Jul 29 2013
A Message from President Harry Faircloth
On behalf of GBA Board Chairman Rick Godfrey and myself, we want to thank everyone who h has voted in our election for officers for 2013-2015. If you have not voted, there is still time. You have until Friday, August 5 to cast your vote. Voting will end at midnight Eastern time.
We have some very fine candidates who have stepped forward and accepted nominations to serve as a GBA officer. They have accepted a two year commitment to serve our organization. Please take a couple of minutes to vote for the candidates of your choice. Thank you.
Harry Faircloth, GBA President and Rick Godfrey, Chairman of Board of Directors.
Jul 14 2013
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack Take Last Event of the Season
Grand Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
The Georgia Barbecue Association closed out a banner competition season at Powers Pavilion in Newnan with Pig N Swig. With a $12,000 purse on the line and a strong field of 31 teams, the competition was expected to be close. No one had any idea how close it would be.
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack turned in a near perfect Pulled Pork entry in the finals, but so did Bubba Grills in Ribs. Both teams were just one tick off a perfect score with identical 599.7 scores. In fact, the scores matched so closely the teams went through 8 levels of the tiebreaker system before Clint Britton’s team edged out Lonnie Smith’s for the Grand Championship on the 9th & last level. Lead contest rep. Greg Hoyt, was ready to call for a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors if the two teams remained tied.
Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills
Bubba Grills made finals in both Ribs & Pork along with 6th place in Loin to rack up the highest cumulative score and capture the Reserve Grand Championship.
The Black Train from Tifton, Smokin’ 42 BBQ, continued their strong run of late by winning the Loin category. Smokey Butts took second place. Dirty South BBQ took third.with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in fourth place. Fifth place went to Bethel Smokers who edged out Bubba Grills by 0.9 of a point.
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack’s Grand Championship entry led the way in the Pulled Pork category with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Blue Brothers BBQ from Barnesville made finals in their first GBA contest and finished third. Just Smoken Around claimed fourth and Jason Adams of Anarque claimed fifth place.
Bubba Grills near perfect Rib box was tops in the category. Forrest Dilmore of Forrest’s Fine Foods took second place honors with Bethel Smokers in third. Butts-N-Brews took fourth place. Blues Brothers BBQ edged out 800 Mile Ribs & BBQ for fifth place by less than a point.
First Place Loin – Smokin 42 BBQ
Final results from Pig N Swig:
| PORK LOIN | ||
| 1 | 597.9 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ |
| 2 | 596.1 | SMOKEY BUTTS |
| 3 | 594.5 | DIRTY SOUTH BBQ |
| 4 | 596.7 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK |
| 5 | 595.1 | BETHEL SMOKERS |
| 6 | 594.2 | BUBBA GRILLS |
| 7 | 591.2 | HOLY SMOKES |
| 8 | 590.4 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE |
| 9 | 589.6 | SOUTHERN TOUCH |
| 10 | 586.9 | HOLY SMOKERS BBQ |
| 11 | 585.7 | ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ |
| 12 | 585.5 | THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY |
| 13 | 584.3 | ANARQUE |
| 14 | 583.4 | SMOKIN AJS |
| 15 | 583 | RESCUE SMOKERS |
| 16 | 582.1 | SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW |
| 17 | 581.6 | BUTTS-N-BREWS |
| 18 | 580.4 | BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS |
| 19 | 580 | THE PIT CREW |
| 20 | 579.8 | WILDESMOKE BBQ |
| 21 | 579.8 | 800 MILE RIBS & BBQ |
| 22 | 579.6 | PARTY PORKERS |
| 23 | 579.1 | JETHROS COOKING CREW |
| 24 | 578.8 | JUST SMOKEN AROUND |
| 25 | 573.8 | BLUES BROTHERS BBQ |
| 26 | 573.6 | BOB B QUE |
| 27 | 572.3 | WAY 2 QUE |
| 28 | 570.3 | BEARDED BBQ |
| 29 | 570.2 | BUTT RUBB’N BBQ |
| 30 | 568.2 | FORREST FINE FOODS |
