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Jack’s Old South Tops Tough Field at Tifton Rhythm & Ribs

Jack’s Old South Tops Tough Field at Tifton Rhythm & Ribs

The City of Tifton really turns out for a weekend of music, fun & food at the Rhythm & Ribs Festival. The City’s new mayor said she ordered up perfect weather for the weekend & she really delivered.   Twenty two GBA teams and 24 backyard teams competed to win cash & the unique “Squeal-bert” trophies.

 

The field was tough as 9 of the top 10 teams in the GBA’s Team of the Year standings were on hand.  In addition, well known pitmasters like Myron Mixon of Jacks Old South & Raymond Poore of REAL-licious Q were competing in their first GBA events of the season.  The competition was tight. In fact, less than a point separated the three finalists for the Grand Championship.  It was Jack’s Old South edging out 92 BBQ & Rub Shakers Que for the last call of the day.

Grand Champion - Jack's Old South

Grand Champion – Jack’s Old South

Consistency across the three categories proved to be the key for Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers in winning the Reserved Grand Championship.  The team tallied a 594.8 in Loin (4th place); a 594.5 in Pulled Pork (4th place) and a 594.6 in Ribs (6th place) to accumulate the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds.

Reserve Grand Champion - Rescue Smokers

Reserve Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

With all these experienced pitmasters on hand, a local team in their first competition made their mark.  Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ, led by Stripling Luke, made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs.  The team also scored a perfect 600 with their preliminary round Rib entry.

Cool Hand Luke's BBQ

Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ

1st place Loin - 92 BBQ

1st place Loin – 92 BBQ

 

92 BBQ led the way in the Loin category with Jack’s Old South in second place and Rub Shakers Que in third.  Rescue Smokers claimed 4th place, REAL-licious Q 5th and Smoke Stack Lightning claimed 6th.  In 7th place was Rib Ticklers and 8th place went to Bubba Grills.  Smokin 42 BBQ (9th) & Statesboro Blues BBQ (10th) rounded out the top ten.

 

 

Jack’s Old South won the Pulled Pork category. Bubba Grills was the runner up and Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ came in third.  Rescue Smokers once again walked away with the 4th place trophy. Barbecue Crew took 5th place with REAL-licous Q taking 6th and  Rib Ticklers taking 7th.  Eighth place went to Real South BBQ; 9th went to CaJenn Smokin’ Que and 1oth went to Raging Smoke BBQ.

1st place Ribs - Rub Shakers Que

1st place Ribs – Rub Shakers Que

 

Bill Goddard, pitmaster for Rub Shakers Que topped the field in Ribs.  92 BBQ got the second place call and Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ walked for the second time in 3rd place.  Southern Hogs finished 4th. Holy Smokers edged out Rescue Smokers for 5th place. Johnson Boys BBQ took home 7th place.  Eighth thru 10th places went to Real South BBQ, Statesboro Blues BBQ and H & J Cooking Team respectively.

The GBA moves north for the Walton Co.BBQ Festival on March 11-12.  This will be Double Team of the Year points event.

The Georgia Barbeque Association thanks Tyrone Spearman and his staff of volunteers for putting on an excellent contest and festival.

Full Standings:  1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. 4th place and down are preliminary round scores.

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 597.8 92 BBQ 1 599.5 Jack’s Old South 1 597.7 Rub Shakers Que
2 594.7 Jack’s Old South 2 594.8 Bubba Grills 2 594.3 92 BBQ
3 592.7 Rub Shakers Que 3 590.9 Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ 3 592.6 Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ
4 594.8 Rescue Smokers 4 594.51 Rescue Smokers 4 597.9 Southern Hogs
5 594.2 REAL-licious Q 5 594.5 BarBque Crew 5 594.61 Holy Smokers BBQ
6 592.7 Smoke Stack Lightning 6 592.5 REAL-licious Q 6 594.6 Rescue Smokers
7 590.9 Rib Ticklers 7 591.5 Rib Ticklers 7 594.2 Johnson Boys BBQ
8 590.8 Bubba Grills 8 591.1 Real South BBQ 8 591.2 Real South BBQ
9 590.5 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 9 590.9 Cajenn Smokin Que 9 590.8 Statesboro Blues BBQ
10 589.9 Statesboro Blues BBQ 10 589.3 Raging Smoke BBQ 10 590.5 H & J Cooking Team
11 589.6 Cajenn Smokin Que 11 588.5 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 11 589.4 BarBque Crew
12 588.7 Holy Smokers BBQ 12 586.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 12 588.2 Jack’s Old South
13 586.6 Southern Hogs   13 585 Hungry Hog BBQ 13 587 Cajenn Smokin Que
14 585.3 H & J Cooking Team 14 584.6 Rub Shakers Que 14 586.9 Rib Ticklers
15 583.6 Real South BBQ   15 584.1 Smoke Stack Lightning 15 586.8 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
16 582.4 Rib Ranch 16 584 Statesboro Blues BBQ 16 586.4 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
17 582.3 Raging Smoke BBQ 17 583.7 Southern Hogs 17 585.2 Bubba Grills
18 580.9 BarBque Crew   18 583.6 92 BBQ 18 580.5 Rib Ranch
19 573.6 Johnson Boys BBQ 19 582.6 H & J Cooking Team 19 579.1 REAL-licious Q
20 573.1 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 20 582.6 Rib Ranch 20 576.7 Raging Smoke BBQ
21 571.7 Hungry Hog BBQ 21 578.7 Johnson Boys BBQ 21 576.5 Hungry Hog BBQ
22 563 Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ 22 566.2 Holy Smokers BBQ 22 566.3 Smoke Stack Lightning

