Category: Contest Reports

Apr 19 2015

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

There are a couple of things you can count on at Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson. Great BBQ and Rain. Mud boots were almost as essential as grills, charcoal & wood as steady rain pelted the event for most of the weekend. In spite of the challenging conditions, the teams still made the judges work hard to determine who had the best BBQ of the day.

Fiddlers BBQ made finals in all three categories. Southern Hogs finaled in Loin & Pulled Pork. However, it was Bubba Grills Rib entry that recorded the top score in the final rounds to claim the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Harvery & Shirley Wills of Fiddlers BBQ, with an assist from Master Judge candidate Greg Sebastian, “Triple Finaled” and accumulated the most points in the preliminary rounds to win the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion – Fiddlers BBQ

Pork Loin is always a difficult category, but the scorers had to go to the tiebreaker to determine the winner in the category. Both Fiddler’s BBQ and LawDawg BBQ scored 594.4 in the final round of Loin judging. The GBA declares “Its All About the Taste” and the Taste scores are the first level in the tiebreaker. Fiddler’s BBQ had the highest taste score & edged LawDawg for first place. LawDawg BBQ had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary Loin round. Southern Hogs grabbed third place. Que the Musick took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke taking fifth. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 6th place by winning the tiebreaker over Smokin J’s BBQ. Eighth place went to Bubba Grills; 9th place went to Smoke Shack BBQ and 10th went to Main Street BBQ.

Southern Hogs

In Pulled Pork, it was Fiddlers BBQ once again taking top honors. Southern Hogs finished as runner-up with Que the Musick in third place. Main Street BBQ got the 4th place call and Fletcher’s Finest got 5th place. Smokin the Good Stuff edged Real South BBQ for 6th place on the tiebreaker. Just Blowing Smoke also edged LawDawg BBQ in the tiebreaker for 8th place. Bubba Grills rounded out the top 10.

The Grand Championship winning Rib entry earned first place for Bubba Grills. Fiddlers BBQ completed their strong cook with the 2nd place award. Smokin the Good Stuff took 3rd place, but also had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. BCD (Boys Cooking Dangerously) came in 4th place. Hootie Q edged 29 BBQ by 0.1 of a point to take 5th place. Just Blowing Smoke captured 7th place and Smoke Shack BBQ captured 8th place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers & Rub Shakers Que finished 9th & 10th respectively.

Once again Connie & Wayne Rosser of the Butt County Exchange Club did an outstanding job managing the contest in trying conditions. The GBA heads to the Three Rivers Festival and Towns Bluff Park on the Altamaha River in Hazlehurst on May 1-2. The following week it will be Smoke on the Water on beautiful Lake Acworth. The month of May completes the water based trifecta with the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results:

NOTE: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from Final rounds. All other scores are from Preliminary rounds.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	594.41	Fiddlers BBQ	1	595.5	Fiddlers BBQ	1	596.2	Bubba Grills
2	594.4	Law Dawgs	2	593	Southern Hogs	2	594.6	Fiddlers BBQ
3	592.2	Southern Hogs	3	591.5	Que The Musick	3	591.2	Smokin the Good Stuff
4	592.1	Que The Musick	4	594.2	Main Street BBQ	4	590.3	BCD
5	591.2	Just Blowning Smoke	5	593.9	Fletcher’s Finest	5	588.9	Hootie Q
6	587.21	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	6	593.61	Smokin the Good Stuff	6	588.8	29 Barbeque
7	587.2	Smokin J’s Barbeque	7	593.6	Real South BBQ	7	588.2	Just Blowning Smoke
8	586.9	Bubba Grills	8	591.81	Just Blowning Smoke	8	587.9	Smoke Shack BBQ
9	583.2	Smoke Shack BBQ	9	591.8	Law Dawgs	9	585	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
10	582.9	Main Street BBQ	10	591.2	Bubba Grills	10	584.5	Rub Shakers Que
11	581.3	Hootie Q	11	590.6	Hootie Q	11	583	Raging Smoke BBQ
12	581	Forget Me Not BBQ	12	590.5	29 Barbeque	12	582.3	Que The Musick
13	579.3	Real South BBQ	13	590.2	Rub Shakers Que	13	580.6	Southern Hogs
14	570.8	Just Smokin N Around	14	584.4	Just Smokin N Around	14	579.3	We Want Que
15	570	Shark Bite BBQ	15	582.7	Raging Smoke BBQ	15	578.8	J Dubs’ Stew and Que
16	568.4	BCD	16	579.6	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	16	578.1	Fletcher’s Finest
17	567.2	Rub Shakers Que	17	577.5	Smokin J’s Barbeque	17	576.7	Golfin Grillers
18	567.2	Fletcher’s Finest	18	574.7	Smoke Shack BBQ	18	574.7	Law Dawgs
19	566.5	Raging Smoke BBQ	19	574.6	BCD	19	574.5	Temple of The Hog
20	565.6	Temple of The Hog	20	571.5	We Want Que	20	574.2	Shark Bite BBQ
21	565.5	Smokin the Good Stuff	21	571.3	Temple of The Hog	21	573.9	Main Street BBQ
22	563.2	29 Barbeque	22	567.2	Golfin Grillers	22	573.2	Real South BBQ
23	562.2	J Dubs’ Stew and Que	23	563.5	Forget Me Not BBQ	23	570.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque
24	559.2	Golfin Grillers	24	563	Porch Light	24	570.2	Forget Me Not BBQ
25	554.7	Porch Light	25	562.5	Shark Bite BBQ	25	569.6	Porch Light
26	0	We Want Que	26	561.2	J Dubs’ Stew and Que	26	559.1	Just Smokin N Around

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Fiddlers BBQ	596.4	594.9	595.1	1786.4
2	Bubba Grills	586.9	591.2	598.8	1776.9
3	Southern Hogs	595.8	594.9	580.6	1771.3
4	Just Blowning Smoke	591.2	591.81	588.2	1771.21
5	Que The Musick	592.1	596.4	582.3	1770.8
6	Law Dawgs	600	591.8	574.7	1766.5
7	Hootie Q	581.3	590.6	588.9	1760.8
8	Smokin the Good Stuff	565.5	593.61	600	1759.11
9	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	587.21	579.6	585	1751.81
10	Main Street BBQ	582.9	594.2	573.9	1751
11	Real South BBQ	579.3	593.6	573.2	1746.1
12	Smoke Shack BBQ	583.2	574.7	587.9	1745.8
13	29 Barbeque	563.2	590.5	588.8	1742.5
14	Rub Shakers Que	567.2	590.2	584.5	1741.9
15	Fletcher’s Finest	567.2	593.9	578.1	1739.2
16	Smokin J’s Barbeque	587.2	577.5	570.9	1735.6
17	BCD	568.4	574.6	590.3	1733.3
18	Raging Smoke BBQ	566.5	582.7	583	1732.2
19	Forget Me Not BBQ	581	563.5	570.2	1714.7
20	Just Smokin N Around	570.8	584.4	559.1	1714.3
21	Temple of The Hog	565.6	571.3	574.5	1711.4
22	Shark Bite BBQ	570	562.5	574.2	1706.7
23	Golfin Grillers	559.2	567.2	576.7	1703.1
24	J Dubs’ Stew and Que	562.2	561.2	578.8	1702.2
25	Porch Light	554.7	563	569.6	1687.3
26	We Want Que	0	571.5	579.3	1150.8

Apr 12 2015

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Takes Grand at Bikes, Blues & BBQ

Douglas, GA has a storied history in the world of competition BBQ. The city has joined forces with the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) the past two years to bring professional competition BBQ back to the city. The City of Douglas pulled out all stops to put on a great show for the 2nd annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ Festival.

Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the final call of the day as Grand Champion. It was not easy however as his Loin Finals entry scored just one tenth of a point more than David Hair & Dobey Q’s Pulled Pork Finals entiry.

Howard Harris and Jeff Schramm, aka H & J Cooking Team, made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs in addition to a 10th place finish Loin. This consistency over the preliminary rounds captured the Reserve Grand Champion.

