Category: Contest Reports

May 15 2017

We Want Que Wins First Grand at Canton

We Want Que Wins First Grand at Canton

Grand Champion - We Want Que

Grand Champion – We Want Que

Stephanie & Michael Chumbley of We Want Que have been steadily climbing the standings in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) over the year or so.  At BBQ & Brew, Canton; they captured their first Grand Championship. Their Final Round Loin entry outscored the Pulled Pork entry from Bubba Grills and the Ribs entry from Hold Your Horses BBQ.

Reserve Champion - Jack's Old South

Reserve Champion – Jack’s Old South

First Place Pork - Bubba Grills

First Place Pork – Bubba Grills

 

 

Myron Mixon and Jack’s Old South made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork and added a 7th place finish in Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship trophy.

 

 

Following We Want Que in the Loin category was Jacks’s Old South in second place. Rub Shakers Que placed third. Southern Hogs finished 4th with Hootie Q in 5th place.   Bubba Grills, Lonnie Smith, took top honors in Pulled Pork.  Diamond D Cooking Team was runner-up and Jack’s Old South took 3rd place.

First Place Ribs - Hold Your Horses BBQ

First Place Ribs – Hold Your Horses BBQ

Fourth place went to Lang BBQ Smokers and 5th place went to Hold Your Horses BBQ.

 

Cary Chasteen, pitmaster for Hold Your Horses BBQ, got his first category win in the GBA with Ribs. Lang BBQ Smokers came in 2nd place.  Southern Hogs, Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team & We Want Que finished 3rd thru 5th respectively.

 

Whole Hog Winner - Rub Shakers Que

Whole Hog Winner – Rub Shakers Que

 

 

 

The contest held a Sunday afternoon Whole Hog Ancillary with both blind & on-site judging.  Rub Shakers Que had the best hog of the day.

 

 

 

Full Results (note 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores from preliminary rounds)

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 597.6 We Want Que 1 595.8 Bubba Grills 1 595.7 Hold Your Horses BBQ
2 595.2 Jacks Old South 2 595.4 Diamond D Cooking Team 2 595.3 Lang BBQ Smokers
3 590.9 Rub Shakers Que 3 593.9 Jacks Old South 3 594.2 Southern Hogs
4 599.1 Southern Hogs 4 599.1 Lang BBQ Smokers 4 599.1 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team
5 598.5 Hootie Que 5 598.5 Hold Your Horses BQ 5 598.8 We Want Que
6 597 Just Blowing Smoke 6 595.8 Hootie Que 6 595.5 Holy Smokes
7 595.8 Fire in the Hole 7 595.2 Smoke Shack BBQ 7 595.2 Jacks Old South
8 595.2 Big Bad Wolf BBQ 8 594.82 Smokin the Good Stuff 8 594.9 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department
9 595.1 Bubba Grills 9 594.81 Swine Dining Georgia 9 593.9 Water Hogs BBQ
10 591.9 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team 10 594.8 Boom Boom Que 10 593.6 Wild Skips Smokers
11 591.5 Holy Smokes 11 594.5 Hickory Flat BBQ Co. 11 592.1 Hickory Flat BBQ Co.
12 590.8 92 BBQ 12 594.2 Rescue Smokers 12 591.5 Smoke Shack BBQ
13 590.5 Wild Skips Smokers   13 593.7 Big Bad Wolf BBQ 13 591.5 Swine Dining Georgia
14 590.3 The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan 14 592.7 Just Smokin Around 14 591.5 The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan
15 589.1 Swine Dining Georgia   15 591.5 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team 15 591.2 Hootie Que
16 588.1 Smoke Shack BBQ 16 591.5 We Want Que 16 590.9 Diamond D Cooking Team
17 587.2 Smokin the Good Stuff 17 590.6 Holy Smokes 17 590.9 Old Henry’s BBQ
18 585.4 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company   18 590.2 92 BBQ 18 590.6 Sqealz on Wheels
19 585.1 Big OX Barbecue 19 590 Rocket Man 19 590.3 Pop N Chubby’s BBQ
20 584.7 Johnson Boys BBQ 20 588.7 Bull Moose BBQ 20 587.9 Rub Shakers Que
21 584.4 Boom Boom Que 21 587.8 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company 21 586.3 Just Blowing Smoke
22 583.9 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department 22 586.3 Pop N Chubby’s BBQ 22 585.8 Bombshell BBQ
23 583.3 Just Smokin Around 23 586.3 Smoking Butts BBQ 23 585 Kelvins BBQ
24 583 Kelvins BBQ 24 585.4 Wild Skips Smokers 24 583.6 92 BBQ
25 582.9 GTQ 25 585.4 East Coast BBQ 25 583 Johnson Boys BBQ
26 582.4 Where There’s Smoke   26 584 Big OX Barbecue   26 581.4 Boom Boom Que
27 581.7 Water Hogs BBQ 27 583.1 Southern Hogs   27 580.9 Bubba Grills
28 581.1 Smoking Butts BBQ 28 582.1 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department 28 580.4 Smoking Butts BBQ
29 579.3 Hold Your Horses BQ 29 581.4 Raging Smoke BBQ 29 578.7 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company
30 579.1 Rescue Smokers 30 581.2 Rub Shakers Que 30 578.7 Zombie Aporkalypse
31 578.4 Pop N Chubby’s BBQ 31 580.2 Johnson Boys BBQ 31 578.1 Rescue Smokers
32 577.5 Raging Smoke BBQ 32 579.7 Zombie Aporkalypse 32 576.8 GTQ
33 572.1 Diamond D Cooking Team 33 579.3 GTQ 33 576.2 Bull Moose BBQ
34 569.9 Old Henry’s BBQ 34 578.1 Kelvins BBQ 34 575.6 Where There’s Smoke
35 569.1 We Rub Our Butts 35 577.6 Bombshell BBQ 35 573.3 Big Bad Wolf BBQ
36 567.8 Rocket Man 36 576.7 Four 41 South 36 572.8 Raging Smoke BBQ
37 567.5 Lang BBQ Smokers 37 575.8 Where There’s Smoke 37 571.9 Just Smokin Around
38 567 Bull Moose BBQ 38 573.9 Just Blowing Smoke 38 571.2 Fire in the Hole
39 563.8 Zombie Aporkalypse 39 573.8 We Rub Our Butts 39 570.6 Smokin the Good Stuff
40 562.9 Sqealz on Wheels 40 573.2 Old Henry’s BBQ 40 570.3 Four 41 South
41 562.6 Bombshell BBQ 41 572.6 Water Hogs BBQ 41 567.3 East Coast BBQ
42 559.4 Four 41 South 42 572.4 The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan 42 567 Rocket Man
42 559.3 Hickory Flat BBQ Co. 42 569.9 Fire in the Hole 42 564.5 We Rub Our Butts
44 558.7 East Coast BBQ 44 565.3 Sqealz on Wheels 44 0 Big OX Barbecue

