Category: Contest Reports

Sep 10 2012

Smokin Grill Captures GBA State Championship

GBA State Champions – Smokin’ Grill BBQ

Thirty six of the best BBQ pitmasters in the state gathered in Fort Valley on September 7-8, 2012 for the 7th Annual ComSouth Hambone Jam and the GBA State Championship.  The cook teams arrived to find a new venue for the competition at the new Festival Park.  The new setup was a huge hit with the cook teams with 50 amp power & water at each cook site.

With a score of 599.4 in Loin Finals, Smokin’ Grill BBQ, pitmaster Sta C Hale, captured the Grand Championship and the GBA State Championship. The champions clamed a cash award of $3,000 for the Grand Championship. The team was also awarded a 36″ semi-insulated smoker from Jack’s Old South Smokers, an invitation to the World Food Championships in Las Vegas, NV and $1,000 in travel money from the GBA. This was the first Grand Championship for Smokin’ Grill BBQ.

Reserve Grand Champion – Smokin’ AJs

Smokin’ AJs  was named Reserve Grand Champion for the highest overall cumulative score in the preliminary rounds with a first place in Pork and second place in Loin.

Following Smokin’ AJ’s in the Pork category was 5 O’clock Somewhere in second place.  Cook’s Portable Smokehouse recorded a perfect score of 600 in the Pork preliminary round and took 3rd place in the finals.  Rounding out the top five were D.W.’s Kountry Cookers and Budmiesters. This was the first GBA competition for Budmiesters.

PULLED PORK
*=Final round score
1 599.1* Smokin-AJ’s
2 590.9* 5 O-Clock Somewhere
3 590.2* Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
4 595.4 D.W.s Kountry Cookers
5 595.1 Budmeisters
6 592.8 Smokinwilly Squealer’s
7 591.5 Smokey Butts
8 590.9 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
9 590.5 AnarQue
10 589.6 Smarr Cooking Crew
11 586.3 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
12 585.9 Bethel Smokers
13 585.9 BS-n-Jess
14 585.6 Holy Smokers BBQ
15 585.4 Smoke Risin
16 584.5 L J Smokin
17 584.2 Holy Smokes
18 583.4 BBQ Monster
19 581 Ray Scott Outdoors
20 579.3 Jus’ Plain Smokin’
21 577.4 Law Dawg BBQ
22 577.4 Shade Tree Smokers
23 575.5 Sunset Smokers
24 575.2 How does that make you feel?
25 574.9 SmokinGrill BBQ
26 573.3 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
27 573.1 Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade
28 572 Pampered Pig, The
29 569.9 Dixie Que
30 569.7 Houston Hawg Hustlers
31 569.6 Bubba Grills
32 568.9 Old Henry’s BBQ
33 567.9 ComSouth BBQ Cook Team
34 566.8 Road Kill Kafe
35 560.5 Com South Oinkers

 

Smokin’ Grill BBQ took first place in Loin followed by Smokin’ AJs.  Third place went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ.  Sauced Hogs Smokeshack took home fouth place with D.W’s Kountry Cookers in fifth place

 

PORK LOIN
* = Final round score
1 599.4* SmokinGrill BBQ
2 591.2* Smokin-AJ’s
3 589.9* Smokin’ 42 BBQ
4 591.8 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
5 590.5 D.W.s Kountry Cookers
6 589.5 Law Dawg BBQ
7 589.5 Smarr Cooking Crew
8 588.2 5 O-Clock Somewhere
9 586.2 L J Smokin
10 584.8 Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade
11 584.5 Jus’ Plain Smokin’
12 583.5 Holy Smokers BBQ
13 582.5 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
14 582 Smokinwilly Squealer’s
15 579.7 Sunset Smokers
16 578.9 Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
17 578.5 Budmeisters
18 578.1 Old Henry’s BBQ
19 577.7 How does that make you feel?
20 577.6 Dixie Que
21 576.9 Smoke Risin
22 576.6 Holy Smokes
23 575 ComSouth BBQ Cook Team
24 572.9 BS-n-Jess
25 572.4 Shade Tree Smokers
26 572 Bubba Grills
27 571.4 Houston Hawg Hustlers
28 569.7 AnarQue
29 567.5 Smokey Butts
30 563.5 BBQ Monster
31 562.9 Bethel Smokers
32 556.9 Com South Oinkers
33 555.5 Pampered Pig, The

