Feb 01 2015
Grand Champion – Dobey Q
The Brunswick Lions Club’s Jekyll BBQ Beach Bash has become one of the biggest events on Jekyll Island. Thirty of the top teams in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) gathered at the beach in Great Dune Park and the level of competition was off the charts. In the end, the last call of the day went to David Hair and Dobey Q who walked away with the Grand Championship.
Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills
Lonnie Smith debuted the new Bubba Grills T3 Steam. With the innovative new cooker, Bubba Grills got two finals calls to take the Reserve Grand Championship.
First Place Pulled Pork – Bethel Smokers
Dobey Q’s Grand Championship Loin entry won the category. Kevin McKinney of Hungry Hogs BBQ was the runner up with Barbecue Crew taking third place. Smoke Risin’ took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in 5th and Smoke Shack BBQ in 6th place. Seventh place went to Just Pig Out and 8th place went to Smokin’ the Good Stuff. Southern Hogs edged out Rescue Smokers for 9th place by 0.1 of a point
Joe Wright & Bethel Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category over Bubba Grills in second place and Rescue Smokers in third. Just Blowing Smoke took 4th place. Just Pig Out claimed 5th place by 0.3 of a point over Barbecue Crew who claimed 6th place by another 0.3 of a point over Smokin’ AJs. Smoke Risin’ won the 5th tiebreaker to take 8th place over 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Tenth place went to Southern Hogs.
Bubba Grills got the first place call in Ribs. 29 Barbecue captured 2nd place with Real South BBQ in third. Rescue Smokers edged Smokin’ AJs by 0.3 of a point for 4th place. Sixth place went to Naked Daves by only 0.1 of a point over The Hurricane Cookers. Once again, there was a tie for 8th place & this one went to the 4th tiebreaker. Smoke Shack BBQ won the tiebreaker which put Just Blowing Smoke in 9th place. Bethel Smokers rounded out the top 10.
The Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash also had a backyard division. Julie Weprek & Mama’s Que-N-Stew won both Pulled Pork & Ribs. LawDawg BBQ II took second place in Pulled Pork and Wcked Lickin’ BBQ Crew took second in Ribs.
 Mama’s Que-N-Stew |
 Lawdawg BBQ II |
 Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew |
Next up for the GBA is Rythm & Ribs in Tifton on March 6-7. The following week the GBA heads north for the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13-14 with the Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.
Full GBA Results:
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 599.2 | DOBEY Q | 1 | 598.1 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 1 | 595.3 | BUBBA GRILLS | ||
| 2 | 594.1 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | 2 | 592.3 | BUBBA GRILLS | 2 | 594.2 | 29 BARBEQUE | ||
| 3 | 588.7 | BARBECUE CREW | 3 | 591.6 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 3 | 592.5 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | ||
| 4 | 587.9 | SMOKE RISING | 4 | 594.6 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 4 | 588.5 | RESCUE SMOKERS | ||
| 5 | 587.2 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 5 | 591.8 | JUST PIG OUT | 5 | 588.2 | SMOKIN AJ’S | ||
| 6 | 585.9 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | 6 | 591.5 | BARBECUE CREW | 6 | 587 | NAKED DAVE’S | ||
| 7 | 584.6 | JUST PIG OUT | 7 | 591.2 | SMOKIN AJ’S | 7 | 586.9 | HURRICANE COOKERS, THE | ||
| 8 | 583.9 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | 8 | 590.51 | SMOKE RISING | 8 | 584.61 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | ||
| 9 | 582.5 | SOUTHERN HOGS | 9 | 590.5 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 9 | 584.6 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | ||
| 10 | 582.4 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 10 | 586.3 | SOUTHERN HOGS | 10 | 583.3 | BETHEL SMOKERS | ||
| 11 | 581 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | 11 | 586 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | 11 | 582.7 | BARE BONES BBQ | ||
| 12 | 580 | RUBSHAKERS QUE | 12 | 584.3 | DOBEY Q | 12 | 581.4 | BARBECUE CREW | ||
| 13 | 579.8 | FIDDLER’S BBQ | 13 | 582.9 | HURRICANE COOKERS, THE | 13 | 581.1 | DOBEY Q | ||
| 14 | 579.1 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 14 | 582.1 | J DUB STEW & QUE | 14 | 580.3 | ET’S BBQ | ||
