Category: Contest

Feb 02 2014

Bethel Smokers Takes Grand at Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash

Grand Champion – Bethel Smokers

The Georgia Barbecue Association traveled to Jekyll Island, GA for the first contest of 2014. The Brunswick Lions Club hosted the event & the Golden Isles turned out in record numberst. At one point Saturday, traffic was backed up for miles on the causeway leading to the beach front contest & festival site.

Mr Joe Wright, Pitmaster of Bethel Smokers, made finals in both Pork & Ribs, but it was his final round Pork entry that scored a 599 out of a possible 600 points that got the last call of the day. Inside sources tell us that the secret to the team’s success is all in the shoes.

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack came to Jekyll Island short handed, but Clint & Mandy Britton were up to the challenge. The husband & wife team made finals in Loin along with fifty place finishes in both Pork & Ribs to capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

First Place Loin – 29 Barbecue

In Pork Loin, 29 Barbecue, cooking in their first GBA contest, grabbed first place honors. Legal Smoke took second place with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in third. Smoke Risin’ BBQ Joint came in fourth with Fiddler’s BBQ in fifth place.

Bethel Smokers topped the field in the Pulled Pork category. Dixie Que was the runner up. Old Henry’s BBQ made finals for the first time in a GBA contest & took home third place. There was a tie for fourth place between 29 Barbecue and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. It went to the 4th level before 29 Barbecue won the tiebreaker.

Smoke Risin’ BBQ Joint from Blackshear had the best Ribs entry of the day. Legal Smoke BBQ took second place. Bethel Smokers captured third with Fiddler’s BBQ taking fourth place. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack finished in fifth place just a half point ahead of Naked Dave’s BBQ.

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to congratulate the Brunswick Lions club on a very successful contest and are looking forward to returning to the islands next year. The GBA heads to Tifton, GA for the first time for Rhythm & Ribs Festival on Feb 28 – March 1.

Full Results:

Note: the top 3 scores in each category are final round scores. 4th place scores & down are from preliminary rounds.

		LOIN
1	594.2	29 BARBEQUE
2	592.8	LEGAL SMOKE
3	590.8	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
4	588.2	SMOKE RISIN’
5	587.2	FIDDLERS BBQ
6	584.9	BARE BONES BBQ
7	582.6	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
8	580	H&J BBQ
9	579.7	PAMPERED PIG BBQ
10	579	JUST PIG OUT BARBEQUE
11	577	TC’S BBQ
12	576.7	SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM
13	576.5	OLD HENRY BBQ
14	575.7	R KAE BBQ
15	573.7	HURRICANE COOKERS
16	572.6	BLACK DOG BBQ
17	571.4	NAKED DAVES
18	569.4	RUB SHAKERS QUE
19	568.1	92 BBQ
20	566.8	DIXIE QUE
21	564.7	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
22	562.1	BETHEL SMOKERS
23	557	SMOKING J’S
24	548.7	SMOKE MEAT MILITIA

