Blue Diablo BBQ Wins First Grand at Doc Holiday
Griffin, GA — The Blue Diablo BBQ team, led by Randy Meadows, captured their first Grand Championship at the Doc Holiday BBQ & Music Festival. Their Rib entry was judged the best overall entry in the finals round and got the last call of the day.
Grand Champion – Blue Diablo BBQ
Matt Sapp & Southern Hogs made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs plus added a 5th place showing in Loin to win the Reserve Grand Championship for the highest cumulative score in the three preliminary rounds. Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers had a perfect 600 score in the Ribs preliminary round.
Reserve Grand Champion – Southern Hogs
Rescue Smokers won the Loin category with Just Blowing Smoke taking 2nd & Smoking the Good Stuff taking 3rd place. It was Southern Hogs for the win in Pulled Pork. Swine Dining came in 2nd and We Want Que finished in 3rd place. Blue Diablo BBQ topped the Rib category. Rescue Smokers was runner-up with Southern Hog taking 3rd place.
In the GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun division, Carlos Thornton & Bull Hawgs won Pulled Pork while Wade Hutcheson & Notta Que won Ribs.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | FINAL | Rescue Smokers | 1 | FINAL | Southern Hogs | 1 | FINAL | Blue Diablo BBQ | ||
| 2 | FINAL | Just Blowing Smoke | 2 | FINAL | SwineDining | 2 | FINAL | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 3 | FINAL | Smoking the Good Stuff | 3 | FINAL | We Want Que | 3 | FINAL | Southern Hogs | ||
| 4 | 596.4 | Hootie Q | 4 | 593.91 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | 4 | 596.4 | Just Blowing Smoke | ||
| 5 | 596.1 | Southern Hogs | 5 | 593.9 | Pirates of Pork Scents | 5 | 595.2 | Smoking the Good Stuff | ||
| 6 | 595.4 | Swine Dining | 6 | 591.5 | Johnson Boys BBQ | 6 | 593.9 | Swine Dining | ||
| 7 | 594.8 | The BBQ Ninja | 7 | 590.9 | TLS BBQ | 7 | 592.21 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | ||
| 8 | 594.5 | CaJenn Q | 8 | 590.21 | Bearded BBQ | 8 | 592.2 | Pirates of Pork Scents | ||
| 9 | 592.1 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 9 | 590.2 | Just Blowing Smoke | 9 | 591.2 | The BBQ Ninja | ||
| 10 | 591.5 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 10 | 589.6 | Rescue Smokers | 10 | 590 | Burnt Bermuda BBQ | ||
| 11 | 586.3 | Johnson Boys BBQ | 11 | 589.3 | Wright on Q | 11 | 587.8 | Rub Shakers Q | ||
| 12 | 586.2 | Smoke Stack Lightning | 12 | 588.9 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 12 | 586.7 | Smoke Stack Lightning | ||
| 13 | 586.2 | Wright on Q | 13 | 588.5 | Flint River Cooking Team | 13 | 586.3 | Wright on Q | ||
| 14 | 584.2 | We Want Q | 14 | 588.5 | Smoke Stack Lightning | 14 | 586.3 | CaJenn Q | ||
| 15 | 583.9 | Big Butts BBQ | 15 | 585.7 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 15 | 586.3 | Flint River Cookers | ||
| 16 | 582.7 | Rub Shakers Q | 16 | 584.3 | Lang BBQ Team | 16 | 583 | Hot Ash Q | ||
| 17 | 582.3 | Hot Ash Q | 17 | 583.7 | JB’s Butthouse | 17 | 583 | Flint River Cooking Team | ||
| 18 | 581 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | 18 | 583.7 | CaJenn Q | 18 | 583 | Pork’N Butts | ||
| 19 | 580.5 | TLS BBQ | 19 | 583.2 | Jack Rabbit’s Smokin Q | 19 | 582.6 | We Want Q | ||
| 20 | 574.4 | Daddy-O’s | 20 | 581.4 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 20 | 582.2 | TLS BBQ | ||
| 21 | 574.2 | JB’s Butthouse | 21 | 579.5 | Hootie Q | 21 | 582 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | ||
| 22 | 572.1 | Bearded BBQ | 22 | 579.5 | Flint River Cookers | 22 | 580.8 | Hootie Q | ||
| 23 | 571.6 | Pork’N Butts | 23 | 578.4 | Pork’N Butts | 23 | 578.7 | Big Butts BBQ | ||
