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Smokin’ 42 Defends Home Turf Again in Tifton

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Defends Home Turf Again in Tifton

 

Twenty six Georgia Barbecue Associations teams gathered at Fulwood Park in Tifton, Ga for Rhythm & Ribs. The event in Tifton has become a favorite among the teams with a great venue and a large music and crafts festival to go along with the BBQ competition  For the second year in a row, the hometown boys of Smokin’ 42 BBQ took home top honors by wining both the Loin & Pulled Pork categories and the Grand Championship.  Chad Brooks and his crew were certainly on top of their game as they also recorded  a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round of Pulled Pork. The event in Tifton has become a favorite among the teams with a great venue and a large music and crafts festival to go along with the BBQ competition

 

Grand Champion - Smokin 42 BBQ

Grand Champion – Smokin 42 BBQ

Reserve Champion - Just Blowing Smoke

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

 

 

Robin Bowles and Just Blowing Smoke made finals in Pulled Pork and Ribs along with 8th place in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Champion award.

 

Chad Brooks and Smokin 42 BBQ’s score of 596.7 was the top score among the three finalists in Loin to take first place.  Captain Jack’s Fredom BBQ Team took seond place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking third place. Fourth place went to Bubba Grills with Dobey Q in fifth place.  LawDawg BBQ won the tiebreaker over Stumps Smokers BBQ Team for 6th place.   In eighth place was Just Blowing Smoke with H & J Cooking team in 9th and Holy Smokes rounding out the top 10.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ followed up the perfect 600 score in Pulled Pork preliminaries with a near perfect 599.1 score in the finals round to win the category.  Stumps Smokers BBQ Team came in 2nd place with Just Blowing Smoke in third.  Rub Shakers Que took 4th place by 0.3 of a point over Law Dawg BBQ.  Swine Time Grilling Team won 6th place in the tiebreaker over H & J Cooking Team.   Dobey Q captured 8th place.  Bethel Smokers came in 9th with Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in 10th place

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Jimmy Hornbuckle and Swine Time Grilling Team turned in the best Rib box of the day.  Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team was the runner up  with Just Blowing Smoke finishing in 3rd place and Bethel Smokers finishing in 4th place.  Stumps Smokers BBQ Teams won the tiebreaker to take 5th place over H & J Cooking Team. J Dub Stew & Que grabbed 7th place and . Dobey Q took 8th place.  It was Real South BBQ & Holy Smokes coming in 9th & 10 places respectively.

Rythm & Ribs also held a non-sanctioned backyard contest.  Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Team got the Grand Championship call for the second year in a row.

The GBA heads north for the Hitiachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13.14 followed by Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.

 

Full Results:

 

LOIN   PULLED PORK
1 596.7 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 1 599.1 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
2 593 Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team 2 592 Stumps Smokers BBQ Team
3 592.3 92 BBQ Assassin Smokers 3 590.9 Just Blowing Smoke
4 598.8 Bubba Grills 4 593.9 Rub Shakers Que
5 598 Dobey Q 5 593.6 Law Dawg BBQ
6 595.11 Law Dawg BBQ 6 591.81 Swine Time Grilling Team
7 595.1 Stumps Smokers BBQ Team 7 591.8 H & J Cooking Team
8 594.8 Just Blowing Smoke 8 590.9 Dobey Q
9 591.8 H & J Cooking Team 9 590.3 Bethel Smoker
10 590.2 Holy Smokes 10 588.8 Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team
11 588.8 Bones Grill Shack 11 585.1 Rib Ticklers
12 582.7 Bethel Smoker 12 585 Real South BBQ
13 580.5 J Dub’s Stew and Que 13 584.5 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
14 580 Rub Shakers Que 14 583.9 Holy Smokes
15 577.3 Smokey Times 15 579.9 Smokin J’s Barbecue
16 570.5 Dirt Road Smokerz 16 578.7 For Get Me Not BBQ
17 569 For Get Me Not BBQ 17 578.6 Flint River Cookers
18 568.3 Rib Ticklers 18 577.2 Bubba Grills
19 565.1 Southern Hogs 19 576.8 Nature Boy BBQ
20 565.1 Flint River Cookers 20 572.2 Raging Smoke BBQ
21 564.7 Raging Smoke BBQ 21 572.1 Southern Hogs
22 563.8 Smokin J’s Barbecue 22 570.4 Bones Grill Shack
23 563.8 Swine Time Grilling Team 23 569.5 Smokey Times
24 560.8 Wisham Jellies Smokers 24 565.7 J Dub’s Stew and Que
25 559.3 Real South BBQ 25 562.4 Dirt Road Smokerz
26 546.5 Nature Boy BBQ 26 560.8 Wisham Jellies Smokers

