Nov 15 2017
Grand Champion – Kelvin’s BBQ
Jackson, GA — Kelvin’s BBQ, led by Kelvin Epps, topped the finals round with their Pulled Pork entry to take the Grand Championship at Smokin’ Pork N Butts. Dennis Morris of Weekend Warriors finished 4th in Loin, 5th in Pulled Pork and 9th in Ribs to take home the Reserve Grand Championship with the highest cumulative score from the preliminary rounds.
Reserve Grand Champion – Weekend Warriors
Off the Chain BBQ won the Loin competition with Flying Pig BBQ in second and Kelvin’s BBQ in third place. Kelvin’s BBQ topped the field in Pulled Pork. Daddy O’s BBQ was runner-up with Southern Hogs in third place. Old Henry’s BBQ walked last in Ribs. Taking 2nd place was 4 K’s BBQ. Third place went to Hootie Q.
First, second & third place scores are from finals round. All other scores are preliminary round scores.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 587.8 | Off the Chain | 1 | 588 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 1 | 578.3 | Old Henry’s BBQ | ||
| 2 | 584.5 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | 2 | 579.8 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | 2 | 577.1 | 4K’s BBQ | ||
| 3 | 574.6 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 3 | 578.1 | Southern Hogs | 3 | 574.5 | Hootie Q | ||
| 4 | 599.1 | Weekend Warriors BBQ | 4 | 599.1 | Ball Hawgs | 4 | 596.4 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 5 | 598.8 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 5 | 598.8 | Weekend Warriors BBQ | 5 | 595.5 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | ||
| 6 | 596.4 | We Want Que | 6 | 595.8 | Off the Chain | 6 | 594.8 | Pirates of Porkscents | ||
| 7 | 595.4 | 4K’s BBQ | 7 | 594.8 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | 7 | 591.5 | Smokin The Good Stuff | ||
| 8 | 595.2 | Just Smok “N” Around | 8 | 591.6 | We Want Que | 8 | 590.9 | Just Smok “N” Around | ||
| 9 | 592.5 | Statesboro Blues BBQ | 9 | 590.9 | Sharkbite BBQ | 9 | 590.2 | Weekend Warriors BBQ | ||
| 10 | 591.2 | Hold Your Horses | 10 | 590.2 | Hootie Q | 10 | 588.5 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | ||
| 11 | 590.3 | Q4U | 11 | 589.2 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 11 | 588.2 | Statesboro Blues BBQ | ||
| 12 | 587 | Alibi Barbeque | 12 | 587.2 | Statesboro Blues BBQ | 12 | 587.9 | Alibi Barbeque | ||
| 13 | 585.9 | Southern Hogs | 13 | 586.6 | Pirates of Porkscents | 13 | 587.9 | We Want Que | ||
| 14 | 584.3 | Sharkbite BBQ | 14 | 585.7 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 14 | 586.9 | Atlanta Butts Society | ||
| 15 | 581.7 | Pirates of Porkscents | 15 | 585.6 | 4K’s BBQ | 15 | 586.9 | Kelvin’s BBQ | ||
| 16 | 576.6 | Ball Hawgs | 16 | 582 | Atlanta Butts Society | 16 | 586 | Off the Chain | ||
| 17 | 571.4 | Hootie Q | 17 | 581.6 | Hold Your Horses | 17 | 586 | Ball Hawgs | ||
| 18 | 571.1 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 18 | 578.1 | Q4U | 18 | 580 | Q4U | ||
| 19 | 570.1 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | 19 | 574.7 | Just Smok “N” Around | 19 | 576.1 | Sharkbite BBQ | ||
| 20 | 569.1 | Atlanta Butts Society | 20 | 573.4 | Alibi Barbeque | 20 | 569.2 | Hold Your Horses |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Weekend Warriors BBQ | 599.1 | 598.8 | 590.2 | 1788.1 | |
| 2 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 599.4 | 599.7 | 586.9 | 1786.0 | |
| 3 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | 599.4 | 594.8 | 588.5 | 1782.7 | |
| 4 | Southern Hogs | 585.9 | 599.4 | 596.4 | 1781.7 | |
| 5 | Off the Chain | 599.4 | 595.8 | 586.0 | 1781.2 | |
| 6 | 4K’s BBQ | 595.4 | 585.6 | 599.1 | 1780.1 | |
| 7 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 598.8 | 589.2 | 591.5 | 1779.5 | |
| 8 | We Want Que | 596.4 | 591.6 | 587.9 | 1775.9 | |
| 9 | Statesboro Blues BBQ | 592.5 | 587.2 | 588.2 | 1767.9 | |
| 10 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | 570.1 | 599.4 | 595.5 | 1765.0 | |
| 11 | Pirates of Porkscents | 581.7 | 586.6 | 594.8 | 1763.1 | |
| 12 | Ball Hawgs | 576.6 | 599.1 | 586.0 | 1761.7 | |
| 13 | Just Smok “N” Around | 595.2 | 574.7 | 590.9 | 1760.8 | |
| 14 | Hootie Q | 571.4 | 590.2 | 598.2 | 1759.8 | |
| 15 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 571.1 | 585.7 | 599.4 | 1756.2 | |
| 16 | Sharkbite BBQ | 584.3 | 590.9 | 576.1 | 1751.3 | |
| 17 | Q4U | 590.3 | 578.1 | 580.0 | 1748.4 | |
| 18 | Alibi Barbeque | 587.0 | 573.4 | 587.9 | 1748.3 | |
| 19 | Hold Your Horses | 591.2 | 581.6 | 569.2 | 1742.0 | |
| 20 | Atlanta Butts Society | 569.1 | 582.0 | 586.9 | 1738.0 |
Oct 24 2017
Milledgeville — Its was quite the weekend for Dennis & Mary Morris of Weekend Warriors BBQ Team at the Deep Roots Festival. The team won both the Loin & Ribs categories, but it was the Ribs entry that brought home the Grand Championship & the GBA State Championship.
