Category: Events

Dec 07 2014

Barbecue Crew Takes Grand on Home Turf

Foy Whatley of the Barbece Crew had the rest of the GBA Pitmasters right where he wanted them on his home turf at the Moultrie Moose Lodge Cookoff. Whatley racked up the top score in the finals round with his Pulled Pork entry to claim the Grand Championship in the second year event.

Gtand Champion – Barbecue Crew

Just Blowing Smoke made finals in both Loin and Ribs to go with a 7th place finish in Pulled Pork to win the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

H & J Cooking Team

Just Blowing Smoke led the way in the Loin category with H & J Cooking Team and Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJ’s following in second and third. Real South BBQ took fourth place with Lawdawg BBQ taking fifth. Sixth place with to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Fiddler’s BBQ finished 7th and Sunset Smokers finished 8th Ninth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers rounding out the top 10.

Barbecue Crew had the best Pulled Pork of the contest. H & J Cooking Teams again was the runner up. Hungry Hog BBQ took third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers just missed the finals on a tiebreaker to come in fourth place. Fiddler’s BBQ took fifth place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 6th place. In 7th place was Just Blowing Smoke and Real South BBQ finished in 8th place. Smokin’ AJs and Durt Road Smokerz finished ninth & tenth respectively.

Hungry Hog BBQ

Just Blowing Smoke won their second category of the contest with the top score in Ribs. Fiddler’s BBQ came in second with Travis & Montae Webb of Sunset Smokers coming in third place. H & J Cooling Team took fourth place. Fifth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts in just their second contest. Double D Cooking Team took sixth place and Smokin J’s BBQ took seventh place. Eighth through tenth places were Durt Road Smokerz, Colquitt Cookers and Lawdawg BBQ.

In the backyard contest Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the chicken category with Cowboy Smokin. G.W. McLeod pitmaster, winning Pulled Pork and Ribs.

Screaming Eagle BBQ	Cowboy Smokin

		Loin
1	598.1	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2	592.7	H & J COOKING TEAM
3	590.6	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
4	595.1	REAL SOUTH BBQ
5	594.5	LAWDAWG BBQ
6	593	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
7	589.6	FIDDLERS BBQ
8	586.3	SUNSET SMOKERS
9	585.4	MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
10	585.1	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
11	581.5	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
12	574	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13	572.2	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
14	571.8	BARBECUE CREW
15	564.7	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
16	563.4	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
17	558.5	COLQUITT COOKERS
18	555.8	FORGET ME NOT BBQ

		PULLED PORK
1	599.3	BARBECUE CREW
2	590.4	H & J COOKING TEAM
3	589.9	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
4	590.3	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
5	590	FIDDLERS BBQ
6	589.6	FORGET ME NOT BBQ
7	589.31	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
8	589.3	REAL SOUTH BBQ
9	586.3	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
10	585.7	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
11	581.4	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
12	580.2	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
13	578.8	LAWDAWG BBQ
14	576.8	SUNSET SMOKERS
15	573	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
16	572.4	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
17	568.7	COLQUITT COOKERS

		RIBS
1	598.9	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2	594.4	FIDDLERS BBQ
3	588.7	SUNSET SMOKERS
4	589.7	H & J COOKING TEAM
5	587.6	MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
6	586.3	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
7	586	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
8	584.8	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
9	582.8	COLQUITT COOKERS
10	582.7	LAWDAWG BBQ
11	582.4	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
12	579.8	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
13	577.9	REAL SOUTH BBQ
14	577.6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
15	575.5	BARBECUE CREW
16	569	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
17	568.1	FORGET ME NOT BBQ
18	564.7	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	595.8	589.31	593.9	1779.01
2	H & J COOKING TEAM	598.2	590.31	589.7	1778.21
3	FIDDLERS BBQ	589.6	590	590.3	1769.9
4	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ	599.4	586.3	582.4	1768.1
5	REAL SOUTH BBQ	595.1	589.3	577.9	1762.3
6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	593	590.3	577.6	1760.9
7	SUNSET SMOKERS	586.3	576.8	595.2	1758.3
8	LAWDAWG BBQ	594.5	578.8	582.7	1756
9	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS	585.1	581.4	579.8	1746.3
10	BARBECUE CREW	571.8	595.8	575.5	1743.1
11	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ	572.2	585.7	584.8	1742.7
12	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	581.5	572.4	586	1739.9
13	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	564.7	598.2	569	1731.9
14	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM	563.4	580.2	586.3	1729.9
15	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	555.8	589.6	568.1	1713.5
16	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	574	573	564.7	1711.7
17	COLQUITT COOKERS	558.5	568.7	582.8	1710
18	MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS	585.4	0	587.6	1173

