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Smokin the Good Stuff Open New Season with Grand at Smokin Up the Mountains

Smokin the Good Stuff Open New Season with Grand at Smokin Up the Mountains

Sept 3, 2016  East Ellijay, GA – Smoking the Good Stuff scored a perfect 600 score in the Loin preliminary round then followed it up with a near perfect 599.6 score in the Loin final round to capture the Grand Championship at the first Smokin Up the Mountains in East Ellijay.

Grand Champion - Smokin the Good Stuff

Grand Champion – Smokin the Good Stuff

 

Rescue Smokers made finals in Ribs along with 4th in Loin and 8th in Pulled Pork to take home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion - Rescue Smokers

Reserve Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Smokin the Good Stuff won the Loin category with We Want Que in second and The Grill Man BBQ Company taking 3rd place. Four 41 South BBQ Company took first place honors in Pulled Pork followed by Daddy O’s BBQ in 2nd & 92 BBQ taking third.  Southern Hogs won the Ribs category. Rescue Smokers was the runnerup and Water Hawgs BBQ finished third.

Big Ox BBQ won the Brisket ancillary with a 599.1 score.  In the Cooking for Fun Division, East Coast BBQ won Pulled Pork and Napalm Sticks to Pigs won Ribs.

GBA Pro Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599.6 Smokin’ the Good Stuff 1 598.5 Four 41 South BBQ Company 1 596.8 Southern Hogs
2 592.6 We Want Que 2 596.7 Daddy-O’s BBQ 2 596.5 Rescue Smokers
3 591 The Grill Man BBQ Company 3 0 92 BBQ Assassin Smokers 3 591.7 Water Hawgs BBQ
4 599.4 Rescue Smokers 4 594.2 Smokin The Good Stuff 4 596.4 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ
5 591.6 Southern Hogs 5 593.9 Rub Shakers Que 5 595.8 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
6 591.51 GTQ 6 591.9 The Grillman BBQ Company 6 594.91 We Want Que
7 591.5 Smokin’ J’s BBQ 7 590.5 Smokin’ J’s BBQ 7 594.9 Poppy Que
8 591.2 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 8 589.3 Rescue Smokers 8 591.9 Screaming Eagle
9 591.1 Just Smokin’ Around 9 589 Hootie Q 9 591.8 Daddy-O’s BBQ
10 590.8 Burning Butts BBQ 10 588.2 Screaming Eagle 10 590.6 Rocket Man
11 580 Rocket Man 11 587.8 Porkaholic’s Barbeque 11 590.2 Simply Q
12 578.7 Daddy-O’s BBQ 12 586.9 We Want Que 12 590.2 Four 41 South BBQ Company
13 577.2 Big OX Barbecue   13 586.9 GTQ 13 589.9 H&J Cooking Team
14 577.1 Rub Shakers Que 14 586.1 Old Henry’s BBQ 14 585.7 Burning Butts BBQ
15 576.7 Porkaholic’s Barbeque   15 582.6 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 15 584.7 Smokin The Good Stuff
16 576.1 Four 41 South BBQ Company 16 582.4 Simply Q 16 579.7 Just Smokin’ Around
17 575.7 Zombie Aporkalypse 17 579.7 Poppy Que 17 579.6 GTQ
18 573.1 Simply Q   18 578.7 Water Hawgs BBQ 18 579.4 Old Henry’s BBQ
19 572.3 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 19 578.4 Zombie Aporkalypse 19 577.2 Zombie Aporkalypse
20 570.3 Water Hawgs BBQ 20 578.4 Just Smokin’ Around 20 576.7 The Grillman BBQ Company
21 569.5 H&J Cooking Team 21 576.9 Southern Hogs 21 576.4 Rub Shakers Que
22 567.5 Screaming Eagle 22 573.5 Big OX Barbecue 22 567.5 Big OX Barbecue
23 566.8 Hootie Q 23 570.8 Rocket Man 23 565.2 Porkaholic’s Barbeque
24 562.9 Poppy Que 24 570.2 H&J Cooking Team 24 563.3 Smokin’ J’s BBQ
25 0 Old Henry’s BBQ 25 564.8 Burning Butts BBQ 25 561.6 Hootie Q

Reserve Standings:

    Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1   Rescue Smokers 599.4 589.3 599.4 1788.1
2   92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 591.2 598.5 595.8 1785.5
3   We Want Que 599.7 586.9 594.9 1781.5
4   Smokin The Good Stuff 600.0 594.2 584.7 1778.9
5   Daddy-O’s BBQ 578.7 599.4 591.8 1769.9
6   The Grillman BBQ Company 599.7 591.9 576.7 1768.3
7   Southern Hogs 591.6 576.9 599.4 1767.9
8   Four 41 South BBQ Company 576.1 598.2 590.2 1764.5
9   GTQ 591.5 586.9 579.6 1758.0
10   Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 572.3 582.6 596.4 1751.3
11   Just Smokin’ Around 591.1 578.4 579.7 1749.2
12   Screaming Eagle 567.5 588.2 591.9 1747.6
13   Rub Shakers Que 577.1 593.9 576.4 1747.4
14   Water Hawgs BBQ 570.3 578.7 598.2 1747.2
15   Simply Q 573.1 582.4 590.2 1745.7
16   Smokin’ J’s BBQ 591.5 590.5 563.3 1745.3
17   Rocket Man 580.0 570.8 590.6 1741.4
18   Burning Butts BBQ 590.8 564.8 585.7 1741.3
19   Poppy Que 562.9 579.7 594.9 1737.5
20   Zombie Aporkalypse 575.7 578.4 577.2 1731.3
21   Porkaholic’s Barbeque 576.7 587.8 565.2 1729.7
22   H&J Cooking Team 569.5 570.2 589.9 1729.6
23   Big OX Barbecue 577.2 573.5 567.5 1718.2
24   Hootie Q 566.8 589.0 561.6 1717.4
25   Old Henry’s BBQ 0.0 586.1 579.4 1165.5

Brisket Ancillary

    Brisket
1   Big Ox Barbecue 599.1
2   Rescue Smokers 596.7
3   Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 596.4
4   Porkaholic’s Barbeque 594.8
5   Burning Butts BBQ 592.1
6   Four 41 South BBQ Company 584.2
7   Bubonic BBQ 583.2
8   Rub Shakers Que 582.0
9   The Grillman BBQ Company 577.3
10   Hootie Q 572.0
11   Daddy-O’s BBQ 567.8
12   Rocket Man 560.2
13   Napalm Sticks to Pigs 531.4

Cooking for Fun

  PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599.7 East Coast BBQ   1 596.1 Napalm Sticks to Pigs
2 594.9 Hamalicious BBQ   2 592.2 East Coast BBQ
3 584.1 Napalm Sticks to Pigs   3 584.2 Jackson Diesel
4 582 Jackson Diesel   4 565.1 Hamalicious BBQ
5 572.8 Bubonic BBQ   5 561.2 Bubonic BBQ

Rescue Smokers Caps Big Season with Grand at Fort Gaines

Rescue Smokers Caps Big Season with Grand at Fort Gaines

May 28, 2016 Fort Gaines, GA – Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers scored 599.1 out of a possible 600 points with their Loin final round entry to take the Grand Championship at the 2nd Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge.  Poverty Hill Smokers won both Pulled Pork & Ribs plus had a 7th place in Loin to take home the Reserve Grand Championship.

  1. Grand - Rescue Smokers; Reserve - Poverty Hill Smokers

Full Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599.1 Rescue Smokers 1 598.1 Poverty Hill Smokers 1 598.8 Poverty Hill Smokers
2 594.7 Team Pork Rindz 2 595.5 Rescue Smokers 2 593.6 Raging Smoke
3 590.2 Just Blowing Smoke 3 590.4 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 3 590.9 Just Blowing Smoke
4 591.8 Johnson Boys BBQ 4 590.5 Team Pork Rindz 4 594.5 Johnson Boys BBQ
5 591.4 Old Henry’s BBQ 5 588.81 Bubba Grills 5 592.7 Bubba Grills
6 589.9 Bubba Grills 6 588.8 Bite My Butt BBQ 6 590.6 Bite My Butt BBQ
7 583.9 Poverty Hill Smokers 7 583.9 Rib Ticklers 7 589.8 Recue Smokers
8 582.3 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 8 579.3 Just Blowing Smoke 8 580.6 Team Pork Rindz
9 579.6 Raging Smoke 9 572.1 Old Henry’s BBQ 9 572.4 Rib Ticklers
10 568.1 Bite My Butt BBQ 10 565 Raging Smoke 10 570.4 Hard Rock Hill BBQ
11 563.8 Rib Ticklers 11 0 Johnson Boys BBQ 11 567.8 Old Henry’s BBQ

Reserve Standings:

