Smokin 42 BBQ Walks Last at Sumner

Smokin 42 BBQ Walks Last at Sumner

Grand Champion – Smokin 42 BBQ

The Georgia Barbecue Association was once again a part of the Sumner Egg Festival with the 3rd annual BBQ Blast.  While Sumner may be a small town, there is always BIG fun at the festival. The city always rolls out the red carpet for the GBA cook teams, judges & officials.

Smokin 42 BBQ, from nearby Tifton, made sure no other GBA team walked after them in their own backyard with a near perfect (599.7) score in the Loin Finals to get the last call at the Sumner Egg Fest BBQ Blast.  The Grand Championship call capped a dominating performance as the “Black Train” also won the Pork category and placed 4th in Ribs.

Reserve Grand Champion – Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers

Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers made finals in both Pork and Ribs along with a 4th place finish in Loin to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

Not only was Smokin 42 BBQ just one tick off a perfect score with their Loin finals box, they tallied an identical near perfect score with their preliminary Loin entry. 92 BBQ in just their second GBA contest finished second in the challenging Loin category. Fiddler’s BBQ took third place with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers in fourth place.  Cooking with Stump claimed 5th place by 0.3 of a point over Smokin AJs’

Smokin 42 took home their second first place trophy of the day in the Pork Category. Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers was the runner-up.  Bubba Grills claimed third place.  Smokin AJs got the call for fourth place with 92 BBQ in fifth place. Lightning Strike BBQ finished in the money at sixth place.

Bubba Grills had the best Rib entry of the day. Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers once again as the runner-up and Lightning Strike BBQ rounded out the top three. Smokin 42 BBQ came in fourth place. Cooking with Stump took fifth place with Fiddler’s BBQ taking home sixth place.

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