Category: Contest Reports

Mar 10 2015

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

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

Feb 01 2015

Dobey Q Walks Last at the Beach Bash

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

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

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

Lawdawg BBQ II

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

Dec 07 2014

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

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.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

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

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	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

Nov 23 2014

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

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

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

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

Oct 26 2014

A Smoking Good Birthday for 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.

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

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

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 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