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Nov 16 2023

2023 GBA BANQUET – February 10, 2024

The 2023 GBA Baquet is scheduled for February 10, 2024 and will be held at the Lake Blackshear Resort and Golf Club. The cost is $25.00 per person – please invite your family and friends. We will have dinner and our annual GBA awards. There will be a cash bar. We just wanted to make everyone aware of the date so all GBA members can go ahead and make plans to attend. We’re cooking up some fun events to take place around this year’s banquet, including the 2023 GBA TOTY Awards, our GBA Judge of the Year Award, it will also feature the induction of the first class of honorees into the Georgia Barbecue Hall of Fame. We will have a live band again, great food, all will make for an amazing weekend!

Linda Hawkins has set Special Rates for the GBA Banquet Weekend: Lake Blackshear Camp Sites $45 per night and Cabins $189 per night. Please call 229-276-1004 to make your reservations, mention that you are with the GBA Banquet. Several Glamping Yurts are also available, but must be booked through https://www.timberlineglamping.com/

Apr 19 2019

Election Candidates Announced

The GBA has officially announced the candidates for President and Vice President. We’ll be holding elections June 1st through June 15th in our Member Forum so be sure you’ve registered prior to the start of elections.

See Election Candidates for more information.

May 06 2018

B’s BBQ Wins Grand at Golden’s Cast Iron BBQ Cook-off

B’s BBQ Wins Grand at Golden’s Cast Iron BBQ Cook-off

Grand Champion - B's BBQ

Grand Champion – B’s BBQ

Columbus — B’s BBQ won the Grand Championship with Loin at the first Golden’s Cast Iron BBQ Cook-off. Off the Chain BBQ made finals in all three categories to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion - Off the Chain BBQ

Reserve Grand Champion – Off the Chain BBQ

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 593.8 B’s BBQ 1 589.9 We Want Que 1 586.8 Off the Chain
2 574.8 Watts Smoking 2 576.9 Off theChain 2 580 Realicious
3 572.1 Offthe Chain 3 570.1 Bite My Butts BBQ 3 579.2 Smokin the Good Stuff
4 595.1 We Want Que 4 587.6 Pirates of Porkscents 4 590 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept
5 591.8 EZ Q 5 587.2 TLS BBQ 5 588.2 B’s BBQ
6 591.2 Flint River Cooking Team 6 586.6 Hootie Q 6 587.7 EZ Q
7 590.6 Wright on Q 7 585.3 Flint River Cooking Team 7 586.61 Johnson Boys
8 590.3 TLS BBQ 8 584.9 REAL-licious BBQ 8 586.6 Flint River Cookers
9 587.2 Hot Ash Q 9 584.7 Hot Ash Q 9 586.3 Flint River Cooking Team
10 585.3 Smokin the Good Stuff 10 583.3 Watts Smoking 10 586 Bite My Butt BBQ
11 579 Pirates of Porkscents 11 582.7 Countryside BBQ 11 585.6 Hot Ash Q
12 578.4 Hootie Q 12 582.7 B’s BBQ 12 583.9 The BBQ Ninja
13 577.8 The BBQ Ninja   13 579.7 Flint River Cookers 13 582.9 Smoking Outlaws
14 576.8 Hoggin in the Sauce 14 578.3 Wright on Q 14 582.7 Hootie Q
15 575.4 REAL-licious BBQ   15 577.8 Hog N Ass 15 581.1 Hoggin in the Sauce
16 574.6 Flint River Cookers 16 577.2 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept 16 580.4 Countryside BBQ
17 574.2 Bite My Butt BBQ 17 575.2 Johnson Boys 17 580 Pirates of Porkscents
18 573.1 Smoking Outlaws   18 574.8 The BBQ Ninja 18 578.8 Wright on Q
19 571.1 Johnson Boys 19 573.8 Hoggin in the Sauce 19 577.7 Watts Smoking
20 567.4 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept 20 572.9 Smoking Outlaws 20 577.5 Hog N Ass
21 566.5 The Grill Deal 21 571.5 Smokin the Good Stuff 21 573.2 Backyard 374
22 565.9 Countryside BBQ 22 571.4 EZ Q 22 569.4 TLS BBQ
23 562.7 Iron Works 23 569.3 The Grill Deal 23 564.9 We Want Que
24 556.1 Hog N Ass 24 565.8 Delta Data 24 564.1 The Grill Deal
25 552.7 Backyard 374 25 563.1 Iron Works 25 559.2 Iron Works
26 0 Delta Data   26 557.4 Backyard 374   26 0 Delta Data

