May 10 2015
A few weeks ago at Jackson, Fiddler’s BBQ made finals in all three categories and took first in Loin & Pulled Pork. However, Bubba Grills’ Rib entry denied Harvey & Shirley Wills the last call. At Smoke on the Lake at Acworth, Fiddler’s only made finals in Pulled Pork, but the entry was stong enough to bring home a score of 599 and the Grand Championship.
Grand Champion – Fiddler’s BBQ
Brad Sweet of 92/Assassin Smokers scored a perfect 600 in both Loin and Ribs in the preliminary rounds to record the highest cumulative score for the contest and capture the Reserve Championship. It was the first time a single team has received perfect scores in two different categories in the same contest. Bubba Grills did hit the 600 mark in both the preliminaries and finals in Ribs at Gordon in 2012.
Reserve Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
In Pork Loin, Just Blowing Smoke won the final’s table with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking 2nd place and Smokin The Good Stuff taking third. Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ;; 5th place went to We Want Que and 6th place went to Plum Superior BBQ. CJ’s BBQ took 7th place with Smart Ash BBQ taking eighth. Curley Que BBQ made 9th place and SmokeShack BBQ rounded out the top 10.
1st Place Loin – Just Blowing Smoke
Fiddler’s BBQ Grand Championship Pulled Pork entry topped the category with Swineholio as the runner-up and CJ’s BBQ in third place. Plum Superior BBQ finished in 4th just ahead of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in 5th place. Just Blowing Smoke walked for 6th place and Smoking the Good Stuff got the 7th place call. Eighth thru 10th places went to We Want Que, SmokeShack BBQ and Four Fathers BBQ Crew respectively.
Winning Ribs was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Plum Superior BBQ claimed 2nd place and Smoking Butts BBQ claimed third. Smokin the Good Stuff took 4th place. Fifth place went to Rub Shakers Que and 6th place in Ribs went to Swineholio. We Want Que waked for the third time with the 7th place call and Porkinator got their first call of the day for 8th place. Just Blowing Smoke took 9th place and 10th place went to Fiddler’s BBQ.
Smoke on the Lake also hosted a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun contest. Hickory Flat BBQ won the Grand Championship and Nice Rack BBQ won the Reserve Championship.
 Cooking For Fun Grand Champion – Hickory Flat BBQ |
 Cooking For Fun Reserve Champion – NIce Rack BBQ |
Hickory Flat BBQ won the Chicken category with East Coast BBQ taking 2nd place and YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ taking 3rd place. Nice Rack BBQ took top honors in Pulled Pork. Liberty BBQ was the runner up and Its Hog Gone Good got the 3rd place call. Hickory Flat BBQ picked up their second 1st place trophy for Ribs, Dawgs Smokin Hawgs came in 2nd with Nice Rack BBQ coming in 3rd place.
The GBA thanks the North Cobb Rotary Club for organizing Smoke on the Lake and the citizens of Acworth for their amazing support of the event. Each year the Rotary club raises thousands for thier charity projects. Next up for the GBA is White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.
Full Results – GBA Divisioin (note 1st , 2nd & 3rd place scores are from Final Rounds. All other scores are from preliminary round scores.)
