Bull Rush BBQ Takes Grand at 3 Rivers Festival for Second Consecutive Year
Grand Champion – Bull Rush BBQ
There must be something about the tall pines and the river waters at the 3 Rivers BBQ Festival that suits Bryan Mroczka and Bull Rush BBQ. The Casselberry, FL team won the Grand Championship for the second year in a row. Gary & Dionn Lanton of Holy Smokes increased their lead in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) Team of the Year points race by making finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 4th place in Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Champion – Holy Smokes
First Place Ribss – Rescue Smokers
Holy Smokes lead the way in Loin. Rescue Smokers was second and Bubba Grills was third. Fouth place went to Southern Hogs with fifth place going to Weekend Warriors. Bull Rush BBQ’s Grand Championship Pulled Pork lead the way in the category followed by Holy Smokes in second. Off the Chain BBQ took 3rd place; Budmeisters took 4th place and Daddy O’s BBQ took 5th place. In Ribs it was Rescue Smokers, Robby Royal pitmaster, for the win. Southern Hogs was the runner up. Weekend Warriors grabbed 3rd place. In 4th place was Holy Smokes and in 5th was Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team.
Full Results: (1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds; all other scores are from preliminary rounds)
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 597.4 | Holy Smokes | 1 | 599.4 | Bull Rush BBQ | 1 | 595.7 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 2 | 595.2 | Rescue Smokers | 2 | 592.6 | Holy Smokes | 2 | 594.6 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 3 | 592 | Bubba Grills | 3 | 592.5 | Off the Chain | 3 | 594.1 | Weekend Warriors | ||
| 4 | 599.4 | SOUTHERN HOGS | 4 | 598.2 | BUDMEISTERS | 4 | 599.11 | HOLY SMOKES | ||
| 5 | 598.51 | WEEKEND WARRIORS | 5 | 597.6 | DADDY O’S BBQ | 5 | 599.1 | CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM | ||
| 6 | 598.5 | BUDMEISTERS | 6 | 597.3 | REALLICIOUS Q | 6 | 598.52 | BUDMEISTERS | ||
| 7 | 598.2 | J DUB’S STEW & QUE | 7 | 596.4 | J DUB’S STEW & QUE | 7 | 598.51 | LANG BBQ SMOKERS | ||
| 8 | 595.8 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | 8 | 595.5 | SOUTHERN HOGS | 8 | 598.5 | HOOTIE Q | ||
| 9 | 595.5 | HOOTIE Q | 9 | 595.1 | HOOTIE Q | 9 | 597.6 | RUB SHAKERS QUE | ||
| 10 | 594.9 | LANG BBQ SMOKERS | 10 | 594.3 | CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM | 10 | 596.7 | OFF THE CHAIN | ||
| 11 | 594.6 | RUB SHAKERS QUE | 11 | 593.4 | RUB SHAKERS QUE | 11 | 595.5 | BUBBA GRILLS | ||
| 12 | 593.9 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 12 | 592.8 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | 12 | 595.2 | BULL RUSH BBQ | ||
| 13 | 593.3 | FIRE IN THE HOLE | 13 | 591 | LANG BBQ SMOKERS | 13 | 594.3 | KELVIN’S BBQ | ||
| 14 | 591.6 | REALLICIOUS Q | 14 | 589.9 | JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND | 14 | 593.6 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | ||
| 15 | 590.7 | OFF THE CHAIN | 15 | 587.8 | FLINT RIVER COOKERS | 15 | 592.2 | SMOKIN GHOST BBQ | ||
| 16 | 590 | TEAM PORK RINDZ | 16 | 587.3 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 16 | 592.2 | TEAM PORK RINDZ | ||
| 17 | 589.9 | BULL RUSH BBQ | 17 | 586.7 | LAW DAWG BBQ | 17 | 590.9 | REALLICIOUS Q | ||
| 18 | 587 | BIG BUTTS BBQ | 18 | 586.6 | WEEKEND WARRIORS | 18 | 589.1 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | ||
