Category: Contest Reports

BACK to BACK – 319Q Takes the Grand Championship with a Triple Final Showing!

The GBA headed north to one of favorite contests of the year – the Red, White, and Blue BBQ at the American Legion Post 45 in Canton, GA. 20 GBA teams battled it out with some amazing BBQ and there was plenty of shakeups in the making for the 2024 GBA Team of the Year Points Race with this “Double Points” Contest. Hats off to the great group at the American Legion for making this a very special event, and for taking such good care of the GBA. We had an amazing group of GBA Reps and GBA Judges on scene to judge some amazing Q. 319Q showed out with Triple Finals & Winning Back to Back Grand Championships over the last two contests!!!! Pig-eee-licious held off (Posse BBQ with their 3- 4th Place Finishes) to take the Reserve Grand Championship. Huge Congrats to the Apalachee HS Bar-B-Cats on a GREAT showing at the Red, White, & Blue BBQ, please know that all of us here in the GBA continue to keep you and your community in our prayers! There also happened to be a Hootie sighting! We have two contests left in the 2024 GBA Season, October 26, 2024 is the BBQ, Brews, & Blues in Perry, Ga and then December 7, 2024 the 11th Annual Moultrie Moose Lodge #1158 BBQ Cook-off in Moultrie, Ga.

Meat by the Fire took the top Loin spot in finals with a Perfect 600 in the preliminary round, followed by Grills Gone Wild in 2nd place loin also with a Perfect 600 in the preliminary round. 319Q take 3rd place in the loin category.

Pork Category

319Q won 1st Place in Pork, Heavy Metal Hogs 2nd Place in Pork, and Scott’s Smoke Shack taking 3rd Place Pork.

319Q Won the Rib Category with Pig-eee-licious taking 2nd in Ribs and Lolly & Pops Smokin-Que taking the 3rd place Ribs.

Apalachee High School Bar-B-Cats

Reserve Grand Scoring Results

Loin, Pork, & Rib Category Results

Hootie Sighting – LOL

319Q WINS THE GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP with a HUGE BOOOOOOOOOM at the END!

The Georgia BBQ Association headed over to Columbus, GA for the 2024 Smoke on the Water Hogs & History BBQ Competition. We had beautiful weather and an amazing venue with 21 GBA Pro Teams. Huge Thank You to all the GBA Teams, Kids Burger Cooks, GBA Judges, and GBA Reps that made this event GREAT. When all the judging was done 319Q Won the Grand Championship and Posse BBQ Won the Reserve Grand Championship!

PORK LOIN CATEGORY

Shark Bite BBQ came out on top with 1st Place Loin. Meat By the Fire took 2nd place Loin with SPosse BBQ taking 3rd place Loin.

Pork Category

Congratulations to 319Q on their Pork Category Win and a perfect 600 in the preliminary round!! Pig-eee-licious took 2nd place pork with Georgia Boy Smokers taking 3rd place pork.

RIB CATEGORY

Congrats to 319Q on their 1st Place Rib! REAL-Licious Q with 2nd place rib and Posse BBQ on 3rd place ribs.

Reserve Grand Scoring

Category Results

Columbus Kids Burger Challenge

38 GBA teams descended on Griffin GA for a full weekend of BBQ – the 2024 Doc Holliday BBQ Championship, the 2024 Georgia State Brisket Championship, and 2024 GBA State Championship. This is truly a one-of-a-kind event – it’s the only one where you can see recreations of the famous Shootout at the OK Corral – and has some of the most sought after trophies on the GBA circuit. HUGE THANK YOU to Will Doss and his AMAZING TEAM for another great event and thank you to all the GBA Judges for your dedication to our association!

I’m Your Huckleberry BBQ walked last for their first ever GBA Grand Championship, which also crowned them as the 2024 GBA Georgia State Champion. 

Grills Gone Wild won the Reserve Grand Championship with an amazing cook, taking a 1st Place Loin, 7th Place Pork, & 7th Place Rib call.

PORK LOIN CATEGORY

Grills Gone Wild came out on top with 1st Place Loin. Raising Cain BBQ took 2nd place Loin with REAL-Licious-Q taking 3rd place Loin.

Pork Category

Congratulations to the Rescue Smokers on their 1st Place Pork category win! Off The Chain took 2nd place pork with Bubba Grills taking 3rd place pork.

RIB CATEGORY

Congrats to I’m Your Huckleberry BBQ on their 1st Place Rib! Posse BBQ with 2nd place rib and Hold Your Horses BBQ on 3rd place ribs.

BRISKET

Congratulations to Hold Your Horses BBQ for delivering the 2024 GA State Championship Brisket Entry! 319Q took 2nd place with Blue Smoke BBQ taking 3rd in brisket.

RESERVE GRAND RESULTS

Category Results

Kid’s Burger Challenge

PIG-EEE-LICIOUS WINS THE GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP

The Georgia BBQ Association headed over to Sylvester, GA for the 2024 SYLVESTER SWINE FESTIVAL. We had beautiful weather and an amazing venue, with Karen Singletary doing an amazing job as usual! We had 27 GBA Pro Teams and 7 Kids Burger Challenge Competitors. Huge Thank You to all the GBA Teams, Kids Burger Cooks, GBA Judges, and GBA Reps that made this event GREAT. 27 GBA Teams made judging extremely hard for the judges with AMAZING Q in all three pork categories. When all the judging was done Pig-eee-licious Won the Grand Championship with their Pork Entry and 319Q Won the Reserve Grand Championship holding off Posse BBQ, Off the Chain BBQ, and Shark Bite BBQ!

PORK LOIN CATEGORY

Off the Chain BBQ came out on top with 1st Place Loin. Possee BBQ took 2nd place Loin with Big Daddy’s BBQ Pit taking 3rd place Loin.

Pork Category

Congratulations to Pig-eee-licious on their Pork Category Win! Posse BBQ took 2nd place pork with 319Q taking 3rd place pork.

RIB CATEGORY

Congrats to B319 Q on their 1st Place Rib and a perfect 600 in the preliminary round! Flyin Pig Bar-B-Q with 2nd place rib and REAL-Licious Q on 3rd place ribs.

Join us at our next event September 6 & 7, 2024 in Griffin, GA for the Doc Holliday BBQ Championship – DOUBLE POINTS & The Georgia Barbecue Association State Championship! We will be having a GBA Pro Event as well as a Kid’s Burger Competition! Information and Applications can be found at the following: http://dochollidayfest.com/

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPIONSHIP SCORING

Sylvester Swine Festival Kids Burger Challenge

Ava Cannon Won 1st Place Burger at the Sylvester Swine Festival Kids Burger Challenge, Huge Congrats Ava, that was one AMAZING BURGER!!!!!!!!