Grand Champion – Weekend Warriors
5 O’Clock Somewhere, led by Brian Robinson, had a perfect 600 score in Pulled Pork preliminary round along with a 598.2 in Loin and 591.9 in Ribs to win the Reserve Grand Championship.
Weekend Warriors led the way in Loin, followed by Smokin The Good Stuff. Real South BBQ came in 3rd place. In Pulled Pork, Hold Your Horses took top honors. Rub Shakers Que was runner-up with 3rd place going to 5 O’Clock Somewhere. It was Weekend Warriors, once again, walking in 1st place in Ribs. Hootie Q finished 2nd with Rub Shakers Que finishing in 3rd place.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 587.8 | Weekend Warriors | 1 | 581.4 | Hold Your Horses | 1 | 588.5 | Weekend Warriors | ||
| 2 | 583.9 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 2 | 577.8 | Rub Shakers Que | 2 | 582.1 | Hootie Q | ||
| 3 | 574.2 | Real South BBQ | 3 | 575.9 | 5 Oclock Somewhere BBQ | 3 | 571.4 | Rub Shakers Que | ||
| 4 | 598.2 | 5 O’clock Somewhere BBQ | 4 | 599.1 | Swine Dinning | 4 | 598.8 | Smokin The Good Stuff | ||
| 5 | 597.3 | TLS BBQ | 5 | 598.2 | Sensational Pigs | 5 | 598.51 | Hold Your Horses | ||
| 6 | 595.8 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 6 | 595.5 | Bite My Butt BBQ | 6 | 598.5 | Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats | ||
| 7 | 595.7 | Rescue Smokers | 7 | 595.4 | Bubba Grills | 7 | 596.7 | Smoke Shack | ||
| 8 | 595.51 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 8 | 594.9 | Hootie Q | 8 | 595.8 | The Bbq Ninja | ||
| 9 | 595.5 | Smoke Shack | 9 | 593.9 | TLS BBQ | 9 | 594.91 | We Want Que | ||
| 10 | 594.9 | The Bbq Ninja | 10 | 593.4 | Johnnie McDade Grocery | 10 | 594.9 | Blue Diablo BBQ | ||
| 11 | 594.8 | Johnson Boys BBQ | 11 | 591.8 | McQue BBQ | 11 | 594.6 | Real South BBQ | ||
| 12 | 593.9 | Southern Hogs | 12 | 591.6 | Rescue Smokers | 12 | 594.2 | Bite My Butt BBQ | ||
| 13 | 590.8 | Just Blowing Smoke | 13 | 591.2 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 13 | 591.9 | 5 O’clock Somewhere BBQ | ||
| 14 | 590.2 | Hold Your Horses | 14 | 590.6 | Weekend Warriors | 14 | 591.5 | Raging Smoke BBQ | ||
| 15 | 589.3 | Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats | 15 | 590.3 | Just Blowing Smoke | 15 | 591.5 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 16 | 588.9 | Southern Dawgs BBQ | 16 | 589.3 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 16 | 591.5 | Big Butts | ||
| 17 | 588.5 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 17 | 589.1 | Big Butts | 17 | 591.3 | Swine Dinning | ||
| 18 | 587.6 | Rotary Roasters | 18 | 587.2 | The Bbq Ninja | 18 | 590.9 | Bubba Grills | ||
| 19 | 586.6 | Party Porkers | 19 | 585.7 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 19 | 590.9 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 20 | 586 | McQue BBQ | 20 | 585.4 | Southern Dawgs BBQ | 20 | 589.8 | Johnson Boys BBQ | ||
| 21 | 585.8 | Bubba Grills | 21 | 584.7 | Real South BBQ | 21 | 587.3 | TLS BBQ | ||
| 22 | 585.4 | Hootie Q | 22 | 583.6 | Southern Hogs | 22 | 587.3 | McQue BBQ | ||
| 23 | 584.9 | Two Breasts and a Butt BBQ | 23 | 582.4 | Smoke Shack | 23 | 587.3 | Party Porkers | ||
| 24 | 584.7 | Statesboro Blues BBQ | 24 | 581.7 | Party Porkers | 24 | 586.7 | Rotary Roasters | ||
| 25 | 582.3 | Swine Dinning | 25 | 581.7 | Rotary Roasters | 25 | 586.4 | Sensational Pigs | ||