Nov 23 2014

A Grand Time in Albany for Dobey Que

(pictures courtesy of Donald Tilton of Classic Impression)

The Quail Classic Event in Albany, GA and the Georgia Barbecue Association joined forces for the first time. The event was held at the Stonebridge Country Club. The teams and judges enjoyed the hospitality of this unique venue especially the different twist on a people’s choice contest with their Hospitality Challenge.

David Hair, cooking for the first time in GBA as Dobey Que, got the final call of the day and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Dobey Que

Kerry Sparks of LawDawg BBQ continued her strong run of contests by making finals in both Loin and Pulled Pork along with a 6th place finish in Ribs. The gave LawDawg BBQ the top cumulative score across the three categories in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion – LawDawg BBQ

Fiddler’s BBQ

Shirley & Harvey Wills of Fiddlers BBQ won the People”s Choice Hospitality Challenge. H & J Cooking Team took second place with Marky Mark’s Smoking Butts capturing third place.

Dobey Que’s Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category with LawDawg BBQ as runner-up and H & J Cooking Team in third.place. Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ, fifth place went to Real South BBQ and sixth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ. Just Blowing Smoke took seventh place with Hungry Hog BBQ in eighth place. The ninth place call went to Southern Hogs with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers rounding out the top 10.

LawDawg BBQ had to top Pulled Pork Box of the contest. Hungry Hog BBQ was a close second. Real South BBQ took third place. Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ and fifth place went to Just Blowing Smoke. Southern Hogs grabbed sixth place; H & J Cooking team grabbed seventh and Durt Road Smokers grabbed eighth place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers and Old Henry’s BBQ finished ninth and tenth respectively.

Real South BBQ

In Ribs, it was Tim Coleman and Real South BBQ for the win. Second place went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Dobey Que took third place with Southern Hogs in fourth. Just Blowing Smoke and LawDawg BBQ tied for fifth place with Just Blowing Smoke getting the nod on the 4th tiebreaker. H & Cooking Team came in seventh place. There was also a tie for eighth place and it went to the 5th tiebreaker before Fiddler’s BBQ edged out Old Henry’s BBQ. Hungry Hog got the tenth place call

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the administration and staff of Stonebridge Country Club for putting on an outstanding contest.

Full Results:

		LOIN			Pullled Pork	RIBS
1	280	Dobey Que	1	596.9	Law Dawg BBQ		1	597.4	Real South BBQ
2	594.4	Law Dawg BBQ	2	595.3	Hungry Hog BBQ		2	594.2	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
3	588.7	H&J Cooking Team	3	589.3	Real South BBQ		3	590	Dobey Que
4	586.2	Old Henrys BBQ	4	586.9	Fiddlers BBQ		4	584.2	Southern Hogs
5	582.8	Real South BBQ	5	585.7	Just Blowing Smoke		5	583.91	Just Blowing Smoke
6	580.3	Fiddlers BBQ	6	581.6	Southern Hogs		6	583.9	Law Dawg BBQ
7	578.6	Just Blowing Smoke	7	581.5	H&J Cooking Team		7	583.3	H&J Cooking Team
8	578.3	Hungry Hog BBQ	8	577.6	Durt Road Smokers		8	580.31	Fiddlers BBQ
9	566.3	Southern Hogs	9	576.2	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers		9	580.3	Old Henrys BBQ
10	563.8	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	10	573.8	Old Henrys BBQ		10	579.3	Hungry Hog BBQ
11	561.4	Marky Marks Smoking Butts	11	560.3	Marky Marks Smoking Butts		11	572.7	Durt Road Smokers
12	545.7	Durt Road Smokers	12	0	Dobey Que		12	556.2	Marky Marks Smoking Butts

