Category: Contest Reports

Jul 14 2013

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack Take Last Event of the Season

Grand Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

The Georgia Barbecue Association closed out a banner competition season at Powers Pavilion in Newnan with Pig N Swig. With a $12,000 purse on the line and a strong field of 31 teams, the competition was expected to be close. No one had any idea how close it would be.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack turned in a near perfect Pulled Pork entry in the finals, but so did Bubba Grills in Ribs. Both teams were just one tick off a perfect score with identical 599.7 scores. In fact, the scores matched so closely the teams went through 8 levels of the tiebreaker system before Clint Britton’s team edged out Lonnie Smith’s for the Grand Championship on the 9th & last level. Lead contest rep. Greg Hoyt, was ready to call for a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors if the two teams remained tied.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Bubba Grills made finals in both Ribs & Pork along with 6th place in Loin to rack up the highest cumulative score and capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

The Black Train from Tifton, Smokin’ 42 BBQ, continued their strong run of late by winning the Loin category. Smokey Butts took second place. Dirty South BBQ took third.with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in fourth place. Fifth place went to Bethel Smokers who edged out Bubba Grills by 0.9 of a point.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack’s Grand Championship entry led the way in the Pulled Pork category with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Blue Brothers BBQ from Barnesville made finals in their first GBA contest and finished third. Just Smoken Around claimed fourth and Jason Adams of Anarque claimed fifth place.

Bubba Grills near perfect Rib box was tops in the category. Forrest Dilmore of Forrest’s Fine Foods took second place honors with Bethel Smokers in third. Butts-N-Brews took fourth place. Blues Brothers BBQ edged out 800 Mile Ribs & BBQ for fifth place by less than a point.

First Place Loin – Smokin 42 BBQ

Final results from Pig N Swig:

		PORK LOIN
1	597.9	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
2	596.1	SMOKEY BUTTS
3	594.5	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ
4	596.7	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
5	595.1	BETHEL SMOKERS
6	594.2	BUBBA GRILLS
7	591.2	HOLY SMOKES
8	590.4	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
9	589.6	SOUTHERN TOUCH
10	586.9	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
11	585.7	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ
12	585.5	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY
13	584.3	ANARQUE
14	583.4	SMOKIN AJS
15	583	RESCUE SMOKERS
16	582.1	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW
17	581.6	BUTTS-N-BREWS
18	580.4	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
19	580	THE PIT CREW
20	579.8	WILDESMOKE BBQ
21	579.8	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ
22	579.6	PARTY PORKERS
23	579.1	JETHROS COOKING CREW
24	578.8	JUST SMOKEN AROUND
25	573.8	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ
26	573.6	BOB B QUE
27	572.3	WAY 2 QUE
28	570.3	BEARDED BBQ
29	570.2	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ
30	568.2	FORREST FINE FOODS
31	555.3	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	BUBBA GRILLS	1	599.7	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	598.2	FORREST FINE FOODS	2	598.8	BUBBA GRILLS
3	594.6	BETHEL SMOKERS	3	594	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ
4	595.2	BUTTS-N-BREWS	4	595.2	JUST SMOKEN AROUND
5	592.1	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ	5	595.1	ANARQUE
6	591.2	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ	6	593.3	SMOKEY BUTTS
7	591	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	7	590.7	SOUTHERN TOUCH
8	589.6	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ	8	590.3	THE PIT CREW
9	589.2	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW	9	589.6	FORREST FINE FOODS
10	589	WAY 2 QUE	10	589.3	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
11	587.3	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS	11	588.5	SMOKIN AJS
12	586.9	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	12	587.9	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW
13	586.1	HOLY SMOKES	13	586.3	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ
14	584.1	PARTY PORKERS	14	584.8	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
15	583.7	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ	15	584.8	RESCUE SMOKERS
16	583.6	JUST SMOKEN AROUND	16	583.8	JETHROS COOKING CREW
17	583.1	SMOKEY BUTTS	17	583.8	HOLY SMOKES
18	582.7	RESCUE SMOKERS	18	582.9	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
19	582.3	SOUTHERN TOUCH	19	582.4	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ
20	582.1	JETHROS COOKING CREW	20	579.7	BETHEL SMOKERS
21	580.4	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY	21	579.6	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY
22	579.7	BOB B QUE	22	579.2	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ
23	578.8	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	23	578	BOB B QUE
24	578.7	THE PIT CREW	24	576	BEARDED BBQ
25	577.8	SMOKIN AJS	25	575.1	WAY 2 QUE
26	575.8	ANARQUE	26	575	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ
27	573.8	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ	27	573	PARTY PORKERS
28	571.2	WILDESMOKE BBQ	28	570	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ
29	564.3	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ	29	568.9	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
30	560.5	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ	30	567.3	BUTTS-N-BREWS
31	554.3	BEARDED BBQ	31	565.3	WILDESMOKE BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	BUBBA GRILLS	595.5	598.5	594.2	1788.2
2	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	586.9	599.7	596.7	1783.3
3	SMOKEY BUTTS	583.1	593.3	598.8	1775.2
4	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	591	582.9	599.4	1773.3
5	BETHEL SMOKERS	595.8	579.7	595.1	1770.6
6	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ	583.7	586.3	598.8	1768.8
7	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ	589.6	589.3	586.9	1765.8
8	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ	592.1	598.5	573.8	1764.4
9	SOUTHERN TOUCH	582.3	590.7	589.6	1762.6
10	HOLY SMOKES	586.1	583.8	591.2	1761.1
11	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW	589.2	587.9	582.1	1759.2
12	JUST SMOKEN AROUND	583.6	595.2	578.8	1757.6
13	ANARQUE	575.8	595.1	584.3	1755.2
14	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	578.8	584.8	590.4	1754
15	FORREST FINE FOODS	595.8	589.6	568.2	1753.6
16	RESCUE SMOKERS	582.7	584.8	583	1750.5
17	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ	591.2	579.2	579.8	1750.2
18	SMOKIN AJS	577.8	588.5	583.4	1749.7
19	THE PIT CREW	578.7	590.3	580	1749
20	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY	580.4	579.6	585.5	1745.5
21	JETHROS COOKING CREW	582.1	583.8	579.1	1745
22	BUTTS-N-BREWS	595.2	567.3	581.6	1744.1
23	PARTY PORKERS	584.1	573	579.6	1736.7
24	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS	587.3	568.9	580.4	1736.6
25	WAY 2 QUE	589	575.1	572.3	1736.4
26	BOB B QUE	579.7	578	573.6	1731.3
27	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ	564.3	570	585.7	1720
28	WILDESMOKE BBQ	571.2	565.3	579.8	1716.3
29	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ	560.5	582.4	570.2	1713.1
30	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ	573.8	575	555.3	1704.1
31	BEARDED BBQ	554.3	576	570.3	1700.6