| 26 | 581.9 | We Want Que | 26 | 581.2 | Johnson Boys BBQ | 26 | 586.1 | Just Blowing Smoke | ||
| 27 | 581.4 | Big Butts | 27 | 580.2 | Maxus Porkamus | 27 | 585.4 | Old Henry’s BBQ | ||
| 28 | 580 | Doc & Dicie’s BBQ | 28 | 579 | Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats | 28 | 583.1 | Southern Dawgs BBQ | ||
| 29 | 578.7 | Bite My Butt BBQ | 29 | 578.8 | Statesboro Blues BBQ | 29 | 572.6 | Statesboro Blues BBQ | ||
| 30 | 577.5 | Johnnie McDade Grocery | 30 | 578.4 | We Want Que | 30 | 571.8 | Kelvin’s BBQ | ||
| 31 | 572.9 | Rub Shakers Que | 31 | 571.4 | Doc & Dicie’s BBQ | 31 | 569.6 | Johnnie McDade Grocery | ||
| 32 | 565.9 | Maxus Porkamus | 32 | 570.3 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 32 | 565 | Maxus Porkamus | ||
| 33 | 559.3 | Sensational Pigs | 33 | 562.6 | Two Breasts and a Butt BBQ | 33 | 563.6 | Doc & Dicie’s BBQ | ||
| 34 | 0 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 34 | 0 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 34 | 563.3 | Two Breasts and a Butt BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | 5 O’clock Somewhere BBQ | 598.2 | 600.0 | 591.9 | 1790.1 | |
| 2 | Weekend Warriors | 598.8 | 590.6 | 599.1 | 1788.5 | |
| 3 | Hold Your Horses | 590.2 | 599.4 | 598.5 | 1788.1 | |
| 4 | Hootie Q | 585.4 | 594.9 | 599.7 | 1780.0 | |
| 5 | Rescue Smokers | 595.7 | 591.6 | 591.5 | 1778.8 | |
| 6 | TLS BBQ | 597.3 | 593.9 | 587.3 | 1778.5 | |
| 7 | Real South BBQ | 598.8 | 584.7 | 594.6 | 1778.1 | |
| 8 | The Bbq Ninja | 594.9 | 587.2 | 595.8 | 1777.9 | |
| 9 | Smoke Shack | 595.5 | 582.4 | 596.7 | 1774.6 | |
| 10 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 595.8 | 585.7 | 591.5 | 1773.0 | |
| 11 | Swine Dinning | 582.3 | 599.1 | 591.3 | 1772.7 | |
| 12 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 595.5 | 591.2 | 585.4 | 1772.1 | |
| 13 | Bubba Grills | 585.8 | 595.4 | 590.9 | 1772.1 | |
| 14 | Rub Shakers Que | 572.9 | 599.7 | 599.1 | 1771.7 | |
| 15 | Smokin The Good Stuff | 599.4 | 570.3 | 598.8 | 1768.5 | |
| 16 | Bite My Butt BBQ | 578.7 | 595.5 | 594.2 | 1768.4 | |
| 17 | Southern Hogs | 593.9 | 583.6 | 590.9 | 1768.4 | |
| 18 | Just Blowing Smoke | 590.8 | 590.3 | 586.1 | 1767.2 | |
| 19 | Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats | 589.3 | 579.0 | 598.5 | 1766.8 | |
| 20 | Johnson Boys BBQ | 594.8 | 581.2 | 589.8 | 1765.8 | |
| 21 | McQue BBQ | 586.0 | 591.8 | 587.3 | 1765.1 | |
| 22 | Big Butts | 581.4 | 589.1 | 591.5 | 1762.0 | |
| 23 | Southern Dawgs BBQ | 588.9 | 585.4 | 583.1 | 1757.4 | |
| 24 | Rotary Roasters | 587.6 | 581.7 | 586.7 | 1756.0 | |
| 25 | Party Porkers | 586.6 | 581.7 | 587.3 | 1755.6 | |
| 26 | We Want Que | 581.9 | 578.4 | 594.9 | 1755.2 | |
| 27 | Sensational Pigs | 559.3 | 598.2 | 586.4 | 1743.9 | |
| 28 | Johnnie McDade Grocery | 577.5 | 593.4 | 569.6 | 1740.5 | |
| 29 | Statesboro Blues BBQ | 584.7 | 578.8 | 572.6 | 1736.1 | |
| 30 | Doc & Dicie’s BBQ | 580.0 | 571.4 | 563.6 | 1715.0 | |
| 31 | Maxus Porkamus | 565.9 | 580.2 | 565.0 | 1711.1 | |
| 32 | Two Breasts and a Butt BBQ | 584.9 | 562.6 | 563.3 | 1710.8 | |
| 33 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 0.0 | 589.3 | 594.9 | 1184.2 | |
| 34 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 588.5 | 0.0 | 571.8 | 1160.3 |
Oct 10 2017
Woodstock, GA – Doug and Joann Johnson of Smokin’ J’s BBQ claimed their first Grand Championship with their winning Ribs entry at the Cadence Fair BBQ competion.