 

 Reserve Grand Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Rescue Smokers 594.8 594.5 594.6 1783.9
2 Jack’s Old South 599.4 594.8 588.2 1782.4
3 92 BBQ 598.5 583.6 599.4 1781.5
4 Rub Shakers Que 595.1 584.6 598.5 1778.2
5 Bubba Grills 590.8 599.7 585.2 1775.7
6 Rib Ticklers 590.9 591.5 586.9 1769.3
7 Southern Hogs 586.6 583.7 597.9 1768.2
8 Cajenn Smokin Que 589.6 590.9 587.0 1767.5
9 Real South BBQ 583.6 591.1 591.2 1765.9
10 REAL-licious Q 594.2 592.5 579.1 1765.8
11 BarBque Crew 580.9 594.5 589.4 1764.8
12 Statesboro Blues BBQ 589.9 584.0 590.8 1764.7
13 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 590.5 586.9 586.4 1763.8
14 H & J Cooking Team 585.3 582.6 590.5 1758.4
15 Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ 563.0 594.8 600.0 1757.8
16 Holy Smokers BBQ 588.7 566.2 594.6 1749.5
17 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 573.1 588.5 586.8 1748.4
18 Raging Smoke BBQ 582.3 589.3 576.7 1748.3
19 Johnson Boys BBQ 573.6 578.7 594.2 1746.5
20 Rib Ranch 582.4 582.6 580.5 1745.5
21 Smoke Stack Lightning 592.7 584.1 566.3 1743.1
22 Hungry Hog BBQ 571.7 585.0 576.5 1733.2

 

Real South BBQ’s Perfect Ribs Take Grand at Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash

Real South BBQ’s Perfect Ribs Take Grand at Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) convened on the coast after a couple months down time for the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash. The event, sponsored by the Brunswick Lions Club, is always a favorite of both the GBA cook teams & judges.  This year, the weather gods tried their best to put a damper on the event with cold temps, high winds & off and on rain.  Twenty seven hardy GBA pitmasters and 12 Cooking for Fun pitmasters adapted and overcame the elements to turn in outstanding ‘Que.  In fact, not one but two entries in the contest gained a perfect 600 score from the judges.  The contest was also very balanced no single team gained more than one finals round call.  Nine different teams qualified for the finals round across the three categories.

 

Grand Champion - Real South BBQ

Grand Champion – Real South BBQ

 

Tim Coleman & the Real South BBQ team from Swainsboro tallied one of the perfect 600 scores with their rib entry in the finals round to earn the Grand Championship for the contest.   This was the first Grand Championship for Real South BBQ.

Reserve Grand Champion - Southern Hogs.

Reserve Grand Champion – Southern Hogs.

Southern Hogs, led by Matt Sapp, made finals in ribs and finished 6th in pulled pork and 9th in loin to take home the Reserve Grand Championship.  This was also Southern Hogs first Reserve Championship award.

First Place Loin - Old Henry's BBQ

First Place Loin – Old Henry’s BBQ

 

Clay and Stephanie Beal of Old Henry’s BBQ got the day of “firsts” rolling by claiming thier first category win in loin.  Their 599 score in loin finals was just one point away from a perfect score.  92 BBQ, the 2014-2015 GBA Team of the Year, finished second with Smokin’ 42 BBQ coming in third place. Rescue Smokers claimed 4th place by just 0.2 of a point over CJ’s BBQ.  2 Smokin’ Pfat Boyz took 6th place.  There was a 3 way tie for 7th place.  Doc & Dicie’s BBQ won the tiebreaker.  Forget Me Not BBQ was next in the tiebreaker to take  8th place and Southern Hogs took 9th. Lang’s BBQ Cookers rounded out the top 10.

 

 

First Place Pork - Rescue Smokers

First Place Pork – Rescue Smokers

Robby Royal & Rescue Smokers also came just a single point shy of a perfect score in pulled pork finals. Their 599 score topped the category. Just Pig Out BBQ was the runner up. Daddy O’s BBQ, Brian Bond pitmaster,  recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round and finals entry score gave them 3rd place.  Barbecue Crew finished 4th, Holy Smokes finished 5th and Southern Hogs finished 6th.  Seventh place went to Captain Jack’s & Peachtree while Mojo Smokehouse came in 8th place. CJ’s BBQ won the tie for 9th place over Raging Smoke BBQ.