 

Reserve Scores

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Jacks Old South 599.4 599.4 595.2 1794.0
2 We Want Que 599.4 591.5 598.8 1789.7
3 Hootie Que 598.5 595.8 591.2 1785.5
4 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team 591.9 591.5 599.1 1782.5
5 Southern Hogs 599.1 583.1 599.4 1781.6
6 Holy Smokes 591.5 590.6 595.5 1777.6
7 Hold Your Horses BQ 579.3 598.5 599.7 1777.5
8 Swine Dining Georgia 589.1 594.8 591.5 1775.4
9 Bubba Grills 595.1 599.1 580.9 1775.1
10 Smoke Shack BBQ 588.1 595.2 591.5 1774.8
11 Wild Skips Smokers 590.5 585.4 593.6 1769.5
12 Rub Shakers Que 599.4 581.2 587.9 1768.5
13 Lang BBQ Smokers 567.5 599.1 599.7 1766.3
14 92 BBQ 590.8 590.2 583.6 1764.6
15 Diamond D Cooking Team 572.1 599.7 590.9 1762.7
16 Big Bad Wolf BBQ 595.2 593.7 573.3 1762.2
17 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department 583.9 582.1 594.9 1760.9
18 Boom Boom Que 584.4 594.8 581.4 1760.6
19 Just Blowing Smoke 597.0 573.9 586.3 1757.2
20 Pop N Chubby’s BBQ 578.4 586.3 590.3 1755.0
21 The Fatboys of Tenneson Nissan 590.3 572.4 591.5 1754.2
22 Smokin the Good Stuff 587.2 594.8 570.6 1752.6
23 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company 585.4 587.8 578.7 1751.9
24 Rescue Smokers 579.1 594.2 578.1 1751.4
25 Water Hogs BBQ 581.7 572.6 593.9 1748.2
26 Johnson Boys BBQ 584.7 580.2 583.0 1747.9
27 Just Smokin Around 583.3 592.7 571.9 1747.9
28 Smoking Butts BBQ 581.1 586.3 580.4 1747.8
29 Kelvins BBQ 583.0 578.1 585.0 1746.1
30 Hickory Flat BBQ Co. 559.3 594.5 592.1 1745.9
31 GTQ 582.9 579.3 576.8 1739.0
32 Fire in the Hole 595.8 569.9 571.2 1736.9
33 Old Henry’s BBQ 569.9 573.2 590.9 1734.0
34 Where There’s Smoke 582.4 575.8 575.6 1733.8
35 Bull Moose BBQ 567.0 588.7 576.2 1731.9
36 Raging Smoke BBQ 577.5 581.4 572.8 1731.7
37 Bombshell BBQ 562.6 577.6 585.8 1726.0
38 Rocket Man 567.8 590.0 567.0 1724.8
39 Zombie Aporkalypse 563.8 579.7 578.7 1722.2
40 Sqealz on Wheels 562.9 565.3 590.6 1718.8
41 East Coast BBQ 558.7 585.4 567.3 1711.4
42 We Rub Our Butts 569.1 573.8 564.5 1707.4
43 Four 41 South 559.4 576.7 570.3 1706.4
44 Big OX Barbecue 585.1 584.0 0.0 1169.1

Apr 02 2017

Holy Smokes Pull Out Win at BBQ & Brews – Cartersville

Holy Smokes Pulls Out Win at BBQ & Brews – Cartersville

Grand Champion - Holy Smokes

Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Cartersville – The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) officials had to go to the tiebreaker system to determine the Grand Champion at the Cartersville BBQ & Brews festival.  Southern Hogs Loin entry and Holy Smokes Ribs entry both totaled a 597.5 final round score.  On the first level tiebreaker, Taste, Holy Smokes received four 10’s compared to three received by Southern Hogs gave the edge to Gary & Dionn Lanton of Holy Smokes.

