Mar 30 2014
Mar 30 2014
The Georgia Barbecue Association brought competition BBQ back to Douglas, GA for the Bikes, Blues & BBQ Festival held at Douglas Gene Chambers Municipal Airport. Twenty-seven teams persevered though heavy rains and a late night wind storm to produce championship BBQ. The GBA judges really had their work cut out for them as the close scoring indicated a high level of quality pork loin, pulled pork and pork ribs made it to the tables.
Grand Champion – Bubba Grills
Reserve Grand Champion – G.A.S. Passers
The City of Douglas really rolled out the red carpet for the GBA’s cook teams, judges and officials. The plans were in place for two days of great Blues music, motorcycle shows & games, a vintage car show & about 75 food & craft vendors. Unfortunately, the weather forced cancellation of most of the events. Still, despite the weather challenges, the festival organizers held a very successful contest.
Lonnie Smith & his Bubba Grills team from Haddock, GA had the highest scoring entry of the finals round. His Ribs scored a 597.9 to earn the Grand Championship. G.A.S. Passers of Hazlehurst, finaled in Ribs along with a fourth place in Pulled Pork and sixth place in Pork Loin to win the Reserve Grand Championship.
In Pork Loin, Bubba Grills topped the field in the category. Douglas, GA’s Bethel Smokers took second place. Smoking 42 BBQ claimed third place. Mojo Smokehouse finished fourth with H & J Cooking Crew finishing in fifth. Sixth through 10th places went to: G, A.S. Passers; Dirt Road Smokers; Drive By Smokers; Smokin-AJ’s & Ricketson Construction.
Harvey & Shirley Willis of Fiddler’s BBQ won the Pulled Pork Category with Bethel Smokers once again taking second place. Another Douglas team, Ricketson Construction claimed third place. G.A.S. Passers took fourth. Only 1.6 points separated 5th through 10th places. A tie for fifth place went to the fifth tiebreaker before Triple Threat Smokers gained an edge over TC’s BBQ. Rounding out the top 10 were: Bubba Grills, Smokin AJ’s, B-Queb’d; and Smokin 42 BBQ. Hard Rock Hill BBQ missed the top 10 by just a half point.
Bubba Grill’s championship winning Rib box topped the category. G.A.S. Passers claimed second place. Third place went to Loud Pipe Grillers. 92 BBQ took fourth with Smokin’ 42 BBQ in fifth place. TC’s BBQ; Lightning Strike BBQ; Hungry Hog BBQ; Mojo Smoke House and Hurricane Cookers finished 6th through 10th places respectively
The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the City of Douglas, organizing staff and the multitude of volunteers for their hospitality and a great contest. All the GBA teams & judges are looking forward to returning in 2015.
Full Results: (note: 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. All others are from the preliminary rounds)
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 595.1 | Bubba Grills | 1 | 596.2 | Fiddler’s BBQ | |
| 2 | 594.6 | Bethel Smokers | 2 | 596 | Bethel Smokers | |
| 3 | 592.3 | Smokin 42 | 3 | 588.3 | Ricketson Construction | |
| 4 | 592.8 | Mojo Smoke House | 4 | 590.5 | Gas Passers | |
| 5 | 591.5 | H&J Cooking | 5 | 588.8 | Triple Threat Smokers | |
| 6 | 589.3 | Gas Passers | 6 | 588.8 | TC’s BBQ | |
| 7 | 587.6 | Dirt Road Smokers | 7 | 588.1 | Bubba Grills | |