| 31 | 555.3 | ZOMBIE PIG BBQ |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 599.7 | BUBBA GRILLS | 1 | 599.7 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK | |
| 2 | 598.2 | FORREST FINE FOODS | 2 | 598.8 | BUBBA GRILLS | |
| 3 | 594.6 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 3 | 594 | BLUES BROTHERS BBQ | |
| 4 | 595.2 | BUTTS-N-BREWS | 4 | 595.2 | JUST SMOKEN AROUND | |
| 5 | 592.1 | BLUES BROTHERS BBQ | 5 | 595.1 | ANARQUE | |
| 6 | 591.2 | 800 MILE RIBS & BBQ | 6 | 593.3 | SMOKEY BUTTS | |
| 7 | 591 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | 7 | 590.7 | SOUTHERN TOUCH | |
| 8 | 589.6 | HOLY SMOKERS BBQ | 8 | 590.3 | THE PIT CREW | |
| 9 | 589.2 | SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW | 9 | 589.6 | FORREST FINE FOODS | |
| 10 | 589 | WAY 2 QUE | 10 | 589.3 | HOLY SMOKERS BBQ | |
| 11 | 587.3 | BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS | 11 | 588.5 | SMOKIN AJS | |
| 12 | 586.9 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK | 12 | 587.9 | SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW | |
| 13 | 586.1 | HOLY SMOKES | 13 | 586.3 | DIRTY SOUTH BBQ | |
| 14 | 584.1 | PARTY PORKERS | 14 | 584.8 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 15 | 583.7 | DIRTY SOUTH BBQ | 15 | 584.8 | RESCUE SMOKERS | |
| 16 | 583.6 | JUST SMOKEN AROUND | 16 | 583.8 | JETHROS COOKING CREW | |
| 17 | 583.1 | SMOKEY BUTTS | 17 | 583.8 | HOLY SMOKES | |
| 18 | 582.7 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 18 | 582.9 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | |
| 19 | 582.3 | SOUTHERN TOUCH | 19 | 582.4 | BUTT RUBB’N BBQ | |
| 20 | 582.1 | JETHROS COOKING CREW | 20 | 579.7 | BETHEL SMOKERS | |
| 21 | 580.4 | THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY | 21 | 579.6 | THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY | |
| 22 | 579.7 | BOB B QUE | 22 | 579.2 | 800 MILE RIBS & BBQ | |
| 23 | 578.8 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | 23 | 578 | BOB B QUE | |
| 24 | 578.7 | THE PIT CREW | 24 | 576 | BEARDED BBQ | |
| 25 | 577.8 | SMOKIN AJS | 25 | 575.1 | WAY 2 QUE | |
| 26 | 575.8 | ANARQUE | 26 | 575 | ZOMBIE PIG BBQ | |
| 27 | 573.8 | ZOMBIE PIG BBQ | 27 | 573 | PARTY PORKERS | |
| 28 | 571.2 | WILDESMOKE BBQ | 28 | 570 | ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ | |
| 29 | 564.3 | ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ | 29 | 568.9 | BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS | |
| 30 | 560.5 | BUTT RUBB’N BBQ | 30 | 567.3 | BUTTS-N-BREWS | |
| 31 | 554.3 | BEARDED BBQ | 31 | 565.3 | WILDESMOKE BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||||
| 1 | BUBBA GRILLS | 595.5 | 598.5 | 594.2 | 1788.2 | ||
| 2 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK | 586.9 | 599.7 | 596.7 | 1783.3 | ||
| 3 | SMOKEY BUTTS | 583.1 | 593.3 | 598.8 | 1775.2 | ||
| 4 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | 591 | 582.9 | 599.4 | 1773.3 | ||
| 5 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 595.8 | 579.7 | 595.1 | 1770.6 | ||
| 6 | DIRTY SOUTH BBQ | 583.7 | 586.3 | 598.8 | 1768.8 | ||
| 7 | HOLY SMOKERS BBQ | 589.6 | 589.3 | 586.9 | 1765.8 | ||
| 8 | BLUES BROTHERS BBQ | 592.1 | 598.5 | 573.8 | 1764.4 | ||
| 9 | SOUTHERN TOUCH | 582.3 | 590.7 | 589.6 | 1762.6 | ||
| 10 | HOLY SMOKES | 586.1 | 583.8 | 591.2 | 1761.1 | ||
| 11 | SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW | 589.2 | 587.9 | 582.1 | 1759.2 | ||
| 12 | JUST SMOKEN AROUND | 583.6 | 595.2 | 578.8 | 1757.6 | ||
| 13 | ANARQUE | 575.8 | 595.1 | 584.3 | 1755.2 | ||
| 14 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | 578.8 | 584.8 | 590.4 | 1754 | ||
| 15 | FORREST FINE FOODS | 595.8 | 589.6 | 568.2 | 1753.6 | ||
| 16 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 582.7 | 584.8 | 583 | 1750.5 | ||
| 17 | 800 MILE RIBS & BBQ | 591.2 | 579.2 | 579.8 | 1750.2 | ||
| 18 | SMOKIN AJS | 577.8 | 588.5 | 583.4 | 1749.7 | ||
| 19 | THE PIT CREW | 578.7 | 590.3 | 580 | 1749 | ||
| 20 | THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY | 580.4 | 579.6 | 585.5 | 1745.5 | ||
| 21 | JETHROS COOKING CREW | 582.1 | 583.8 | 579.1 | 1745 | ||
| 22 | BUTTS-N-BREWS | 595.2 | 567.3 | 581.6 | 1744.1 | ||
| 23 | PARTY PORKERS | 584.1 | 573 | 579.6 | 1736.7 | ||