Real South BBQ’s Grand Championship winning ribs topped the category.  Southern Hogs took 2nd place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 3rd. Holy Smokes BBQ walked in 4th place. The scorers had to go to the tiebreaker once again to determine 5th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ edged out Captain Jack’s & Peachtree.  Seventh place went to Barbecue Crew with 8th place going to Lang BBQ Cookers.  Rescue Smokers and Bubba Grills finished 9th & 1oth respectively.

CFF Pork - Wilbur's Smoke Pig

CFF Pork – Wilbur’s Smoke Pig

CFF Ribs - Okefenokee Smokers

CFF Ribs – Okefenokee Smokers

 

In the Cooking For Fun division, Wilbur’s Smoke Pig BBQ won the pulled pork category.  Under Construction BBQ was the runner-up with Odd Brother’s BBQ in 3rd place.  The top spot in ribs went to Okeefonokee Smokers.  Under Construction BBQ again was the runner-up again and Aloha Soul claimed 3rd.

GBA Division Scores: Top 3 scores below are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds.

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 599 Old Henry’s 1 599 Rescue Smokers 1 600 Real South BBQ
2 594.2 92 BBQ 2 595.6 Just Pig Out BBQ 2 593.2 Southern Hogs
3 591.2 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 3 590.3 Daddy O’s 3 589.8 Forget Me Not BBQ
4 595.7 Rescue Smolers BBQ 4 596.1 Barbeque Crew 4 597 Holy Smokes BBQ
5 595.5 CJ’s BBQ 5 595.1 Holy Smokes BBQ 5 595.1 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
6 592.5 2 Smokin Pfat Boyz 6 594.6 Southern Hog 6 595.1 Captain Jack’s & Peachtree
7 591.22 Docs and Dicies BBQ 7 592.4 Captain Jack’s & Peachtree 7 594.9 Barbeque Crew
8 591.21 Forget Me Not BBQ 8 592.1 Mojo Smokehouse 8 594.5 Lang’s BBQ Cooker
9 591.2 Southern Hog 9 590.31 CJ’s BBQ 9 592.2 92 BBQ
10 590.2 Lang’s BBQ Cooker 10 590.3 Raging Smoke BBQ 10 591.9 Bubba Grills
11 588.2 Raging Smoke BBQ 11 589.9 Bubba Grills 11 591.5 Just Pig Out BBQ
12 586 Just Pig Out BBQ 12 589.1 Real South BBQ 12 587 .J Dub’s Stew and Que
13 583.8 Bubba Grills   13 586.6 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 13 587 Rescue Smokers BBQ
14 581 .J Dub’s Stew and Que 14 583.7 .J Dub’s Stew and Que 14 586.6 Old Henry’s
15 581 Holy Smokes BBQ   15 579.6 92 BBQ 15 584.8 Ole Sparky’s BBQ
16 579.6 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 16 577.3 Lang’s BBQ Cooker 16 584.2 Docs and Dicies BBQ
17 578.7 Daddy O’s BBQ 17 576.8 Old Henry’s 17 579.1 Raging Smoke BBQ
18 578.6 Captain Jack’s & Peachtree   18 576.6 2 Smokin Pfat Boyz 18 579 Four Fathers BBQ Crew
19 577.8 Real South BBQ 19 575.1 Docs and Dicies BBQ 19 576.6 Daddy O’s BBQ
20 574.3 Johnson Boys BBQ 20 574.8 Forget Me Not BBQ 20 575.7 Johnson Boys BBQ
21 571.8 Mojo Smokehouse 21 574.7 Statesboro Blues BBQ 21 572.1 HBBQ
22 571.8 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 22 574.5 Paranoid Pig 22 566 Island Dawgz BBQ
23 571.5 Statesboro Blues BBQ 23 573.1 HBBQ 23 565.7 Paranoid Pig
24 571.3 HBBQ 24 572.3 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 24 563 Statesboro Blues BBQ
25 571.2 Barbeque Crew 25 568.5 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 25 562.9 2 Smokin Pfat Boyz
26 571.2 Paranoid Pig   26 563 Johnson Boys BBQ   26 561.1 CJ’s BBQ
27 559 Island Dawgz BBQ 27 556.1 Island Dawgz BBQ   27 559 Mojo Smokehouse
Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Southern Hog 591.2 594.6 598.5 1784.3
2 Rescue Smokers BBQ 595.7 598.2 587.0 1780.9
3 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 598.5 586.6 595.1 1780.2
4 Just Pig Out BBQ 586.0 599.1 591.5 1776.6
5 Holy Smokes BBQ 581.0 595.1 597.0 1773.1
6 92 BBQ 599.4 579.6 592.2 1771.2
7 Captain Jack’s & Peachtree 578.6 592.4 595.1 1766.1
8 Real South BBQ 577.8 589.1 598.8 1765.7
9 Bubba Grills 583.8 589.9 591.9 1765.6
10 Forget Me Not BBQ 591.2 574.8 597.1 1763.1
11 Old Henry’s 599.7 576.8 586.6 1763.1
12 Barbeque Crew 571.2 596.1 594.9 1762.2
13 Lang’s BBQ Cooker 590.2 577.3 594.5 1762.0
14 Raging Smoke BBQ 588.2 590.3 579.1 1757.6
15 Daddy O’s BBQ 578.7 600.0 576.6 1755.3
16 .J Dub’s Stew and Que 581.0 583.7 587.0 1751.7
17 Docs and Dicies BBQ 591.2 575.1 584.2 1750.5
18 CJ’s BBQ 595.5 590.3 561.1 1746.9
19 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 579.6 572.3 584.8 1736.7
20 2 Smokin Pfat Boyz 592.5 576.6 562.9 1732.0
21 Mojo Smokehouse 571.8 592.1 559.0 1722.9
22 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 571.8 568.5 579.0 1719.3
23 HBBQ 571.3 573.1 572.1 1716.5
24 Johnson Boys BBQ 574.3 563.0 575.7 1713.0
25 Paranoid Pig 571.2 574.5 565.7 1711.4
26 Statesboro Blues BBQ 571.5 574.7 563.0 1709.2
27 Island Dawgz BBQ 559.0 556.1 566.0 1681.1