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 597.6 | Just Blowing Smoke | 1 | 599 | Fiddlers BBQ | 1 | 596.3 | 92 BBQ Assasin Smokers | ||
| 2 | 595.4 | 92 BBQ Assasin Smokers | 2 | 590.8 | Swineholio | 2 | 595.7 | Plum Superior BBQ | ||
| 3 | 588.4 | Smokin The God Stuff | 3 | 586.8 | CJ’s BBQ | 3 | 587.9 | Smoking Butts BBQ | ||
| 4 | 592.1 | Fiddlers BBQ | 4 | 587.2 | Plum Superior BBQ | 4 | 590.2 | Smokin The Good Stuff | ||
| 5 | 591.5 | We Want Que | 5 | 586.8 | 92 BBQ | 5 | 588.7 | Rub Shakers Que | ||
| 6 | 590.8 | Plum Superior BBQ | 6 | 583.2 | Just Blowin’ Smoke | 6 | 588.2 | Swineholio | ||
| 7 | 589.9 | CJ’s BBQ | 7 | 581.9 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 7 | 584.2 | We Want Que | ||
| 8 | 583.9 | Smart Ash BBQ | 8 | 580.6 | We Want Que | 8 | 583.6 | Porkinator | ||
| 9 | 580.9 | Curly Q BBQ | 9 | 579.6 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 9 | 583.3 | Just Blowin’ Smoke | ||
| 10 | 579.3 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 10 | 577.4 | Four Fathers BBQ Crew | 10 | 582.1 | Fiddlers BBQ | ||
| 11 | 579 | Smoking Butts BBQ | 11 | 577 | Lizzy Lou | 11 | 580.3 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | ||
| 12 | 577 | Porkinator | 12 | 576.7 | Smoking Butts BBQ | 12 | 576.9 | Lizzy Lou | ||
| 13 | 574 | Rub Shakers Que | 13 | 574.7 | Porkinator | 13 | 576.7 | CJ’s BBQ | ||
| 14 | 569.7 | Four Fathers BBQ Crew | 14 | 573.9 | Rub Shakers Que | 14 | 572 | Smart Ash BBQ | ||
| 15 | 563.6 | Swineholio | 15 | 570.5 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | 15 | 569.9 | Four Fathers BBQ Crew | ||
| 16 | 562.1 | Lizzy Lou | 16 | 566.5 | Curly Q BBQ | 16 | 565.7 | Smoke Shack BBQ | ||
| 17 | 561.8 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | 17 | 555.6 | Smart Ash BBQ | 17 | 561.9 | Curly Q BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | 92 BBQ | 600 | 586.8 | 600 | 1786.8 | |
| 2 | Plum Superior BBQ | 590.8 | 587.2 | 596.1 | 1774.1 | |
| 3 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 594.8 | 581.9 | 590.2 | 1766.9 | |
| 4 | Fiddlers BBQ | 592.1 | 592.1 | 582.1 | 1766.3 | |
| 5 | CJ’s BBQ | 589.9 | 599.7 | 576.7 | 1766.3 | |
| 6 | Just Blowin’ Smoke | 594.2 | 583.2 | 583.3 | 1760.7 | |
| 7 | We Want Que | 591.5 | 580.6 | 584.2 | 1756.3 | |
| 8 | Swineholio | 563.6 | 597.4 | 588.2 | 1749.2 | |
| 9 | Smoking Butts BBQ | 579 | 576.7 | 590.8 | 1746.5 | |
| 10 | Rub Shakers Que | 574 | 573.9 | 588.7 | 1736.6 | |
| 11 | Porkinator | 577 | 574.7 | 583.6 | 1735.3 | |
| 12 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 579.3 | 579.6 | 565.7 | 1724.6 | |
| 13 | Four Fathers BBQ Crew | 569.7 | 577.4 | 569.9 | 1717 | |
| 14 | Lizzy Lou | 562.1 | 577 | 576.9 | 1716 | |
| 15 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | 561.8 | 570.5 | 580.3 | 1712.6 | |
| 16 | Smart Ash BBQ | 583.9 | 555.6 | 572 | 1711.5 | |
| 17 | Curly Q BBQ | 580.9 | 566.5 | 561.9 | 1709.3 |
Cooking For Fun Results; (note: there is no final rounds in Cooking For Fun)
| CHICKEN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 592.1 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co. | 1 | 597 | Nice Rack BBQ | 1 | 596.7 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co. | ||
| 2 | 587.9 | East Coast BBQ | 2 | 587.6 | Liberty BBQ | 2 | 594.4 | Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs | ||
| 3 | 583.6 | YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ | 3 | 587 | It’s Hog Gone Good | 3 | 583.8 | Nice Rack BBQ | ||
| 4 | 583.31 | How Bout Them Hawgs | 4 | 586.9 | Smokin’ Jackets | 4 | 580.9 | The Smokin’ Snowballs | ||
| 5 | 583.3 | The Smokin’ Snowballs | 5 | 583.5 | Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs | 5 | 578.31 | Liberty BBQ | ||
| 6 | 582.9 | Sweet Bottom BBQ | 6 | 582.9 | Sweet Bottom BBQ | 6 | 578.3 | Smokin’ Z BBQ | ||
| 7 | 581.3 | Nice Rack BBQ | 7 | 580.7 | East Coast BBQ | 7 | 578 | Smokin’ Jackets | ||
| 8 | 580.5 | It’s Hog Gone Good | 8 | 579.7 | Cooking in Congress | 8 | 573.31 | How Bout Them Hawgs | ||
| 9 | 578.3 | Smokin’ Jackets | 9 | 575.3 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co. | 9 | 573.3 | East Coast BBQ | ||