| 8 | 587.5 | Drive By Smokers | 8 | 587.5 | Smokin-AJ’s | |
| 9 | 584.7 | Smokin-AJ’s | 9 | 587.3 | B-Queb’d | |
| 10 | 583 | Ricketson Construction | 10 | 587.2 | Smokin 42 | |
| 11 | 582.9 | Triple Threat Smokers | 11 | 586.7 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | |
| 12 | 582.7 | Lighter’d Knot BBQ | 12 | 586 | 92 BBQ | |
| 13 | 580.2 | Loud Pipe Grillers | 13 | 585.3 | Mojo Smoke House | |
| 14 | 579.3 | Fiddler’s BBQ | 14 | 582.3 | Hurricane Cookers | |
| 15 | 579.1 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 15 | 581.2 | H&J Cooking | |
| 16 | 578.7 | TC’s BBQ | 16 | 580.5 | Smokin J’s | |
| 17 | 578.1 | Rub Shakers Q | 17 | 576.6 | Rub Shakers Q | |
| 18 | 577.5 | Lightning Strike BBQ | 18 | 576.2 | Swine Time Grilling | |
| 19 | 576.5 | Swine Time Grilling | 19 | 575.9 | Hungry Hog | |
| 20 | 574.7 | Williams Food BBQ | 20 | 574.7 | Loud Pipe Grillers | |
| 21 | 573 | 92 BBQ | 21 | 574.5 | Lighter’d Knot BBQ | |
| 22 | 569.7 | Hurricane Cookers | 22 | 569.4 | Southwire | |
| 23 | 565.5 | Hungry Hog | 23 | 567.1 | Drive By Smokers | |
| 24 | 564.2 | B-Queb’d | 24 | 566.5 | The Pickled Pigs | |
| 25 | 560.5 | The Pickled Pigs | 25 | 565.7 | Lightning Strike BBQ | |
| 26 | 556.6 | Smokin J’s | 26 | 561.7 | Dirt Road Smokers | |
| 27 | 0 | Southwire | 27 | 561.5 | Williams Food BBQ |
| RIBS | ||
| 1 | 597.9 | Bubba Grills |
| 2 | 591.5 | Gas Passers |
| 3 | 588 | Loud Pipe Grillers |
| 4 | 593.7 | 92 BBQ |
| 5 | 590.9 | Smokin 42 |
| 6 | 589.4 | TC’s BBQ |
| 7 | 587.3 | Lightning Strike BBQ |
| 8 | 586.6 | Hungry Hog |
| 9 | 586 | Mojo Smoke House |
| 10 | 584.3 | Hurricane Cookers |
| 11 | 583 | Triple Threat Smokers |
| 12 | 582.7 | Ricketson Construction |
| 13 | 582.4 | Swine Time Grilling |
| 14 | 581.7 | Bethel Smokers |
| 15 | 580.9 | Lighter’d Knot BBQ |
| 16 | 580.8 | Drive By Smokers |
| 17 | 580.4 | Williams Food BBQ |
| 18 | 580 | Dirt Road Smokers |
| 19 | 579.6 | B-Queb’d |
| 20 | 578.5 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ |
| 21 | 575.4 | Rub Shakers Q |
| 22 | 573.8 | Fiddler’s BBQ |
| 23 | 572.9 | Smokin-AJ’s |
| 24 | 564.4 | H&J Cooking |
| 25 | 560.4 | The Pickled Pigs |
| 26 | 559.4 | Smokin J’s |
| 27 | 554.6 | Southwire |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||||
| 1 | Bubba Grills | 599.7 | 588.1 | 595.2 | 1783 | ||
| 2 | Gas Passers | 589.3 | 590.5 | 599.1 | 1778.9 | ||
| 3 | Smokin 42 | 599.1 | 587.2 | 590.9 | 1777.2 | ||
| 4 | Bethel Smokers | 598.8 | 595.8 | 581.7 | 1776.3 | ||
| 5 | Ricketson Construction | 583 | 598.5 | 582.7 | 1764.2 | ||
| 6 | Mojo Smoke House | 592.8 | 585.3 | 586 | 1764.1 | ||
| 7 | TC’s BBQ | 578.7 | 588.8 | 589.4 | 1756.9 | ||
| 8 | Triple Threat Smokers | 582.9 | 588.81 | 583 | 1754.71 | ||
| 9 | 92 BBQ | 573 | 586 | 593.7 | 1752.7 | ||
| 10 | Loud Pipe Grillers | 580.2 | 574.7 | 597 | 1751.9 | ||
| 11 | Fiddler’s BBQ | 579.3 | 593.9 | 573.8 | 1747 | ||
| 12 | Smokin-AJ’s | 584.7 | 587.5 | 572.9 | 1745.1 | ||
| 13 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 579.1 | 586.7 | 578.5 | 1744.3 | ||
| 14 | Lighter’d Knot BBQ | 582.7 | 574.5 | 580.9 | 1738.1 | ||
| 15 | H&J Cooking | 591.5 | 581.2 | 564.4 | 1737.1 | ||
| 16 | Hurricane Cookers | 569.7 | 582.3 | 584.3 | 1736.3 | ||
| 17 | Drive By Smokers | 587.5 | 567.1 | 580.8 | 1735.4 | ||