Cooking For Fun Scores:

  PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 594.9 Wilbur’s’s Smoke Pig BBQ 1 596.1 Okefenokee Smokers
2 594.8 Under Construction BBQ 2 592.6 Under Construction BBQ
3 590.9 Odd Brother’s BBQ 3 591.2 Aloha Soul
4 587.3 Okefenokee Smokers 4 590.2 Wilbur’s’s Smoke Pig BBQ
5 587 Tailgater’s BBQ 5 581.5 Tailgater’s BBQ
6 585.1 Hart Brother’s BBQ 6 579.3 Billy Goat Barb-Que
7 580.7 Buffalo Tucks and Wild Bill’s BBQ 7 576 Watch Me Smoke
8 578.7 Watch Me Smoke 8 573.2 Odd Brother’s BBQ
9 578 Billy Goat Barb-Que 9 571.6 Slump Buster Kookin
10 575.7 Knotted Staff 10 571.2 Knotted Staff
11 569.9 Slump Buster Kookin 11 569.2 Buffalo Tucks and Wild Bill’s BBQ
12 560.8 Aloha Soul 12 557.6 Hart Brother’s BBQ

 

 

Barbecue Crew Defends Title in Hometown

Barbecue Crew Defends Title in Hometown

The 3rd Annual Moultrie Moose Lodge #1158 BBQ Cook-off is the last event on the 2015 calendar year for the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA).  But before taking a break for the holidays, 11 of the top 20 teams in the GBA Team of the Year standings turned for the competition. The members of the Moose Lodge always roll out the red carpet for the GBA teams & judges.  The Friday nite steak dinners that the Lodge serves have everyone looking forward to this contest each year.

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Despite all the GBA heavy hitters best efforts, Moultrie’s own Foy Whatley of Barbecue Crew won the Grand Championship for the second year in a row.  Whatley made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs, but it was his Pulled Pork box that brought home top honors. That Grand Championship box must have been really special as the panel of finals judges commented that all 3 of the Pulled Pork final entries were among the best they had sampled all year.

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Brian Bond of Daddy O’s BBQ made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs plus added an 8th place finish in Loin to accumulate the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds.  As a result, Daddy O’s BBQ took home the Reserve Grand Championship.

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Just Blowing Smoke won the Loin category with Real South BBQ as the runner-up. Simply Q finished in 3rd place. Fiddler’s BBQ got the call for 4th place with H & J Cooking Team getting called for 5th place. Sixth place went to Southern Hogs; followed by Smokin’ 42 BBQ in 7th place & Daddy O’s BBQ in 8th place.  Sunset Smokers, also from Moultrie, grabbed 9th place and Johnson Boys BBQ taking 10th place.

Following Barbecue winning Pulled Pork was Southern Hogs in 2nd place with Daddy O’s BBQ in 3rd place. Real South BBQ got their second call in 4th place and CaJenn Smoking Que walked in 5th place. Rescue Smokers came in  6th place just 0.4 ahead of Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in 7th place.  Eighth place was also close as Raging Smoke edged H & J Cooking Team by just 0.2 of a point.  Smokin’ 42 BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Daddy O’s BBQ took top honors in Ribs. Barbecue Crew took 2nd place. In the preliminary round Ribs, Barbecue Crew scored a perfect 600.  Smokin’ 42 BBQ.  Rescue Smokers came in 4th place just ahead of Just Blowing Smoke in 5th.  Sixth place went to Southern Hogs and 7th place went to Rub Shakers Que. Eighth thru 10th places went to Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Real South BBQ and  H & J Cooking Team respectively.

BY Under Construction (640x347)BY Wicked Lickin (640x374)

 

The contest also featured a backyard competition.  Under Construction BBQ took 1st place in Chicken.  Wicked Lickin BBQ Crew got the first place calls in both Pulled Pork & Ribs.

