Jun 16 2013
Officer Nominations for 2013-2015 Updated
As of June 25, 2013, the following have been nominated for Officers for the 2013-2015 term. Names are listed in alphabetical order.
President: Danny Meadows; Jimmy Nelms
Vice President: Jim Sewell; Ed Vesely
Secretary: Audrey Evans; Pam Nelms
Any member in good standing can be nominated for the office of President, Vice-President or Secretary. You must first ask the person you nominate if they are willing to accept your nomination. After they agree then you will contact Pam Nelms at gabbqassoc@gmail.com and make your nomination. Nominations will close at midnight on June 31, 2013.
Voting will begin on July 8, 2013. You will go to the Georgia Barbecue Association web site at www.bbqga.com On the front page click on the link: “GBA Elections” and follow the instructions. Your ballot will REQUIRE that you enter your GBA member #, so have it handy. Use of the membership # is to insure only one vote per member is cast. To maintain confidentiality of the vote, only two people will have access to the ballots. Voting will end on August 5th 2013.
Jun 09 2013
The GBA Florida State Championship Goes to Bubba Grills
Tropical Storm Andrea tried to put a damper on GBA Goin’ Coastal in Fernandina Beach, FL, even spawning a tornado that passed near the contest site on Thursday night. Contest organizer Jay Robertson and the City of Fernandina Beach took it all in stride and put on a great contest. Twenty eight teams vied for the GBA’s Florida State Championship. Another 20+ teams were on hand to compete in the Fun Cook and there were numerous vendors and live musical entertainment throughout the day Saturday.
Grand Champions Bubba Grills
Lonnie & Shannon Smith of Bubba Grills took home the state championship banner and the Grand Champion trophy with the top scoring entry in the Ribs finals. This was the third Grand Championship of the current contest year for Bubba Grills. Another husband & wife team, Kevin & Kerry Sparks of Lawdawg BBQ, captured the Reserve Grand Championship by making finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs along with 11th place in Loin.
Reserve Grand Champion Lawdawg BBQ
First Place Loin Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
The Loin category was extremely competitive. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack continued their strong showing this season taking first place. Anarque came in second place. Third place with to Bethel Smokers. Fourth thru seventh places were separated by only 1.4 points. Bubba Grills took the fourth place award followed by Smoke Ring Aficionados in fifth place. Pig in a Pokey and Ninja Pig BBQ finished sixth and seventh respectively. Also finishing in the money were Fat Redneck BBQ Co. (8th), Two Smokin’ White Boys (9th) and Smokin’ AJs (10th).
Smokin’ AJs Buster Davis topped the field in Pulled Pork with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack as runner up. Lawdawg BBQ took third place honors. Fourth place went to Just Smoke N Around with Bubba Grills in fifth place. Bubmeisters edged out Captain Jack’s BBQ Crew for sixth place. Smolkin’ 42 BBQ finished eighth with Two Smokin’ White Boys and Just Pig Out rounding out the top 10.
First Place Pork Smokin’ AJs
Bubba Grills Grand Championship Ribs topped the category. Thomas Henry of Budmeisters came in second place and Lawdawgs BBQ was once again third. There was a tie for fourth place with Two Smokin’ White Boys getting the nod over Munchee’s Smokehouse on the third tiebreaker. Sixth thru tenth place went to (in order) Heavenly Hawgs, Bethel Smokers, Just Pig Out, SWT BBQ & Smokin’ 42 BBQ.
Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin” BBQ Crew
The GBA would like to congratulate 14 year old Pitmaster Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew who was cooking in his first competition and got the 3rd place call in the Fun Cook Ribeye Steak Challenge.
Just one contest remains in the 2012-2013 contest season for the GBA. The finale will be the Pig N Swig BBQ competition held at Powers Pavilion in Newnan, GA on July 12 & 13. The GBA will take the rest of the summer off before starting a new contest season with the GBA State Championships at the ComSouth Hambone Jam in Fort Valley, GA on Sept 6-7, 2013.