Grand Champion – Smokin’ J’s BBQ
We Want Que made finals in both Loin and Ribs along with 11th in Pulled Pork to take home the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Grand Champion – We Want Que
Southern Hogs won the Loin category; followed by We Want Que in 2nd and Smokin the Good Stuff in 3rd place. In Pulled Pork, Rescue Smokers took top honors. Smokin the Good Stuff was runner-up with Just Blowing Smoke in third. Smokin’ J’s BBQ was 1st in Ribs with If You Smoke It They Will Come taking 2nd and We Want Que rounding out the top three.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 583.8 | Southern Hogs | 1 | 585.3 | Rescue Smokers | 1 | 593 | Smokin J’s BBQ | ||
| 2 | 575 | We Want Que | 2 | 577.5 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 2 | 582.3 | If you Smoke It, They will Come | ||
| 3 | 573 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 3 | 575.9 | Just Blowing Smoke | 3 | 573.9 | We Want Que | ||
| 4 | 596.8 | Bubonic BBQ | 4 | 595.4 | Southern Hogs | 4 | 594.5 | Napalm Sticks To Pigs | ||
| 5 | 596.4 | Rescue Smokers | 5 | 593.4 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 5 | 593.8 | Just Blowing Smoke | ||
| 6 | 594.5 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 6 | 592.81 | Hootie Q | 6 | 591.8 | Smoke Shack BBQ | ||
| 7 | 593.1 | Hootie Q | 7 | 592.8 | If You Smoke it, They will Come | 7 | 591.5 | Big Ox BBQ | ||
| 8 | 590.5 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 8 | 591.8 | Bubonic BBQ | 8 | 591.2 | Pirates of PorkScents | ||
| 9 | 589.3 | Flyin Pig BBQ | 9 | 591.1 | Smoking Butts BBQ | 9 | 588.5 | Smoking Butts BBQ | ||
| 10 | 588.8 | Pirates of PorkScents | 10 | 590.2 | Flyin Pig BBQ | 10 | 585.6 | Smokin the Good Stuff | ||
| 11 | 583 | Just Blowing Smoke | 11 | 589.3 | We Want Que | 11 | 584.9 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 12 | 579.3 | Big Ox BBQ | 12 | 589.2 | Big Bad Wolf BBQ | 12 | 583.9 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 13 | 579.3 | Smokin J’s BBQ | 13 | 584.4 | Big Ox BBQ | 13 | 583.5 | Kelvin’s BBQ | ||
| 14 | 578.8 | East Coast BBQ | 14 | 582.7 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 14 | 583 | Big Bad Wolf BBQ | ||
| 15 | 578.3 | Saucy’s BBQ | 15 | 580.6 | Squealz on Wheelz | 15 | 582.7 | Flyin Pig BBQ | ||
| 16 | 577.3 | Smoking Butts BBQ | 16 | 580 | We Rub Our Butts | 16 | 582 | Saucy’s BBQ | ||
| 17 | 573.7 | We Rub Our Butts | 17 | 579.3 | Pirates of PorkScents | 17 | 581.3 | East Coast BBQ | ||
| 18 | 572.8 | GTQ | 18 | 579 | Napalm Sticks To Pigs | 18 | 578.4 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | ||
| 19 | 572.4 | If You Smoke it, They will Come | 19 | 572.6 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 19 | 573.2 | GTQ | ||
| 20 | 571.2 | Big Bad Wolf BBQ | 20 | 571.4 | Saucy’s BBQ | 20 | 572.8 | Squealz on Wheelz | ||
| 21 | 570.1 | Napalm Sticks To Pigs | 21 | 567.5 | Smokin J’s BBQ | 21 | 572.6 | Hootie Q | ||
| 22 | 569.4 | Squealz on Wheelz | 22 | 565.9 | GTQ | 22 | 564.4 | We Rub Our Butts | ||
| 23 | 567.9 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 23 | 564.5 | East Coast BBQ | 23 | 555.3 | Bubonic BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | |||
| 1 | We Want Que | 598.0 | 589.3 | 596.4 | 1783.7 | ||
| 2 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 599.7 | 598.2 | 585.6 | 1783.5 | ||
| 3 | Southern Hogs | 599.7 | 595.4 | 583.9 | 1779.0 | ||
| 4 | Rescue Smokers | 596.4 | 595.8 | 584.9 | 1777.1 | ||
| 5 | Just Blowing Smoke | 583.0 | 596.7 | 593.8 | 1773.5 | ||
| 6 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 594.5 | 593.4 | 578.4 | 1766.3 | ||
| 7 | Flyin Pig BBQ | 589.3 | 590.2 | 582.7 | 1762.2 | ||
