Category: Contest Reports

Oct 19 2014

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Deep Roots Festival

Bubba Grills Edges Lawdawg BBQ for Grand at Deep Roots Festival

It was the first time the GBA sanctioned the BBQ competition at the Deep Roots Festival in Milledgeville and the excitement went right down to the wire. In the finals round, Bubba Grills rib entry and Lawdawg BBQ loin entry both tallied a 597.6 score as the best entry of the day. The GBA officials had to go to the tiebreak procedure and Bubba Grills took the win on the first level of the tiebreaker and captured the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Just Blowing Smoke won the Reserve Championship for the second week in a row by getting a finals call in Loin along with 4th place in ribs and 6th place in Pulled Pork.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

First Place Loin – Lawdawg BBQ

Lawdawg BBQ had the top entry in the Loin category. Just Blowing Smoke took 2nd place. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats cooking in their first GBA contest took 3rd place in the very difficult loin category. Fourth place with to Sweat’s BBQ with Bubba Grils in 5th place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 6th, Ivey Rack and Q finished 7th and Party Porkers finished 8th. Swine Time Grilling (9th place) and Smokin’ Squealers rounded out the top 10.

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers continued their strong run in the current GBA contest season by winning the Pulled Pork category. Bubba Grills was the runner up and another first time GBA competitor, Maxus Porkamus, was in 3rd place. Swine Time Grilling took 4th place. There was a tie for 5th place. It went to the fifth tiebreaker before Old Henry’s BBQ edged out Just Blowing Smoke. Seventh place was taken by Party Porkers. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats, Rotary Roasters and Dixie Que finished eighth, ninth & tenth respectively.

First Place Pork – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

First place in Ribs went to Bubba Grills with Southern Hogs taking 2nd place. Once again,3rd place went to a team in their first GBA contest – Sensations Pigs. Just Blowing Smoke got the 4th place call with Baldwin Pork Authority getting the call for 5th place. In a tie for 6th place, Ivey Rack & Q got the nod over Lawdawg BBQ in the tiebreaker. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 8th place, Forget Me Not BBQ took 9th and Real South BBQ took 10th place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association was honored to be a part of such a great event in the Deep Roots Festival and look forward to coming back in 2015. Next up for the GBA is the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest on October 24 -25.

Full Results Below:

		LOIN
1	597.6	Law Dawg
2	593.5	Just Blowing Smoke
3	586.02	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats
4	591.5	Sweat’s BBQ
5	589.6	Bubba Grills
6	587.5	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers
7	586	Ivey Rack & Q
8	585.2	Party Porkers
9	584.8	Swine Time Grilling
10	583.9	Smokin’ Squealers
11	583	Smokeshack
12	580.1	Southern Hogs
13	579.8	Maxus Porkamus
14	576.1	Real South BBQ
15	576	Rollin Smoke Competition Que
16	575.4	Sentational Pigs
17	573.7	5 O’Clock Somewhere
18	571.1	Old Henry’s BBQ
19	570.9	Rotary Roasters
20	570.8	Porknado
21	570.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
22	566.5	Baldwin Pork Authority
23	564.6	Nice Rack
24	562.7	Trap BBQ
25	561.3	Dixie Que
26	556	Pigs in Heat

