Nov 23 2014
(pictures courtesy of Donald Tilton of Classic Impression)
The Quail Classic Event in Albany, GA and the Georgia Barbecue Association joined forces for the first time. The event was held at the Stonebridge Country Club. The teams and judges enjoyed the hospitality of this unique venue especially the different twist on a people’s choice contest with their Hospitality Challenge.
David Hair, cooking for the first time in GBA as Dobey Que, got the final call of the day and the Grand Championship.
Grand Champion – Dobey Que
Kerry Sparks of LawDawg BBQ continued her strong run of contests by making finals in both Loin and Pulled Pork along with a 6th place finish in Ribs. The gave LawDawg BBQ the top cumulative score across the three categories in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Championship.
Reserve Champion – LawDawg BBQ
Fiddler’s BBQ
Shirley & Harvey Wills of Fiddlers BBQ won the People”s Choice Hospitality Challenge. H & J Cooking Team took second place with Marky Mark’s Smoking Butts capturing third place.
Dobey Que’s Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category with LawDawg BBQ as runner-up and H & J Cooking Team in third.place. Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ, fifth place went to Real South BBQ and sixth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ. Just Blowing Smoke took seventh place with Hungry Hog BBQ in eighth place. The ninth place call went to Southern Hogs with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers rounding out the top 10.
LawDawg BBQ had to top Pulled Pork Box of the contest. Hungry Hog BBQ was a close second. Real South BBQ took third place. Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ and fifth place went to Just Blowing Smoke. Southern Hogs grabbed sixth place; H & J Cooking team grabbed seventh and Durt Road Smokers grabbed eighth place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers and Old Henry’s BBQ finished ninth and tenth respectively.
Real South BBQ
In Ribs, it was Tim Coleman and Real South BBQ for the win. Second place went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Dobey Que took third place with Southern Hogs in fourth. Just Blowing Smoke and LawDawg BBQ tied for fifth place with Just Blowing Smoke getting the nod on the 4th tiebreaker. H & Cooking Team came in seventh place. There was also a tie for eighth place and it went to the 5th tiebreaker before Fiddler’s BBQ edged out Old Henry’s BBQ. Hungry Hog got the tenth place call
The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the administration and staff of Stonebridge Country Club for putting on an outstanding contest.
Full Results:
| LOIN | Pullled Pork | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 280 | Dobey Que | 1 | 596.9 | Law Dawg BBQ | 1 | 597.4 | Real South BBQ | ||
| 2 | 594.4 | Law Dawg BBQ | 2 | 595.3 | Hungry Hog BBQ | 2 | 594.2 | 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers | ||
| 3 | 588.7 | H&J Cooking Team | 3 | 589.3 | Real South BBQ | 3 | 590 | Dobey Que | ||
| 4 | 586.2 | Old Henrys BBQ | 4 | 586.9 | Fiddlers BBQ | 4 | 584.2 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 5 | 582.8 | Real South BBQ | 5 | 585.7 | Just Blowing Smoke | 5 | 583.91 | Just Blowing Smoke | ||
| 6 | 580.3 | Fiddlers BBQ | 6 | 581.6 | Southern Hogs | 6 | 583.9 | Law Dawg BBQ | ||
| 7 | 578.6 | Just Blowing Smoke | 7 | 581.5 | H&J Cooking Team | 7 | 583.3 | H&J Cooking Team | ||
| 8 | 578.3 | Hungry Hog BBQ | 8 | 577.6 | Durt Road Smokers | 8 | 580.31 | Fiddlers BBQ | ||
| 9 | 566.3 | Southern Hogs | 9 | 576.2 | 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 9 | 580.3 | Old Henrys BBQ | ||
