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Mar 11 2013

Butts-N-Brews Kicks Down the Door to Las Vegas!

Butts-N-Brews Kicks Down the Door to Las Vegas!

submitted by Greg Hoyt

A new wave of teams swept through The Statesboro Music Festival’s Battle Of The BoroQue! The GBA’s first contest in Statesboro, Georgia turned out to be a real home field advantage for Bubba Hunt and the Butts-N-Brews BBQ team.

Battle of the Boroque Grand Champion

The BoroQue was Butts-N-Brews first ever sanctioned competition and they walked away with the Grand Championship punching their ticket to Las Vegas to represent the GBA, Statesboro and the Battle of the BoroQue! TC’s BBQ turned in a solid day across the board winning the Reserve Championship.

Battle of the Boroque Reserve Grand Champion

Nineteen teams smoked and served great product to appreciative judges. The weekend weather that has pounded Georgia over the past few weeks broke and we were blessed with a fabulous weekend for a cook-off. Everyone heard the blues at the Music Festival but no one had the blues!

GBA icons Bubba Grills, Bethel Smokers and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack were joined by five teams who made their first appearances as GBA finalists.

Lee Sweats and Sweats BBQ finaled in Ribs and Pork Loin.

TC’s BBQ, led by Tim Coleman and David Mixon of Smokin Dilla’s finaled in Pulled Pork. Bubba Hunt led Butts-N-Brews to a Pork Loin final along with Don Poe of Kiwani’s Q.

Bubba Grills took first in Ribs followed by Bethel Smokers and Sweats BBQ.

Battle of the Boroque First Place Ribs

Sauced Hog Smoke Shack won Pulled Pork with TC’s BBQ and Smokin Dillas coming on strong.

Battle of the BoroQue First Place Pulled Pork

The Pork Loin Finals were where the action was. The finals table was made up of teams who competing in their first GBA events and two teams were competing for the first time ever. Butts-N-Brews BBQ team won the Pork Loin category and the Grand Championship with their Pork Loin.

		Pulled Pork			Pork Loin
1	592.8	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK	1	595.4	BUTTS-N-BREWS
2	591.8	TC’S BBQ	2	584.5	SWEAT’S BBQ
3	578.9	SMOKIN DILLAS	3	578.6	KIWANI’S Q
4	587.5	SMOKIN AJ’S	4	585.2	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
5	587.2	BETHEL SMOKERS	5	584.8	PARTY PORKERS
6	584	PARTY PORKERS	6	583.3	K & K GRILL
7	583.9	BUBBA GRILL	7	579.1	SMOKIN AJ’S
8	583	5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE	8	578.9	BUBBA GRILL
9	580.9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	9	577	TC’S BBQ
10	580.4	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	10	575.7	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
11	576.9	BUTTS-N-BREWS	11	572	SMOKIN DILLAS
12	576.1	RUB SHAKERS QUE	12	571.9	RUB SHAKERS QUE
13	575.6	SWEAT’S BBQ	13	565.1	BETHEL SMOKERS
14	573.5	K & K GRILL	14	564.8	EAGLE CREEK SMOKE
15	572.1	DOC & DICIES	15	563.5	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
16	568.5	EAGLE CREEK SMOKE	16	562.5	5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE
17	566.8	KIWANI’S Q	17	556.1	BACKYARD PORKERS
18	561.9	BACKYARD PORKERS	18	0	DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC
19	561.5	DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC	19	0	DOC & DICIES

		RIBS
1	592.8	BUBBA GRILL
2	591.8	BETHEL SMOKERS
3	584.9	SWEAT’S BBQ
4	587.9	5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE
5	586.5	TC’S BBQ
6	585.5	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
7	581.9	SMOKIN DILLAS
8	580.6	SMOKIN AJ’S
9	580.3	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
10	577.3	K & K GRILL
11	576.2	PARTY PORKERS
12	575.7	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13	575.3	BUTTS-N-BREWS
14	574.7	RUB SHAKERS QUE
15	569.6	KIWANI’S Q
16	568.7	DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC
17	567.1	BACKYARD PORKERS
18	558.3	DOC & DICIES
19	555.4	EAGLE CREEK SMOKE