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.9	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers	1	597.6	Bubba Grills
2	594.6	Bubba Grills	2	594.4	Southern Hogs
3	590.3	Maxus Porkamus	3	589.2	Sensational Pigs
4	590	Swine Time Grilling	4	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
5	589.71	Old Henry’s BBQ	5	594.9	Baldwin Pork Authority
6	589.7	Just Blowing Smoke	6	594.51	Ivey Rack & Q
7	589.6	Party Porkers	7	594.5	Law Dawg
8	588.1	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats	8	590.9	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers
9	586.6	Rotary Roasters	9	590.6	Forget Me Not BBQ
10	586	Dixie Que	10	587.9	Real South BBQ
11	585.7	Pigs in Heat	11	587.8	Smokeshack
12	585.6	Rollin Smoke Competition Que	12	583.4	5 O’Clock Somewhere
12	585.6	Sensational Pigs	13	583	Dixie Que
14	585	5 O’Clock Somewhere	14	580.8	Swine Time Grilling
15	584.9	Smokin’ Squealers	15	580	Sweat’s BBQ
16	583.9	Real South BBQ	16	579.7	Rotary Roasters
17	583.3	Law Dawg	17	577.5	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats
18	581.4	Lake Dogs	18	576.1	Rollin Smoke Competition Que
19	580.1	Trap BBQ	19	574.1	Nice Rack
20	579.6	Sweat’s BBQ	20	569	Maxus Porkamus
21	578.8	Southern Hogs	21	568.5	Pigs in Heat
22	578.4	Smokeshack	22	566.9	Old Henry’s BBQ
23	574.9	Baldwin Pork Authority	23	565.3	Smokin’ Squealers
24	566.9	Forget Me Not BBQ	24	564.1	Lake Dogs
25	564.6	Nice Rack	25	555.2	Porknado
26	564.1	Porknado	26	551.1	Trap BBQ
27	559.7	Ivey Rack & Q	27	528.9	Party Porkers

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	589.6	595.4	599.7	1784.7
2	Just Blowing Smoke	596.7	589.7	595.5	1781.9
3	Law Dawg	599.7	583.3	594.5	1777.5
4	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers	587.5	595.5	590.9	1773.9
5	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats	594.6	588.1	577.5	1760.2
6	Sensational Pigs	575.4	585.6	599.1	1760.1
7	Swine Time Grilling	584.8	590	580.8	1755.6
8	Southern Hogs	580.1	578.8	595.7	1754.6
9	Sweat’s BBQ	591.5	579.6	580	1751.1
10	Smokeshack	583	578.4	587.8	1749.2
11	Real South BBQ	576.1	583.9	587.9	1747.9
12	Maxus Porkamus	579.8	593.4	569	1742.2
13	5 O’Clock Somewhere	573.7	585	583.4	1742.1
14	Ivey Rack & Q	586	559.7	594.51	1740.21
15	Rollin Smoke Competition Que	576	585.6	576.1	1737.7
16	Rotary Roasters	570.9	586.6	579.7	1737.2
17	Baldwin Pork Authority	566.5	574.9	594.9	1736.3
18	Smokin’ Squealers	583.9	584.9	565.3	1734.1
19	Dixie Que	561.3	586	583	1730.3
20	Forget Me Not BBQ	570.5	566.9	590.6	1728
21	Old Henry’s BBQ	571.1	589.71	566.9	1727.71
22	Pigs in Heat	556	585.7	568.5	1710.2
23	Party Porkers	585.2	589.6	528.9	1703.7
24	Nice Rack	564.6	564.6	574.1	1703.3
25	Trap BBQ	562.7	580.1	551.1	1693.9
26	Porknado	570.8	564.1	555.2	1690.1
27	Lake Dogs	0	581.4	564.1	1145.5

Oct 12 2014

South Cobb BBQ & Blues Gets Smoked Rescue Style

Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers,of BBQ Pitmasters fame, took first place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival. It was his near perfect score of 599.1 in the Pulled Pork finals round that netted the team the Grand Championship

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Just Blowing Smoke, Robin Bowles PItmaster, made finals in Loin; finished 5th in Pulled Pork and 7th in Ribs to take home the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

Butt Rubbin BBQ

The first category of the contest was Loin and Just Blowing Smoke topped the field. Butt Rubbin BBQ took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third. Rescue Smokers actually tied for third place but lost the tiebreaker to miss finals and finished in fourth place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ came in fifth place with Dixie Que in sixth. Smokin Butts BBQ took seventh; Rub Shakers Que took eighth; Fiddlers BBQ took ninth and We Want Que took 10th place.

CJs

Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with CJ’s as runner-up. We Want Que grabbed third place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in fourth and Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. There was a tie for sixth place and Fiddler’s BBQ won the tiebreaker over Dixie Que. Rub Shakers Que, Smokin’ the Good Stuff and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished eighth through tenth respectively.