 

Smokin’ 42 BBQ

The top entry in Ribs for the contest was turned in by Smokin’ 42 BBQ with The Pampered Pig as runnerup. Rounding out the top five were Bethel Smokers, Bubba Grills and Smokin’ Grill BBQ.

RIBS
* = Final round score
1 595.7* Smokin’ 42 BBQ
2 591.5* Pampered Pig, The
3 586.6* Bethel Smokers
4 592.7 Bubba Grills
5 592.4 SmokinGrill BBQ
6 591.9 Dixie Que
7 591.8 Budmeisters
8 591.7 Sunset Smokers
9 591.2 Smokey Butts
10 589.8 ComSouth BBQ Cook Team
11 587.3 AnarQue
12 584.9 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
13 584.5 Smarr Cooking Crew
14 584.5 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
15 584.2 Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
16 583.9 Old Henry’s BBQ
17 582.8 Smokin-AJ’s
18 581.2 Houston Hawg Hustlers
19 577.3 Drive By Smokers
20 577.2 BBQ Monster
21 577 Holy Smokes
22 575.1 5 O-Clock Somewhere
23 573.1 Ray Scott Outdoors
24 573 Law Dawg BBQ
25 572.1 L J Smokin
26 571.7 Holy Smokers BBQ
27 570 Smokinwilly Squealer’s
28 569.4 Shade Tree Smokers
29 564.6 D.W.s Kountry Cookers
30 562.4 Jus’ Plain Smokin’
31 561.5 Smoke Risin
32 560.3 How does that make you feel?
33 557.9 Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade
34 555.3 BS-n-Jess
35 513.5 Com South Oinkers

The GBA thanks Mayor Stumbo and the City of Fort Valley for their commitment to providing a first class site for the GBA State Championships. The GBA also thanks ComSouth and the Hambone Jam organizing committee for hosting a great contest.

Reserve Scores preliminary rounds only
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Smokin-AJ’s 582.8 595.7 597.7 1776.2
2 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack 584.5 590.9 591.8 1767.2
3 Budmeisters 591.8 595.1 578.5 1765.4
4 Smarr Cooking Crew 584.5 589.6 589.5 1763.6
5 Cook’s Portable Smokehouse 584.2 600 578.9 1763.1
6 5 O-Clock Somewhere 575.1 599.7 588.2 1763
7 SmokinGrill BBQ 592.4 574.9 593.1 1760.4
8 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 593.6 573.3 592.5 1759.4
9 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers 584.9 586.3 582.5 1753.7
10 D.W.s Kountry Cookers 564.6 595.4 590.5 1750.5
11 Smokey Butts 591.2 591.5 567.5 1750.2
12 AnarQue 587.3 590.5 569.7 1747.5
13 Sunset Smokers 591.7 575.5 579.7 1746.9
14 Smokinwilly Squealer’s 570 592.8 582 1744.8
15 Bethel Smokers 595.5 585.9 562.9 1744.3
16 L J Smokin 572.1 584.5 586.2 1742.8
17 Holy Smokers BBQ 571.7 585.6 583.5 1740.8
18 Law Dawg BBQ 573 577.4 589.5 1739.9
19 Dixie Que 591.9 569.9 577.6 1739.4
20 Holy Smokes 577 584.2 576.6 1737.8
21 Bubba Grills 592.7 569.6 572 1734.3
22 ComSouth BBQ Cook Team 589.8 567.9 575 1732.7
23 Old Henry’s BBQ 583.9 568.9 578.1 1730.9
24 Jus’ Plain Smokin’ 562.4 579.3 584.5 1726.2
25 BBQ Monster 577.2 583.4 563.5 1724.1
26 Smoke Risin 561.5 585.4 576.9 1723.8
27 Houston Hawg Hustlers 581.2 569.7 571.4 1722.3
28 Pampered Pig, The 595.1 572 555.5 1722.6
29 Shade Tree Smokers 569.4 577.4 572.4 1719.2
30 Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade 557.9 573.1 584.8 1715.8
31 BS-n-Jess 555.3 585.9 572.9 1714.1
32 How does that make you feel? 560.3 575.2 577.7 1713.2
33 Com South Oinkers 513.5 560.5 556.9 1630.9
34 Ray Scott Outdoors 573.1 581 0 1154.1
35 Drive By Smokers 577.3 0 0 577.3
36 Road Kill Kafe 0 566.8 0 566.8