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	TC’S BBQ	586.5	599.1	577	1762.6
2	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK	580.3	595.4	585.2	1760.9
3	SWEAT’S BBQ	589.81	575.6	591.4	1756.8
4	BUBBA GRILL	592.8	583.9	578.9	1755.6
5	SMOKIN AJ’S	580.6	587.5	579.1	1747.2
6	PARTY PORKERS	576.2	584	584.8	1745
7	SMOKIN DILLAS	581.9	588.8	572	1742.7
8	BETHEL SMOKERS	590.2	587.2	565.1	1742.5
9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	585.5	580.9	575.7	1742.1
10	BUTTS-N-BREWS	575.3	576.9	586	1738.2
11	K & K GRILL	577.3	573.5	583.3	1734.1
12	5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE	587.9	583	562.5	1733.4
13	RUB SHAKERS QUE	574.7	576.1	571.9	1722.7
14	KIWANI’S Q	569.6	566.8	586	1722.4
15	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	575.7	580.4	563.5	1719.6
16	EAGLE CREEK SMOKE	555.4	568.5	564.8	1688.7
17	BACKYARD PORKERS	567.1	561.9	556.1	1685.1
18	DOC & DICIES	558.3	572.1	0	1130.4
19	DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC	568.7	561.5	0	1130.2

Mar 03 2013

Cookin’ with Stump.com Near Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’

Cookin’ with Stump.com Near Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’

Walter “Stump” McDowell of Cookin’ With Stump.com finaled in all three categories at the Plains Pig Pickin’ 2013 then scored a near perfect 599.7 in the Loin Finals to claim the Grand Championship. Former President Jimmy Carter presented the trophy to all the winners in his hometown event.

Grand Champion – Cookin’ With Stump.com

Following Stump in Pork Loin, Holy Smoke, LLC claimed second place in their first GBA competition. Third place went to Git R Smoked. Bubba Grills finished in fourth place. Rescue Smokers rounded out the top five.

Git R Smoked, Terry McKay pitmaster, made the trip up from south Florida to give the GBA a try & made finals in Loin & Ribs to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – Git R Smoked

Big Moe Cason & Ponderosa BBQ out of Iowa made an even longer drive to check out the GBA competition. Two finals and a win in Pulled Pork made the trip worthwhile. Rescue Smokers took second place honors in Pulled Pork. Cookin’ with Stump.com laid claim to third place. Git R Smoked and Anarque finished fourth & fifth respectively.

First Place Pulled Pork – Ponderosa BBQ

Git R Smoked topped the Ribs category with Ponderosa BBQ in second and Cookin’ With Stump.com in third. Bethel Smokers missed finals in Ribs by 0.1 of a point and finished fourth. Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade edged out Rescue Smokers for fifth place by 0.3 of a point.

Complete Standings for Plains Pig Pickin’ 2013 (1st- 3rd scores are from final rounds; 4th place and down are preliminary round scores):

		PORK LOIN
1	599.7	COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM
2	588.5	HOLY SMOKE LLC
3	584.3	GIT R SMOKED
4	591.5	BUBBA GRILLS
5	589.1	RESCUE SMOKERS
6	586.9	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
7	584.7	SMOKIN GRILL
8	584	JETHRO’S COOKING CREW
9	581.2	PONDEROSA BBQ
10	579.9	SMOKIN Ajs
11	578.1	WOOD SHED
12	576	AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE
13	575.7	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
14	575.4	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
15	575.3	ANARQUE
16	573.7	SMOKESTACK BBQ
17	571.8	BETHEL SMOKERS