Full results for GBA Goin’ Coastal. Top three place scores (in red) are final round scores. All other scores are preliminary round scores.
| PORK LOIN | ||
| 1 | 595.4 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack |
| 2 | 588.5 | Anarque |
| 3 | 580.6 | Bethel Smokers |
| 4 | 591.5 | Bubba Grills |
| 5 | 590.8 | Smoke Ring Afficiandos |
| 6 | 590.2 | Pig in a Pokey |
| 7 | 590.1 | Ninja Pig BBQ |
| 8 | 586.6 | Fat Redneck BBQ Co |
| 9 | 583.3 | Two Smokin White Boys |
| 10 | 582.9 | Smokin Ajs |
| 11 | 580.3 | LawDawg BBQ |
| 12 | 580 | Forrest’s Fine Foods |
| 13 | 578.1 | Heavenly Hawgs |
| 14 | 576.3 | Captain Jacks BBQ Crew |
| 15 | 575.5 | Team Two Eggheads |
| 16 | 573.9 | Budmeisters |
| 17 | 572.9 | Butts-N-Brews |
| 18 | 572.3 | Just Smoke N Around |
| 19 | 572.1 | Boston’s Butts |
| 20 | 570.6 | Old Henrys BBQ |
| 21 | 569 | Kelvin’s BBQ |
| 22 | 568.4 | Smokin 42 BBQ |
| 23 | 567.7 | Just Pig Out |
| 24 | 566.1 | Munchee’s Smokehouse |
| 25 | 564.1 | TC’s BBQ Team |
| 26 | 563.5 | Big Daddy’s BBQ |
| 27 | 558.8 | SWT BBQ |
| 28 | 556.6 | Little Jacks Shack |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 599.7 | Bubba Grills | 1 | 595.1 | Smokin Ajs | |
| 2 | 595.8 | Budmeisters | 2 | 594.8 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | |
| 3 | 573 | LawDawg BBQ | 3 | 586.6 | LawDawg BBQ | |
| Tie 4 | 592.2 | Two Smokin White Boys | 4 | 590.3 | Just Smoke N Around | |
| 5 | 592.2 | Munchee’s Smokehouse | 5 | 589.9 | Bubba Grills | |
| 6 | 588.6 | Heavenly Hawgs | 6 | 587.6 | Budmeisters | |
| 7 | 587.9 | Bethel Smokers | 7 | 587.2 | Captain Jacks BBQ Crew | |
| 8 | 587.2 | Just Pig Out | 8 | 586.9 | Smokin 42 BBQ | |
| 9 | 586.7 | SWT BBQ | 9 | 586.5 | Two Smokin White Boys | |
| 10 | 582.9 | Smokin 42 BBQ | 10 | 584.7 | Just Pig Out | |
| 11 | 582.4 | Smokin Ajs | 11 | 583.6 | Fat Redneck BBQ Co | |
| 12 | 579.4 | Forrest’s Fine Foods | 12 | 583.6 | Munchee’s Smokehouse | |
| 13 | 579.2 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 13 | 583 | Team Two Eggheads | |
| 14 | 579.1 | Pig in a Pokey | 14 | 582.6 | Anarque | |
| 15 | 578.5 | Boston’s Butts | 15 | 580.3 | Heavenly Hawgs | |
| 16 | 578.3 | Just Smoke N Around | 16 | 579 | SWT BBQ | |
| 17 | 577.7 | Smoke Ring Afficiandos | 17 | 577.6 | Bethel Smokers | |
| 18 | 577.6 | Fat Redneck BBQ Co | 18 | 576.7 | Boston’s Butts | |
| 19 | 576.6 | Anarque | 19 | 576.1 | Pig in a Pokey | |
| 20 | 576.2 | Butts-N-Brews | 20 | 575 | Ninja Pig BBQ | |
| 21 | 575.8 | Old Henrys BBQ | 21 | 575 | Smoke Ring Afficiandos | |
| 22 | 575.7 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 22 | 574.2 | Big Daddy’s BBQ | |
| 23 | 575.7 | Captain Jacks BBQ Crew | 23 | 573.8 | Little Jacks Shack | |
| 24 | 568.4 | Big Daddy’s BBQ | 24 | 572 | Forrest’s Fine Foods | |
| 25 | 566.2 | TC’s BBQ Team | 25 | 569.9 | Old Henrys BBQ | |
| 26 | 564.7 | Ninja Pig BBQ | 26 | 563.8 | TC’s BBQ Team | |
| 27 | 557.7 | Team Two Eggheads | 27 | 556.8 | Kelvin’s BBQ | |
| 28 | 557.6 | Little Jacks Shack | 28 | 0 | Butts-N-Brews |
| Reserve Scores Since Bubba Grill won Grand Champion, the Reserve Grand Champion passed down to #2 |
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| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||||
| 1 | Bubba Grills | 594.2 | 589.9 | 591.5 | 1775.6 | ||