| 24 | 569.5 | Flint River Cookers | 24 | 578 | The BBQ Ninja | 24 | 577.3 | Raging Smoke BBQ | ||
| 25 | 569.3 | Lang BBQ Team | 25 | 576.1 | Daddy-O’s | 25 | 576.5 | Jack Rabbit’s Smokin Q | ||
| 26 | 568.2 | Flint River Cooking Team | 26 | 575.3 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 26 | 576.1 | Lang BBQ Team | ||
| 27 | 567.5 | Burnt Bermuda BBQ | 27 | 575.2 | Rub Shakers Q | 27 | 576.1 | Bearded BBQ | ||
| 28 | 566.9 | H & J | 28 | 574.8 | Burnt Bermuda BBQ | 28 | 575.4 | Johnson Boys BBQ | ||
| 29 | 566.7 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 29 | 574.2 | Smoking the Good Stuff | 29 | 573.8 | H & J | ||
| 30 | 566.6 | Pirates of Pork Scents | 30 | 573.8 | Big Butts BBQ | 30 | 570.8 | Kelvin’s BBQ | ||
| 31 | 562.3 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | 31 | 571.5 | H & J | 31 | 569.6 | Daddy-O’s | ||
| 32 | 558.5 | Jack Rabbit’s Smokin Q | 32 | 567.2 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | 32 | 567.7 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | ||
| 33 | 554.5 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 33 | 566.2 | Hot Ash Q | 33 | 557.5 | JB’s Butthouse |
| Reserve Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Southern Hogs | 596.1 | 594.8 | 599.1 | 1790.0 | |
| 2 | Rescue Smokers | 599.1 | 589.6 | 600.0 | 1788.7 | |
| 3 | Swine Dining | 595.4 | 599.1 | 593.9 | 1788.4 | |
| 4 | Just Blowing Smoke | 599.4 | 590.2 | 596.4 | 1786.0 | |
| 5 | Smoking the Good Stuff | 599.7 | 574.2 | 595.2 | 1769.1 | |
| 6 | Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ | 581.0 | 593.9 | 592.2 | 1767.1 | |
| 7 | CaJenn Q | 594.5 | 583.7 | 586.3 | 1764.5 | |
| 8 | The BBQ Ninja | 594.8 | 578.0 | 591.2 | 1764.0 | |
| 9 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 592.1 | 588.9 | 582.0 | 1763.0 | |
| 10 | We Want Q | 584.2 | 595.2 | 582.6 | 1762.0 | |
| 11 | Wright on Q | 586.2 | 589.3 | 586.3 | 1761.8 | |
| 12 | Smoke Stack Lightning | 586.2 | 588.5 | 586.7 | 1761.4 | |
| 13 | Hootie Q | 596.4 | 579.5 | 580.8 | 1756.7 | |
| 14 | TLS BBQ | 580.5 | 590.9 | 582.2 | 1753.6 | |
| 15 | Johnson Boys BBQ | 586.3 | 591.5 | 575.4 | 1753.2 | |
| 16 | Pirates of Pork Scents | 566.6 | 593.9 | 592.2 | 1752.7 | |
| 17 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 591.5 | 581.4 | 577.3 | 1750.2 | |
| 18 | Rub Shakers Q | 582.7 | 575.2 | 587.8 | 1745.7 | |
| 19 | Blue Diablo BBQ | 566.7 | 575.3 | 599.1 | 1741.1 | |
| 20 | Flint River Cooking Team | 568.2 | 588.5 | 583.0 | 1739.7 | |
| 21 | Bearded BBQ | 572.1 | 590.2 | 576.1 | 1738.4 | |
| 22 | Big Butts BBQ | 583.9 | 573.8 | 578.7 | 1736.4 | |
| 23 | Flint River Cookers | 569.5 | 579.5 | 586.3 | 1735.3 | |
| 24 | Pork’N Butts | 571.6 | 578.4 | 583.0 | 1733.0 | |
| 25 | Burnt Bermuda BBQ | 567.5 | 574.8 | 590.0 | 1732.3 | |
| 26 | Hot Ash Q | 582.3 | 566.2 | 583.0 | 1731.5 | |
| 27 | Lang BBQ Team | 569.3 | 584.3 | 576.1 | 1729.7 | |
| 28 | Daddy-O’s | 574.4 | 576.1 | 569.6 | 1720.1 | |
| 29 | Jack Rabbit’s Smokin Q | 558.5 | 583.2 | 576.5 | 1718.2 | |
| 30 | JB’s Butthouse | 574.2 | 583.7 | 557.5 | 1715.4 | |
| 31 | H & J | 566.9 | 571.5 | 573.8 | 1712.2 | |
| 32 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 554.5 | 585.7 | 570.8 | 1711.0 | |
| 33 | Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ | 562.3 | 567.2 | 567.7 | 1697.2 |
COOKING FOR FUN
| PULLED PORK | RIBS | |||||
| 1 | 595.1 | Ball Hawgs | 1 | 586.5 | Notta’ Clue | |
| 2 | 586.6 | Mason Dixon | 2 | 583.9 | Mason Dixon | |
| 3 | 583.9 | John’s BBQ Smokehouse | 3 | 582 | Ball Hawgs | |
| 4 | 581.1 | Notta’ Clue | 4 | 581.9 | BPG | |
| 5 | 576.1 | BPG | 5 | 572.1 | John’s BBQ Smokehouse |