Jun 09 2013

The GBA Florida State Championship Goes to Bubba Grills

Tropical Storm Andrea tried to put a damper on GBA Goin’ Coastal in Fernandina Beach, FL, even spawning a tornado that passed near the contest site on Thursday night. Contest organizer Jay Robertson and the City of Fernandina Beach took it all in stride and put on a great contest. Twenty eight teams vied for the GBA’s Florida State Championship. Another 20+ teams were on hand to compete in the Fun Cook and there were numerous vendors and live musical entertainment throughout the day Saturday.

Grand Champions Bubba Grills

Lonnie & Shannon Smith of Bubba Grills took home the state championship banner and the Grand Champion trophy with the top scoring entry in the Ribs finals. This was the third Grand Championship of the current contest year for Bubba Grills. Another husband & wife team, Kevin & Kerry Sparks of Lawdawg BBQ, captured the Reserve Grand Championship by making finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs along with 11th place in Loin.

Reserve Grand Champion Lawdawg BBQ

First Place Loin Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

The Loin category was extremely competitive. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack continued their strong showing this season taking first place. Anarque came in second place. Third place with to Bethel Smokers. Fourth thru seventh places were separated by only 1.4 points. Bubba Grills took the fourth place award followed by Smoke Ring Aficionados in fifth place. Pig in a Pokey and Ninja Pig BBQ finished sixth and seventh respectively. Also finishing in the money were Fat Redneck BBQ Co. (8th), Two Smokin’ White Boys (9th) and Smokin’ AJs (10th).

Smokin’ AJs Buster Davis topped the field in Pulled Pork with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack as runner up. Lawdawg BBQ took third place honors. Fourth place went to Just Smoke N Around with Bubba Grills in fifth place. Bubmeisters edged out Captain Jack’s BBQ Crew for sixth place. Smolkin’ 42 BBQ finished eighth with Two Smokin’ White Boys and Just Pig Out rounding out the top 10.

First Place Pork Smokin’ AJs

Bubba Grills Grand Championship Ribs topped the category. Thomas Henry of Budmeisters came in second place and Lawdawgs BBQ was once again third. There was a tie for fourth place with Two Smokin’ White Boys getting the nod over Munchee’s Smokehouse on the third tiebreaker. Sixth thru tenth place went to (in order) Heavenly Hawgs, Bethel Smokers, Just Pig Out, SWT BBQ & Smokin’ 42 BBQ.

First contest & gets a call. Look out GBA. Wicked Lickin' BBQ Crew is getting ready.

Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin” BBQ Crew

The GBA would like to congratulate 14 year old Pitmaster Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew who was cooking in his first competition and got the 3rd place call in the Fun Cook Ribeye Steak Challenge.

