Category: Contest

Oct 21 2012

Jethro’s Cooking Crew Takes Grand at The Hog Jam!

Jethro’s Cooking Crew Takes Grand at The Hog Jam!

Blairsville, GA, The Lodge at Copperhead – (by Greg Hoyt) The North Georgia Mountains were smoky the weekend of October 12-13.  The Hog Jam at The Lodge at Copperhead just outside of Blairsville, GA was the northern most GBA Contest to date – barely 14 miles from the Georgia-North Carolina State line.

The owners, staff and friends of The Lodge at Copperhead rolled out the red carpet Friday night starting with heavy Hors d’oeuvres an open bar and a rock’n band on the back porch at the Lodge.  The food was fabulous; the drinks were great, the music was wonderful.  Everything our hosts planned for Friday night set the perfect atmosphere for fellowship that is always part of a great GBA Weekend. Anthony, Michelle, Jerry and Paula all worked tirelessly to be sure that everything ran smoothly through the awards on Saturday.

Pitmaster Jeff Schram and Jethro’s Cooking Crew arrived late Friday evening.  Once they got set up, they set the pace for a field of GBA Teams that included Smok’n Willy Squealers, Bubba Grills, The Pampered Pig, Rufus Smokehouse BBQ, Old Henry’s BBQ, Onsite Ribs, Smokn’ 42 and Natural Born Smokers.

Friday Night ancillary winners were: Sauce – Smokn’Q and Onsite Ribs, Stew – Smokin Willy Squealers, Wild Game – Onsite Ribs, Dessert – Rufus Smokehouse, and Bloody Mary – Onsite Ribs.

Saturday morning cookers poured smoke into the mist coming off of the mountains.  Bright sun and mild temperatures burned the mist off early as everyone had a great time cooking to win one of the unique locally made pig trophies.

Four teams double finaled: The Pampered Pig (Loin and Pulled Pork), Jethro’s Cooking Crew (Loin and Ribs), Bubba Grills (Loin and Ribs) Smokin’Willy Squealers (Ribs and Pulled Pork).

Jethro’s Cooking Crew won the Hog Jam Grand Championship with their Ribs.  After years of supporting the GBA as a cook and past President, it was Pitmaster Jeff Schram’s first GBA Grand Championship.  A strong cook by Smokin’Willy Squealers brought the Reserve Champion trophy to Carl and Mary Williams.

Full results are here:

PORK LOIN
*  score from finals
1 592.1  * Jethros.’s Cooking Crew
2 586.8  * Bubba Grills
3 580.9  * The Pampered Pig
4 585.4 Old Henry’s BBQ
5 582.4 Smokin Willy Squealers
6 579.7 Natural Born Smokers
7 577.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
8 570.7 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ
9 563 Onsite Ribs

 

PULLED PORK
*  score from finals
1 595.4  * Smokin Willy Squealers
2 589.5  * Onsite Ribs
3 578.6  * The Pampered Pig
4 588.5 Jethros.’s Cooking Crew
5 584.39 Natural Born Smokers
6 582.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
7 581 Old Henry’s BBQ
8 571.1 Bubba Grills
9 560.3 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ

 

RIBS
*  score from finals
1 596.7  * Jethro’s Cooking Crew
2 594.8  * Bubba Grills
3 584  * Smokin Willy Squealers
4 586.3 The Pampered Pig
5 583.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
6 572.7 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ
7 571.7 Old Henry’s BBQ
8 570.5 Onsite Ribs
9 554.1 Natural Born Smokers

 

Overall Preliminary Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Jethros.’s Cooking Crew 591.8 588.5 593.4 1773.7
2 Smokin Willy Squealers 591.5 594.2 582.4 1768.1
3 The Pampered Pig 586.3 590.2 587.3 1763.8
4 Bubba Grills 599.7 571.1 588.2 1759
5 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 583.9 582.9 577.9 1744.7
6 Old Henry’s BBQ 571.7 581 585.4 1738.1
7 Onsite Ribs 570.5 594.5 563 1728
8 Natural Born Smokers 554.1 584.39 579.7 1718.2
9 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ 572.7 560.3 570.7 1703.7

 

The GBA Pro teams were joined by a small but very talented group of backyard teams,  Diggen Q, Rollin Smoker, Screaming Eagles BBQ, Wilber’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ and Smokin Q BBQ.  These teams received the full “Pro” experience from meat check-in to judging by certified Judges, comment cards through the awarding of the backyard Grand and Reserve Champion.  The caliber of product turned out by the backyard teams was extraordinary.  On the backyard side, Diggen Q was Grand Champion with Rollin Smoker taking Reserve.

