Sep 22 2013

Smokin 42 BBQ Walks Last at Sumner

Smokin 42 BBQ Walks Last at Sumner

Grand Champion - Smokin 42 BBQ

Grand Champion – Smokin 42 BBQ

The Georgia Barbecue Association was once again a part of the Sumner Egg Festival with the 3rd annual BBQ Blast.  While Sumner may be a small town, there is always BIG fun at the festival. The city always rolls out the red carpet for the GBA cook teams, judges & officials.

Smokin 42 BBQ, from nearby Tifton, made sure no other GBA team walked after them in their own backyard with a near perfect (599.7) score in the Loin Finals to get the last call at the Sumner Egg Fest BBQ Blast.  The Grand Championship call capped a dominating performance as the “Black Train” also won the Pork category and placed 4th in Ribs.

Reserve Grand Champion - Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers

Reserve Grand Champion – Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers

 

Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers made finals in both Pork and Ribs along with a 4th place finish in Loin to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

Not only was Smokin 42 BBQ just one tick off a perfect score with their Loin finals box, they tallied an identical near perfect score with their preliminary Loin entry. 92 BBQ in just their second GBA contest finished second in the challenging Loin category. Fiddler’s BBQ took third place with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers in fourth place.  Cooking with Stump claimed 5th place by 0.3 of a point over Smokin AJs’

Smokin 42 took home their second first place trophy of the day in the Pork Category. Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers was the runner-up.  Bubba Grills claimed third place.  Smokin AJs got the call for fourth place with 92 BBQ in fifth place. Lightning Strike BBQ finished in the money at sixth place.

Bubba Grills had the best Rib entry of the day. Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers once again as the runner-up and Lightning Strike BBQ rounded out the top three. Smokin 42 BBQ came in fourth place. Cooking with Stump took fifth place with Fiddler’s BBQ taking home sixth place.

 

Full Results

LOIN   PULLED PORK
1 599.7 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 1 599.1 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
2 586.2 92 BBQ 2 591.8 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
3 584.2 FIDDLERS BBQ 3 590.9 BUBBA GRILLS
4 586.6 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS 4 588.1 SMOKIN AJS
5 583.2 COOKING WITH STUMP 5 587.3 92 BBQ
6 582.9 SMOKIN AJS 6 585.9 LIGHTENING STRIKE
*7 578.7 BUBBA GRILLS 7 583.9 SWINE TIME
*8 578.7 SWINE TIME 8 582.7 COOKING WITH STUMP
9 572.6 LIGHTENING STRIKE 9 581.3 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
10 569.6 DRIVE BY SMOKERS 10 578.6 FIDDLERS BBQ
11 565.1 ALL AMERICAN SMOKERS 11 574.4 H & J BBQ
12 563.8 H & J BBQ 12 572.3 ALL AMERICAN SMOKERS

 

RIBS
1 595.1 BUBBA GRILLS
2 589.8 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
3 586.6 LIGHTENING STRIKE
4 591.2 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
5 588.5 COOKING WITH STUMP
6 586.8 FIDDLERS BBQ
7 586.3 92 BBQ
8 582.7 SMOKIN AJS
9 577.7 SWINE TIME
10 577 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
11 573 H & J BBQ
12 572.4 ALL AMERICAN SMOKERS

 

Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 591.2 589.9 599.7 1780.8
2 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS 593.1 594.9 586.6 1774.6
3 92 BBQ 586.3 587.3 596.7 1770.3
4 FIDDLERS BBQ 586.8 578.6 599.4 1764.8
5 BUBBA GRILLS 591.6 590.9 578.7 1761.2
6 COOKING WITH STUMP 588.5 582.7 583.2 1754.4
7 SMOKIN AJS 582.7 588.1 582.9 1753.7
8 LIGHTENING STRIKE 594.5 585.9 572.6 1753
9 SWINE TIME 577.7 583.9 578.7 1740.3
10 DRIVE BY SMOKERS 577 581.3 569.6 1727.9
11 H & J BBQ 573 574.4 563.8 1711.2
12 ALL AMERICAN SMOKERS 572.4 572.3 565.1 1709.8

Sep 22 2013

Sumner Egg Fest BBQ Blast Photo Gallery

Sumner Egg Fest BBQ Blast Photo Gallery

Grand Champion – Smokin 42 BBQ
Reserve Grand Champion – Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers

Sep 22 2013

ComSouth Hambone Jam Photo Gallery

ComSouth Hambone Jam Photo Gallery

Grand Champion – Cooking with Stump
Reserve Grand Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
Bethel Smokers

Sep 12 2013

Bubba Grills Named 2012-2013 Team of the Year

Bubba Grills Named 2012-2013 Team of the Year

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) held its annual Team of the Year awards at the 8th Annual Comsouth Hambone Jam in Fort Valley, GA.  The GBA used the occasion to honor one of its founding fathers by naming the award for the annual season long points competition the A.K. Saville Team of the Year Award in honor of the first President of the organization.  The GBA also recognized its Past Presidents with a special shirt. Shown below right are: (l-r) A.K. Saville, Lonnie Smith, Jeff Schram, & Harry Faircloth. Not shown is Raymond Poore.

