Category: Events

May 26 2013

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Makes It Two In A Row at Brenau!

Submitted by Greg Hoyt

The hottest team in the GBA is Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Chad Brooks and Chris O’Neal traveled north of Atlanta for the second time in 2 weeks and drove home with the Grand Championship of the Brenau Barbecue Championship! They say the first one is the hardest but once Smokin’ 42 got it under their belt thy went right back to the trough and gobbled up their second Grand Championship at the next GBA competition at Brenau.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

The GBA was invited to co-sanction the Brenau Barbecue Championship with Memphis Barbecue Network. The GBA showed out in Brenau – 30 GBA Teams cooked all three categories. Two Memphis teams snuck over to cook a category or two on the GBA side. Six GBA stalwarts made the trip to Breanau. Dixie Que, Jethro’s Cooking Crew, Smoke Shack BBQ, AnarQue , Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ all made the trek to Gainesville. They were joined by twenty four other teams that were that have cooked from zero to three GBA sanctioned events in the past.

Two teams, Smokey Butts and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack set the tone early in the day with another GBA first. Both teams scored a perfect 600 in Loin. We’ve never had 600’s in the same category on the same day before. Anarque joined them on the finals table. Smokey Butts won the Loin category followed by Anarque and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack finishing third. Dixie Q missed their best shot at a GBA final being four tenths of a point behind and finishing fourth in GBA Loin.

First Place Loin – Smokey Butts

Pulled pork was the opportunity for new teams to show what they could do. Two of the top four money spots belonged to teams that had not cooked in a GBA Sanctioned event before. Sauced Hog Smoke Shack edged out Ninja Pigs for first place in Pulled Pork. Smoke Shack BBQ came in third in pulled pork and Rick’s Smok’n Pig finished fourth. In the preliminaries Smoke Shack and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack had tied in the preliminaries with nearly perfect scores of 599.4. In the preliminary round. In the finals Ninja Pig passed Smoke Shack for second place.

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Ribs were the final category. Swamp Cat Barbecue came through the first round with the top score of 595.8. Smokin’42 and Smokin ‘ AJ’s salvaged their days late as they broke through to the final round in ribs. In the Finals Smokin’ 42 posted the highest finals score with their 599.7 in ribs. Smokin’42 won the category and the contest with their finals rack of ribs.

Sauced Hog Smoke Shack won reserve by finishing ninth in Ribs, second in Pulled pork and first in Loin.

The proceeds form the day went to support scholarships at Brenau.

Full results below. Scores in red are final round scores. All others are preliminary round scores.

		Pork Loin
1	597.9	Smokey Butts
2	595.4	AnarQue
3	584.5	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
4	595.1	Dixie Que
5	589.9	Jurassic Pork
6	587.3	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que
7	586.6	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team
8	585.5	Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ
9	583.3	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
10	582	Smoke Shack BBQ
11	579	Swamp Cat BBQ
12	577.7	2 Little Piggs
13	577.4	Skyline Contracting
14	575.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
15	575.4	Beauford’s Smokehouse
16	574.4	Tuff Dawg Grillers
17	573.1	Smokin’ Butts BBQ
18	572.9	Team Recess and Yellowfin
19	572.6	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ
20	571.1	Hemhocks
21	568.8	Natural Born Smokers
22	568.8	Ninja Pig BBQ
23	568.1	Blaker’s BBQ
24	567.8	Smoked Hawg Walking
25	567.3	Butts & Brews
26	565.5	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew
27	565.1	Sweet Butts BBQ
28	563.8	Legally Smokin Docs