| 2 | LawDawg BBQ | 598.8 | 594.5 | 580.3 | 1773.6 | ||
| 3 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 579.2 | 595.5 | 593.5 | 1768.2 | ||
| 4 | Two Smokin White Boys | 592.2 | 586.5 | 583.3 | 1762 | ||
| 5 | Bethel Smokers | 587.9 | 577.6 | 592.1 | 1757.6 | ||
| 6 | Smokin Ajs | 582.4 | 591.5 | 582.9 | 1756.8 | ||
| 7 | Budmeisters | 594.5 | 587.6 | 573.9 | 1756 | ||
| 8 | Anarque | 576.6 | 582.6 | 594.7 | 1753.9 | ||
| 9 | Fat Redneck BBQ Co | 577.6 | 583.6 | 586.6 | 1747.8 | ||
| 10 | Heavenly Hawgs | 588.6 | 580.3 | 578.1 | 1747 | ||
| 11 | Pig in a Pokey | 579.1 | 576.1 | 590.2 | 1745.4 | ||
| 12 | Smoke Ring Afficiandos | 577.7 | 575 | 590.8 | 1743.5 | ||
| 13 | Munchee’s Smokehouse | 592.2 | 583.6 | 566.1 | 1741.9 | ||
| 14 | Just Smoke N Around | 578.3 | 590.3 | 572.3 | 1740.9 | ||
| 15 | Just Pig Out | 587.2 | 584.7 | 567.7 | 1739.6 | ||
| 16 | Captain Jacks BBQ Crew | 575.7 | 587.2 | 576.3 | 1739.2 | ||
| 17 | Smokin 42 BBQ | 582.9 | 586.9 | 568.4 | 1738.2 | ||
| 18 | Forrest’s Fine Foods | 579.4 | 572 | 580 | 1731.4 | ||
| 19 | Ninja Pig BBQ | 564.7 | 575 | 590.1 | 1729.8 | ||
| 20 | Boston’s Butts | 578.5 | 576.7 | 572.1 | 1727.3 | ||
| 21 | SWT BBQ | 586.7 | 579 | 558.8 | 1724.5 | ||
| 22 | Old Henrys BBQ | 575.8 | 569.9 | 570.6 | 1716.3 | ||
| 23 | Team Two Eggheads | 557.7 | 583 | 575.5 | 1716.2 | ||
| 24 | Big Daddy’s BBQ | 568.4 | 574.2 | 563.5 | 1706.1 | ||
| 25 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 575.7 | 556.8 | 569 | 1701.5 | ||
| 26 | TC’s BBQ Team | 566.2 | 563.8 | 564.1 | 1694.1 | ||
| 27 | Little Jacks Shack | 557.6 | 573.8 | 556.6 | 1688 | ||
| 28 | Butts-N-Brews | 576.2 | 0 | 572.9 | 1149.1 | ||
May 29 2013
To All Georgia Barbecue Association Members
Subject: The election of officers for the 2013-2015 cook season. This IS a two year term.
Nominations will begin June 10, 2013. Any member in good standing can be nominated for the office of President, Vice-President or Secretary. You must first ask the person you nominate if they are willing to accept your nomination.
After they agree then you will contact Pam Nelms at gabbqassoc@gmail.com and make your nomination. Nominations will close at midnight on June 31, 2013.
Voting will begin on July 8, 2013. You will go to the Georgia Barbecue Association web site at www.bbqga.com On the front page click on the link: “GBA Elections” and follow the instructions. Your ballot will REQUIRE that you enter your GBA member #, so have it handy. Use of the membership # is to insure only one vote per member is cast. To maintain confidentiality of the vote, only two people will have access to the ballots. Voting will end on August 5th 2013.
The new officers will be notified around August 12th so they can begin preparations to take office at The Georgia Barbecue Association State Championship, The ComSouth Hambone Jam, in Ft Valley Georgia on September, 6th & 7th, 2013.
There are several things to remember:
If you are a member of a cook team, you can not cook with that team for the duration of your office. If you are a judge, you can not judge for the duration of your office.
The office of President and Vice-President will require fielding many inquires about cooking competitions. It requires you to visit locations for potential new contests and speak to event organizers and/or sponsors.