| 18 | Swine Time Grilling | 576.5 | 576.2 | 582.4 | 1735.1 | ||
| 19 | B-Queb’d | 564.2 | 587.3 | 579.6 | 1731.1 | ||
| 20 | Lightning Strike BBQ | 577.5 | 565.7 | 587.3 | 1730.5 | ||
| 21 | Rub Shakers Q | 578.1 | 576.6 | 575.4 | 1730.1 | ||
| 22 | Dirt Road Smokers | 587.6 | 561.7 | 580 | 1729.3 | ||
| 23 | Hungry Hog | 565.5 | 575.9 | 586.6 | 1728 | ||
| 24 | Williams Food BBQ | 574.7 | 561.5 | 580.4 | 1716.6 | ||
| 25 | Smokin J’s | 556.6 | 580.5 | 559.4 | 1696.5 | ||
| 26 | The Pickled Pigs | 560.5 | 566.5 | 560.4 | 1687.4 | ||
| 27 | Southwire | 0 | 569.4 | 554.6 | 1124 | ||
Mar 27 2014
The GBA had a great time at Durhamtown. Below are a few pics from the event
Mar 23 2014
The “Black Train” from Tifton, GA is on a serious roll in the Georgia Barbecue Assocation. Fresh off a Grand Championship earlier this month in their hometown contest, Smokin’ 42 BBQ made it two Grands in a row with a win at the Durhamtown Moonshiners BBQ Festival in Union Point, GA. As in Tifton, the team’s Pork Loin entry was the highest scoring box in the finals round.
Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack made finals in all three categories at Durhamtown. That strong overall performance earned the Reserve Grand Champion trophy wotj the highest cumulative score in the three preliminary rounds. In the preliminary Ribs competition, TC’s BBQ recorded a perfect score to become the newest member of the GBA’s 600 club.
Reserve Grand Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
Smokin’ 42 BBQ’s Grand Championship Pork Loin entry led the way in the category. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack was the runner up. H & J Cooking Crew took third place. Clay & Sephanie Beal of Old Henry’s BBQ got the fourth place call with Bubba Grills rounding out the top five.
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack had the best Pulled Pork box of the day. Smokin the Good Stuff came in second with H & J Cooking Crew once again finishing third. TC’s BBQ captured fourth place. Bubba Grills took fifth place just a half point ahead of Rub My Butt.
29 Barbecue and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack tied for first Ribs. 29 Barbecue took the top spot on the first tiebreaker. TC’s BBQ came in third place. Old Henry’s BBQ got their second fourth place call of the day and Bubba Grills took fifth place for the third time in the contest.
The GBA also sanctioned a Cooking for Fun contest at Durhamtown. Screaming Eagle took first place in Pulled Pork with Southern Accent taking second place. Komado Kommandos scored a perfect 600 in the Ribs contest with Screaming Eagle as runner up. Screaming Eagle had the highest cumulative score for the two categories to claim the Grand Championship.
The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the Durhamtown Plantation staff for their outstanding hospitality and for putting together a great contest at a very unique venue.
The next stop on the GBA contest trail will be Bikes, Blues & BBQ in Douglas on March 28 & 29. In April the GBA will return to Jackson, Ga for Smokin’ Pork N Butts on April 18-19. In May, the GBA heads to Hazlehurst for the Three Rivers BBQ Fest on May 2-3 then the following weekend will be in Acworth for Smoke on the Lake on May 9-10.