 

RIBS
1 598.9 Swine Time Grilling Team
2 591.7 Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team
3 591 Just Blowing Smoke
4 592.1 Bethel Smoker
5 591.21 Stumps Smokers BBQ Team
6 591.2 H & J Cooking Team
7 590.8 J Dub’s Stew and Que
8 588.5 Dobey Q
9 588.2 Real South BBQ
10 587.2 Holy Smokes
11 583.9 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
12 583.6 For Get Me Not BBQ
13 583.6 Bubba Grills
14 583.3 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
15 583 Rub Shakers Que
16 580 Smokey Times
17 580 Law Dawg BBQ
18 576.3 Southern Hogs
19 575.7 Dirt Road Smokerz
20 575.1 Flint River Cookers
21 575 Smokin J’s Barbecue
22 570 Raging Smoke BBQ
23 569.8 Rib Ticklers
24 567.8 Nature Boy BBQ
25 567.2 Bones Grill Shack
26 558.2 Wisham Jellies Smokers

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Just Blowing Smoke 594.8 594.3 595.7 1784.8
2 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 599.7 600 583.3 1783
3 Stumps Smokers BBQ Team 595.1 595.8 591.21 1782.11
4 Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team 599.1 588.8 592.11 1780.01
5 Dobey Q 598 590.9 588.5 1777.4
6 H & J Cooking Team 591.8 591.8 591.2 1774.8
7 Law Dawg BBQ 595.11 593.6 580 1768.71
8 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers 599.1 584.5 583.9 1767.5
9 Bethel Smoker 582.7 590.3 592.1 1765.1
10 Holy Smokes 590.2 583.9 587.2 1761.3
11 Bubba Grills 598.8 577.2 583.6 1759.6
12 Rub Shakers Que 580 593.9 583 1756.9
13 Swine Time Grilling Team 563.8 591.81 599.1 1754.71
14 J Dub’s Stew and Que 580.5 565.7 590.8 1737
15 Real South BBQ 559.3 585 588.2 1732.5
16 For Get Me Not BBQ 569 578.7 583.6 1731.3
17 Smokey Times 577.3 569.5 580 1726.8
18 Bones Grill Shack 588.8 570.4 567.2 1726.4
19 Rib Ticklers 568.3 585.1 569.8 1723.2
20 Flint River Cookers 565.1 578.6 575.1 1718.8
21 Smokin J’s Barbecue 563.8 579.9 575 1718.7
22 Southern Hogs 565.1 572.1 576.3 1713.5
23 Dirt Road Smokerz 570.5 562.4 575.7 1708.6
24 Raging Smoke BBQ 564.7 572.2 570 1706.9
25 Nature Boy BBQ 546.5 576.8 567.8 1691.1
26 Wisham Jellies Smokers 560.8 560.8 558.2 1679.8

Dobey Q Walks Last at the Beach Bash

Dobey Q Walks Last at the Beach Bash

Grand Champion - Dobey Q

Grand Champion – Dobey Q

The Brunswick Lions Club’s Jekyll BBQ Beach Bash has become one of the biggest events on Jekyll Island.  Thirty of the top teams in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) gathered at the beach in Great Dune Park and the level of competition was off the charts. In the end, the last call of the day went to David Hair and Dobey Q who walked away with the Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion - Bubba Grills

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

Lonnie Smith debuted the new Bubba Grills T3 Steam. With the innovative new cooker, Bubba Grills got two finals calls to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

 

First Place Pulled Pork - Bethel Smokers

First Place Pulled Pork – Bethel Smokers

Dobey Q’s Grand Championship Loin entry won the category. Kevin McKinney of Hungry Hogs BBQ was the runner up with Barbecue Crew taking third place. Smoke Risin’ took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in 5th and Smoke Shack BBQ in 6th place. Seventh place went to Just Pig Out and 8th place went to Smokin’ the Good Stuff. Southern Hogs edged out Rescue Smokers for 9th place by 0.1 of a point

 

Joe Wright & Bethel Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category over Bubba Grills in second place and Rescue Smokers in third. Just Blowing Smoke took 4th place.  Just Pig Out claimed 5th place by 0.3 of a point over Barbecue Crew who claimed 6th place by another 0.3 of a point over Smokin’ AJs.   Smoke Risin’ won the 5th tiebreaker to take 8th place over 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Tenth place went to Southern Hogs.