| 10 | 577 | Liberty BBQ | 10 | 575 | YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ | 10 | 571 | YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ | ||
| 11 | 576.6 | Smokin’ Z BBQ | 11 | 574.8 | How Bout Them Hawgs | 11 | 570.4 | Sweet Bottom BBQ | ||
| 12 | 563 | Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs | 12 | 569.1 | Smokin’ Z BBQ | 12 | 567.8 | It’s Hog Gone Good | ||
| 13 | 0 | Cooking in Congress | 13 | 568.4 | The Smokin’ Snowballs | 13 | 0 | Cooking in Congress |
| Overall Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co. | 592.1 | 575.3 | 596.7 | 1764.1 | |
| 2 | Nice Rack BBQ | 581.3 | 597 | 583.8 | 1762.1 | |
| 3 | Smokin’ Jackets | 578.3 | 586.9 | 578 | 1743.2 | |
| 4 | Liberty BBQ | 577 | 587.6 | 578.31 | 1742.91 | |
| 5 | East Coast BBQ | 587.9 | 580.7 | 573.3 | 1741.9 | |
| 6 | Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs | 563 | 583.5 | 594.4 | 1740.9 | |
| 7 | Sweet Bottom BBQ | 582.9 | 582.9 | 570.4 | 1736.2 | |
| 8 | It’s Hog Gone Good | 580.5 | 587 | 567.8 | 1735.3 | |
| 9 | The Smokin’ Snowballs | 583.3 | 568.4 | 580.9 | 1732.6 | |
| 10 | How Bout Them Hawgs | 583.31 | 574.8 | 573.31 | 1731.42 | |
| 11 | YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ | 583.6 | 575 | 571 | 1729.6 | |
| 12 | Smokin’ Z BBQ | 576.6 | 569.1 | 578.3 | 1724 | |
| 13 | Cooking in Congress | 0 | 579.7 | 0 | 579.7 |
May 03 2015
After battling the elements over the past few contests, the teams of the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) found picture perfect weather for the Three Rivers Festival at Towns Bluff Park. The teams responded by turning in outstanding BBQ. A common theme among the judges was how tough it was to pick a favorite among so many great entries. In the end, it was the Finals round Pulled Pork entry turned in by Smokin’ 42 BBQ of Tifton that got the last call of the day as Grand Champion.
Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ
CaJenn Smokin’ Que of Hoboken had the highest cumulative score across all three categories in the preliminary rounds to take the Reserve Champion award.
Reserve Champion – CaJenn Smokin’ Que
1st Loin – Bethel Smokers
Bethel Smokers of Douglas captured the first place award in Pork Loin. CaJenn Smokin’ Que edge out Just Blowing Smoke of Canton for second place by 0.3 of a point. LawDawg BBQ from Brunswick took third place. Just Smoke N Around of Jackson took 5th place by 1/10th of a point over Smokin’ 42 BBQ, Seventh place went to Lizzy Lou of Middleburg, FL. Swainsboro’s Real South BBQ came in 8th place in Pork Loin with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers of Griffin in 9th place and H & J Cooking Team of Vienna in 10th place
First place in Pulled Pork went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers as the runner-up. Dobey Q of Buena Vista captured 3rd place. Just Smoke N Around captured 4th place and Real South BBQ captured 5th place. Just 7/10th of a point separated 6th place from 9th place. in 6th place, it was LawDawg BBQ just ahead of Bubba Grills of Haddock in 7th place with Buffalo Chip BBQ of Hazlehurst taking 8th place and Mojo Smokehouse of Willcoochee taking 9th place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que rounded out the top 10 in Pulled Pork.
1st Ribs – Bubba Grills
Bubba Grills topped the Ribs category. Dobey Q took 2nd with Just Blowing Smoke taking 3rd place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que walked for the 4th place award with Buffalo Chip BBQ in 5th place. Real South BBQ grabbed 6th place and Smokin’ J’s of Dallas, GA grabbe 7th place. The 8th place call went out to Bethel Smokers. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 9th place in Ribs with Smokin’ 42 BBQ taking 10th place.
The GBA wants to thank the staff at Towns Bluff Park for hosting the contest at one of the best venue’s on our circuit. Thanks also to the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Co. Board of Tourism for organizing the contest. The GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake on May 8-9 then to Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines for the White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on May 22-23. For more information about the Georgia Barbecue Association, visit our website at www.bbqga.org.
