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 | ||