Just one contest remains in the 2012-2013 contest season for the GBA. The finale will be the Pig N Swig BBQ competition held at Powers Pavilion in Newnan, GA on July 12 & 13. The GBA will take the rest of the summer off before starting a new contest season with the GBA State Championships at the ComSouth Hambone Jam in Fort Valley, GA on Sept 6-7, 2013.

Full results for GBA Goin’ Coastal. Top three place scores (in red) are final round scores. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

		PORK LOIN
1	595.4	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
2	588.5	Anarque
3	580.6	Bethel Smokers
4	591.5	Bubba Grills
5	590.8	Smoke Ring Afficiandos
6	590.2	Pig in a Pokey
7	590.1	Ninja Pig BBQ
8	586.6	Fat Redneck BBQ Co
9	583.3	Two Smokin White Boys
10	582.9	Smokin Ajs
11	580.3	LawDawg BBQ
12	580	Forrest’s Fine Foods
13	578.1	Heavenly Hawgs
14	576.3	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew
15	575.5	Team Two Eggheads
16	573.9	Budmeisters
17	572.9	Butts-N-Brews
18	572.3	Just Smoke N Around
19	572.1	Boston’s Butts
20	570.6	Old Henrys BBQ
21	569	Kelvin’s BBQ
22	568.4	Smokin 42 BBQ
23	567.7	Just Pig Out
24	566.1	Munchee’s Smokehouse
25	564.1	TC’s BBQ Team
26	563.5	Big Daddy’s BBQ
27	558.8	SWT BBQ
28	556.6	Little Jacks Shack

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	Bubba Grills	1	595.1	Smokin Ajs
2	595.8	Budmeisters	2	594.8	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
3	573	LawDawg BBQ	3	586.6	LawDawg BBQ
Tie 4	592.2	Two Smokin White Boys	4	590.3	Just Smoke N Around
5	592.2	Munchee’s Smokehouse	5	589.9	Bubba Grills
6	588.6	Heavenly Hawgs	6	587.6	Budmeisters
7	587.9	Bethel Smokers	7	587.2	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew
8	587.2	Just Pig Out	8	586.9	Smokin 42 BBQ
9	586.7	SWT BBQ	9	586.5	Two Smokin White Boys
10	582.9	Smokin 42 BBQ	10	584.7	Just Pig Out
11	582.4	Smokin Ajs	11	583.6	Fat Redneck BBQ Co
12	579.4	Forrest’s Fine Foods	12	583.6	Munchee’s Smokehouse
13	579.2	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	13	583	Team Two Eggheads
14	579.1	Pig in a Pokey	14	582.6	Anarque
15	578.5	Boston’s Butts	15	580.3	Heavenly Hawgs
16	578.3	Just Smoke N Around	16	579	SWT BBQ
17	577.7	Smoke Ring Afficiandos	17	577.6	Bethel Smokers
18	577.6	Fat Redneck BBQ Co	18	576.7	Boston’s Butts
19	576.6	Anarque	19	576.1	Pig in a Pokey
20	576.2	Butts-N-Brews	20	575	Ninja Pig BBQ
21	575.8	Old Henrys BBQ	21	575	Smoke Ring Afficiandos
22	575.7	Kelvin’s BBQ	22	574.2	Big Daddy’s BBQ
23	575.7	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew	23	573.8	Little Jacks Shack
24	568.4	Big Daddy’s BBQ	24	572	Forrest’s Fine Foods
25	566.2	TC’s BBQ Team	25	569.9	Old Henrys BBQ
26	564.7	Ninja Pig BBQ	26	563.8	TC’s BBQ Team
27	557.7	Team Two Eggheads	27	556.8	Kelvin’s BBQ
28	557.6	Little Jacks Shack	28	0	Butts-N-Brews

