Georgia Barbecue Association

Jul 11 2013

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes 6/29/2013

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

June 29, 2013

Perry, Georgia

Called to order by Rick Godfrey

Attending: Rick Godfrey, Danny Evans, Alex Khoury, Danny Meadows, Greg Hoyt, Jimmy Nelms, and Harry Faircloth.

Membership Present: Buster Davis, Audrey Evans, Ed Vesley

Action:	Vote:
Motion:

To approve the 2013-2014 budget

Approved

7-0

Motion:

To reduce the mileage rate to 25¢ per mile.

Approved

7-0

Motion:

To change the dues structure to have only two tiers, Individual and Corporate effective for the 2013/14 Cook Year.

Motion Amended to include:

Dues already paid for the 2013/2014 Cook Year will be honored as paid.

Approved

7-0

Tabled for 2013/2014 for further consideration.

Motion:

To change the minimum payout at a Sanctioned GBA Contest to be $1,500.00 for Grand Champion and $500.00 for Reserve Grand Champion – to apply to all contest that have not already submitted sanctioning packets.

Approved

7-0

Motion:

To set the sanctioning fee for 1st time contests at $150.00. To set the sanctioning fee for all other contests at $400.00.

Approved

7-0

Motion:

To set the “Cooking for Fun” division sanctioning fee at ½ of the regular sanctioning fee and to require contests sanctioning a “Cooking for Fun” division to provide an additional hotel room for an extra scorer, if necessary as determined by the Lead Rep for the Contest.

Approved

7-0

Motion:

To amend the Bylaws to provide that candidates for officer positions can run for only one position per election.

Approved

7-0

Motion:

To post BOD meeting minutes and schedules on the GBA website

Approved

7-0

Motion:

To eliminate disqualification for pooling/puddling.

Failed

Not seconded

Motion:

To award participation points only upon the turn in of qualifying product.

Failed

5-2

Motion:

To establish a tie-breaker for the team of the year as follows:

1^st Tie Breaker—Most participation points

2^nd Tie Breaker—Most Grand Championships

3^rd Tie Breaker—Most Reserve Championships

4^th Tie Breaker—Most category wins.

Approved

7-0

Motion:

To require equal payouts in dual-sanctioned events.

Failed

4-3

Motion:

To require that GBA cook times are given priority at dual-sanctioned events.

Approved

7-0

Motion:

To adjourn the meeting.

Approved

7-0

Jul 07 2013

Get to Know Your GBA Candidates

Get to Know Your GBA Candidates

Voting for President, Vice President & Secretary/Treasurer of the GBA for the 2013-2013 term begins Monday, July 8. All GBA members are eligible to vote. Each candidate responded to a short Q&A to assist the membership in making informed decisions.

Please click on the link to read the interviews. GET TO KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES

Interviews courtesy of The BBQ Times

Jun 22 2013

Judge Training Class Set for August

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Judge Training Class Set for August

A judge training class has been scheduled for August 17, 2013 in Perry, GA. The class will be held at the New Perry Hotel. Sign in for the call begins at 1:00 PM. The class will begin at 2:00 PM. The class lasts approximately 3 hours. A meal will be served following the class.

Membership in the GBA is required to take the class. Membership fees are $35 for individuals or $50 for a husband/wife couple. The fee for the class is $30 per person. Fees are paid by cash or personal check at sign in.

In order to expedite the sign in process, please download a Membership Application & have it filled out prior to arriving.

Seating is limited . Each person who wishes to take the judge training class must fill out the form below to reserve a seat. If both husband and wife plan to attend, each needs to fill out the form..

Judge Training Class Reservation Form

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Jun 16 2013

Officer Nominations for 2013-2015

Officer Nominations for 2013-2015 Updated

As of June 25, 2013, the following have been nominated for Officers for the 2013-2015 term. Names are listed in alphabetical order.

President: Danny Meadows; Jimmy Nelms

Vice President: Jim Sewell; Ed Vesely

Secretary: Audrey Evans; Pam Nelms

Any member in good standing can be nominated for the office of President, Vice-President or Secretary. You must first ask the person you nominate if they are willing to accept your nomination. After they agree then you will contact Pam Nelms at gabbqassoc@gmail.com and make your nomination. Nominations will close at midnight on June 31, 2013.