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599	BETHEL SMOKERS	1	594.1	SMOKE RISIN’
2	594.4	DIXIE QUE	2	593.2	LEGAL SMOKE BBQ
3	574.7	OLD HENRYS BBQ	3	585.9	BETHEL SMOKERS
4	593.3	29 BARBEQUE	4	591.2	FIDDLERS BBQ
5	593.3	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	5	590.2	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
6	591.2	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	6	589.7	NAKED DAVES
7	590.8	JUST PIG OUT BARBEQUE	7	589.1	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
8	587.6	92 BBQ	8	587.3	RUB SHAKERS QUE
9	586.3	PAMPERED PIG BBQ	9	586.9	JUST PIG OUT BARBEQUE
10	586.2	HURRICANE COOKERS	10	586	PAMPERED PIG BBQ
11	584.2	FIDDLERS BBQ	11	585.6	R KAE BBQ
12	583.6	H&J BBQ	12	584.6	DIXIE QUE
13	583.6	SMOKE RISIN’	13	582.6	H&J BBQ
14	579.8	LEGAL SMOKE BBQ	14	580	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
15	579.5	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	15	578.7	HURRICANE COOKERS
16	578.7	NAKED DAVES	16	578.1	SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM
17	578.4	SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM	17	572.7	BLACK DOG BBQ
18	577.7	RUB SHAKERS QUE	18	570.9	SMOKE MEAT MILITIA
19	574.7	BARE BONES BBQ	19	567.9	SMOKING J’S
20	574.4	SMOKE MEAT MILITIA	20	567.3	29 BARBEQUE
21	571.3	TC’S BBQ	21	564.8	TC’S BBQ
22	570.6	R KAE BBQ	22	562.7	92 BBQ
23	565.4	SMOKING J’S	23	560.2	OLD HENRY BBQ
24	560	BLACK DOG BBQ	24	553.1	BARE BONES BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	596.1	593.3	590.2	1779.6
2	LEGAL SMOKE BBQ	596.1	579.8	599.1	1775
3	SMOKE RISIN’	588.2	583.6	593.7	1765.5
4	FIDDLERS BBQ	587.2	584.2	591.2	1762.6
5	JUST PIG OUT BARBEQUE	579	590.8	586.9	1756.7
6	29 BARBEQUE	594.8	593.3	567.3	1755.4
7	BETHEL SMOKERS	562.1	596.1	596.7	1754.9
8	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	582.6	591.2	580	1753.8
9	PAMPERED PIG BBQ	579.7	586.3	586	1752
10	H&J BBQ	580	583.6	582.6	1746.2
11	DIXIE QUE	566.8	594.2	584.6	1745.6
12	NAKED DAVES	571.4	578.7	589.7	1739.8
13	HURRICANE COOKERS	573.7	586.2	578.7	1738.6
14	RUB SHAKERS QUE	569.4	577.7	587.3	1734.4
15	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	564.7	579.5	589.1	1733.3
16	SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM	576.7	578.4	578.1	1733.2
17	R KAE BBQ	575.7	570.6	585.6	1731.9
18	OLD HENRY BBQ	576.5	594.2	560.2	1730.9
19	92 BBQ	568.1	587.6	562.7	1718.4
20	TC’S BBQ	577	571.3	564.8	1713.1
21	BARE BONES BBQ	584.9	574.7	553.1	1712.7
22	BLACK DOG BBQ	572.6	560	572.7	1705.3
23	SMOKE MEAT MILITIA	548.7	574.4	570.9	1694
24	SMOKING J’S	557	565.4	567.9	1690.3

Jan 07 2014

Change Notice for Grande Creek Pig Jam

Change Notice for Grande Creek Pig Jam

The 2014 Grande Creek Pig Jam will be moving the contest date to September 19-20, 2014. The contest will again be held at the Georgia Sports Arena. The BBQ contest will be part of a great, new bluegrass festival. The GBA is proud to once again sanction this contest. The addition of some fantastic bluegrass music will make this an event not to be missed.

Dec 11 2013

Cooking With Stump Takes Grand with Perfect Loin Score

Cooking With Stump Takes Grand with Perfect Loin Score

Cooking with Stump

The Cooking with Stump team of Walter “Stump” & Tab “Mama Stump McDowell racked up a perfect 600 score in the Pork Loin Finals to capture the Grand Championship at the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Contest. Pitmaster Joe Wright of Bethel Smokers, made finals in all three categories to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

Cooking with Stump’s perfect score lead the way in Pork Loin. Bethel Smokers took second place with Colquitt Cookers in third place. In fourth place was 92 BBQ who was 1 point better than Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in fifth place.

Bethel Smokers

92 BBQ took top honors in Pulled Pork. Bethel Smokers once again was second with Barbecue Crew in third place. Sunset Smokers took home fourth place. Jethro’s Cooking Crew took 5th place by winning the tiebreaker over Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack.

Colquitt Cookers missed a perfect score in the Ribs Finals by 0.3 of a point to take first in the category. Bethel Smokers was runnerup for the third time. Just Smokin’ Around took third place. Sunset Smokers claimed fourth place. Lightnin’ Strike BBQ rounded out the top five.