Reserve Champion - Southern Hogs

Reserve Champion – Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs, Matt & Donna Sapp, took the Reserve Grand Championship.

First Place Pulled Pork - Swine Dining GA

First Place Pulled Pork – Swine Dining GA

 

 

 

Following Southern Hogs winning Loin entry was Pop N Chubby BBQ in 2nd place & Rub Shakers Que in 3rd place.  Swine Dining GA, Pitmaster Anthony Mullins, won the Pulled Pork category. Holy Smokes claimed 2nd with We Want Que taking third.  Holy Smokes first place Ribs topped the runner-up Lang BBQ Smokers.  Third place went to  Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team.

 

Napalm Sticks for Pigs

Napalm Sticks for Pigs

 

In the Cooking for Fun Division, Napalm Sticks to Pigs won both the Pulled Pork & Ribs categories.  O Holy Knight BBQ took 2nd in Ribs & 3rd in Pulled Pork.   VPQ was runner-up in Pulled Pork.  If You Smoke It, They Will Come placed 3rd in Ribs.  Swine Dining GA won the Brisket ancillary contest with a perfect 600 score.

 

The GBA congratulates the BBQ & Brews crew for putting on an outstanding first contest in Cartersville.

Full Standings:  1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from final rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds.

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 597.5 Southern Hogs 1 596.6 Swine Dining Ga 1 597.5 Holy Smokes
2 595.8 Pop N Chubby’s BBQ 2 596.4 Holy Smokes 2 595.6 Lang BBQ Smokers
3 589.9 Rub Shakers Que 3 591.8 WeWant Que 3 591.9 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
4 596.8 GTQ 4 594.8 Southern Hogs 4 595.1 Pirates of Pork Scents
5 596.1 Holy Smokes 5 594.5 Pop N Chubby’s BBQ 5 593.9 East Coast BBQ
6 595.1 Rescue Smokers 6 591.8 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ 6 593.4 Southern Hogs
7 594.6 Hootie Q 7 590.8 Just Blowing Smoke 7 592.5 Pop N Chubby’s BBQ
8 591.9 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ 8 590.61 Smokin The Good Stuff 8 591.8 Hootie Q
9 591.22 We Want Que 9 590.6 Fire In The Hole 9 591.21 Rescue Smokers
10 591.21 We-Q-4-U 10 589.6 Rub Shakers Que 10 591.2 McQue BBQ
11 591.2 Smokin The Good Stuff 11 588.5 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company 11 589.5 Just Blowing Smoke
12 588.6 Swine Dining GA 12 588.2 Hootie Q 12 587.9 Hickory Flat BBQ
13 587.9 Smoking Butts BBQ   13 586.9 Hold Your Horses BBQ 13 586.3 Swine Dining GA
14 585.4 Lang BBQ Smokers 14 584.3 Pirates of Pork Scents 14 586 Smoking Butts BBQ
15 584.6 Hickory Flat BBQ   15 581.4 Raging Smoke BBQ 15 583 Hold Your Horses BBQ
16 583.3 Just Blowing Smoke 16 581 Big Bad Wolf BBQ 16 578.8 Assassin 92 BBQ
17 582.4 Fire In The Hole 17 580 East Coast BBQ 17 575.4 Rub Shakers Que
18 578.4 Assassin 92 BBQ   18 577.8 Rescue Smokers 18 575.1 GTQ
19 575.7 Pirates of Pork Scents 19 576.1 Hickory Flat BBQ 19 574.5 Smokin The Good Stuff
20 574.1 Raging Smoke BBQ 20 575.4 Lang BBQ Smokers 20 573.9 Fire In The Hole
21 570.6 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company 21 575.3 Assassin 92 BBQ 21 573.8 We Want Que
22 569.4 McQue BBQ 22 572.3 Smoking Butts BBQ 22 572.1 Raging Smoke BBQ
23 567.4 Zombie Aporkalypse 23 570.1 Barnsley Gardens 23 570.7 Big Bad Wolf BBQ
24 565.3 East Coast BBQ 24 569.8 McQue BBQ 24 570.4 Barnsley Gardens
25 558.3 Big Bad Wolf BBQ 25 562.3 GTQ 25 565.6 We-Q-4-U
26 557.5 Hold Your Horses BBQ   26 561.7 Zombie Aporkalypse   26 564.5 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company
27 552.7 Barnsley Gardens 27 0 We-Q-4-U   27 563 Zombie Aporkalypse

