Georgia Barbecue Association

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

May 29 2013

GBA Elections

To All Georgia Barbecue Association Members

Subject: The election of officers for the 2013-2015 cook season. This IS a two year term.

Nominations will begin June 10, 2013. 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.

The new officers will be notified around August 12th so they can begin preparations to take office at The Georgia Barbecue Association State Championship, The ComSouth Hambone Jam, in Ft Valley Georgia on September, 6th & 7th, 2013.

There are several things to remember:
If you are a member of a cook team, you can not cook with that team for the duration of your office. If you are a judge, you can not judge for the duration of your office.

The office of President and Vice-President will require fielding many inquires about cooking competitions. It requires you to visit locations for potential new contests and speak to event organizers and/or sponsors.

The President or Vice President will determine if a new location has a site suitable to host a GBA contest. ie: do they have adequate water, electricity etc.

Other duties include organizing schedules so that you don’t schedule too many events in a month or in conflict to other association’s events that may hurt your schedule.

The President will assign Lead Reps and supporting staff in a manner that is in the best interest of the GBA and the event.

It is important that your elected officers are in attendance at all sanctioned GBA events whenever possible.

This is not all of the demands of these offices, but these are some of the more important ones and should be carefully considered when making or accepting a nomination.

If any one has any questions regarding the election process or and duties of the officers, please do not hesitate to give me a call @ 478-731-0145.

Harry Faircloth, President
The Georgia Barbecue Association, where
It’s All About The Taste!

May 26 2013

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Makes It Two In A Row at Brenau!

Submitted by Greg Hoyt

The hottest team in the GBA is Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Chad Brooks and Chris O’Neal traveled north of Atlanta for the second time in 2 weeks and drove home with the Grand Championship of the Brenau Barbecue Championship! They say the first one is the hardest but once Smokin’ 42 got it under their belt thy went right back to the trough and gobbled up their second Grand Championship at the next GBA competition at Brenau.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

The GBA was invited to co-sanction the Brenau Barbecue Championship with Memphis Barbecue Network. The GBA showed out in Brenau – 30 GBA Teams cooked all three categories. Two Memphis teams snuck over to cook a category or two on the GBA side. Six GBA stalwarts made the trip to Breanau. Dixie Que, Jethro’s Cooking Crew, Smoke Shack BBQ, AnarQue , Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ all made the trek to Gainesville. They were joined by twenty four other teams that were that have cooked from zero to three GBA sanctioned events in the past.

Two teams, Smokey Butts and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack set the tone early in the day with another GBA first. Both teams scored a perfect 600 in Loin. We’ve never had 600’s in the same category on the same day before. Anarque joined them on the finals table. Smokey Butts won the Loin category followed by Anarque and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack finishing third. Dixie Q missed their best shot at a GBA final being four tenths of a point behind and finishing fourth in GBA Loin.

First Place Loin – Smokey Butts

Pulled pork was the opportunity for new teams to show what they could do. Two of the top four money spots belonged to teams that had not cooked in a GBA Sanctioned event before. Sauced Hog Smoke Shack edged out Ninja Pigs for first place in Pulled Pork. Smoke Shack BBQ came in third in pulled pork and Rick’s Smok’n Pig finished fourth. In the preliminaries Smoke Shack and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack had tied in the preliminaries with nearly perfect scores of 599.4. In the preliminary round. In the finals Ninja Pig passed Smoke Shack for second place.

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Ribs were the final category. Swamp Cat Barbecue came through the first round with the top score of 595.8. Smokin’42 and Smokin ‘ AJ’s salvaged their days late as they broke through to the final round in ribs. In the Finals Smokin’ 42 posted the highest finals score with their 599.7 in ribs. Smokin’42 won the category and the contest with their finals rack of ribs.

Sauced Hog Smoke Shack won reserve by finishing ninth in Ribs, second in Pulled pork and first in Loin.

The proceeds form the day went to support scholarships at Brenau.

Full results below. Scores in red are final round scores. All others are preliminary round scores.

		Pork Loin
1	597.9	Smokey Butts
2	595.4	AnarQue
3	584.5	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
4	595.1	Dixie Que
5	589.9	Jurassic Pork
6	587.3	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que
7	586.6	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team
8	585.5	Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ
9	583.3	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
10	582	Smoke Shack BBQ
11	579	Swamp Cat BBQ
12	577.7	2 Little Piggs
13	577.4	Skyline Contracting
14	575.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
15	575.4	Beauford’s Smokehouse
16	574.4	Tuff Dawg Grillers
17	573.1	Smokin’ Butts BBQ
18	572.9	Team Recess and Yellowfin
19	572.6	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ
20	571.1	Hemhocks
21	568.8	Natural Born Smokers
22	568.8	Ninja Pig BBQ
23	568.1	Blaker’s BBQ
24	567.8	Smoked Hawg Walking
25	567.3	Butts & Brews
26	565.5	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew
27	565.1	Sweet Butts BBQ
28	563.8	Legally Smokin Docs