| 19 | 585.1 | H&J COOKING TEAM | 19 | 586.4 | PIG TAILS | 19 | 587.3 | JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND | ||
| 20 | 584 | CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM | 20 | 585.4 | BUBBA GRILLS | 20 | 587 | H&J COOKING TEAM | ||
| 21 | 583.3 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 21 | 584.1 | H&J COOKING TEAM | 21 | 584.2 | FLINT RIVER COOKERS | ||
| 22 | 582.7 | DADDY O’S BBQ | 22 | 583.3 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 22 | 583.1 | DADDY O’S BBQ | ||
| 23 | 582.4 | JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND | 23 | 583 | TEAM PORK RINDZ | 23 | 582.5 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | ||
| 24 | 577.8 | SMOKE SHOW | 24 | 582.4 | FIRE IN THE HOLE | 24 | 579.4 | SMOKE SHOW | ||
| 25 | 574.8 | KELVIN’S BBQ | 25 | 582.4 | SMOKIN GHOST BBQ | 25 | 579.3 | BIG BUTTS BBQ | ||
| 26 | 574.7 | LAW DAWG BBQ | 26 | 580.9 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 26 | 577.3 | J DUB’S STEW & QUE | ||
| 27 | 573.6 | FLINT RIVER COOKERS | 27 | 579.5 | FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN | 27 | 574.5 | PIG TAILS | ||
| 28 | 572.5 | FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN | 28 | 575.7 | KELVIN’S BBQ | 28 | 570.6 | FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN | ||
| 29 | 572.4 | SMOKIN GHOST BBQ | 29 | 575.1 | BIG BUTTS BBQ | 29 | 568.2 | FIRE IN THE HOLE | ||
| 30 | 555.7 | PIG TAILS | 30 | 572.8 | SMOKE SHOW | 30 | 565.3 | LAW DAWG BBQ |
Reserve Scores:
| Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | |||
| 1 | HOLY SMOKES | 599.7 | 599.7 | 599.1 | 1798.5 | |
| 2 | BUDMEISTERS | 598.5 | 598.2 | 598.5 | 1795.2 | |
| 3 | SOUTHERN HOGS | 599.4 | 595.5 | 600.0 | 1794.9 | |
| 4 | HOOTIE Q | 595.5 | 595.1 | 598.5 | 1789.1 | |
| 5 | OFF THE CHAIN | 590.7 | 598.8 | 596.7 | 1786.2 | |
| 6 | RUB SHAKERS QUE | 594.6 | 593.4 | 597.6 | 1785.6 | |
| 7 | WEEKEND WARRIORS | 598.5 | 586.6 | 600.0 | 1785.1 | |
| 8 | BULL RUSH BBQ | 589.9 | 599.4 | 595.2 | 1784.5 | |
| 9 | LANG BBQ SMOKERS | 594.9 | 591.0 | 598.5 | 1784.4 | |
| 10 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 599.4 | 583.3 | 599.1 | 1781.8 | |
| 11 | BUBBA GRILLS | 599.7 | 585.4 | 595.5 | 1780.6 | |
| 12 | REALLICIOUS Q | 591.6 | 597.3 | 590.9 | 1779.8 | |
| 13 | CAPTAIN JACKS FREEDOM BBQ TEAM | 584.0 | 594.3 | 599.1 | 1777.4 | |
| 14 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 593.9 | 587.3 | 593.6 | 1774.8 | |
| 15 | J DUB’S STEW & QUE | 598.2 | 596.4 | 577.3 | 1771.9 | |
| 16 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | 595.8 | 592.8 | 582.5 | 1771.1 | |
| 17 | TEAM PORK RINDZ | 590.0 | 583.0 | 592.2 | 1765.2 | |
| 18 | DADDY O’S BBQ | 582.7 | 597.6 | 583.1 | 1763.4 | |
| 19 | JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND | 582.4 | 589.9 | 587.3 | 1759.6 | |
| 20 | H&J COOKING TEAM | 585.1 | 584.1 | 587.0 | 1756.2 | |
| 21 | HOLD YOUR HORSES BBQ | 583.3 | 580.9 | 589.1 | 1753.3 | |
| 22 | SMOKIN GHOST BBQ | 572.4 | 582.4 | 592.2 | 1747.0 | |
| 23 | FLINT RIVER COOKERS | 573.6 | 587.8 | 584.2 | 1745.6 | |
| 24 | KELVIN’S BBQ | 574.8 | 575.7 | 594.3 | 1744.8 | |
| 25 | FIRE IN THE HOLE | 593.3 | 582.4 | 568.2 | 1743.9 | |
| 26 | BIG BUTTS BBQ | 587.0 | 575.1 | 579.3 | 1741.4 | |
| 27 | SMOKE SHOW | 577.8 | 572.8 | 579.4 | 1730.0 | |
| 28 | LAW DAWG BBQ | 574.7 | 586.7 | 565.3 | 1726.7 | |
| 29 | FAT BOYS OF TENNESON NISSAN | 572.5 | 579.5 | 570.6 | 1722.6 | |
| 30 | PIG TAILS | 555.7 | 586.4 | 574.5 | 1716.6 |