Jan 07 2014
Georgia Barbecue Association
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
January 4, 2014
Gray, Georgia
Called to order by Rick Godfrey
Attending: Rick Godfrey, Danny Evans, Alex Khoury, Danny Meadows, Greg Hoyt, and Jim Sewell.
Membership Present: Harry Faircloth, Laurie Faircloth, Bart Shipley, Ed Vesely, Scotty Lawson
| Action: | Vote: |
| Motion: Rick Godfrey
Second: Danny Meadows
To use the following process to fill the temporary Board vacancy: each Board Member will nominate two candidates from which the Board will chose 4 finalists to interview before selecting the person to fill the vacancy.
Amendment: Jim Sewell Second: Rick Godfrey To nominate the candidates during the Executive Session. |
Approved 5-1 |
| Motion: Alex Khoury
Second: Greg Hoyt
To require all new judges to receive GBA judge training and to end the practice of grandfathering in judges trained by other associations. (effective immediately) |
Approved 6-0 |
| Motion: Greg Hoyt
Second: Danny Meadows
To change the scoring procedure in finals judging to require decimal point scoring in each criteria and prohibiting judges from giving the same score to different entries in each criteria. (effective immediately) |
Approved 6-0 |
| Motion: Rick Godfrey Second: Danny Evans To go into Executive Session. |
Approved 6-0 |
| The Board voted to close Executive Session and return to General Session. | |
| Motion: Danny Evans
Second: Rick Godfrey
To elect Board officers as follows:
Chairman—Rick Godfrey |
Approved 6-0 |
| Motion: Greg Hoyt
Second: Danny Evans
To clear existing rep assignments and for the President to reassign reps for upcoming contests. |
Approved 6-0 |
| Motion: Rick Godfrey
Second: Alex Khoury
To adjourn the meeting |
Approved 6-0 |
Jan 07 2014
Change Notice for Grande Creek Pig Jam
The 2014 Grande Creek Pig Jam will be moving the contest date to September 19-20, 2014. The contest will again be held at the Georgia Sports Arena. The BBQ contest will be part of a great, new bluegrass festival. The GBA is proud to once again sanction this contest. The addition of some fantastic bluegrass music will make this an event not to be missed.
Jan 02 2014
Georgia Barbecue Association
Board of Directors Meeting Agenda
January 4, 2014
Gray, Georgia
Dec 29 2013
The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) Board of Directors will meet on Saturday, January 4, 2014. The meeting will be held at Bradley Baptist Church 821 Monticello Hwy Gray Georgia 31032. The meeting will begin at noon. There will be a general session following by an executive session. The general session is open to all GBA members in good standing. The executive session will be a closed session for board members only. The agenda for the meeting is still be finalized & will be posted at least 24 hours in advance of the meeting.
Any GBA member may submit items to be considered for inclusion on the agenda. Also, members wishing to address the board must submit the request prior to the agenda being finalized. All agenda items or requests to address the board should be directed to Chairman Rick Godfrey at Rick.Godfrey2@ferguson.com .
Dec 11 2013
Cooking With Stump Takes Grand with Perfect Loin Score
Cooking with Stump
The Cooking with Stump team of Walter “Stump” & Tab “Mama Stump McDowell racked up a perfect 600 score in the Pork Loin Finals to capture the Grand Championship at the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Contest. Pitmaster Joe Wright of Bethel Smokers, made finals in all three categories to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.
Cooking with Stump’s perfect score lead the way in Pork Loin. Bethel Smokers took second place with Colquitt Cookers in third place. In fourth place was 92 BBQ who was 1 point better than Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in fifth place.
Bethel Smokers
92 BBQ took top honors in Pulled Pork. Bethel Smokers once again was second with Barbecue Crew in third place. Sunset Smokers took home fourth place. Jethro’s Cooking Crew took 5th place by winning the tiebreaker over Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack.
