Cooking With Stump Wins GBA State Championship
The ComSouth Hambone Jam is held in Fort Valley each year which is the birthplace of the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA). The event not only kicks off the new competition year, but also claim the ComSouth Hambone Jam Grand Championship along with the state title. Stunmp McDowell’s pulled pork entry was the highest scoring box in the finals round. The Champion was also presented an Assassin gravity fed smoker courtesy of C&C.
Comsouth Hambone Jam Grand Champion & GBA Georgia State Champion – Cooking with Stump
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack placed first in Loin, 4th in Pork & 7th in Ribs to record the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and win the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
Following Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack first place finish in Loin was runner-up, SmokingWilly’s Squealers. Third place went to a local Fort Valley team in their first GBA contest, Pig Witta Swig BBQ. Smarr Cooking Crew claimed the 4th spot with Smokin’ 42 BBQ in fifth place. Cooking with Stump’s Grand Championship Pork entry topped the field in the category. Thomas Henry of Budmiesters came in second. Third place went to ComSouth Hi Tech Smokers. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack and Smarr Cooking Crew rounded out the top five. Buster Davis pitmaster of Smokin’ AJ’s turned in the best Ribs box of the day. Anarque was in second place with LawDawg BBQ taking third. Smarr Cooking Crew and Butt Rubbin BBQ finished 4th & 5th respectively.
Newest 600 Club Members – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack (Loin) & Smokin AJ’s (Ribs)
A perfect score in the GBA system is 600. Each time a team achieves a perfect 600 score, they are recognized as members of the 600 Club. The 8th Annual Comsouth Hambone Jam had lots of teams at the top of their game and two teams scored a perfect 600 in the preliminary rounds.
Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack had a perfect score in Pork Loin. This is the second 600 score for the team following the one recorded in Pork Loin earlier this year in Gainesville at the Brenau BBQ Championship.
Smokin’ AJ’s racked up the perfect score in Ribs. This is also his second 600 score. The first coming at the 2011 Pigs & Wings in Perry.
The Georgia Barbecue Association salutes the excellent barbecue turned in by these two teams.
The GBA would like to thank the Fort Valley Downtown Association, ComSouth, C&C and all the sponsors for an outstanding contest. The next GBA event will be the Sumner Egg Fest BBQ Blast on September 20-21 in Sumner, GA.
Full Results : (note – top 3 scores in each catergory are final round scores. all other scores are preliminary round scores)
| PORK LOIN | ||
| 1 | 591.1 | Sauced Hog |
| 2 | 589.1 | Smokin Willies |
| 3 | 580.3 | Pig Witta Swig |
| 4 | 592.1 | Smarr Cooking Crew |
| 5 | 591.8 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ |
| 6 | 591.5 | Legal Smoke BBQ |
| 7 | 591.2 | Beauford’s Smokehouse |
| 8 | 590.3 | Bubba Grills |
| 9 | 588.6 | Rub Shakers Que |
| 10 | 587.9 | Smokin Girls |
| 11 | 587.6 | AnarQue |
| 12 | 586.9 | 92 BBQ |
| 13 | 586.7 | Onsite Ribs |
| 14 | 586.6 | Drive By Smokers |
| 15 | 586.5 | Budmeisters |
| 16 | 585.5 | Smokin’ AJ’s |
| 17 | 584.9 | Swine Time |
| 18 | 583.9 | Smokey Butts |
| 19 | 583.6 | ComSOuth High Tech Smokers |
| 20 | 583.3 | Old Henry’s BBQ |
| 21 | 582.3 | Butt Rubbin BBQ |
| 22 | 581.2 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers |
| 23 | 580.2 | Cookin With Stump |
| 24 | 577.6 | TC’s BBQ |
| 25 | 576.7 | Lawdog BBQ |
| 26 | 572.7 | ComSouth 250 Smokers |
| 27 | 572.7 | H & J BBQ |
| 28 | 571.1 | Bethel Smokers |
| 29 | 569.1 | Dixie Que |
| 30 | 569.1 | How Does That Make you Feel |
| 31 | 561 | Double D’s Dirt |
| 32 | 555.4 | Just Smokin Around BBQ |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 592.4 | Smokin AJ’s | 1 | 598.5 | Cooking with Stump | |
| 2 | 586.2 | Anarque | 2 | 595.4 | Budmeisters | |
| 3 | 571.6 | Lawdog BBQ | 3 | 590.6 | ComSouth High Tech Smokers | |