 

The GBA thanks all the Moose Lodge members for their great hospitality and we are looking forward to returning the Moultrie in 2016.  Meanwhile, the GBA will pause the 2015-2016 season for the holidays.

The GBA will hold a judge training class on Jan 23, 2016 in Fort Gaines. Fee for the class is $35. You must be a member of the GBA to take the class.  Registation is now open on the GBA website — www.bbqga.com   The next  contest will be the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash in February.  Visit the website for more details.

 

Full Standings: 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 598 Just Blowing Smoke 1 598.9 Barbecue Crew 1 598.3 Daddy-O’s BBQ
2 595.6 Real South BBQ 2 593.6 Southern Hogs 2 595.9 Barbecue Crew
3 590.4 Simply “Q” 3 591.4 Daddy-O’s BBQ 3 588.6 Smokin 42 BBQ
4 595.7 Fiddler’s BBQ 4 593.6 Real South BBQ 4 595.8 Rescue Smokers
5 594.6 H.and J. cooking team 5 592.5 CaJenn Smokin Que 5 595.5 Just Blowing Smoke
6 591.2 Southern Hogs 6 590 Rescue Smokers 6 590.9 Southern Hogs
7 590.8 Smokin 42 BBQ 7 589.6 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 7 590.3 Rub Shakers Que
8 589.7 Daddy-O’s BBQ 8 587.2 Raging Smoke 8 590.2 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
9 587.3 Sunset Smokers 9 587 H.and J. cooking team 9 587.5 Real South BBQ
10 587 Johnson Boys 10 586.3 Smokin 42 BBQ 10 587.3 H.and J. cooking team
11 586.9 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 11 585.7 Sunset Smokers 11 587.2 Hungry Hog
12 586.3 Raging Smoke 12 584.7 Hungry Hog 12 587.2 Fiddler’s BBQ
13 585.9 CaJenn Smokin Que 13 582.6 Fiddler’s BBQ 13 582.6 CaJenn Smokin Que
14 584.4 Blue Smoke 14 582.6 Rub Shakers Que 14 580.7 Double D Cook Team
15 580 Rub Shakers Que 15 580 Forget Me Not BBQ 15 574 Raging Smoke
16 573.5 Rib Ticklers 16 579.7 Simply “Q” 16 571.2 CowboySmokin
17 571.5 Rescue Smokers 17 578.7 Just Blowing Smoke 17 570 Blue Smoke
18 569.9 CowboySmokin 18 574.5 CowboySmokin 18 569.9 Sunset Smokers
19 569.8 Hungry Hog 19 573.3 Johnson Boys 19 568.5 Rib Ticklers
20 568.1 Barbecue Crew 20 571.7 Rib Ticklers 20 566.3 Simply “Q”
21 565.2 Double D Cook Team 21 569.8 Double D Cook Team 21 565.9 Forget Me Not BBQ
22 0 Forget Me Not BBQ 22 568.5 Blue Smoke 22 562.6 Johnson Boys

 

 

 Reserve Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Daddy-O’s BBQ 589.7 594.5 597.9 1782.1
2 Real South BBQ 599.4 593.6 587.5 1780.5
3 Southern Hogs 591.2 595.8 590.9 1777.9
4 Smokin 42 BBQ 590.8 586.3 599.1 1776.2
5 Just Blowing Smoke 596.1 578.7 595.5 1770.3
6 H.and J. cooking team 594.6 587.0 587.3 1768.9
7 Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team 586.9 589.6 590.2 1766.7
8 Fiddler’s BBQ 595.7 582.6 587.2 1765.5
9 Barbecue Crew 568.1 595.4 600.0 1763.5
10 CaJenn Smokin Que 585.9 592.5 582.6 1761.0
11 Rescue Smokers 571.5 590.0 595.8 1757.3
12 Rub Shakers Que 580.0 582.6 590.3 1752.9
13 Raging Smoke 586.3 587.2 574.0 1747.5
14 Simply “Q” 599.1 579.7 566.3 1745.1
15 Sunset Smokers 587.3 585.7 569.9 1742.9
16 Hungry Hog 569.8 584.7 587.2 1741.7
17 Blue Smoke 584.4 568.5 570.0 1722.9
18 Johnson Boys 587.0 573.3 562.6 1722.9
19 Double D Cook Team 565.2 569.8 580.7 1715.7
20 CowboySmokin 569.9 574.5 571.2 1715.6
21 Rib Ticklers 573.5 571.7 568.5 1713.7
22 Forget Me Not BBQ 0.0 580.0 565.9 1145.9

Holy Smokes Has The Wiggle & Twist To Win Johnson Co.

Holy Smokes Has The Wiggle & Twist To Win Johnson Co.