Full Results (note: scores for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. Scores from 4th place & down are preliminary round scores)
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 596.3 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 1 | 596.9 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | 1 | 595 | BUBBA GRILLS | ||
| 2 | 593 | CAJENN SMOKIN QUE | 2 | 593.8 | 92 BBQ | 2 | 593.6 | DOBEY Q | ||
| 3 | 592.7 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 3 | 591.3 | DOBEY Q | 3 | 593.4 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | ||
| 4 | 591.8 | LAWDAWG BBQ | 4 | 589.3 | JUST SMOKE N AROUND | 4 | 591.1 | CAJENN SMOKIN QUE | ||
| 5 | 591.3 | JUST SMOKE N AROUND | 5 | 588.5 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 5 | 587.5 | BUFFALO CHIP BBQ | ||
| 6 | 591.2 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | 6 | 586.9 | LAWDAWG BBQ | 6 | 587.3 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | ||
| 7 | 587.2 | LIZZY LOU | 7 | 586.6 | BUBBA GRILLS | 7 | 587 | SMOKIN J’S | ||
| 8 | 587 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 8 | 586.3 | BUFFALO CHIP BBQ | 8 | 583.6 | BETHEL SMOKERS | ||
| 9 | 586.6 | 92 BBQ | 9 | 586.2 | MOJO SMOKEHOUSE | 9 | 581.7 | 92 BBQ | ||
| 10 | 586.2 | H&J COOKING TEAM | 10 | 584.2 | CAJENN SMOKIN QUE | 10 | 580.6 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | ||
| 11 | 585.9 | SMOKIN J’S | 11 | 583.9 | H&J COOKING TEAM | 11 | 579.4 | H&J COOKING TEAM | ||
| 12 | 580 | BUFFALO CHIP BBQ | 12 | 579.7 | SMOKIN J’S | 12 | 579 | LAWDAWG BBQ | ||
| 13 | 579 | RAGING SMOKE BBQ | 13 | 575.7 | RAGING SMOKE BBQ | 13 | 578.7 | OLD HENRY BBQ | ||
| 14 | 576.6 | DOBEY Q | 14 | 574.4 | LIZZY LOU | 14 | 576.1 | MOJO SMOKEHOUSE | ||
| 15 | 571.7 | BUBBA GRILLS | 15 | 571.7 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 15 | 575.1 | RAGING SMOKE BBQ | ||
| 16 | 571.4 | OLD HENRY BBQ | 16 | 570.5 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 16 | 574 | LIZZY LOU | ||
| 17 | 556.7 | MOJO SMOKEHOUSE | 17 | 558.9 | OLD HENRY BBQ | 17 | 560.5 | JUST SMOKE N AROUND |
| Reserve Champion Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | CAJENN SMOKIN QUE | 596.1 | 584.2 | 591.1 | 1771.4 | |
| 2 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | 591.2 | 594.2 | 580.6 | 1766 | |
| 3 | DOBEY Q | 576.6 | 591.1 | 598.2 | 1765.9 | |
| 4 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 587 | 588.5 | 587.3 | 1762.8 | |
| 5 | 92 BBQ | 586.6 | 590.8 | 581.7 | 1759.1 | |
| 6 | LAWDAWG BBQ | 591.8 | 586.9 | 579 | 1757.7 | |
| 7 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 593.6 | 570.5 | 592.1 | 1756.2 | |
| 8 | BUBBA GRILLS | 571.7 | 586.6 | 596.4 | 1754.7 | |
| 9 | BUFFALO CHIP BBQ | 580 | 586.3 | 587.5 | 1753.8 | |
| 10 | SMOKIN J’S | 585.9 | 579.7 | 587 | 1752.6 | |
| 11 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 594.5 | 571.7 | 583.6 | 1749.8 | |
| 12 | H&J COOKING TEAM | 586.2 | 583.9 | 579.4 | 1749.5 | |
| 13 | JUST SMOKE N AROUND | 591.3 | 589.3 | 560.5 | 1741.1 | |
| 14 | LIZZY LOU | 587.2 | 574.4 | 574 | 1735.6 | |
| 15 | RAGING SMOKE BBQ | 579 | 575.7 | 575.1 | 1729.8 | |
| 16 | MOJO SMOKEHOUSE | 556.7 | 586.2 | 576.1 | 1719 | |
| 17 | OLD HENRY BBQ | 571.4 | 558.9 | 578.7 | 1709 |
Apr 21 2015
GBA Election Update2015 is an election year for the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA). The offices of President and Vice President are up for vote. The election will be for 2 year term beginning September 2015. The candidate qualifying period for these offices closed on April 15, 2015. The following have qualified to seek office in the upcoming election:
President – Danny Meadows (Incumbent); Scotty Lawson
Vice President – Jim Sewell (Incumbnent)
Voting will be conducted online via the GBA website — www.bbqga.com. The voting period will be from June 1 to June 10, 2015. Only current, active members may vote. A link to the voting page will be posted on the website when voting opens.