 

Reserve Champions Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Off the Chain 599.4 599.1 591.3 1789.8
2 B’s BBQ 596.1 582.7 588.2 1767.0
3 Flint River Cooking Team 591.2 585.3 586.3 1762.8
4 REAL-licious BBQ 575.4 584.9 599.7 1760.0
5 Hot Ash Q 587.2 584.7 585.6 1757.5
6 Watts Smoking 595.7 583.3 577.7 1756.7
7 We Want Que 595.1 595.8 564.9 1755.8
8 Bite My Butt BBQ 574.2 594.8 586.0 1755.0
9 EZ Q 591.8 571.4 587.7 1750.9
10 Hootie Q 578.4 586.6 582.7 1747.7
11 Wright on Q 590.6 578.3 578.8 1747.7
12 Smokin the Good Stuff 585.3 571.5 590.5 1747.3
13 TLS BBQ 590.3 587.2 569.4 1746.9
14 Pirates of Porkscents 579.0 587.6 580.0 1746.6
15 Flint River Cookers 574.6 579.7 586.6 1740.9
16 The BBQ Ninja 577.8 574.8 583.9 1736.5
17 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept 567.4 577.2 590.0 1734.6
18 Johnson Boys 571.1 575.2 586.6 1732.9
19 Hoggin in the Sauce 576.8 573.8 581.1 1731.7
20 Countryside BBQ 565.9 582.7 580.4 1729.0
21 Smoking Outlaws 573.1 572.9 582.9 1728.9
22 Hog N Ass 556.1 577.8 577.5 1711.4
23 The Grill Deal 566.5 569.3 564.1 1699.9
24 Iron Works 562.7 563.1 559.2 1685.0
25 Backyard 374 552.7 557.4 573.2 1683.3
26 Delta Data 0.0 565.8 0.0 565.8

 

Apr 30 2018

Rescue Smokers Takes the Belt at Canton

Rescue Smokers Takes the Belt at Canton

Grand Champion - Rescue Smokers

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Canton – Rescue Smokers not only won the Grand Championship at the Canton BBQ & Brews festival, they also captured the BBQ & Brews Championship Belt.  It was Robby & Stephanie Royal’s Loin entry that topped the finals round for the Grand Championship. The belt was awarded to the highest cumulative scores from the 4 BBQ & Brews events.  Rescue Smokers edged out Smokin’ the Good Stuff by 0.9 of a point.  Smokin’ the Good Stuff made finals in Loin and had 6th place finishes in both Pork & Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion - Smoking the Good Stuff

Reserve Grand Champion – Smoking the Good Stuff

Note: !st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals round. All other scores are from preliminary rounds