It was Rescue Smokers taking their second win of the day with the top scoring Rib box. Rub Shakers Que came in second with Smokin’ The Good Stuff coming in third. Fiddlers BBQ took fourth; Smoking J’s took fifth place and Dixie Que took sixth place. Seventh place went to Just Blowing Smoke. The final three calls in Ribs were very close. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ got the eighth place call by just 0.2 of a point over We Want Que in ninth. Just 0.1 of a point back was Daddy-O’s BBQ in tenth place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association really enjoyed their first trip to Austell and the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival We want to thank the contest organizers and the staff of the beautiful EpiCenter for hosting a great contest. Next week, the GBA heads to MIlledgeville for the Deep Roots Fesitval

Full Contest Results:

		LOIN
1	596.3	Just Blowing Smoke
2	594.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
3	591.5	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
4	592.4	Rescue Smokers
5	588.2	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
6	583.6	Dixie Que
7	582.9	Smokin Butts BBQ
8	580.2	Rub Shakers Que
9	579.9	Fiddler’s BBQ
10	575.9	We Want Que
11	575.1	Smokin’ the Good Stuff
12	574.8	Smokin’ Hotlanta
13	571.4	CJ’s
14	571.4	Where There’s Smoke
15	570.2	Smokin J’s Barbeque
16	569.7	Temple of the Hog
17	566.6	Daddy-O’s_BBQ

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.1	Rescue Smokers	1	597.2	Rescue Smokers
2	593.5	CJ’s	2	593.2	Rub Shakers Que
3	588.2	We Want Que	3	591.6	Smokin’ the Good Stuff
4	594.5	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	4	591.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
5	592.1	Just Blowing Smoke	5	589.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque
6	591.21	Fiddler’s BBQ	6	587.5	Dixie Que
7	591.2	Dixie Que	7	584.8	Just Blowing Smoke
8	590.6	Rub Shakers Que	8	582.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
9	587.6	Smokin’ the Good Stuff	9	582	We Want Que
10	586.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	10	581.9	Daddy-O’s_BBQ
11	582	Daddy-O’s_BBQ	11	578.6	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
12	582	Smokin’ Hotlanta	12	577.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
13	578.9	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	13	575.1	Smokin’ Hotlanta
14	575.4	Smokin J’s Barbeque	14	572.5	Smokin Butts BBQ
15	575.4	Smokin Butts BBQ	15	564.8	CJ’s
16	568.5	Where There’s Smoke	16	563.9	Where There’s Smoke
17	566.1	Temple of the Hog	17	560.6	Temple of the Hog

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	592.4	595.7	596.4	1784.5
2	Just Blowing Smoke	599.7	592.1	584.8	1776.6
3	Rub Shakers Que	580.2	590.6	595.4	1766.2
4	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	592.41	594.5	578.6	1765.51
5	Fiddler’s BBQ	579.9	591.21	591.2	1762.31
6	Dixie Que	583.6	591.2	587.5	1762.3
7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	596.1	578.9	582.2	1757.2
8	Smokin’ the Good Stuff	575.1	587.6	592.4	1755.1
9	We Want Que	575.9	595.2	582	1753.1
10	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	588.2	586.1	577.1	1751.4
11	Smokin J’s Barbeque	570.2	575.4	589.9	1735.5
12	Smokin’ Hotlanta	574.8	582	575.1	1731.9
13	CJ’s	571.4	595.4	564.8	1731.6
14	Smokin Butts BBQ	582.9	575.4	572.5	1730.8
15	Daddy-O’s_BBQ	566.6	582	581.9	1730.5
16	Where There’s Smoke	571.4	568.5	563.9	1703.8
17	Temple of the Hog	569.7	566.1	560.6	1696.4me

Sep 28 2014

Just Blowin’ Smoke Wins the Shootout at Doc Holiday Festival

The GBA made its debut at the Doc Holiday Festival in downtown Griffin, GA and it turned into a 3 way shootout for the Grand Championship. In the end, the Loin entry by Robin Bowles & Just Blowin’ Smoke topped the Pulled Pork box by Dixie Que’s Rick Godfrey and the Ribs entry of Gary Lanton of Holy Smokes.