Voting will begin on July 8, 2013. You will go to the Georgia Barbecue Association web site at www.bbqga.com On the front page click on the link: “GBA Elections” and follow the instructions. Your ballot will REQUIRE that you enter your GBA member #, so have it handy. Use of the membership # is to insure only one vote per member is cast. To maintain confidentiality of the vote, only two people will have access to the ballots. Voting will end on August 5th 2013.

Jun 09 2013

The GBA Florida State Championship Goes to Bubba Grills

Tropical Storm Andrea tried to put a damper on GBA Goin’ Coastal in Fernandina Beach, FL, even spawning a tornado that passed near the contest site on Thursday night. Contest organizer Jay Robertson and the City of Fernandina Beach took it all in stride and put on a great contest. Twenty eight teams vied for the GBA’s Florida State Championship. Another 20+ teams were on hand to compete in the Fun Cook and there were numerous vendors and live musical entertainment throughout the day Saturday.

Grand Champions Bubba Grills

Lonnie & Shannon Smith of Bubba Grills took home the state championship banner and the Grand Champion trophy with the top scoring entry in the Ribs finals. This was the third Grand Championship of the current contest year for Bubba Grills. Another husband & wife team, Kevin & Kerry Sparks of Lawdawg BBQ, captured the Reserve Grand Championship by making finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs along with 11th place in Loin.

Reserve Grand Champion Lawdawg BBQ

First Place Loin Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

The Loin category was extremely competitive. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack continued their strong showing this season taking first place. Anarque came in second place. Third place with to Bethel Smokers. Fourth thru seventh places were separated by only 1.4 points. Bubba Grills took the fourth place award followed by Smoke Ring Aficionados in fifth place. Pig in a Pokey and Ninja Pig BBQ finished sixth and seventh respectively. Also finishing in the money were Fat Redneck BBQ Co. (8th), Two Smokin’ White Boys (9th) and Smokin’ AJs (10th).

Smokin’ AJs Buster Davis topped the field in Pulled Pork with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack as runner up. Lawdawg BBQ took third place honors. Fourth place went to Just Smoke N Around with Bubba Grills in fifth place. Bubmeisters edged out Captain Jack’s BBQ Crew for sixth place. Smolkin’ 42 BBQ finished eighth with Two Smokin’ White Boys and Just Pig Out rounding out the top 10.

First Place Pork Smokin’ AJs

Bubba Grills Grand Championship Ribs topped the category. Thomas Henry of Budmeisters came in second place and Lawdawgs BBQ was once again third. There was a tie for fourth place with Two Smokin’ White Boys getting the nod over Munchee’s Smokehouse on the third tiebreaker. Sixth thru tenth place went to (in order) Heavenly Hawgs, Bethel Smokers, Just Pig Out, SWT BBQ & Smokin’ 42 BBQ.

First contest & gets a call. Look out GBA. Wicked Lickin' BBQ Crew is getting ready.

Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin” BBQ Crew

The GBA would like to congratulate 14 year old Pitmaster Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew who was cooking in his first competition and got the 3rd place call in the Fun Cook Ribeye Steak Challenge.

Just one contest remains in the 2012-2013 contest season for the GBA. The finale will be the Pig N Swig BBQ competition held at Powers Pavilion in Newnan, GA on July 12 & 13. The GBA will take the rest of the summer off before starting a new contest season with the GBA State Championships at the ComSouth Hambone Jam in Fort Valley, GA on Sept 6-7, 2013.

Full results for GBA Goin’ Coastal. Top three place scores (in red) are final round scores. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

		PORK LOIN
1	595.4	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
2	588.5	Anarque
3	580.6	Bethel Smokers
4	591.5	Bubba Grills
5	590.8	Smoke Ring Afficiandos
6	590.2	Pig in a Pokey
7	590.1	Ninja Pig BBQ
8	586.6	Fat Redneck BBQ Co
9	583.3	Two Smokin White Boys
10	582.9	Smokin Ajs
11	580.3	LawDawg BBQ
12	580	Forrest’s Fine Foods
13	578.1	Heavenly Hawgs
14	576.3	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew
15	575.5	Team Two Eggheads
16	573.9	Budmeisters
17	572.9	Butts-N-Brews
18	572.3	Just Smoke N Around
19	572.1	Boston’s Butts
20	570.6	Old Henrys BBQ
21	569	Kelvin’s BBQ
22	568.4	Smokin 42 BBQ
23	567.7	Just Pig Out
24	566.1	Munchee’s Smokehouse
25	564.1	TC’s BBQ Team
26	563.5	Big Daddy’s BBQ
27	558.8	SWT BBQ
28	556.6	Little Jacks Shack