Sep 09 2012

D.W.’s Kountry Cookers Take Team of the Year

2011-2012 Team of the Year – D.W.’s Kountry Cookers

D.W.’s Kountry Cookers were honored as the GBA 2011-2012 Team of the Year this weekend at the ComSouth Hambone Jam in Fort Valley, GA.  The team was honored with the Team of the Year banner and a check from Team of the Year sponsor Stump’s Smokers.

The Team of the Year race came right down to the wire.  With just 2 contests remaining,  D.W.’s was tied with Jack’s New South for first place.  At Fernandina Beach, D.W.’s took 2nd in both ribs & pork along with the reserve grand award to open up a 17 point lead.  At the final contest of the year in Plains, Jack’s New South rallied with a first in ribs, second in loin and the grand championship for a total of 30 points.  D.W.’s first place in loin and 4th place in pork was good for 22 points and secured the title.

Top 5 Team of the Year – Jack’s New South

Jack’s New South was the runner up with Sunset Smokers, Holy Smokers and Sauced Hogs Smokeshack rounding out the Top 5 teams for the year.  Finishing 6th thru 10th in the overall standings were Smokin the Good Stuff, Bubba Grills, Holy Smokes, SmokinWilly Squealers and Bethel Smokers.

Top 5 Team of the Year – Sunset Smokers

 

Top 5 Team of the Year – Holy Smokers

 

Top 5 Team of the Year – Sauced Hogs Smokeshack

Jul 02 2012

Jack’s New South is Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’

Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012 Grand Champions – Jack’s New South

The heat index reached record levels at the Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012, but that didn’t seem to bother Micheal Mixon, Kyle Brooks and Andy Speight of Jack’s New South. They recorded a perfect score of 600 in the Ribs Finals to claim their first Grand Championship.  Holy Smokers rode a second place finish in Ribs, 7th place in Pulled Pork and 9th place in Loin to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012 Reserve Grand Champions – Holy Smokers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L-R: GBA President Harry Faircloth, President Jimmy Carter, Mrs. Rosalyn Carter, GBA Secretary Pam Nelms

 

 

 

Before the awards ceremony began, GBA President Harry Faircloth and GBA Secretary Pam Nelms presented President & Mrs. Jimmy Carter with personalized GBA aprons and made them honorary members of the Georgia Barbecue Association.  The former President and First Lady  then handed out the awards for the contest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012 First Place Loin – D.W.’s Kountry Cookers

The first category of the contest was Pork Loin. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers claimed the first place trophy. Jack’s New South took second place with Rasmow’s BBQ, in his first GBA finals, taking third. Bubba Grills was fourth place in Pork Loin and SmokinWilly’s Squealers took fifth place  by just 0.4 over Sauced Hogs Smokeshack.