Congratulations to the candidates & best of luck
Apr 19 2015
There are a couple of things you can count on at Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson. Great BBQ and Rain. Mud boots were almost as essential as grills, charcoal & wood as steady rain pelted the event for most of the weekend. In spite of the challenging conditions, the teams still made the judges work hard to determine who had the best BBQ of the day.
Fiddlers BBQ made finals in all three categories. Southern Hogs finaled in Loin & Pulled Pork. However, it was Bubba Grills Rib entry that recorded the top score in the final rounds to claim the Grand Championship.
Grand Champion – Bubba Grills
Harvery & Shirley Wills of Fiddlers BBQ, with an assist from Master Judge candidate Greg Sebastian, “Triple Finaled” and accumulated the most points in the preliminary rounds to win the Reserve Champion award.
Reserve Champion – Fiddlers BBQ
Pork Loin is always a difficult category, but the scorers had to go to the tiebreaker to determine the winner in the category. Both Fiddler’s BBQ and LawDawg BBQ scored 594.4 in the final round of Loin judging. The GBA declares “Its All About the Taste” and the Taste scores are the first level in the tiebreaker. Fiddler’s BBQ had the highest taste score & edged LawDawg for first place. LawDawg BBQ had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary Loin round. Southern Hogs grabbed third place. Que the Musick took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke taking fifth. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 6th place by winning the tiebreaker over Smokin J’s BBQ. Eighth place went to Bubba Grills; 9th place went to Smoke Shack BBQ and 10th went to Main Street BBQ.
Southern Hogs
In Pulled Pork, it was Fiddlers BBQ once again taking top honors. Southern Hogs finished as runner-up with Que the Musick in third place. Main Street BBQ got the 4th place call and Fletcher’s Finest got 5th place. Smokin the Good Stuff edged Real South BBQ for 6th place on the tiebreaker. Just Blowing Smoke also edged LawDawg BBQ in the tiebreaker for 8th place. Bubba Grills rounded out the top 10.
The Grand Championship winning Rib entry earned first place for Bubba Grills. Fiddlers BBQ completed their strong cook with the 2nd place award. Smokin the Good Stuff took 3rd place, but also had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. BCD (Boys Cooking Dangerously) came in 4th place. Hootie Q edged 29 BBQ by 0.1 of a point to take 5th place. Just Blowing Smoke captured 7th place and Smoke Shack BBQ captured 8th place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers & Rub Shakers Que finished 9th & 10th respectively.
Once again Connie & Wayne Rosser of the Butt County Exchange Club did an outstanding job managing the contest in trying conditions. The GBA heads to the Three Rivers Festival and Towns Bluff Park on the Altamaha River in Hazlehurst on May 1-2. The following week it will be Smoke on the Water on beautiful Lake Acworth. The month of May completes the water based trifecta with the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.
Full Results:
NOTE: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from Final rounds. All other scores are from Preliminary rounds.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 594.41 | Fiddlers BBQ | 1 | 595.5 | Fiddlers BBQ | 1 | 596.2 | Bubba Grills | ||
| 2 | 594.4 | Law Dawgs | 2 | 593 | Southern Hogs | 2 | 594.6 | Fiddlers BBQ | ||
| 3 | 592.2 | Southern Hogs | 3 | 591.5 | Que The Musick | 3 | 591.2 | Smokin the Good Stuff | ||
| 4 | 592.1 | Que The Musick | 4 | 594.2 | Main Street BBQ | 4 | 590.3 | BCD | ||
| 5 | 591.2 | Just Blowning Smoke | 5 | 593.9 | Fletcher’s Finest | 5 | 588.9 | Hootie Q | ||
| 6 | 587.21 | 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 6 | 593.61 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 6 | 588.8 | 29 Barbeque | ||
| 7 | 587.2 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 7 | 593.6 | Real South BBQ | 7 | 588.2 | Just Blowning Smoke | ||
| 8 | 586.9 | Bubba Grills | 8 | 591.81 | Just Blowning Smoke | 8 | 587.9 | Smoke Shack BBQ | ||
