Jul 09 2012

Message from President Harry Faircloth

A message from President Harry Faircloth

Greetings

We are just winding up our 2011-2012 cook year, what a trip. We cooked in places we’ve never cooked before.  We had new cook teams that had never cooked with us before.  We had new judges that had never judged with us or anywhere else before.  Our Team-of-the-Year has come down to the wire and the winner will be announced in Ft Valley Georgiaon September 8th at ComSouth HamboneJam.

 

It has been my pleasure to serve as your President for this past year.  On behalf of Jimmy Nelms, your Vice-President and Pam Nelms your Secretary/Treasurer and myself Thank-You for all of your support along the way.  It has been quite a ride.

 

Our membership has steadily grown with new cook teams and new judges joining us. We have added new events and seen some of our older venues reach new highs in the number of teams cooking.  I do believe we are having some of the most unique trophies we have ever seen and I think Blackshear, Georgia gets credit for this.

 

We have started our nominating and voting process for your officers for the 2012-2013 cook year.  Nominations will continue thru the end of July with voting during the month of August.

 

We are preparing for a better year next year and each of you can participate in this new year’s experience.  Cook teams DO NOT forget you get DOUBLE points for cooking the ComSouth Hambone Jam so no cooker wants to miss this event.

 

I am looking forward to this next year just to see the new heights we climb to and each of you can join the ride so “ALL-ABOARD”  the train is at the station!

Jul 02 2012

Jack’s New South is Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’

Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012 Grand Champions – Jack’s New South

The heat index reached record levels at the Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012, but that didn’t seem to bother Micheal Mixon, Kyle Brooks and Andy Speight of Jack’s New South. They recorded a perfect score of 600 in the Ribs Finals to claim their first Grand Championship.  Holy Smokers rode a second place finish in Ribs, 7th place in Pulled Pork and 9th place in Loin to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012 Reserve Grand Champions – Holy Smokers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L-R: GBA President Harry Faircloth, President Jimmy Carter, Mrs. Rosalyn Carter, GBA Secretary Pam Nelms

 

 

 

Before the awards ceremony began, GBA President Harry Faircloth and GBA Secretary Pam Nelms presented President & Mrs. Jimmy Carter with personalized GBA aprons and made them honorary members of the Georgia Barbecue Association.  The former President and First Lady  then handed out the awards for the contest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012 First Place Loin – D.W.’s Kountry Cookers

The first category of the contest was Pork Loin. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers claimed the first place trophy. Jack’s New South took second place with Rasmow’s BBQ, in his first GBA finals, taking third. Bubba Grills was fourth place in Pork Loin and SmokinWilly’s Squealers took fifth place  by just 0.4 over Sauced Hogs Smokeshack.

PORK LOIN (* indicates final round score)
1 595.1 * DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS
2 591.5 * JACK’S NEW SOUTH
3 584.6 * RASMOW’S BBQ
4 587 BUBBA GRILLS
5 586.9 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S
6 586.5 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
7 585.1 SMARR COOKING CREW
8 583 LEGAL SMOKE
9 579.9 HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
10 579.7 COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
11 578.4 BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
12 576.7 BETHAL SMOKERS
13 575.2 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
14 574.8 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
15 574.7 57 SMOKEHOUSE
16 573.7 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
17 573.2 SMOKEY TALES
18 572.9 SUNSET SMOKERS
19 555.4 AUNT MARY’S BBQ
20 0 BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ

 

Plains Pig Pickin’ First Place Pork – Cook’s Portable Smokehouse

Cook’s Portable Smokehouse also made finals in the GBA for the first time and missed a perfect score in Pulled Pork by 0.3 of a point to claim first place in the category. Butt Rubb’N BBQ, cooking in his first competition ever, captured second place. Sauced Hogs Smokeshack, D.W.’s Kountry Cookers and Smokey Tales rounded out the top five.

PULLED PORK (* indicates final round score)
1 599.7 * COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
2 598.5 * BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ
3 593.3 * SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
4 594.9 DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS
5 594.8 SMOKEY TALES
6 594.1 BETHAL SMOKERS
7 593.1 HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
8 591.5 LEGAL SMOKE
9 589.6 BUBBA GRILLS
10 586 SUNSET SMOKERS
11 582.3 BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
12 582 SMARR COOKING CREW
13 580.9 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S
14 577 JACK’S NEW SOUTH
15 576.1 57 SMOKEHOUSE
16 574.7 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
17 574.1 AUNT MARY’S BBQ
18 569.8 RASMOW’S BBQ
19 561.9 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
20 557.5 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF

 

It was the perfect 600 score that gave Jack’s New South the first place call in Ribs. Big D’s Firehouse Smokers claimed the second place award. Holy Smokers received the third place call. Bubba Grills finished fourth and Bethel Smokers edged out Legal Smoke by 0.4 for fifth place.

