Holy Smokes Hits the Right Notes at Rhythm & Ribs
Tifton, GA — The competition was tough and tight at Rhythm & Ribs on a beautiful first weekend in March. It was so close that it came down to a tie for the Grand Championship. Gary & Dionn Lanton of Holy Smokes won the Grand Championship in a tie with …. Themselves. The team’s winning Loin score of 597.5 exactly the same as their winning Rib score. Lang BBQ Smokers, Darryl Strickland, won the Pulled Pork category and was just 0.6 of a point off the Grand Championship scores.
Matt & Donna Sapp of Southern Hogs claimed the Reserve Grand Championship by making finals in Loin along with a fourth place in Pulled Pork and 13th place in Ribs.
Following Holy Smokes in Loin was Southern Hogs in 2nd place & Flint River Cookers in 3rd place. Lang BBQ Smokers paced the field in Pulled Pork followed by runner up Fire in the Hole and 3rd place Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept. Holy Smokes topped the Rib category with local favorite 42 BBQ & Budmeisters BBQ Team taking 2nd & 3rd respectively.
The GBA sends a big Thank You to Tyon Spearman, the City of Tifton & a host of volunteers for their hospitality & putting on a great contest.
Full Results
1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are final round scores. All others are preliminary round scores.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 597.5 | Holy Smokes | 1 | 596.9 | Lang BBQ Smokers | 1 | 597.5 | Holy Smokes | ||
| 2 | 595 | Southern Hogs | 2 | 595 | Fire in the Hole | 2 | 593.6 | Smokin 42 BBQ | ||
| 3 | 592.5 | Flint River Cookers | 3 | 592.5 | Vienna Volunteer Fire Depaertment | 3 | 593.5 | Budmeisters BBQ Team | ||
| 4 | 598.2 | Flying Pig | 4 | 595.81 | Southern Hogs | 4 | 599.4 | Bite My Butt BBQ | ||
| 5 | 595.4 | Budmeisters BBQ Team | 5 | 595.8 | Rescue Smokers | 5 | 598.81 | Flying Pig | ||
| 6 | 594.9 | Fire in the Hole | 6 | 595.1 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | 6 | 598.8 | Flint River Cooking Team | ||
| 7 | 592.21 | 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers | 7 | 593.1 | Hardwood Smoke | 7 | 598.5 | The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | ||
| 8 | 592.2 | The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | 8 | 589.6 | The Grillman BBQ Company | 8 | 597.9 | Real South BBQ | ||
| 9 | 590.2 | Vienna Volunteer Fire Department | 9 | 588.5 | Holy Smokes | 9 | 595.2 | Rib Ticklers | ||
| 10 | 589.6 | Wild Skips Smokers | 10 | 587.3 | Budmeisters BBQ Team | 10 | 588.8 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | ||
| 11 | 587.8 | Jack’s Old South | 11 | 587.2 | Hootie Q | 11 | 588.1 | The Grillman BBQ Company | ||
| 12 | 587.5 | Rescue Smokers | 12 | 586.9 | Wild Skips Smokers | 12 | 587.6 | Jack’s Old South | ||
| 13 | 587.5 | Lang BBQ Smokers | 13 | 586.9 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 13 | 587.5 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 14 | 586.9 | Hootie Q | 14 | 586.6 | Real South BBQ | 14 | 586.9 | 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers | ||
| 15 | 586.2 | Smokin 42 BBQ | 15 | 585.4 | Flint River Cookers | 15 | 586.7 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 16 | 586.1 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | 16 | 585.4 | Flying Pig | 16 | 586.7 | Fire in the Hole | ||
