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

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

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 Loin Smokey butts

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

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

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