| 15 | 578.4 | LAW DAWGS BBQ | 15 | 582 | LAW DAWGS BBQ | 15 | 579.7 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | ||
| 16 | 575 | BUBBA GRILLS | 16 | 578.7 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | 16 | 579.6 | JUST PIG OUT | ||
| 17 | 573.6 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 17 | 576.8 | FIDDLER’S BBQ | 17 | 578.7 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | ||
| 18 | 572.8 | HURRICANE COOKERS, THE | 18 | 576.6 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 18 | 577.8 | RUBSHAKERS QUE | ||
| 19 | 571.5 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 19 | 576.6 | MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE | 19 | 576.6 | SOUTHERN HOGS | ||
| 20 | 570.8 | LIZZY LOU | 20 | 575.4 | NAKED DAVE’S | 20 | 576.3 | FIDDLER’S BBQ | ||
| 21 | 570.8 | SMOKIN AJ’S | 21 | 574.2 | RUBSHAKERS QUE | 21 | 574.8 | SMOK’N ARMDILLO | ||
| 22 | 570.2 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | 22 | 573.8 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | 22 | 574.1 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | ||
| 23 | 567.6 | SMOK’N ARMDILLO | 23 | 571.8 | OLD HENRY BBQ | 23 | 571.1 | SMOKE RISING | ||
| 24 | 566.9 | OLD HENRY BBQ | 24 | 569.8 | LIZZY LOU | 24 | 569.3 | LIZZY LOU | ||
| 25 | 566.8 | NAKED DAVE’S | 25 | 568.5 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | 25 | 569.2 | J DUB STEW & QUE | ||
| 26 | 565.4 | ET’S BBQ | 26 | 567.2 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | 26 | 568.7 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | ||
| 27 | 564.5 | MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE | 27 | 564.5 | ET’S BBQ | 27 | 565.8 | LAW DAWGS BBQ | ||
| 28 | 557.5 | 29 BARBEQUE | 28 | 562.9 | SMOK’N ARMDILLO | 28 | 564.3 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | ||
| 29 | 553 | J DUB STEW & QUE | 29 | 561.3 | BARE BONES BBQ | 29 | 563.9 | MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE | ||
| 30 | 0 | BARE BONES BBQ | 30 | 557.6 | 29 BARBEQUE | 30 | 556 | OLD HENRY BBQ |
| Reserve Champion Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | BUBBA GRILLS | 575 | 600 | 599.4 | 1774.4 | |
| 2 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 582.4 | 599.7 | 588.5 | 1770.6 | |
| 3 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 587.2 | 594.6 | 584.6 | 1766.4 | |
| 4 | BARBECUE CREW | 588.8 | 591.5 | 581.4 | 1761.7 | |
| 5 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 579.1 | 599.1 | 583.3 | 1761.5 | |
| 6 | DOBEY Q | 593.7 | 584.3 | 581.1 | 1759.1 | |
| 7 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | 585.9 | 586 | 584.61 | 1756.51 | |
| 8 | JUST PIG OUT | 584.6 | 591.8 | 579.6 | 1756 | |
| 9 | SMOKIN AJ’S | 570.8 | 591.2 | 588.2 | 1750.2 | |
| 10 | SMOKE RISING | 587.9 | 590.51 | 571.1 | 1749.51 | |
| 11 | SOUTHERN HOGS | 582.5 | 586.3 | 576.6 | 1745.4 | |
| 12 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 573.6 | 590.5 | 579.7 | 1743.8 | |
| 13 | HURRICANE COOKERS, THE | 572.8 | 582.9 | 586.9 | 1742.6 | |
| 14 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 571.5 | 576.6 | 591.5 | 1739.6 | |
| 15 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | 594.8 | 573.8 | 568.7 | 1737.3 | |
| 16 | FIDDLER’S BBQ | 579.8 | 576.8 | 576.3 | 1732.9 | |
| 17 | RUBSHAKERS QUE | 580 | 574.2 | 577.8 | 1732 | |
| 18 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | 583.9 | 568.5 | 578.7 | 1731.1 | |
| 19 | NAKED DAVE’S | 566.8 | 575.4 | 587 | 1729.2 | |
| 20 | LAW DAWGS BBQ | 578.4 | 582 | 565.8 | 1726.2 | |
| 21 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | 581 | 578.7 | 564.3 | 1724 | |
| 22 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | 570.2 | 567.2 | 574.1 | 1711.5 | |
| 23 | ET’S BBQ | 565.4 | 564.5 | 580.3 | 1710.2 | |
| 24 | LIZZY LOU | 570.8 | 569.8 | 569.3 | 1709.9 | |
| 25 | 29 BARBEQUE | 557.5 | 557.6 | 592.4 | 1707.5 | |
| 26 | SMOK’N ARMDILLO | 567.6 | 562.9 | 574.8 | 1705.3 | |
| 27 | MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE | 564.5 | 576.6 | 563.9 | 1705 | |
| 28 | J DUB STEW & QUE | 553 | 582.1 | 569.2 | 1704.3 | |
| 29 | OLD HENRY BBQ | 566.9 | 571.8 | 556 | 1694.7 | |
| 30 | BARE BONES BBQ | 0 | 561.3 | 582.7 | 1144 |
Jan 22 2015
Georgia Barbecue Association
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
January 17, 2015
Jackson, Georgia
Called to order by Rick Godfrey
Attending: Rick Godfrey, Alex Khoury, Danny Meadows, Greg Hoyt, Lois Sebastian, Jim Sewell, and Danny Evans.