Full Results Pro Contest: (Scores for 1st, 2nd & 3rd are from finals round. 4th and down are preliminary round scores)
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 598.5 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | 1 | 594.7 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | |
| 2 | 592.8 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 2 | 594.1 | Smokin The Good Stuff | |
| 3 | 590.5 | H & J Cooking Crew | 3 | 592.5 | H & J Cooking Crew | |
| 4 | 585.3 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 4 | 585.9 | TC’s BBQ | |
| 5 | 582.9 | Bubba Grills | 5 | 583.5 | Bubba Grills | |
| 6 | 580.5 | Masters Basters | 6 | 583 | Rub My Butt | |
| 7 | 580.2 | 29 Barbeque | 7 | 582.6 | Dixie Que | |
| 8 | 578.6 | Just Smoke N Around | 8 | 582 | Just Smoke N Around | |
| 9 | 576 | TC’s BBQ | 9 | 579.6 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | |
| 10 | 575.2 | Rub My Butt | 10 | 578.1 | Old Henry’s BBQ | |
| 11 | 573.8 | Dixie Que | 11 | 575.3 | Masters Basters | |
| 12 | 568.8 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 12 | 553.2 | 29 Barbeque |
| RIBS | ||
| 1 | 594.1 | 29 Barbeque |
| 2 | 594.1 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack |
| 3 | 590.1 | TC’s BBQ |
| 4 | 591.2 | Old Henry’s BBQ |
| 5 | 590.6 | Bubba Grills |
| 6 | 584 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ |
| 7 | 583 | Rub My Butt |
| 8 | 582 | Dixie Que |
| 9 | 580 | H & J Cooking Crew |
| 10 | 579.7 | Smokin The Good Stuff |
| 11 | 573.7 | Masters Basters |
| 12 | 573.4 | Just Smoke N Around |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||||
| 1 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 597.7 | 590.8 | 591.8 | 1780.3 | ||
| 2 | H & J Cooking Crew | 594.5 | 591.8 | 580 | 1766.3 | ||
| 3 | TC’s BBQ | 576 | 585.9 | 600 | 1761.9 | ||
| 4 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | 595.1 | 579.6 | 584 | 1758.7 | ||
| 5 | Bubba Grills | 582.9 | 583.5 | 590.6 | 1757 | ||
| 6 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 585.3 | 578.1 | 591.2 | 1754.6 | ||
| 7 | Rub My Butt | 575.2 | 583 | 583 | 1741.2 | ||
| 8 | Dixie Que | 573.8 | 582.6 | 582 | 1738.4 | ||
| 9 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 568.8 | 589.8 | 579.7 | 1738.3 | ||
| 10 | Just Smoke N Around | 578.6 | 582 | 573.4 | 1734 | ||
| 11 | Masters Basters | 580.5 | 575.3 | 573.7 | 1729.5 | ||
| 12 | 29 Barbeque | 580.2 | 553.2 | 593.8 | 1727.2 | ||
Full Results Cooking for Fun Division:
| PULLED PORK | RIBS | |||||
| 1 | 599.4 | Screaming Eagle | 1 | 600 | Kamado Kommandos | |
| 2 | 594.8 | Southern Accent | 2 | 583.5 | Screaming Eagle | |
| 3 | 576.1 | Kamado Kommandos | 3 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 571.5 | The Smokin’ Pipes | 4 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 558.4 | Two Butts Bar B Que | 5 | 0 |
| Grand Champion Scores | ||||||
| Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||||
| 1 | Screaming Eagle | 599.4 | 583.5 | 1182.9 | ||
| 2 | Kamado Kommandos | 576.1 | 600 | 1176.1 | ||
| 3 | Southern Accent | 594.8 | 0 | 594.8 | ||
| 4 | The Smokin’ Pipes | 571.5 | 0 | 571.5 | ||
| 5 | Two Butts Bar B Que | 558.4 | 0 | 558.4 | ||
Mar 10 2014
The Georgia Barbecue Association, in association with the North Cobb Rotary Club and the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival, held a judge training class at the Roberts School in Acworth, GA on March 8, 2014. Forty three new judges were trained and became eligible to judge in GBA sanctioned contests.
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Conducting the class was GBA Vice President & Master Judge Jim Sewell and GBA Director and Master Judge Greg Hoyt. Also assisting with the class was Jeff Bass, of the North Cobb Rotary Club, GBA President Danny Meadows, GBA contest representatives Greg & Lois Sebatian, GBA Judges Ken Foy, Carrie Oakes, Chuck East and Lucy Sewell. Cooking for the class was the team Smoke Ring Afficionados.
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