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pork	Ribs
1	Law Dawg BBQ	598.8	592.1	583.9	1774.8
2	Real South BBQ	582.8	590.1	591.8	1764.7
3	H&J Cooking Team	588.5	581.5	583.3	1753.3
4	Just Blowing Smoke	578.6	585.7	583.91	1748.21
5	Fiddlers BBQ	580.3	586.9	580.31	1747.51
6	Hungry Hog BBQ	578.3	587.8	579.3	1745.4
7	Old Henrys BBQ	586.2	573.8	580.3	1740.3
8	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	563.8	576.2	596.4	1736.4
9	Southern Hogs	566.3	581.6	584.2	1732.1
10	Durt Road Smokers	545.7	577.6	572.7	1696
11	Marky Marks Smoking Butts	561.4	560.3	556.2	1677.9
12	Dobey Que	596.7	0	594.5	1191.2

Oct 26 2014

A Smoking Good Birthday for Lawdawg BBQ

Grand Champion – Lawdawg BBQ

Kerry Sparks of Lawdawg BBQ got the best birthday present a competition could want – their first Grand Championship. It wasn’t without some drama at the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest Pigs & Produce BBQ Contest. Lawdawg BBQ’s Loin entry and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers’ Pulled Pork entry tallied the same total score in the finals round. On the first tiebreaker, compare scores for Taste, Lawdawg prevailed and the Sparks family team walked last at the awards Ceremony.

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers made finals in all three categories to accumulate the highest total score in the three preliminary rounds and won the Reserve Champion award.

Old Henry’s BBQ

The Grand Champion Loin entry by Lawdawg BBQ topped the category. In the Loin preliminary round, Lawdawg BBQ tallied a perfect 600 score. Bill & Renee Goddard of Rub Shakers Que took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third place. Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ. Daddy-O’s BBQ came in fifth, Kelvin’s BBQ came in sixth and Southern Hogs came in seventh place. Eighth thru tenth places went to Fat Jack’s BBQ, Real South BBQ and Bubba Grills respectively.

Fat Jack’s BBQ

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category. Fat Jack’s BBQ, cooking in their first GBA contest, was the runner up. Lawdawg BBQ finished in third place. Fourth place again went to Clay & Stephanie Beal of Old Henry’s BBQ. Kelvin’s BBQ & Real South BBQ tied for fifth place with Kelvin’s winning on the 4th tiebreaker. Bubba Grills grabbed seventh place and Daddy-O’s BBQ grabbed eighth place. Southern Hogs and Rub Shakers Que rounded out the top 10.

Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs turned in the best Rib entry of the day. Fat Jack’s BBQ added to their big first GBA contest with a second place finish in Ribs. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third place. Bubba Grills came in fourth with Real South BBQ in fifth place. It was Old Henry’s BBQ claiming sixth place and Lawdawg BBQ claimed seventh place. Kelvin’s BBQ took eighth place, Rub Shakers Que took ninth and Daddy-O’s BBQ took tenth..

The Georgia Barbeque Association was proud to be a part of the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest for the third year. Next up on the GBA calendar is Albany Quail Classic on November 21-22 followed by the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook-off on Dec 5-6.

Full Results:

	LOIN		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.9	LAW DAWG BBQ	1	595.9	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS		1	594.9	SOUTHERN HOG
2	593.8	RUB SHAKERS QUE	2	593.6	FAT JACK’S BBQ		2	593.8	FAT JACK’S BBQ
3	591.6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	3	591.4	LAW DAWG BBQ		3	593.3	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
4	581	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	4	582.3	OLD HENRY’S BBQ		4	586	BUBBA GRILLS
5	579.3	DADDY-O’S BBQ	5	580.01	KELVIN’S BBQ		5	582.7	REAL SOUTH BBQ
6	577.9	KELVIN’S BBQ	6	580	REAL SOUTH BBQ		6	579.7	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
7	577.81	SOUTHERN HOG	7	579.3	BUBBA GRILLS		7	579.4	LAW DAWG BBQ
8	577.8	FAT JACK’S BBQ	8	574.5	DADDY-O’S BBQ		8	578.8	KELVIN’S BBQ
9	577.1	REAL SOUTH BBQ	9	568.4	SOUTHERN HOG		9	578.1	RUB SHAKERS QUE
10	573.2	BUBBA GRILLS	10	563.5	RUB SHAKERS QUE		10	566.6	DADDY-O’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1		92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	599.4	587.8	599.1	1786.3
2		LAW DAWG BBQ	600	584	579.4	1763.4
3		FAT JACK’S BBQ	577.8	590.9	590.3	1759
4		SOUTHERN HOG	577.81	568.4	597.1	1743.31
5		OLD HENRY’S BBQ	581	582.3	579.7	1743
6		REAL SOUTH BBQ	577.1	580	582.7	1739.8
7		BUBBA GRILLS	573.2	579.3	586	1738.5
8		KELVIN’S BBQ	577.9	580.01	578.8	1736.71
9		RUB SHAKERS QUE	582.4	563.5	578.1	1724
10		DADDY-O’S BBQ	579.3	574.5	566.6	1720.4