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	596.4	GIT R SMOKED	1	598.2	PONDEROSA BBQ
2	595.1	PONDEROSA BBQ	2	596.1	RESCUE SMOKERS
3	576.7	COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM	3	590.2	COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM
4	595.1	BETHEL SMOKERS	4	595.5	GIT R SMOKED
5	590.8	AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE	5	595.1	ANARQUE
6	590.5	RESCUE SMOKERS	6	591.2	BETHEL SMOKERS
7	590.2	ANARQUE	7	586.4	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
8	587.5	SMOKIN Ajs	8	584.5	BUBBA GRILLS
9	582.7	JETHRO’S COOKING CREW	9	584.3	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
10	582.1	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	10	584.2	AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE
11	579.6	HOLY SMOKE LLC	11	582.7	SMOKIN Ajs
12	577	WOOD SHED	12	582	HOLY SMOKE LLC
13	575	SMOKESTACK BBQ	13	578.7	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
14	571.3	BUBBA GRILLS	14	576.8	JETHRO’S COOKING CREW
15	567.9	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	15	575.7	SMOKIN GRILL
16	564.5	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	16	571.8	WOOD SHED
17	559.8	SMOKIN GRILL	17	560	SMOKESTACK BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	GIT R SMOKED	595.2	595.5	599.4	1790.1
2	COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM	595.4	599.7	591.8	1786.9
3	RESCUE SMOKERS	590.5	599.1	589.1	1778.7
4	PONDEROSA BBQ	596.4	595.7	581.2	1773.3
5	ANARQUE	590.2	595.1	575.3	1760.6
6	BETHEL SMOKERS	595.1	591.2	571.8	1758.1
7	HOLY SMOKE LLC	579.6	582	596.4	1758
8	AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE	590.8	584.2	576	1751
9	SMOKIN Ajs	587.5	582.7	579.9	1750.1
10	BUBBA GRILLS	571.3	584.5	591.5	1747.3
11	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	582.1	586.4	575.4	1743.9
12	JETHRO’S COOKING CREW	582.7	576.8	584	1743.5
13	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	564.5	584.3	586.9	1735.7
14	WOOD SHED	577	571.8	578.1	1726.9
15	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	567.9	578.7	575.7	1722.3
16	SMOKIN GRILL	559.8	575.7	584.7	1720.2
17	SMOKESTACK BBQ	575	560	573.7	1708.7

Feb 24 2013

When you say Budmeisters ….

When you say Budmeisters …

At Pigs & Wings 2013 in Perry, GA, the crowd heard Budmeisters called often and most importantly, last. 42 teams persevered almost constaant rain for the 2 days to turn in great barbecue.

Pitmaster Thomas Henry’s team became just the third team in GBA history to win all three GBA categories en route to the Grand Championship. Budmeisters also won the Overall Championship for the contest that went to the team with the highest cumulative score of the the GBA categories of Pork Loin, Pulled Pork & Ribs along with ancillary categories of Brisket and Chicken.

Budmiester’s dominating performance created a pass down for Reserve Grand Championship. With a 2nd in Loin, 8th in Pork and 14th in Ribs; Chris Coleman & Dirty South BBQ claimed the Reserve Grand Championship.

Following Budmeisters and Dirty South BBQ in Pork Loin was Anarque in third place. Fouth place went to D.W.’s Kountry Cookers with Sauced Hogs Smokeshack in fifth place. Runner up in Pork was D.W.s Kountry Cookers. Killer B’s BBQ took third place and Que the Music claimed fourth. Forest’s Fine Foods edged Bethel Smokers for fifth place by 0.3 of a point. Superior Smokers had the second place Rib entry for the day. Bethel Smokers, Shadetree BBQ & Soithern Paradise finished third thru fifth respectively.

