May 02 2013
Judges Needed for Acworth
Due to several cancellations, more judges are needed for Acworth on May 10. If you can judge, please sign up ASAP.
Apr 29 2013
Apr 14 2013
Bubba Grills Dominates Smokin Pork N Butts … Again
The GBA returned for the second year to the Exchange Club Fairgrounds in Jackson, GA for Smokin Pork N Butts. It was a strong field of 30 teams and Lonnie Smith, pitmaster for Bubba Grills, repeated as Grand Champion. Those in attendace were treated to a Friday night concert by rising country music star Gannon Adams.
Grand Champion Bubba Grills
Smokin 42 BBQ finaled in Loin and took fifth place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs to secure the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Champions Smokin 42 BBA
In his first GBA contest, The Fat Redneck BBQ Co., won the Pork Loin category. Smokin 42 BBQ and Sauced Hogs Smokeshack tallied the same score with Smokin 42 BBQ taking second place on the second tiebreaker. Smoke Shack and Sutters Backwoods BBQ finished fourth and fifth respectively.
First Place Loin The Rat Redneck BBQ Co.
Bubba Grills Grand Championship winning score in Pulled Pork topped the category. Smoke Shack took second place with Rub Shakers Que in third place. Rounding out the top five were Sauced Hogs Smokeshack just 0.9 ahead of Smokin 42 BBQ.
Bubba Grills also claimed first place in Ribs with Sauced Hogs Smokeshack as runner up. Jethro’s Cooking Crew claimed third place. Smoke Shack finished in fourth place and Smokin’ 42 BBQ took fifth place.
| PORK LOIN | ||
| 1 | 596.1 | The Fat Redneck BBQ Co |
| 2 | 584.6 | Smokin 42 |
| 3 | 584.6 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack |
| 4 | 596.4 | Smoke Shack |
| 5 | 595.8 | Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ |
| 6 | 593.9 | Old Henry’s BBQ |
| 7 | 591.8 | Smokin AJ’s |
| 8 | 590.5 | Bubba Grills |
| 9 | 589.6 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew |
| 10 | 589.2 | Smoke Twen The Hedges |
| 11 | 586.4 | Wood Shed |
| 12 | 585.5 | Dixie Que |
| 13 | 585.3 | Super Sauce |
| 14 | 584.6 | TC’s BBQ |
| 15 | 584.4 | Blazin Butts |
| 16 | 583.4 | K & K Grills |
| 17 | 583.3 | Quenut BBQ |
| 18 | 582.7 | Blind Pig BBQ |
| 19 | 581.7 | AnarQue |
| 20 | 577.5 | Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue |
| 21 | 576.9 | BCD BBQ |
| 22 | 569.9 | Smoke Stack BBQ Shack |
| 23 | 569.6 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers |
| 24 | 567.8 | Dirty South |
| 25 | 566.8 | OnSite Ribs |
| 26 | 566.5 | Off Tha Hoof BBQ |
| 27 | 564.9 | 57 SmokeHouse |
| 28 | 564.5 | Shade Tree Smokers |
| 29 | 562.3 | Rub Shakers Que |
| 30 | 0 | Atlanta Butt Society |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 595.1 | Bubba Grills | 1 | 596.7 | Bubba Grills | |
| 2 | 594.2 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | 2 | 587.9 | Smoke Shack | |
| 3 | 585.2 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 3 | 586.9 | Rub Shakers Que | |
| 4 | 593.1 | Smoke Shack | 4 | 595.4 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | |
| 5 | 592.1 | Smokin 42 | 5 | 594.5 | Smokin 42 | |