Colquitt Cookers missed a perfect score in the Ribs Finals by 0.3 of a point to take first in the category. Bethel Smokers was runnerup for the third time. Just Smokin’ Around took third place. Sunset Smokers claimed fourth place. Lightnin’ Strike BBQ rounded out the top five.
The GBA will take a few weeks off for the holidays then swing back into action with the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash on January 31 – February 1, 2014.
MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Moultrie Moose Lodge Results
scores in 1st, 2nd, & 3rd places are final round scores. scores from 4th down are preliminary round scores
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 600 | Cookin W Stumps | 1 | 598.5 | 92 BBQ | |
| 2 | 598.5 | Bethel Smokers | 2 | 596.4 | Bethel Smokers | |
| 3 | 584 | Colquitt Cookers | 3 | 594.5 | Barbecue Crew | |
| 4 | 591.2 | 92 BBQ | 4 | 593.9 | Sunset Smokers | |
| 5 | 590.2 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | 5 | 590.2 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | |
| 6 | 586.6 | Swine Time Grilling team | 6 | 590.2 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | |
| 7 | 586.6 | Double D Cooking Team | 7 | 586.3 | Swine Time Grilling team | |
| 8 | 585.6 | Smoklin 42 BBQ | 8 | 585.4 | Colquitt Cookers | |
| 9 | 584 | Barbeque Crew | 9 | 583.9 | Cookin W Stumps | |
| 10 | 581.7 | Sunset Smokers | 10 | 583 | Smoklin 42 BBQ | |
| 11 | 580.7 | Hungry Hog BBQ | 11 | 582.4 | Hungry Hog BBQ | |
| 12 | 576.2 | Lightnin Strike | 12 | 581.8 | Double D Cooking Team | |
| 13 | 565.5 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 13 | 577.1 | Lightnin Strike | |
| 14 | 563.6 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | 14 | 566.9 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ |
| RIBS | ||
| 1 | 599.7 | Colquitt Cookers |
| 2 | 588.5 | Bethel Smokers |
| 3 | 576.3 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ |
| 4 | 591.2 | Sunset Smokers |
| 5 | 590.9 | Lightnin Strike |
| 6 | 589.3 | Smoklin 42 BBQ |
| 7 | 583 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew |
| 8 | 580.5 | Swine Time Grilling team |
| 9 | 580 | Barbeque Crew |
| 10 | 580 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack |
| 11 | 579 | 92 BBQ |
| 12 | 577.4 | Hungry Hog BBQ |
| 13 | 576.1 | Cookin W Stumps |
| 14 | 567.2 | Double D Cooking Team |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||||
| 1 | Bethel Smokers | 591.6 | 594.9 | 592.8 | 1779.3 | ||
| 2 | Colquitt Cookers | 595.1 | 585.4 | 595.4 | 1775.9 | ||
| 3 | Sunset Smokers | 581.7 | 593.9 | 591.2 | 1766.8 | ||
| 4 | 92 BBQ | 591.2 | 596.1 | 579 | 1766.3 | ||
| 5 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | 590.2 | 590.2 | 580 | 1760.4 | ||
| 6 | Cookin W Stumps | 599.7 | 583.9 | 576.1 | 1759.7 | ||
| 7 | Barbeque Crew | 584 | 594.5 | 580 | 1758.5 | ||
| 8 | Smoklin 42 BBQ | 585.6 | 583 | 589.3 | 1757.9 | ||
| 9 | Swine Time Grilling team | 586.6 | 586.3 | 580.5 | 1753.4 | ||
| 10 | Lightnin Strike | 576.2 | 577.1 | 590.9 | 1744.2 | ||
| 11 | Hungry Hog BBQ | 580.7 | 582.4 | 577.4 | 1740.5 | ||
| 12 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 565.5 | 590.2 | 583 | 1738.7 | ||
| 13 | Double D Cooking Team | 586.6 | 581.8 | 567.2 | 1735.6 | ||
| 14 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | 563.6 | 566.9 | 595.2 | 1725.7 | ||