The first Johnson Co. Wiggle & Twist Festival included a Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) competition.  The unique festival name pays tribute to the old Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad.  The old rail route had such a winding path that it picked up the nickname “Wiggle & Twist”.  The festival and contest were held at the Wrightsville American Legion Post along with the Johnson Co. Chamber of Commerce.  A large crowd turned to enjoy the sights & sounds of the BBQ competition; lots of vendors & great music.  Holy Smokes, Gary & Dion Lanton, from nearby Dublin won both the Pulled Pork & Rib categories to claim the Grand Championship.

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                                                                                                  Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Tifton’s Smokin’ 42 BBQ had a 599.7 preliminary score in Loin along with a 6th place in Pulled Pork and 7th place in Ribs to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

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Reserve Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

First Place Pork Loin - Bubba Grills

1st Loin – Bubba Grills

 

In the Loin finals, Bubba Grills edged Rescue Smokers by just 0.4 of a point to win the category.  Smokin’ 42 BBQ finished third.  The competition was close throughout the field as there was a 3 way tie for 4th place between Fiddlers BBQ, CaJenn Smokin Q and H & J Cooking Team.  Fiddlers BBQ won the tiebreaker to take 4th place.  CaJenn then won the next tiebreaker for 5th and H & J took 6th place. Georgia Boys claimed 7th place just ahead of Johnson Boys BBQ in 8th.  Ninth place went to Real South BBQ and Holy Smokes got the 10th place call.

The Pulled Pork finals was almost as close as the Loin finals.  Holy Smokes won the category by only 0.8 of a point over Real South BBQ.  Old Henry’s BBQ may have gotten the loudest ovation of the day with their 3rd place call.  The BBQ Ninja took 4th place; Georgia Boys took 5th and Smokin’ 42 BBQ took 6th place.  Southern Hogs edged Bubba Grills for 7th place by 0.3 of a point.  CaJenn Smokin’ Q and H & J Cooking Team finished 9th & 10th respectively.

Holy Smokes Grand Championship winning Ribs topped the category. Fiddler’s BBQ was the runner up.  Fat Daddy P’s BBQ, in the first competition, got the 3rd place call. Rescue Smokers grabbed 4th place with The BBQ Ninja in 5th.  Sixth place went to H & J Cooking Team with 7th place going to Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Real South BBQ took 8th place.  Johnson Boys BBQ walked in 9th place and Bubba Grills rounded out the top 10.

In the Cooking for Fun Division,  Mama’s Que & Stew won the Pulled Pork category with Big Papa BBQ in 2nd & Smokin’ Snowballs in 3rd.  In Cooking for Fun Ribs, Big Papa BBQ walked last.  Master Basters took 2nd and Smokin’s Snowballs, again, took 3rd place.

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Cooking For Fun Pork – Mama’s Que & Stew

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Cooking for Fun Ribs – Big Papa’s BBQ

 

The GBA thanks all the coordinators and volunteers of the Johnson Co. Wiggle & Twist for their outstanding hospitality including a delicious Friday evening welcome dinner for all the teams & GBA officials.  The group put on a great first year event & the GBA is looking forward to returning next year.

Full Results:  (note in the GBA standings 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from the finals round. All other scores are from the preliminary rounds.)

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 595.4 BUBBA GRILLS 1 597.9 HOLY SMOKES 1 599.4 HOLY SMOKES
2 595 RESCUE SMOKERS 2 597.1 REAL SOUTH BBQ 2 594.6 FIDDLERS BBQ
3 594.2 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 3 587.9 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 3 589.7 FAT DADDY P’S BBQ
4 591.2 FIDDLERS BBQ 4 592.2 THE BBQ NINJA 4 594.8 RESCUE SMOKERS
5 591.2 CAJENN SMOKING Q 5 591.5 GEORGIA BOYS 5 591.9 THE BBQ NINJA
6 591.2 H & J COOKING TEAM 6 589.9 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 6 590.6 H & J COOKING TEAM
7 585.9 GEORGIA BOYS 7 587.5 SOUTHEN HOGS 7 588.7 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
8 582 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ 8 587.2 BUBBA GRILLS 8 584.5 REAL SOUTH BBQ
9 580.9 REAL SOUTH BBQ 9 586.6 CAJENN SMOKING Q 9 582.3 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ
10 579 HOLY SMOKES 10 585 H & J COOKING TEAM 10 581.2 BUBBA GRILLS
11 576.6 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 11 582.6 RESCUE SMOKERS 11 580.4 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
12 571.5 SOUTHEN HOGS 12 581.7 FAT DADDY P’S BBQ 12 578.7 SOUTHEN HOGS
13 570.5 THE BBQ NINJA 13 576.8 FIDDLERS BBQ 13 573.8 CAJENN SMOKING Q
14 562.7 FAT DADDY P’S BBQ 14 567.2 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ 14 558.8 GEORGIA BOYS

 