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 591.2 Rescue Smokers 1 587.6 Weekend Warrior 1 579.3 Cobra Q
2 581.9 Smokin’ the Good Stuff 2 583.8 Swine Dining 2 577.7 Hootie Q
3 579.7 Hold Your Horses 3 569.6 Pork U 3 572.1 Southern Hogs
4 594.5 Southern Hogs 4 599.1 Rescue Smokers 4 594.5 Swine Dining
5 594.1 Off the Chain 5 595.8 Off the Chain 5 592.5 Smoke Stache BBQ
6 591.81 Hootie Q 6 595.1 Smokin’ The Good Stuff 6 590.8 Smokin’ The Good Stuff
7 591.8 Weekend Warriors 7 591.8 Cobra Q 7 588.5 Smoke Shack BBQ
8 591.51 We Want Que 8 591.5 We Want Que 8 587.9 Big Bad Wold
9 591.5 Cobra Q 9 590.3 Smoke Stache BBQ 9 586.9 We Want Que
10 587.9 Hickory Flat BBQ Co. 10 590.2 Hickory Flat BBQ Co. 10 585 If You Smoke It, They Will Come
11 585.9 East Coast BBQ 11 587 Smoke Shack BBQ 11 583.7 Hold Your Horses
12 585.3 Smokin J’s Barbeque 12 585.7 Big Bad Wold 12 582.9 Fire in the Hole BBQ
13 584.3 Smoke Shack BBQ   13 584.6 Hootie Q 13 582.9 Weekend Warriors
14 583.9 Smoke Stache BBQ 14 582.3 Hold Your Horses 14 582.9 Rescue Smokers
15 578.7 Water Hawgs BBQ   15 578.1 Southern Hogs 15 581.7 BBQ Fool of GA
16 578.5 Bubonic BBQ 16 576.8 Napalm Sticks to Pigs 16 581.7 Water Hawgs BBQ
17 576.8 Fire in the Hole BBQ 17 576.7 Water Hawgs BBQ 17 580.3 Smokin J’s Barbeque
18 576.4 Swine Dining   18 575.7 If You Smoke It, They Will Come 18 578.6 Hickory Flat BBQ Co.
19 575.8 Napalm Sticks to Pigs 19 574.4 Pirates of Porkscents 19 576.3 Napalm Sticks to Pigs
20 571.2 Black Sheep BBQ 20 574.2 Smokin J’s Barbeque 20 575.5 John’s BBQ Smokehouse
21 570.2 BBQ Fool of GA 21 573.2 Fire in the Hole BBQ 21 575.5 Pirates of Porkscents
22 568.4 John’s BBQ Smokehouse 22 570.4 Bubonic BBQ 22 574.7 Pork U
23 567.9 Big Bad Wold 23 569.9 John’s BBQ Smokehouse 23 573.8 East Coast BBQ
24 567.6 Pirates of Porkscents 24 568.2 Black Sheep BBQ 24 570.1 Bubonic BBQ
25 567.2 If You Smoke It, They Will Come 25 567.2 East Coast BBQ 25 558.3 Off the Chain
26 562.6 Pork U   26 566.6 BBQ Fool of GA   26 553.8 Grandad and Gsons
27 535.8 Grandad and Gsons 27 552.5 Grandad and Gsons   27 546.7 Black Sheep BBQ

 

 Reserve Grand Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Rescue Smokers 599.7 599.1 582.9 1781.7
2 Smokin’ The Good Stuff 595.1 595.1 590.8 1781.0
3 Cobra Q 591.5 591.8 595.5 1778.8
4 Weekend Warriors 591.8 599.7 582.9 1774.4
5 Southern Hogs 594.5 578.1 599.7 1772.3
6 Hootie Q 591.8 584.6 595.8 1772.2
7 Swine Dining 576.4 599.7 594.5 1770.6
8 We Want Que 591.5 591.5 586.9 1769.9
9 Smoke Stache BBQ 583.9 590.3 592.5 1766.7
10 Hold Your Horses 595.1 582.3 583.7 1761.1
11 Smoke Shack BBQ 584.3 587.0 588.5 1759.8
12 Hickory Flat BBQ Co. 587.9 590.2 578.6 1756.7
13 Off the Chain 594.1 595.8 558.3 1748.2
14 Big Bad Wold 567.9 585.7 587.9 1741.5
15 Smokin J’s Barbeque 585.3 574.2 580.3 1739.8
16 Water Hawgs BBQ 578.7 576.7 581.7 1737.1
17 Pork U 562.6 599.7 574.7 1737.0
18 Fire in the Hole BBQ 576.8 573.2 582.9 1732.9
19 Napalm Sticks to Pigs 575.8 576.8 576.3 1728.9
20 If You Smoke It, They Will Come 567.2 575.7 585.0 1727.9
21 East Coast BBQ 585.9 567.2 573.8 1726.9
22 Bubonic BBQ 578.5 570.4 570.1 1719.0
23 BBQ Fool of GA 570.2 566.6 581.7 1718.5
24 Pirates of Porkscents 567.6 574.4 575.5 1717.5
25 John’s BBQ Smokehouse 568.4 569.9 575.5 1713.8
26 Black Sheep BBQ 571.2 568.2 546.7 1686.1
27 Grandad and Gsons 535.8 552.5 553.8 1642.1

 

Apr 23 2018

Rescue Smokers Flies High in Warner Robins

Rescue Smokers Flies High in Warner Robins

Grand Champion - Rescue Smokers

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Warner Robins — Rescue Smokers, Robby & Stephanie Royal, won the Grand Championship at the first Robins Flying High BBQ Festival. Chuck & Carrie East, of Off the Chain BBQ, made finals in Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 4th place finish in Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship. Off The Chain also had a perfect 600 score in Loin preliminaries. Smoking the Good Stuff won the Loin category. Southern Hogs won the Ribs category.