| 8 | If You Smoke it, They will Come | 572.4 | 592.8 | 596.7 | 1761.9 | ||
| 9 | Pirates of PorkScents | 588.8 | 579.3 | 591.2 | 1759.3 | ||
| 10 | Hootie Q | 593.1 | 592.8 | 572.6 | 1758.5 | ||
| 11 | Smoking Butts BBQ | 577.3 | 591.1 | 588.5 | 1756.9 | ||
| 12 | Big Ox BBQ | 579.3 | 584.4 | 591.5 | 1755.2 | ||
| 13 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 590.5 | 572.6 | 583.5 | 1746.6 | ||
| 14 | Bubonic BBQ | 596.8 | 591.8 | 555.3 | 1743.9 | ||
| 15 | Napalm Sticks To Pigs | 570.1 | 579.0 | 594.5 | 1743.6 | ||
| 16 | Big Bad Wolf BBQ | 571.2 | 589.2 | 583.0 | 1743.4 | ||
| 17 | Smokin J’s BBQ | 579.3 | 567.5 | 596.1 | 1742.9 | ||
| 18 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 567.9 | 582.7 | 591.8 | 1742.4 | ||
| 19 | Saucy’s BBQ | 578.3 | 571.4 | 582.0 | 1731.7 | ||
| 20 | East Coast BBQ | 578.8 | 564.5 | 581.3 | 1724.6 | ||
| 21 | Squealz on Wheelz | 569.4 | 580.6 | 572.8 | 1722.8 | ||
| 22 | We Rub Our Butts | 573.7 | 580.0 | 564.4 | 1718.1 | ||
| 23 | GTQ | 572.8 | 565.9 | 573.2 | 1711.9 |
Sep 26 2017
Griffin, GA — The Blue Diablo BBQ team, led by Randy Meadows, captured their first Grand Championship at the Doc Holiday BBQ & Music Festival. Their Rib entry was judged the best overall entry in the finals round and got the last call of the day.
Grand Champion – Blue Diablo BBQ
Matt Sapp & Southern Hogs made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs plus added a 5th place showing in Loin to win the Reserve Grand Championship for the highest cumulative score in the three preliminary rounds. Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers had a perfect 600 score in the Ribs preliminary round.
Reserve Grand Champion – Southern Hogs
Rescue Smokers won the Loin category with Just Blowing Smoke taking 2nd & Smoking the Good Stuff taking 3rd place. It was Southern Hogs for the win in Pulled Pork. Swine Dining came in 2nd and We Want Que finished in 3rd place. Blue Diablo BBQ topped the Rib category. Rescue Smokers was runner-up with Southern Hog taking 3rd place.
In the GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun division, Carlos Thornton & Bull Hawgs won Pulled Pork while Wade Hutcheson & Notta Que won Ribs.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | FINAL | Rescue Smokers | 1 | FINAL | Southern Hogs | 1 | FINAL | Blue Diablo BBQ | ||
| 2 | FINAL | Just Blowing Smoke | 2 | FINAL | SwineDining | 2 | FINAL | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 3 | FINAL | Smoking the Good Stuff | 3 | FINAL | We Want Que | 3 | FINAL | Southern Hogs | ||
| 4 | 596.4 | Hootie Q | 4 | 593.91 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | 4 | 596.4 | Just Blowing Smoke | ||
| 5 | 596.1 | Southern Hogs | 5 | 593.9 | Pirates of Pork Scents | 5 | 595.2 | Smoking the Good Stuff | ||
| 6 | 595.4 | Swine Dining | 6 | 591.5 | Johnson Boys BBQ | 6 | 593.9 | Swine Dining | ||
| 7 | 594.8 | The BBQ Ninja | 7 | 590.9 | TLS BBQ | 7 | 592.21 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | ||
| 8 | 594.5 | CaJenn Q | 8 | 590.21 | Bearded BBQ | 8 | 592.2 | Pirates of Pork Scents | ||
| 9 | 592.1 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 9 | 590.2 | Just Blowing Smoke | 9 | 591.2 | The BBQ Ninja | ||
| 10 | 591.5 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 10 | 589.6 | Rescue Smokers | 10 | 590 | Burnt Bermuda BBQ | ||
| 11 | 586.3 | Johnson Boys BBQ | 11 | 589.3 | Wright on Q | 11 | 587.8 | Rub Shakers Q | ||
| 12 | 586.2 | Smoke Stack Lightning | 12 | 588.9 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 12 | 586.7 | Smoke Stack Lightning | ||