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	1	599.1	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	592.2	SMOKIN AJ”S	2	598.5	NINJA PIGGS
3	587.6	SWAMP CAT BBQ	3	594.9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
4	591.8	Beauford’s Smokehouse	4	590.5	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ
5	591.5	Smoke Shack BBQ	5	590.2	2 Little Piggs
6	591.1	Tuff Dawg Grillers	6	590.2	AnarQue
7	590.8	AnarQue	7	589.2	Almighty Smoke Masters
8	587.6	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ	8	588.6	Tuff Dawg Grillers
9	585.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	9	587.3	Skyline Contracting
10	585.3	Biteback BBQ	10	586.9	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
11	584.8	Ninja Pig BBQ	11	585.7	Natural Born Smokers
12	583.2	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que	12	584.2	Smokey Butts
13	582.6	Jurassic Pork	13	582.9	Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ
14	582.3	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team	14	581.7	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que
15	582.2	Almighty Smoke Masters	15	580.6	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team
16	579	Dixie Que	16	579	Beauford’s Smokehouse
17	575.7	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	17	578.6	Dixie Que
18	574.8	Legally Smokin Docs	18	577	Properly Smoked
19	574.4	Smokin’ Butts BBQ	19	576.8	Legally Smokin Docs
20	573.5	Natural Born Smokers	20	576.7	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew
21	573.1	Sweet Butts BBQ	21	575.1	Smokin’ Butts BBQ
22	571.1	Smoked Hawg Walking	22	574.4	Sweet Butts BBQ
23	568.2	2 Little Piggs	23	574.2	Swamp Cat BBQ
24	566.3	Smokey Butts	24	573.4	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
25	562.6	Hemhocks	25	573.2	Jurassic Pork
26	562	Butts & Brews	26	566.2	Hemhocks
27	560.2	Properly Smoked	27	565.6	Blaker’s BBQ
28	553.1	Team Recess and Yellowfin	28	565.3	Smoked Hawg Walking
29	552.2	John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ	29	562.6	John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ
30	552	Skyline Contracting	30	559.9	Butts & Brews
31	551.7	Blaker’s BBQ	31	554	Team Recess and Yellowfin
32	548.3	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	585.9	599.4	600	1785.3
2	AnarQue	590.8	590.2	596.1	1777.1
3	Smoke Shack BBQ	591.5	599.4	582	1772.9
4	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	595.4	586.9	583.3	1765.6
5	Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ	595.1	582.9	585.5	1763.5
6	Tuff Dawg Grillers	591.1	588.6	574.4	1754.1
7	Dixie Que	579	578.6	595.1	1752.7
8	Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que	583.2	581.7	587.3	1752.2
9	Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ	587.6	590.5	572.6	1750.7
10	Smokey Butts	566.3	584.2	600	1750.5
11	Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team	582.3	580.6	586.6	1749.5
12	Swamp Cat BBQ	595.8	574.2	579	1749
13	Beauford’s Smokehouse	591.8	579	575.4	1746.2
14	Jurassic Pork	582.6	573.2	589.9	1745.7
15	Ninja Pig BBQ	584.8	591.8	568.8	1745.4
16	2 Little Piggs	568.2	590.2	577.7	1736.1
17	Natural Born Smokers	573.5	585.7	568.8	1728
18	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	575.7	573.4	575.9	1725
19	Smokin’ Butts BBQ	574.4	575.1	573.1	1722.6
20	Skyline Contracting	552	587.3	577.4	1716.7
21	Legally Smokin Docs	574.8	576.8	563.8	1715.4
22	Sweet Butts BBQ	573.1	574.4	565.1	1712.6
23	Smoked Hawg Walking	571.1	565.3	567.8	1704.2
24	Hemhocks	562.6	566.2	571.1	1699.9
25	J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew	548.3	576.7	565.5	1690.5
26	Butts & Brews	562	559.9	567.3	1689.2
27	Blaker’s BBQ	551.7	565.6	568.1	1685.4
28	Team Recess and Yellowfin	553.1	554	572.9	1680
29	Almighty Smoke Masters	582.2	589.2	0	1171.4
30	Properly Smoked	560.2	577	0	1137.2
31	John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ	552.2	562.6	0	1114.8
32	Biteback BBQ	585.3	0	0	585.3

May 12 2013

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Earns First Grand Championship at Smoke on the Lake

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Earns First Grand Championship at Smoke on the Lake

It’s a long haul up I-75 from Tifton to Acworth. The trip back down the interstate after the Smoke on the Lake contest didn’t seem quite as long for Smokin’ 42 BBQ with their first Grand Championship trophy riding shotgun. However, the win didn’t come easy the Men in Black. For the first time in GBA history there was a three way tie for Grand Champion. Bubba Grills won the Pork Loin category; Rub Shakers Que won Pullled Pork and Smokin’ 42 BBQ was tops in Ribs all with a score in the final round of 599.1. The contest reps had to go thru eight levels of the tiebreaker system before Smokin’ 42 BBQ edged out the other two teams.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Bubba Grills continued his strong run through the 2012-2013 contest season by making finals in both Loin and Ribs. These scores helped the team accumulate the top total score in the preliminary rounds and win Reserve Grand Champion.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Rub Shakers Que, cooking in their first GBA contest, joined the GBA 600 club with a perfect 600 score in the Pulled Pork preliminary round. They followed up with the top score on the Pulled Pork finals table to take first place in the category. Smokin’ 42 BBQ took second place. Two more first time GBA competitors, Smoke Ring Aficionados and Drums A’ Smokin’, finished third and fourth respecitively. Jason Adams of Anarque came in fifth.