 

Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Holy Smokes 596.1 600.0 597.3 1793.4
2 Southern Hogs 599.7 594.8 593.4 1787.9
3 Pop N Chubby’s BBQ 599.1 594.5 592.5 1786.1
4 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ 591.9 591.8 598.8 1782.5
5 Hootie Q 594.6 588.2 591.8 1774.6
6 Swine Dining GA 588.6 598.8 586.3 1773.7
7 Rub Shakers Que 599.7 589.6 575.4 1764.7
8 We Want Que 591.2 599.1 573.8 1764.1
9 Rescue Smokers 595.1 577.8 591.2 1764.1
10 Just Blowing Smoke 583.3 590.8 589.5 1763.6
11 Lang BBQ Smokers 585.4 575.4 599.4 1760.2
12 Smokin The Good Stuff 591.2 590.6 574.5 1756.3
13 Pirates of Pork Scents 575.7 584.3 595.1 1755.1
14 Hickory Flat BBQ 584.6 576.1 587.9 1748.6
15 Fire In The Hole 582.4 590.6 573.9 1746.9
16 Smoking Butts BBQ 587.9 572.3 586.0 1746.2
17 East Coast BBQ 565.3 580.0 593.9 1739.2
18 GTQ 596.8 562.3 575.1 1734.2
19 Assassin 92 BBQ 578.4 575.3 578.8 1732.5
20 McQue BBQ 569.4 569.8 591.2 1730.4
21 Raging Smoke BBQ 574.1 581.4 572.1 1727.6
22 Hold Your Horses BBQ 557.5 586.9 583.0 1727.4
23 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company 570.6 588.5 564.5 1723.6
24 Big Bad Wolf BBQ 558.3 581.0 570.7 1710.0
25 Barnsley Gardens 552.7 570.1 570.4 1693.2
26 Zombie Aporkalypse 567.4 561.7 563.0 1692.1
27 We-Q-4-U 591.2 0.0 565.6 1156.8

 

Cooking For Fun:

  PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 596.4 Napalm Sticks To Pigs 1 592.8 Napalm Sticks To Pigs
2 587.2 VPQ 2 592.1 O Holy Knight BBQ
3 582.3 O Holy Knight BBQ 3 589.5 If You Can Smoke It, They Will Come
4 582 If You Can Smoke It, They Will Come 4 581.2 VPQ
5 581.5 Sweet Bottom BBQ 5 576.7 Sweet Bottom BBQ
6 579.5 MJ’s BBQ 6 573.7 MJ’s BBQ
7 576.3 Whitewater Smokers 7 571 Johns BBQ Smokehouse
8 572.4 Moonschwein BBQ 8 560.5 Moonschwein BBQ
9 564.4 Johns BBQ Smokehouse 9 559.9 Whitewater Smokers

 

 

Brisket:

600 Swine Dining GA
596.4 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
596.1 Rescue Smokers
582 VPQ
581.4 Hold Your Horses BBQ
573.8 McQue BBQ
568.1 Hootie Q
565.7 Zombie Aporkalypse
565.1 Barnsley Gardens
564.5 Big Bad Wolf BBQ
559.6 Smoking Butts BBQ

Mar 27 2017

Captain Jack Captures the “Anterprise” at Fire Ant Festival

Captain Jack Captures the “Anterprise” at Fire Ant Festival

Grand Champion- Captain Jack's Freedom BBQ Team

Grand Champion- Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team

Ashburn, GA — The Fire Ant Festival in Ashburn comes up with a new & unique theme each year. For 2017, it was a Star Trek theme. The Grand Champion recevied $2500 and a unique “Starship Anterprise” trophy complete with lights, phasers & photo torpedoes.  Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Jack & Sandi Fallin,  captured their first Grand they “beamed up” the best entry of the finals rounds in Ribs.

Reserve Champion - Southern Hogs

Reserve Champion – Southern Hogs

Matt & Donna Sapp of Southern Hogs just missed making finals twice. Once on a tiebreaker. However, the 4th place finishes in Loin and Ribs lead to the best overall score and the Reserve Grand Champion.

Hootie Q 600 Loin Score

Hootie Q 600 Loin Score

600 92

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 600 Ribs Score

The field of 35 on the top teams from Georgia and north Florida delivered awesome”Que” to the judges tables.   There were two perfect 600 scores recorded in the preliminary rounds.  Hootie Q, Sandy Autry, hit the perfect mark in Loin while Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers did it in Ribs.  Off the Chain BBQ made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork.

1st Place Loin - Rescue Smokers

1st Place Loin – Rescue Smokers

1st Place Pulled Pork - Off the Chain BBQ

1st Place Pulled Pork – Off the Chain BBQ

Rescue Smokers, Pitmaster Robby Royal,  topped the Loin category.  Hootie Q came in 2nd place and Off the Chain took 3rd place.  In Pulled Pork, it was Chuck & Carrie East of Off the Chain BBQ for the win.  Weekend Warriors BBQ was the runner-up and Bite My Butt BBQ finished third.   Following Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in Ribs was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in 2nd and Carter Q in 3rd place.