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	594.7	Budmeisters	1	585.8	Budmeisters
2	580.2	Superior Smokers	2	583.2	DW Kountry Cookerss
3	570.6	Bethel Smokers	3	580.5	Killer B’s BBQ
4	594.2	Shadetree smokers	4	593	Que the Music
5	593.8	Southern Paradise	5	591.8	Forest Fine Foods
6	592.8	Killer B’s BBQ	6	591.5	Bethel Smokers
7	590	Watts Smokin	7	590.8	Fiddlers BBQ
8	589.7	Smokin Swine BBA	8	590.6	Dirty South BBQ
9	589	Smokin’ AJ’s	9	588.8	Party Fowl BBQ
10	587.6	Cook’s Portable Smokehouse	10	588.8	Heavenly Hawgs
11	587.6	Captian Jacks BBQ	11	588.5	Superior Smokers
12	587.3	CrossRoad Cookers BBQ	12	588	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
13	586.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	13	587.9	Cookin W Stump .Com
14	586.6	Dirty South BBQ	14	586.9	Smokin’ AJ’s
15	583.9	Bubba Grills	15	586.9	Bubba Grills
16	583.9	Blazin Butts	16	585.6	Drive By Smokers
17	582.7	Old Henry’s BBQ	17	585.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
18	582.2	Drive By Smokers	18	585	Captian Jacks BBQ
19	582.2	Law DawgBBQ	19	584	Up n Smoke
20	582.1	Que the Music	20	583.4	Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
21	581.1	E. T. s’s BBQ	21	582.1	Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade
22	579.7	Smokey Butts	22	581.5	Smokey Butts
23	579	Wilde Smoke	23	581.1	Blazin Butts
24	578.4	DW Kountry Cookerss	24	580.7	Law DawgBBQ
25	578	Double D’s Dirt	25	580.5	Muchees Smokehouse
26	577	Heavenly Hawgs	26	579.7	5 oclock Somehwere
27	576.8	Dixie Davis Smokers	27	579.5	Dixie Davis Smokers
28	575.7	Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade	28	579.4	Double D’s Dirt
29	575.1	Rescue Smokers	29	579	E. T. s’s BBQ
30	574.7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	30	578.7	Rescue Smokers
31	574.5	Fiddlers BBQ	31	574.5	Old Henry’s BBQ
32	574.4	Muchees Smokehouse	32	574.1	CrossRoad Cookers BBQ
33	573.1	Forest Fine Foods	33	573.1	Anarque
34	572.5	Rufus Smoke BBQ	34	572.7	Shadetree smokers
35	572.4	Cookin W Stump .Com	35	569.9	Comsouth Oinker’s
36	571.6	Anarque	36	568	Watts Smokin
37	570.9	Party Fowl BBQ	37	567.3	Rufus Smoke BBQ
38	568.8	Comsouth Oinker’s	38	565.4	Southern Paradise
39	568.6	Wee Cookin	39	565.3	Smokin Swine BBA
40	567.9	Swamp Smoke Rizin BBQ	40	565	Swamp Smoke Rizin BBQ
41	564.5	Up n Smoke	41	562.1	Wilde Smoke
42	564.4	5 oclock Somehwere	42	555.6	Wee Cookin

		PORK LOIN
1	589.4	Budmeisters
2	583.8	Dirty South BBQ
3	562.4	Anarque
4	593.8	DW Kountry Cookerss
5	591.5	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
6	590	CrossRoad Cookers BBQ
7	589.1	Captian Jacks BBQ
8	588.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
9	587.5	Comsouth Oinker’s
10	586.3	Muchees Smokehouse
11	583.9	Heavenly Hawgs
12	583.9	Smokey Butts
13	582.3	Rufus Smoke BBQ
14	580.5	Old Henry’s BBQ
15	580.4	Bubba Grills
16	580.2	Rescue Smokers
17	579.6	Up n Smoke
18	578.7	Forest Fine Foods
19	577.3	Blazin Butts
20	576.9	Killer B’s BBQ
21	576.4	Superior Smokers
22	575.8	Que the Music
23	575.7	Law DawgBBQ
24	575.4	Watts Smokin
25	574.7	Cookin W Stump .Com
26	574.4	Dixie Davis Smokers
27	574.3	Shadetree smokers
28	573.7	5 oclock Somehwere
29	572.5	Swamp Smoke Rizin BBQ
30	572.1	E. T. s’s BBQ
31	571.8	Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
32	571.7	Smokin’ AJ’s
33	570.5	Smokin Swine BBA
34	569.7	Fiddlers BBQ
35	568.8	Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade
36	568.2	Wilde Smoke
37	565.5	Party Fowl BBQ
38	564	Southern Paradise
39	561.8	Drive By Smokers
40	561.3	Double D’s Dirt
41	560.3	Bethel Smokers
42	547.8	Wee Cookin