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 599.7 589.9 588.7 1778.3
2 HOLY SMOKES 579.0 598.8 598.8 1776.6
3 RESCUE SMOKERS 599.1 582.6 594.8 1776.5
4 H & J COOKING TEAM 591.2 585.0 590.6 1766.8
5 BUBBA GRILLS 595.8 587.2 581.2 1764.2
6 FIDDLERS BBQ 591.2 576.8 595.8 1763.8
7 REAL SOUTH BBQ 580.9 595.2 584.5 1760.6
8 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 576.6 598.8 580.4 1755.8
9 THE BBQ NINJA 570.5 592.2 591.9 1754.6
10 CAJENN SMOKING Q 591.2 586.6 573.8 1751.6
11 FAT DADDY P’S BBQ 562.7 581.7 595.7 1740.1
12 SOUTHEN HOGS 571.5 587.5 578.7 1737.7
13 GEORGIA BOYS 585.9 591.5 558.8 1736.2
14 JOHNSON BOYS BBQ 582.0 567.2 582.3 1731.5

Cooking For Fun:

PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 591.5 MAMA’S QUE & STEW 1 589.8 BIG PAPA BBQ
2 589.8 BIG PAPA BBQ 2 584.2 MASTER BASTERS
3 587.5 SMOKING SNOWBALLS 3 579.4 SMOKING SNOWBALLS
4 575.7 MASTER BASTERS 4 576 SPANK YO BUTT BBQ
5 0 SPANK YO BUTT BBQ 5 573 MAMA’S QUE & STEW

Bubba Grills Wins GBA State Championship

Bubba Grills Wins GBA State Championship

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) held its annual State Championship contest at the Deep Roots Festival in historic, downtown Milledgeville.   Thirty two teams put their best efforts forward to take home a share of the $11,000 purse.  Stumps Smokers sponsored an additional $1500 award to the overall GBA State Champion.  Getting that coveted last call of the day as Deep Roots Festival Grand Champion and the GBA State Champion was Lonnie Smith and team Bubba Grills.

Grand Champion - Bubba Grills

In the GBA, the team with the highest cumulative score across the three categories in the preliminary rounds is named the Reserve Grand Champion. CaJenn Smokin’ Que, led by pitmaster Billy Jennings, made finals in Pulled Pork along with 7th place in Loin and 6th place in Ribs to win the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Reserve - Cajenn

 

loin - Real South

 

Teams had to be on their “A” game right off the bat.  The first category turned in is Pork Loin and the entry had to be close to perfect to advance to the finals round. In fact, the top 3 teams in the preliminary round all scored a 599.7 out of a possible 600.  After the Loin Finals entries were scored by the panel of finals judges; Tim Coleman and his Real South BBQ  team took top honors. We Want Q was the runner-up with 92 BBQ finishing in third place. Daddy O’s BBQ took 4th place; Smokin the Good Stuff took 5th and Southern Hogs took 6th place.  Cajenn Smokin’ Que won the tiebreaker over Bubba Grills for 7th place. Rescue Smokers claimed 9th place and Smokin’ 42 BBQ claimed 10th place.

 

pork - Captain Jack

 

 

 

Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Jack & Sandy Fallin, won the Pulled Pork category.  Cajenn Smokin’ Que got the 2nd place call. Real South BBQ walked for the second time by taking 3rd place. Raging Smoke BBQ grabbed 4th place.  By just 0.3 of a point, 5 O’Clock Somewhere edged Dixe Que for 5th.  Johnson Boys BBQ took home the 7th place award with Nature Boy BBQ grabbing 8th place.  Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Rescue Smokers swapped placed this time with Smokin 42 BBQ in 9th and Rescue Smokers in 10th.

 

 

Bubba Grills State Championship Ribs won the final category of the day.  Daddy O’s BBQ was 2nd with Simply Que in third place. Just Blowing Smoke took 4th place followed by Party Porkers in 5th and Cajenn Smokin’ Que in 6th place. Rescue Smokers took 7th place by 0.5 of a point over Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team.  Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Raging Smoke BBQ rounded out the top 10.

The GBA wants to thank the city of Milledgeville for rolling out the red carpet once again all the GBA teams & judges.  The Deep Roots Festival is one of the top festivals in the state of Georgia.  Next the GBA heads to Wrightsville for the first time for Johnson County Wiggle & Twist on Halloweeen weekend.

1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores in each category are Final Round scores. All other scores are from preliminary rounds.