Lonnie Smith, pitmaster of Bubba Grills, topped the field in Loin with Anarque in second and Jethro’s Cooking Crew in third. Smoke Ring Aficionados edged out Butt Rubbin’ BBQ for fourth place by 0.2 of a point.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ turned in the best Ribs of the day. Bubba Grills was runner-up and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took third place. But Rubbin’ BBQ and Rub Shakers Que rounded out the top five.

The GBA also held it’s first ever Cooking for Fun division at Smoke on the Lake. The Cooking for Fun division is for teams who love to cook and want to get started in the GBA style of competitive BBQ. Cooking for Fun contests have lower entry fees than a regular GBA contest and do not have a finals round. The Fat Guys had the highest scoring box of the day with a 595.1 in Pulled Pork to take the Grand Championship.

Cooking for Fun Grand Champion – The Fat Guys

The Fat Guys also has the highest cumulative score over the three categories, but since they won Grand Champion, the Reserve Grand Championship passed down the the second highest cumulative score by Direct Lender BBQ.

Cooking for Fun Reserve Grand Champion – Direct Lender BBQ

The Fat Guys won the Chicken category with Squealz on Wheelz in second and Red Top BBQ in third. Holy Smokers NS took first in Ribs followed by Hickory Flat BBQ and Direct Lenders BBQ. It was The Fat Guys again getting the first place call. This time for Pulled Pork. Sweet Bottom BBQ was the runner-up and Direct Lender BBQ again took third place.

Cooking for Fun First Place Ribs – Holy Smokers NS

The GBA would like to thank the North Cobb Rotary Club and the City of Acworth for hosting a great contest on beautiful Lake Acworth.

Smoke on the Lake GBA Division
Scores in RED are final round scores
		Pulled Pork			Pork Loin
1	599.1	Rub Shackers Que	1	599.1	Bubba Grills
2	591.8	Smokin ’42 BBQ	2	593.9	Anar-que
3	585.6	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes	3	591.5	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
4	588.8	Drums A’ Smokin	4	587.2	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes
5	588.4	Anar-que	5	587	Butt Rubbin BBQ
6	587	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	6	586.3	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
7	584.2	Old Henry’s BBQ	7	582.1	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q
8	583.3	Bubba Grills	8	581.1	Old Henry’s BBQ
9	580.2	Butt Rubbin BBQ	9	577.9	Smokin ’42 BBQ
10	575	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q	10	576.6	Rub Shackers Que
11	572.6	Plum Superior	11	570.6	Plum Superior
12	570.7	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	12	563.3	Drums A’ Smokin

		RIBS
1	599.1	Smokin ’42 BBQ
2	598.5	Bubba Grills
3	586.9	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
4	587.3	Butt Rubbin BBQ
5	586.7	Rub Shackers Que
6	583.4	Anar-que
7	582	Plum Superior
8	573.6	Drums A’ Smokin
9	570.3	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q
10	569.9	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes
11	569.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
12	569.6	Old Henry’s BBQ

	Reserve Scores	GBA Division
	Preliminary round scores only	Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Bubba Grills	591.8	583.3	590.3	1765.4
2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	591.2	587	586.3	1764.5
3	Anar-que	583.4	588.4	592.1	1763.9
4	Smokin ’42 BBQ	590	595.7	577.9	1763.6
5	Rub Shackers Que	586.7	600	576.6	1763.3
6	Butt Rubbin BBQ	587.3	580.2	587	1754.5
7	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes	569.9	589.1	587.2	1746.2
8	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	569.9	570.7	595.5	1736.1
9	Old Henry’s BBQ	569.6	584.2	581.1	1734.9
10	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q	570.3	575	582.1	1727.4
11	Drums A’ Smokin	573.6	588.8	563.3	1725.7
12	Plum Superior	582	572.6	570.6	1725.2

Smoke on the Lake Cooking for Fun Division

		Pulled Pork			Chicken
1	595.1	The Fat Guys	1	594.8	The Fat Guys
2	590.8	Sweet Bottom BBQ	2	585.9	Squealz on Wheels
3	587.6	Direct Lender BBQ	3	585.2	Red Top BBQ
4	587.2	Hickory Flat BBQ Co	4	583.2	Hey Jack, BBQ
5	583.6	Red Top BBQ	5	583	Nice Rack BBQ
6	580.6	Squealz on Wheels	6	582.9	Direct Lender BBQ
7	579.3	Nice Rack BBQ	7	579.6	Grills Gone Wild
8	577.9	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	8	579	Sweet Bottom BBQ
9	571.8	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs	9	576.5	Smoking Snowballs
10	569.3	Holy Smokers NS	10	576.1	Hickory Flat BBQ Co
11	567.3	Hey Jack, BBQ	11	568.8	Holy Smokers NS
12	566.9	Bootlegger’s BBQ	12	565.5	Four Fathers BBQ Crew
13	563.3	Grills Gone Wild	13	564.1	Smokin’ Jackets
14	560.9	Smoking Snowballs	14	556.1	Slow Cookers at Play
15	552.5	Smokin’ Jackets	15	555.7	Bootlegger’s BBQ
16	546.1	Slow Cookers at Play	16	532.3	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs

		RIBS
1	589.8	Holy Smokers NS
2	588.5	Hickory Flat BBQ Co
3	584	Direct Lender BBQ
4	583.3	Smokin’ Jackets
5	582.4	Sweet Bottom BBQ
6	579.6	Nice Rack BBQ
7	579.1	Smoking Snowballs
8	578.1	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs
9	577.7	Red Top BBQ
10	576.3	The Fat Guys
11	575	Bootlegger’s BBQ
12	571.4	Squealz on Wheels
13	569.8	Hey Jack, BBQ
14	567.1	Slow Cookers at Play
15	563.7	Grills Gone Wild
16	555.8	Four Fathers BBQ Crew

Reserve Scores Cooking for Fun Division
			Ribs	Pulled	Chicken	Total
	1	The Fat Guys	576.3	595.1	594.8	1766.2
	2	Direct Lender BBQ	584	587.6	582.9	1754.5
	3	Sweet Bottom BBQ	582.4	590.8	579	1752.2
	4	Hickory Flat BBQ Co	588.5	587.2	576.1	1751.8
	5	Red Top BBQ	577.7	583.6	585.2	1746.5
	6	Nice Rack BBQ	579.6	579.3	583	1741.9
	7	Squealz on Wheels	571.4	580.6	585.9	1737.9
	8	Holy Smokers NS	589.8	569.3	568.8	1727.9
	9	Hey Jack, BBQ	569.8	567.3	583.2	1720.3
	10	Smoking Snowballs	579.1	560.9	576.5	1716.5
	11	Grills Gone Wild	563.7	563.3	579.6	1706.6
	12	Smokin’ Jackets	583.3	552.5	564.1	1699.9
	13	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	555.8	577.9	565.5	1699.2
	14	Bootlegger’s BBQ	575	566.9	555.7	1697.6
	15	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs	578.1	571.8	532.3	1682.2
	16	Slow Cookers at Play	567.1	546.1	556.1	1669.3

Apr 14 2013

Bubba Grills Dominates Smokin Pork N Butts … Again

The GBA returned for the second year to the Exchange Club Fairgrounds in Jackson, GA for Smokin Pork N Butts. It was a strong field of 30 teams and Lonnie Smith, pitmaster for Bubba Grills, repeated as Grand Champion. Those in attendace were treated to a Friday night concert by rising country music star Gannon Adams.

Grand Champion Bubba Grills

Smokin 42 BBQ finaled in Loin and took fifth place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs to secure the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Champions Smokin 42 BBA

In his first GBA contest, The Fat Redneck BBQ Co., won the Pork Loin category. Smokin 42 BBQ and Sauced Hogs Smokeshack tallied the same score with Smokin 42 BBQ taking second place on the second tiebreaker. Smoke Shack and Sutters Backwoods BBQ finished fourth and fifth respectively.

First Place Loin The Rat Redneck BBQ Co.

Bubba Grills Grand Championship winning score in Pulled Pork topped the category. Smoke Shack took second place with Rub Shakers Que in third place. Rounding out the top five were Sauced Hogs Smokeshack just 0.9 ahead of Smokin 42 BBQ.

Bubba Grills also claimed first place in Ribs with Sauced Hogs Smokeshack as runner up. Jethro’s Cooking Crew claimed third place. Smoke Shack finished in fourth place and Smokin’ 42 BBQ took fifth place.

		PORK LOIN
1	596.1	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co
2	584.6	Smokin 42
3	584.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
4	596.4	Smoke Shack
5	595.8	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ
6	593.9	Old Henry’s BBQ
7	591.8	Smokin AJ’s
8	590.5	Bubba Grills
9	589.6	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
10	589.2	Smoke Twen The Hedges
11	586.4	Wood Shed
12	585.5	Dixie Que
13	585.3	Super Sauce
14	584.6	TC’s BBQ
15	584.4	Blazin Butts
16	583.4	K & K Grills
17	583.3	Quenut BBQ
18	582.7	Blind Pig BBQ
19	581.7	AnarQue
20	577.5	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue
21	576.9	BCD BBQ
22	569.9	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack
23	569.6	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
24	567.8	Dirty South
25	566.8	OnSite Ribs
26	566.5	Off Tha Hoof BBQ
27	564.9	57 SmokeHouse
28	564.5	Shade Tree Smokers
29	562.3	Rub Shakers Que
30	0	Atlanta Butt Society