	Reserve Scores Since Bubba Grill won Grand Champion, the Reserve Grand Champion passed down to #2
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Bubba Grills	594.2	589.9	591.5	1775.6
2	LawDawg BBQ	598.8	594.5	580.3	1773.6
3	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	579.2	595.5	593.5	1768.2
4	Two Smokin White Boys	592.2	586.5	583.3	1762
5	Bethel Smokers	587.9	577.6	592.1	1757.6
6	Smokin Ajs	582.4	591.5	582.9	1756.8
7	Budmeisters	594.5	587.6	573.9	1756
8	Anarque	576.6	582.6	594.7	1753.9
9	Fat Redneck BBQ Co	577.6	583.6	586.6	1747.8
10	Heavenly Hawgs	588.6	580.3	578.1	1747
11	Pig in a Pokey	579.1	576.1	590.2	1745.4
12	Smoke Ring Afficiandos	577.7	575	590.8	1743.5
13	Munchee’s Smokehouse	592.2	583.6	566.1	1741.9
14	Just Smoke N Around	578.3	590.3	572.3	1740.9
15	Just Pig Out	587.2	584.7	567.7	1739.6
16	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew	575.7	587.2	576.3	1739.2
17	Smokin 42 BBQ	582.9	586.9	568.4	1738.2
18	Forrest’s Fine Foods	579.4	572	580	1731.4
19	Ninja Pig BBQ	564.7	575	590.1	1729.8
20	Boston’s Butts	578.5	576.7	572.1	1727.3
21	SWT BBQ	586.7	579	558.8	1724.5
22	Old Henrys BBQ	575.8	569.9	570.6	1716.3
23	Team Two Eggheads	557.7	583	575.5	1716.2
24	Big Daddy’s BBQ	568.4	574.2	563.5	1706.1
25	Kelvin’s BBQ	575.7	556.8	569	1701.5
26	TC’s BBQ Team	566.2	563.8	564.1	1694.1
27	Little Jacks Shack	557.6	573.8	556.6	1688
28	Butts-N-Brews	576.2	0	572.9	1149.1

May 26 2013

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Makes It Two In A Row at Brenau!

Submitted by Greg Hoyt

The hottest team in the GBA is Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Chad Brooks and Chris O’Neal traveled north of Atlanta for the second time in 2 weeks and drove home with the Grand Championship of the Brenau Barbecue Championship! They say the first one is the hardest but once Smokin’ 42 got it under their belt thy went right back to the trough and gobbled up their second Grand Championship at the next GBA competition at Brenau.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

The GBA was invited to co-sanction the Brenau Barbecue Championship with Memphis Barbecue Network. The GBA showed out in Brenau – 30 GBA Teams cooked all three categories. Two Memphis teams snuck over to cook a category or two on the GBA side. Six GBA stalwarts made the trip to Breanau. Dixie Que, Jethro’s Cooking Crew, Smoke Shack BBQ, AnarQue , Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ all made the trek to Gainesville. They were joined by twenty four other teams that were that have cooked from zero to three GBA sanctioned events in the past.

Two teams, Smokey Butts and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack set the tone early in the day with another GBA first. Both teams scored a perfect 600 in Loin. We’ve never had 600’s in the same category on the same day before. Anarque joined them on the finals table. Smokey Butts won the Loin category followed by Anarque and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack finishing third. Dixie Q missed their best shot at a GBA final being four tenths of a point behind and finishing fourth in GBA Loin.

First Place Loin – Smokey Butts

Pulled pork was the opportunity for new teams to show what they could do. Two of the top four money spots belonged to teams that had not cooked in a GBA Sanctioned event before. Sauced Hog Smoke Shack edged out Ninja Pigs for first place in Pulled Pork. Smoke Shack BBQ came in third in pulled pork and Rick’s Smok’n Pig finished fourth. In the preliminaries Smoke Shack and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack had tied in the preliminaries with nearly perfect scores of 599.4. In the preliminary round. In the finals Ninja Pig passed Smoke Shack for second place.

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Ribs were the final category. Swamp Cat Barbecue came through the first round with the top score of 595.8. Smokin’42 and Smokin ‘ AJ’s salvaged their days late as they broke through to the final round in ribs. In the Finals Smokin’ 42 posted the highest finals score with their 599.7 in ribs. Smokin’42 won the category and the contest with their finals rack of ribs.

Sauced Hog Smoke Shack won reserve by finishing ninth in Ribs, second in Pulled pork and first in Loin.

The proceeds form the day went to support scholarships at Brenau.

Full results below. Scores in red are final round scores. All others are preliminary round scores.

		Pork Loin
1	597.9	Smokey Butts
2	595.4	AnarQue
3	584.5	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
4	595.1	Dixie Que
5	589.9	Jurassic Pork
6	587.3	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que
7	586.6	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team
8	585.5	Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ
9	583.3	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
10	582	Smoke Shack BBQ
11	579	Swamp Cat BBQ
12	577.7	2 Little Piggs
13	577.4	Skyline Contracting
14	575.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
15	575.4	Beauford’s Smokehouse
16	574.4	Tuff Dawg Grillers
17	573.1	Smokin’ Butts BBQ
18	572.9	Team Recess and Yellowfin
19	572.6	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ
20	571.1	Hemhocks
21	568.8	Natural Born Smokers
22	568.8	Ninja Pig BBQ
23	568.1	Blaker’s BBQ
24	567.8	Smoked Hawg Walking
25	567.3	Butts & Brews
26	565.5	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew
27	565.1	Sweet Butts BBQ
28	563.8	Legally Smokin Docs