The President or Vice President will determine if a new location has a site suitable to host a GBA contest. ie: do they have adequate water, electricity etc.
Other duties include organizing schedules so that you don’t schedule too many events in a month or in conflict to other association’s events that may hurt your schedule.
The President will assign Lead Reps and supporting staff in a manner that is in the best interest of the GBA and the event.
It is important that your elected officers are in attendance at all sanctioned GBA events whenever possible.
This is not all of the demands of these offices, but these are some of the more important ones and should be carefully considered when making or accepting a nomination.
If any one has any questions regarding the election process or and duties of the officers, please do not hesitate to give me a call @ 478-731-0145.
Harry Faircloth, President
The Georgia Barbecue Association, where
It’s All About The Taste!
May 26 2013
Smokin’ 42 BBQ Makes It Two In A Row at Brenau!
Submitted by Greg Hoyt
The hottest team in the GBA is Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Chad Brooks and Chris O’Neal traveled north of Atlanta for the second time in 2 weeks and drove home with the Grand Championship of the Brenau Barbecue Championship! They say the first one is the hardest but once Smokin’ 42 got it under their belt thy went right back to the trough and gobbled up their second Grand Championship at the next GBA competition at Brenau.
Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ
The GBA was invited to co-sanction the Brenau Barbecue Championship with Memphis Barbecue Network. The GBA showed out in Brenau – 30 GBA Teams cooked all three categories. Two Memphis teams snuck over to cook a category or two on the GBA side. Six GBA stalwarts made the trip to Breanau. Dixie Que, Jethro’s Cooking Crew, Smoke Shack BBQ, AnarQue , Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ all made the trek to Gainesville. They were joined by twenty four other teams that were that have cooked from zero to three GBA sanctioned events in the past.
Two teams, Smokey Butts and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack set the tone early in the day with another GBA first. Both teams scored a perfect 600 in Loin. We’ve never had 600’s in the same category on the same day before. Anarque joined them on the finals table. Smokey Butts won the Loin category followed by Anarque and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack finishing third. Dixie Q missed their best shot at a GBA final being four tenths of a point behind and finishing fourth in GBA Loin.
First Place Loin – Smokey Butts
Pulled pork was the opportunity for new teams to show what they could do. Two of the top four money spots belonged to teams that had not cooked in a GBA Sanctioned event before. Sauced Hog Smoke Shack edged out Ninja Pigs for first place in Pulled Pork. Smoke Shack BBQ came in third in pulled pork and Rick’s Smok’n Pig finished fourth. In the preliminaries Smoke Shack and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack had tied in the preliminaries with nearly perfect scores of 599.4. In the preliminary round. In the finals Ninja Pig passed Smoke Shack for second place.
Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
Ribs were the final category. Swamp Cat Barbecue came through the first round with the top score of 595.8. Smokin’42 and Smokin ‘ AJ’s salvaged their days late as they broke through to the final round in ribs. In the Finals Smokin’ 42 posted the highest finals score with their 599.7 in ribs. Smokin’42 won the category and the contest with their finals rack of ribs.
Sauced Hog Smoke Shack won reserve by finishing ninth in Ribs, second in Pulled pork and first in Loin.
The proceeds form the day went to support scholarships at Brenau.
Full results below. Scores in red are final round scores. All others are preliminary round scores.