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	595.1	Bubba Grills	1	596.7	Bubba Grills
2	594.2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	2	587.9	Smoke Shack
3	585.2	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	3	586.9	Rub Shakers Que
4	593.1	Smoke Shack	4	595.4	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
5	592.1	Smokin 42	5	594.5	Smokin 42
6	591.2	Quenut BBQ	6	594.5	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ
7	588.5	BCD BBQ	7	594.2	Smokin AJ’s
8	588.2	Dixie Que	8	593.9	Dixie Que
9	587.8	57 SmokeHouse	9	593.9	AnarQue
10	586.6	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers	10	593.1	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue
11	584.9	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co	11	592.2	Quenut BBQ
12	584.9	AnarQue	12	589.6	57 SmokeHouse
13	583.7	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack	13	587.1	Blind Pig BBQ
14	583.3	Wood Shed	14	586.1	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co
15	583	OnSite Ribs	15	585	K & K Grills
16	580.3	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ	16	583.2	Smoke Twen The Hedges
17	579.6	Shade Tree Smokers	17	582.7	Blazin Butts
18	578.2	Off Tha Hoof BBQ	18	582	Old Henry’s BBQ
19	577.9	Rub Shakers Que	19	581.7	Shade Tree Smokers
20	577.1	Old Henry’s BBQ	20	578.7	Wood Shed
21	576.6	Dirty South	21	576.9	Dirty South
22	576.3	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue	22	575.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
23	575.8	TC’s BBQ	23	575.1	BCD BBQ
24	573.5	Blind Pig BBQ	24	573.6	Atlanta Butt Society
25	567.2	Blazin Butts	25	572.8	Super Sauce
26	563.8	Smoke Twen The Hedges	26	571.8	TC’s BBQ
27	562.9	Super Sauce	27	570.2	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
28	559.9	K & K Grills	28	566.6	Off Tha Hoof BBQ
29	559	Smokin AJ’s	29	566.6	OnSite Ribs
30	0	Atlanta Butt Society	30	563.9	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Smokin 42	592.1	594.5	598.8	1785.4
2	Smoke Shack	593.1	595.7	596.4	1785.2
3	Bubba Grills	595.8	598.5	590.5	1784.8
4	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	594.9	595.4	591.8	1782.1
5	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ	580.3	594.5	595.8	1770.6
6	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co	584.9	586.1	599.4	1770.4
7	Dixie Que	588.2	593.9	585.5	1767.6
8	Quenut BBQ	591.2	592.2	583.3	1766.7
9	AnarQue	584.9	593.9	581.7	1760.5
10	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	594.9	575.9	589.6	1760.4
11	Old Henry’s BBQ	577.1	582	593.9	1753
12	Wood Shed	583.3	578.7	586.4	1748.4
13	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue	576.3	593.1	577.5	1746.9
14	Smokin AJ’s	559	594.2	591.8	1745
15	Blind Pig BBQ	573.5	587.1	582.7	1743.3
16	57 SmokeHouse	587.8	589.6	564.9	1742.3
17	BCD BBQ	588.5	575.1	576.9	1740.5
18	Rub Shakers Que	577.9	599.4	562.3	1739.6
19	Smoke Twen The Hedges	563.8	583.2	589.2	1736.2
20	Blazin Butts	567.2	582.7	584.4	1734.3
21	TC’s BBQ	575.8	571.8	584.6	1732.2
22	K & K Grills	559.9	585	583.4	1728.3
23	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers	586.6	570.2	569.6	1726.4
24	Shade Tree Smokers	579.6	581.7	564.5	1725.8
25	Dirty South	576.6	576.9	567.8	1721.3
26	Super Sauce	562.9	572.8	585.3	1721
27	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack	583.7	563.9	569.9	1717.5
28	OnSite Ribs	583	566.6	566.8	1716.4
29	Off Tha Hoof BBQ	578.2	566.6	566.5	1711.3
30	Atlanta Butt Society	0	573.6	0	573.6

Apr 10 2013

Bethel Smokers Tops Field at Grande Creek PigJam

Bethel Smokers Tops Field at Grande Creek PigJam

Nineteen teams gathered at the Georgia Sports Arena in Swainsboro, GA for the first Grande Creek PigJam. The teams & judges found the new venue to be an execllent site for a BBQ competition. The GBA family and members of the Swainsboro community were treated to a concert on Friday night by The LACS.