 

Copperhead Lodge Backyard
RIBS   Pulled Pork   Pork Loin
1 590.8 Diggen Que 1 586.5 Diggen Que 1 578.5 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’
2 585.2 Screaming Eagle BBQ 2 585.2 Screaming Eagle BBQ 2 577.9 Rollin Smoker
3 581.3 Rollin Smoker 3 582.9 Rollin Smoker 3 575.9 Diggen Que
4 570 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 4 564.2 Smokin Q BBQ 4 565.7 Screaming Eagle BBQ
5 560.69 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’

 

Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Diggen Que 590.8 586.5 575.9 1753.2
2 Rollin Smoker 581.3 582.9 577.9 1742.1
3 Screaming Eagle BBQ 585.2 585.2 565.7 1736.1
4 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 570 560.69 578.5 1709.2
5 Smokin Q BBQ 0 564.2 0 564.2

Oct 14 2012

Bubba Grills is Perfection Times Two

Bubba Grills is Perfection Times Two

 

Gordon, GA — Lonnie Smith, pitmaster of Bubba Grills, proved to be master of the perfect rib at the Fall Line Festival BBQ Contest. Not only did his team score a perfect 600 points in the Ribs preliminary round; he also claimed a perfect score in the Ribs Finals.  Perfection times 2 equals a Grand Championship for Bubba Grills.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack placed first in Loin, 4th in Ribs and 8th in Pork in the preliminary rounds to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

In Pork Loin, Anarque, Holy Smokers and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack were the three finalists.  Anarque won the finals round and claim first place in the category. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took second with Holy Smokers in third. Bubba Grills took fourth place with SmokinWilly Squealers in fifth.

PORK LOIN
1 595.8 * Anarque
2 594.5 * Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
3 588.2 * Holy Smokers
4 588.2 Bubba Grills
5 584.9 Smokin Willie Squealers
6 583.7 Party Porkers
7 583.3 Five O’Clock Somewhere
8 577.9 Loose Bones
9 577.3 Beaver Creek Cookers
10 575.9 Smokin AJ’s
11 564.5 Old Henrys BBQ
12 562.3 Ivey Rack and Que
* score from final round

 

Anarque, Smokin AJs and SmokinWilly Squealers were the three finalists in Pulled Pork. Only 0.6 of a point separated first from third place in the finals.  Anarque, once again, claimed the top score with SmokinWilly Squealers as runner up. Smoking AJ’s finished third. Party Porkers and Holy Smokers rounded out the top five.

 

PULLED PORK
1 598.8 * Anarque
2 598.5 * Smokin Willie Squealers
3 598.2 * Smokin AJ’s
4 589.2 Party Porkers
5 582.9 Holy Smokers
6 580.2 Five O’Clock Somewhere
7 579.6 Bubba Grills
8 579.6 Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
9 578.3 Loose Bones
10 571.3 Old Henrys BBQ
11 569.8 Ivey Rack and Que
12 566.3 Beaver Creek Cookers
* score from final round

 

Bubba Grills perfect preliminary score secured a spot in the Ribs Finals along with Five O’Clock Somewhere and Ivey Rack and Que.  Bubba Grills again scored a perfect 600 in finals to take first place. Ivey Rack and Que and Five O’Clock Somewhere finished second and third respectively. Fourth went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack with fifth place going to Smokin AJs.

 

RIBS
1 600 * Bubba Grills
2 593.6 * Ivey Rack and Que
3 591.9 * Five O’Clock Somewhere
4 593.6 Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
5 592.5 Smokin AJ’s
6 587.1 Smokin Willie Squealers
7 586.9 Loose Bones
8 574.7 Party Porkers
9 571.6 Old Henrys BBQ
10 569 Beaver Creek Cookers
11 563.4 Holy Smokers
12 559.3 Anarque
* score from final round

 

 

 Overall Standings Preliminaries

Ribs

 Pulled Loin Total

1

 Sauced Hog Smoke Shack

593.6

579.6

597.7

1770.9

2

 Smokin Willie Squealers

587.1

596.7

584.9

1768.7

3

 Bubba Grills

600

579.6

588.2

1767.8

4

 Smokin AJ’s

592.5

594.8

575.9

1763.2

5

 Five O’Clock Somewhere

598.5

580.2

583.3

1762

6

 Party Porkers

574.7

589.2

583.7

1747.6

7

 Loose Bones

586.9

578.3

577.9

1743.1

8

 Holy Smokers

563.4

582.9

595.7

1742

9

 Anarque

559.3

590.2

589.9

1739.4

10

 Ivey Rack and Que

595.4

569.8

562.3

1727.5

11

 Beaver Creek Cookers

569

566.3

577.3

1712.6

12

 Old Henrys BBQ

571.6

571.3

564.5

1707.4

Sep 26 2012

Hog Jam October 12-13, 2012

 Hog Jam October 12-13, 2012

 

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) will be sanctioning the Hog Jam 2012, Some Jam Good BBQ, at The Lodge at Copperhead in Blairsville, GA on October 12-13, 2012. This is the first year the GBA has sanctioned the contest sponsored by Forty Creek Whisky.