| Pork Loin | ||
| 1 | 597.9 | Smokey Butts |
| 2 | 595.4 | AnarQue |
| 3 | 584.5 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack |
| 4 | 595.1 | Dixie Que |
| 5 | 589.9 | Jurassic Pork |
| 6 | 587.3 | Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que |
| 7 | 586.6 | Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team |
| 8 | 585.5 | Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ |
| 9 | 583.3 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ |
| 10 | 582 | Smoke Shack BBQ |
| 11 | 579 | Swamp Cat BBQ |
| 12 | 577.7 | 2 Little Piggs |
| 13 | 577.4 | Skyline Contracting |
| 14 | 575.9 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew |
| 15 | 575.4 | Beauford’s Smokehouse |
| 16 | 574.4 | Tuff Dawg Grillers |
| 17 | 573.1 | Smokin’ Butts BBQ |
| 18 | 572.9 | Team Recess and Yellowfin |
| 19 | 572.6 | Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ |
| 20 | 571.1 | Hemhocks |
| 21 | 568.8 | Natural Born Smokers |
| 22 | 568.8 | Ninja Pig BBQ |
| 23 | 568.1 | Blaker’s BBQ |
| 24 | 567.8 | Smoked Hawg Walking |
| 25 | 567.3 | Butts & Brews |
| 26 | 565.5 | J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew |
| 27 | 565.1 | Sweet Butts BBQ |
| 28 | 563.8 | Legally Smokin Docs |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 599.7 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | 1 | 599.1 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK | |
| 2 | 592.2 | SMOKIN AJ”S | 2 | 598.5 | NINJA PIGGS | |
| 3 | 587.6 | SWAMP CAT BBQ | 3 | 594.9 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | |
| 4 | 591.8 | Beauford’s Smokehouse | 4 | 590.5 | Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ | |
| 5 | 591.5 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 5 | 590.2 | 2 Little Piggs | |
| 6 | 591.1 | Tuff Dawg Grillers | 6 | 590.2 | AnarQue | |
| 7 | 590.8 | AnarQue | 7 | 589.2 | Almighty Smoke Masters | |
| 8 | 587.6 | Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ | 8 | 588.6 | Tuff Dawg Grillers | |
| 9 | 585.9 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 9 | 587.3 | Skyline Contracting | |
| 10 | 585.3 | Biteback BBQ | 10 | 586.9 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | |
| 11 | 584.8 | Ninja Pig BBQ | 11 | 585.7 | Natural Born Smokers | |
| 12 | 583.2 | Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que | 12 | 584.2 | Smokey Butts | |
| 13 | 582.6 | Jurassic Pork | 13 | 582.9 | Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ | |
| 14 | 582.3 | Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team | 14 | 581.7 | Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que | |
| 15 | 582.2 | Almighty Smoke Masters | 15 | 580.6 | Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team | |
| 16 | 579 | Dixie Que | 16 | 579 | Beauford’s Smokehouse | |
| 17 | 575.7 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 17 | 578.6 | Dixie Que | |
| 18 | 574.8 | Legally Smokin Docs | 18 | 577 | Properly Smoked | |
| 19 | 574.4 | Smokin’ Butts BBQ | 19 | 576.8 | Legally Smokin Docs | |
| 20 | 573.5 | Natural Born Smokers | 20 | 576.7 | J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew | |
| 21 | 573.1 | Sweet Butts BBQ | 21 | 575.1 | Smokin’ Butts BBQ | |
| 22 | 571.1 | Smoked Hawg Walking | 22 | 574.4 | Sweet Butts BBQ | |
| 23 | 568.2 | 2 Little Piggs | 23 | 574.2 | Swamp Cat BBQ | |
| 24 | 566.3 | Smokey Butts | 24 | 573.4 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | |
| 25 | 562.6 | Hemhocks | 25 | 573.2 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 26 | 562 | Butts & Brews | 26 | 566.2 | Hemhocks | |
| 27 | 560.2 | Properly Smoked | 27 | 565.6 | Blaker’s BBQ | |
| 28 | 553.1 | Team Recess and Yellowfin | 28 | 565.3 | Smoked Hawg Walking | |
| 29 | 552.2 | John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ | 29 | 562.6 | John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ | |
| 30 | 552 | Skyline Contracting | 30 | 559.9 | Butts & Brews | |
| 31 | 551.7 | Blaker’s BBQ | 31 | 554 | Team Recess and Yellowfin | |
| 32 | 548.3 | J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||||
| 1 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 585.9 | 599.4 | 600 | 1785.3 | ||
| 2 | AnarQue | 590.8 | 590.2 | 596.1 | 1777.1 | ||
| 3 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 591.5 | 599.4 | 582 | 1772.9 | ||