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Poverty Hill Smokers 583.9 600.0 599.4 1783.3
2 Recue Smokers 599.4 591.7 589.8 1780.9
3 Bubba Grills 589.9 588.8 592.7 1771.4
4 Team Pork Rindz 599.7 590.5 580.6 1770.8
5 Just Blowing Smoke 592.4 579.3 595.8 1767.5
6 Bite My Butt BBQ 568.1 588.8 590.6 1747.5
7 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 582.3 593.7 570.4 1746.4
8 Raging Smoke 579.6 565.0 599.4 1744.0
9 Old Henry’s BBQ 591.4 572.1 567.8 1731.3
10 Rib Ticklers 563.8 583.9 572.4 1720.1
11 Johnson Boys BBQ 591.8 0.0 594.5 1186.3

Three Rivers BBQ Fest Grand Goes To Bull Rush BBQ

Three Rivers BBQ Fest Grand Goes To Bull Rush BBQ

May 7, 2016; Hazlehurst, GA – Bull Rush BBQ’s final round Rib box edged Budmeister’s Pulled Pork finals entry by 0.02 to take the Grand Championship.  Budmeister won both the Pulled Pork & Loin categories plus finished 4th in Ribs to earn the Reserve Grand Championship

Grand Champion - Bull Rush BBQ

Grand Champion – Bull Rush BBQ

Reserve Grand - Budmeisters

Reserve Grand – Budmeisters

Full Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599.4 BUDMEISTERS 1 599.6 BUDMEISTERS 1 599.8 BULL RUSH
2 593.9 BUBBA GRILLS 2 594.8 BULL RUSH 2 594.2 RAGING SMOKE BBQ
3 592.1 LAWDAWG BBQ 3 588.1 LAWDAWG BBQ 3 589.2 FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN
4 592.8 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM 4 595.1 SMOKIN’ AJ’S 4 596.7 BUDMEISTERS
5 591.5 RESCUE SMOKERS 5 594.2 92 BBQ 5 595.2 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
6 590.9 STATESBORO BLUES BBQ 6 593.9 RESCUE SMOKERS 6 594.6 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ
7 590.2 BULL RUSH 7 590.7 REAL SOUTH BBQ 7 592.8 RESCUE SMOKERS
8 589.6 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 8 590.3 DADDY O’S BBQ 8 591.2 BUBBA GRILLS
9 589.3 DADDY O’S BBQ 9 589.9 SOUTHERN HOGS 9 590.6 STATESBORO BLUES BBQ
10 587.5 RUB SHAKERS QUE 10 589.6 JUST SMOKE N’ AROUND 10 590 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM
11 586.9 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 11 587.3 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ 11 589.9 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
12 586.6 REAL SOUTH BBQ 12 586.4 FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN 12 587.6 92 BBQ
13 585.4 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ   13 585.4 RUB SHAKERS QUE 13 587.6 REAL SOUTH BBQ
14 583.5 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 14 585.1 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 14 584.4 SMOKIN’ AJ’S
15 583.3 SMOKIN’ AJ’S   15 582.7 J DUBS STEW & QUE 15 583.3 SOUTHERN HOGS
16 582 SMOKIN’ J’S BBQ 16 582.3 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 16 581.8 WE WANT QUE
17 581.1 JUST SMOKE N’ AROUND 17 582.1 CAJENN SMOKING QUE 17 581.5 FORGET ME NOT BBQ
18 577.8 WE WANT QUE   18 582 WE WANT QUE 18 578.2 CAJENN SMOKING QUE
19 576.6 92 BBQ 19 579.6 STATESBORO BLUES BBQ 19 578.1 THE BLUE COLLAR COOKING CREW
20 575.1 SOUTHERN HOGS 20 578.1 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM 20 576.3 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ
21 571.5 FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN 21 575.4 SMOKIN’ J’S BBQ 21 575.7 LANG BBQ SMOKERS
22 571.4 CAJENN SMOKING QUE 22 575.1 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 22 575.5 RUB SHAKERS QUE
23 570.8 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 23 574.8 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 23 575.1 SMOKIN’ J’S BBQ
24 567.8 J DUBS STEW & QUE 24 573.9 THE BLUE COLLAR COOKING CREW 24 574.5 LAWDAWG BBQ
25 566.9 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 25 572.9 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 25 567.2 J DUBS STEW & QUE
26 565.2 THE BLUE COLLAR COOKING CREW   26 571.9 RAGING SMOKE BBQ   26 566.9 DADDY O’S BBQ
27 564 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 27 571 BUBBA GRILLS   27 564.4 JUST SMOKE N’ AROUND
28 560.3 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 28 568.7 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 28 561.3 OLD HENRY’S BBQ

Reserve Standings:

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 BUDMEISTERS 599.7 598.8 596.7 1795.2
2 BULL RUSH 590.2 599.1 597.9 1787.2
3 RESCUE SMOKERS 591.5 593.9 592.8 1778.2
4 LAWDAWG BBQ 599.4 598.5 574.5 1772.4
5 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ 585.4 587.3 594.6 1767.3
6 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 589.6 582.3 595.2 1767.1
7 REAL SOUTH BBQ 586.6 590.7 587.6 1764.9
8 SMOKIN’ AJ’S 583.3 595.1 584.4 1762.8
9 STATESBORO BLUES BBQ 590.9 579.6 590.6 1761.1
10 CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM 592.8 578.1 590.0 1760.9
11 92 BBQ 576.6 594.2 587.6 1758.4
12 FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN 571.5 586.4 599.4 1757.3
13 BUBBA GRILLS 593.9 571.0 591.2 1756.1
14 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 586.9 572.9 589.9 1749.7
15 RUB SHAKERS QUE 587.5 585.4 575.5 1748.4
16 SOUTHERN HOGS 575.1 589.9 583.3 1748.3
17 DADDY O’S BBQ 589.3 590.3 566.9 1746.5
18 LANG BBQ SMOKERS 583.5 585.1 575.7 1744.3
19 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 570.8 571.9 599.4 1742.1
20 WE WANT QUE 577.8 582.0 581.8 1741.6
21 JUST SMOKE N’ AROUND 581.1 589.6 564.4 1735.1
22 SMOKIN’ J’S BBQ 582.0 575.4 575.1 1732.5
23 CAJENN SMOKING QUE 571.4 582.1 578.2 1731.7
24 HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ 566.9 575.1 576.3 1718.3
25 J DUBS STEW & QUE 567.8 582.7 567.2 1717.7
26 THE BLUE COLLAR COOKING CREW 565.2 573.9 578.1 1717.2
27 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 560.3 568.7 581.5 1710.5
28 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 564.0 574.8 561.3 1700.1

Rescue Smokers Wins Grand at BBQ & Brews

Rescue Smokers Wins Grand at BBQ & Brews

April 30, 2016 Canton, GA –  Rescue Smokers took first place in both Pulled Pork & Ribs, then outscored Loin winner Just Blowing Smoke in the finals round to claim the Grand Championship.  Just Blowing Smoke added a finals call in Pulled Pork plus 5th place in Ribs to take home the Reserve Grand Championship.

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Full Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599.3 Just Blowing Smoke 1 598.7 Rescue Smokers 1 599.6 Rescue Smokers
2 595.3 Smokin the Good Stuff 2 593.3 Rocketman BBQ 2 593.4 Fixin’ 2 Pork Q
3 588.8 Team BBQ Fool of Georgia 3 592.4 Just Blowing Smoke 3 591.2 We Want Q
4 595.8 Rescue Smokers 4 599.1 Smokin the Good Stuff 4 598.8 Rocketman BBQ
5 595.4 We Want Que 5 598.8 Squealz on Wheelz 5 598.5 Just Blowing Smoke
6 594.5 Fixin’ 2 Pork Q 6 597.9 Team BBQ Fool of Georgia 6 597.6 Four 41 South BBQ Company
7 594.3 Rocketman BBQ 7 595.5 92 BBQ 7 594.5 92 BBQ
8 590.8 Wild Eyed Southern Q 8 592.8 CJs BBQ 8 593.9 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’
9 590.6 Johnson Boys BBQ 9 590.9 Smokin’ J’s BBQ 9 591.5 Major Q BBQ
10 586.9 CJs BBQ 10 590.5 Porkaholic’s Barbeque 10 590.5 Q-Hutta
11 585.2 Smokey Tales 11 588.4 Johnson Boys BBQ 11 587.2 CJs BBQ
12 585.1 Squealz on Wheelz 12 587.8 Wild Eyed Southern Q 12 586.6 Ole Sparky’s BBQ
13 584.2 Four 41 South BBQ Company   13 586.6 Q-Hutta 13 586.6 Squealz on Wheelz
14 583.3 Midnight Smokers 14 585.9 Four 41 South BBQ Company 14 583.3 Porkaholic’s Barbeque
15 582.3 92 BBQ   15 585.3 Fixin’ 2 Pork Q 15 583.1 Smokin the Good Stuff
16 582 Smokin’ J’s BBQ 16 581.4 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 16 582.1 Midnight Smokers
17 579.2 Major Q BBQ 17 577.8 We Want Que 17 580.1 Team BBQ Fool of Georgia
18 578.7 Ole Sparky’s BBQ   18 575 Smokey Tales 18 579.7 Wild Eyed Southern Q
19 578.1 Q-Hutta 19 574.4 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 19 578.2 Johnson Boys BBQ
20 567.4 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 20 574.1 Major Q BBQ 20 576.6 Smokin’ J’s BBQ
21 565.6 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 21 573.4 Midnight Smokers 21 565.9 Four Fathers BBQ Crew
22 560.4 Porkaholic’s Barbeque 22 568.8 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 22 564.2 Smokey Tales