 

Bubba Grills got the first place call in Ribs. 29 Barbecue captured 2nd place with Real South BBQ in third. Rescue Smokers edged Smokin’ AJs by 0.3 of a point for 4th place. Sixth place went to Naked Daves by only 0.1 of a point over The Hurricane Cookers.  Once again, there was a tie for 8th place & this one went to the 4th tiebreaker. Smoke Shack BBQ won the tiebreaker which put Just Blowing Smoke in 9th place. Bethel Smokers rounded out the top 10.

The Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash also had a backyard division.  Julie Weprek & Mama’s Que-N-Stew won both Pulled Pork & Ribs.  LawDawg BBQ II took second place in Pulled Pork and Wcked Lickin’ BBQ Crew took second in Ribs.

Mama's Que-N-Stew

Mama’s Que-N-Stew

Lawdawg BBQ II

Lawdawg BBQ II

Wicked Lickin' BBQ Crew

Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew

 

Next up for the GBA is Rythm & Ribs in Tifton on March 6-7. The following week the GBA heads north for the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13-14 with the Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.

Full GBA Results:

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 599.2 DOBEY Q 1 598.1 BETHEL SMOKERS 1 595.3 BUBBA GRILLS
2 594.1 HUNGRY HOG BBQ 2 592.3 BUBBA GRILLS 2 594.2 29 BARBEQUE
3 588.7 BARBECUE CREW 3 591.6 RESCUE SMOKERS 3 592.5 REAL SOUTH BBQ
4 587.9 SMOKE RISING 4 594.6 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 4 588.5 RESCUE SMOKERS
5 587.2 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 5 591.8 JUST PIG OUT 5 588.2 SMOKIN AJ’S
6 585.9 SMOKE SHACK BBQ 6 591.5 BARBECUE CREW 6 587 NAKED DAVE’S
7 584.6 JUST PIG OUT 7 591.2 SMOKIN AJ’S 7 586.9 HURRICANE COOKERS, THE
8 583.9 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF 8 590.51 SMOKE RISING 8 584.61 SMOKE SHACK BBQ
9 582.5 SOUTHERN HOGS 9 590.5 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 9 584.6 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
10 582.4 RESCUE SMOKERS 10 586.3 SOUTHERN HOGS 10 583.3 BETHEL SMOKERS
11 581 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 11 586 SMOKE SHACK BBQ 11 582.7 BARE BONES BBQ
12 580 RUBSHAKERS QUE 12 584.3 DOBEY Q 12 581.4 BARBECUE CREW
13 579.8 FIDDLER’S BBQ 13 582.9 HURRICANE COOKERS, THE 13 581.1 DOBEY Q
14 579.1 BETHEL SMOKERS 14 582.1 J DUB STEW & QUE 14 580.3 ET’S BBQ
15 578.4 LAW DAWGS BBQ 15 582 LAW DAWGS BBQ 15 579.7 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
16 575 BUBBA GRILLS 16 578.7 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 16 579.6 JUST PIG OUT
17 573.6 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 17 576.8 FIDDLER’S BBQ 17 578.7 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
18 572.8 HURRICANE COOKERS, THE 18 576.6 REAL SOUTH BBQ 18 577.8 RUBSHAKERS QUE
19 571.5 REAL SOUTH BBQ 19 576.6 MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE 19 576.6 SOUTHERN HOGS
20 570.8 LIZZY LOU 20 575.4 NAKED DAVE’S 20 576.3 FIDDLER’S BBQ
21 570.8 SMOKIN AJ’S 21 574.2 RUBSHAKERS QUE 21 574.8 SMOK’N ARMDILLO
22 570.2 SMOKIN J’S BBQ 22 573.8 HUNGRY HOG BBQ 22 574.1 SMOKIN J’S BBQ
23 567.6 SMOK’N ARMDILLO 23 571.8 OLD HENRY BBQ 23 571.1 SMOKE RISING
24 566.9 OLD HENRY BBQ 24 569.8 LIZZY LOU 24 569.3 LIZZY LOU
25 566.8 NAKED DAVE’S 25 568.5 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF 25 569.2 J DUB STEW & QUE
26 565.4 ET’S BBQ 26 567.2 SMOKIN J’S BBQ 26 568.7 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
27 564.5 MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE 27 564.5 ET’S BBQ 27 565.8 LAW DAWGS BBQ
28 557.5 29 BARBEQUE 28 562.9 SMOK’N ARMDILLO 28 564.3 FORGET ME NOT BBQ
29 553 J DUB STEW & QUE 29 561.3 BARE BONES BBQ 29 563.9 MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE
30 0 BARE BONES BBQ 30 557.6 29 BARBEQUE 30 556 OLD HENRY BBQ