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	1	599.1	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	592.2	SMOKIN AJ”S	2	598.5	NINJA PIGGS
3	587.6	SWAMP CAT BBQ	3	594.9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
4	591.8	Beauford’s Smokehouse	4	590.5	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ
5	591.5	Smoke Shack BBQ	5	590.2	2 Little Piggs
6	591.1	Tuff Dawg Grillers	6	590.2	AnarQue
7	590.8	AnarQue	7	589.2	Almighty Smoke Masters
8	587.6	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ	8	588.6	Tuff Dawg Grillers
9	585.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	9	587.3	Skyline Contracting
10	585.3	Biteback BBQ	10	586.9	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
11	584.8	Ninja Pig BBQ	11	585.7	Natural Born Smokers
12	583.2	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que	12	584.2	Smokey Butts
13	582.6	Jurassic Pork	13	582.9	Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ
14	582.3	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team	14	581.7	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que
15	582.2	Almighty Smoke Masters	15	580.6	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team
16	579	Dixie Que	16	579	Beauford’s Smokehouse
17	575.7	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	17	578.6	Dixie Que
18	574.8	Legally Smokin Docs	18	577	Properly Smoked
19	574.4	Smokin’ Butts BBQ	19	576.8	Legally Smokin Docs
20	573.5	Natural Born Smokers	20	576.7	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew
21	573.1	Sweet Butts BBQ	21	575.1	Smokin’ Butts BBQ
22	571.1	Smoked Hawg Walking	22	574.4	Sweet Butts BBQ
23	568.2	2 Little Piggs	23	574.2	Swamp Cat BBQ
24	566.3	Smokey Butts	24	573.4	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
25	562.6	Hemhocks	25	573.2	Jurassic Pork
26	562	Butts & Brews	26	566.2	Hemhocks
27	560.2	Properly Smoked	27	565.6	Blaker’s BBQ
28	553.1	Team Recess and Yellowfin	28	565.3	Smoked Hawg Walking
29	552.2	John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ	29	562.6	John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ
30	552	Skyline Contracting	30	559.9	Butts & Brews
31	551.7	Blaker’s BBQ	31	554	Team Recess and Yellowfin
32	548.3	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	585.9	599.4	600	1785.3
2	AnarQue	590.8	590.2	596.1	1777.1
3	Smoke Shack BBQ	591.5	599.4	582	1772.9
4	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	595.4	586.9	583.3	1765.6
5	Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ	595.1	582.9	585.5	1763.5
6	Tuff Dawg Grillers	591.1	588.6	574.4	1754.1
7	Dixie Que	579	578.6	595.1	1752.7
8	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que	583.2	581.7	587.3	1752.2
9	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ	587.6	590.5	572.6	1750.7
10	Smokey Butts	566.3	584.2	600	1750.5
11	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team	582.3	580.6	586.6	1749.5
12	Swamp Cat BBQ	595.8	574.2	579	1749
13	Beauford’s Smokehouse	591.8	579	575.4	1746.2
14	Jurassic Pork	582.6	573.2	589.9	1745.7
15	Ninja Pig BBQ	584.8	591.8	568.8	1745.4
16	2 Little Piggs	568.2	590.2	577.7	1736.1
17	Natural Born Smokers	573.5	585.7	568.8	1728
18	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	575.7	573.4	575.9	1725
19	Smokin’ Butts BBQ	574.4	575.1	573.1	1722.6
20	Skyline Contracting	552	587.3	577.4	1716.7
21	Legally Smokin Docs	574.8	576.8	563.8	1715.4
22	Sweet Butts BBQ	573.1	574.4	565.1	1712.6
23	Smoked Hawg Walking	571.1	565.3	567.8	1704.2
24	Hemhocks	562.6	566.2	571.1	1699.9
25	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew	548.3	576.7	565.5	1690.5
26	Butts & Brews	562	559.9	567.3	1689.2
27	Blaker’s BBQ	551.7	565.6	568.1	1685.4
28	Team Recess and Yellowfin	553.1	554	572.9	1680
29	Almighty Smoke Masters	582.2	589.2	0	1171.4
30	Properly Smoked	560.2	577	0	1137.2
31	John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ	552.2	562.6	0	1114.8
32	Biteback BBQ	585.3	0	0	585.3

Judge Training Class Set for August

Officer Nominations for 2013-2015

The GBA Florida State Championship Goes to Bubba Grills

GBA Elections

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Makes It Two In A Row at Brenau!

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