Once again the Ashburn Chamber of Commerce delivered a top notch festival surrounding the BBQ competition.  Thousands of visitors enjoyed the entertainment, carnival, vendors and fireworks show.

Full Results:  note that 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. all other scores are from preliminary round

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 596.6 Rescue Smokers 1 597 Off the Chain 1 599.3 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
2 594.21 Hootie Q 2 595.1 Weekend Warriors BBQ 2 592.4 92 Assassin BBQ
3 594.2 Off the Chain 3 592.9 Bite My Butt BBQ 3 591.7 Carter Q
4 599.4 Southern Hogs 4 595.8 Flying Pig Bar-B-Que 4 599.4 Southern Hogs
5 596.1 Holy Smokes 5 595.7 Hootie Q 5 599.1 Hold Your Horses
6 595.7 Bite My Butt BBQ 6 595.1 Holy Smokes 6 598.8 Weekend Warriors BBQ
7 594.8 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 7 594.82 Under Construction BBQ 7 598.2 Budmeisters BBQ
8 593.6 Bubba Grills 8 594.81 Daddy-O’s BBQ 8 595.4 Lang BBQ Smokers
9 592.1 Real South BBQ 9 594.8 Carter Q 9 595.2 Heavenly Hawgs
10 591.81 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ 10 593.9 92 Assassins BBQ 10 595.1 Smoking Butts BBQ
11 591.8 Weekend Warriors BBQ 11 591.6 Bubba Grills 11 594.8 Holy Smokes
12 591.2 Flint River Cookers 12 591.4 Budmeisters BBQ 12 593.1 Reallicious Q
13 591.2 Smoking Outlaws   13 590.6 Heavenly Hawgs 13 592.5 EZQ
14 590.7 Reallicious Q 14 590.3 Southern Hogs 14 590.5 Hootie Q
15 590.2 Budmeisters BBQ   15 588.1 Lang BBQ Smokers 15 589.2 Bite My Butt BBQ
16 589.9 Dawg Pitt BBQ 16 587.5 EZQ 16 587.3 Daddy-O’s BBQ
17 588.2 EZQ 17 587 Smokin AJ’s 17 585.1 Flying Pig Bar-B-Que
18 586 Fire in the Hole   18 586.6 Southern Tailgates 18 582.7 Rescue Smokers
19 585.3 Smokin AJ’s 19 585.3 Dawg Pitt BBQ 19 582.6 Dawg Pitt BBQ
20 584.3 Lang BBQ Smokers 20 584.4 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 20 582 Under Construction BBQ
21 583.7 Carter Q 21 582.7 Hold Your Horses 21 579.8 Flint River Cookers
22 582.9 Hold Your Horses 22 581.9 Rescue Smokers 22 579.7 Smoking Outlaws
23 574.7 Under Construction BBQ 23 580 Smoke Show 23 578.7 Southern Tailgates
24 574.4 Bones Grill Shack 24 579.5 Fire in the Hole 24 578.7 Fire in the Hole
25 571.1 Daddy-O’s BBQ 25 579.4 Real South BBQ 25 577.8 Real South BBQ
26 570.6 Smoking Butts BBQ   26 579.3 Smoking Butts BBQ   26 577.7 Bubba Grills
27 570.5 Double D Cook Team 27 579.2 Bones Grill Shack   27 577.5 Smokin AJ’s
28 569.8 Flying Pig Bar-B-Que 28 578.8 Double D Cook Team 28 576.8 Off the Chain
29 567.5 Heavenly Hawgs 29 578.3 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ 29 576.7 Smoke Show
30 567.4 92 Assassins BBQ 30 578.1 Smokin Cowboys 30 574.4 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan
31 564.2 Smoke Show 31 574.5 Flint River Cookers 31 572.1 Double D Cook Team
32 562 Smokin Cowboys 32 571.4 Reallicious Q 32 569.6 Smokin Cowboys
33 557.1 Generations BBQ Team 33 566.9 Bombshell BBQ 33 567.3 Generations BBQ Team
34 551.4 Bombshell BBQ 34 565.9 Generations BBQ Team 34 566 Bones Grill Shack
35 545.4 Southern Tailgates 35 0 Smoking Outlaws 35 564.9 Bombshell BBQ

 