Reserve Champion – H & J Cooking Team

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category. Douglas native daughter, Crystal Smitherman and Hard Rock Hill BBQ took 2nd place with CA Jenn Smokin Que taking 3rd place. It was the first time making GBA finals for both these teams. J Dubs Stew & Que grabbed 4th place and LawDawg BBQ grabbed 5th place. In a tie for 5th place, Dobey Q won the tiebreaker over Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somthin’. Eighth place went to Dixie Que, 9th place went to Kelvin’s BBQ and H & J Cooking Team rounded out the top ten.

Dobey Q took top honors in Puled Pork with Just Blowing Smoke as the runner up and H & J Cooking Team in 3rd place. Mojo Smokehouse got the call fr 4th place. LawDawg BBQ won the tiebreaker for 5th place over Kelvin’s BBQ. Seventh place went to Gas Passers. A pair of local teams were up next with Bethel Smokers placing 8th and East Coast Asphalt placing ninth. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 10th place.

In Ribs, it was H & J Cooking Team for the win. Just Blowing Smoke edged out Mojo Smokehouse for second place on the first tiebreaker. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the 4th place call. Gas Passers took 5th place and Dixie Que took sixth. Raging Smoke BBQ walked for 7th place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ got second call for the 8th place Rib entry. Old Henry’s BBQ captured 9th place and Stump’s Smokers captuted 10th place.

Next up for the GBA is Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson. The month of May brings three great contests. The Three Rivers Festibal at Towns Bluff Park will be in Hazlehurst on May 1-2. The following week will be Smoke on the Lake in Acworth. The GBA will sanction the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results: (note – 1st. 2nd & 3rd places are Final Round scores. All others are preliminary round scores)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	1	597.9	DOBEY Q	1	597.2	H & J COOKING TEAM
2	595.2	HARD ROCK HILL BBQ	2	592.9	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	2	592.41	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
3	588.5	CA JENN SMOKIN QUE	3	591.2	H & J COOKING TEAM	3	592.4	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
4	591.5	J DUBS STEW & QUE	4	591.5	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	4	592.8	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
5	587.9	LAWDAWG BBQ	5	591.21	LAWDAWG BBQ	5	592.5	GAS PASSERS
6	587.81	DOBEY Q	6	591.2	KELVIN’S BBQ	6	590.2	DIXIE QUE
7	587.8	WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING	7	590.6	GAS PASSERS	7	589.3	RAGING SMOKE BBQ
8	586.3	DIXIE QUE	8	587.9	BETHEL SMOKERS	8	587.3	HARD ROCK HILL BBQ
9	583	KELVIN’S BBQ	9	587.3	EAST COAST ASPHALT	9	586.6	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
10	582.7	H & J COOKING TEAM	10	586.9	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	10	586.3	STUMPS SMOKERS
11	582.6	GAS PASSERS	11	586.3	WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING	11	580.9	BETHEL SMOKERS
12	582.3	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	12	583	HARD ROCK HILL BBQ	12	579.2	CA JENN SMOKIN QUE
13	580	BOSS HOGS	13	582	SIMPLY Q	13	579	LIZZY LOU
14	579.3	PICKLED PIGS	14	581.7	PICKLED PIGS	14	578.7	LAWDAWG BBQ
15	576.9	STUMPS SMOKERS	15	581.7	CA JENN SMOKIN QUE	15	578.4	WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING
16	572.1	RAGING SMOKE BBQ	16	581.6	LIZZY LOU	16	578.3	SIMPLY Q
17	571.4	SIMPLY Q	17	578.6	RAGING SMOKE BBQ	17	578.1	J DUBS STEW & QUE
18	570.3	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	18	578.3	DIXIE QUE	18	576.3	BUBBA GRILLS
19	568.7	BETHEL SMOKERS	19	577.8	BOSS HOGS	19	575	BOSS HOGS
20	567.9	EAST COAST ASPHALT	20	576.5	STUMPS SMOKERS	20	573	DOBEY Q
21	567.4	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	21	574.8	BUBBA GRILLS	21	572.1	EAST COAST ASPHALT
22	562.9	BUBBA GRILLS	22	572	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	22	570.1	KELVIN’S BBQ
23	557.9	LIZZY LOU	23	565.3	SMOKE RING DREAMS	23	568.2	SMOKE RING DREAMS
24	550.6	SMOKE RING DREAMS	24	563.3	J DUBS STEW & QUE	24	556.7	PICKLED PIGS

If the Grand Champion also has the top cumulative score for the Reserve Champion, the award passes down to the 2nd highest cumulative score.