| 4 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | 595.4 | 586.9 | 583.3 | 1765.6 | ||
| 5 | Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ | 595.1 | 582.9 | 585.5 | 1763.5 | ||
| 6 | Tuff Dawg Grillers | 591.1 | 588.6 | 574.4 | 1754.1 | ||
| 7 | Dixie Que | 579 | 578.6 | 595.1 | 1752.7 | ||
| 8 | Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que | 583.2 | 581.7 | 587.3 | 1752.2 | ||
| 9 | Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ | 587.6 | 590.5 | 572.6 | 1750.7 | ||
| 10 | Smokey Butts | 566.3 | 584.2 | 600 | 1750.5 | ||
| 11 | Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team | 582.3 | 580.6 | 586.6 | 1749.5 | ||
| 12 | Swamp Cat BBQ | 595.8 | 574.2 | 579 | 1749 | ||
| 13 | Beauford’s Smokehouse | 591.8 | 579 | 575.4 | 1746.2 | ||
| 14 | Jurassic Pork | 582.6 | 573.2 | 589.9 | 1745.7 | ||
| 15 | Ninja Pig BBQ | 584.8 | 591.8 | 568.8 | 1745.4 | ||
| 16 | 2 Little Piggs | 568.2 | 590.2 | 577.7 | 1736.1 | ||
| 17 | Natural Born Smokers | 573.5 | 585.7 | 568.8 | 1728 | ||
| 18 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 575.7 | 573.4 | 575.9 | 1725 | ||
| 19 | Smokin’ Butts BBQ | 574.4 | 575.1 | 573.1 | 1722.6 | ||
| 20 | Skyline Contracting | 552 | 587.3 | 577.4 | 1716.7 | ||
| 21 | Legally Smokin Docs | 574.8 | 576.8 | 563.8 | 1715.4 | ||
| 22 | Sweet Butts BBQ | 573.1 | 574.4 | 565.1 | 1712.6 | ||
| 23 | Smoked Hawg Walking | 571.1 | 565.3 | 567.8 | 1704.2 | ||
| 24 | Hemhocks | 562.6 | 566.2 | 571.1 | 1699.9 | ||
| 25 | J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew | 548.3 | 576.7 | 565.5 | 1690.5 | ||
| 26 | Butts & Brews | 562 | 559.9 | 567.3 | 1689.2 | ||
| 27 | Blaker’s BBQ | 551.7 | 565.6 | 568.1 | 1685.4 | ||
| 28 | Team Recess and Yellowfin | 553.1 | 554 | 572.9 | 1680 | ||
| 29 | Almighty Smoke Masters | 582.2 | 589.2 | 0 | 1171.4 | ||
| 30 | Properly Smoked | 560.2 | 577 | 0 | 1137.2 | ||
| 31 | John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ | 552.2 | 562.6 | 0 | 1114.8 | ||
| 32 | Biteback BBQ | 585.3 | 0 | 0 | 585.3 | ||
May 12 2013
Smokin’ 42 BBQ Earns First Grand Championship at Smoke on the Lake
It’s a long haul up I-75 from Tifton to Acworth. The trip back down the interstate after the Smoke on the Lake contest didn’t seem quite as long for Smokin’ 42 BBQ with their first Grand Championship trophy riding shotgun. However, the win didn’t come easy the Men in Black. For the first time in GBA history there was a three way tie for Grand Champion. Bubba Grills won the Pork Loin category; Rub Shakers Que won Pullled Pork and Smokin’ 42 BBQ was tops in Ribs all with a score in the final round of 599.1. The contest reps had to go thru eight levels of the tiebreaker system before Smokin’ 42 BBQ edged out the other two teams.
Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ
Bubba Grills continued his strong run through the 2012-2013 contest season by making finals in both Loin and Ribs. These scores helped the team accumulate the top total score in the preliminary rounds and win Reserve Grand Champion.
Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills
Rub Shakers Que, cooking in their first GBA contest, joined the GBA 600 club with a perfect 600 score in the Pulled Pork preliminary round. They followed up with the top score on the Pulled Pork finals table to take first place in the category. Smokin’ 42 BBQ took second place. Two more first time GBA competitors, Smoke Ring Aficionados and Drums A’ Smokin’, finished third and fourth respecitively. Jason Adams of Anarque came in fifth.
Lonnie Smith, pitmaster of Bubba Grills, topped the field in Loin with Anarque in second and Jethro’s Cooking Crew in third. Smoke Ring Aficionados edged out Butt Rubbin’ BBQ for fourth place by 0.2 of a point.
Smokin’ 42 BBQ turned in the best Ribs of the day. Bubba Grills was runner-up and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took third place. But Rubbin’ BBQ and Rub Shakers Que rounded out the top five.
The GBA also held it’s first ever Cooking for Fun division at Smoke on the Lake. The Cooking for Fun division is for teams who love to cook and want to get started in the GBA style of competitive BBQ. Cooking for Fun contests have lower entry fees than a regular GBA contest and do not have a finals round. The Fat Guys had the highest scoring box of the day with a 595.1 in Pulled Pork to take the Grand Championship.