Grand Champion – Just Blowin’ Smoke

Dixie Que finaled in Pulled Pork, finished 6th in Ribs and 11th in Loin to take the Reserve Championship for the top cumulative score in the three preliminary rounds.

Reserve Champion – Dixie Que

Just Blowin’ Smoke’s championship Loin box topped the category. Two Fat Boys & A Grill came in second with Rolling Smoke Competition Que in third place. Swine Time Grillin’ Team took fourth place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged Bearded BBQ for fifth place on the tiebreaker. Real South BBQ grabbed seventh place and RTC Smokin’ grabbed eighth place. Fiddler’s BBQ in ninth and H & J Cooking Team in tenth rounded out the top 10,

Dixie Que won Pulled Pork with Just Blowin’ Smoke the runner-up. Fiddler’s BBQ came in third with H & J Cooking Team in fourth. Swine Time Grillin’ Team nailed down the fifth spot. Sixth place went to Rub Shakers Que and seventh place went to Old Henry’s BBQ. In eight place was Holy Smokes; in ninth place was Smokin’ J’s and in tenth place was Real South BBQ.

First Place Ribs – Holy Smokes

Holy Smokes had the best box of Ribs on the day. Two Fat Boys & A Grill took second place with 29 Barbecue taking third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged out Rub Shakers Que for fourth place by 0.3 of a point. Dixie Que finished in the sixth spot. In seventh place was Fiddler’s BBQ with RTC Smokin’ in eighth place. Real South BBQ and Just Blowin’ Smoke tied for ninth place with Real South BBQ coming out on top in the tiebreaker.

The Doc Holiday Festival also held a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun contest. The GBA’s Cooking for Fun division competes in two categories: Pulled Pork and Ribs. Simply Q topped Swine Dining in Pulled Pork. Swine Dining returned the favor by topping Simply Q to win the Ribs category.

CFF Pulled Pork 1st Place – Simply Q

CFF Ribs 1st Place – Swine Dining

The GBA teams, judges and officials had a great time at the Doc Holiday Festival and are looking forward to a return trip in 2015. The next stop on the GBA contest trail with another first year event at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival at the EpiCenter in Austell, GA. Full results below:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.3	Just Blowing Smoke	1	595.8	Dixie Que
2	594.1	Two Fat Boys & A Grill	2	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
3	588.7	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	3	588	Fiddlers BBQ
4	585.2	Swine Time Cooking Team	4	590.8	H&J’s
5	583.6	92BBQ Assassin Smokers	5	587.2	Swine Time Cooking Team
6	583.6	Bearded BBQ	6	582.9	Rub Shakers Que
7	583	Real South BBQ	7	581	Old Henry BBQ
8	579.9	RTC Smokin	8	580.2	Holy Smokes
9	579.5	Fiddlers BBQ	9	579.7	Smokin J’s Barbeque
10	577.7	H&J’s	10	579	Real South BBQ
11	577.4	Dixie Que	11	578.3	92BBQ Assassin Smokers
12	575.1	Holy Smokes	12	577.7	RTC Smokin
13	574.1	Smokin J’s Barbeque	13	575.3	29 Barbeque
14	573.5	Smokin Butts BBQ	14	571.1	Killer Swine
15	571.1	Killer Swine	15	569.5	Bearded BBQ
16	569.8	29 Barbeque	16	564.3	Daddy-O’s
17	564.8	Daddy-O’s	17	563.6	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
18	562.2	Old Henry BBQ	18	559.3	Smokin Butts BBQ
19	561.3	Rub Shakers Que	19	556.9	Two Fat Boys & A Grill
20	556.2	Dawg Pit BBQ	20	551.7	Dawg Pit BBQ

