Captain Jack Captures the “Anterprise” at Fire Ant Festival
Grand Champion- Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
Ashburn, GA — The Fire Ant Festival in Ashburn comes up with a new & unique theme each year. For 2017, it was a Star Trek theme. The Grand Champion recevied $2500 and a unique “Starship Anterprise” trophy complete with lights, phasers & photo torpedoes. Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Jack & Sandi Fallin, captured their first Grand they “beamed up” the best entry of the finals rounds in Ribs.
Reserve Champion – Southern Hogs
Matt & Donna Sapp of Southern Hogs just missed making finals twice. Once on a tiebreaker. However, the 4th place finishes in Loin and Ribs lead to the best overall score and the Reserve Grand Champion.
 Hootie Q 600 Loin Score |
 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 600 Ribs Score |
The field of 35 on the top teams from Georgia and north Florida delivered awesome”Que” to the judges tables. There were two perfect 600 scores recorded in the preliminary rounds. Hootie Q, Sandy Autry, hit the perfect mark in Loin while Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers did it in Ribs. Off the Chain BBQ made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork.
 1st Place Loin – Rescue Smokers |
 1st Place Pulled Pork – Off the Chain BBQ |
Rescue Smokers, Pitmaster Robby Royal, topped the Loin category. Hootie Q came in 2nd place and Off the Chain took 3rd place. In Pulled Pork, it was Chuck & Carrie East of Off the Chain BBQ for the win. Weekend Warriors BBQ was the runner-up and Bite My Butt BBQ finished third. Following Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in Ribs was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in 2nd and Carter Q in 3rd place.
Once again the Ashburn Chamber of Commerce delivered a top notch festival surrounding the BBQ competition. Thousands of visitors enjoyed the entertainment, carnival, vendors and fireworks show.
Full Results: note that 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. all other scores are from preliminary round
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 596.6 | Rescue Smokers | 1 | 597 | Off the Chain | 1 | 599.3 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ | ||
| 2 | 594.21 | Hootie Q | 2 | 595.1 | Weekend Warriors BBQ | 2 | 592.4 | 92 Assassin BBQ | ||
| 3 | 594.2 | Off the Chain | 3 | 592.9 | Bite My Butt BBQ | 3 | 591.7 | Carter Q | ||
| 4 | 599.4 | Southern Hogs | 4 | 595.8 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | 4 | 599.4 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 5 | 596.1 | Holy Smokes | 5 | 595.7 | Hootie Q | 5 | 599.1 | Hold Your Horses | ||
| 6 | 595.7 | Bite My Butt BBQ | 6 | 595.1 | Holy Smokes | 6 | 598.8 | Weekend Warriors BBQ | ||
| 7 | 594.8 | The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | 7 | 594.82 | Under Construction BBQ | 7 | 598.2 | Budmeisters BBQ | ||
| 8 | 593.6 | Bubba Grills | 8 | 594.81 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | 8 | 595.4 | Lang BBQ Smokers | ||
| 9 | 592.1 | Real South BBQ | 9 | 594.8 | Carter Q | 9 | 595.2 | Heavenly Hawgs | ||
| 10 | 591.81 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ | 10 | 593.9 | 92 Assassins BBQ | 10 | 595.1 | Smoking Butts BBQ | ||
| 11 | 591.8 | Weekend Warriors BBQ | 11 | 591.6 | Bubba Grills | 11 | 594.8 | Holy Smokes | ||
| 12 | 591.2 | Flint River Cookers | 12 | 591.4 | Budmeisters BBQ | 12 | 593.1 | Reallicious Q | ||
| 13 | 591.2 | Smoking Outlaws | 13 | 590.6 | Heavenly Hawgs | 13 | 592.5 | EZQ | ||
| 14 | 590.7 | Reallicious Q | 14 | 590.3 | Southern Hogs | 14 | 590.5 | Hootie Q | ||
| 15 | 590.2 | Budmeisters BBQ | 15 | 588.1 | Lang BBQ Smokers | 15 | 589.2 | Bite My Butt BBQ | ||
| 16 | 589.9 | Dawg Pitt BBQ | 16 | 587.5 | EZQ | 16 | 587.3 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | ||
| 17 | 588.2 | EZQ | 17 | 587 | Smokin AJ’s | 17 | 585.1 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | ||
| 18 | 586 | Fire in the Hole | 18 | 586.6 | Southern Tailgates | 18 | 582.7 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 19 | 585.3 | Smokin AJ’s | 19 | 585.3 | Dawg Pitt BBQ | 19 | 582.6 | Dawg Pitt BBQ | ||