Mr Joe Wright of Bethel Smokers claimed first place in both Pulled Pork & Ribs to take home the Grand Championship. His finals Ribs score of 595.4 was 0.3 of a point better than his finals Pulled Pork score to claim the top award of the day.

Grand Champions Bethel Smokers

Smokin’ AJ’s Pitmaster Buster Davis had a strong showing in all three categories to win the Reserve Grand Championship. Buster’s top 3 finals calls in Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 9th place finish in Ribs was the highest overall score in the preliminary round.

Reserve Grand Champion Smokin’ AJs

Cookin’withStump.com took first place in the Pork Loin category just 0.6 of a point ahead of Butt Rubbin BBQ. Smokin AJs claimed third place with Budmeisters taking fourth. Sauce Hogs Smokeshack edged out Dirt Road Grillin for fifth place by 0.3 of a point.

First Place Loin – Cookin with Stump.com

The finish in Pulled Pork was even closer than the Loin category as Bethel Smokers winning score was just 0.3 of a point better than Bubba Grills. Smokin AJs once again took third place. Butt Rubbin BBQ finished fourth with Cookin’ with Stump.com in fifth place.

Bethel Smokers topped the field in the Ribs category with Shadetree Smokers as runner up. Smokin Butts took home the third place award. Just a single point separated fourth and fifth place with Rump Burners just ahead of Butt Rubbin BBQ.

		PORK LOIN
1	590.8	Cookin with Stumps
2	590.2	Butt Rubbin’ BBQ
3	586.5	Smokin AJ’s
4	588.8	Bubmeisters
5	586.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
6	586.9	Dirt Road Grillin
7	583.9	Anarque
8	583.5	Bubba Grills
9	580.6	Shadetree Smokers
10	580	Bethel Smokers
11	577.7	Charlies Titan Tastings
12	577.6	Rump Burners
13	572.6	Smoken Rascals
14	565.4	Fire Fighters Kick Ash
15	564.8	Smoke Shack
16	564.5	Old Henry’s
17	564.4	Smokin Butts
18	558.6	Sandy Ridge Smoker
19	557.6	TC BBQ

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	595.4	Bethel Smokers	1	595.1	Bethel Smokers
2	583.5	Shadetree Smokers	2	594.8	Bubba Grills
3	575.6	Smokin Butts	3	582.6	Smokin AJ’s
4	590	Rump Burners	4	590.2	Butt Rubbin’ BBQ
5	589	Butt Rubbin’ BBQ	5	587.5	Cookin with Stumps
6	588.8	Old Henry’s	6	584.5	Bubmeisters
7	587.5	Bubba Grills	7	583.6	Shadetree Smokers
8	584.5	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	8	582	Smoke Shack
9	584.2	Smokin AJ’s	9	579.1	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
10	580.2	Anarque	10	577.1	Smoken Rascals
11	576.9	Bubmeisters	11	576.2	Anarque
12	576.3	Charlies Titan Tastings	12	574.1	TC BBQ
13	572.7	Sandy Ridge Smoker	13	569.8	Fire Fighters Kick Ash
14	572.6	Smoke Shack	14	568.8	Old Henry’s
15	568.6	TC BBQ	15	564.8	Rump Burners
16	564.8	Cookin with Stumps	16	564	Smokin Butts
17	563.9	Smoken Rascals	17	561.7	Charlies Titan Tastings
18	562.1	Fire Fighters Kick Ash	18	550.8	Sandy Ridge Smoker
19	0	Dirt Road Grillin	19	0	Dirt Road Grillin

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Smokin AJ’s	584.2	596.7	594.5	1775.4
2	Bubba Grills	587.5	599.4	583.5	1770.4
3	Butt Rubbin’ BBQ	589	590.2	589.9	1769.1
4	Bethel Smokers	590.3	593.4	580	1763.7
5	Shadetree Smokers	591.1	583.6	580.6	1755.3
6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	584.5	579.1	586.9	1750.5
7	Bubmeisters	576.9	584.5	588.8	1750.2
8	Cookin with Stumps	564.8	587.5	590.5	1742.8
9	Anarque	580.2	576.2	583.9	1740.3
10	Rump Burners	590	564.8	577.6	1732.4
11	Old Henry’s	588.8	568.8	564.5	1722.1
12	Smokin Butts	591.1	564	564.4	1719.5
13	Smoke Shack	572.6	582	564.8	1719.4
14	Charlies Titan Tastings	576.3	561.7	577.7	1715.7
15	Smoken Rascals	563.9	577.1	572.6	1713.6
16	TC BBQ	568.6	574.1	557.6	1700.3
17	Fire Fighters Kick Ash	562.1	569.8	565.4	1697.3
18	Sandy Ridge Smoker	572.7	550.8	558.6	1682.1
19	Dirt Road Grillin	0	0	586.9	586.9

Feb 24 2013

When you say Budmeisters ….