The GBA will take a few weeks off for the holidays then swing back into action with the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash on January 31 – February 1, 2014.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Moultrie Moose Lodge Results

scores in 1st, 2nd, & 3rd places are final round scores. scores from 4th down are preliminary round scores

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	600	Cookin W Stumps	1	598.5	92 BBQ
2	598.5	Bethel Smokers	2	596.4	Bethel Smokers
3	584	Colquitt Cookers	3	594.5	Barbecue Crew
4	591.2	92 BBQ	4	593.9	Sunset Smokers
5	590.2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	5	590.2	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
6	586.6	Swine Time Grilling team	6	590.2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
7	586.6	Double D Cooking Team	7	586.3	Swine Time Grilling team
8	585.6	Smoklin 42 BBQ	8	585.4	Colquitt Cookers
9	584	Barbeque Crew	9	583.9	Cookin W Stumps
10	581.7	Sunset Smokers	10	583	Smoklin 42 BBQ
11	580.7	Hungry Hog BBQ	11	582.4	Hungry Hog BBQ
12	576.2	Lightnin Strike	12	581.8	Double D Cooking Team
13	565.5	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	13	577.1	Lightnin Strike
14	563.6	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	14	566.9	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ

		RIBS
1	599.7	Colquitt Cookers
2	588.5	Bethel Smokers
3	576.3	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
4	591.2	Sunset Smokers
5	590.9	Lightnin Strike
6	589.3	Smoklin 42 BBQ
7	583	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
8	580.5	Swine Time Grilling team
9	580	Barbeque Crew
10	580	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
11	579	92 BBQ
12	577.4	Hungry Hog BBQ
13	576.1	Cookin W Stumps
14	567.2	Double D Cooking Team

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bethel Smokers	591.6	594.9	592.8	1779.3
2	Colquitt Cookers	595.1	585.4	595.4	1775.9
3	Sunset Smokers	581.7	593.9	591.2	1766.8
4	92 BBQ	591.2	596.1	579	1766.3
5	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	590.2	590.2	580	1760.4
6	Cookin W Stumps	599.7	583.9	576.1	1759.7
7	Barbeque Crew	584	594.5	580	1758.5
8	Smoklin 42 BBQ	585.6	583	589.3	1757.9
9	Swine Time Grilling team	586.6	586.3	580.5	1753.4
10	Lightnin Strike	576.2	577.1	590.9	1744.2
11	Hungry Hog BBQ	580.7	582.4	577.4	1740.5
12	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	565.5	590.2	583	1738.7
13	Double D Cooking Team	586.6	581.8	567.2	1735.6
14	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	563.6	566.9	595.2	1725.7

Nov 11 2013

Fiddler’s BBQ Wins First GBA Grand in Richland

Fiddler’s BBQ Wins First GBA Grand in Richland

Grand Champion – Fiddler’s BBQ

The Fiddler’s BBQ team of Harvey and Shirley Willis from Cusseta, GA didn’t have far to travel to compete in the Pig Fest CharBroil Challenge in Richland. The short trip was a memorable one for the couple as they won their first Grand Championship on the GBA competition trail. Fiddler’s BBQ Pork Loin entry in the finals round was just 0.3 off a perfect 600 score. It took every tenth of a point as Bethel Smoker’s finals rib box was just a tick behind with a score of 599.4.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bethel Smokers

Mr Joe Wright, pitmaster for Bethel Smokers, made finals in both ribs and pulled pork. Bethel was the only team in the contest that made finals in more than one category. The two top 3 preliminary round finishes along with 7th place in loin, gave the team from Douglas the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Grand Championship.

Fiddler’s BBQ 599.7 score topped the Loin category. H & J Cooking Team came in second place with ET’s BBQ finishing in third. Lightning Strike BBQ tied for third place in the preliminary round, but fell on the 4th level of the tiebreaker to finish 4th. Holy Smoke, LLC claimed 5th place. ET’s BBQ scored a perfect 600 in the Loin preliminary round.

First Place Pulled Pork – Cooking with Sump

Cooking with Stump topped the field in the Pulled Pork category. Bethel Smokers took 2nd place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ of Tifton came in 3rd place. Fourth place went to ET’s BBQ. Fiddler’s BBQ took home 5th place just 0.3 of a point ahead of Swine Time Grillin’ Team. Just another 0.3 of a point back in 7th place was Lyles BBQ Company.

First place in Ribs went to Bethel Smokers with 92 BBQ as runnerup. Smokin’ J’s, cooking in their first GBA contest, took third place. Just Smokin’ Around BBQ took the 4th spot and Holy Smoke, LLC rounded out the top 5.