| 10 | 563.8 | 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 10 | 573.8 | Old Henrys BBQ | 10 | 579.3 | Hungry Hog BBQ | ||
| 11 | 561.4 | Marky Marks Smoking Butts | 11 | 560.3 | Marky Marks Smoking Butts | 11 | 572.7 | Durt Road Smokers | ||
| 12 | 545.7 | Durt Road Smokers | 12 | 0 | Dobey Que | 12 | 556.2 | Marky Marks Smoking Butts |
| Reserve Scores | ||||||
| Loin | Pork | Ribs | ||||
| 1 | Law Dawg BBQ | 598.8 | 592.1 | 583.9 | 1774.8 | |
| 2 | Real South BBQ | 582.8 | 590.1 | 591.8 | 1764.7 | |
| 3 | H&J Cooking Team | 588.5 | 581.5 | 583.3 | 1753.3 | |
| 4 | Just Blowing Smoke | 578.6 | 585.7 | 583.91 | 1748.21 | |
| 5 | Fiddlers BBQ | 580.3 | 586.9 | 580.31 | 1747.51 | |
| 6 | Hungry Hog BBQ | 578.3 | 587.8 | 579.3 | 1745.4 | |
| 7 | Old Henrys BBQ | 586.2 | 573.8 | 580.3 | 1740.3 | |
| 8 | 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 563.8 | 576.2 | 596.4 | 1736.4 | |
| 9 | Southern Hogs | 566.3 | 581.6 | 584.2 | 1732.1 | |
| 10 | Durt Road Smokers | 545.7 | 577.6 | 572.7 | 1696 | |
| 11 | Marky Marks Smoking Butts | 561.4 | 560.3 | 556.2 | 1677.9 | |
| 12 | Dobey Que | 596.7 | 0 | 594.5 | 1191.2 |
Oct 26 2014
Grand Champion – Lawdawg BBQ
Kerry Sparks of Lawdawg BBQ got the best birthday present a competition could want – their first Grand Championship. It wasn’t without some drama at the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest Pigs & Produce BBQ Contest. Lawdawg BBQ’s Loin entry and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers’ Pulled Pork entry tallied the same total score in the finals round. On the first tiebreaker, compare scores for Taste, Lawdawg prevailed and the Sparks family team walked last at the awards Ceremony.
92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers made finals in all three categories to accumulate the highest total score in the three preliminary rounds and won the Reserve Champion award.
Old Henry’s BBQ
The Grand Champion Loin entry by Lawdawg BBQ topped the category. In the Loin preliminary round, Lawdawg BBQ tallied a perfect 600 score. Bill & Renee Goddard of Rub Shakers Que took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third place. Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ. Daddy-O’s BBQ came in fifth, Kelvin’s BBQ came in sixth and Southern Hogs came in seventh place. Eighth thru tenth places went to Fat Jack’s BBQ, Real South BBQ and Bubba Grills respectively.
Fat Jack’s BBQ
92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category. Fat Jack’s BBQ, cooking in their first GBA contest, was the runner up. Lawdawg BBQ finished in third place. Fourth place again went to Clay & Stephanie Beal of Old Henry’s BBQ. Kelvin’s BBQ & Real South BBQ tied for fifth place with Kelvin’s winning on the 4th tiebreaker. Bubba Grills grabbed seventh place and Daddy-O’s BBQ grabbed eighth place. Southern Hogs and Rub Shakers Que rounded out the top 10.
Southern Hogs
Southern Hogs turned in the best Rib entry of the day. Fat Jack’s BBQ added to their big first GBA contest with a second place finish in Ribs. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third place. Bubba Grills came in fourth with Real South BBQ in fifth place. It was Old Henry’s BBQ claiming sixth place and Lawdawg BBQ claimed seventh place. Kelvin’s BBQ took eighth place, Rub Shakers Que took ninth and Daddy-O’s BBQ took tenth..
The Georgia Barbeque Association was proud to be a part of the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest for the third year. Next up on the GBA calendar is Albany Quail Classic on November 21-22 followed by the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook-off on Dec 5-6.