Cooking for Fun Grand Champion – The Fat Guys
The Fat Guys also has the highest cumulative score over the three categories, but since they won Grand Champion, the Reserve Grand Championship passed down the the second highest cumulative score by Direct Lender BBQ.
Cooking for Fun Reserve Grand Champion – Direct Lender BBQ
The Fat Guys won the Chicken category with Squealz on Wheelz in second and Red Top BBQ in third. Holy Smokers NS took first in Ribs followed by Hickory Flat BBQ and Direct Lenders BBQ. It was The Fat Guys again getting the first place call. This time for Pulled Pork. Sweet Bottom BBQ was the runner-up and Direct Lender BBQ again took third place.
Cooking for Fun First Place Ribs – Holy Smokers NS
The GBA would like to thank the North Cobb Rotary Club and the City of Acworth for hosting a great contest on beautiful Lake Acworth.
| Smoke on the Lake GBA Division | ||||||
| Scores in RED are final round scores | ||||||
| Pulled Pork | Pork Loin | |||||
| 1 | 599.1 | Rub Shackers Que | 1 | 599.1 | Bubba Grills | |
| 2 | 591.8 | Smokin ’42 BBQ | 2 | 593.9 | Anar-que | |
| 3 | 585.6 | Smoke Ring Afficianadoes | 3 | 591.5 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | |
| 4 | 588.8 | Drums A’ Smokin | 4 | 587.2 | Smoke Ring Afficianadoes | |
| 5 | 588.4 | Anar-que | 5 | 587 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | |
| 6 | 587 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | 6 | 586.3 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | |
| 7 | 584.2 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 7 | 582.1 | Daddy’s Bar-B-Q | |
| 8 | 583.3 | Bubba Grills | 8 | 581.1 | Old Henry’s BBQ | |
| 9 | 580.2 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | 9 | 577.9 | Smokin ’42 BBQ | |
| 10 | 575 | Daddy’s Bar-B-Q | 10 | 576.6 | Rub Shackers Que | |
| 11 | 572.6 | Plum Superior | 11 | 570.6 | Plum Superior | |
| 12 | 570.7 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 12 | 563.3 | Drums A’ Smokin | |
| RIBS | ||
| 1 | 599.1 | Smokin ’42 BBQ |
| 2 | 598.5 | Bubba Grills |
| 3 | 586.9 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack |
| 4 | 587.3 | Butt Rubbin BBQ |
| 5 | 586.7 | Rub Shackers Que |
| 6 | 583.4 | Anar-que |
| 7 | 582 | Plum Superior |
| 8 | 573.6 | Drums A’ Smokin |
| 9 | 570.3 | Daddy’s Bar-B-Q |
| 10 | 569.9 | Smoke Ring Afficianadoes |
| 11 | 569.9 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew |
| 12 | 569.6 | Old Henry’s BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | GBA Division | ||||||
| Preliminary round scores only | Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | |||
| 1 | Bubba Grills | 591.8 | 583.3 | 590.3 | 1765.4 | ||
| 2 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | 591.2 | 587 | 586.3 | 1764.5 | ||
| 3 | Anar-que | 583.4 | 588.4 | 592.1 | 1763.9 | ||
| 4 | Smokin ’42 BBQ | 590 | 595.7 | 577.9 | 1763.6 | ||
| 5 | Rub Shackers Que | 586.7 | 600 | 576.6 | 1763.3 | ||
| 6 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | 587.3 | 580.2 | 587 | 1754.5 | ||
| 7 | Smoke Ring Afficianadoes | 569.9 | 589.1 | 587.2 | 1746.2 | ||
| 8 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 569.9 | 570.7 | 595.5 | 1736.1 | ||