		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Budmeisters	596.7	596.4	595.4	1788.5
2	Dirty South BBQ	586.6	590.6	595.4	1772.6
3	Killer B’s BBQ	592.8	598.2	576.9	1767.9
4	DW Kountry Cookerss	578.4	593.9	593.8	1766.1
5	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	586.6	585.6	591.5	1763.7
6	Captian Jacks BBQ	587.6	585	589.1	1761.7
7	Superior Smokers	596.1	588.5	576.4	1761
8	CrossRoad Cookers BBQ	587.3	574.1	590	1751.4
9	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	574.7	588	588.6	1751.3
10	Bubba Grills	583.9	586.9	580.4	1751.2
11	Que the Music	582.1	593	575.8	1750.9
12	Heavenly Hawgs	577	588.8	583.9	1749.7
13	Smokin’ AJ’s	589	586.9	571.7	1747.6
14	Bethel Smokers	595.1	591.5	560.3	1746.9
15	Smokey Butts	579.7	581.5	583.9	1745.1
16	Forest Fine Foods	573.1	591.8	578.7	1743.6
17	Cook’s Portable Smokehouse	587.6	583.4	571.8	1742.8
18	Blazin Butts	583.9	581.1	577.3	1742.3
19	Shadetree smokers	594.2	572.7	574.3	1741.2
20	Muchees Smokehouse	574.4	580.5	586.3	1741.2
21	Anarque	571.6	573.1	596.2	1740.9
22	Law DawgBBQ	582.2	580.7	575.7	1738.6
23	Old Henry’s BBQ	582.7	574.5	580.5	1737.7
24	Fiddlers BBQ	574.5	590.8	569.7	1735
25	Cookin W Stump .Com	572.4	587.9	574.7	1735
26	Rescue Smokers	575.1	578.7	580.2	1734
27	Watts Smokin	590	568	575.4	1733.4
28	E. T. s’s BBQ	581.1	579	572.1	1732.2
29	Dixie Davis Smokers	576.8	579.5	574.4	1730.7
30	Drive By Smokers	582.2	585.6	561.8	1729.6
31	Up n Smoke	564.5	584	579.6	1728.1
32	Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade	575.7	582.1	568.8	1726.6
33	Comsouth Oinker’s	568.8	569.9	587.5	1726.2
34	Smokin Swine BBA	589.7	565.3	570.5	1725.5
35	Party Fowl BBQ	570.9	588.8	565.5	1725.2
36	Southern Paradise	593.8	565.4	564	1723.2
37	Rufus Smoke BBQ	572.5	567.3	582.3	1722.1
38	Double D’s Dirt	578	579.4	561.3	1718.7
39	5 oclock Somehwere	564.4	579.7	573.7	1717.8
40	Wilde Smoke	579	562.1	568.2	1709.3
41	Swamp Smoke Rizin BBQ	567.9	565	572.5	1705.4
42	Wee Cookin	568.6	555.6	547.8	1672

Feb 05 2013

World Food Championship Announcement

World Food Championship Announcement

The Georgia Barbecue Association is pleased to announce in conjunction with The World Food Championships that the GBA now has an invitation for :

The Georgia State Champion in Ft Valley, Com South Hambone Jam
Statesboro Music Festival, Statesboro Ga ( both GBA and MBN teams)
Breanau Barbecue Championship, Gainesville Ga (both GBA and MBN teams)
GBA Goin Costal, Fernandina Beach Florida

As you may remember last year we were well represented by only one team and this year we will be represented by FOUR teams.

Way to GO! to the Georgia Barbecue Association and remember, “It’s All About The Taste”!!!

Jan 31 2013

Registration for Statesboro Judge Class now open

Registration for the Judge Training Class to be held in Statesboro on February 16, 2013 is now open. Sign in will begin at 1:00 pm. The class will begin at 2:30 pm. The location of the class will be announced soon. Please go to the contest page for the link to the class application form.

The fee for the class is $25 per person. You must be a member of the GBA to take the class. Membership fee for the GBA is $35/year for individuals or $50/year for a family of two. You may pay your class fee & membership fee at the class.