92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Hits Perfection at Walton Co EMC BBQ Festival
Grand Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
Monroe, GA — Brad Sweet and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers nailed a perfect 600 score in the Ribs finals round to take the Grand Championship at the Walton Co EMC BBQ Festival. Since the revised finals round scoring system went into effect a couple years ago, Sweet is the first pitmaster to record a perfect score in finals.
Reserve Grand Champion – Holy Smokes
Holy Smokes, Gary Lanton, continued their hot streak as they made finals in Pulled Pork; placed 4th in Ribs and 10th in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Championship award.
 First Place Loin – Rescue Smokers |
 First Place Pulled Pork – Raging Smoke BBQ |
Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers was tops in the Loin category. Bubba Grills came in 2nd and Wright on Q took 3rd place. In Pulled Pork, Raging Smoke BBQ with pitmaster Jerry Buchans, took first place in Pulled Pork. Holy Smokes was the runner-up with McQue taking third. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers perfect Ribs lead the way in that category. Rescue Smokers had another strong event in taking 2nd place and Swineholio got the 3rd place Rib call.
The GBA had another great experience with the Walton Co Festival and would like to thank all the event sponsors and event coordinators for their excellent work.
Final Results: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 599.3 | Rescue Smokers | 1 | 596.1 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 1 | 600 | 92/Assassin Smokers | ||
| 2 | 595.5 | Bubba Grills | 2 | 594.5 | Holy Smokes | 2 | 591.5 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 3 | 588.4 | Wright On Q | 3 | 594.3 | McQue | 3 | 591.1 | Swineholio | ||
| 4 | 599.12 | Southern Hogs | 4 | 598.5 | 92/Assassin BBQ | 4 | 598.8 | Holy Smokes | ||
| 5 | 599.11 | Off the Chain | 5 | 596.1 | Swine Dining | 5 | 596.7 | Raging Smoke BBQ | ||
| 6 | 599.1 | Just Blowing Smoke | 6 | 595.8 | Porkinator | 6 | 594.81 | Hootie Q | ||
| 7 | 595.5 | Just Smoke “N” Around | 7 | 594.2 | Off the Chain | 7 | 594.8 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | ||
| 8 | 595.1 | We Want Que | 8 | 593.1 | Bubba Grills | 8 | 593.6 | Bubba Grills | ||
| 9 | 591.5 | Simply Q | 9 | 591.5 | Southern Hogs | 9 | 591.9 | Butt Hawgs | ||
| 10 | 590.2 | Holy Smokes | 10 | 591.3 | We Want Que | 10 | 591.5 | Swine Dining | ||
| 11 | 589.9 | Cookersandgrills.com | 11 | 590.3 | Cookersandgrills.com | 11 | 590.3 | Cookersandgrills.com | ||
| 12 | 586.9 | Shark Bite BBQ | 12 | 590.2 | Hootie Q | 12 | 590.2 | 4K’s BBQ | ||
| 13 | 586.6 | 92/Assassin BBQ | 13 | 586.9 | Wright On Q | 13 | 590.2 | Porkinator | ||
| 14 | 583.6 | Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ | 14 | 585.7 | Rescue Smokers | 14 | 589.1 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 15 | 583.3 | Swineholio | 15 | 585.4 | Swineholio | 15 | 587.9 | Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ | ||
| 16 | 583.3 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | 16 | 585.3 | Butt Hawgs | 16 | 587.9 | Four 41 South BBQ | ||
