The Team of the Year (TOTY) have been updated thru Hazlehurst and there is a tie atop the standings. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers strong showing in Hazlehurst brought them into a first place tie with Jack’s New South. The race will go down to the wire as there are just two contests remaining in this season’s TOTY competition — GBA Goin’ Coastal in Fernandina Beach on June 8-9 and Plains Pig Pickin’ on June 29-30.
Category: Contest Reports
May 13 2012
Tie at Top of TOTY Standings
May 07 2012
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack take first Grand at Hazlehurst
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack take first Grand at 3rd Annual Hazlehurst BBQ Fest.
Grand Champions - Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
With first place finishes in both Pork and Ribs, Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack captured their first Grand Championship at the 3rd Annual Hazlehurst BBQ Fest. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers took home the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Grand Champions - D.W.'s Kountry Cookers
Jack’s New South edged out Legal Smoke on the tiebreaker to take first place in Pork Loin. More details coming soon.
1st Place Loin - Jacks New South
Apr 15 2012
Bubba Grills takes GBA Grand at Jackson
Bubba Grills takes GBA Grand at Jackson —-
In the first ever dual GBA-MBN contest at Smokin’ Pork N Butts at Jackson, GA; Bubba Grills captured the Grand Championship of the GBA contest. Head Cook Lonnie Smith & crew turned in a near perfect (599.7 score) in pulled pork finals to take the final call of the day. It took that near perfect entry to hold off D.W.’s Kountry Cookers who captured first place in both ribs & pork loin with identical 599.1 scores. Smoke Shack was consistent across all three categories to take home the Reserve Grand Championship.
As noted above. the Wright family of D.W.’s Kountry Cookers took first place in pork loin. Jack’s New South was runner up with HSoly Smokers taking third place. Fletchers Finest and Bubba Grills rounded out the top five. In pulled pork, Bubba Grills topped the field of 31 teams. Dixe Q followed in second place. Jurrasic Pork took third place with Smokin Grill BBQ in fourth and Smoke Shack in fourth. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers found themselves in the winner’s circle once again in ribs with Jack’s New South again the runner up. Smoke Shack claimed third place. Sauced Hog Smoke Shack and Holy Smokers tied for fourth place. After running thru all the tiebreakers, the two team were still deadlocked and shared the fourth place award.
The next GBA event is the 3rd Annual Hazlehurst BBQ Fest on May 4-5. Check the contest page for cook team & judge’s applications.
Feb 27 2012
Bethel Smokers Flies High at Pigs & Wings
Bethel Smokers Flies High at Pigs & Wings
Perry, GA — Mr Joe Wright of Bethel Smokers won his first Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) Grand Championship at Pigs & Wings on Februrary 26, 2012. The Reserve Grand Championship went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Congratulations to both these teams. More details and full results will be posted soon.
Bethel Smokers Grand Champion
Reserve Grand Champions Smokin 42 BBQ
Feb 12 2012
Holy Smokes Takes Title at Piece Co. Pig Pickin’
Grand Champion Holy Smokes
Blackshear, GA – Can you smell what Holy Smokes is cooking? At the Pierce Co. Pig Pickin’, it smelled like perfection as Gary & Dionn Lanton tallied a perfect 600 score in Pork Loin Finals to claim the Grand Championship & the unique title belt trophy. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers and Jack’s New South tied for the highest cumulative score from the preliminary rounds. The teams were still tied after the first tiebreaker, the total of taste scores from the three categories. On the second tiebreaker, total of overall impression scores, D.W.’s Kountry Cookers had a 1 point advantage and took home the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Grand Champion D.W.'s Kountry Cookers
The perfect 600 score gave Holy Smokes first in Pork Loin. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers came in second. Holy Smokers & Jack’s New South finished third & fourth respectively. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack edged out The Pampered Pig for fifth place after going to the third tiebreaker, the most number of 10’s awarded in the category.
In Pork, D.W.’s Kountry Cookers tallied a near perfect 599.1 score to capture the first place trophy. Jack’s New South was second with Smokin’ AJ’s in third. The Pampered Pig, cooking in their first GBA contest , continued their strong showing claiming fourth place. There was also a tie for fifth place in Pork with Fat Boys Smoking BBQ edging out Sauced Hog Smoke Shack on the second tiebreaker.
First Place Ribs Jack's New South
Jack’s New South also had a near perfect score of 599.1 to win the Ribs category with Rescue Smokers as runner-up. Bethel Smokers, D.W.s Kountry Cookers & Sunset Smokers rounded out the top five.