 

 

 Reserve Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 BUBBA GRILLS 575 600 599.4 1774.4
2 RESCUE SMOKERS 582.4 599.7 588.5 1770.6
3 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 587.2 594.6 584.6 1766.4
4 BARBECUE CREW 588.8 591.5 581.4 1761.7
5 BETHEL SMOKERS 579.1 599.1 583.3 1761.5
6 DOBEY Q 593.7 584.3 581.1 1759.1
7 SMOKE SHACK BBQ 585.9 586 584.61 1756.51
8 JUST PIG OUT 584.6 591.8 579.6 1756
9 SMOKIN AJ’S 570.8 591.2 588.2 1750.2
10 SMOKE RISING 587.9 590.51 571.1 1749.51
11 SOUTHERN HOGS 582.5 586.3 576.6 1745.4
12 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 573.6 590.5 579.7 1743.8
13 HURRICANE COOKERS, THE 572.8 582.9 586.9 1742.6
14 REAL SOUTH BBQ 571.5 576.6 591.5 1739.6
15 HUNGRY HOG BBQ 594.8 573.8 568.7 1737.3
16 FIDDLER’S BBQ 579.8 576.8 576.3 1732.9
17 RUBSHAKERS QUE 580 574.2 577.8 1732
18 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF 583.9 568.5 578.7 1731.1
19 NAKED DAVE’S 566.8 575.4 587 1729.2
20 LAW DAWGS BBQ 578.4 582 565.8 1726.2
21 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 581 578.7 564.3 1724
22 SMOKIN J’S BBQ 570.2 567.2 574.1 1711.5
23 ET’S BBQ 565.4 564.5 580.3 1710.2
24 LIZZY LOU 570.8 569.8 569.3 1709.9
25 29 BARBEQUE 557.5 557.6 592.4 1707.5
26 SMOK’N ARMDILLO 567.6 562.9 574.8 1705.3
27 MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE 564.5 576.6 563.9 1705
28 J DUB STEW & QUE 553 582.1 569.2 1704.3
29 OLD HENRY BBQ 566.9 571.8 556 1694.7
30 BARE BONES BBQ 0 561.3 582.7 1144

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barbecue Crew Takes Grand on Home Turf

Barbecue Crew Takes Grand on Home Turf

Foy Whatley of the Barbece Crew had the rest of the GBA Pitmasters right where he wanted them on his home turf at the Moultrie Moose Lodge Cookoff.  Whatley racked up the top score in the finals round with his Pulled Pork entry to claim the Grand Championship in the second year event.

Gtand Champion - Barbecue Crew

Gtand Champion – Barbecue Crew

Just Blowing Smoke made finals in both Loin and Ribs to go with a 7th place finish in Pulled Pork to win the Reserve Champion award.

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Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

 

H & J Cooking Team

H & J Cooking Team

 

Just Blowing Smoke led the way in the Loin category with H & J Cooking Team and Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJ’s following in second and third.  Real South BBQ took fourth place with Lawdawg BBQ taking fifth.  Sixth place with to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers.  Fiddler’s BBQ finished 7th and Sunset Smokers finished 8th  Ninth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers rounding out the top 10.

 

Barbecue Crew had the best Pulled Pork of the contest.  H & J Cooking Teams again was the runner up.  Hungry Hog BBQ took third place.   92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers  just missed the finals on a tiebreaker to come in fourth place.   Fiddler’s BBQ took fifth place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 6th place. In 7th place was Just Blowing Smoke and Real South BBQ finished in 8th place.  Smokin’ AJs and Durt Road Smokerz finished ninth & tenth respectively.