 

RIBS (* indicates final round score)
1 600    * JACK’S NEW SOUTH
2 598.2 * BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
3 588.3 * HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
4 592.8 BUBBA GRILLS
5 591.2 BETHAL SMOKERS
6 590.8 LEGAL SMOKE
7 589.6 SMARR COOKING CREW
8 587.3 AUNT MARY’S BBQ
9 584.9 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
10 584.9 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
11 582.7 SMOKEY TALES
12 581.9 BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ
13 580.4 RASMOW’S BBQ
14 578.3 COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
15 576.7 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S
16 574.1 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
17 572 SUNSET SMOKERS
18 571.4 DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS
19 569.8 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
20 565.1 57 SMOKEHOUSE

 

 

OVERALL STANDINGS
Preliminary round scores only		 Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 JACK’S NEW SOUTH 598.8 577 599.4 1775.2
2 HOLY SMOKERS BBQ 599.4 593.1 579.9 1772.4
3 BUBBA GRILLS 592.8 589.6 587 1769.4
4 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK 584.9 596.7 586.5 1768.1
5 LEGAL SMOKE 590.8 591.5 583 1765.3
6 BETHAL SMOKERS 591.2 594.1 576.7 1762.0
7 DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS 571.4 594.9 592.7 1759.0
8 SMARR COOKING CREW 589.6 582 585.1 1756.7
9 BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS 593.3 582.3 578.4 1754.0
10 COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 578.3 595.1 579.7 1753.1
11 SMOKEY TALES 582.7 594.8 573.2 1750.7
12 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S 576.7 580.9 586.9 1744.5
13 RASMOW’S BBQ 580.4 569.8 592.8 1743.0
14 DRIVE BY SMOKERS 584.9 574.7 574.8 1734.4
15 SUNSET SMOKERS 572 586 572.9 1730.9
16 AUNT MARY’S BBQ 587.3 574.1 555.4 1716.8
17 57 SMOKEHOUSE 565.1 576.1 574.7 1715.9
18 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 574.1 561.9 575.2 1711.2
19 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF 569.8 557.5 573.7 1701.0
20 BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ 581.9 596.5 0 1178.4

Jun 14 2012

Hawkinsville Harvest Fest to host Pigs and Produce BBQ Contest on October 26th and 27th, 2012.

Hawkinsville Harvest Fest to host Pigs and Produce BBQ Contest on October 26th and 27th, 2012.

Better Hometown of Hawkinsville will host the annual Harvest Fest featuring the Pigs and Produce barbecue competition. This is an official contest sanctioned by the Georgia BBQ Association. Along with some great professional BBQ teams and some very interesting ancillary categories, Hawkinsville will host two very unique events at this festival.sville Harvest Fest to host Pigs and Produce BBQ Contest on October 26th and 27th, 2012.

The first will be the first ever Georgia State Boiled Peanut Championship sponsored by Hardy Farms Peanuts. This contest is open to everyone that thinks that they have what it takes to make the best boiled peanuts in the state.

The second unique contest that will be hosted in Hawkinsville is the Old vs. New Faceoff. This head to head contest is scheduled to be held on the courthouse square in downtown Hawkinsville featuring father Myron Mixon of Jack’s Old South and his son, Michael Mixon of Jack’s New South. Finally, all of the talk of who smokes the best barbecue will be settled! The contest will consist of one category, ribs, and be judged by 10 GBA Master Certified Judges deciding who the REAL Mixon champion is. Judging will be blind and there will be several samp

les of each man’s product on each judge’s table.

Myron is a BBQ legend and one of the most awarded men in competitive BBQ. He serves as chief cook of Jack’s Old South Competition BBQ Team, which he started in 1996. His team has won more than 180 grand championships resulting in over 1700 total trophies, 30 state championships including wins in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Illinois, South Carolina, and Tennessee, Team of the Year 8 times, and 11 national championships.

Michael is th
For more information, please visit www.hawkinsvilleharvestfest.com and plan to be in downtown Hawkinsville on October 26th and 27th!e chief cook of Jack’s New South Competition BBQ. Michael served with his father on many of those championship outings over the years. Since venturing out on his own with limited resources and a desire to cut the proverbial “apron strings”, Michael has done very well on his own merit. He is currently in a close race for the points lead in the GBA and consistently places in the top 10 in MBN and FBA contests.

 

Jun 10 2012

Team of the Year Update

Team of the Year Update.

D.W.’s Kountry Cookers had two 2nd place finishes and the Reserve Grand Championship at Fernandina Beach break out of a tie with Jack’s New South for first place in the Team of the Year standings.  D.W.’s have a 17 point lead heading into the last contest of the season in Plains on June 28-29.  There were no other changes in the top five.  Smoking the Good Stuff continued their steady climb in the standings to sixth just one point out of fifth place.  Bethel Smokers win in Pork at Fernandina moved them into a tie for 10th place.

Jun 10 2012

L J Smokin’ Wins First Grand at Fernandina Beach

Fernandina Beach, FL – L J Smokin’ Wins First Grand at Fernandina Beach

Grand Champion - L J Smoking

Pitmaster Larry Johns of L J Smokin’ captured his first Grand Championship at GBA Goin’ Coastal in Fernandina Beach, FL. The team’s rib finals entry was judged the best of the day just 0.3 of a point ahead of the rib entry by D.W.’s Kountry Cookers. It was the first Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) contest outside the state of Georgia.  D.W.’s Kountry Cookers continued their climb to the top of the GBA Team of the Year standings by taking home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion - D. W.'s Kountry Cookers

L J Smokin’ won the Pork Loin Category with Legal Smoke BBQ as runner up and Smokin’ the Good Stuff in third place. It went to the second tiebreaker to award 4th place to Team Two Eggheads with Rib Ranch taking 5th place.

In Pulled Pork, Bethel Smokers took first place honors. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers came in 2nd place. Third place went to Sunset Smokers. Bubba Grills and Legal Smoke BBQ finished in 4th & 5th respectively.

First Place Pork - Bethel Smokers

 

L J Smokin’s Ribs topped the field just ahead of D.W’s Kountry Cookers. Bubba Grills came in third. Legal Smoke BBQ took 4th place to give Pitmaster Nathan Deaton a top 5 finish in all three categories. Smokin’ 42 BBQ rounded out the top 5.

 

Legal Smoke BBQ - 2nd Place Loin, 4th Place Ribs, 5th Place Pork