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	1	599.1	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	592.2	SMOKIN AJ”S	2	598.5	NINJA PIGGS
3	587.6	SWAMP CAT BBQ	3	594.9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
4	591.8	Beauford’s Smokehouse	4	590.5	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ
5	591.5	Smoke Shack BBQ	5	590.2	2 Little Piggs
6	591.1	Tuff Dawg Grillers	6	590.2	AnarQue
7	590.8	AnarQue	7	589.2	Almighty Smoke Masters
8	587.6	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ	8	588.6	Tuff Dawg Grillers
9	585.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	9	587.3	Skyline Contracting
10	585.3	Biteback BBQ	10	586.9	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
11	584.8	Ninja Pig BBQ	11	585.7	Natural Born Smokers
12	583.2	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que	12	584.2	Smokey Butts
13	582.6	Jurassic Pork	13	582.9	Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ
14	582.3	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team	14	581.7	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que
15	582.2	Almighty Smoke Masters	15	580.6	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team
16	579	Dixie Que	16	579	Beauford’s Smokehouse
17	575.7	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	17	578.6	Dixie Que
18	574.8	Legally Smokin Docs	18	577	Properly Smoked
19	574.4	Smokin’ Butts BBQ	19	576.8	Legally Smokin Docs
20	573.5	Natural Born Smokers	20	576.7	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew
21	573.1	Sweet Butts BBQ	21	575.1	Smokin’ Butts BBQ
22	571.1	Smoked Hawg Walking	22	574.4	Sweet Butts BBQ
23	568.2	2 Little Piggs	23	574.2	Swamp Cat BBQ
24	566.3	Smokey Butts	24	573.4	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
25	562.6	Hemhocks	25	573.2	Jurassic Pork
26	562	Butts & Brews	26	566.2	Hemhocks
27	560.2	Properly Smoked	27	565.6	Blaker’s BBQ
28	553.1	Team Recess and Yellowfin	28	565.3	Smoked Hawg Walking
29	552.2	John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ	29	562.6	John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ
30	552	Skyline Contracting	30	559.9	Butts & Brews
31	551.7	Blaker’s BBQ	31	554	Team Recess and Yellowfin
32	548.3	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	585.9	599.4	600	1785.3
2	AnarQue	590.8	590.2	596.1	1777.1
3	Smoke Shack BBQ	591.5	599.4	582	1772.9
4	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	595.4	586.9	583.3	1765.6
5	Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ	595.1	582.9	585.5	1763.5
6	Tuff Dawg Grillers	591.1	588.6	574.4	1754.1
7	Dixie Que	579	578.6	595.1	1752.7
8	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que	583.2	581.7	587.3	1752.2
9	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ	587.6	590.5	572.6	1750.7
10	Smokey Butts	566.3	584.2	600	1750.5
11	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team	582.3	580.6	586.6	1749.5
12	Swamp Cat BBQ	595.8	574.2	579	1749
13	Beauford’s Smokehouse	591.8	579	575.4	1746.2
14	Jurassic Pork	582.6	573.2	589.9	1745.7
15	Ninja Pig BBQ	584.8	591.8	568.8	1745.4
16	2 Little Piggs	568.2	590.2	577.7	1736.1
17	Natural Born Smokers	573.5	585.7	568.8	1728
18	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	575.7	573.4	575.9	1725
19	Smokin’ Butts BBQ	574.4	575.1	573.1	1722.6
20	Skyline Contracting	552	587.3	577.4	1716.7
21	Legally Smokin Docs	574.8	576.8	563.8	1715.4
22	Sweet Butts BBQ	573.1	574.4	565.1	1712.6
23	Smoked Hawg Walking	571.1	565.3	567.8	1704.2
24	Hemhocks	562.6	566.2	571.1	1699.9
25	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew	548.3	576.7	565.5	1690.5
26	Butts & Brews	562	559.9	567.3	1689.2
27	Blaker’s BBQ	551.7	565.6	568.1	1685.4
28	Team Recess and Yellowfin	553.1	554	572.9	1680
29	Almighty Smoke Masters	582.2	589.2	0	1171.4
30	Properly Smoked	560.2	577	0	1137.2
31	John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ	552.2	562.6	0	1114.8
32	Biteback BBQ	585.3	0	0	585.3

May 12 2013

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Earns First Grand Championship at Smoke on the Lake

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Earns First Grand Championship at Smoke on the Lake