 Reserve Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Southern Hogs 599.4 590.3 599.4 1789.1
2 Weekend Warriors BBQ 591.8 596.7 598.8 1787.3
3 Hootie Q 600.0 595.7 590.5 1786.2
4 Holy Smokes 596.1 595.1 594.8 1786.0
5 Bite My Butt BBQ 595.7 599.1 589.2 1784.0
6 Budmeisters BBQ 590.2 591.4 598.2 1779.8
7 Carter Q 583.7 594.8 599.4 1777.9
8 Off the Chain 599.4 599.1 576.8 1775.3
9 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ 591.8 578.3 599.4 1769.5
10 EZQ 588.2 587.5 592.5 1768.2
11 Lang BBQ Smokers 584.3 588.1 595.4 1767.8
12 Hold Your Horses 582.9 582.7 599.1 1764.7
13 Rescue Smokers 599.7 581.9 582.7 1764.3
14 Bubba Grills 593.6 591.6 577.7 1762.9
15 92 Assassins BBQ 567.4 593.9 600.0 1761.3
16 Dawg Pitt BBQ 589.9 585.3 582.6 1757.8
17 Reallicious Q 590.7 571.4 593.1 1755.2
18 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 594.8 584.4 574.4 1753.6
19 Heavenly Hawgs 567.5 590.6 595.2 1753.3
20 Daddy-O’s BBQ 571.1 594.8 587.3 1753.2
21 Under Construction BBQ 574.7 594.8 582.0 1751.5
22 Flying Pig Bar-B-Que 569.8 595.8 585.1 1750.7
23 Smokin AJ’s 585.3 587.0 577.5 1749.8
24 Real South BBQ 592.1 579.4 577.8 1749.3
25 Flint River Cookers 591.2 574.5 579.8 1745.5
26 Smoking Butts BBQ 570.6 579.3 595.1 1745.0
27 Fire in the Hole 586.0 579.5 578.7 1744.2
28 Double D Cook Team 570.5 578.8 572.1 1721.4
29 Smoke Show 564.2 580.0 576.7 1720.9
30 Bones Grill Shack 574.4 579.2 566.0 1719.6
31 Southern Tailgates 545.4 586.6 578.7 1710.7
32 Smokin Cowboys 562.0 578.1 569.6 1709.7
33 Generations BBQ Team 557.1 565.9 567.3 1690.3
34 Bombshell BBQ 551.4 566.9 564.9 1683.2
35 Smoking Outlaws 591.2 0.0 579.7 1170.9

Mar 24 2017

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Hits Perfection at Walton Co EMC BBQ Festival

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Hits Perfection at Walton Co EMC BBQ Festival

92 grand

Grand Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Monroe, GA —  Brad Sweet and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers nailed a perfect 600 score in the Ribs finals round to take the Grand Championship at the Walton Co EMC BBQ Festival.  Since the revised finals round scoring system went into effect a couple years ago, Sweet is the first pitmaster to record a perfect score in finals.

Reserve Grand Champion - Holy Smokes

Reserve Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Holy Smokes, Gary Lanton, continued their hot streak as they made finals in Pulled Pork; placed 4th in Ribs and 10th in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Championship award.

First Place Loin - Rescue Smokers

First Place Loin – Rescue Smokers

First Place Pulled Pork - Raging Smoke BBQ

First Place Pulled Pork – Raging Smoke BBQ

Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers was tops in the Loin category.  Bubba Grills came in 2nd and Wright on Q took 3rd place.  In Pulled Pork, Raging Smoke BBQ with pitmaster Jerry Buchans, took first place in Pulled Pork.  Holy Smokes was the runner-up with McQue taking third.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers perfect Ribs lead the way in that category.  Rescue Smokers had another strong event in taking 2nd place and Swineholio got the 3rd place Rib call.

The GBA had another great experience with the Walton Co Festival and would like to thank all the event sponsors and event coordinators for their excellent work.

Final Results: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599.3 Rescue Smokers 1 596.1 Raging Smoke BBQ 1 600 92/Assassin Smokers
2 595.5 Bubba Grills 2 594.5 Holy Smokes 2 591.5 Rescue Smokers
3 588.4 Wright On Q 3 594.3 McQue 3 591.1 Swineholio
4 599.12 Southern Hogs 4 598.5 92/Assassin BBQ 4 598.8 Holy Smokes
5 599.11 Off the Chain 5 596.1 Swine Dining 5 596.7 Raging Smoke BBQ
6 599.1 Just Blowing Smoke 6 595.8 Porkinator 6 594.81 Hootie Q
7 595.5 Just Smoke “N” Around 7 594.2 Off the Chain 7 594.8 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ
8 595.1 We Want Que 8 593.1 Bubba Grills 8 593.6 Bubba Grills
9 591.5 Simply Q 9 591.5 Southern Hogs 9 591.9 Butt Hawgs
10 590.2 Holy Smokes 10 591.3 We Want Que 10 591.5 Swine Dining
11 589.9 Cookersandgrills.com 11 590.3 Cookersandgrills.com 11 590.3 Cookersandgrills.com
12 586.9 Shark Bite BBQ 12 590.2 Hootie Q 12 590.2 4K’s BBQ
13 586.6 92/Assassin BBQ   13 586.9 Wright On Q 13 590.2 Porkinator
14 583.6 Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ 14 585.7 Rescue Smokers 14 589.1 Southern Hogs
15 583.3 Swineholio   15 585.4 Swineholio 15 587.9 Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ
16 583.3 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 16 585.3 Butt Hawgs 16 587.9 Four 41 South BBQ
17 583 Raging Smoke BBQ 17 584.8 Smokin R/T 17 587.5 Wright On Q
18 582.1 Old Henrys   18 583.6 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 18 586 Smoked BBQ Company
19 581.4 Butt Hawgs 19 583.1 4K’s BBQ 19 586 Smokin R/T
20 581.2 Properly Smoked 20 582.3 Old Henrys 20 585.1 McQue
21 580.7 Shockin Smokers 21 582.3 Four 41 South BBQ 21 584.4 Shark Bite BBQ
22 580.6 Hootie Q 22 580.4 Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ 22 584.4 Old Henrys
23 580 Porkinator 23 578.6 Just Blowing Smoke 23 583.4 Just Blowing Smoke
24 579.5 Swine Dining 24 578.5 Properly Smoked 24 582.4 Off the Chain
25 579.1 Four 41 South BBQ 25 578.1 Shockin Smokers 25 579.4 Just Smoke “N” Around
26 573.8 Smokin R/T   26 578.1 Smoked BBQ Company   26 576.1 George’s Rib Shack
27 571.8 4K’s BBQ 27 576.8 Simply Q   27 575.4 Simply Q
28 565.9 Smoked BBQ Company 28 573.9 Just Smoke “N” Around 28 571.2 We Want Que
29 562.3 McQue 29 573.2 Shark Bite BBQ 29 570.9 Properly Smoked
30 557.5 George’s Rib Shack 30 0 George’s Rib Shack 30 570.6 Shockin Smokers