                               aksaville               pastpresidents

Lonnie Smith, another founding member of the GBA, and his Bubba Grills team won the first A.K. Saville Team of the Year Award.  During the 2012-2013 contest season, Bubba Grills won 3 Grand Championship and 4 Reserve Grand Championships. The team took first place honors in Pork Loin once, Pulled Pork twice and an amazing 6 times in Ribs.

bubbagrills

Coming in second place in the point standings was Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. Since Bubba Grills, the grill manufacturer, was the sponsor for the Team of the Year contest, Lonnie Smith passed the Bubba Grills smoker down to the runner-up for their strong showing throughout the year.

lonniesmith&saucedhogs

Finishing third in the points race was Smokin 42 BBQ.  Bethel Smokers claimed the fourth spot with Anarque taking fifth place. Sixth place went to Smokin AJs. Jethro’s Cooking Crew took seventh. Old Henry’s BBQ got the call for eighth place. Budmeisters finished the year in ninth place with Smokin Grill BBQ rounding out the top 10 teams for the year.

2nd Place – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
3rd Place – Smokin 42 BBA
4th Place – Bethel Smokers
5th :Place – Anarque
6th Place – Smokin AJs
7th Place – Jethro’s Cooking Crew
8th Place – Old Henry’s BBQ
9th Place – Budmeisters
10th Place – Smokin Grill BBQ

Sep 09 2013

Cooking With Stump Wins GBA State Championship

Cooking With Stump Wins GBA State Championship

The ComSouth Hambone Jam is held in Fort Valley each year which is the birthplace of the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA).  The event not only kicks off the new competition year, but also claim the ComSouth Hambone Jam Grand Championship along with the state title.  Stunmp McDowell’s pulled pork entry was the highest scoring box in the finals round. The Champion was also presented an Assassin gravity fed smoker courtesy of C&C.

Cooking with Stump Grand Champion

Comsouth Hambone Jam Grand Champion & GBA Georgia State Champion – Cooking with Stump

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack placed first in Loin, 4th in Pork & 7th in Ribs to record the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and win the Reserve Grand Championship.

Sauced Hogs Reserve Grand

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Following Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack first place finish in Loin was runner-up, SmokingWilly’s Squealers.  Third place went to a local Fort Valley team in their first GBA contest, Pig Witta Swig BBQ.  Smarr Cooking Crew claimed the 4th spot with Smokin’ 42 BBQ in fifth place.  Cooking with Stump’s Grand Championship Pork entry topped the field in the category. Thomas Henry of Budmiesters came in second. Third place went to ComSouth Hi Tech Smokers. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack and Smarr Cooking Crew rounded out the top five.  Buster Davis pitmaster of Smokin’ AJ’s turned in the best Ribs box of the day. Anarque was in second place with LawDawg BBQ taking third.  Smarr Cooking Crew and Butt Rubbin BBQ finished 4th & 5th respectively.

FV 600 club

Newest 600 Club Members – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack (Loin) & Smokin AJ’s (Ribs)

 

A perfect score in the GBA system is 600. Each time a team achieves a perfect 600 score, they are recognized as members of the 600 Club.  The 8th Annual Comsouth Hambone Jam had lots of teams at the top of their game and two teams scored a perfect 600 in the preliminary rounds.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack had a perfect score in Pork Loin. This is the second 600 score for the team following the one recorded in Pork Loin earlier this year in Gainesville at the Brenau BBQ Championship.

Smokin’ AJ’s racked up the perfect score in Ribs. This is also his second 600 score. The first coming at the 2011 Pigs & Wings in Perry.

The Georgia Barbecue Association salutes the excellent barbecue turned in by these two teams.

 

The GBA would like to thank the Fort Valley Downtown Association, ComSouth, C&C and all the sponsors for an outstanding contest. The next GBA event will be the Sumner Egg Fest BBQ Blast on September 20-21 in Sumner, GA.

 

Full Results : (note – top 3 scores in each catergory are final round scores. all other scores are preliminary round scores)

 

PORK LOIN
1 591.1 Sauced Hog
2 589.1 Smokin Willies
3 580.3 Pig Witta Swig
4 592.1 Smarr Cooking Crew
5 591.8 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
6 591.5 Legal Smoke BBQ
7 591.2 Beauford’s Smokehouse
8 590.3 Bubba Grills
9 588.6 Rub Shakers Que
10 587.9 Smokin Girls
11 587.6 AnarQue
12 586.9 92 BBQ
13 586.7 Onsite Ribs
14 586.6 Drive By Smokers
15 586.5 Budmeisters
16 585.5 Smokin’ AJ’s
17 584.9 Swine Time
18 583.9 Smokey Butts
19 583.6 ComSOuth High Tech Smokers
20 583.3 Old Henry’s BBQ
21 582.3 Butt Rubbin BBQ
22 581.2 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
23 580.2 Cookin With Stump
24 577.6 TC’s BBQ
25 576.7 Lawdog BBQ
26 572.7 ComSouth 250 Smokers
27 572.7 H & J BBQ
28 571.1 Bethel Smokers
29 569.1 Dixie Que
30 569.1 How Does That Make you Feel
31 561 Double D’s Dirt
32 555.4 Just Smokin Around BBQ