 

Hungry Hog BBQ

Hungry Hog BBQ

 

 

Just Blowing Smoke won their second category of the contest with the top score in Ribs. Fiddler’s BBQ came in second with Travis & Montae Webb of Sunset Smokers coming in third place. H & J Cooling Team took fourth place.  Fifth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts in just their second contest.  Double D Cooking Team took sixth place and Smokin J’s BBQ took seventh place. Eighth through tenth places were Durt Road Smokerz, Colquitt Cookers and Lawdawg BBQ.

 

 

In the backyard contest Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the chicken category with Cowboy Smokin. G.W. McLeod pitmaster, winning Pulled Pork and Ribs.

 

 

 

Screaming Eagle BBQ

Screaming Eagle BBQ

Cowboy Smokin

Cowboy Smokin

 

 

Loin
1 598.1 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2 592.7 H & J COOKING TEAM
3 590.6 SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
4 595.1 REAL SOUTH BBQ
5 594.5 LAWDAWG BBQ
6 593 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
7 589.6 FIDDLERS BBQ
8 586.3 SUNSET SMOKERS
9 585.4 MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
10 585.1 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
11 581.5 SMOKIN J’S BBQ
12 574 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13 572.2 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
14 571.8 BARBECUE CREW
15 564.7 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
16 563.4 DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
17 558.5 COLQUITT COOKERS
18 555.8 FORGET ME NOT BBQ

 

 

PULLED PORK
1 599.3 BARBECUE CREW
2 590.4 H & J COOKING TEAM
3 589.9 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
4 590.3 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
5 590 FIDDLERS BBQ
6 589.6 FORGET ME NOT BBQ
7 589.31 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
8 589.3 REAL SOUTH BBQ
9 586.3 SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
10 585.7 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
11 581.4 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
12 580.2 DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
13 578.8 LAWDAWG BBQ
14 576.8 SUNSET SMOKERS
15 573 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
16 572.4 SMOKIN J’S BBQ
17 568.7 COLQUITT COOKERS

 

RIBS
1 598.9 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2 594.4 FIDDLERS BBQ
3 588.7 SUNSET SMOKERS
4 589.7 H & J COOKING TEAM
5 587.6 MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
6 586.3 DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
7 586 SMOKIN J’S BBQ
8 584.8 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
9 582.8 COLQUITT COOKERS
10 582.7 LAWDAWG BBQ
11 582.4 SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
12 579.8 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
13 577.9 REAL SOUTH BBQ
14 577.6 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
15 575.5 BARBECUE CREW
16 569 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
17 568.1 FORGET ME NOT BBQ
18 564.7 OLD HENRY’S BBQ

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 595.8 589.31 593.9 1779.01
2 H & J COOKING TEAM 598.2 590.31 589.7 1778.21
3 FIDDLERS BBQ 589.6 590 590.3 1769.9
4 SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ 599.4 586.3 582.4 1768.1
5 REAL SOUTH BBQ 595.1 589.3 577.9 1762.3
6 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 593 590.3 577.6 1760.9
7 SUNSET SMOKERS 586.3 576.8 595.2 1758.3
8 LAWDAWG BBQ 594.5 578.8 582.7 1756
9 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS 585.1 581.4 579.8 1746.3
10 BARBECUE CREW 571.8 595.8 575.5 1743.1
11 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ 572.2 585.7 584.8 1742.7
12 SMOKIN J’S BBQ 581.5 572.4 586 1739.9
13 HUNGRY HOG BBQ 564.7 598.2 569 1731.9
14 DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM 563.4 580.2 586.3 1729.9
15 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 555.8 589.6 568.1 1713.5
16 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 574 573 564.7 1711.7
17 COLQUITT COOKERS 558.5 568.7 582.8 1710
18 MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS 585.4 0 587.6 1173

A Grand Time in Albany for Dobey Que

A Grand Time in Albany for Dobey Que

(pictures courtesy of Donald Tilton of Classic Impression)

The Quail Classic Event in Albany, GA and the Georgia Barbecue Association joined forces for the first time.  The event was held at the Stonebridge Country Club.  The teams and judges enjoyed the hospitality of this unique venue especially the different twist on a people’s choice contest with their Hospitality Challenge.