Oct 19 2014

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Deep Roots Festival

Bubba Grills Edges Lawdawg BBQ for Grand at Deep Roots Festival

It was the first time the GBA sanctioned the BBQ competition at the Deep Roots Festival in Milledgeville and the excitement went right down to the wire. In the finals round, Bubba Grills rib entry and Lawdawg BBQ loin entry both tallied a 597.6 score as the best entry of the day. The GBA officials had to go to the tiebreak procedure and Bubba Grills took the win on the first level of the tiebreaker and captured the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Just Blowing Smoke won the Reserve Championship for the second week in a row by getting a finals call in Loin along with 4th place in ribs and 6th place in Pulled Pork.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

First Place Loin – Lawdawg BBQ

Lawdawg BBQ had the top entry in the Loin category. Just Blowing Smoke took 2nd place. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats cooking in their first GBA contest took 3rd place in the very difficult loin category. Fourth place with to Sweat’s BBQ with Bubba Grils in 5th place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 6th, Ivey Rack and Q finished 7th and Party Porkers finished 8th. Swine Time Grilling (9th place) and Smokin’ Squealers rounded out the top 10.

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers continued their strong run in the current GBA contest season by winning the Pulled Pork category. Bubba Grills was the runner up and another first time GBA competitor, Maxus Porkamus, was in 3rd place. Swine Time Grilling took 4th place. There was a tie for 5th place. It went to the fifth tiebreaker before Old Henry’s BBQ edged out Just Blowing Smoke. Seventh place was taken by Party Porkers. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats, Rotary Roasters and Dixie Que finished eighth, ninth & tenth respectively.

First Place Pork – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

First place in Ribs went to Bubba Grills with Southern Hogs taking 2nd place. Once again,3rd place went to a team in their first GBA contest – Sensations Pigs. Just Blowing Smoke got the 4th place call with Baldwin Pork Authority getting the call for 5th place. In a tie for 6th place, Ivey Rack & Q got the nod over Lawdawg BBQ in the tiebreaker. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 8th place, Forget Me Not BBQ took 9th and Real South BBQ took 10th place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association was honored to be a part of such a great event in the Deep Roots Festival and look forward to coming back in 2015. Next up for the GBA is the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest on October 24 -25.

Full Results Below:

		LOIN
1	597.6	Law Dawg
2	593.5	Just Blowing Smoke
3	586.02	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats
4	591.5	Sweat’s BBQ
5	589.6	Bubba Grills
6	587.5	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers
7	586	Ivey Rack & Q
8	585.2	Party Porkers
9	584.8	Swine Time Grilling
10	583.9	Smokin’ Squealers
11	583	Smokeshack
12	580.1	Southern Hogs
13	579.8	Maxus Porkamus
14	576.1	Real South BBQ
15	576	Rollin Smoke Competition Que
16	575.4	Sentational Pigs
17	573.7	5 O’Clock Somewhere
18	571.1	Old Henry’s BBQ
19	570.9	Rotary Roasters
20	570.8	Porknado
21	570.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
22	566.5	Baldwin Pork Authority
23	564.6	Nice Rack
24	562.7	Trap BBQ
25	561.3	Dixie Que
26	556	Pigs in Heat