 

 Reserve Grand Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Holy Smokes 590.2 599.4 598.8 1788.4
2 Bubba Grills 599.4 593.1 593.6 1786.1
3 92/Assassin BBQ 586.6 598.5 599.4 1784.5
4 Rescue Smokers 599.4 585.7 599.4 1784.5
5 Southern Hogs 599.1 591.5 589.1 1779.7
6 Raging Smoke BBQ 583.0 599.1 596.7 1778.8
7 Off the Chain 599.1 594.2 582.4 1775.7
8 Wright On Q 599.1 586.9 587.5 1773.5
9 Cookersandgrills.com 589.9 590.3 590.3 1770.5
10 Swineholio 583.3 585.4 599.7 1768.4
11 Swine Dining 579.5 596.1 591.5 1767.1
12 Porkinator 580.0 595.8 590.2 1766.0
13 Hootie Q 580.6 590.2 594.8 1765.6
14 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ 583.3 583.6 594.8 1761.7
15 Just Blowing Smoke 599.1 578.6 583.4 1761.1
16 Butt Hawgs 581.4 585.3 591.9 1758.6
17 We Want Que 595.1 591.3 571.2 1757.6
18 Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ 583.6 580.4 587.9 1751.9
19 Four 41 South BBQ 579.1 582.3 587.9 1749.3
20 Just Smoke “N” Around 595.5 573.9 579.4 1748.8
21 Old Henrys 582.1 582.3 584.4 1748.8
22 McQue 562.3 599.4 585.1 1746.8
23 4K’s BBQ 571.8 583.1 590.2 1745.1
24 Smokin R/T 573.8 584.8 586.0 1744.6
25 Shark Bite BBQ 586.9 573.2 584.4 1744.5
26 Simply Q 591.5 576.8 575.4 1743.7
27 Properly Smoked 581.2 578.5 570.9 1730.6
28 Smoked BBQ Company 565.9 578.1 586.0 1730.0
29 Shockin Smokers 580.7 578.1 570.6 1729.4
30 George’s Rib Shack 557.5 0.0 576.1 1133.6

Mar 05 2017

Holy Smokes Hits the Right Notes at Rhythm & Ribs

Holy Smokes Hits the Right Notes at Rhythm & Ribs

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Tifton, GA —  The competition was tough and tight at Rhythm & Ribs on a beautiful first weekend in March.  It was so close that it came down to a tie for the Grand Championship.  Gary & Dionn Lanton of Holy Smokes  won the Grand Championship in a tie with  ….  Themselves.  The team’s winning Loin score of 597.5 exactly the same as their winning Rib score.    Lang BBQ Smokers, Darryl Strickland, won the Pulled Pork category and was just 0.6 of a point off the Grand Championship scores.

 

 

 

 

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Matt & Donna Sapp of Southern Hogs claimed the Reserve Grand Championship by making finals in Loin along with a fourth place in Pulled Pork and 13th place in Ribs.

 

 

 

 

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Following Holy Smokes in Loin was Southern Hogs in 2nd place & Flint River Cookers in 3rd place.   Lang BBQ Smokers paced the field in Pulled Pork followed by runner up Fire in the Hole and 3rd place Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.   Holy Smokes topped the Rib category with local favorite  42 BBQ & Budmeisters BBQ Team taking 2nd & 3rd respectively.

The GBA sends a big Thank You to Tyon Spearman, the City of Tifton & a host of volunteers for their hospitality & putting on a great contest.

Full Results
1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are final round scores. All others are preliminary round scores.