David Hair, cooking for the first time in GBA as Dobey Que, got the final call of the day and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion - Dobey Que

Grand Champion – Dobey Que

Kerry Sparks of LawDawg BBQ continued her strong run of contests by making finals in both Loin and Pulled Pork along with a 6th place finish in Ribs.  The gave LawDawg BBQ the top cumulative score across the three categories in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion - LawDawg BBQ

Reserve Champion – LawDawg BBQ

 

Fiddler's BBQ

Fiddler’s BBQ

 

Shirley & Harvey Wills of Fiddlers BBQ won the People”s Choice Hospitality Challenge.  H  & J Cooking Team took second place with Marky Mark’s Smoking Butts capturing third place.

 

Dobey Que’s Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category with LawDawg BBQ as runner-up and H & J Cooking Team in third.place.  Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ, fifth place went to Real South BBQ and sixth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ.  Just Blowing Smoke took seventh place with Hungry Hog BBQ in eighth place. The ninth place call went to Southern Hogs with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers rounding out the top 10.

 

 

 

LawDawg BBQ had to top Pulled Pork Box of the contest.  Hungry Hog BBQ was a close second.  Real South BBQ took third place.  Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ and fifth place went to Just Blowing Smoke.  Southern Hogs grabbed sixth place; H & J Cooking team grabbed seventh and Durt Road Smokers grabbed eighth place.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers and Old Henry’s BBQ finished ninth and tenth respectively.

Real South BBQ

Real South BBQ

 

In Ribs, it was Tim Coleman and Real South BBQ for the win. Second place went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers.  Dobey Que took third place with Southern Hogs in fourth.  Just Blowing Smoke and LawDawg BBQ tied for fifth place with Just Blowing Smoke getting the nod on the 4th tiebreaker.  H &  Cooking Team came in seventh place. There was also a tie for eighth place and it went to the 5th tiebreaker before Fiddler’s BBQ edged out Old Henry’s BBQ.  Hungry Hog got the tenth place call

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the administration and staff of Stonebridge Country Club for putting on an outstanding contest.

Full Results:

LOIN  Pullled Pork RIBS
1 280 Dobey Que 1 596.9 Law Dawg BBQ 1 597.4 Real South BBQ
2 594.4 Law Dawg BBQ 2 595.3 Hungry Hog BBQ 2 594.2 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
3 588.7 H&J Cooking Team 3 589.3 Real South BBQ 3 590 Dobey Que
4 586.2 Old Henrys BBQ 4 586.9 Fiddlers BBQ 4 584.2 Southern Hogs
5 582.8 Real South BBQ 5 585.7 Just Blowing Smoke 5 583.91 Just Blowing Smoke
6 580.3 Fiddlers BBQ 6 581.6 Southern Hogs 6 583.9 Law Dawg BBQ
7 578.6 Just Blowing Smoke 7 581.5 H&J Cooking Team 7 583.3 H&J Cooking Team
8 578.3 Hungry Hog BBQ 8 577.6 Durt Road Smokers 8 580.31 Fiddlers BBQ
9 566.3 Southern Hogs 9 576.2 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 9 580.3 Old Henrys BBQ
10 563.8 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 10 573.8 Old Henrys BBQ 10 579.3 Hungry Hog BBQ
11 561.4 Marky Marks Smoking Butts 11 560.3 Marky Marks Smoking Butts 11 572.7 Durt Road Smokers
12 545.7 Durt Road Smokers 12 0 Dobey Que 12 556.2 Marky Marks Smoking Butts

 

 Reserve Scores
Loin Pork Ribs
1 Law Dawg BBQ 598.8 592.1 583.9 1774.8
2 Real South BBQ 582.8 590.1 591.8 1764.7
3 H&J Cooking Team 588.5 581.5 583.3 1753.3
4 Just Blowing Smoke 578.6 585.7 583.91 1748.21
5 Fiddlers BBQ 580.3 586.9 580.31 1747.51
6 Hungry Hog BBQ 578.3 587.8 579.3 1745.4
7 Old Henrys BBQ 586.2 573.8 580.3 1740.3
8 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 563.8 576.2 596.4 1736.4
9 Southern Hogs 566.3 581.6 584.2 1732.1
10 Durt Road Smokers 545.7 577.6 572.7 1696
11 Marky Marks Smoking Butts 561.4 560.3 556.2 1677.9
12 Dobey Que 596.7 0 594.5 1191.2

A Smoking Good Birthday for Lawdawg BBQ

A Smoking Good Birthday for Lawdawg BBQ

Grand Champion - Lawdawg BBQ

Grand Champion – Lawdawg BBQ

Kerry Sparks of Lawdawg BBQ got the best birthday present a competition could want – their first Grand Championship.  It wasn’t without some drama at the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest Pigs & Produce BBQ Contest.  Lawdawg BBQ’s Loin entry and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers’ Pulled Pork entry tallied the same total score in the finals round.  On the first tiebreaker, compare scores for Taste, Lawdawg prevailed and the Sparks family team walked last at the awards Ceremony.