The Richland contest also held a backyard contest with 13 teams competing. Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew, led by 14 year old pitmaster Kason Gray, won the Grand Championship with 2nd place finishes in both Pulled Pork and Ribs, a 3rd place finish in Chicken and 1st place in From the Water with a perfect 600 score. Other category winners in the backyard division were:

Chicken: The Country Boy Cookers
Pulled Pork: Big Racks’ BBQ Cooking Team
Ribs: Bar B Que Bandits

The Georgia Barbecue Association was proud to once again be a part of this long running BBQ competition and festival. The next stop on the GBA trail will be in Moultrie as the GBA will sanction for the first time the Moultrie Moose Lodge 1158 Annual BBQ Cookoff on December 6-7.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	Fiddlers BBQ	1	598.8	Cooking With Stump
2	598.2	H & J Cooking Team	2	598.5	Bethel Smokers
3	597.6	E.T. ‘s BBQ	3	598.2	Smok’n 42 BBQ
4	591.5	Lightening Strike BBQ	4	591.5	E.T. ‘s BBQ
5	589.9	Holy Smoke, LLC	5	589	Fiddlers BBQ
6	588.3	Smok’n 42 BBQ	6	586.6	Swine Time Grill’n Team
7	587.8	Bethel Smokers	7	586.3	Lyles BBQ Company
8	584	Cooking With Stump	8	585.7	Just Smok “N” Around BBQ
9	583.3	Drive By Smoker’s	9	584.8	92 BBQ
10	582.8	Just Smok “N” Around BBQ	10	583.5	Drive By Smoker’s
11	579.4	92 BBQ	11	583.4	Holy Smoke, LLC
12	577.7	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	12	582.9	TC’s BBQ
13	577	TC’s BBQ	13	581	Old Henry’s BBQ
14	576.5	Lick’em Lips BBQ	14	578.3	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
15	572.7	Swine Time Grill’n Team	15	576.4	Smokin J’s
16	570.4	Lyles BBQ Company	16	568.7	Lightening Strike BBQ
17	570.2	Old Henry’s BBQ	17	566.5	H & J Cooking Team
18	568.1	Smokin J’s	18	564.9	Lick’em Lips BBQ

		RIBS
1	599.4	Bethel Smokers
2	598.8	92 BBQ
3	597.3	Smokin J’s
4	588.8	Just Smok “N” Around BBQ
5	588.2	Holy Smoke, LLC
6	586.9	Cooking With Stump
7	586.6	Fiddlers BBQ
8	586.6	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
9	583.6	Old Henry’s BBQ
10	583.2	Swine Time Grill’n Team
11	580	H & J Cooking Team
12	578.8	Lyles BBQ Company
13	575.4	Lightening Strike BBQ
14	575.1	Drive By Smoker’s
15	575.1	TC’s BBQ
16	569.7	E.T. ‘s BBQ
17	568.5	Smok’n 42 BBQ
18	567.1	Lick’em Lips BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Bethel Smokers	591.5	592.1	587.8	1771.4
2	Fiddlers BBQ	586.6	589	592.5	1768.1
3	Cooking With Stump	586.9	595.1	584	1766
4	92 BBQ	599.1	584.8	579.4	1763.3
5	Holy Smoke, LLC	588.2	583.4	589.9	1761.5
6	E.T. ‘s BBQ	569.7	591.5	600	1761.2
7	Just Smok “N” Around BBQ	588.8	585.7	582.8	1757.3
8	Smok’n 42 BBQ	568.5	599.1	588.3	1755.9
9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	586.6	578.3	577.7	1742.6
10	Swine Time Grill’n Team	583.2	586.6	572.7	1742.5
11	Drive By Smoker’s	575.1	583.5	583.3	1741.9
12	H & J Cooking Team	580	566.5	591.5	1738
13	Lightening Strike BBQ	575.4	568.7	591.5	1735.6
14	Lyles BBQ Company	578.8	586.3	570.4	1735.5
15	TC’s BBQ	575.1	582.9	577	1735
16	Old Henry’s BBQ	583.6	581	570.2	1734.8
17	Smokin J’s	589.5	576.4	568.1	1734
18	Lick’em Lips BBQ	567.1	564.9	576.5	1708.5

Oct 27 2013

Jack’s Old South Edges Out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in Hawkinsville

Jack’s Old South Edges Out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in Hawkinsville

Grand Champions – Jack’s Old South

Some of the top names in the world of competition BBQ turned out for the Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ Cook Off, but the regulars on the Georgia Barbecue Association circuit were up for the challenge. When the smoke settled, the Grand Championship had to be decided by a coin toss. Jack’s Old South scored a near perfect 599.1 in the Pork Loin finals. That was matched by Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack’s final Rib entry. The GBA officials compared the scores thru the tie breaker procedure and the two teams matched up exactly. That left it up to a coin toss and the winningest man in BBQ walked last once again.