Full Results:
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 595.9 | LAW DAWG BBQ | 1 | 595.9 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 1 | 594.9 | SOUTHERN HOG | ||
| 2 | 593.8 | RUB SHAKERS QUE | 2 | 593.6 | FAT JACK’S BBQ | 2 | 593.8 | FAT JACK’S BBQ | ||
| 3 | 591.6 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 3 | 591.4 | LAW DAWG BBQ | 3 | 593.3 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | ||
| 4 | 581 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | 4 | 582.3 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | 4 | 586 | BUBBA GRILLS | ||
| 5 | 579.3 | DADDY-O’S BBQ | 5 | 580.01 | KELVIN’S BBQ | 5 | 582.7 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | ||
| 6 | 577.9 | KELVIN’S BBQ | 6 | 580 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 6 | 579.7 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | ||
| 7 | 577.81 | SOUTHERN HOG | 7 | 579.3 | BUBBA GRILLS | 7 | 579.4 | LAW DAWG BBQ | ||
| 8 | 577.8 | FAT JACK’S BBQ | 8 | 574.5 | DADDY-O’S BBQ | 8 | 578.8 | KELVIN’S BBQ | ||
| 9 | 577.1 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 9 | 568.4 | SOUTHERN HOG | 9 | 578.1 | RUB SHAKERS QUE | ||
| 10 | 573.2 | BUBBA GRILLS | 10 | 563.5 | RUB SHAKERS QUE | 10 | 566.6 | DADDY-O’S BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | ||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | |||
| 1 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 599.4 | 587.8 | 599.1 | 1786.3 | |
| 2 | LAW DAWG BBQ | 600 | 584 | 579.4 | 1763.4 | |
| 3 | FAT JACK’S BBQ | 577.8 | 590.9 | 590.3 | 1759 | |
| 4 | SOUTHERN HOG | 577.81 | 568.4 | 597.1 | 1743.31 | |
| 5 | OLD HENRY’S BBQ | 581 | 582.3 | 579.7 | 1743 | |
| 6 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 577.1 | 580 | 582.7 | 1739.8 | |
| 7 | BUBBA GRILLS | 573.2 | 579.3 | 586 | 1738.5 | |
| 8 | KELVIN’S BBQ | 577.9 | 580.01 | 578.8 | 1736.71 | |
| 9 | RUB SHAKERS QUE | 582.4 | 563.5 | 578.1 | 1724 | |
| 10 | DADDY-O’S BBQ | 579.3 | 574.5 | 566.6 | 1720.4 |
Oct 19 2014
It was the first time the GBA sanctioned the BBQ competition at the Deep Roots Festival in Milledgeville and the excitement went right down to the wire. In the finals round, Bubba Grills rib entry and Lawdawg BBQ loin entry both tallied a 597.6 score as the best entry of the day. The GBA officials had to go to the tiebreak procedure and Bubba Grills took the win on the first level of the tiebreaker and captured the Grand Championship.
Grand Champion – Bubba Grills
Just Blowing Smoke won the Reserve Championship for the second week in a row by getting a finals call in Loin along with 4th place in ribs and 6th place in Pulled Pork.
Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke
First Place Loin – Lawdawg BBQ
Lawdawg BBQ had the top entry in the Loin category. Just Blowing Smoke took 2nd place. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats cooking in their first GBA contest took 3rd place in the very difficult loin category. Fourth place with to Sweat’s BBQ with Bubba Grils in 5th place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 6th, Ivey Rack and Q finished 7th and Party Porkers finished 8th. Swine Time Grilling (9th place) and Smokin’ Squealers rounded out the top 10.
92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers continued their strong run in the current GBA contest season by winning the Pulled Pork category. Bubba Grills was the runner up and another first time GBA competitor, Maxus Porkamus, was in 3rd place. Swine Time Grilling took 4th place. There was a tie for 5th place. It went to the fifth tiebreaker before Old Henry’s BBQ edged out Just Blowing Smoke. Seventh place was taken by Party Porkers. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats, Rotary Roasters and Dixie Que finished eighth, ninth & tenth respectively.
First Place Pork – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
First place in Ribs went to Bubba Grills with Southern Hogs taking 2nd place. Once again,3rd place went to a team in their first GBA contest – Sensations Pigs. Just Blowing Smoke got the 4th place call with Baldwin Pork Authority getting the call for 5th place. In a tie for 6th place, Ivey Rack & Q got the nod over Lawdawg BBQ in the tiebreaker. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 8th place, Forget Me Not BBQ took 9th and Real South BBQ took 10th place.
The Georgia Barbecue Association was honored to be a part of such a great event in the Deep Roots Festival and look forward to coming back in 2015. Next up for the GBA is the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest on October 24 -25.