Cook Team Application     Judge Application     Hog Jam Website

Over $6,000 in cash & prizes will be awarded to the contestants, including $1500 to the Grand Champion. There will be ancillary contests on Friday evening in Stew, Dessert & Sauce. Saturday morning will host the ancillary Bloody Mary contest. Backyard teams will also compete, with $250 to the Grand Champion of this division.

Friday evening will feature music by the 12 Gauge Persuaders with a welcome reception for the teams and advance wristband holders. Modern Vinyl and Mike Watson Band (2012 Blues Band of the Year) will perform. Vendors & Artists will be on hand Saturday as well.

A Car & Bike show sponsored by Lawbike.com on Saturday will round out the events of the competition. $15 admission, includes parking and BBQ tasting. Advance wristband holders can also join us Friday evening for the Welcome Reception.

Sep 26 2012

Gordon Fall Line BBQ Festival

2011 Grand Champions Holy Smokers

 

FALL LINE FESTIVAL OCTOBER 5-6

The 13th Annual Gordon Fall Line Festival will be on October 5-6, 2012.  For the 3rd year the festival will include a GBA sanctioned BBQ contest.

Cook team & judges applications can be downloaded on the GBA website at:

www.bbqga.org/contests/

Gordon has very nice grass cook sites with power & water at each site.  The festival offers lots for families.  The contest is always a great host for GBA.

 

 

 

 

 

Other events include handmade art and crafts, a broad range of food choices, a concert featuring The Grapevine Band,  followed by magnificent fireworks by Pyrotecnico,  Old Capitol Car Club Show, Skippin’ & Poppin’ Antique Tractor Parade & Show, children’s rides, and the GBA sanctioned Fall-Line BBQ Cookoff

 

 

 

Sep 16 2012

D.W.s Kountry Cookers win big in Sumner

Grand Champions – D.W.s Kountry Cookers

D.W,s Kountry Cookers scored a perfect 600 in the Ribs preliminary round in the Sumner Egg Festival BBQ Bash. They followed that with a near perfect Rib entry in the finals round to capture the Grand Championship.  Mr Joe Wright, pitmaster for Belhel Smokers, finished first in both Loin & Pork and second in Ribs in the preliminary rounds to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

 

 

D.W.s Kountry Cookers took the first place award in Pork Loin.  Bethel Smokers claimed second. Smokin’ 42 BBQ finished third place.  Fourth place went to Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers with LawDog BBQ taking fifth place. 

 

 

In Pork, Bethel Smokers claimed first place ahead of runner up D.W.s Kountry Cookers. Smokin’ 42 BBQ once again was called in third place.  It was Jethro’s Cooking Crew with the fourth place entry.  LawDog BBQ got their second top 5 finish in the category.

 

 

 

 

D.W.’s Kountry Cookers turned in the best ribs of the day & claimed the first place banner.  Bethel Smokers continued their strong cook in taking second place. Jeff Schramm of Jethro’s Cooking Crew walked in third placed.  LawDog BBQ added a fourth placed finish to their successful weekend.  Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers grabbed fifth place.

 

 

 

 

Sumner
September 8, 2012
RIBS   PULLED PORK   PORK LOIN
1 597 D.W.s Kountry Cookers 1 590.8 Bethel Smokers 1 595.7 D.W.s Kountry Cookers
2 581.2 Bethel Smokers 2 587.2 D.W.s Kountry Cookers 2 586.9 Bethel Smokers
3 579.3 Jethro’s Cooking Crew 3 586.5 Smokin 42 BBQ 3 580.6 Smokin 42 BBQ
4 578.9 LawDog BBQ 4 580.9 Jethro’s Cooking Crew 4 577.6 Phoebe Worth
5 577.7 Phoebe Worth 5 578.6 LawDog BBQ 5 573.3 LawDog BBQ
6 572.6 Smokin 42 BBQ 6 576.4 Old Henrys 6 571.3 Smoker and the Bandit
7 566.9 Smoker and the Bandit 7 575 Phoebe Worth 7 569.1 Old Henrys
8 566.5 Drive By Smokers 8 566.5 Colquitt Cookers 8 565.7 Jethro’s Cooking Crew
9 558.6 Colquitt Cookers 9 562.5 Smoker and the Bandit 9 554.9 Colquitt Cookers
10 557.9 Old Henrys 10 0 Drive By Smokers 10 0 Drive By Smokers

 

Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Bethel Smokers 597 595.1 596.7 1788.8
2 D.W.s Kountry Cookers 600 584.5 584.2 1768.7
3 Smokin 42 BBQ 572.6 586.5 581.6 1740.7
4 LawDog BBQ 578.9 578.6 573.3 1730.8
5 Phoebe Worth 577.7 575 577.6 1730.3
6 Jethro’s Cooking Crew 579.9 580.9 565.7 1726.5
7 Old Henrys 557.9 576.4 569.1 1703.4
8 Smoker and the Bandit 566.9 562.5 571.3 1700.7
9 Colquitt Cookers 558.6 566.5 554.9 1680
10 Drive By Smokers 566.5 0 0 566.5