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	Bubba Grills	1	595.1	Smokin Ajs
2	595.8	Budmeisters	2	594.8	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
3	573	LawDawg BBQ	3	586.6	LawDawg BBQ
Tie 4	592.2	Two Smokin White Boys	4	590.3	Just Smoke N Around
5	592.2	Munchee’s Smokehouse	5	589.9	Bubba Grills
6	588.6	Heavenly Hawgs	6	587.6	Budmeisters
7	587.9	Bethel Smokers	7	587.2	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew
8	587.2	Just Pig Out	8	586.9	Smokin 42 BBQ
9	586.7	SWT BBQ	9	586.5	Two Smokin White Boys
10	582.9	Smokin 42 BBQ	10	584.7	Just Pig Out
11	582.4	Smokin Ajs	11	583.6	Fat Redneck BBQ Co
12	579.4	Forrest’s Fine Foods	12	583.6	Munchee’s Smokehouse
13	579.2	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	13	583	Team Two Eggheads
14	579.1	Pig in a Pokey	14	582.6	Anarque
15	578.5	Boston’s Butts	15	580.3	Heavenly Hawgs
16	578.3	Just Smoke N Around	16	579	SWT BBQ
17	577.7	Smoke Ring Afficiandos	17	577.6	Bethel Smokers
18	577.6	Fat Redneck BBQ Co	18	576.7	Boston’s Butts
19	576.6	Anarque	19	576.1	Pig in a Pokey
20	576.2	Butts-N-Brews	20	575	Ninja Pig BBQ
21	575.8	Old Henrys BBQ	21	575	Smoke Ring Afficiandos
22	575.7	Kelvin’s BBQ	22	574.2	Big Daddy’s BBQ
23	575.7	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew	23	573.8	Little Jacks Shack
24	568.4	Big Daddy’s BBQ	24	572	Forrest’s Fine Foods
25	566.2	TC’s BBQ Team	25	569.9	Old Henrys BBQ
26	564.7	Ninja Pig BBQ	26	563.8	TC’s BBQ Team
27	557.7	Team Two Eggheads	27	556.8	Kelvin’s BBQ
28	557.6	Little Jacks Shack	28	0	Butts-N-Brews

	Reserve Scores Since Bubba Grill won Grand Champion, the Reserve Grand Champion passed down to #2
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Bubba Grills	594.2	589.9	591.5	1775.6
2	LawDawg BBQ	598.8	594.5	580.3	1773.6
3	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	579.2	595.5	593.5	1768.2
4	Two Smokin White Boys	592.2	586.5	583.3	1762
5	Bethel Smokers	587.9	577.6	592.1	1757.6
6	Smokin Ajs	582.4	591.5	582.9	1756.8
7	Budmeisters	594.5	587.6	573.9	1756
8	Anarque	576.6	582.6	594.7	1753.9
9	Fat Redneck BBQ Co	577.6	583.6	586.6	1747.8
10	Heavenly Hawgs	588.6	580.3	578.1	1747
11	Pig in a Pokey	579.1	576.1	590.2	1745.4
12	Smoke Ring Afficiandos	577.7	575	590.8	1743.5
13	Munchee’s Smokehouse	592.2	583.6	566.1	1741.9
14	Just Smoke N Around	578.3	590.3	572.3	1740.9
15	Just Pig Out	587.2	584.7	567.7	1739.6
16	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew	575.7	587.2	576.3	1739.2
17	Smokin 42 BBQ	582.9	586.9	568.4	1738.2
18	Forrest’s Fine Foods	579.4	572	580	1731.4
19	Ninja Pig BBQ	564.7	575	590.1	1729.8
20	Boston’s Butts	578.5	576.7	572.1	1727.3
21	SWT BBQ	586.7	579	558.8	1724.5
22	Old Henrys BBQ	575.8	569.9	570.6	1716.3
23	Team Two Eggheads	557.7	583	575.5	1716.2
24	Big Daddy’s BBQ	568.4	574.2	563.5	1706.1
25	Kelvin’s BBQ	575.7	556.8	569	1701.5
26	TC’s BBQ Team	566.2	563.8	564.1	1694.1
27	Little Jacks Shack	557.6	573.8	556.6	1688
28	Butts-N-Brews	576.2	0	572.9	1149.1