Full Results Below:
| LOIN | ||
| 1 | 597.6 | Law Dawg |
| 2 | 593.5 | Just Blowing Smoke |
| 3 | 586.02 | Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats |
| 4 | 591.5 | Sweat’s BBQ |
| 5 | 589.6 | Bubba Grills |
| 6 | 587.5 | 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers |
| 7 | 586 | Ivey Rack & Q |
| 8 | 585.2 | Party Porkers |
| 9 | 584.8 | Swine Time Grilling |
| 10 | 583.9 | Smokin’ Squealers |
| 11 | 583 | Smokeshack |
| 12 | 580.1 | Southern Hogs |
| 13 | 579.8 | Maxus Porkamus |
| 14 | 576.1 | Real South BBQ |
| 15 | 576 | Rollin Smoke Competition Que |
| 16 | 575.4 | Sentational Pigs |
| 17 | 573.7 | 5 O’Clock Somewhere |
| 18 | 571.1 | Old Henry’s BBQ |
| 19 | 570.9 | Rotary Roasters |
| 20 | 570.8 | Porknado |
| 21 | 570.5 | Forget Me Not BBQ |
| 22 | 566.5 | Baldwin Pork Authority |
| 23 | 564.6 | Nice Rack |
| 24 | 562.7 | Trap BBQ |
| 25 | 561.3 | Dixie Que |
| 26 | 556 | Pigs in Heat |
| PULLED PORK | RIBS | |||||
| 1 | 596.9 | 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers | 1 | 597.6 | Bubba Grills | |
| 2 | 594.6 | Bubba Grills | 2 | 594.4 | Southern Hogs | |
| 3 | 590.3 | Maxus Porkamus | 3 | 589.2 | Sensational Pigs | |
| 4 | 590 | Swine Time Grilling | 4 | 595.5 | Just Blowing Smoke | |
| 5 | 589.71 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 5 | 594.9 | Baldwin Pork Authority | |
| 6 | 589.7 | Just Blowing Smoke | 6 | 594.51 | Ivey Rack & Q | |
| 7 | 589.6 | Party Porkers | 7 | 594.5 | Law Dawg | |
| 8 | 588.1 | Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats | 8 | 590.9 | 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers | |
| 9 | 586.6 | Rotary Roasters | 9 | 590.6 | Forget Me Not BBQ | |
| 10 | 586 | Dixie Que | 10 | 587.9 | Real South BBQ | |
| 11 | 585.7 | Pigs in Heat | 11 | 587.8 | Smokeshack | |
| 12 | 585.6 | Rollin Smoke Competition Que | 12 | 583.4 | 5 O’Clock Somewhere | |
| 12 | 585.6 | Sensational Pigs | 13 | 583 | Dixie Que | |
| 14 | 585 | 5 O’Clock Somewhere | 14 | 580.8 | Swine Time Grilling | |
| 15 | 584.9 | Smokin’ Squealers | 15 | 580 | Sweat’s BBQ | |
| 16 | 583.9 | Real South BBQ | 16 | 579.7 | Rotary Roasters | |
| 17 | 583.3 | Law Dawg | 17 | 577.5 | Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats | |
| 18 | 581.4 | Lake Dogs | 18 | 576.1 | Rollin Smoke Competition Que | |
| 19 | 580.1 | Trap BBQ | 19 | 574.1 | Nice Rack | |
| 20 | 579.6 | Sweat’s BBQ | 20 | 569 | Maxus Porkamus | |
| 21 | 578.8 | Southern Hogs | 21 | 568.5 | Pigs in Heat | |
| 22 | 578.4 | Smokeshack | 22 | 566.9 | Old Henry’s BBQ | |
| 23 | 574.9 | Baldwin Pork Authority | 23 | 565.3 | Smokin’ Squealers | |
| 24 | 566.9 | Forget Me Not BBQ | 24 | 564.1 | Lake Dogs | |
| 25 | 564.6 | Nice Rack | 25 | 555.2 | Porknado | |
| 26 | 564.1 | Porknado | 26 | 551.1 | Trap BBQ | |
| 27 | 559.7 | Ivey Rack & Q | 27 | 528.9 | Party Porkers |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||||
| 1 | Bubba Grills | 589.6 | 595.4 | 599.7 | 1784.7 | ||
| 2 | Just Blowing Smoke | 596.7 | 589.7 | 595.5 | 1781.9 | ||
| 3 | Law Dawg | 599.7 | 583.3 | 594.5 | 1777.5 | ||
| 4 | 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers | 587.5 | 595.5 | 590.9 | 1773.9 | ||
| 5 | Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats | 594.6 | 588.1 | 577.5 | 1760.2 | ||
| 6 | Sensational Pigs | 575.4 | 585.6 | 599.1 | 1760.1 | ||