| 20 | 584.3 | Lang BBQ Smokers | 20 | 584.4 | The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | 20 | 582 | Under Construction BBQ | ||
| 21 | 583.7 | Carter Q | 21 | 582.7 | Hold Your Horses | 21 | 579.8 | Flint River Cookers | ||
| 22 | 582.9 | Hold Your Horses | 22 | 581.9 | Rescue Smokers | 22 | 579.7 | Smoking Outlaws | ||
| 23 | 574.7 | Under Construction BBQ | 23 | 580 | Smoke Show | 23 | 578.7 | Southern Tailgates | ||
| 24 | 574.4 | Bones Grill Shack | 24 | 579.5 | Fire in the Hole | 24 | 578.7 | Fire in the Hole | ||
| 25 | 571.1 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | 25 | 579.4 | Real South BBQ | 25 | 577.8 | Real South BBQ | ||
| 26 | 570.6 | Smoking Butts BBQ | 26 | 579.3 | Smoking Butts BBQ | 26 | 577.7 | Bubba Grills | ||
| 27 | 570.5 | Double D Cook Team | 27 | 579.2 | Bones Grill Shack | 27 | 577.5 | Smokin AJ’s | ||
| 28 | 569.8 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | 28 | 578.8 | Double D Cook Team | 28 | 576.8 | Off the Chain | ||
| 29 | 567.5 | Heavenly Hawgs | 29 | 578.3 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ | 29 | 576.7 | Smoke Show | ||
| 30 | 567.4 | 92 Assassins BBQ | 30 | 578.1 | Smokin Cowboys | 30 | 574.4 | The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | ||
| 31 | 564.2 | Smoke Show | 31 | 574.5 | Flint River Cookers | 31 | 572.1 | Double D Cook Team | ||
| 32 | 562 | Smokin Cowboys | 32 | 571.4 | Reallicious Q | 32 | 569.6 | Smokin Cowboys | ||
| 33 | 557.1 | Generations BBQ Team | 33 | 566.9 | Bombshell BBQ | 33 | 567.3 | Generations BBQ Team | ||
| 34 | 551.4 | Bombshell BBQ | 34 | 565.9 | Generations BBQ Team | 34 | 566 | Bones Grill Shack | ||
| 35 | 545.4 | Southern Tailgates | 35 | 0 | Smoking Outlaws | 35 | 564.9 | Bombshell BBQ |
| Reserve Champion Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | |||
| 1 | Southern Hogs | 599.4 | 590.3 | 599.4 | 1789.1 | ||
| 2 | Weekend Warriors BBQ | 591.8 | 596.7 | 598.8 | 1787.3 | ||
| 3 | Hootie Q | 600.0 | 595.7 | 590.5 | 1786.2 | ||
| 4 | Holy Smokes | 596.1 | 595.1 | 594.8 | 1786.0 | ||
| 5 | Bite My Butt BBQ | 595.7 | 599.1 | 589.2 | 1784.0 | ||
| 6 | Budmeisters BBQ | 590.2 | 591.4 | 598.2 | 1779.8 | ||
| 7 | Carter Q | 583.7 | 594.8 | 599.4 | 1777.9 | ||
| 8 | Off the Chain | 599.4 | 599.1 | 576.8 | 1775.3 | ||
| 9 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ | 591.8 | 578.3 | 599.4 | 1769.5 | ||
| 10 | EZQ | 588.2 | 587.5 | 592.5 | 1768.2 | ||
| 11 | Lang BBQ Smokers | 584.3 | 588.1 | 595.4 | 1767.8 | ||
| 12 | Hold Your Horses | 582.9 | 582.7 | 599.1 | 1764.7 | ||
| 13 | Rescue Smokers | 599.7 | 581.9 | 582.7 | 1764.3 | ||
| 14 | Bubba Grills | 593.6 | 591.6 | 577.7 | 1762.9 | ||
| 15 | 92 Assassins BBQ | 567.4 | 593.9 | 600.0 | 1761.3 | ||
| 16 | Dawg Pitt BBQ | 589.9 | 585.3 | 582.6 | 1757.8 | ||
| 17 | Reallicious Q | 590.7 | 571.4 | 593.1 | 1755.2 | ||
| 18 | The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | 594.8 | 584.4 | 574.4 | 1753.6 | ||
| 19 | Heavenly Hawgs | 567.5 | 590.6 | 595.2 | 1753.3 | ||
| 20 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | 571.1 | 594.8 | 587.3 | 1753.2 | ||
| 21 | Under Construction BBQ | 574.7 | 594.8 | 582.0 | 1751.5 | ||
| 22 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | 569.8 | 595.8 | 585.1 | 1750.7 | ||
| 23 | Smokin AJ’s | 585.3 | 587.0 | 577.5 | 1749.8 | ||
| 24 | Real South BBQ | 592.1 | 579.4 | 577.8 | 1749.3 | ||
| 25 | Flint River Cookers | 591.2 | 574.5 | 579.8 | 1745.5 | ||
| 26 | Smoking Butts BBQ | 570.6 | 579.3 | 595.1 | 1745.0 | ||
| 27 | Fire in the Hole | 586.0 | 579.5 | 578.7 | 1744.2 | ||
| 28 | Double D Cook Team | 570.5 | 578.8 | 572.1 | 1721.4 | ||
| 29 | Smoke Show | 564.2 | 580.0 | 576.7 | 1720.9 | ||
| 30 | Bones Grill Shack | 574.4 | 579.2 | 566.0 | 1719.6 | ||
| 31 | Southern Tailgates | 545.4 | 586.6 | 578.7 | 1710.7 | ||
| 32 | Smokin Cowboys | 562.0 | 578.1 | 569.6 | 1709.7 | ||
| 33 | Generations BBQ Team | 557.1 | 565.9 | 567.3 | 1690.3 | ||
| 34 | Bombshell BBQ | 551.4 | 566.9 | 564.9 | 1683.2 | ||
| 35 | Smoking Outlaws | 591.2 | 0.0 | 579.7 | 1170.9 |