Membership Present: Ed Vesely, Larry Greene, Chuck East, Bart Shipley, Carrie East, Julie Weprek, Cody Oakes, Ken Rose, Buddy Fletcher, Wayne Rosser, Connie Rosser, Peggy Grimes, Donnie Thurston, Lucy Sewell, Lonnie Smith, Harry Faircloth, Greg Sebastian, Scott Galt, David Carter, Jimmy Hogg, Dave Curran, Buster Davis
| Action: | Vote: |
| Motion: Alex Khoury
Second: Rick Godfrey To approve the minutes from the August 2, 2014 Board meeting. |
Approved
6-0 |
| Motion: Jim Sewell
Second: Greg Hoyt To edit the wording of the tie break procedure to improve clarity, as follows:
|
Approved
6-0 |
| Motion: Jim Sewell
Second: Danny Meadows To revise the Nomination/Election process as follows:
Amendment: Jim Sewell Second: Danny Meadows To amend the motion as follows: 2) Any member in good standing who has been a member of the GBA for at least one year prior to the Candidate Qualifying Period may qualify to run for office by declaring their intent to run to the Chairman of the Board of Directors in writing by email or regular mail. |
Approved as amended
7-0 |
| Motion: Rick Godfrey
Second: Greg Hoyt To go into executive session |
Approved
7-0 |
| Motion: Rick Godfrey
Second: Greg Hoyt To close executive session |
Approved
7-0 |
| Motion: Rick Godfrey
Second: Alex Khoury To eliminate the position of Administrative Secretary. |
Approved
7-0 |
| Meeting adjourned |
Dec 31 2014
The GBA Board of Directors will meet on Saturday, January 17, 2015 at 10:00 am. The meeting will be held at the fairgrounds in Jackson, GA . The meeting is open to all GBA members in good standing.
Anyone who has an issue they would like to place before the board should contact Board Chairman Rick Godfrey to have the issue considered for the agenda. The agenda for the meeting will be posted at least 24 hours prior to the meeting.
Dec 07 2014
Foy Whatley of the Barbece Crew had the rest of the GBA Pitmasters right where he wanted them on his home turf at the Moultrie Moose Lodge Cookoff. Whatley racked up the top score in the finals round with his Pulled Pork entry to claim the Grand Championship in the second year event.
Gtand Champion – Barbecue Crew
Just Blowing Smoke made finals in both Loin and Ribs to go with a 7th place finish in Pulled Pork to win the Reserve Champion award.
Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke
H & J Cooking Team
Just Blowing Smoke led the way in the Loin category with H & J Cooking Team and Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJ’s following in second and third. Real South BBQ took fourth place with Lawdawg BBQ taking fifth. Sixth place with to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Fiddler’s BBQ finished 7th and Sunset Smokers finished 8th Ninth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers rounding out the top 10.
Barbecue Crew had the best Pulled Pork of the contest. H & J Cooking Teams again was the runner up. Hungry Hog BBQ took third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers just missed the finals on a tiebreaker to come in fourth place. Fiddler’s BBQ took fifth place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 6th place. In 7th place was Just Blowing Smoke and Real South BBQ finished in 8th place. Smokin’ AJs and Durt Road Smokerz finished ninth & tenth respectively.
Hungry Hog BBQ
Just Blowing Smoke won their second category of the contest with the top score in Ribs. Fiddler’s BBQ came in second with Travis & Montae Webb of Sunset Smokers coming in third place. H & J Cooling Team took fourth place. Fifth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts in just their second contest. Double D Cooking Team took sixth place and Smokin J’s BBQ took seventh place. Eighth through tenth places were Durt Road Smokerz, Colquitt Cookers and Lawdawg BBQ.
In the backyard contest Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the chicken category with Cowboy Smokin. G.W. McLeod pitmaster, winning Pulled Pork and Ribs.