| 6 | 591.2 | Quenut BBQ | 6 | 594.5 | Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ | |
| 7 | 588.5 | BCD BBQ | 7 | 594.2 | Smokin AJ’s | |
| 8 | 588.2 | Dixie Que | 8 | 593.9 | Dixie Que | |
| 9 | 587.8 | 57 SmokeHouse | 9 | 593.9 | AnarQue | |
| 10 | 586.6 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers | 10 | 593.1 | Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue | |
| 11 | 584.9 | The Fat Redneck BBQ Co | 11 | 592.2 | Quenut BBQ | |
| 12 | 584.9 | AnarQue | 12 | 589.6 | 57 SmokeHouse | |
| 13 | 583.7 | Smoke Stack BBQ Shack | 13 | 587.1 | Blind Pig BBQ | |
| 14 | 583.3 | Wood Shed | 14 | 586.1 | The Fat Redneck BBQ Co | |
| 15 | 583 | OnSite Ribs | 15 | 585 | K & K Grills | |
| 16 | 580.3 | Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ | 16 | 583.2 | Smoke Twen The Hedges | |
| 17 | 579.6 | Shade Tree Smokers | 17 | 582.7 | Blazin Butts | |
| 18 | 578.2 | Off Tha Hoof BBQ | 18 | 582 | Old Henry’s BBQ | |
| 19 | 577.9 | Rub Shakers Que | 19 | 581.7 | Shade Tree Smokers | |
| 20 | 577.1 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 20 | 578.7 | Wood Shed | |
| 21 | 576.6 | Dirty South | 21 | 576.9 | Dirty South | |
| 22 | 576.3 | Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue | 22 | 575.9 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | |
| 23 | 575.8 | TC’s BBQ | 23 | 575.1 | BCD BBQ | |
| 24 | 573.5 | Blind Pig BBQ | 24 | 573.6 | Atlanta Butt Society | |
| 25 | 567.2 | Blazin Butts | 25 | 572.8 | Super Sauce | |
| 26 | 563.8 | Smoke Twen The Hedges | 26 | 571.8 | TC’s BBQ | |
| 27 | 562.9 | Super Sauce | 27 | 570.2 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers | |
| 28 | 559.9 | K & K Grills | 28 | 566.6 | Off Tha Hoof BBQ | |
| 29 | 559 | Smokin AJ’s | 29 | 566.6 | OnSite Ribs | |
| 30 | 0 | Atlanta Butt Society | 30 | 563.9 | Smoke Stack BBQ Shack |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||||
| 1 | Smokin 42 | 592.1 | 594.5 | 598.8 | 1785.4 | ||
| 2 | Smoke Shack | 593.1 | 595.7 | 596.4 | 1785.2 | ||
| 3 | Bubba Grills | 595.8 | 598.5 | 590.5 | 1784.8 | ||
| 4 | Sauced Hog Smoke Shack | 594.9 | 595.4 | 591.8 | 1782.1 | ||
| 5 | Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ | 580.3 | 594.5 | 595.8 | 1770.6 | ||
| 6 | The Fat Redneck BBQ Co | 584.9 | 586.1 | 599.4 | 1770.4 | ||
| 7 | Dixie Que | 588.2 | 593.9 | 585.5 | 1767.6 | ||
| 8 | Quenut BBQ | 591.2 | 592.2 | 583.3 | 1766.7 | ||
| 9 | AnarQue | 584.9 | 593.9 | 581.7 | 1760.5 | ||
| 10 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 594.9 | 575.9 | 589.6 | 1760.4 | ||
| 11 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 577.1 | 582 | 593.9 | 1753 | ||
| 12 | Wood Shed | 583.3 | 578.7 | 586.4 | 1748.4 | ||
| 13 | Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue | 576.3 | 593.1 | 577.5 | 1746.9 | ||
| 14 | Smokin AJ’s | 559 | 594.2 | 591.8 | 1745 | ||
| 15 | Blind Pig BBQ | 573.5 | 587.1 | 582.7 | 1743.3 | ||
| 16 | 57 SmokeHouse | 587.8 | 589.6 | 564.9 | 1742.3 | ||
| 17 | BCD BBQ | 588.5 | 575.1 | 576.9 | 1740.5 | ||
| 18 | Rub Shakers Que | 577.9 | 599.4 | 562.3 | 1739.6 | ||
| 19 | Smoke Twen The Hedges | 563.8 | 583.2 | 589.2 | 1736.2 | ||