| 7 | Swine Time Grilling | 584.8 | 590 | 580.8 | 1755.6 | ||
| 8 | Southern Hogs | 580.1 | 578.8 | 595.7 | 1754.6 | ||
| 9 | Sweat’s BBQ | 591.5 | 579.6 | 580 | 1751.1 | ||
| 10 | Smokeshack | 583 | 578.4 | 587.8 | 1749.2 | ||
| 11 | Real South BBQ | 576.1 | 583.9 | 587.9 | 1747.9 | ||
| 12 | Maxus Porkamus | 579.8 | 593.4 | 569 | 1742.2 | ||
| 13 | 5 O’Clock Somewhere | 573.7 | 585 | 583.4 | 1742.1 | ||
| 14 | Ivey Rack & Q | 586 | 559.7 | 594.51 | 1740.21 | ||
| 15 | Rollin Smoke Competition Que | 576 | 585.6 | 576.1 | 1737.7 | ||
| 16 | Rotary Roasters | 570.9 | 586.6 | 579.7 | 1737.2 | ||
| 17 | Baldwin Pork Authority | 566.5 | 574.9 | 594.9 | 1736.3 | ||
| 18 | Smokin’ Squealers | 583.9 | 584.9 | 565.3 | 1734.1 | ||
| 19 | Dixie Que | 561.3 | 586 | 583 | 1730.3 | ||
| 20 | Forget Me Not BBQ | 570.5 | 566.9 | 590.6 | 1728 | ||
| 21 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 571.1 | 589.71 | 566.9 | 1727.71 | ||
| 22 | Pigs in Heat | 556 | 585.7 | 568.5 | 1710.2 | ||
| 23 | Party Porkers | 585.2 | 589.6 | 528.9 | 1703.7 | ||
| 24 | Nice Rack | 564.6 | 564.6 | 574.1 | 1703.3 | ||
| 25 | Trap BBQ | 562.7 | 580.1 | 551.1 | 1693.9 | ||
| 26 | Porknado | 570.8 | 564.1 | 555.2 | 1690.1 | ||
| 27 | Lake Dogs | 0 | 581.4 | 564.1 | 1145.5 | ||
Oct 12 2014
Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers,of BBQ Pitmasters fame, took first place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival. It was his near perfect score of 599.1 in the Pulled Pork finals round that netted the team the Grand Championship
Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers
Just Blowing Smoke, Robin Bowles PItmaster, made finals in Loin; finished 5th in Pulled Pork and 7th in Ribs to take home the Reserve Championship.
Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke
Butt Rubbin BBQ
The first category of the contest was Loin and Just Blowing Smoke topped the field. Butt Rubbin BBQ took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third. Rescue Smokers actually tied for third place but lost the tiebreaker to miss finals and finished in fourth place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ came in fifth place with Dixie Que in sixth. Smokin Butts BBQ took seventh; Rub Shakers Que took eighth; Fiddlers BBQ took ninth and We Want Que took 10th place.
CJs
Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with CJ’s as runner-up. We Want Que grabbed third place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in fourth and Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. There was a tie for sixth place and Fiddler’s BBQ won the tiebreaker over Dixie Que. Rub Shakers Que, Smokin’ the Good Stuff and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished eighth through tenth respectively.
It was Rescue Smokers taking their second win of the day with the top scoring Rib box. Rub Shakers Que came in second with Smokin’ The Good Stuff coming in third. Fiddlers BBQ took fourth; Smoking J’s took fifth place and Dixie Que took sixth place. Seventh place went to Just Blowing Smoke. The final three calls in Ribs were very close. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ got the eighth place call by just 0.2 of a point over We Want Que in ninth. Just 0.1 of a point back was Daddy-O’s BBQ in tenth place.