 Screaming Eagle BBQ |
 Cowboy Smokin |
| Loin | ||
| 1 | 598.1 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE |
| 2 | 592.7 | H & J COOKING TEAM |
| 3 | 590.6 | SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ |
| 4 | 595.1 | REAL SOUTH BBQ |
| 5 | 594.5 | LAWDAWG BBQ |
| 6 | 593 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS |
| 7 | 589.6 | FIDDLERS BBQ |
| 8 | 586.3 | SUNSET SMOKERS |
| 9 | 585.4 | MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS |
| 10 | 585.1 | PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS |
| 11 | 581.5 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ |
| 12 | 574 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ |
| 13 | 572.2 | DURT ROAD SMOKERZ |
| 14 | 571.8 | BARBECUE CREW |
| 15 | 564.7 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ |
| 16 | 563.4 | DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM |
| 17 | 558.5 | COLQUITT COOKERS |
| 18 | 555.8 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ |
| PULLED PORK | ||
| 1 | 599.3 | BARBECUE CREW |
| 2 | 590.4 | H & J COOKING TEAM |
| 3 | 589.9 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ |
| 4 | 590.3 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS |
| 5 | 590 | FIDDLERS BBQ |
| 6 | 589.6 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ |
| 7 | 589.31 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE |
| 8 | 589.3 | REAL SOUTH BBQ |
| 9 | 586.3 | SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ |
| 10 | 585.7 | DURT ROAD SMOKERZ |
| 11 | 581.4 | PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS |
| 12 | 580.2 | DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM |
| 13 | 578.8 | LAWDAWG BBQ |
| 14 | 576.8 | SUNSET SMOKERS |
| 15 | 573 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ |
| 16 | 572.4 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ |
| 17 | 568.7 | COLQUITT COOKERS |
| RIBS | ||
| 1 | 598.9 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE |
| 2 | 594.4 | FIDDLERS BBQ |
| 3 | 588.7 | SUNSET SMOKERS |
| 4 | 589.7 | H & J COOKING TEAM |
| 5 | 587.6 | MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS |
| 6 | 586.3 | DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM |
| 7 | 586 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ |
| 8 | 584.8 | DURT ROAD SMOKERZ |
| 9 | 582.8 | COLQUITT COOKERS |
| 10 | 582.7 | LAWDAWG BBQ |
| 11 | 582.4 | SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ |
| 12 | 579.8 | PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS |
| 13 | 577.9 | REAL SOUTH BBQ |
| 14 | 577.6 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS |
| 15 | 575.5 | BARBECUE CREW |
| 16 | 569 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ |
| 17 | 568.1 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ |
| 18 | 564.7 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | ||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | |||
| 1 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 595.8 | 589.31 | 593.9 | 1779.01 | |
| 2 | H & J COOKING TEAM | 598.2 | 590.31 | 589.7 | 1778.21 | |
| 3 | FIDDLERS BBQ | 589.6 | 590 | 590.3 | 1769.9 | |
| 4 | SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ | 599.4 | 586.3 | 582.4 | 1768.1 | |
| 5 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 595.1 | 589.3 | 577.9 | 1762.3 | |
| 6 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 593 | 590.3 | 577.6 | 1760.9 | |
| 7 | SUNSET SMOKERS | 586.3 | 576.8 | 595.2 | 1758.3 | |
| 8 | LAWDAWG BBQ | 594.5 | 578.8 | 582.7 | 1756 | |
| 9 | PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS | 585.1 | 581.4 | 579.8 | 1746.3 | |
| 10 | BARBECUE CREW | 571.8 | 595.8 | 575.5 | 1743.1 | |
| 11 | DURT ROAD SMOKERZ | 572.2 | 585.7 | 584.8 | 1742.7 | |
| 12 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | 581.5 | 572.4 | 586 | 1739.9 | |
| 13 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | 564.7 | 598.2 | 569 | 1731.9 | |
| 14 | DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM | 563.4 | 580.2 | 586.3 | 1729.9 | |
| 15 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | 555.8 | 589.6 | 568.1 | 1713.5 | |
| 16 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | 574 | 573 | 564.7 | 1711.7 | |
| 17 | COLQUITT COOKERS | 558.5 | 568.7 | 582.8 | 1710 | |
| 18 | MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS | 585.4 | 0 | 587.6 | 1173 |
Dec 03 2014
Guy’s Grocery Games on the Food Channel is planning an episode dedicated to BBQ. They want to feature some GBA Pitmasters. See the flyer below for information about the show if you are not familiar with it. This would be a great chance to promote not only your BBQ skills but also the GBA.
If interested please contact the Casting Producer directly at:
Adam Cook
