Category: Contest

SCOTT’s SMOKE SHACK WINS the GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!

The Georgia BBQ Association headed over to Vienna, GA for the 2024 Hogs for Housing BBQ Festival. We had beautiful weather and an amazing venue with 30 GBA Pro Teams. Huge Thank You to all the GBA Teams, GBA Judges, and GBA Reps that made this event GREAT. 30 GBA Teams made life tough for the judges there, and when all the judging was done Scott’s Smoke Shack Won the Grand Championship with their Rib Entry. 319Q was the most consistent team of the day winning the Reserve Grand Championship barely edging out Pig-eee-licious by 0.3.

PORK LOIN CATEGORY

B-Rads came out on top with 1st Place Loin. Possee BBQ took 2nd place Loin with Let’s Smoke Something taking 3rd place Loin.

Pork Category

Congratulations to Pig-eee-licious on their Pork category Win! Big Butts BBQ took 2nd place pork with 319Q taking 3rd place pork (600) in the preliminary round.

RIB CATEGORY

Congrats to Scott’s Smoke Shack on their 1st Place Rib! Union Street with 2nd place rib and Meat By the Fire on 3rd place ribs.

RESCUE SMOKERS WINS the GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!

The Georgia BBQ Association headed over to Cordele, GA for the 2024 SMOKIN on BLACKSHEAR BBQ Festival. We had beautiful weather and an amazing venue, with Linda Hawkins and her staff going all out as usual! We had 30 GBA Pro Teams, 14 IAW Backyard Teams, and 7 Kids Burger Challenge Competitors. Huge Thank You to all the GBA Teams, IAW Teams, Kids Burger Cooks, GBA Judges, and GBA Reps that made this event GREAT. 30 GBA Teams made life tough for the judges there, and when all the judging was done RESCUE SMOKERS Won the Grand Championship with their Pork Entry scoring a 600 in the preliminary round. This event showed what the Georgia BBQ Association is all about, BBQ Family helping another when it was needed! Thank you to Chuck & Carrie East for helping the Rescue Smokers at a moments notice!

Johnson Boys & Girl BBQ won the Reserve Grand Championship with an amazing cook, taking a 1st Place Loin, 6th Place Pork, & 7th Place Rib call.

PORK LOIN CATEGORY

Johnson Boys & Girl BBQ came out on top with 1st Place Loin. Let’s Smoke Something took 2nd place Loin with 319 Q taking 3rd place Loin.

Pork Category

Congratulations to Rescue Smokers on their Pork category win with a perfect 600 in the preliminary round.! Kimbrell-Q took 2nd place pork with Heavy Metal Hogz taking 3rd place pork.

RIB CATEGORY

Congrats to Big Butts BBQ on their 1st Place Rib! Big Daddys Meat House with 2nd place rib and Scott’s Smoke Shack on 3rd place ribs and a perfect 600 in the preliminary round.

GBA CATEGORY RESULTS

Smokin on Blackshear Kids Burger Challenge

Jeb Stanley Won 1st Place at the Lake Blackshear Kids Burger Challenge, Huge Congrats on his first ever contest!!!!!!!!

Kids Turn In Pics

RIBPUBLICANS takes Grand Championship at the Smokin on Lake Blackshear IAW Backyard Event

Backyard Pork Loin

Backyard Pork

Backyard Ribs

THANK YOU to All Judges for Doing What YOU Do!

HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ WINS the GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP at the 28th Annual Fire Ant Festival!

Wow! What a weekend! Rain could not dampen the spirits of the Fire Amt Festival in Ashburn GA this weekend. A late surge in teams got the number of entrants up to 30 after being much more modest just a few days before. In addition to a GBA field of 30 Pro BBQ Teams, the Fire Ant Festival Committee hosted a Kids Hamburger Challenge, Pizza Cook-Off Association/Pizza Cook-off Community and a Brisket Ancillary with 19 Brisket entries! Huge thank you to out GBA Judges for a GREAT turn out to judge some amazing BBQ and Kid’s Burger Challenge.

The Fire Ant Festival is really a month-long series of events that engaged the citizens of Ashburn and Turner County in a variety of ways from February 22 through March 23rd. You can find out more about the 28th Annual Fire Ant Festival here https://fireantfestival.com/ and make plans to attend next year! The Dates are March 28-29, 2025!

Join us in congratulating Posse BBQ for having the most consistent cook of the day and being named Reserve Grand Champion.

PORK LOIN CATEGORY

Congratulations to Real-Licious Q for taking 1st Place in the Loin category, Southern Hogs 2nd Place Loin, and Pig-eee-licious 3rd Place Loin.

PORK CATEGORY

Congratulations to Hold Your Horses BBQ for winning the Pulled Pork category, with Posse BBQ taking 2nd Place Pork, and Let’s Smoke Something 3rd Place Pork with their first ever finals in only their forth competition!

RIB CATEGORY

Congratulations to Southern Hogs for winning the Rib Category & their (2) 600 Scores of the day, Posse BBQ takes 2nd Place Ribs, and Kimbrell-Q taking 3rd Place Ribs!

BRISKET

Congratulations to Posse BBQ for delivering the best Brisket of the day to the Judges! 19 AMAZING Brisket Entries with Posse BBQ scoring a perfect “600” to win!

Kid’s Burger Challenge

Congratulations to Ty Sorrell on winning the Kids Hamburger Challenge. He finished 3rd last year and broke through to be named Champion this year. Stella Boles took 2nd Place Kids Burger with Grace Gilley taking 3rd Place Kid’s Burger. There was some tough burger competition with 17 amazing entries!

GBA CATEGORY RESULTS

POSSE BBQ Wins the GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP!

Wow what a weekend! The GBA would like to tip its hat to Tori Gravlee and the Donalsonville DDA for hosting the Firehouse BBQ Festival this past weekend in Donalsonville GA. We had 15 Pro Teams who split over $10,000 in prize money! HUGE THANKD YOU to all of the amazing GBQ Judges that made the track down South for some great BBQ. Congratulations to Posse BBQ on winning the Grand Championship with their Ribs. We would like to give Keith Bowen and the Fry Crew a shout out for frying up some of the best Catfish ever, Great Hush Puppies, and French fries. Also huge shout out to Lisa Oliver O’Neal who ¹coordinated the sides for the Fish Fry.

Shark Bite BBQ won the Reserve Grand Championship with an amazing cook taking Top 5 in all three categories with double finals.

PORK LOIN CATEGORY

K&E Little Smokers scored their first ever professional category win with their 1st Place Loin. Pig-eee-licious took 2nd place Loin with Flying Pig Bar-B-Que taking 3rd place Loin.

Pork Category

Congratulations to Shark Bite BBQ on their Pork category win! K&E Little Smokers took 2nd place pork with Magnum P.I.G. taking 3rd place pork.

RIB CATEGORY

Congrats to Posse BBQ on their 1st Place Rib! Big Butts BBQ with 2nd place rib and Shark Bite BBQ on 3rd place ribs.