Reserve Championship Standings:

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Just Blowing Smoke 599.1 599.4 598.5 1797.0
2 Rescue Smokers 595.8 599.1 600.0 1794.9
3 Rocketman BBQ 594.3 599.7 598.8 1792.8
4 Smokin the Good Stuff 600.0 599.1 583.1 1782.2
5 Fixin’ 2 Pork Q 594.5 585.3 599.4 1779.2
6 Team BBQ Fool of Georgia 599.4 597.9 580.1 1777.4
7 We Want Que 595.4 577.8 599.4 1772.6
8 92 BBQ 582.3 595.5 594.5 1772.3
9 Squealz on Wheelz 585.1 598.8 586.6 1770.5
10 Four 41 South BBQ Company 584.2 585.9 597.6 1767.7
11 CJs BBQ 586.9 592.8 587.2 1766.9
12 Wild Eyed Southern Q 590.8 587.8 579.7 1758.3
13 Johnson Boys BBQ 590.6 588.4 578.2 1757.2
14 Q-Hutta 578.1 586.6 590.5 1755.2
15 Smokin’ J’s BBQ 582.0 590.9 576.6 1749.5
16 Major Q BBQ 579.2 574.1 591.5 1744.8
17 Midnight Smokers 583.3 573.4 582.1 1738.8
18 Porkaholic’s Barbeque 560.4 590.5 583.3 1734.2
19 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 578.7 568.8 586.6 1734.1
20 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 565.6 574.4 593.9 1733.9
21 Smokey Tales 585.2 575.0 564.2 1724.4
22 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 567.4 581.4 565.9 1714.7

Board of Directors Meeting – July 30, 2016

Georgia Barbecue Association

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

July 30, 2016

Perry, Georgia

 

Called to order by Rick Godfrey

Attending:  Rick Godfrey, Danny Meadows, Greg Hoyt, Lois Sebastian, Jim Sewell, Alex Khoury, and Danny Evans

Membership Present: Greg Sebastian, Ed Vesely, Brian Bond, Robby Royal, Stephanie Royal, Danny Smith, Mike Holland, Travis James, John Ricketson, Ed Humphreys, Kay James, Chuck East, and Carrie East

Action Motion Second Vote
To accept the Treasurer’s Financials and P&L Report Rick Godfrey Danny Meadows Approved

7-0

To require cook teams to put at least 8 pieces of meat in turn-in boxes Jim Sewell Danny Meadows Motion Withdrawn
To move turn-in times up by 30 minutes Jim Sewell Alex Khoury Approved

7-0

To require trophies or plaques for 1st through 3rd place in each category Lois Sebastian Danny Meadows Approved

7-0

To amend Master Judge contest record forms as proposed Lois Sebastian Danny Evans Approved

7-0

To adopt the use of table captains during judging Lois Sebastian Danny Evans Approved

7-0

To require there be at least 100 miles between two contests on the same weekend Lois Sebastian Danny Meadows Approved

7-0

To approve the following contest designations:

State Championship—Milledgeville

Double Points—Canton, Thomaston, and Douglas

Rick Godfrey Danny Evans Approved

6-0

(Jim Sewell abstained)

To adopt the Cooking for Fun rules presented by Greg Hoyt with the insertion of “pitmaster” in the following sentence:

“No member of a CFF team may have participated as a PITMASTER of a professional cook team in any barbecue event (sanctioned or unsanctioned) in the past.”

Greg Hoyt Jim Sewell Approved

7-0

To prohibit a family member of a pitmaster from judging in a contest where the pitmaster is cooking.  For purposes of this rule, “family member” is defined as a parent, child, sibling, or spouse.

Amended to add “living in the same household” to the definition of a family member for purposes of this rule.

Greg Hoyt

Amendment by Alex Khoury

Jim Sewell Approved

7-0

To allow a judge to socialize with cook teams when the judge has completed judging for the day Greg Hoyt Rick Godfrey Approved

7-0

Executive Session      
Meeting adjourned