| 24 | BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS | 587.3 | 568.9 | 580.4 | 1736.6 | ||
| 25 | WAY 2 QUE | 589 | 575.1 | 572.3 | 1736.4 | ||
| 26 | BOB B QUE | 579.7 | 578 | 573.6 | 1731.3 | ||
| 27 | ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ | 564.3 | 570 | 585.7 | 1720 | ||
| 28 | WILDESMOKE BBQ | 571.2 | 565.3 | 579.8 | 1716.3 | ||
| 29 | BUTT RUBB’N BBQ | 560.5 | 582.4 | 570.2 | 1713.1 | ||
| 30 | ZOMBIE PIG BBQ | 573.8 | 575 | 555.3 | 1704.1 | ||
| 31 | BEARDED BBQ | 554.3 | 576 | 570.3 | 1700.6 | ||
Jul 11 2013
Georgia Barbecue Association
Board of Directors Meeting Minutes
June 29, 2013
Perry, Georgia
Called to order by Rick Godfrey
Attending: Rick Godfrey, Danny Evans, Alex Khoury, Danny Meadows, Greg Hoyt, Jimmy Nelms, and Harry Faircloth.
Membership Present: Buster Davis, Audrey Evans, Ed Vesley
| Action: | Vote: |
| Motion: |
To approve the 2013-2014 budget
Approved
7-0
Motion:
To reduce the mileage rate to 25¢ per mile.
Approved
7-0
Motion:
To change the dues structure to have only two tiers, Individual and Corporate effective for the 2013/14 Cook Year.
Motion Amended to include:
Dues already paid for the 2013/2014 Cook Year will be honored as paid.
Approved
7-0
Tabled for 2013/2014 for further consideration.
Motion:
To change the minimum payout at a Sanctioned GBA Contest to be $1,500.00 for Grand Champion and $500.00 for Reserve Grand Champion – to apply to all contest that have not already submitted sanctioning packets.
Approved
7-0
Motion:
To set the sanctioning fee for 1st time contests at $150.00. To set the sanctioning fee for all other contests at $400.00.
Approved
7-0
Motion:
To set the “Cooking for Fun” division sanctioning fee at ½ of the regular sanctioning fee and to require contests sanctioning a “Cooking for Fun” division to provide an additional hotel room for an extra scorer, if necessary as determined by the Lead Rep for the Contest.
Approved
7-0
Motion:
To amend the Bylaws to provide that candidates for officer positions can run for only one position per election.
Approved
7-0
Motion:
To post BOD meeting minutes and schedules on the GBA website
Approved
7-0
Motion:
To eliminate disqualification for pooling/puddling.
Failed
Not seconded
Motion:
To award participation points only upon the turn in of qualifying product.
Failed
5-2
Motion:
To establish a tie-breaker for the team of the year as follows:
1st Tie Breaker—Most participation points
2nd Tie Breaker—Most Grand Championships
3rd Tie Breaker—Most Reserve Championships
4th Tie Breaker—Most category wins.
Approved
7-0
Motion:
To require equal payouts in dual-sanctioned events.
Failed
4-3
Motion:
To require that GBA cook times are given priority at dual-sanctioned events.
Approved
7-0
Motion:
To adjourn the meeting.
Approved
7-0
Jul 07 2013
Get to Know Your GBA Candidates
Voting for President, Vice President & Secretary/Treasurer of the GBA for the 2013-2013 term begins Monday, July 8. All GBA members are eligible to vote. Each candidate responded to a short Q&A to assist the membership in making informed decisions.
Please click on the link to read the interviews. GET TO KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES
Interviews courtesy of The BBQ Times
Jun 22 2013
Judge Training Class Set for August
A judge training class has been scheduled for August 17, 2013 in Perry, GA. The class will be held at the New Perry Hotel. Sign in for the call begins at 1:00 PM. The class will begin at 2:00 PM. The class lasts approximately 3 hours. A meal will be served following the class.
Membership in the GBA is required to take the class. Membership fees are $35 for individuals or $50 for a husband/wife couple. The fee for the class is $30 per person. Fees are paid by cash or personal check at sign in.
In order to expedite the sign in process, please download a Membership Application & have it filled out prior to arriving.
Seating is limited . Each person who wishes to take the judge training class must fill out the form below to reserve a seat. If both husband and wife plan to attend, each needs to fill out the form..
Judge Training Class Reservation Form
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