It’s a long haul up I-75 from Tifton to Acworth. The trip back down the interstate after the Smoke on the Lake contest didn’t seem quite as long for Smokin’ 42 BBQ with their first Grand Championship trophy riding shotgun. However, the win didn’t come easy the Men in Black. For the first time in GBA history there was a three way tie for Grand Champion. Bubba Grills won the Pork Loin category; Rub Shakers Que won Pullled Pork and Smokin’ 42 BBQ was tops in Ribs all with a score in the final round of 599.1. The contest reps had to go thru eight levels of the tiebreaker system before Smokin’ 42 BBQ edged out the other two teams.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Bubba Grills continued his strong run through the 2012-2013 contest season by making finals in both Loin and Ribs. These scores helped the team accumulate the top total score in the preliminary rounds and win Reserve Grand Champion.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Rub Shakers Que, cooking in their first GBA contest, joined the GBA 600 club with a perfect 600 score in the Pulled Pork preliminary round. They followed up with the top score on the Pulled Pork finals table to take first place in the category. Smokin’ 42 BBQ took second place. Two more first time GBA competitors, Smoke Ring Aficionados and Drums A’ Smokin’, finished third and fourth respecitively. Jason Adams of Anarque came in fifth.

Lonnie Smith, pitmaster of Bubba Grills, topped the field in Loin with Anarque in second and Jethro’s Cooking Crew in third. Smoke Ring Aficionados edged out Butt Rubbin’ BBQ for fourth place by 0.2 of a point.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ turned in the best Ribs of the day. Bubba Grills was runner-up and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took third place. But Rubbin’ BBQ and Rub Shakers Que rounded out the top five.

The GBA also held it’s first ever Cooking for Fun division at Smoke on the Lake. The Cooking for Fun division is for teams who love to cook and want to get started in the GBA style of competitive BBQ. Cooking for Fun contests have lower entry fees than a regular GBA contest and do not have a finals round. The Fat Guys had the highest scoring box of the day with a 595.1 in Pulled Pork to take the Grand Championship.

Cooking for Fun Grand Champion – The Fat Guys

The Fat Guys also has the highest cumulative score over the three categories, but since they won Grand Champion, the Reserve Grand Championship passed down the the second highest cumulative score by Direct Lender BBQ.

Cooking for Fun Reserve Grand Champion – Direct Lender BBQ

The Fat Guys won the Chicken category with Squealz on Wheelz in second and Red Top BBQ in third. Holy Smokers NS took first in Ribs followed by Hickory Flat BBQ and Direct Lenders BBQ. It was The Fat Guys again getting the first place call. This time for Pulled Pork. Sweet Bottom BBQ was the runner-up and Direct Lender BBQ again took third place.

Cooking for Fun First Place Ribs – Holy Smokers NS

The GBA would like to thank the North Cobb Rotary Club and the City of Acworth for hosting a great contest on beautiful Lake Acworth.

Smoke on the Lake GBA Division
Scores in RED are final round scores
		Pulled Pork			Pork Loin
1	599.1	Rub Shackers Que	1	599.1	Bubba Grills
2	591.8	Smokin ’42 BBQ	2	593.9	Anar-que
3	585.6	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes	3	591.5	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
4	588.8	Drums A’ Smokin	4	587.2	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes
5	588.4	Anar-que	5	587	Butt Rubbin BBQ
6	587	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	6	586.3	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
7	584.2	Old Henry’s BBQ	7	582.1	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q
8	583.3	Bubba Grills	8	581.1	Old Henry’s BBQ
9	580.2	Butt Rubbin BBQ	9	577.9	Smokin ’42 BBQ
10	575	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q	10	576.6	Rub Shackers Que
11	572.6	Plum Superior	11	570.6	Plum Superior
12	570.7	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	12	563.3	Drums A’ Smokin

		RIBS
1	599.1	Smokin ’42 BBQ
2	598.5	Bubba Grills
3	586.9	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
4	587.3	Butt Rubbin BBQ
5	586.7	Rub Shackers Que
6	583.4	Anar-que
7	582	Plum Superior
8	573.6	Drums A’ Smokin
9	570.3	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q
10	569.9	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes
11	569.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
12	569.6	Old Henry’s BBQ

	Reserve Scores	GBA Division
	Preliminary round scores only	Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Bubba Grills	591.8	583.3	590.3	1765.4
2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	591.2	587	586.3	1764.5
3	Anar-que	583.4	588.4	592.1	1763.9
4	Smokin ’42 BBQ	590	595.7	577.9	1763.6
5	Rub Shackers Que	586.7	600	576.6	1763.3
6	Butt Rubbin BBQ	587.3	580.2	587	1754.5
7	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes	569.9	589.1	587.2	1746.2
8	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	569.9	570.7	595.5	1736.1
9	Old Henry’s BBQ	569.6	584.2	581.1	1734.9
10	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q	570.3	575	582.1	1727.4
11	Drums A’ Smokin	573.6	588.8	563.3	1725.7
12	Plum Superior	582	572.6	570.6	1725.2