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 597.4 Real South BBQ 1 596.3 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team 1 598.6 Bubba Grills
2 595.3 We Want Q 2 595.6 Cajenn Smokin Que 2 594.3 Daddy-O’s BBQ
3 592 92 BBQ 3 593.1 Real South BBQ 3 591.2 Simply Que
4 598.8 Daddy-O’s BBQ 4 597.9 Raging Smoke BBQ 4 592.1 Just Blowing Smoke
5 596.7 Smokin the Good Stuff 5 595.8 5 O’Clock Somewhere 5 591.5 Party Porkers
6 595.4 Southern Hogs 6 595.5 Dixie Que 6 590.5 Cajenn Smokin Que
7 593.1 Cajenn Smokin Que 7 595.4 Johnson Boys BBQ 7 589.7 Rescue Smokers
8 593.1 Bubba Grills 8 594.8 Nature Boy BBQ 8 589.2 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team
9 592.1 Rescue Smokers 9 594.8 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 9 588.4 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
10 591.8 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 10 594.2 Rescue Smokers 10 588.2 Raging Smoke BBQ
11 591.4 Just Blowing Smoke 11 593.1 Sensational Pigs 11 586.2 Southern Hogs
12 590.5 Rub Shakers Que 12 590.6 Bubba Grills 12 584.5 Johnson Boys BBQ
13 586.6 Dixie Que 13 588.5 Rub Shakers Que 13 584.2 Smoke Shack BBQ
14 586 Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ 14 587.2 Old Henry’s BBQ 14 583.9 Rub Shakers Que
15 585.9 Main Street BBQ 15 587.2 92 BBQ 15 582.5 Nature Boy BBQ
16 585.6 Party Porkers 16 586.9 Just Blowing Smoke 16 582.2 We Want Que
17 582.6 Smoke Shack BBQ 17 586.4 Southern Hogs 17 582 Rotary Roasters
18 581.6 For Get Me Not BBQ 18 586.3 Smoke Shack BBQ 18 581.9 Real South BBQ
19 580.9 Raging Smoke BBQ 19 585.9 Smokin the Good Stuff 19 581.7 Sensational Pigs
20 578.4 Sensational Pigs 20 584.8 Maxus Porkamus 20 580.9 Old Henry’s BBQ
21 578 Pigs in Heat 21 582.9 Main Street BBQ 21 580.4 5 O’Clock Somewhere
22 576.3 5 O’Clock Somewhere 22 582.7 Simply Que 22 580 Cold War BBQ
23 574.2 Rotary Roasters 23 582.3 Party Porkers 23 576.6 92 BBQ
24 573.1 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team 24 581.4 New Generation BBQ 24 576.3 Smokin the Good Stuff
25 572.7 Lazy Days BBQ 25 578.4 Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ 25 575.7 Main Street BBQ
26 572.4 Maxus Porkamus 26 577.1 Rotary Roasters 26 573 Pigs in Heat
27 571.8 Johnson Boys BBQ 27 574 We Want Que 27 572 Dixie Que
28 571.7 Old Henry’s BBQ 28 570.3 For Get Me Not BBQ 28 571.2 For Get Me Not BBQ
29 564.6 New Generation BBQ 29 570.3 Daddy-O’s BBQ 29 563.9 Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
30 558.9 Simply Que 30 561.4 Pigs in Heat 30 562.9 Lazy Days BBQ
31 558.4 Nature Boy BBQ 31 560.3 Lazy Days BBQ 31 554.8 Maxus Porkamus
32 0 Cold War BBQ 32 0 Cold War BBQ 32 0 New Generation BBQ

 

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Cajenn Smokin Que 593.1 598.8 590.5 1782.4
2 Real South BBQ 599.7 598.8 581.9 1780.4
3 Rescue Smokers 592.1 594.2 589.7 1776.0
4 Bubba Grills 593.1 590.6 592.2 1775.9
5 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 591.8 594.8 588.4 1775.0
6 Just Blowing Smoke 591.4 586.9 592.1 1770.4
7 Southern Hogs 595.4 586.4 586.2 1768.0
8 Raging Smoke BBQ 580.9 597.9 588.2 1767.0
9 92 BBQ 599.7 587.2 576.6 1763.5
10 Rub Shakers Que 590.5 588.5 583.9 1762.9
11 Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team 573.1 600.0 589.2 1762.3
12 Daddy-O’s BBQ 598.8 570.3 592.5 1761.6
13 Party Porkers 585.6 582.3 591.5 1759.4
14 Smokin the Good Stuff 596.7 585.9 576.3 1758.9
15 We Want Que 599.7 574.0 582.2 1755.9
16 Dixie Que 586.6 595.5 572.0 1754.1
17 Sensational Pigs 578.4 593.1 581.7 1753.2
18 Smoke Shack BBQ 582.6 586.3 584.2 1753.1
19 5 O’Clock Somewhere 576.3 595.8 580.4 1752.5
20 Johnson Boys BBQ 571.8 595.4 584.5 1751.7
21 Main Street BBQ 585.9 582.9 575.7 1744.5
22 Old Henry’s BBQ 571.7 587.2 580.9 1739.8
23 Simply Que 558.9 582.7 595.5 1737.1
24 Nature Boy BBQ 558.4 594.8 582.5 1735.7
25 Rotary Roasters 574.2 577.1 582.0 1733.3
26 Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ 586.0 578.4 563.9 1728.3
27 For Get Me Not BBQ 581.6 570.3 571.2 1723.1
28 Pigs in Heat 578.0 561.4 573.0 1712.4
29 Maxus Porkamus 572.4 584.8 554.8 1712.0
30 Lazy Days BBQ 572.7 560.3 562.9 1695.9
31 New Generation BBQ 564.6 581.4 0.0 1146.0
32 Cold War BBQ 0.0 0.0 580.0 580.0