When you say Budmeisters …

At Pigs & Wings 2013 in Perry, GA, the crowd heard Budmeisters called often and most importantly, last. 42 teams persevered almost constaant rain for the 2 days to turn in great barbecue.

Pitmaster Thomas Henry’s team became just the third team in GBA history to win all three GBA categories en route to the Grand Championship. Budmeisters also won the Overall Championship for the contest that went to the team with the highest cumulative score of the the GBA categories of Pork Loin, Pulled Pork & Ribs along with ancillary categories of Brisket and Chicken.

Budmiester’s dominating performance created a pass down for Reserve Grand Championship. With a 2nd in Loin, 8th in Pork and 14th in Ribs; Chris Coleman & Dirty South BBQ claimed the Reserve Grand Championship.

Following Budmeisters and Dirty South BBQ in Pork Loin was Anarque in third place. Fouth place went to D.W.’s Kountry Cookers with Sauced Hogs Smokeshack in fifth place. Runner up in Pork was D.W.s Kountry Cookers. Killer B’s BBQ took third place and Que the Music claimed fourth. Forest’s Fine Foods edged Bethel Smokers for fifth place by 0.3 of a point. Superior Smokers had the second place Rib entry for the day. Bethel Smokers, Shadetree BBQ & Soithern Paradise finished third thru fifth respectively.

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	594.7	Budmeisters	1	585.8	Budmeisters
2	580.2	Superior Smokers	2	583.2	DW Kountry Cookerss
3	570.6	Bethel Smokers	3	580.5	Killer B’s BBQ
4	594.2	Shadetree smokers	4	593	Que the Music
5	593.8	Southern Paradise	5	591.8	Forest Fine Foods
6	592.8	Killer B’s BBQ	6	591.5	Bethel Smokers
7	590	Watts Smokin	7	590.8	Fiddlers BBQ
8	589.7	Smokin Swine BBA	8	590.6	Dirty South BBQ
9	589	Smokin’ AJ’s	9	588.8	Party Fowl BBQ
10	587.6	Cook’s Portable Smokehouse	10	588.8	Heavenly Hawgs
11	587.6	Captian Jacks BBQ	11	588.5	Superior Smokers
12	587.3	CrossRoad Cookers BBQ	12	588	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
13	586.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	13	587.9	Cookin W Stump .Com
14	586.6	Dirty South BBQ	14	586.9	Smokin’ AJ’s
15	583.9	Bubba Grills	15	586.9	Bubba Grills
16	583.9	Blazin Butts	16	585.6	Drive By Smokers
17	582.7	Old Henry’s BBQ	17	585.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
18	582.2	Drive By Smokers	18	585	Captian Jacks BBQ
19	582.2	Law DawgBBQ	19	584	Up n Smoke
20	582.1	Que the Music	20	583.4	Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
21	581.1	E. T. s’s BBQ	21	582.1	Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade
22	579.7	Smokey Butts	22	581.5	Smokey Butts
23	579	Wilde Smoke	23	581.1	Blazin Butts
24	578.4	DW Kountry Cookerss	24	580.7	Law DawgBBQ
25	578	Double D’s Dirt	25	580.5	Muchees Smokehouse
26	577	Heavenly Hawgs	26	579.7	5 oclock Somehwere
27	576.8	Dixie Davis Smokers	27	579.5	Dixie Davis Smokers
28	575.7	Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade	28	579.4	Double D’s Dirt
29	575.1	Rescue Smokers	29	579	E. T. s’s BBQ
30	574.7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	30	578.7	Rescue Smokers
31	574.5	Fiddlers BBQ	31	574.5	Old Henry’s BBQ
32	574.4	Muchees Smokehouse	32	574.1	CrossRoad Cookers BBQ
33	573.1	Forest Fine Foods	33	573.1	Anarque
34	572.5	Rufus Smoke BBQ	34	572.7	Shadetree smokers
35	572.4	Cookin W Stump .Com	35	569.9	Comsouth Oinker’s
36	571.6	Anarque	36	568	Watts Smokin
37	570.9	Party Fowl BBQ	37	567.3	Rufus Smoke BBQ
38	568.8	Comsouth Oinker’s	38	565.4	Southern Paradise
39	568.6	Wee Cookin	39	565.3	Smokin Swine BBA
40	567.9	Swamp Smoke Rizin BBQ	40	565	Swamp Smoke Rizin BBQ
41	564.5	Up n Smoke	41	562.1	Wilde Smoke
42	564.4	5 oclock Somehwere	42	555.6	Wee Cookin