		RIBS
1	596.1	Holy Smokes
2	594.8	Two Fat Boys & A Grill
3	591.1	29 Barbeque
4	587.8	92BBQ Assassin Smokers
5	587.5	Rub Shakers Que
6	584	Dixie Que
7	582.6	Fiddlers BBQ
8	579.9	RTC Smokin
9	576.6	Real South BBQ
10	576.6	Just Blowing Smoke
11	574.7	Swine Time Cooking Team
12	572.5	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
13	569.2	Daddy-O’s
14	567	H&J’s
15	566	Killer Swine
16	563.9	Dawg Pit BBQ
17	558.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque
18	557.6	Smokin Butts BBQ
19	556.2	Old Henry BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	595.7	594.8	576.6	1767.1
2	Dixie Que	577.4	597.1	584	1758.5
3	Fiddlers BBQ	579.5	591.2	582.6	1753.3
4	Holy Smokes	575.1	580.2	595.1	1750.4
5	92BBQ Assassin Smokers	583.61	578.3	587.8	1749.71
6	Swine Time Cooking Team	585.2	587.2	574.7	1747.1
7	29 Barbeque	569.8	575.3	595.5	1740.6
8	Real South BBQ	583	579	576.61	1738.61
9	RTC Smokin	579.9	577.7	579.9	1737.5
10	H&J’s	577.7	590.8	567	1735.5
11	Two Fat Boys & A Grill	586.6	556.9	591.2	1734.7
12	Rub Shakers Que	561.3	582.9	587.5	1731.7
13	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	595.4	563.6	572.5	1731.5
14	Smokin J’s Barbeque	574.1	579.7	558.9	1712.7
15	Killer Swine	571.1	571.1	566	1708.2
16	Old Henry BBQ	562.2	581	556.2	1699.4
17	Daddy-O’s	564.8	564.3	569.2	1698.3
18	Smokin Butts BBQ	573.5	559.3	557.6	1690.4
19	Dawg Pit BBQ	556.2	551.7	563.9	1671.8
20	Bearded BBQ	583.6	569.5	0	1153.1

Cooking For Fun Pulled Pork

599.1	Simply “Q”
595.4	Swine Dining

Cooking For Fun Ribs

588.5	Swine Dining
581.8	Simply “Q”
573	Cookin & Drinkin BBQ

Sep 21 2014

Two in a Row for 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Brad Sweet has partnered up with Jeff Conley of Assassin Smokers and it looks like an unbeatable combination at the start of the Georgia Barbecue Association’s 2014-2015 season. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers made the finals in all three categories for the second straight contest at the Grande Creek Pig Jam. The contest is held at a great venue — the Georgia Sports Arena in Swainsboro, GA. The team’s Loin entry in the finals was the top scoring box in the round to win a second straight Grand Championship.

Gtand Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Gary & Dionne Lanton of Holy Smokes returned to competition BBQ after a year layoff and the Dublin based team picked up right where they left off. Holy Smokes scored a perfect 600 in the preliminary round of Ribs. The also turned in the top entry in the finals Ribs round along with a 3rd place finish in Pulled Pork and 6th place finish in Loin to capture the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion – Holy Smokes

Second Place Loin – Smokin Butts Pit Crew

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers lead the way in Pork Loin with Smokin Butts Pit Crew in second place. Bubba Grills finished third. Lawdawg BBQ took fourth place with Bones Grill Shack in fifth Sixth place went to Holy Smokes and seventh place went to Real South BBQ In eighth place was Bethel Smokers. Ninth place went to Old Henry BBQ and Smokin Squealers took tenth place.

Second Place Loin – Bethel Smokers

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers also won the Pulled Pork category. Bethel Smokers was the runner up with Holy Smokes in third place. Smokin Butts Pit Crew grabbed the fourth spot and Southern Hoggs took fifth place. Sixth place went to Lawdawg BBQ and seventh place went to Bubba Grills. Rounding out the top ten were Smokin’ J’s, Real South BBQ and Smokin’ Squealers.