 

RIBS   PULLED PORK
1 592.4 Smokin AJ’s 1 598.5 Cooking with Stump
2 586.2 Anarque 2 595.4 Budmeisters
3 571.6 Lawdog BBQ 3 590.6 ComSouth High Tech Smokers
4 595.5 Smarr Cooking Crew 4 591.5 Sauced Hog SmokeShack
5 594.5 Butt Rubbin BBQ 5 591.4 Smarr Cooking Crew
6 591.8 ComSOuth High Tech Smokers 6 590.9 Lawdog BBQ
7 591.5 Sauced Hog SmokeShack 7 590.6 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
8 591.1 Budmeisters 8 590.2 Butt Rubbin BBQ
9 590.5 92 BBQ 9 590.2 Smokey Butts
10 590.1 Onsite Ribs 10 590.2 Double D’s Dirt
11 587.5 Bubba Grills 11 589.6 Swine Time
12 586.9 Smokin Girls 12 588.1 Bubba Grills
13 585.5 Drive By Smokers 13 587.8 Bethel Smokers
14 585.3 Just Smokin Around BBQ 14 586.6 TC’s BBQ
15 585 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 15 585.3 Beauford’s Smokehouse
16 583.6 Dixie Que 16 584.4 Rub Shakers Que
17 583.6 Bethel Smokers 17 583.5 Smokin’ AJ’s
18 581.4 Smokey Butts 18 583.3 Just Smokin Around BBQ
19 581 Smokin Willie Squalers 19 582.9 Smokin Girls
20 580.9 Legal Smoke BBQ 20 582.7 Smokin Willie Squalers
21 579.7 ComSouth 250 Smokers 21 582.6 92 BBQ
22 579.6 Double D’s Dirt 22 581.7 Legal Smoke BBQ
23 579 Swine Time 23 578.8 H & J BBQ
24 577.3 Pig Witta Swig BBQ 24 577 Dixie Que
25 576 H & J BBQ 25 576.6 Drive By Smokers
26 575.7 TC’s BBQ 26 575.3 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
27 575.6 Beauford’s Smokehouse 27 574.1 ComSouth 250 Smokers
28 572.7 Cookin With Stump 28 571.4 Onsite Ribs
29 567.5 How Does That Make you Feel 29 570.7 AnarQue
30 566.3 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers 30 566.9 Old Henry’s BBQ
31 560.9 Rub Shakers Que 31 565.5 Pig Witta Swig BBQ
32 558.6 Old Henry’s BBQ 32 563.8 How Does That Make you Feel

 

 

Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Sauced Hog SmokeShack 591.5 591.5 600 1783
2 Smarr Cooking Crew 595.5 591.4 592.1 1779
3 ComSOuth High Tech Smokers 591.8 597 583.6 1772.4
4 Budmeisters 591.1 593.9 586.5 1771.5
5 Smokin’ AJ’s 600 583.5 585.5 1769
8 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 585 590.6 591.8 1767.4
6 Butt Rubbin BBQ 594.5 590.2 582.3 1767
7 Bubba Grills 587.5 588.1 590.3 1765.9
9 Lawdog BBQ 596.4 590.9 576.7 1764
10 92 BBQ 590.5 582.6 586.9 1760
11 Smokin Willie Squalers 581 582.7 595.4 1759.1
12 Smokin Girls 586.9 582.9 587.9 1757.7
21 Smokey Butts 581.4 590.2 583.9 1755.5
13 AnarQue 596.4 570.7 587.6 1754.7
14 Legal Smoke BBQ 580.9 581.7 591.5 1754.1
15 Swine Time 579 589.6 584.9 1753.5
16 Beauford’s Smokehouse 575.6 585.3 591.2 1752.1
17 Cookin With Stump 572.7 596.4 580.2 1749.3
18 Drive By Smokers 585.5 576.6 586.6 1748.7
19 Onsite Ribs 590.1 571.4 586.7 1748.2
30 Bethel Smokers 583.6 587.8 571.1 1742.5
20 TC’s BBQ 575.7 586.6 577.6 1739.9
22 Pig Witta Swig BBQ 577.3 565.5 592.2 1735
23 Rub Shakers Que 560.9 584.4 588.6 1733.9
24 Double D’s Dirt 579.6 590.2 561 1730.8
25 Dixie Que 583.6 577 569.1 1729.7
26 H & J BBQ 576 578.8 572.7 1727.5
27 ComSouth 250 Smokers 579.7 574.1 572.7 1726.5
28 Just Smokin Around BBQ 585.3 583.3 555.4 1724
29 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers 566.3 575.3 581.2 1722.8
32 Old Henry’s BBQ 558.6 566.9 583.3 1708.8
31 How Does That Make you Feel 567.5 563.8 569.1 1700.4