Smoke on the Lake Cooking for Fun Division

		Pulled Pork			Chicken
1	595.1	The Fat Guys	1	594.8	The Fat Guys
2	590.8	Sweet Bottom BBQ	2	585.9	Squealz on Wheels
3	587.6	Direct Lender BBQ	3	585.2	Red Top BBQ
4	587.2	Hickory Flat BBQ Co	4	583.2	Hey Jack, BBQ
5	583.6	Red Top BBQ	5	583	Nice Rack BBQ
6	580.6	Squealz on Wheels	6	582.9	Direct Lender BBQ
7	579.3	Nice Rack BBQ	7	579.6	Grills Gone Wild
8	577.9	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	8	579	Sweet Bottom BBQ
9	571.8	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs	9	576.5	Smoking Snowballs
10	569.3	Holy Smokers NS	10	576.1	Hickory Flat BBQ Co
11	567.3	Hey Jack, BBQ	11	568.8	Holy Smokers NS
12	566.9	Bootlegger’s BBQ	12	565.5	Four Fathers BBQ Crew
13	563.3	Grills Gone Wild	13	564.1	Smokin’ Jackets
14	560.9	Smoking Snowballs	14	556.1	Slow Cookers at Play
15	552.5	Smokin’ Jackets	15	555.7	Bootlegger’s BBQ
16	546.1	Slow Cookers at Play	16	532.3	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs

		RIBS
1	589.8	Holy Smokers NS
2	588.5	Hickory Flat BBQ Co
3	584	Direct Lender BBQ
4	583.3	Smokin’ Jackets
5	582.4	Sweet Bottom BBQ
6	579.6	Nice Rack BBQ
7	579.1	Smoking Snowballs
8	578.1	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs
9	577.7	Red Top BBQ
10	576.3	The Fat Guys
11	575	Bootlegger’s BBQ
12	571.4	Squealz on Wheels
13	569.8	Hey Jack, BBQ
14	567.1	Slow Cookers at Play
15	563.7	Grills Gone Wild
16	555.8	Four Fathers BBQ Crew

Reserve Scores Cooking for Fun Division
			Ribs	Pulled	Chicken	Total
	1	The Fat Guys	576.3	595.1	594.8	1766.2
	2	Direct Lender BBQ	584	587.6	582.9	1754.5
	3	Sweet Bottom BBQ	582.4	590.8	579	1752.2
	4	Hickory Flat BBQ Co	588.5	587.2	576.1	1751.8
	5	Red Top BBQ	577.7	583.6	585.2	1746.5
	6	Nice Rack BBQ	579.6	579.3	583	1741.9
	7	Squealz on Wheels	571.4	580.6	585.9	1737.9
	8	Holy Smokers NS	589.8	569.3	568.8	1727.9
	9	Hey Jack, BBQ	569.8	567.3	583.2	1720.3
	10	Smoking Snowballs	579.1	560.9	576.5	1716.5
	11	Grills Gone Wild	563.7	563.3	579.6	1706.6
	12	Smokin’ Jackets	583.3	552.5	564.1	1699.9
	13	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	555.8	577.9	565.5	1699.2
	14	Bootlegger’s BBQ	575	566.9	555.7	1697.6
	15	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs	578.1	571.8	532.3	1682.2
	16	Slow Cookers at Play	567.1	546.1	556.1	1669.3

Apr 14 2013

Bubba Grills Dominates Smokin Pork N Butts … Again

The GBA returned for the second year to the Exchange Club Fairgrounds in Jackson, GA for Smokin Pork N Butts. It was a strong field of 30 teams and Lonnie Smith, pitmaster for Bubba Grills, repeated as Grand Champion. Those in attendace were treated to a Friday night concert by rising country music star Gannon Adams.

Grand Champion Bubba Grills

Smokin 42 BBQ finaled in Loin and took fifth place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs to secure the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Champions Smokin 42 BBA

In his first GBA contest, The Fat Redneck BBQ Co., won the Pork Loin category. Smokin 42 BBQ and Sauced Hogs Smokeshack tallied the same score with Smokin 42 BBQ taking second place on the second tiebreaker. Smoke Shack and Sutters Backwoods BBQ finished fourth and fifth respectively.

First Place Loin The Rat Redneck BBQ Co.

Bubba Grills Grand Championship winning score in Pulled Pork topped the category. Smoke Shack took second place with Rub Shakers Que in third place. Rounding out the top five were Sauced Hogs Smokeshack just 0.9 ahead of Smokin 42 BBQ.

Bubba Grills also claimed first place in Ribs with Sauced Hogs Smokeshack as runner up. Jethro’s Cooking Crew claimed third place. Smoke Shack finished in fourth place and Smokin’ 42 BBQ took fifth place.