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	599.4	586.9	592.8	1779.1
2	H & J COOKING TEAM	582.7	598.5	594.9	1776.1
3	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	582.3	591.8	594.8	1768.9
4	GAS PASSERS	582.6	590.6	592.5	1765.7
5	HARD ROCK HILL BBQ	595.1	583	587.3	1765.4
6	DOBEY Q	587.81	597.6	573	1758.41
7	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	570.3	591.5	596.1	1757.9
8	LAWDAWG BBQ	587.9	591.21	578.7	1757.81
9	CA JENN SMOKIN QUE	595.5	581.7	579.2	1756.4
10	DIXIE QUE	586.3	578.3	590.2	1754.8
11	WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING	587.8	586.3	578.4	1752.5
12	KELVIN’S BBQ	583	591.2	570.1	1744.3
13	RAGING SMOKE BBQ	572.1	578.6	589.3	1740
14	STUMPS SMOKERS	576.9	576.5	586.3	1739.7
15	BETHEL SMOKERS	568.7	587.9	580.9	1737.5
16	J DUBS STEW & QUE	591.5	563.3	578.1	1732.9
17	BOSS HOGS	580	577.8	575	1732.8
18	SIMPLY Q	571.4	582	578.3	1731.7
19	EAST COAST ASPHALT	567.9	587.3	572.1	1727.3
20	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	567.4	572	586.6	1726
21	LIZZY LOU	557.9	581.6	579	1718.5
22	PICKLED PIGS	579.3	581.7	556.7	1717.7
23	BUBBA GRILLS	562.9	574.8	576.3	1714
24	SMOKE RING DREAMS	550.6	565.3	568.2	1684.1

Apr 06 2015

Stump Smokers Hits Trifecta at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

The Hawkinsville Harness Racing Festival hosted the Georgia Barbecue Association and Smokin’ the Track BBQ competition. When the dust settled from a day of harness racing on the track; Stump Smokers, Tab & Walter “Stump” McDowell, hit the Trifecta by winning all three categories. This left no doubt that the team would also win the Grand Championship. This was only the third time in GBA history that one team made a clean sweep of all the top awards.

Grand Champion – Stump Smokers

Reserve Champions – Dobey Q

David Hair & Dobey Q made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs to go with a 5th place finish in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

The runner-up to Stump Smokers in Loin was Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJs. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers helped maintain their lead in the season’s Team of the Year standings by placing third. LawDawg, currently in second place in the TOTY standings, kept pace by coming in 4th place. Dobey Q claimed 5th place with 29 Barbecue claiming sixth. Southern Hogs finished in 7th place. Fiddlers BBQ finished 8th. CaJenn BBQ, cooking in their first GBA contest grabbed 9th place with J Dubs Stew & Que taking 10th

pulled pork entries

Stumps Smokers and Dobey Q finished first and second in both the Pulled Pork and Ribs categories. In Pulled Pork, Smokin AJs was again right there in the hunt by finishing third. Just Blowing Smoke came in 4th with LawDawg BBQ coming in fifth. Southern Hogs edge 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers for 6th place by just a tenth of a point. Forget Me Not BBQ took 8th place, HIgh Tech Smokers/Comsouth took 9th with Dixie Davis Cooks rounding out the top ten.

Smokin AJs

Following Stump Smokers and Dobey Q in Ribs was 29 Barbecue in third place. in 4th place it was Southern Hogs once again edging 92 Barbecue/Assassin Smokers but by a half a point this time. In a tie for 6th place, Real South BBQ won the coin toss over Smokin AJs. LawDawg BBQ got their third call of the day for 8th place. CaJenn BBQ got to walk a second time in their first GBA contest in 9th place. Forget Me Not BBQ also got to walk twice by taking 10th place in Ribs.