| 9 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 569.6 | 584.2 | 581.1 | 1734.9 | ||
| 10 | Daddy’s Bar-B-Q | 570.3 | 575 | 582.1 | 1727.4 | ||
| 11 | Drums A’ Smokin | 573.6 | 588.8 | 563.3 | 1725.7 | ||
| 12 | Plum Superior | 582 | 572.6 | 570.6 | 1725.2 | ||
Smoke on the Lake Cooking for Fun Division
| Pulled Pork | Chicken | |||||
| 1 | 595.1 | The Fat Guys | 1 | 594.8 | The Fat Guys | |
| 2 | 590.8 | Sweet Bottom BBQ | 2 | 585.9 | Squealz on Wheels | |
| 3 | 587.6 | Direct Lender BBQ | 3 | 585.2 | Red Top BBQ | |
| 4 | 587.2 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co | 4 | 583.2 | Hey Jack, BBQ | |
| 5 | 583.6 | Red Top BBQ | 5 | 583 | Nice Rack BBQ | |
| 6 | 580.6 | Squealz on Wheels | 6 | 582.9 | Direct Lender BBQ | |
| 7 | 579.3 | Nice Rack BBQ | 7 | 579.6 | Grills Gone Wild | |
| 8 | 577.9 | Four Fathers BBQ Crew | 8 | 579 | Sweet Bottom BBQ | |
| 9 | 571.8 | How ‘Bout Them Hawgs | 9 | 576.5 | Smoking Snowballs | |
| 10 | 569.3 | Holy Smokers NS | 10 | 576.1 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co | |
| 11 | 567.3 | Hey Jack, BBQ | 11 | 568.8 | Holy Smokers NS | |
| 12 | 566.9 | Bootlegger’s BBQ | 12 | 565.5 | Four Fathers BBQ Crew | |
| 13 | 563.3 | Grills Gone Wild | 13 | 564.1 | Smokin’ Jackets | |
| 14 | 560.9 | Smoking Snowballs | 14 | 556.1 | Slow Cookers at Play | |
| 15 | 552.5 | Smokin’ Jackets | 15 | 555.7 | Bootlegger’s BBQ | |
| 16 | 546.1 | Slow Cookers at Play | 16 | 532.3 | How ‘Bout Them Hawgs |
| RIBS | ||
| 1 | 589.8 | Holy Smokers NS |
| 2 | 588.5 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co |
| 3 | 584 | Direct Lender BBQ |
| 4 | 583.3 | Smokin’ Jackets |
| 5 | 582.4 | Sweet Bottom BBQ |
| 6 | 579.6 | Nice Rack BBQ |
| 7 | 579.1 | Smoking Snowballs |
| 8 | 578.1 | How ‘Bout Them Hawgs |
| 9 | 577.7 | Red Top BBQ |
| 10 | 576.3 | The Fat Guys |
| 11 | 575 | Bootlegger’s BBQ |
| 12 | 571.4 | Squealz on Wheels |
| 13 | 569.8 | Hey Jack, BBQ |
| 14 | 567.1 | Slow Cookers at Play |
| 15 | 563.7 | Grills Gone Wild |
| 16 | 555.8 | Four Fathers BBQ Crew |
| Reserve Scores Cooking for Fun Division | |||||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Chicken | Total | ||||
| 1 | The Fat Guys | 576.3 | 595.1 | 594.8 | 1766.2 | ||
| 2 | Direct Lender BBQ | 584 | 587.6 | 582.9 | 1754.5 | ||
| 3 | Sweet Bottom BBQ | 582.4 | 590.8 | 579 | 1752.2 | ||
| 4 | Hickory Flat BBQ Co | 588.5 | 587.2 | 576.1 | 1751.8 | ||
| 5 | Red Top BBQ | 577.7 | 583.6 | 585.2 | 1746.5 | ||
| 6 | Nice Rack BBQ | 579.6 | 579.3 | 583 | 1741.9 | ||
| 7 | Squealz on Wheels | 571.4 | 580.6 | 585.9 | 1737.9 | ||
| 8 | Holy Smokers NS | 589.8 | 569.3 | 568.8 | 1727.9 | ||
| 9 | Hey Jack, BBQ | 569.8 | 567.3 | 583.2 | 1720.3 | ||
| 10 | Smoking Snowballs | 579.1 | 560.9 | 576.5 | 1716.5 | ||
| 11 | Grills Gone Wild | 563.7 | 563.3 | 579.6 | 1706.6 | ||
| 12 | Smokin’ Jackets | 583.3 | 552.5 | 564.1 | 1699.9 | ||
| 13 | Four Fathers BBQ Crew | 555.8 | 577.9 | 565.5 | 1699.2 | ||
| 14 | Bootlegger’s BBQ | 575 | 566.9 | 555.7 | 1697.6 | ||
| 15 | How ‘Bout Them Hawgs | 578.1 | 571.8 | 532.3 | 1682.2 | ||
| 16 | Slow Cookers at Play | 567.1 | 546.1 | 556.1 | 1669.3 | ||