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92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers made finals in all three categories to accumulate the highest total score in the three preliminary rounds and won the Reserve Champion award.

 

Old Henry's BBQ

Old Henry’s BBQ

 

 

 

The Grand Champion Loin entry by Lawdawg BBQ topped the category. In the Loin preliminary round, Lawdawg BBQ tallied a perfect 600 score.  Bill & Renee Goddard of Rub Shakers Que took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third place.  Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ.  Daddy-O’s BBQ came in fifth, Kelvin’s BBQ came in sixth and Southern Hogs came in seventh place. Eighth thru tenth places went to Fat Jack’s BBQ, Real South BBQ and Bubba Grills respectively.

 

 

Fat Jack's BBQ

Fat Jack’s BBQ

 

 

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category. Fat Jack’s BBQ, cooking in their first GBA contest, was the runner up.  Lawdawg BBQ finished in third place.  Fourth place again went to Clay & Stephanie Beal of Old Henry’s BBQ.  Kelvin’s BBQ & Real South BBQ tied for fifth place with Kelvin’s winning on the 4th tiebreaker. Bubba Grills grabbed seventh place and Daddy-O’s BBQ grabbed eighth place.  Southern Hogs and Rub Shakers Que rounded out the top 10.

 

 

 

Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs

 

 

Southern Hogs turned in the best Rib entry of the day. Fat Jack’s BBQ added to their big first GBA contest with a second place finish in Ribs.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third place.  Bubba Grills came in fourth with Real South BBQ in fifth place. It was Old Henry’s BBQ claiming  sixth place and Lawdawg BBQ claimed seventh place. Kelvin’s BBQ took eighth place, Rub Shakers Que took ninth and Daddy-O’s BBQ took tenth..

The Georgia Barbeque Association was proud to be a part of the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest for the third year.   Next up on the GBA calendar is Albany Quail Classic on November 21-22 followed by the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook-off on Dec 5-6.

 

 

Full Results:

LOIN PULLED PORK RIBS
1 595.9 LAW DAWG BBQ 1 595.9 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 1 594.9 SOUTHERN HOG
2 593.8 RUB SHAKERS QUE 2 593.6 FAT JACK’S BBQ 2 593.8 FAT JACK’S BBQ
3 591.6 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 3 591.4 LAW DAWG BBQ 3 593.3 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
4 581 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 4 582.3 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 4 586 BUBBA GRILLS
5 579.3 DADDY-O’S BBQ 5 580.01 KELVIN’S BBQ 5 582.7 REAL SOUTH BBQ
6 577.9 KELVIN’S BBQ 6 580 REAL SOUTH BBQ 6 579.7 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
7 577.81 SOUTHERN HOG 7 579.3 BUBBA GRILLS 7 579.4 LAW DAWG BBQ
8 577.8 FAT JACK’S BBQ 8 574.5 DADDY-O’S BBQ 8 578.8 KELVIN’S BBQ
9 577.1 REAL SOUTH BBQ 9 568.4 SOUTHERN HOG 9 578.1 RUB SHAKERS QUE
10 573.2 BUBBA GRILLS 10 563.5 RUB SHAKERS QUE 10 566.6 DADDY-O’S BBQ

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 599.4 587.8 599.1 1786.3
2 LAW DAWG BBQ 600 584 579.4 1763.4
3 FAT JACK’S BBQ 577.8 590.9 590.3 1759
4 SOUTHERN HOG 577.81 568.4 597.1 1743.31
5 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 581 582.3 579.7 1743
6 REAL SOUTH BBQ 577.1 580 582.7 1739.8
7 BUBBA GRILLS 573.2 579.3 586 1738.5
8 KELVIN’S BBQ 577.9 580.01 578.8 1736.71
9 RUB SHAKERS QUE 582.4 563.5 578.1 1724
10 DADDY-O’S BBQ 579.3 574.5 566.6 1720.4