PORK LOIN (* indicates final round score)
1 595.1 * DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS
2 591.5 * JACK’S NEW SOUTH
3 584.6 * RASMOW’S BBQ
4 587 BUBBA GRILLS
5 586.9 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S
6 586.5 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
7 585.1 SMARR COOKING CREW
8 583 LEGAL SMOKE
9 579.9 HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
10 579.7 COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
11 578.4 BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
12 576.7 BETHAL SMOKERS
13 575.2 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
14 574.8 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
15 574.7 57 SMOKEHOUSE
16 573.7 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
17 573.2 SMOKEY TALES
18 572.9 SUNSET SMOKERS
19 555.4 AUNT MARY’S BBQ
20 0 BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ

 

Plains Pig Pickin’ First Place Pork – Cook’s Portable Smokehouse

Cook’s Portable Smokehouse also made finals in the GBA for the first time and missed a perfect score in Pulled Pork by 0.3 of a point to claim first place in the category. Butt Rubb’N BBQ, cooking in his first competition ever, captured second place. Sauced Hogs Smokeshack, D.W.’s Kountry Cookers and Smokey Tales rounded out the top five.

PULLED PORK (* indicates final round score)
1 599.7 * COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
2 598.5 * BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ
3 593.3 * SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
4 594.9 DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS
5 594.8 SMOKEY TALES
6 594.1 BETHAL SMOKERS
7 593.1 HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
8 591.5 LEGAL SMOKE
9 589.6 BUBBA GRILLS
10 586 SUNSET SMOKERS
11 582.3 BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
12 582 SMARR COOKING CREW
13 580.9 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S
14 577 JACK’S NEW SOUTH
15 576.1 57 SMOKEHOUSE
16 574.7 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
17 574.1 AUNT MARY’S BBQ
18 569.8 RASMOW’S BBQ
19 561.9 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
20 557.5 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF

 

It was the perfect 600 score that gave Jack’s New South the first place call in Ribs. Big D’s Firehouse Smokers claimed the second place award. Holy Smokers received the third place call. Bubba Grills finished fourth and Bethel Smokers edged out Legal Smoke by 0.4 for fifth place.

 

RIBS (* indicates final round score)
1 600    * JACK’S NEW SOUTH
2 598.2 * BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
3 588.3 * HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
4 592.8 BUBBA GRILLS
5 591.2 BETHAL SMOKERS
6 590.8 LEGAL SMOKE
7 589.6 SMARR COOKING CREW
8 587.3 AUNT MARY’S BBQ
9 584.9 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
10 584.9 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
11 582.7 SMOKEY TALES
12 581.9 BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ
13 580.4 RASMOW’S BBQ
14 578.3 COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
15 576.7 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S
16 574.1 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
17 572 SUNSET SMOKERS
18 571.4 DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS
19 569.8 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
20 565.1 57 SMOKEHOUSE

 

 

OVERALL STANDINGS
Preliminary round scores only		 Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 JACK’S NEW SOUTH 598.8 577 599.4 1775.2
2 HOLY SMOKERS BBQ 599.4 593.1 579.9 1772.4
3 BUBBA GRILLS 592.8 589.6 587 1769.4
4 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK 584.9 596.7 586.5 1768.1
5 LEGAL SMOKE 590.8 591.5 583 1765.3
6 BETHAL SMOKERS 591.2 594.1 576.7 1762.0
7 DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS 571.4 594.9 592.7 1759.0
8 SMARR COOKING CREW 589.6 582 585.1 1756.7
9 BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS 593.3 582.3 578.4 1754.0
10 COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 578.3 595.1 579.7 1753.1
11 SMOKEY TALES 582.7 594.8 573.2 1750.7
12 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S 576.7 580.9 586.9 1744.5
13 RASMOW’S BBQ 580.4 569.8 592.8 1743.0
14 DRIVE BY SMOKERS 584.9 574.7 574.8 1734.4
15 SUNSET SMOKERS 572 586 572.9 1730.9
16 AUNT MARY’S BBQ 587.3 574.1 555.4 1716.8
17 57 SMOKEHOUSE 565.1 576.1 574.7 1715.9
18 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 574.1 561.9 575.2 1711.2
19 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF 569.8 557.5 573.7 1701.0
20 BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ 581.9 596.5 0 1178.4

Jun 14 2012

Hawkinsville Harvest Fest to host Pigs and Produce BBQ Contest on October 26th and 27th, 2012.