Myron Mixon actually got his winning ways started in Hawkinsville. In 1996, Hawkinsville hosted a Memphis in May BBQ contest & Mixon won his very first Grand Championship at that event.

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack may have come out on the wrong end of the coin toss, but the team’s strong showing across the three GBA categories secured the Reserve Grand Championship. The team made finals both Ribs & Pork Loin .

Jack’s Old South score of 599.1 in Pork Loin topped the category. Sauced Hogs Smoke shack finished second with ComSouth High Tech Smokers finishing third.. BBQ Pitmasters star, Michael Character of Character’s Famous BBQ from Adairsville, GA, captured 4th place. Another BBQ Pitmasters alum, Moe Cason of Ponderoas BBQ, took 5th place.

1st Place Pulled Pork – 92 BBQ

In Pulled Pork, 92 BBQ in just their 3rd GBA contest, beat out all the big names & seasoned vets to capture their first category win. Smokin 42 BBQ was the runner up. Kelvin’s BBQ took third place. Cooking with Stump, another BBQ Pitmasters star, claimed 4th place. Jack’s Old South rounded out the top five.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack racked up a near perfect score in the Ribs Finals to win the category over Jack’s Old South, second place, and Ponderosa BBQ, third place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ came in 4th place with ComSouth High Tech Smokers claiming 5th place.

The GBA thanks the Hawkinsville Downtown Development Authority for organizing a great contest and looks forward to returning to the Harvert Festival again next year. The next stop on the GBA trail with be in Richland on November 8-9 followed up by a new event on the circuit, the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook Off on December 6-7

Full Contest Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	599.1	JACK’S OLD SOUTH	1	598.8	92 BBQ
2	590.8	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	2	596.1	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
3	580.6	COMSOUTH HIGH TECH	3	589.6	KELVIN’S BBQ
4	590.8	CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ	4	587.9	COOKING WITH STUMP
5	583.7	PONDEROSA BBQ	5	586.2	JACK’S OLD SOUTH
6	581.2	KELVIN’S BBQ	6	582.7	PONDEROSA BBQ
7	580.3	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	7	580	LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ
8	579.4	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ	8	579	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
9	575.8	SWINE TIME BBQ	9	579	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
10	575.2	DADDY-O’S BBQ	10	574.7	COMSOUTH HIGH TECH
11	575.1	92 BBQ	11	572.3	SWINE TIME BBQ
12	570.3	LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ	12	571.8	CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ
13	568	COOKING WITH STUMP	13	568.5	TECHNICALLY COOKING
14	560.1	TECHNICALLY COOKING	14	566.2	DADDY-O’S BBQ

		RIBS
1	599.1	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	598.5	JACK’S OLD SOUTH
3	588.9	PONDEROSA BBQ
4	592.1	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
5	584.3	COMSOUTH HIGH TECH
6	580.3	TECHNICALLY COOKING
7	579.4	COOKING WITH STUMP
8	577.9	KELVIN’S BBQ
9	575.1	LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ
10	573.8	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
11	572.8	CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ
12	572.8	DADDY-O’S BBQ
13	571.9	SWINE TIME BBQ
14	568.7	92 BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	JACK’S OLD SOUTH	592.2	586.2	592.1	1770.5
2	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	595.8	579	592.4	1767.2
3	PONDEROSA BBQ	599.7	582.7	583.7	1766.1
4	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	592.1	593.1	580.3	1765.5
5	KELVIN’S BBQ	577.9	596.8	581.2	1755.9
6	COMSOUTH HIGH TECH	584.3	574.7	595.4	1754.4
7	92 BBQ	568.7	594.5	575.1	1738.3
8	CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ	572.8	571.8	590.8	1735.4
9	COOKING WITH STUMP	579.4	587.9	568	1735.3
10	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ	573.8	579	579.4	1732.2
11	LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ	575.1	580	570.3	1725.4
12	SWINE TIME BBQ	571.9	572.3	575.8	1720
13	DADDY-O’S BBQ	572.8	566.2	575.2	1714.2
14	TECHNICALLY COOKING	580.3	568.5	560.1	1708.9