The GBA thanks the Hawkinsvile-Pulaski Co Chamber of Commerce for a great contest and an entertaining day at the Harness Racing Festival. The GBA head to Douglas for Bikes Blues & BBQ this week and then on to Jackson for Smokin Pork N Butts the following week.

Full Results.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.1	Cookin with Stump	1	595.9	Cookin with Stump	1	597	Cookin with Stump
2	594.9	Smokin AJ’s	2	594	Dobey Q	2	593.8	Dobey Q
3	591	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	3	592.1	Smokin AJ’s	3	591.2	29 Barbeque
4	590.3	LawDawg BBQ	4	587.7	Just Blowin Smoke	4	589.5	Southern Hogs
5	587.9	Dobey Q	5	586.9	LawDawg BBQ	5	589	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
6	586.1	29 Barbeque	6	582.2	Southern Hogs	6	586.91	Real South BBQ
7	585.7	Southern Hogs	7	582.1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	7	586.9	Smokin’ AJ’s
8	584.9	Fiddlers BBQ	8	581.1	Foeget Me Not BBQ	8	585.4	LawDawg BBQ
9	582.5	CaJenn BBQ	9	578.1	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth	9	584	CaJenn BBQ
10	580.1	JDubs Stew & Que	10	574.9	Dixie Davis Cooks	10	579.6	Foeget Me Not BBQ
11	577.5	Dixie Davis Cooks	11	574.1	Real South BBQ	11	579.2	Just Blowin Smoke
12	572.9	Real South BBQ	12	572.6	Pig Dynasty	12	578.7	Lizzy Lou
13	569.4	Lizzy Lou	13	570.4	Fiddlers BBQ	13	578.7	Dixie Davis Cooks
14	568.1	Just Blowin Smoke	14	569.8	JDubs Stew & Que	14	575.1	JDubs Stew & Que
15	566	Pig Dynasty	15	567.8	29 Barbeque	15	574.1	Fiddlers BBQ
16	558.5	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth	16	566.8	CaJenn BBQ	16	554.5	Pig Dynasty
17	548	Foeget Me Not BBQ	17	566.5	Lizzy Lou	17	0	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth

(Reserve Champion note: If the #1 team in the Reserve stainding wins the Grand Champion, the Reserve award passes down to the #2 team)

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Cookin with Stump.com	594.7	592.1	599.4	1786.2
2	Dobey Q	587.9	591.8	591.6	1771.3
3	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	599.4	582.1	589	1770.5
4	Smokin’ AJ’s	591.2	590	586.9	1768.1
5	LawDawg BBQ	590.3	586.9	585.4	1762.6
6	Southern Hogs	585.7	582.2	589.5	1757.4
7	29 Barbeque	586.1	567.8	590.2	1744.1
8	Just Blowin Smoke	568.1	587.7	579.2	1735
9	Real South BBQ	572.9	574.1	586.91	1733.91
10	CaJenn BBQ	582.5	566.8	584	1733.3
11	Dixie Davis Cooks	577.5	574.9	578.7	1731.1
12	Fiddlers BBQ	584.9	570.4	574.1	1729.4
13	JDubs Stew & Que	580.1	569.8	575.1	1725
14	Lizzy Lou	569.4	566.5	578.7	1714.6
15	Foeget Me Not BBQ	548	581.1	579.6	1708.7
16	Pig Dynasty	566	572.6	554.5	1693.1
17	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth	558.5	578.1	0	1136.6

Mar 22 2015

Back to Back Grands for 29 Barbeque

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) plowed into the Durhamtown Off Road Park near Union Point for the Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cook-off. While the slick red clay mud was a delight for the 4 Wheelers & Dirt Bikers, it presented some challenges to the Pitmasters. The GBA cooks were up for the conditions & turned in some outstanding ‘Que The competition was close as 16 teams vied for the final calls. The competition was so tight that the GBA reps had to go to break a tie for the Grand Championship.