| 13 | 586.2 | Wright on Q | 13 | 588.5 | Flint River Cooking Team | 13 | 586.3 | Wright on Q | ||
| 14 | 584.2 | We Want Q | 14 | 588.5 | Smoke Stack Lightning | 14 | 586.3 | CaJenn Q | ||
| 15 | 583.9 | Big Butts BBQ | 15 | 585.7 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 15 | 586.3 | Flint River Cookers | ||
| 16 | 582.7 | Rub Shakers Q | 16 | 584.3 | Lang BBQ Team | 16 | 583 | Hot Ash Q | ||
| 17 | 582.3 | Hot Ash Q | 17 | 583.7 | JB’s Butthouse | 17 | 583 | Flint River Cooking Team | ||
| 18 | 581 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | 18 | 583.7 | CaJenn Q | 18 | 583 | Pork’N Butts | ||
| 19 | 580.5 | TLS BBQ | 19 | 583.2 | Jack Rabbit’s Smokin Q | 19 | 582.6 | We Want Q | ||
| 20 | 574.4 | Daddy-O’s | 20 | 581.4 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 20 | 582.2 | TLS BBQ | ||
| 21 | 574.2 | JB’s Butthouse | 21 | 579.5 | Hootie Q | 21 | 582 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | ||
| 22 | 572.1 | Bearded BBQ | 22 | 579.5 | Flint River Cookers | 22 | 580.8 | Hootie Q | ||
| 23 | 571.6 | Pork’N Butts | 23 | 578.4 | Pork’N Butts | 23 | 578.7 | Big Butts BBQ | ||
| 24 | 569.5 | Flint River Cookers | 24 | 578 | The BBQ Ninja | 24 | 577.3 | Raging Smoke BBQ | ||
| 25 | 569.3 | Lang BBQ Team | 25 | 576.1 | Daddy-O’s | 25 | 576.5 | Jack Rabbit’s Smokin Q | ||
| 26 | 568.2 | Flint River Cooking Team | 26 | 575.3 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 26 | 576.1 | Lang BBQ Team | ||
| 27 | 567.5 | Burnt Bermuda BBQ | 27 | 575.2 | Rub Shakers Q | 27 | 576.1 | Bearded BBQ | ||
| 28 | 566.9 | H & J | 28 | 574.8 | Burnt Bermuda BBQ | 28 | 575.4 | Johnson Boys BBQ | ||
| 29 | 566.7 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 29 | 574.2 | Smoking the Good Stuff | 29 | 573.8 | H & J | ||
| 30 | 566.6 | Pirates of Pork Scents | 30 | 573.8 | Big Butts BBQ | 30 | 570.8 | Kelvin’s BBQ | ||
| 31 | 562.3 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | 31 | 571.5 | H & J | 31 | 569.6 | Daddy-O’s | ||
| 32 | 558.5 | Jack Rabbit’s Smokin Q | 32 | 567.2 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | 32 | 567.7 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | ||
| 33 | 554.5 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 33 | 566.2 | Hot Ash Q | 33 | 557.5 | JB’s Butthouse |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Southern Hogs | 596.1 | 594.8 | 599.1 | 1790.0 | |
| 2 | Rescue Smokers | 599.1 | 589.6 | 600.0 | 1788.7 | |
| 3 | Swine Dining | 595.4 | 599.1 | 593.9 | 1788.4 | |
| 4 | Just Blowing Smoke | 599.4 | 590.2 | 596.4 | 1786.0 | |
| 5 | Smoking the Good Stuff | 599.7 | 574.2 | 595.2 | 1769.1 | |
| 6 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | 581.0 | 593.9 | 592.2 | 1767.1 | |
| 7 | CaJenn Q | 594.5 | 583.7 | 586.3 | 1764.5 | |
| 8 | The BBQ Ninja | 594.8 | 578.0 | 591.2 | 1764.0 | |
| 9 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 592.1 | 588.9 | 582.0 | 1763.0 | |
| 10 | We Want Q | 584.2 | 595.2 | 582.6 | 1762.0 | |
| 11 | Wright on Q | 586.2 | 589.3 | 586.3 | 1761.8 | |
| 12 | Smoke Stack Lightning | 586.2 | 588.5 | 586.7 | 1761.4 | |
| 13 | Hootie Q | 596.4 | 579.5 | 580.8 | 1756.7 | |
| 14 | TLS BBQ | 580.5 | 590.9 | 582.2 | 1753.6 | |
| 15 | Johnson Boys BBQ | 586.3 | 591.5 | 575.4 | 1753.2 | |
| 16 | Pirates of Pork Scents | 566.6 | 593.9 | 592.2 | 1752.7 | |
| 17 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 591.5 | 581.4 | 577.3 | 1750.2 | |
| 18 | Rub Shakers Q | 582.7 | 575.2 | 587.8 | 1745.7 | |
| 19 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 566.7 | 575.3 | 599.1 | 1741.1 | |
| 20 | Flint River Cooking Team | 568.2 | 588.5 | 583.0 | 1739.7 | |
| 21 | Bearded BBQ | 572.1 | 590.2 | 576.1 | 1738.4 | |