| 17 | 583 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 17 | 584.8 | Smokin R/T | 17 | 587.5 | Wright On Q | ||
| 18 | 582.1 | Old Henrys | 18 | 583.6 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | 18 | 586 | Smoked BBQ Company | ||
| 19 | 581.4 | Butt Hawgs | 19 | 583.1 | 4K’s BBQ | 19 | 586 | Smokin R/T | ||
| 20 | 581.2 | Properly Smoked | 20 | 582.3 | Old Henrys | 20 | 585.1 | McQue | ||
| 21 | 580.7 | Shockin Smokers | 21 | 582.3 | Four 41 South BBQ | 21 | 584.4 | Shark Bite BBQ | ||
| 22 | 580.6 | Hootie Q | 22 | 580.4 | Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ | 22 | 584.4 | Old Henrys | ||
| 23 | 580 | Porkinator | 23 | 578.6 | Just Blowing Smoke | 23 | 583.4 | Just Blowing Smoke | ||
| 24 | 579.5 | Swine Dining | 24 | 578.5 | Properly Smoked | 24 | 582.4 | Off the Chain | ||
| 25 | 579.1 | Four 41 South BBQ | 25 | 578.1 | Shockin Smokers | 25 | 579.4 | Just Smoke “N” Around | ||
| 26 | 573.8 | Smokin R/T | 26 | 578.1 | Smoked BBQ Company | 26 | 576.1 | George’s Rib Shack | ||
| 27 | 571.8 | 4K’s BBQ | 27 | 576.8 | Simply Q | 27 | 575.4 | Simply Q | ||
| 28 | 565.9 | Smoked BBQ Company | 28 | 573.9 | Just Smoke “N” Around | 28 | 571.2 | We Want Que | ||
| 29 | 562.3 | McQue | 29 | 573.2 | Shark Bite BBQ | 29 | 570.9 | Properly Smoked | ||
| 30 | 557.5 | George’s Rib Shack | 30 | 0 | George’s Rib Shack | 30 | 570.6 | Shockin Smokers |
| Reserve Grand Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Holy Smokes | 590.2 | 599.4 | 598.8 | 1788.4 | |
| 2 | Bubba Grills | 599.4 | 593.1 | 593.6 | 1786.1 | |
| 3 | 92/Assassin BBQ | 586.6 | 598.5 | 599.4 | 1784.5 | |
| 4 | Rescue Smokers | 599.4 | 585.7 | 599.4 | 1784.5 | |
| 5 | Southern Hogs | 599.1 | 591.5 | 589.1 | 1779.7 | |
| 6 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 583.0 | 599.1 | 596.7 | 1778.8 | |
| 7 | Off the Chain | 599.1 | 594.2 | 582.4 | 1775.7 | |
| 8 | Wright On Q | 599.1 | 586.9 | 587.5 | 1773.5 | |
| 9 | Cookersandgrills.com | 589.9 | 590.3 | 590.3 | 1770.5 | |
| 10 | Swineholio | 583.3 | 585.4 | 599.7 | 1768.4 | |
| 11 | Swine Dining | 579.5 | 596.1 | 591.5 | 1767.1 | |
| 12 | Porkinator | 580.0 | 595.8 | 590.2 | 1766.0 | |
| 13 | Hootie Q | 580.6 | 590.2 | 594.8 | 1765.6 | |
| 14 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | 583.3 | 583.6 | 594.8 | 1761.7 | |
| 15 | Just Blowing Smoke | 599.1 | 578.6 | 583.4 | 1761.1 | |
| 16 | Butt Hawgs | 581.4 | 585.3 | 591.9 | 1758.6 | |
| 17 | We Want Que | 595.1 | 591.3 | 571.2 | 1757.6 | |
| 18 | Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ | 583.6 | 580.4 | 587.9 | 1751.9 | |
| 19 | Four 41 South BBQ | 579.1 | 582.3 | 587.9 | 1749.3 | |
| 20 | Just Smoke “N” Around | 595.5 | 573.9 | 579.4 | 1748.8 | |
| 21 | Old Henrys | 582.1 | 582.3 | 584.4 | 1748.8 | |
| 22 | McQue | 562.3 | 599.4 | 585.1 | 1746.8 | |
| 23 | 4K’s BBQ | 571.8 | 583.1 | 590.2 | 1745.1 | |
| 24 | Smokin R/T | 573.8 | 584.8 | 586.0 | 1744.6 | |
| 25 | Shark Bite BBQ | 586.9 | 573.2 | 584.4 | 1744.5 | |
| 26 | Simply Q | 591.5 | 576.8 | 575.4 | 1743.7 | |
| 27 | Properly Smoked | 581.2 | 578.5 | 570.9 | 1730.6 | |
| 28 | Smoked BBQ Company | 565.9 | 578.1 | 586.0 | 1730.0 | |
| 29 | Shockin Smokers | 580.7 | 578.1 | 570.6 | 1729.4 | |
| 30 | George’s Rib Shack | 557.5 | 0.0 | 576.1 | 1133.6 |