Second Place Ribs – Bubba Grills

Holy Smokes followed up the perfect 600 score in the Ribs preliminary round with a 597 score in the final round to win the category. Bubba Grills was second with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in third place. Smokin Squealers took fourth place and Smokin Butts Pit Crew finished up their strong for the contest with a 5th place finish in Ribs. Old Henry BBQ walked with the 6th place call followed by Lawdawg BBQ in seventh. Bethel Smokers, Real South BBQ & Bones Grill Shack finished eighth, ninth & tenth respectively.

The GBA thanks Jeremy Faircloth and all the staff at the Georgia Sports Arena for a great job at one of the Associations favorite locations. The next stop on the GBA trail will be the Doc Holiday BBQ Championship in Griffin, GA on Sept 26-27. Full results below:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.3	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	1	595	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
2	592.3	Smokin Butts Pit Crew	2	594.7	Bethel Smokers
3	590.4	Bubba Grills	3	592.3	Holy Smokes
4	591.1	Law Dawg BBQ	4	587.6	Smokin Butts Pit Crew
5	586.3	Bones Grill Shack	5	585	Southern Hoggs
6	581.7	Holy Smokes	6	583.6	Law Dawg BBQ
7	581.2	Real South	7	579.2	Bubba Grills
8	580.9	Bethel Smokers	8	578.6	Smokin J’s
9	580	Old Henry	9	575.7	Real South
10	572	Smokin Squealers	10	574.4	Smokin Squealers
11	567.2	Southern Hoggs	11	573.4	Bones Grill Shack
12	563.5	TB’s BBQ	12	572.3	Old Henry
13	559.5	Smokin J’s	13	568.3	TB’s BBQ

		RIBS
1	597	Holy Smokes
2	593.4	Bubba Grills
3	591.6	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
4	587.3	Smokin Squealers
5	585	Smokin Butts Pit Crew
6	584	Old Henry
7	583.9	Law Dawg BBQ
8	581.5	Bethel Smokers
9	580.9	Bones Grill Shack
10	580.6	Real South
11	578.1	Smokin J’s
12	571.1	Southern Hoggs
13	551.2	TB’s BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	599.4	591.4	591.6	1782.4
2	Holy Smokes	581.7	592.1	600	1773.8
3	Bubba Grills	594.8	579.2	591.5	1765.5
4	Smokin Butts Pit Crew	592.4	587.6	585	1765
5	Law Dawg BBQ	591.1	583.6	583.9	1758.6
6	Bethel Smokers	580.9	595.4	581.5	1757.8
7	Bones Grill Shack	586.3	573.4	580.9	1740.6
8	Real South	581.2	575.7	580.6	1737.5
9	Old Henry	580	572.3	584	1736.3
10	Smokin Squealers	572	574.4	587.3	1733.7
11	Southern Hoggs	567.2	585	571.1	1723.3
12	Smokin J’s	559.5	578.6	578.1	1716.2
13	TB’s BBQ	563.5	568.3	551.2	1683

Sep 07 2014

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Wins GBA State Championship

Brad Sweet, Pitmaster of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers,really brought his A game to Fort Valley for the ComSouth Hambone Jam and the Georgia Barbecue State Championship. Brad made finals in all three categories and claimed wins in both Loin and Pulled Pork. The dominating performance earned 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers their first Grand Championship and the title of GBA State Champion for 2014-2015.

Lawdawg BBQ, Kerry & Kevin Sparks, made finals in Loin and Pulled Pork then tied for 3rd place in Ribs. They missed a triple finals on the 5th tiebreaker to finish in fourth place in the category. The strong performance over the three categories carried the Brunswick team to the Reserve Championship

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers turned in the state championship Pork Loin. Lawdawg BBQ took second place with The BBQ Ninja, Pitmaster Rodney Ellington, claimed third place. Cooking with Stump took 4th place and Anarque took 5th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ tied for 6th place with Smokin’42 taking the spot on the 5th tiebreaker. Smokin’ AJs took 8th place. Bubba Grills claimed 9th and Dixie Davis Cookers completed the top 10.