| 9 | 583.2 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 9 | 591.8 | Law Dawgs | 9 | 585 | 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers | ||
| 10 | 582.9 | Main Street BBQ | 10 | 591.2 | Bubba Grills | 10 | 584.5 | Rub Shakers Que | ||
| 11 | 581.3 | Hootie Q | 11 | 590.6 | Hootie Q | 11 | 583 | Raging Smoke BBQ | ||
| 12 | 581 | Forget Me Not BBQ | 12 | 590.5 | 29 Barbeque | 12 | 582.3 | Que The Musick | ||
| 13 | 579.3 | Real South BBQ | 13 | 590.2 | Rub Shakers Que | 13 | 580.6 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 14 | 570.8 | Just Smokin N Around | 14 | 584.4 | Just Smokin N Around | 14 | 579.3 | We Want Que | ||
| 15 | 570 | Shark Bite BBQ | 15 | 582.7 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 15 | 578.8 | J Dubs’ Stew and Que | ||
| 16 | 568.4 | BCD | 16 | 579.6 | 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 16 | 578.1 | Fletcher’s Finest | ||
| 17 | 567.2 | Rub Shakers Que | 17 | 577.5 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 17 | 576.7 | Golfin Grillers | ||
| 18 | 567.2 | Fletcher’s Finest | 18 | 574.7 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 18 | 574.7 | Law Dawgs | ||
| 19 | 566.5 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 19 | 574.6 | BCD | 19 | 574.5 | Temple of The Hog | ||
| 20 | 565.6 | Temple of The Hog | 20 | 571.5 | We Want Que | 20 | 574.2 | Shark Bite BBQ | ||
| 21 | 565.5 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 21 | 571.3 | Temple of The Hog | 21 | 573.9 | Main Street BBQ | ||
| 22 | 563.2 | 29 Barbeque | 22 | 567.2 | Golfin Grillers | 22 | 573.2 | Real South BBQ | ||
| 23 | 562.2 | J Dubs’ Stew and Que | 23 | 563.5 | Forget Me Not BBQ | 23 | 570.9 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | ||
| 24 | 559.2 | Golfin Grillers | 24 | 563 | Porch Light | 24 | 570.2 | Forget Me Not BBQ | ||
| 25 | 554.7 | Porch Light | 25 | 562.5 | Shark Bite BBQ | 25 | 569.6 | Porch Light | ||
| 26 | 0 | We Want Que | 26 | 561.2 | J Dubs’ Stew and Que | 26 | 559.1 | Just Smokin N Around |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Fiddlers BBQ | 596.4 | 594.9 | 595.1 | 1786.4 | |
| 2 | Bubba Grills | 586.9 | 591.2 | 598.8 | 1776.9 | |
| 3 | Southern Hogs | 595.8 | 594.9 | 580.6 | 1771.3 | |
| 4 | Just Blowning Smoke | 591.2 | 591.81 | 588.2 | 1771.21 | |
| 5 | Que The Musick | 592.1 | 596.4 | 582.3 | 1770.8 | |
| 6 | Law Dawgs | 600 | 591.8 | 574.7 | 1766.5 | |
| 7 | Hootie Q | 581.3 | 590.6 | 588.9 | 1760.8 | |
| 8 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 565.5 | 593.61 | 600 | 1759.11 | |
| 9 | 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 587.21 | 579.6 | 585 | 1751.81 | |
| 10 | Main Street BBQ | 582.9 | 594.2 | 573.9 | 1751 | |
| 11 | Real South BBQ | 579.3 | 593.6 | 573.2 | 1746.1 | |
| 12 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 583.2 | 574.7 | 587.9 | 1745.8 | |
| 13 | 29 Barbeque | 563.2 | 590.5 | 588.8 | 1742.5 | |
| 14 | Rub Shakers Que | 567.2 | 590.2 | 584.5 | 1741.9 | |
| 15 | Fletcher’s Finest | 567.2 | 593.9 | 578.1 | 1739.2 | |
| 16 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 587.2 | 577.5 | 570.9 | 1735.6 | |
| 17 | BCD | 568.4 | 574.6 | 590.3 | 1733.3 | |
| 18 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 566.5 | 582.7 | 583 | 1732.2 | |
| 19 | Forget Me Not BBQ | 581 | 563.5 | 570.2 | 1714.7 | |
| 20 | Just Smokin N Around | 570.8 | 584.4 | 559.1 | 1714.3 | |
| 21 | Temple of The Hog | 565.6 | 571.3 | 574.5 | 1711.4 | |
| 22 | Shark Bite BBQ | 570 | 562.5 | 574.2 | 1706.7 | |
| 23 | Golfin Grillers | 559.2 | 567.2 | 576.7 | 1703.1 | |
| 24 | J Dubs’ Stew and Que | 562.2 | 561.2 | 578.8 | 1702.2 | |
| 25 | Porch Light | 554.7 | 563 | 569.6 | 1687.3 | |
| 26 | We Want Que | 0 | 571.5 | 579.3 | 1150.8 |
Apr 12 2015
Douglas, GA has a storied history in the world of competition BBQ. The city has joined forces with the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) the past two years to bring professional competition BBQ back to the city. The City of Douglas pulled out all stops to put on a great show for the 2nd annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ Festival.
Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the final call of the day as Grand Champion. It was not easy however as his Loin Finals entry scored just one tenth of a point more than David Hair & Dobey Q’s Pulled Pork Finals entiry.
Howard Harris and Jeff Schramm, aka H & J Cooking Team, made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs in addition to a 10th place finish Loin. This consistency over the preliminary rounds captured the Reserve Grand Champion.
Reserve Champion – H & J Cooking Team
92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category. Douglas native daughter, Crystal Smitherman and Hard Rock Hill BBQ took 2nd place with CA Jenn Smokin Que taking 3rd place. It was the first time making GBA finals for both these teams. J Dubs Stew & Que grabbed 4th place and LawDawg BBQ grabbed 5th place. In a tie for 5th place, Dobey Q won the tiebreaker over Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somthin’. Eighth place went to Dixie Que, 9th place went to Kelvin’s BBQ and H & J Cooking Team rounded out the top ten.
Dobey Q took top honors in Puled Pork with Just Blowing Smoke as the runner up and H & J Cooking Team in 3rd place. Mojo Smokehouse got the call fr 4th place. LawDawg BBQ won the tiebreaker for 5th place over Kelvin’s BBQ. Seventh place went to Gas Passers. A pair of local teams were up next with Bethel Smokers placing 8th and East Coast Asphalt placing ninth. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 10th place.
In Ribs, it was H & J Cooking Team for the win. Just Blowing Smoke edged out Mojo Smokehouse for second place on the first tiebreaker. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the 4th place call. Gas Passers took 5th place and Dixie Que took sixth. Raging Smoke BBQ walked for 7th place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ got second call for the 8th place Rib entry. Old Henry’s BBQ captured 9th place and Stump’s Smokers captuted 10th place.
Next up for the GBA is Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson. The month of May brings three great contests. The Three Rivers Festibal at Towns Bluff Park will be in Hazlehurst on May 1-2. The following week will be Smoke on the Lake in Acworth. The GBA will sanction the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.
Full Results: (note – 1st. 2nd & 3rd places are Final Round scores. All others are preliminary round scores)
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 598 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 1 | 597.9 | DOBEY Q | 1 | 597.2 | H & J COOKING TEAM | ||
| 2 | 595.2 | HARD ROCK HILL BBQ | 2 | 592.9 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 2 | 592.41 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | ||
| 3 | 588.5 | CA JENN SMOKIN QUE | 3 | 591.2 | H & J COOKING TEAM | 3 | 592.4 | MOJO SMOKEHOUSE | ||
| 4 | 591.5 | J DUBS STEW & QUE | 4 | 591.5 | MOJO SMOKEHOUSE | 4 | 592.8 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | ||
| 5 | 587.9 | LAWDAWG BBQ | 5 | 591.21 | LAWDAWG BBQ | 5 | 592.5 | GAS PASSERS | ||
| 6 | 587.81 | DOBEY Q | 6 | 591.2 | KELVIN’S BBQ | 6 | 590.2 | DIXIE QUE | ||
| 7 | 587.8 | WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING | 7 | 590.6 | GAS PASSERS | 7 | 589.3 | RAGING SMOKE BBQ | ||
| 8 | 586.3 | DIXIE QUE | 8 | 587.9 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 8 | 587.3 | HARD ROCK HILL BBQ | ||