| 20 | Blazin Butts | 567.2 | 582.7 | 584.4 | 1734.3 | ||
| 21 | TC’s BBQ | 575.8 | 571.8 | 584.6 | 1732.2 | ||
| 22 | K & K Grills | 559.9 | 585 | 583.4 | 1728.3 | ||
| 23 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers | 586.6 | 570.2 | 569.6 | 1726.4 | ||
| 24 | Shade Tree Smokers | 579.6 | 581.7 | 564.5 | 1725.8 | ||
| 25 | Dirty South | 576.6 | 576.9 | 567.8 | 1721.3 | ||
| 26 | Super Sauce | 562.9 | 572.8 | 585.3 | 1721 | ||
| 27 | Smoke Stack BBQ Shack | 583.7 | 563.9 | 569.9 | 1717.5 | ||
| 28 | OnSite Ribs | 583 | 566.6 | 566.8 | 1716.4 | ||
| 29 | Off Tha Hoof BBQ | 578.2 | 566.6 | 566.5 | 1711.3 | ||
| 30 | Atlanta Butt Society | 0 | 573.6 | 0 | 573.6 | ||
Apr 10 2013
Bethel Smokers Tops Field at Grande Creek PigJam
Nineteen teams gathered at the Georgia Sports Arena in Swainsboro, GA for the first Grande Creek PigJam. The teams & judges found the new venue to be an execllent site for a BBQ competition. The GBA family and members of the Swainsboro community were treated to a concert on Friday night by The LACS.
Mr Joe Wright of Bethel Smokers claimed first place in both Pulled Pork & Ribs to take home the Grand Championship. His finals Ribs score of 595.4 was 0.3 of a point better than his finals Pulled Pork score to claim the top award of the day.
Grand Champions Bethel Smokers
Smokin’ AJ’s Pitmaster Buster Davis had a strong showing in all three categories to win the Reserve Grand Championship. Buster’s top 3 finals calls in Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 9th place finish in Ribs was the highest overall score in the preliminary round.
Reserve Grand Champion Smokin’ AJs
Cookin’withStump.com took first place in the Pork Loin category just 0.6 of a point ahead of Butt Rubbin BBQ. Smokin AJs claimed third place with Budmeisters taking fourth. Sauce Hogs Smokeshack edged out Dirt Road Grillin for fifth place by 0.3 of a point.
First Place Loin – Cookin with Stump.com
The finish in Pulled Pork was even closer than the Loin category as Bethel Smokers winning score was just 0.3 of a point better than Bubba Grills. Smokin AJs once again took third place. Butt Rubbin BBQ finished fourth with Cookin’ with Stump.com in fifth place.
Bethel Smokers topped the field in the Ribs category with Shadetree Smokers as runner up. Smokin Butts took home the third place award. Just a single point separated fourth and fifth place with Rump Burners just ahead of Butt Rubbin BBQ.
| PORK LOIN | ||
| 1 | 590.8 | Cookin with Stumps |
| 2 | 590.2 | Butt Rubbin’ BBQ |
| 3 | 586.5 | Smokin AJ’s |
| 4 | 588.8 | Bubmeisters |
| 5 | 586.9 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack |
| 6 | 586.9 | Dirt Road Grillin |
| 7 | 583.9 | Anarque |
| 8 | 583.5 | Bubba Grills |
| 9 | 580.6 | Shadetree Smokers |
| 10 | 580 | Bethel Smokers |
| 11 | 577.7 | Charlies Titan Tastings |
| 12 | 577.6 | Rump Burners |
| 13 | 572.6 | Smoken Rascals |
| 14 | 565.4 | Fire Fighters Kick Ash |
| 15 | 564.8 | Smoke Shack |
| 16 | 564.5 | Old Henry’s |
| 17 | 564.4 | Smokin Butts |
| 18 | 558.6 | Sandy Ridge Smoker |