Hawkinsville Harvest Fest to host Pigs and Produce BBQ Contest on October 26th and 27th, 2012.

Better Hometown of Hawkinsville will host the annual Harvest Fest featuring the Pigs and Produce barbecue competition. This is an official contest sanctioned by the Georgia BBQ Association. Along with some great professional BBQ teams and some very interesting ancillary categories, Hawkinsville will host two very unique events at this festival.sville Harvest Fest to host Pigs and Produce BBQ Contest on October 26th and 27th, 2012.

The first will be the first ever Georgia State Boiled Peanut Championship sponsored by Hardy Farms Peanuts. This contest is open to everyone that thinks that they have what it takes to make the best boiled peanuts in the state.

The second unique contest that will be hosted in Hawkinsville is the Old vs. New Faceoff. This head to head contest is scheduled to be held on the courthouse square in downtown Hawkinsville featuring father Myron Mixon of Jack’s Old South and his son, Michael Mixon of Jack’s New South. Finally, all of the talk of who smokes the best barbecue will be settled! The contest will consist of one category, ribs, and be judged by 10 GBA Master Certified Judges deciding who the REAL Mixon champion is. Judging will be blind and there will be several samp

les of each man’s product on each judge’s table.

Myron is a BBQ legend and one of the most awarded men in competitive BBQ. He serves as chief cook of Jack’s Old South Competition BBQ Team, which he started in 1996. His team has won more than 180 grand championships resulting in over 1700 total trophies, 30 state championships including wins in Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Illinois, South Carolina, and Tennessee, Team of the Year 8 times, and 11 national championships.

Michael is th
For more information, please visit www.hawkinsvilleharvestfest.com and plan to be in downtown Hawkinsville on October 26th and 27th!e chief cook of Jack’s New South Competition BBQ. Michael served with his father on many of those championship outings over the years. Since venturing out on his own with limited resources and a desire to cut the proverbial “apron strings”, Michael has done very well on his own merit. He is currently in a close race for the points lead in the GBA and consistently places in the top 10 in MBN and FBA contests.

 

Jun 10 2012

L J Smokin’ Wins First Grand at Fernandina Beach

Fernandina Beach, FL – L J Smokin’ Wins First Grand at Fernandina Beach

Grand Champion - L J Smoking

Pitmaster Larry Johns of L J Smokin’ captured his first Grand Championship at GBA Goin’ Coastal in Fernandina Beach, FL. The team’s rib finals entry was judged the best of the day just 0.3 of a point ahead of the rib entry by D.W.’s Kountry Cookers. It was the first Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) contest outside the state of Georgia.  D.W.’s Kountry Cookers continued their climb to the top of the GBA Team of the Year standings by taking home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion - D. W.'s Kountry Cookers

L J Smokin’ won the Pork Loin Category with Legal Smoke BBQ as runner up and Smokin’ the Good Stuff in third place. It went to the second tiebreaker to award 4th place to Team Two Eggheads with Rib Ranch taking 5th place.

In Pulled Pork, Bethel Smokers took first place honors. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers came in 2nd place. Third place went to Sunset Smokers. Bubba Grills and Legal Smoke BBQ finished in 4th & 5th respectively.

First Place Pork - Bethel Smokers

 

L J Smokin’s Ribs topped the field just ahead of D.W’s Kountry Cookers. Bubba Grills came in third. Legal Smoke BBQ took 4th place to give Pitmaster Nathan Deaton a top 5 finish in all three categories. Smokin’ 42 BBQ rounded out the top 5.

 

Legal Smoke BBQ - 2nd Place Loin, 4th Place Ribs, 5th Place Pork