In the Finals, 29 Barbeque’s Pulled Pork box & Dobey Q’s Loin box both tallied a score of 597 from the final’s judges. The GBA motto is “It’s All About the Taste” and the Taste criteria is the first level in the tiebreaker system. 29 Barbeque’s scored 0.04 higher in the Taste criteria than Dobey Q to win the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion -29 Barbeque

Bubba Grills made finals in both Loin & Ribs and added a 10th place finish in Pulled Pork to tally the top cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and take home the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin – Dobey Q

Dobey Q’s 597 score in Loin topped the category by just 0.2 over Fiddler’s BBQ. Bubba Grills took 3rd place. 29 Barbeque edged LawDawg BBQ by 0.04 of a point for 4th place. Sixth place went to Main Street BBQ and 7th place went to Real South BBQ. Southern Hogs, H & J Cooking Team & 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers rounded out the top 10.

29 Barbeque had the best Pulled Pork of the day with Main Street BBQ taking 2nd place & We Want Que taking 3rd place. Smoke Shack BBQ grabbe 4th place; 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers grabbed 4th and H & J Cooking Team pulled down 6th place. Real South BBQ once again captured 7th place with Master Basters capturing 8th place. Ninth place went to Dobey Q and 10th place went to Bubba Grills.

First Place Ribs – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the last call in the Ribs category. Smokin’ the Good Stuff was runner-up with Bubba Grills taking 3rd place. Smoke Shack BBQ got their second 4th place call of the day and Fiddlers BBQ got the call for 5th place. Dobey Q got their third call of the day for 6th place and H & J Coooking team also got a third call with a 7th place finish. In 8th place was Southern Hogs just 0.3 ahead of 29 Barbeque in 9th place. Tenth place went to We Want Que.

Durhamtown also hosted a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun division contest. Cooking for Fun consists of Pulled Pork and Ribs. It is one round of competition only with no finals round as in the GBA Pro division. Six teams competed in the Cooking For Fun Division.

Southern Accents took first place in Pulled Pork. White Racing Team topped the Ribs category. Fine Azz Swine was the runner-up in both cateories and Screaming Eagle BBQ took 3rd place in both as well,

Cooking For Fun Pork – Southern Accent

Coking For Fun – Ribs – White Racing

The GBA has three great contests on tap for April starting with Hawkinsville’s Smokin’ the Track followed by Bikes, Blues & BBQ in Douglas and Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson.

Full Results GBA Division:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597	Doby Q	1	597	29 Barbeque	1	596.4	92 Barbeque
2	596.8	Fiddlers BBQ	2	593.4	Main Street BBQ	2	594.7	Smokin the Good Stuff
3	587.2	Bubba Grills	3	591.2	We Want Que	3	590.9	Bubba Grills
4	588.5	29 Barbeque	4	588.5	Smoke Shack BBQ	4	588.2	Smoke Shack BBQ
5	588.1	Law Dawg BBQ	5	587.9	92 BBQ	5	587.5	Fiddlers BBQ
6	586.9	Main Street BBQ	6	587.8	H and J Cooking Team	6	585.5	Dobey Que
7	586.2	Real South	7	587.3	Real South	7	583.8	H and J Cooking Team
8	585.3	Southern Hogs	8	586.9	Master Basters	8	582.6	Southern Hogs
9	582.6	H and J Cooking Team	9	585.8	Dobey Que	9	582.3	29 Barbeque
10	576.8	92 BBQ	10	585.3	Bubba Grills	10	581.9	We Want Que
11	574.8	Old Henry’s BBQ	11	583.6	Fiddlers BBQ	11	580.4	Old Henry’s BBQ
12	574.3	Smoke Shack BBQ	12	583.4	Southern Hogs	12	579.6	Speed Power Pork
13	572.3	We Want Que	13	575.7	Law Dawg BBQ	13	573.3	Law Dawg BBQ
14	571.1	Master Basters	14	573.7	Speed Power Pork	14	564.5	Main Street BBQ
15	567.4	Smokin the Good Stuff	15	572.8	Old Henry’s BBQ	15	564.4	Master Basters
16	561.5	Speed Power Pork	16	568.2	Smokin the Good Stuff	16	563.8	Real South