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 597.5 Holy Smokes 1 596.9 Lang BBQ Smokers 1 597.5 Holy Smokes
2 595 Southern Hogs 2 595 Fire in the Hole 2 593.6 Smokin 42 BBQ
3 592.5 Flint River Cookers 3 592.5 Vienna Volunteer Fire Depaertment 3 593.5 Budmeisters BBQ Team
4 598.2 Flying Pig 4 595.81 Southern Hogs 4 599.4 Bite My Butt BBQ
5 595.4 Budmeisters BBQ Team 5 595.8 Rescue Smokers 5 598.81 Flying Pig
6 594.9 Fire in the Hole 6 595.1 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 6 598.8 Flint River Cooking Team
7 592.21 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers 7 593.1 Hardwood Smoke 7 598.5 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan
8 592.2 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 8 589.6 The Grillman BBQ Company 8 597.9 Real South BBQ
9 590.2 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department 9 588.5 Holy Smokes 9 595.2 Rib Ticklers
10 589.6 Wild Skips Smokers 10 587.3 Budmeisters BBQ Team 10 588.8 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
11 587.8 Jack’s Old South 11 587.2 Hootie Q 11 588.1 The Grillman BBQ Company
12 587.5 Rescue Smokers 12 586.9 Wild Skips Smokers 12 587.6 Jack’s Old South
13 587.5 Lang BBQ Smokers   13 586.9 Kelvin’s BBQ 13 587.5 Southern Hogs
14 586.9 Hootie Q 14 586.6 Real South BBQ 14 586.9 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
15 586.2 Smokin 42 BBQ   15 585.4 Flint River Cookers 15 586.7 Rescue Smokers
16 586.1 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 16 585.4 Flying Pig 16 586.7 Fire in the Hole
17 582.7 Smarr Cooking Crew 17 585.3 Smokin 42 BBQ 17 586.6 Just Smoke N Around BBQ
18 582.6 Just Smoke N Around BBQ   18 585.1 Jack’s Old South 18 585.3 Wild Skips Smokers
19 582.6 Real South BBQ 19 582.7 Bite My Butt BBQ 19 584.3 Lang BBQ Smokers
20 581.7 Swine Time Grilling Team 20 582.4 Smarr Cooking Crew 20 580.6 Hootie Q
21 580.3 Cool Hand Luke 21 581.1 Cool Hand Luke 21 579.3 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department
22 578.3 Kelvin’s BBQ 22 579.9 Rib Ticklers 22 577.3 Swine Time Grilling Team
23 573.8 Rib Ticklers 23 579.3 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 23 575.2 Kelvin’s BBQ
24 571.4 Bite My Butt BBQ 24 578.7 Flint River Cooking Team 24 572.6 Flint River Cookers
25 571.2 The Grillman BBQ Company 25 577.1 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers 25 571.6 Hardwood Smoke
26 570.5 Smokestack Lightning   26 575.8 Swine Time Grilling Team   26 570.5 Smarr Cooking Crew
27 570.2 Flint River Cooking Team 27 574.1 Smokestack Lightning   27 569 Smokestack Lightning
28 561 Hardwood Smoke 28 572.7 Just Smoke N Around BBQ 28 562.9 Cool Hand Luke

 

 Reserve Grand Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Holy Smokes 599.4 588.5 599.7 1787.6
2 Southern Hogs 599.7 595.8 587.5 1783.0
3 Flying Pig 598.2 585.4 598.8 1782.4
4 Budmeisters BBQ Team 595.4 587.3 599.4 1782.1
5 Fire in the Hole 594.9 598.5 586.7 1780.1
6 Smokin 42 BBQ 586.2 585.3 600.0 1771.5
7 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 586.1 595.1 588.8 1770.0
8 The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan 592.2 579.3 598.5 1770.0
9 Rescue Smokers 587.5 595.8 586.7 1770.0
10 Lang BBQ Smokers 587.5 596.4 584.3 1768.2
11 Real South BBQ 582.6 586.6 597.9 1767.1
12 Vienna Volunteer Fire Department 590.2 596.1 579.3 1765.6
13 Wild Skips Smokers 589.6 586.9 585.3 1761.8
14 Jack’s Old South 587.8 585.1 587.6 1760.5
15 Flint River Cookers 599.4 585.4 572.6 1757.4
16 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers 592.2 577.1 586.9 1756.2
17 Hootie Q 586.9 587.2 580.6 1754.7
18 Bite My Butt BBQ 571.4 582.7 599.4 1753.5
19 Rib Ticklers 573.8 579.9 595.2 1748.9
20 The Grillman BBQ Company 571.2 589.6 588.1 1748.9
21 Flint River Cooking Team 570.2 578.7 598.8 1747.7
22 Just Smoke N Around BBQ 582.6 572.7 586.6 1741.9
23 Kelvin’s BBQ 578.3 586.9 575.2 1740.4
24 Smarr Cooking Crew 582.7 582.4 570.5 1735.6
25 Swine Time Grilling Team 581.7 575.8 577.3 1734.8
26 Hardwood Smoke 561.0 593.1 571.6 1725.7
27 Cool Hand Luke 580.3 581.1 562.9 1724.3
28 Smokestack Lightning 570.5 574.1 569.0 1713.6