| 17 | 582.7 | Smarr Cooking Crew | 17 | 585.3 | Smokin 42 BBQ | 17 | 586.6 | Just Smoke N Around BBQ | ||
| 18 | 582.6 | Just Smoke N Around BBQ | 18 | 585.1 | Jack’s Old South | 18 | 585.3 | Wild Skips Smokers | ||
| 19 | 582.6 | Real South BBQ | 19 | 582.7 | Bite My Butt BBQ | 19 | 584.3 | Lang BBQ Smokers | ||
| 20 | 581.7 | Swine Time Grilling Team | 20 | 582.4 | Smarr Cooking Crew | 20 | 580.6 | Hootie Q | ||
| 21 | 580.3 | Cool Hand Luke | 21 | 581.1 | Cool Hand Luke | 21 | 579.3 | Vienna Volunteer Fire Department | ||
| 22 | 578.3 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 22 | 579.9 | Rib Ticklers | 22 | 577.3 | Swine Time Grilling Team | ||
| 23 | 573.8 | Rib Ticklers | 23 | 579.3 | The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | 23 | 575.2 | Kelvin’s BBQ | ||
| 24 | 571.4 | Bite My Butt BBQ | 24 | 578.7 | Flint River Cooking Team | 24 | 572.6 | Flint River Cookers | ||
| 25 | 571.2 | The Grillman BBQ Company | 25 | 577.1 | 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers | 25 | 571.6 | Hardwood Smoke | ||
| 26 | 570.5 | Smokestack Lightning | 26 | 575.8 | Swine Time Grilling Team | 26 | 570.5 | Smarr Cooking Crew | ||
| 27 | 570.2 | Flint River Cooking Team | 27 | 574.1 | Smokestack Lightning | 27 | 569 | Smokestack Lightning | ||
| 28 | 561 | Hardwood Smoke | 28 | 572.7 | Just Smoke N Around BBQ | 28 | 562.9 | Cool Hand Luke |
| Reserve Grand Champion Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Holy Smokes | 599.4 | 588.5 | 599.7 | 1787.6 | |
| 2 | Southern Hogs | 599.7 | 595.8 | 587.5 | 1783.0 | |
| 3 | Flying Pig | 598.2 | 585.4 | 598.8 | 1782.4 | |
| 4 | Budmeisters BBQ Team | 595.4 | 587.3 | 599.4 | 1782.1 | |
| 5 | Fire in the Hole | 594.9 | 598.5 | 586.7 | 1780.1 | |
| 6 | Smokin 42 BBQ | 586.2 | 585.3 | 600.0 | 1771.5 | |
| 7 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team | 586.1 | 595.1 | 588.8 | 1770.0 | |
| 8 | The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | 592.2 | 579.3 | 598.5 | 1770.0 | |
| 9 | Rescue Smokers | 587.5 | 595.8 | 586.7 | 1770.0 | |
| 10 | Lang BBQ Smokers | 587.5 | 596.4 | 584.3 | 1768.2 | |
| 11 | Real South BBQ | 582.6 | 586.6 | 597.9 | 1767.1 | |
| 12 | Vienna Volunteer Fire Department | 590.2 | 596.1 | 579.3 | 1765.6 | |
| 13 | Wild Skips Smokers | 589.6 | 586.9 | 585.3 | 1761.8 | |
| 14 | Jack’s Old South | 587.8 | 585.1 | 587.6 | 1760.5 | |
| 15 | Flint River Cookers | 599.4 | 585.4 | 572.6 | 1757.4 | |
| 16 | 92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers | 592.2 | 577.1 | 586.9 | 1756.2 | |
| 17 | Hootie Q | 586.9 | 587.2 | 580.6 | 1754.7 | |
| 18 | Bite My Butt BBQ | 571.4 | 582.7 | 599.4 | 1753.5 | |
| 19 | Rib Ticklers | 573.8 | 579.9 | 595.2 | 1748.9 | |
| 20 | The Grillman BBQ Company | 571.2 | 589.6 | 588.1 | 1748.9 | |
| 21 | Flint River Cooking Team | 570.2 | 578.7 | 598.8 | 1747.7 | |
| 22 | Just Smoke N Around BBQ | 582.6 | 572.7 | 586.6 | 1741.9 | |
| 23 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 578.3 | 586.9 | 575.2 | 1740.4 | |
| 24 | Smarr Cooking Crew | 582.7 | 582.4 | 570.5 | 1735.6 | |
| 25 | Swine Time Grilling Team | 581.7 | 575.8 | 577.3 | 1734.8 | |
| 26 | Hardwood Smoke | 561.0 | 593.1 | 571.6 | 1725.7 | |
| 27 | Cool Hand Luke | 580.3 | 581.1 | 562.9 | 1724.3 | |
| 28 | Smokestack Lightning | 570.5 | 574.1 | 569.0 | 1713.6 |