		PORK LOIN
1	589.4	Budmeisters
2	583.8	Dirty South BBQ
3	562.4	Anarque
4	593.8	DW Kountry Cookerss
5	591.5	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
6	590	CrossRoad Cookers BBQ
7	589.1	Captian Jacks BBQ
8	588.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
9	587.5	Comsouth Oinker’s
10	586.3	Muchees Smokehouse
11	583.9	Heavenly Hawgs
12	583.9	Smokey Butts
13	582.3	Rufus Smoke BBQ
14	580.5	Old Henry’s BBQ
15	580.4	Bubba Grills
16	580.2	Rescue Smokers
17	579.6	Up n Smoke
18	578.7	Forest Fine Foods
19	577.3	Blazin Butts
20	576.9	Killer B’s BBQ
21	576.4	Superior Smokers
22	575.8	Que the Music
23	575.7	Law DawgBBQ
24	575.4	Watts Smokin
25	574.7	Cookin W Stump .Com
26	574.4	Dixie Davis Smokers
27	574.3	Shadetree smokers
28	573.7	5 oclock Somehwere
29	572.5	Swamp Smoke Rizin BBQ
30	572.1	E. T. s’s BBQ
31	571.8	Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
32	571.7	Smokin’ AJ’s
33	570.5	Smokin Swine BBA
34	569.7	Fiddlers BBQ
35	568.8	Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade
36	568.2	Wilde Smoke
37	565.5	Party Fowl BBQ
38	564	Southern Paradise
39	561.8	Drive By Smokers
40	561.3	Double D’s Dirt
41	560.3	Bethel Smokers
42	547.8	Wee Cookin

		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Budmeisters	596.7	596.4	595.4	1788.5
2	Dirty South BBQ	586.6	590.6	595.4	1772.6
3	Killer B’s BBQ	592.8	598.2	576.9	1767.9
4	DW Kountry Cookerss	578.4	593.9	593.8	1766.1
5	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	586.6	585.6	591.5	1763.7
6	Captian Jacks BBQ	587.6	585	589.1	1761.7
7	Superior Smokers	596.1	588.5	576.4	1761
8	CrossRoad Cookers BBQ	587.3	574.1	590	1751.4
9	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	574.7	588	588.6	1751.3
10	Bubba Grills	583.9	586.9	580.4	1751.2
11	Que the Music	582.1	593	575.8	1750.9
12	Heavenly Hawgs	577	588.8	583.9	1749.7
13	Smokin’ AJ’s	589	586.9	571.7	1747.6
14	Bethel Smokers	595.1	591.5	560.3	1746.9
15	Smokey Butts	579.7	581.5	583.9	1745.1
16	Forest Fine Foods	573.1	591.8	578.7	1743.6
17	Cook’s Portable Smokehouse	587.6	583.4	571.8	1742.8
18	Blazin Butts	583.9	581.1	577.3	1742.3
19	Shadetree smokers	594.2	572.7	574.3	1741.2
20	Muchees Smokehouse	574.4	580.5	586.3	1741.2
21	Anarque	571.6	573.1	596.2	1740.9
22	Law DawgBBQ	582.2	580.7	575.7	1738.6
23	Old Henry’s BBQ	582.7	574.5	580.5	1737.7
24	Fiddlers BBQ	574.5	590.8	569.7	1735
25	Cookin W Stump .Com	572.4	587.9	574.7	1735
26	Rescue Smokers	575.1	578.7	580.2	1734
27	Watts Smokin	590	568	575.4	1733.4
28	E. T. s’s BBQ	581.1	579	572.1	1732.2
29	Dixie Davis Smokers	576.8	579.5	574.4	1730.7
30	Drive By Smokers	582.2	585.6	561.8	1729.6
31	Up n Smoke	564.5	584	579.6	1728.1
32	Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade	575.7	582.1	568.8	1726.6
33	Comsouth Oinker’s	568.8	569.9	587.5	1726.2
34	Smokin Swine BBA	589.7	565.3	570.5	1725.5
35	Party Fowl BBQ	570.9	588.8	565.5	1725.2
36	Southern Paradise	593.8	565.4	564	1723.2
37	Rufus Smoke BBQ	572.5	567.3	582.3	1722.1
38	Double D’s Dirt	578	579.4	561.3	1718.7
39	5 oclock Somehwere	564.4	579.7	573.7	1717.8
40	Wilde Smoke	579	562.1	568.2	1709.3
41	Swamp Smoke Rizin BBQ	567.9	565	572.5	1705.4
42	Wee Cookin	568.6	555.6	547.8	1672