| 9 | 583 | KELVIN’S BBQ | 9 | 587.3 | EAST COAST ASPHALT | 9 | 586.6 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | ||
| 10 | 582.7 | H & J COOKING TEAM | 10 | 586.9 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 10 | 586.3 | STUMPS SMOKERS | ||
| 11 | 582.6 | GAS PASSERS | 11 | 586.3 | WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING | 11 | 580.9 | BETHEL SMOKERS | ||
| 12 | 582.3 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 12 | 583 | HARD ROCK HILL BBQ | 12 | 579.2 | CA JENN SMOKIN QUE | ||
| 13 | 580 | BOSS HOGS | 13 | 582 | SIMPLY Q | 13 | 579 | LIZZY LOU | ||
| 14 | 579.3 | PICKLED PIGS | 14 | 581.7 | PICKLED PIGS | 14 | 578.7 | LAWDAWG BBQ | ||
| 15 | 576.9 | STUMPS SMOKERS | 15 | 581.7 | CA JENN SMOKIN QUE | 15 | 578.4 | WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING | ||
| 16 | 572.1 | RAGING SMOKE BBQ | 16 | 581.6 | LIZZY LOU | 16 | 578.3 | SIMPLY Q | ||
| 17 | 571.4 | SIMPLY Q | 17 | 578.6 | RAGING SMOKE BBQ | 17 | 578.1 | J DUBS STEW & QUE | ||
| 18 | 570.3 | MOJO SMOKEHOUSE | 18 | 578.3 | DIXIE QUE | 18 | 576.3 | BUBBA GRILLS | ||
| 19 | 568.7 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 19 | 577.8 | BOSS HOGS | 19 | 575 | BOSS HOGS | ||
| 20 | 567.9 | EAST COAST ASPHALT | 20 | 576.5 | STUMPS SMOKERS | 20 | 573 | DOBEY Q | ||
| 21 | 567.4 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | 21 | 574.8 | BUBBA GRILLS | 21 | 572.1 | EAST COAST ASPHALT | ||
| 22 | 562.9 | BUBBA GRILLS | 22 | 572 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | 22 | 570.1 | KELVIN’S BBQ | ||
| 23 | 557.9 | LIZZY LOU | 23 | 565.3 | SMOKE RING DREAMS | 23 | 568.2 | SMOKE RING DREAMS | ||
| 24 | 550.6 | SMOKE RING DREAMS | 24 | 563.3 | J DUBS STEW & QUE | 24 | 556.7 | PICKLED PIGS |
If the Grand Champion also has the top cumulative score for the Reserve Champion, the award passes down to the 2nd highest cumulative score.
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 599.4 | 586.9 | 592.8 | 1779.1 | |
| 2 | H & J COOKING TEAM | 582.7 | 598.5 | 594.9 | 1776.1 | |
| 3 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 582.3 | 591.8 | 594.8 | 1768.9 | |
| 4 | GAS PASSERS | 582.6 | 590.6 | 592.5 | 1765.7 | |
| 5 | HARD ROCK HILL BBQ | 595.1 | 583 | 587.3 | 1765.4 | |
| 6 | DOBEY Q | 587.81 | 597.6 | 573 | 1758.41 | |
| 7 | MOJO SMOKEHOUSE | 570.3 | 591.5 | 596.1 | 1757.9 | |
| 8 | LAWDAWG BBQ | 587.9 | 591.21 | 578.7 | 1757.81 | |
| 9 | CA JENN SMOKIN QUE | 595.5 | 581.7 | 579.2 | 1756.4 | |
| 10 | DIXIE QUE | 586.3 | 578.3 | 590.2 | 1754.8 | |
| 11 | WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING | 587.8 | 586.3 | 578.4 | 1752.5 | |
| 12 | KELVIN’S BBQ | 583 | 591.2 | 570.1 | 1744.3 | |
| 13 | RAGING SMOKE BBQ | 572.1 | 578.6 | 589.3 | 1740 | |
| 14 | STUMPS SMOKERS | 576.9 | 576.5 | 586.3 | 1739.7 | |
| 15 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 568.7 | 587.9 | 580.9 | 1737.5 | |
| 16 | J DUBS STEW & QUE | 591.5 | 563.3 | 578.1 | 1732.9 | |
| 17 | BOSS HOGS | 580 | 577.8 | 575 | 1732.8 | |
| 18 | SIMPLY Q | 571.4 | 582 | 578.3 | 1731.7 | |
| 19 | EAST COAST ASPHALT | 567.9 | 587.3 | 572.1 | 1727.3 | |
| 20 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | 567.4 | 572 | 586.6 | 1726 | |
| 21 | LIZZY LOU | 557.9 | 581.6 | 579 | 1718.5 | |
| 22 | PICKLED PIGS | 579.3 | 581.7 | 556.7 | 1717.7 | |
| 23 | BUBBA GRILLS | 562.9 | 574.8 | 576.3 | 1714 | |
| 24 | SMOKE RING DREAMS | 550.6 | 565.3 | 568.2 | 1684.1 |