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.9	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers	1	597.6	Bubba Grills
2	594.6	Bubba Grills	2	594.4	Southern Hogs
3	590.3	Maxus Porkamus	3	589.2	Sensational Pigs
4	590	Swine Time Grilling	4	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
5	589.71	Old Henry’s BBQ	5	594.9	Baldwin Pork Authority
6	589.7	Just Blowing Smoke	6	594.51	Ivey Rack & Q
7	589.6	Party Porkers	7	594.5	Law Dawg
8	588.1	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats	8	590.9	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers
9	586.6	Rotary Roasters	9	590.6	Forget Me Not BBQ
10	586	Dixie Que	10	587.9	Real South BBQ
11	585.7	Pigs in Heat	11	587.8	Smokeshack
12	585.6	Rollin Smoke Competition Que	12	583.4	5 O’Clock Somewhere
12	585.6	Sensational Pigs	13	583	Dixie Que
14	585	5 O’Clock Somewhere	14	580.8	Swine Time Grilling
15	584.9	Smokin’ Squealers	15	580	Sweat’s BBQ
16	583.9	Real South BBQ	16	579.7	Rotary Roasters
17	583.3	Law Dawg	17	577.5	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats
18	581.4	Lake Dogs	18	576.1	Rollin Smoke Competition Que
19	580.1	Trap BBQ	19	574.1	Nice Rack
20	579.6	Sweat’s BBQ	20	569	Maxus Porkamus
21	578.8	Southern Hogs	21	568.5	Pigs in Heat
22	578.4	Smokeshack	22	566.9	Old Henry’s BBQ
23	574.9	Baldwin Pork Authority	23	565.3	Smokin’ Squealers
24	566.9	Forget Me Not BBQ	24	564.1	Lake Dogs
25	564.6	Nice Rack	25	555.2	Porknado
26	564.1	Porknado	26	551.1	Trap BBQ
27	559.7	Ivey Rack & Q	27	528.9	Party Porkers

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	589.6	595.4	599.7	1784.7
2	Just Blowing Smoke	596.7	589.7	595.5	1781.9
3	Law Dawg	599.7	583.3	594.5	1777.5
4	92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers	587.5	595.5	590.9	1773.9
5	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats	594.6	588.1	577.5	1760.2
6	Sensational Pigs	575.4	585.6	599.1	1760.1
7	Swine Time Grilling	584.8	590	580.8	1755.6
8	Southern Hogs	580.1	578.8	595.7	1754.6
9	Sweat’s BBQ	591.5	579.6	580	1751.1
10	Smokeshack	583	578.4	587.8	1749.2
11	Real South BBQ	576.1	583.9	587.9	1747.9
12	Maxus Porkamus	579.8	593.4	569	1742.2
13	5 O’Clock Somewhere	573.7	585	583.4	1742.1
14	Ivey Rack & Q	586	559.7	594.51	1740.21
15	Rollin Smoke Competition Que	576	585.6	576.1	1737.7
16	Rotary Roasters	570.9	586.6	579.7	1737.2
17	Baldwin Pork Authority	566.5	574.9	594.9	1736.3
18	Smokin’ Squealers	583.9	584.9	565.3	1734.1
19	Dixie Que	561.3	586	583	1730.3
20	Forget Me Not BBQ	570.5	566.9	590.6	1728
21	Old Henry’s BBQ	571.1	589.71	566.9	1727.71
22	Pigs in Heat	556	585.7	568.5	1710.2
23	Party Porkers	585.2	589.6	528.9	1703.7
24	Nice Rack	564.6	564.6	574.1	1703.3
25	Trap BBQ	562.7	580.1	551.1	1693.9
26	Porknado	570.8	564.1	555.2	1690.1
27	Lake Dogs	0	581.4	564.1	1145.5

Oct 12 2014

South Cobb BBQ & Blues Gets Smoked Rescue Style

Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers,of BBQ Pitmasters fame, took first place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival. It was his near perfect score of 599.1 in the Pulled Pork finals round that netted the team the Grand Championship

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Just Blowing Smoke, Robin Bowles PItmaster, made finals in Loin; finished 5th in Pulled Pork and 7th in Ribs to take home the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

Butt Rubbin BBQ

The first category of the contest was Loin and Just Blowing Smoke topped the field. Butt Rubbin BBQ took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third. Rescue Smokers actually tied for third place but lost the tiebreaker to miss finals and finished in fourth place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ came in fifth place with Dixie Que in sixth. Smokin Butts BBQ took seventh; Rub Shakers Que took eighth; Fiddlers BBQ took ninth and We Want Que took 10th place.