| 4 | 595.5 | Smarr Cooking Crew | 4 | 591.5 | Sauced Hog SmokeShack | |
| 5 | 594.5 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | 5 | 591.4 | Smarr Cooking Crew | |
| 6 | 591.8 | ComSOuth High Tech Smokers | 6 | 590.9 | Lawdog BBQ | |
| 7 | 591.5 | Sauced Hog SmokeShack | 7 | 590.6 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | |
| 8 | 591.1 | Budmeisters | 8 | 590.2 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | |
| 9 | 590.5 | 92 BBQ | 9 | 590.2 | Smokey Butts | |
| 10 | 590.1 | Onsite Ribs | 10 | 590.2 | Double D’s Dirt | |
| 11 | 587.5 | Bubba Grills | 11 | 589.6 | Swine Time | |
| 12 | 586.9 | Smokin Girls | 12 | 588.1 | Bubba Grills | |
| 13 | 585.5 | Drive By Smokers | 13 | 587.8 | Bethel Smokers | |
| 14 | 585.3 | Just Smokin Around BBQ | 14 | 586.6 | TC’s BBQ | |
| 15 | 585 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | 15 | 585.3 | Beauford’s Smokehouse | |
| 16 | 583.6 | Dixie Que | 16 | 584.4 | Rub Shakers Que | |
| 17 | 583.6 | Bethel Smokers | 17 | 583.5 | Smokin’ AJ’s | |
| 18 | 581.4 | Smokey Butts | 18 | 583.3 | Just Smokin Around BBQ | |
| 19 | 581 | Smokin Willie Squalers | 19 | 582.9 | Smokin Girls | |
| 20 | 580.9 | Legal Smoke BBQ | 20 | 582.7 | Smokin Willie Squalers | |
| 21 | 579.7 | ComSouth 250 Smokers | 21 | 582.6 | 92 BBQ | |
| 22 | 579.6 | Double D’s Dirt | 22 | 581.7 | Legal Smoke BBQ | |
| 23 | 579 | Swine Time | 23 | 578.8 | H & J BBQ | |
| 24 | 577.3 | Pig Witta Swig BBQ | 24 | 577 | Dixie Que | |
| 25 | 576 | H & J BBQ | 25 | 576.6 | Drive By Smokers | |
| 26 | 575.7 | TC’s BBQ | 26 | 575.3 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers | |
| 27 | 575.6 | Beauford’s Smokehouse | 27 | 574.1 | ComSouth 250 Smokers | |
| 28 | 572.7 | Cookin With Stump | 28 | 571.4 | Onsite Ribs | |
| 29 | 567.5 | How Does That Make you Feel | 29 | 570.7 | AnarQue | |
| 30 | 566.3 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers | 30 | 566.9 | Old Henry’s BBQ | |
| 31 | 560.9 | Rub Shakers Que | 31 | 565.5 | Pig Witta Swig BBQ | |
| 32 | 558.6 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 32 | 563.8 | How Does That Make you Feel |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||||
| 1 | Sauced Hog SmokeShack | 591.5 | 591.5 | 600 | 1783 | ||
| 2 | Smarr Cooking Crew | 595.5 | 591.4 | 592.1 | 1779 | ||
| 3 | ComSOuth High Tech Smokers | 591.8 | 597 | 583.6 | 1772.4 | ||
| 4 | Budmeisters | 591.1 | 593.9 | 586.5 | 1771.5 | ||
| 5 | Smokin’ AJ’s | 600 | 583.5 | 585.5 | 1769 | ||
| 8 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | 585 | 590.6 | 591.8 | 1767.4 | ||
| 6 | Butt Rubbin BBQ | 594.5 | 590.2 | 582.3 | 1767 | ||
| 7 | Bubba Grills | 587.5 | 588.1 | 590.3 | 1765.9 | ||
| 9 | Lawdog BBQ | 596.4 | 590.9 | 576.7 | 1764 | ||
| 10 | 92 BBQ | 590.5 | 582.6 | 586.9 | 1760 | ||
| 11 | Smokin Willie Squalers | 581 | 582.7 | 595.4 | 1759.1 | ||
| 12 | Smokin Girls | 586.9 | 582.9 | 587.9 | 1757.7 | ||
| 21 | Smokey Butts | 581.4 | 590.2 | 583.9 | 1755.5 | ||
| 13 | AnarQue | 596.4 | 570.7 | 587.6 | 1754.7 | ||
| 14 | Legal Smoke BBQ | 580.9 | 581.7 | 591.5 | 1754.1 | ||
| 15 | Swine Time | 579 | 589.6 | 584.9 | 1753.5 | ||
| 16 | Beauford’s Smokehouse | 575.6 | 585.3 | 591.2 | 1752.1 | ||
| 17 | Cookin With Stump | 572.7 | 596.4 | 580.2 | 1749.3 | ||
| 18 | Drive By Smokers | 585.5 | 576.6 | 586.6 | 1748.7 | ||
| 19 | Onsite Ribs | 590.1 | 571.4 | 586.7 | 1748.2 | ||
| 30 | Bethel Smokers | 583.6 | 587.8 | 571.1 | 1742.5 | ||
| 20 | TC’s BBQ | 575.7 | 586.6 | 577.6 | 1739.9 | ||
| 22 | Pig Witta Swig BBQ | 577.3 | 565.5 | 592.2 | 1735 | ||
| 23 | Rub Shakers Que | 560.9 | 584.4 | 588.6 | 1733.9 | ||
| 24 | Double D’s Dirt | 579.6 | 590.2 | 561 | 1730.8 | ||
| 25 | Dixie Que | 583.6 | 577 | 569.1 | 1729.7 | ||
| 26 | H & J BBQ | 576 | 578.8 | 572.7 | 1727.5 | ||
| 27 | ComSouth 250 Smokers | 579.7 | 574.1 | 572.7 | 1726.5 | ||
| 28 | Just Smokin Around BBQ | 585.3 | 583.3 | 555.4 | 1724 | ||
| 29 | Big D’s Firehouse Smokers | 566.3 | 575.3 | 581.2 | 1722.8 | ||
| 32 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 558.6 | 566.9 | 583.3 | 1708.8 | ||
| 31 | How Does That Make you Feel | 567.5 | 563.8 | 569.1 | 1700.4 | ||