BBQ, third place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ came in 4th place with ComSouth High Tech Smokers claiming 5th place.

The GBA thanks the Hawkinsville Downtown Development Authority for organizing a great contest and looks forward to returning to the Harvert Festival again next year. The next stop on the GBA trail with be in Richland on November 8-9 followed up by a new event on the circuit, the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook Off on December 6-7

Full Contest Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	599.1	JACK’S OLD SOUTH	1	598.8	92 BBQ
2	590.8	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	2	596.1	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
3	580.6	COMSOUTH HIGH TECH	3	589.6	KELVIN’S BBQ
4	590.8	CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ	4	587.9	COOKING WITH STUMP
5	583.7	PONDEROSA BBQ	5	586.2	JACK’S OLD SOUTH
6	581.2	KELVIN’S BBQ	6	582.7	PONDEROSA BBQ
7	580.3	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	7	580	LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ
8	579.4	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ	8	579	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
9	575.8	SWINE TIME BBQ	9	579	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
10	575.2	DADDY-O’S BBQ	10	574.7	COMSOUTH HIGH TECH
11	575.1	92 BBQ	11	572.3	SWINE TIME BBQ
12	570.3	LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ	12	571.8	CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ
13	568	COOKING WITH STUMP	13	568.5	TECHNICALLY COOKING
14	560.1	TECHNICALLY COOKING	14	566.2	DADDY-O’S BBQ

		RIBS
1	599.1	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	598.5	JACK’S OLD SOUTH
3	588.9	PONDEROSA BBQ
4	592.1	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
5	584.3	COMSOUTH HIGH TECH
6	580.3	TECHNICALLY COOKING
7	579.4	COOKING WITH STUMP
8	577.9	KELVIN’S BBQ
9	575.1	LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ
10	573.8	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
11	572.8	CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ
12	572.8	DADDY-O’S BBQ
13	571.9	SWINE TIME BBQ
14	568.7	92 BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	JACK’S OLD SOUTH	592.2	586.2	592.1	1770.5
2	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	595.8	579	592.4	1767.2
3	PONDEROSA BBQ	599.7	582.7	583.7	1766.1
4	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	592.1	593.1	580.3	1765.5
5	KELVIN’S BBQ	577.9	596.8	581.2	1755.9
6	COMSOUTH HIGH TECH	584.3	574.7	595.4	1754.4
7	92 BBQ	568.7	594.5	575.1	1738.3
8	CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ	572.8	571.8	590.8	1735.4
9	COOKING WITH STUMP	579.4	587.9	568	1735.3
10	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ	573.8	579	579.4	1732.2
11	LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ	575.1	580	570.3	1725.4
12	SWINE TIME BBQ	571.9	572.3	575.8	1720
13	DADDY-O’S BBQ	572.8	566.2	575.2	1714.2
14	TECHNICALLY COOKING	580.3	568.5	560.1	1708.9

Oct 27 2013

Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ Cook Off

Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ Cook Off

Grand Champions – Jack’s Old South

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

1st Place Pulled Pork – 92 BBQ

Oct 21 2013

Cooking with Stump Tops the Field in Tennille

When Walter “Stump” McDowell posed for the GBA camera flexing his muscles on Friday afternoon, it was a sign of things to come. The Cooking with Stump team of “Stump” and Tab “Mama Stump” McDowell notched a perfect score of 600 in the preliminary round of the Ribs category. They followed up with a near perfect entry in the Ribs Finals to capture the Grand Championship at the 7th Annual Tennille BBQ Blast. Full results of the contest are below

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) has been honored to be a part of one the great small town festivals in the state for the past three years. Huge crowds filled the streets of Tennille Friday and Saturday to enjoy great food, good music and crafts vendors. The GBA thanks the Tennille Downtown Development Authority, the Tennille Fire Department and everyone associated with the contest for their hospitality.

Grand Champions – Cooking with Stump

Another team that flexed its cooking “muscles” was Sweat’s BBQ. Pitmaster Lee Sweat made finals in all three categories to win Reserve Grand Champion. The team finished second in both Loin and Ribs and took third place in Pulled Pork. Sweat’s also took first place in the ancillary Poultry category and second place in the Brisket ancillary.

Reserve Grand Champion – Sweat’s BBQ

First Place Loin – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack claimed first place in the Pork Loin category. Sweats BBQ came in second place and the Tennille Fire Department Engine 2 BBQ took third place. Fourth place went to Just Smokin’ Around with TC’s BBQ in fifth place.

The winning entry in Pulled Pork was turned in by the husband & wife team, the McRea’s of Just Smokin’ Around from Jackson, GA. Cooking with Stump was runner up in the category. Sweat’s BBQ finished in third place. ET’s BBQ came in fourth. Fifth place in Pulled Pork went to TC’s BBQ who edge out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack by 0.1 of a point.

First Place Pulled Pork – Just Smokin’ Around

Cooking with Sump was the top entry in Ribs with Sweat’s BBQ in second. Third place went to Ivey Rack & Q. Engine 2 BBQ claimed fourth place and Just Smokin’ Around took fifth place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association looks forward to returning to Tennile again in 2014. The next stop for the GBA will be this weekend – October 25 & 26, in Hawkinsville, GA for the Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ Cookoff.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.8	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK	1	598.5	JUST SMOKIN AROUND
2	596.4	SWEATS BBQ	2	596.7	COOKING WITH STUMP
3	582.3	ENGINE 2 BBQ	3	590.3	SWEATS BBQ
4	582.9	JUST SMOKIN AROUND	4	591.8	ET’S BBQ
5	578.5	TC’S BBQ	5	579.6	TC’S BBQ
6	577.7	COOKING WITH STUMP	6	579.5	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
7	574.9	BACK YARD PORKERS	7	578.6	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
8	570.7	ET’S BBQ	8	578.3	BACK YARD PORKERS
9	569.3	PIT WITTA SWIG	9	566	ENGINE 2 BBQ
10	566.6	IVEY RACK & Q	10	564.5	PIT WITTA SWIG
11	558.2	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	11	557.5	IVEY RACK & Q

		RIBS
1	599.1	COOKING WITH STUMP
2	591.8	SWEATS BBQ
3	582.6	IVEY RACK AND Q
4	583	ENGINE 2 BBQ
5	580.1	JUST SMOKIN AROUND
6	578.9	TC’S BBQ
7	576	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
8	572.9	ET’S BBQ
9	571	BACK YARD PORKERS
10	563.8	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	SWEATS BBQ	592.1	595.4	593.1	1780.6
2	COOKING WITH STUMP	600	592.7	577.7	1770.4
3	JUST SMOKIN AROUND	580.1	596.4	582.9	1759.4
4	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	576	579.5	595.7	1751.2
5	TC’S BBQ	578.9	579.6	578.5	1737
6	ENGINE 2 BBQ	583	566	586.4	1735.4
7	ET’S BBQ	572.9	591.8	570.7	1735.4
8	BACK YARD PORKERS	571	578.3	574.9	1724.2
9	IVEY RACK & Q	585.4	557.5	566.6	1709.5
10	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	563.8	578.6	558.2	1700.6
11	PIT WITTA SWIG	0	564.5	569.3	1133.8

Oct 20 2013

Tennille BBQ Blast 2013 Photo Gallery

Stump flexing his muscles

Grand Champion – Cooking with Stump

Reserve Grand Champion – Sweat’s BBQ