The Georgia Barbecue Association really enjoyed their first trip to Austell and the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival We want to thank the contest organizers and the staff of the beautiful EpiCenter for hosting a great contest. Next week, the GBA heads to MIlledgeville for the Deep Roots Fesitval
Full Contest Results:
| LOIN | ||
| 1 | 596.3 | Just Blowing Smoke |
| 2 | 594.2 | Butt Rubb’n BBQ |
| 3 | 591.5 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers |
| 4 | 592.4 | Rescue Smokers |
| 5 | 588.2 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ |
| 6 | 583.6 | Dixie Que |
| 7 | 582.9 | Smokin Butts BBQ |
| 8 | 580.2 | Rub Shakers Que |
| 9 | 579.9 | Fiddler’s BBQ |
| 10 | 575.9 | We Want Que |
| 11 | 575.1 | Smokin’ the Good Stuff |
| 12 | 574.8 | Smokin’ Hotlanta |
| 13 | 571.4 | CJ’s |
| 14 | 571.4 | Where There’s Smoke |
| 15 | 570.2 | Smokin J’s Barbeque |
| 16 | 569.7 | Temple of the Hog |
| 17 | 566.6 | Daddy-O’s_BBQ |
| PULLED PORK | RIBS | |||||
| 1 | 599.1 | Rescue Smokers | 1 | 597.2 | Rescue Smokers | |
| 2 | 593.5 | CJ’s | 2 | 593.2 | Rub Shakers Que | |
| 3 | 588.2 | We Want Que | 3 | 591.6 | Smokin’ the Good Stuff | |
| 4 | 594.5 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 4 | 591.2 | Fiddler’s BBQ | |
| 5 | 592.1 | Just Blowing Smoke | 5 | 589.9 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | |
| 6 | 591.21 | Fiddler’s BBQ | 6 | 587.5 | Dixie Que | |
| 7 | 591.2 | Dixie Que | 7 | 584.8 | Just Blowing Smoke | |
| 8 | 590.6 | Rub Shakers Que | 8 | 582.2 | Butt Rubb’n BBQ | |
| 9 | 587.6 | Smokin’ the Good Stuff | 9 | 582 | We Want Que | |
| 10 | 586.1 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 10 | 581.9 | Daddy-O’s_BBQ | |
| 11 | 582 | Daddy-O’s_BBQ | 11 | 578.6 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | |
| 12 | 582 | Smokin’ Hotlanta | 12 | 577.1 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | |
| 13 | 578.9 | Butt Rubb’n BBQ | 13 | 575.1 | Smokin’ Hotlanta | |
| 14 | 575.4 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 14 | 572.5 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 15 | 575.4 | Smokin Butts BBQ | 15 | 564.8 | CJ’s | |
| 16 | 568.5 | Where There’s Smoke | 16 | 563.9 | Where There’s Smoke | |
| 17 | 566.1 | Temple of the Hog | 17 | 560.6 | Temple of the Hog |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||||
| 1 | Rescue Smokers | 592.4 | 595.7 | 596.4 | 1784.5 | ||
| 2 | Just Blowing Smoke | 599.7 | 592.1 | 584.8 | 1776.6 | ||
| 3 | Rub Shakers Que | 580.2 | 590.6 | 595.4 | 1766.2 | ||
| 4 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 592.41 | 594.5 | 578.6 | 1765.51 | ||
| 5 | Fiddler’s BBQ | 579.9 | 591.21 | 591.2 | 1762.31 | ||
| 6 | Dixie Que | 583.6 | 591.2 | 587.5 | 1762.3 | ||
| 7 | Butt Rubb’n BBQ | 596.1 | 578.9 | 582.2 | 1757.2 | ||
| 8 | Smokin’ the Good Stuff | 575.1 | 587.6 | 592.4 | 1755.1 | ||
| 9 | We Want Que | 575.9 | 595.2 | 582 | 1753.1 | ||
| 10 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 588.2 | 586.1 | 577.1 | 1751.4 | ||
| 11 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 570.2 | 575.4 | 589.9 | 1735.5 | ||
| 12 | Smokin’ Hotlanta | 574.8 | 582 | 575.1 | 1731.9 | ||
| 13 | CJ’s | 571.4 | 595.4 | 564.8 | 1731.6 | ||
| 14 | Smokin Butts BBQ | 582.9 | 575.4 | 572.5 | 1730.8 | ||
| 15 | Daddy-O’s_BBQ | 566.6 | 582 | 581.9 | 1730.5 | ||
| 16 | Where There’s Smoke | 571.4 | 568.5 | 563.9 | 1703.8 | ||
| 17 | Temple of the Hog | 569.7 | 566.1 | 560.6 | 1696.4me | ||
Sep 28 2014
The GBA made its debut at the Doc Holiday Festival in downtown Griffin, GA and it turned into a 3 way shootout for the Grand Championship. In the end, the Loin entry by Robin Bowles & Just Blowin’ Smoke topped the Pulled Pork box by Dixie Que’s Rick Godfrey and the Ribs entry of Gary Lanton of Holy Smokes.