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	591.5	585.3	595.1	1771.9
2	Fiddlers BBQ	594.8	583.6	587.5	1765.9
3	Dobey Que	592.1	585.8	585.5	1763.4
4	29 Barbeque	588.5	589.9	582.3	1760.7
5	92 BBQ	576.8	587.9	590.6	1755.3
6	H and J Cooking Team	582.6	587.8	583.8	1754.2
7	Southern Hogs	585.3	583.4	582.6	1751.3
8	Smoke Shack BBQ	574.3	588.5	588.2	1751
9	We Want Que	572.3	590.9	581.9	1745.1
10	Main Street BBQ	586.9	591.5	564.5	1742.9
11	Real South	586.2	587.3	563.8	1737.3
12	Law Dawg BBQ	588.1	575.7	573.3	1737.1
13	Old Henry’s BBQ	574.8	572.8	580.4	1728
14	Smokin the Good Stuff	567.4	568.2	590.8	1726.4
15	Master Basters	571.1	586.9	564.4	1722.4
16	Speed Power Pork	561.5	573.7	579.6	1714.8

Cooking For Fun Division

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	589.6	Southern Accent	1	582.6	White Racing Team
2	582.3	Fine Azz Swine	2	580.9	Fine Azz Swine
3	580.6	Screaming Eagle BBQ	3	579.7	Screaming Eagle BBQ
4	573.7	Smokin Pipes	4	576	Southern Accent
5	0	White Racing Team	5	568.7	Smokin Pipes

Mar 17 2015

29 Barbeque Wins First GBA Grand at Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival

Barry Spayberry and 29 Barbeque took first place honors in both Pulled Pork and Ribs, but it was the Rib entry that edged out Pulled Pork box for highest score in the Finals rounds to win the Grand Championship at the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival. Twenty five teams turned out for the first year event with many of the teams competing in the GBA for the first time.

Grand Champion – 29 Barbeque

Reserve Champions – Just Blowing Smoke

Just Blowing Smoke was the runner up in both Loin and Pulled Pork as well as 7th in Ribs to claim the Reserve Championship for the second contest in a row.

Kerry Sparks and Lawdawg BBQ recorded a perfect 600 score in the Loin preliminary round to lead the way into the finals rounds. They followed that up with the top entry in the finals round to take first place. Just Blowing Smoke was second. Third place went to Forget Me Not BBQ with 29 Barbeque taking 4th place. Smoking Armadillo was 5th, 4 K’s BBQ was 6th and Simply Q was 7th place. Eighth through 10th places went to DCR BBQ, Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats and Porch Light respectively.

29 Barbeque led the way in Pulled Pork with Just Blowing Smoke once again in 2nd place. Porkinator took home 3rd place. Hootie Q came in 4th place. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats was 0.3 of a point better than Hitachi for 5th place. Southern Hog won the tiebreaker for 7th place over Simply Q. Lawdawg BBQ claimed 9th place with Georgia Smoke BBQ claiming 10th.