In Pulled Pork it was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smoker again for the win with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Lawdawg BBQ finished in 3rd place. H&J Cook Team with special guest Pitmistress Lois Sebastian, edged out Cooking with Stump for 4th place on a tiebreaker. Arnarque claimed 6th with The BBQ Ninja in 7th. Real South BBQ, Rub My Butt BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished 8th thru 10th respectively.

Bubba Grills broke up 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers run with the best Rib box of the day. Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJs grabbed second place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking the 3rd spot. Lawdawg BBQ came in 4th place. The BBQ Ninja got their third call of the day with a 5th place finish. Smokin’ 42 BBQ grabbed 6th. Rounding out the top 10 were Anarque, Smokin’ Js, Swine Time Grilling Team and Butt Rubbin’ BBQ.

The Georgia Barbecue Association thanks ComSouth and the Fort Valley Downtown Development Authority for hosting another great state championship event. The next stop on the GBA trail will be the Grande Creek Pig Jam in Swainsboro on Sept 19-20.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	596.1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	1	596.1	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
2	594.6	Lawdawg BBQ	2	595.3	Bubba Grills
3	591.3	The BBQ Ninja	3	590.6	Lawdawg BBQ
4	591.2	Cookin’ with Stump	4	586.9	H & J Cook Team
5	587.5	AnarQue	5	586.9	Cookin’ with Stump
6	586.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	6	584.5	AnarQue
7	586.6	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	7	584.2	The BBQ Ninja
8	580.5	Smokin-AJ’s	8	582.9	Real South
9	576.3	Bubba Grills	9	581.4	Rub My Butt BBQ
10	575.8	Dixie Davis Cooks	10	578.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
11	575	Real South	11	576.7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
12	574.5	Rub My Butt BBQ	12	574.1	Bethel Smokers
13	569.3	Swine Time	13	573.8	Swine Time
14	568.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	14	573.7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
15	568.1	H & J Cook Team	15	571.1	Smokin-AJ’s
16	565.7	Major League Q	16	563.9	Major League Q
17	555.8	Smokin J’s BBQ	17	563.8	Smokin J’s BBQ
18	554.1	Bethel Smokers	18	559.2	Dixie Davis Cooks

		RIBS
1	594.2	Bubba Grills
2	593.8	Smokin-AJ’s
3	593.7	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
4	587.6	Lawdawg BBQ
5	585.5	The BBQ Ninja
6	585.2	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
7	584.3	AnarQue
8	583.2	Smokin J’s BBQ
9	583	Swine Time
10	581.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
11	580.3	Bethel Smokers
12	579	Cookin’ with Stump
13	577.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
14	576.8	Rub My Butt BBQ
15	575.2	H & J Cook Team
16	570.1	Major League Q
17	567.5	Real South
18	560.1	Dixie Davis Cooks

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Lawdawg BBQ	594.8	592.1	587.6	1774.5
2	Bubba Grills	576.3	596.4	596.4	1769.1
3	The BBQ Ninja	599.4	584.2	585.5	1769.1
4	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	591.4	587.3	587.61	1766.31
5	Cookin’ with Stump	591.2	586.9	579	1757.1
6	AnarQue	587.5	584.5	584.3	1756.3
7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	586.61	573.7	585.2	1745.51
8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	586.6	578.7	577.1	1742.4
9	Smokin-AJ’s	580.5	571.1	589.2	1740.8
10	Rub My Butt BBQ	574.5	581.4	576.8	1732.7
11	H & J Cook Team	568.1	586.91	575.2	1730.21
12	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	568.3	576.7	581.3	1726.3
13	Swine Time	569.3	573.8	583	1726.1
14	Real South	575	582.9	567.5	1725.4
15	Bethel Smokers	554.1	574.1	580.3	1708.5
16	Smokin J’s BBQ	555.8	563.8	583.2	1702.8
17	Major League Q	565.7	563.9	570.1	1699.7
18	Dixie Davis Cooks	575.8	559.2	560.1	1695.1