| 22 | Big Butts BBQ | 583.9 | 573.8 | 578.7 | 1736.4 | |
| 23 | Flint River Cookers | 569.5 | 579.5 | 586.3 | 1735.3 | |
| 24 | Pork’N Butts | 571.6 | 578.4 | 583.0 | 1733.0 | |
| 25 | Burnt Bermuda BBQ | 567.5 | 574.8 | 590.0 | 1732.3 | |
| 26 | Hot Ash Q | 582.3 | 566.2 | 583.0 | 1731.5 | |
| 27 | Lang BBQ Team | 569.3 | 584.3 | 576.1 | 1729.7 | |
| 28 | Daddy-O’s | 574.4 | 576.1 | 569.6 | 1720.1 | |
| 29 | Jack Rabbit’s Smokin Q | 558.5 | 583.2 | 576.5 | 1718.2 | |
| 30 | JB’s Butthouse | 574.2 | 583.7 | 557.5 | 1715.4 | |
| 31 | H & J | 566.9 | 571.5 | 573.8 | 1712.2 | |
| 32 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 554.5 | 585.7 | 570.8 | 1711.0 | |
| 33 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | 562.3 | 567.2 | 567.7 | 1697.2 |
| PULLED PORK | RIBS | |||||
| 1 | 595.1 | Ball Hawgs | 1 | 586.5 | Notta’ Clue | |
| 2 | 586.6 | Mason Dixon | 2 | 583.9 | Mason Dixon | |
| 3 | 583.9 | John’s BBQ Smokehouse | 3 | 582 | Ball Hawgs | |
| 4 | 581.1 | Notta’ Clue | 4 | 581.9 | BPG | |
| 5 | 576.1 | BPG | 5 | 572.1 | John’s BBQ Smokehouse |
Sep 20 2017
Brian Griffis of Flying Pigs BBQ got to hoist the “Big Check”for $5,000, the largest Grand Champion award in GBA history, as his Rib entry was the top scorer in the finals round at the South Georgia BBQ & Outdoor Festival in Douglas. It was a very even competition as 9 different teams advanced to the Finals round in the three meat categories.
Grand Champion – Flying Pigs
The Hold Your Horses BBQ team of Cary Chasteen made finals in Loin, placed 6th in Ribs and 7th in Pulled Pork to capture the Reserve Grand Championship and $2500.
Reserve Grand Champion – Hold Your Horses BBQ
Tim Coleman & Real South BBQ made finals for the first time ever on the Loin category. Their finals round Loin box was the best in the category & took 1st place. Hold Your Horses was runner-up with Johnson Boys BBQ in third. Southern Hogs topped the Pulled Pork category with Old Henry BBQ in 2nd & Hard Rock Hill BBQ rounding out the top three. Flying Pigs won Ribs. Bubba Grills came in 2nd place and Weekend Warriors took 3rd place.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | FINALS | Real South BBQ | 1 | FINALS | Southern Hogs | 1 | FINALS | Flying Pigs BBQ | ||
| 2 | FINALS | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 2 | FINALS | Old Henry BBQ | 2 | FINALS | Bubba Grills | ||
| 3 | FINALS | Johnson Boys | 3 | FINALS | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 3 | FINALS | Weedend Warriors | ||
| 4 | 598.8 | Flint River Cookers | 4 | 594.5 | Flint River Cookers | 4 | 594.2 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 5 | 595.8 | 2 Smokin Phat Boyz | 5 | 594.2 | Hootie Q | 5 | 591.9 | Smoking Outlaws | ||
| 6 | 595.5 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 6 | 591.5 | Flyin Pigs BBQ | 6 | 591.8 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | ||
| 7 | 594.81 | Weekend Warriors | 7 | 590.3 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 7 | 591.3 | Captian Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | ||
| 8 | 594.8 | Big Butts BBQ | 8 | 590 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 8 | 591.2 | Hootie Q | ||
| 9 | 591.3 | Flyin Pigs BBQ | 9 | 589.5 | Smoking Outlaws | 9 | 590.8 | Kelvin’s BBQ | ||
| 10 | 590.6 | Southern Hogs | 10 | 589.1 | Off the Chain | 10 | 590.5 | Real South BBQ | ||
| 11 | 590.3 | Off the Chain | 11 | 588.7 | Okefenokee Smokers | 11 | 589.2 | Okefenokee Smokers | ||
| 12 | 590.2 | Rescue Smokers | 12 | 586.3 | Real South BBQ | 12 | 586.6 | Raging Smoke | ||
| 13 | 585 | Real Licious Q | 13 | 585.3 | Captian Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | 13 | 586.3 | Flint River Cookers | ||
