Georgia Barbecue Association

Oct 20 2013

Tennille BBQ Blast 2013 Photo Gallery

Stump flexing his muscles

Grand Champion – Cooking with Stump

Reserve Grand Champion – Sweat’s BBQ

Sep 22 2013

Smokin 42 BBQ Walks Last at Sumner

Smokin 42 BBQ Walks Last at Sumner

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

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

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Grand Champion – Smokin 42 BBQ

Reserve Grand Champion – Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers

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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.

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.

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.

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.