First Place Loin – LawDawg BBQ

In Ribs, it was 29 Barbeque once again at the top. Porkinator edged out Smokin’ Armadillo for second place by just 0.2 of a point. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats completed their strong showing with a 4th place finish in the category. 4 K’s BBQ took 5th with DCR BBQ taking 6th place. Just Blowing Smoke came in 7th. Old Henry’s BBQ took 8th place by winning the tiebreaker over Porch Light. Sharbite BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Next up for the GBA is the Durhamtown Spring Fling & BBQ Contest on March 20-21. Three great contests are on tap for April in the GBA: Hawkinsville’s Smokin’ the Track on April 3-4; Bikes Blues & BBQ in Douglas on April 10-11 and Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson on April 17-18.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.9	LawDawg BBQ	1	595.7	29 Barbeque	1	598.2	29 Barbeque
2	595.1	Just Blowing Smoke	2	594.6	Just Blowing Smoke	2	592	Porkinator
3	591	Forget Me Not BBQ	3	591.7	Porkinator	3	591.8	Smokin Armadillo
4	589.4	29 Barbeque	4	591.1	Hootie Q	4	592.1	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats
5	589.1	Smokin Armadillo	5	590.5	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats	5	591.9	4K’s BBQ
6	587.2	4K’s BBQ	6	590.2	Hitachi	6	591.5	DCR BBQ
7	586.1	Simply Q	7	588.5	Southern Hog	7	588.2	Just Blowing Smoke
8	585.6	DCR BBQ	8	588.5	Simply Q	8	586.6	Old Henry’s BBQ
9	585.2	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats	9	588.2	LawDawg BBQ	9	586.6	Porch Light
10	580.9	Porch Light	10	587.8	Georgia Smoke BBQ	10	582.9	Shark Bite BBQ
11	580.3	Southern Hog	11	587	Smokin J’s Barbeque	11	582.5	BCD
12	578.3	Hitachi	12	586.2	Senational Pigs	12	581	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
13	577.4	Georgia Smoke BBQ	13	583.3	DCR BBQ	13	580.9	Southern Hog
14	575.9	Old Henry’s BBQ	14	582	Maxus Porkamus	14	580.4	Hootie Q
15	572.4	Robison’s BBQ	15	582	Shark Bite BBQ	15	580	Forget Me Not BBQ
16	572.3	Senational Pigs	16	581.3	Smokin Armadillo	16	575.6	Robison’s BBQ
17	570.8	Maxus Porkamus	17	579.1	4K’s BBQ	17	575	Tiretoter’s BBQ
18	569.7	Porkinator	18	577.2	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	18	572.4	LawDawg BBQ
19	569.1	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	19	576.4	Tiretoter’s BBQ	19	572.2	Senational Pigs
20	568.5	Shark Bite BBQ	20	575	Robison’s BBQ	20	571.5	Simply Q
21	567.5	JT’s Smoking Butts	21	573.7	Forget Me Not BBQ	21	571.1	Georgia Smoke BBQ
22	566.2	Hootie Q	22	571.1	Old Henry’s BBQ	22	570.4	Smokin J’s Barbeque
23	564.1	Tiretoter’s BBQ	23	564.5	JT’s Smoking Butts	23	568.8	Maxus Porkamus
24	563.5	Smokin J’s Barbeque	24	563.5	BCD	24	564.5	Hitachi
25	563.2	BCD	25	558	Porch Light	25	558.2	JT’s Smoking Butts

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	596.4	599.7	588.2	1784.3
2	29 Barbeque	589.4	596.1	595.8	1781.3
3	Smokin Armadillo	589.1	581.3	600	1770.4
4	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats	585.2	590.5	592.1	1767.8
5	Porkinator	569.7	594.9	596.7	1761.3
6	LawDawg BBQ	600	588.2	572.4	1760.6
7	DCR BBQ	585.6	583.3	591.5	1760.4
8	4K’s BBQ	587.2	579.1	591.9	1758.2
9	Southern Hog	580.3	588.51	580.9	1749.71
10	Forget Me Not BBQ	593.1	573.7	580	1746.8
11	Simply Q	586.1	588.5	571.5	1746.1
12	Hootie Q	566.2	591.1	580.4	1737.7
13	Georgia Smoke BBQ	577.4	587.8	571.1	1736.3
14	Old Henry’s BBQ	575.9	571.1	586.61	1733.61
15	Shark Bite BBQ	568.5	582	582.9	1733.4
16	Hitachi	578.3	590.2	564.5	1733
17	Senational Pigs	572.3	586.2	572.2	1730.7
18	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	569.1	577.2	581	1727.3
19	Porch Light	580.9	558	586.6	1725.5
20	Robison’s BBQ	572.4	575	575.6	1723
21	Maxus Porkamus	570.8	582	568.8	1721.6
22	Smokin J’s Barbeque	563.5	587	570.4	1720.9
23	Tiretoter’s BBQ	564.1	576.4	575	1715.5
24	BCD	563.2	563.5	582.5	1709.2
25	JT’s Smoking Butts	567.5	564.5	558.2	1690.2