Grand Champion – Just Blowin’ Smoke
Dixie Que finaled in Pulled Pork, finished 6th in Ribs and 11th in Loin to take the Reserve Championship for the top cumulative score in the three preliminary rounds.
Reserve Champion – Dixie Que
Just Blowin’ Smoke’s championship Loin box topped the category. Two Fat Boys & A Grill came in second with Rolling Smoke Competition Que in third place. Swine Time Grillin’ Team took fourth place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged Bearded BBQ for fifth place on the tiebreaker. Real South BBQ grabbed seventh place and RTC Smokin’ grabbed eighth place. Fiddler’s BBQ in ninth and H & J Cooking Team in tenth rounded out the top 10,
Dixie Que won Pulled Pork with Just Blowin’ Smoke the runner-up. Fiddler’s BBQ came in third with H & J Cooking Team in fourth. Swine Time Grillin’ Team nailed down the fifth spot. Sixth place went to Rub Shakers Que and seventh place went to Old Henry’s BBQ. In eight place was Holy Smokes; in ninth place was Smokin’ J’s and in tenth place was Real South BBQ.
First Place Ribs – Holy Smokes
Holy Smokes had the best box of Ribs on the day. Two Fat Boys & A Grill took second place with 29 Barbecue taking third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged out Rub Shakers Que for fourth place by 0.3 of a point. Dixie Que finished in the sixth spot. In seventh place was Fiddler’s BBQ with RTC Smokin’ in eighth place. Real South BBQ and Just Blowin’ Smoke tied for ninth place with Real South BBQ coming out on top in the tiebreaker.
The Doc Holiday Festival also held a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun contest. The GBA’s Cooking for Fun division competes in two categories: Pulled Pork and Ribs. Simply Q topped Swine Dining in Pulled Pork. Swine Dining returned the favor by topping Simply Q to win the Ribs category.
CFF Pulled Pork 1st Place – Simply Q
CFF Ribs 1st Place – Swine Dining
The GBA teams, judges and officials had a great time at the Doc Holiday Festival and are looking forward to a return trip in 2015. The next stop on the GBA contest trail with another first year event at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival at the EpiCenter in Austell, GA. Full results below:
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 598.3 | Just Blowing Smoke | 1 | 595.8 | Dixie Que | |
| 2 | 594.1 | Two Fat Boys & A Grill | 2 | 595.5 | Just Blowing Smoke | |
| 3 | 588.7 | Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que | 3 | 588 | Fiddlers BBQ | |
| 4 | 585.2 | Swine Time Cooking Team | 4 | 590.8 | H&J’s | |
| 5 | 583.6 | 92BBQ Assassin Smokers | 5 | 587.2 | Swine Time Cooking Team | |
| 6 | 583.6 | Bearded BBQ | 6 | 582.9 | Rub Shakers Que | |
| 7 | 583 | Real South BBQ | 7 | 581 | Old Henry BBQ | |
| 8 | 579.9 | RTC Smokin | 8 | 580.2 | Holy Smokes | |
| 9 | 579.5 | Fiddlers BBQ | 9 | 579.7 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | |
| 10 | 577.7 | H&J’s | 10 | 579 | Real South BBQ | |
| 11 | 577.4 | Dixie Que | 11 | 578.3 | 92BBQ Assassin Smokers | |
| 12 | 575.1 | Holy Smokes | 12 | 577.7 | RTC Smokin | |
| 13 | 574.1 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 13 | 575.3 | 29 Barbeque | |
| 14 | 573.5 | Smokin Butts BBQ | 14 | 571.1 | Killer Swine | |
| 15 | 571.1 | Killer Swine | 15 | 569.5 | Bearded BBQ | |
| 16 | 569.8 | 29 Barbeque | 16 | 564.3 | Daddy-O’s | |
| 17 | 564.8 | Daddy-O’s | 17 | 563.6 | Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que | |
| 18 | 562.2 | Old Henry BBQ | 18 | 559.3 | Smokin Butts BBQ | |
| 19 | 561.3 | Rub Shakers Que | 19 | 556.9 | Two Fat Boys & A Grill | |
| 20 | 556.2 | Dawg Pit BBQ | 20 | 551.7 | Dawg Pit BBQ |
| RIBS | ||
| 1 | 596.1 | Holy Smokes |
| 2 | 594.8 | Two Fat Boys & A Grill |
| 3 | 591.1 | 29 Barbeque |
| 4 | 587.8 | 92BBQ Assassin Smokers |
| 5 | 587.5 | Rub Shakers Que |
| 6 | 584 | Dixie Que |
| 7 | 582.6 | Fiddlers BBQ |
| 8 | 579.9 | RTC Smokin |
| 9 | 576.6 | Real South BBQ |
| 10 | 576.6 | Just Blowing Smoke |
| 11 | 574.7 | Swine Time Cooking Team |
| 12 | 572.5 | Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que |
| 13 | 569.2 | Daddy-O’s |
| 14 | 567 | H&J’s |
| 15 | 566 | Killer Swine |
| 16 | 563.9 | Dawg Pit BBQ |
| 17 | 558.9 | Smokin J’s Barbeque |
| 18 | 557.6 | Smokin Butts BBQ |
| 19 | 556.2 | Old Henry BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||||
| 1 | Just Blowing Smoke | 595.7 | 594.8 | 576.6 | 1767.1 | ||
| 2 | Dixie Que | 577.4 | 597.1 | 584 | 1758.5 | ||
| 3 | Fiddlers BBQ | 579.5 | 591.2 | 582.6 | 1753.3 | ||
| 4 | Holy Smokes | 575.1 | 580.2 | 595.1 | 1750.4 | ||
| 5 | 92BBQ Assassin Smokers | 583.61 | 578.3 | 587.8 | 1749.71 | ||
| 6 | Swine Time Cooking Team | 585.2 | 587.2 | 574.7 | 1747.1 | ||
| 7 | 29 Barbeque | 569.8 | 575.3 | 595.5 | 1740.6 | ||
| 8 | Real South BBQ | 583 | 579 | 576.61 | 1738.61 | ||
| 9 | RTC Smokin | 579.9 | 577.7 | 579.9 | 1737.5 | ||
| 10 | H&J’s | 577.7 | 590.8 | 567 | 1735.5 | ||
| 11 | Two Fat Boys & A Grill | 586.6 | 556.9 | 591.2 | 1734.7 | ||
| 12 | Rub Shakers Que | 561.3 | 582.9 | 587.5 | 1731.7 | ||
| 13 | Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que | 595.4 | 563.6 | 572.5 | 1731.5 | ||
| 14 | Smokin J’s Barbeque | 574.1 | 579.7 | 558.9 | 1712.7 | ||
| 15 | Killer Swine | 571.1 | 571.1 | 566 | 1708.2 | ||
| 16 | Old Henry BBQ | 562.2 | 581 | 556.2 | 1699.4 | ||
| 17 | Daddy-O’s | 564.8 | 564.3 | 569.2 | 1698.3 | ||
| 18 | Smokin Butts BBQ | 573.5 | 559.3 | 557.6 | 1690.4 | ||
| 19 | Dawg Pit BBQ | 556.2 | 551.7 | 563.9 | 1671.8 | ||
| 20 | Bearded BBQ | 583.6 | 569.5 | 0 | 1153.1 | ||
Cooking For Fun Pulled Pork
| 599.1 | Simply “Q” |
| 595.4 | Swine Dining |
Cooking For Fun Ribs
| 588.5 | Swine Dining |
| 581.8 | Simply “Q” |
| 573 | Cookin & Drinkin BBQ |