		PORK LOIN
1	596.1	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co
2	584.6	Smokin 42
3	584.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
4	596.4	Smoke Shack
5	595.8	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ
6	593.9	Old Henry’s BBQ
7	591.8	Smokin AJ’s
8	590.5	Bubba Grills
9	589.6	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
10	589.2	Smoke Twen The Hedges
11	586.4	Wood Shed
12	585.5	Dixie Que
13	585.3	Super Sauce
14	584.6	TC’s BBQ
15	584.4	Blazin Butts
16	583.4	K & K Grills
17	583.3	Quenut BBQ
18	582.7	Blind Pig BBQ
19	581.7	AnarQue
20	577.5	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue
21	576.9	BCD BBQ
22	569.9	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack
23	569.6	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
24	567.8	Dirty South
25	566.8	OnSite Ribs
26	566.5	Off Tha Hoof BBQ
27	564.9	57 SmokeHouse
28	564.5	Shade Tree Smokers
29	562.3	Rub Shakers Que
30	0	Atlanta Butt Society

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	595.1	Bubba Grills	1	596.7	Bubba Grills
2	594.2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	2	587.9	Smoke Shack
3	585.2	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	3	586.9	Rub Shakers Que
4	593.1	Smoke Shack	4	595.4	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
5	592.1	Smokin 42	5	594.5	Smokin 42
6	591.2	Quenut BBQ	6	594.5	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ
7	588.5	BCD BBQ	7	594.2	Smokin AJ’s
8	588.2	Dixie Que	8	593.9	Dixie Que
9	587.8	57 SmokeHouse	9	593.9	AnarQue
10	586.6	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers	10	593.1	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue
11	584.9	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co	11	592.2	Quenut BBQ
12	584.9	AnarQue	12	589.6	57 SmokeHouse
13	583.7	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack	13	587.1	Blind Pig BBQ
14	583.3	Wood Shed	14	586.1	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co
15	583	OnSite Ribs	15	585	K & K Grills
16	580.3	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ	16	583.2	Smoke Twen The Hedges
17	579.6	Shade Tree Smokers	17	582.7	Blazin Butts
18	578.2	Off Tha Hoof BBQ	18	582	Old Henry’s BBQ
19	577.9	Rub Shakers Que	19	581.7	Shade Tree Smokers
20	577.1	Old Henry’s BBQ	20	578.7	Wood Shed
21	576.6	Dirty South	21	576.9	Dirty South
22	576.3	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue	22	575.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
23	575.8	TC’s BBQ	23	575.1	BCD BBQ
24	573.5	Blind Pig BBQ	24	573.6	Atlanta Butt Society
25	567.2	Blazin Butts	25	572.8	Super Sauce
26	563.8	Smoke Twen The Hedges	26	571.8	TC’s BBQ
27	562.9	Super Sauce	27	570.2	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
28	559.9	K & K Grills	28	566.6	Off Tha Hoof BBQ
29	559	Smokin AJ’s	29	566.6	OnSite Ribs
30	0	Atlanta Butt Society	30	563.9	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Smokin 42	592.1	594.5	598.8	1785.4
2	Smoke Shack	593.1	595.7	596.4	1785.2
3	Bubba Grills	595.8	598.5	590.5	1784.8
4	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	594.9	595.4	591.8	1782.1
5	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ	580.3	594.5	595.8	1770.6
6	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co	584.9	586.1	599.4	1770.4
7	Dixie Que	588.2	593.9	585.5	1767.6
8	Quenut BBQ	591.2	592.2	583.3	1766.7
9	AnarQue	584.9	593.9	581.7	1760.5
10	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	594.9	575.9	589.6	1760.4
11	Old Henry’s BBQ	577.1	582	593.9	1753
12	Wood Shed	583.3	578.7	586.4	1748.4
13	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue	576.3	593.1	577.5	1746.9
14	Smokin AJ’s	559	594.2	591.8	1745
15	Blind Pig BBQ	573.5	587.1	582.7	1743.3
16	57 SmokeHouse	587.8	589.6	564.9	1742.3
17	BCD BBQ	588.5	575.1	576.9	1740.5
18	Rub Shakers Que	577.9	599.4	562.3	1739.6
19	Smoke Twen The Hedges	563.8	583.2	589.2	1736.2
20	Blazin Butts	567.2	582.7	584.4	1734.3
21	TC’s BBQ	575.8	571.8	584.6	1732.2
22	K & K Grills	559.9	585	583.4	1728.3
23	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers	586.6	570.2	569.6	1726.4
24	Shade Tree Smokers	579.6	581.7	564.5	1725.8
25	Dirty South	576.6	576.9	567.8	1721.3
26	Super Sauce	562.9	572.8	585.3	1721
27	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack	583.7	563.9	569.9	1717.5
28	OnSite Ribs	583	566.6	566.8	1716.4
29	Off Tha Hoof BBQ	578.2	566.6	566.5	1711.3
30	Atlanta Butt Society	0	573.6	0	573.6