| 19 | 557.6 | TC BBQ |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 595.4 | Bethel Smokers | 1 | 595.1 | Bethel Smokers | |
| 2 | 583.5 | Shadetree Smokers | 2 | 594.8 | Bubba Grills | |
| 3 | 575.6 | Smokin Butts | 3 | 582.6 | Smokin AJ’s | |
| 4 | 590 | Rump Burners | 4 | 590.2 | Butt Rubbin’ BBQ | |
| 5 | 589 | Butt Rubbin’ BBQ | 5 | 587.5 | Cookin with Stumps | |
| 6 | 588.8 | Old Henry’s | 6 | 584.5 | Bubmeisters | |
| 7 | 587.5 | Bubba Grills | 7 | 583.6 | Shadetree Smokers | |
| 8 | 584.5 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 8 | 582 | Smoke Shack | |
| 9 | 584.2 | Smokin AJ’s | 9 | 579.1 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | |
| 10 | 580.2 | Anarque | 10 | 577.1 | Smoken Rascals | |
| 11 | 576.9 | Bubmeisters | 11 | 576.2 | Anarque | |
| 12 | 576.3 | Charlies Titan Tastings | 12 | 574.1 | TC BBQ | |
| 13 | 572.7 | Sandy Ridge Smoker | 13 | 569.8 | Fire Fighters Kick Ash | |
| 14 | 572.6 | Smoke Shack | 14 | 568.8 | Old Henry’s | |
| 15 | 568.6 | TC BBQ | 15 | 564.8 | Rump Burners | |
| 16 | 564.8 | Cookin with Stumps | 16 | 564 | Smokin Butts | |
| 17 | 563.9 | Smoken Rascals | 17 | 561.7 | Charlies Titan Tastings | |
| 18 | 562.1 | Fire Fighters Kick Ash | 18 | 550.8 | Sandy Ridge Smoker | |
| 19 | 0 | Dirt Road Grillin | 19 | 0 | Dirt Road Grillin |
| Reserve Scores | |||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||
| 1 | Smokin AJ’s | 584.2 | 596.7 | 594.5 | 1775.4 |
| 2 | Bubba Grills | 587.5 | 599.4 | 583.5 | 1770.4 |
| 3 | Butt Rubbin’ BBQ | 589 | 590.2 | 589.9 | 1769.1 |
| 4 | Bethel Smokers | 590.3 | 593.4 | 580 | 1763.7 |
| 5 | Shadetree Smokers | 591.1 | 583.6 | 580.6 | 1755.3 |
| 6 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 584.5 | 579.1 | 586.9 | 1750.5 |
| 7 | Bubmeisters | 576.9 | 584.5 | 588.8 | 1750.2 |
| 8 | Cookin with Stumps | 564.8 | 587.5 | 590.5 | 1742.8 |
| 9 | Anarque | 580.2 | 576.2 | 583.9 | 1740.3 |
| 10 | Rump Burners | 590 | 564.8 | 577.6 | 1732.4 |
| 11 | Old Henry’s | 588.8 | 568.8 | 564.5 | 1722.1 |
| 12 | Smokin Butts | 591.1 | 564 | 564.4 | 1719.5 |
| 13 | Smoke Shack | 572.6 | 582 | 564.8 | 1719.4 |
| 14 | Charlies Titan Tastings | 576.3 | 561.7 | 577.7 | 1715.7 |
| 15 | Smoken Rascals | 563.9 | 577.1 | 572.6 | 1713.6 |
| 16 | TC BBQ | 568.6 | 574.1 | 557.6 | 1700.3 |
| 17 | Fire Fighters Kick Ash | 562.1 | 569.8 | 565.4 | 1697.3 |
| 18 | Sandy Ridge Smoker | 572.7 | 550.8 | 558.6 | 1682.1 |
| 19 | Dirt Road Grillin | 0 | 0 | 586.9 | 586.9 |
Apr 03 2013
It is with much regret that I must announce the cancellation of the 2013 Hazlehurst BBQ Fest. The property where the cook sites were in previous years was sold earlier this year. The new owners began clearing the lot this week for new construction. Access to the new property adjacent to the old site has been delayed. At this point, there is not enough time before May 3rd to get the power and water installed. Plans are already in the works to resume the contest in 2014. Thank you to all the cook teams and judges who made our first three BBQ Fests successful.
Jim Sewell, Executive Director
Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Board of Tourism