| 14 | 584 | Smoking Outlaws | 14 | 585.3 | 2 Smokin Phat Boyz | 14 | 583.9 | Big Butts BBQ | ||
| 15 | 583 | Americana Grillers | 15 | 582.7 | Weekend Warriors | 15 | 583.6 | Blue Diablo BBQ | ||
| 16 | 581.4 | Just Smoke ‘N’ Around | 16 | 581.7 | Rescue Smokers | 16 | 581.1 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | ||
| 17 | 581.1 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 17 | 579.6 | Smoke Show | 17 | 580.7 | Bayshore Porkers | ||
| 18 | 580.4 | Raging Smoke | 18 | 579.3 | Raging Smoke | 18 | 578.4 | Old Henry’s BBQ | ||
| 19 | 578.8 | Captian Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | 19 | 579.2 | 8-Finger Jack Stew & Q | 19 | 577.8 | Smoke Show | ||
| 20 | 576.5 | Bubba Grills | 20 | 577.7 | Bayshore Porkers | 20 | 575.1 | Real Licious Q | ||
| 21 | 571.7 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 21 | 577.4 | Johnson Boys | 21 | 574.8 | Smokin the Good Stuff | ||
| 22 | 569.3 | Okefenokee Smokers | 22 | 575.6 | Bubba Grills | 22 | 573.8 | Off the Chain | ||
| 23 | 568 | 8-Finger Jack Stew & Q | 23 | 574.5 | Just Smoke ‘N’ Around | 23 | 567.2 | Just Smoke ‘N’ Around | ||
| 24 | 561.8 | Smoke Show | 24 | 572 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 24 | 565.9 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 25 | 561.3 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 25 | 567.3 | Big Butts BBQ | 25 | 564.8 | Johnson Boys | ||
| 26 | 560 | Hootie Q | 26 | 566.9 | Real Licious Q | 26 | 563 | Americana Grillers | ||
| 27 | 559.3 | Bayshore Porkers | 27 | 564.2 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 27 | 533.8 | 8-Finger Jack Stew & Q | ||
| 28 | 549.9 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 28 | 559.5 | Americana Grillers | 28 | 516 | 2 Smokin Phat Boyz |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 599.7 | 590.3 | 591.8 | 1781.8 | |
| 2 | Southern Hogs | 590.6 | 596.1 | 594.2 | 1780.9 | |
| 3 | Flint River Cookers | 598.8 | 594.5 | 586.3 | 1779.6 | |
| 4 | Flyin Pigs BBQ | 591.3 | 591.5 | 595.2 | 1778.0 | |
| 5 | Real South BBQ | 599.7 | 586.3 | 590.5 | 1776.5 | |
| 6 | Weekend Warriors | 594.8 | 582.7 | 598.8 | 1776.3 | |
| 7 | Smoking Outlaws | 584.0 | 589.5 | 591.9 | 1765.4 | |
| 8 | Captian Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | 578.8 | 585.3 | 591.3 | 1755.4 | |
| 9 | Off the Chain | 590.3 | 589.1 | 573.8 | 1753.2 | |
| 10 | Bubba Grills | 576.5 | 575.6 | 598.8 | 1750.9 | |
| 11 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 571.7 | 598.2 | 578.4 | 1748.3 | |
| 12 | Okefenokee Smokers | 569.3 | 588.7 | 589.2 | 1747.2 | |
| 13 | Raging Smoke | 580.4 | 579.3 | 586.6 | 1746.3 | |
| 14 | Big Butts BBQ | 594.8 | 567.3 | 583.9 | 1746.0 | |
| 15 | Hootie Q | 560.0 | 594.2 | 591.2 | 1745.4 | |
| 16 | Smokin the Good Stuff | 595.5 | 572.0 | 574.8 | 1742.3 | |
| 17 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 561.3 | 590.0 | 590.8 | 1742.1 | |
| 18 | Johnson Boys | 599.7 | 577.4 | 564.8 | 1741.9 | |
| 19 | Rescue Smokers | 590.2 | 581.7 | 565.9 | 1737.8 | |
| 20 | Hard Rock Hill BBQ | 549.9 | 599.1 | 581.1 | 1730.1 | |
| 21 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 581.1 | 564.2 | 583.6 | 1728.9 | |
| 22 | Real Licious Q | 585.0 | 566.9 | 575.1 | 1727.0 | |
| 23 | Just Smoke ‘N’ Around | 581.4 | 574.5 | 567.2 | 1723.1 | |
| 24 | Smoke Show | 561.8 | 579.6 | 577.8 | 1719.2 | |
| 25 | Bayshore Porkers | 559.3 | 577.7 | 580.7 | 1717.7 | |
| 26 | Americana Grillers | 583.0 | 559.5 | 563.0 | 1705.5 | |
| 27 | 2 Smokin Phat Boyz | 595.8 | 585.3 | 516.0 | 1697.1 | |
| 28 | 8-Finger Jack Stew & Q | 568.0 | 579.2 | 533.8 | 1681.0 |