CJs

Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with CJ’s as runner-up. We Want Que grabbed third place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in fourth and Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. There was a tie for sixth place and Fiddler’s BBQ won the tiebreaker over Dixie Que. Rub Shakers Que, Smokin’ the Good Stuff and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished eighth through tenth respectively.

It was Rescue Smokers taking their second win of the day with the top scoring Rib box. Rub Shakers Que came in second with Smokin’ The Good Stuff coming in third. Fiddlers BBQ took fourth; Smoking J’s took fifth place and Dixie Que took sixth place. Seventh place went to Just Blowing Smoke. The final three calls in Ribs were very close. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ got the eighth place call by just 0.2 of a point over We Want Que in ninth. Just 0.1 of a point back was Daddy-O’s BBQ in tenth place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association really enjoyed their first trip to Austell and the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival We want to thank the contest organizers and the staff of the beautiful EpiCenter for hosting a great contest. Next week, the GBA heads to MIlledgeville for the Deep Roots Fesitval

Full Contest Results:

		LOIN
1	596.3	Just Blowing Smoke
2	594.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
3	591.5	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
4	592.4	Rescue Smokers
5	588.2	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
6	583.6	Dixie Que
7	582.9	Smokin Butts BBQ
8	580.2	Rub Shakers Que
9	579.9	Fiddler’s BBQ
10	575.9	We Want Que
11	575.1	Smokin’ the Good Stuff
12	574.8	Smokin’ Hotlanta
13	571.4	CJ’s
14	571.4	Where There’s Smoke
15	570.2	Smokin J’s Barbeque
16	569.7	Temple of the Hog
17	566.6	Daddy-O’s_BBQ

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.1	Rescue Smokers	1	597.2	Rescue Smokers
2	593.5	CJ’s	2	593.2	Rub Shakers Que
3	588.2	We Want Que	3	591.6	Smokin’ the Good Stuff
4	594.5	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	4	591.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
5	592.1	Just Blowing Smoke	5	589.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque
6	591.21	Fiddler’s BBQ	6	587.5	Dixie Que
7	591.2	Dixie Que	7	584.8	Just Blowing Smoke
8	590.6	Rub Shakers Que	8	582.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
9	587.6	Smokin’ the Good Stuff	9	582	We Want Que
10	586.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	10	581.9	Daddy-O’s_BBQ
11	582	Daddy-O’s_BBQ	11	578.6	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
12	582	Smokin’ Hotlanta	12	577.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
13	578.9	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	13	575.1	Smokin’ Hotlanta
14	575.4	Smokin J’s Barbeque	14	572.5	Smokin Butts BBQ
15	575.4	Smokin Butts BBQ	15	564.8	CJ’s
16	568.5	Where There’s Smoke	16	563.9	Where There’s Smoke
17	566.1	Temple of the Hog	17	560.6	Temple of the Hog

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	592.4	595.7	596.4	1784.5
2	Just Blowing Smoke	599.7	592.1	584.8	1776.6
3	Rub Shakers Que	580.2	590.6	595.4	1766.2
4	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	592.41	594.5	578.6	1765.51
5	Fiddler’s BBQ	579.9	591.21	591.2	1762.31
6	Dixie Que	583.6	591.2	587.5	1762.3
7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	596.1	578.9	582.2	1757.2
8	Smokin’ the Good Stuff	575.1	587.6	592.4	1755.1
9	We Want Que	575.9	595.2	582	1753.1
10	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	588.2	586.1	577.1	1751.4
11	Smokin J’s Barbeque	570.2	575.4	589.9	1735.5
12	Smokin’ Hotlanta	574.8	582	575.1	1731.9
13	CJ’s	571.4	595.4	564.8	1731.6
14	Smokin Butts BBQ	582.9	575.4	572.5	1730.8
15	Daddy-O’s_BBQ	566.6	582	581.9	1730.5
16	Where There’s Smoke	571.4	568.5	563.9	1703.8
17	Temple of the Hog	569.7	566.1	560.6	1696.4me