Reserve Grand Champion - Off the Chain

Reserve Grand Champion – Off the Chain

 

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 587.4 Smokin the Good Stuff 1 593.4 Rescue Smokers 1 586.5 Southern Hogs
2 581.7 Off The Chain 2 588 Off The Chain 2 579.6 Pirates of Porkscents
3 579 Rescue Smokers 3 571.4 Flint River Cookers 3 579.3 Flint River Cookers
4 595.4 We Want Que 4 595.1 Rub Shakers Que 4 595.5 Off The Chain
5 595.1 Hot-Ash-Que 5 593.9 Hot-Ash-Que 5 593.9 Watts Smokin’
6 594.8 Weekend Warriors 6 592.2 Weekend Warriors 6 592.4 Bubba Grills
7 593.9 Old Henry’s BBQ 7 591.2 Bayshore Porkers 7 590.7 Johnson Boys BBQ
8 593.3 Rub Shakers Que 8 586.9 Smoke Stack Lightning 8 590.3 Weekend Warriors
9 592.5 Hootie Q 9 585 Ragin Smoke BBQ 9 590.2 Rub Shakers Que
10 590.2 Smoke Show 10 584.4 Smoke Show 10 589.4 Hold Your Horses BBQ
11 589.9 Hold Your Horses BBQ 11 583.6 Hootie Q 11 589 Real South
12 589.3 Pirates of Porkscents 12 582.6 Southern Hogs 12 588.6 Smokin’ the Good Stuff
13 585.5 Real South   13 582.4 Bubba Grills 13 588.2 We Want Que
14 582.8 JB’s Butt House 14 582.1 Old Henry’s BBQ 14 587.8 Big Butts BBQ
15 581.3 Flint River Cookers   15 581.1 Real South 15 586.6 Bayshore Porkers
16 581.1 Johnson Boys BBQ 16 579 Hold Your Horses BBQ 16 584 Rescue Smokers
17 577.2 Southern Hogs 17 578.8 JB’s Butt House 17 583.6 Smoke Show
18 576.9 Smoke Stack Lightning   18 578.2 Bite My Butt BBQ 18 583.3 Bite My Butt BBQ
19 576.4 Ragin Smoke BBQ 19 577.4 Johnson Boys BBQ 19 582.6 Hootie Q
20 575.7 Watts Smokin’ 20 576.1 Pirates of Porkscents 20 582.4 Fire in the Hole
21 575.4 Nut Job BBQ 21 574.8 Nut Job BBQ 21 580.2 Old Henry’s BBQ
22 567.2 HCFD 22 574.7 We Want Que 22 577.4 Ragin Smoke BBQ
23 566.4 Bubba Grills 23 574.1 Watts Smokin’ 23 573.3 Hot-Ash-Que
24 565.6 Big Butts BBQ 24 573.5 Smokin’ the Good Stuff 24 572 Smoke Stack Lightning
25 563.2 Bayshore Porkers 25 571.5 Big Butts BBQ 25 571.5 HCFD
26 562.6 Bite My Butt BBQ   26 569.9 Fire in the Hole   26 570.7 JB’s Butt House
27 0 Fire in the Hole 27 567.4 HCFD   27 557 Nut Job BBQ

 

Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Off The Chain 600.0 598.5 595.5 1794.0
2 Rescue Smokers 599.7 599.7 584.0 1783.4
3 Flint River Cookers 581.3 599.4 599.7 1780.4
4 Rub Shakers Que 593.3 595.1 590.2 1778.6
5 Weekend Warriors 594.8 592.2 590.3 1777.3
6 Hot-Ash-Que 595.1 593.9 573.3 1762.3
7 Pirates of Porkscents 589.3 576.1 595.8 1761.2
8 Southern Hogs 577.2 582.6 599.1 1758.9
9 Hootie Q 592.5 583.6 582.6 1758.7
10 Hold Your Horses BBQ 589.9 579.0 589.4 1758.3
11 We Want Que 595.4 574.7 588.2 1758.3
12 Smoke Show 590.2 584.4 583.6 1758.2
13 Smokin’ the Good Stuff 595.7 573.5 588.6 1757.8
14 Old Henry’s BBQ 593.9 582.1 580.2 1756.2
15 Real South 585.5 581.1 589.0 1755.6
16 Johnson Boys BBQ 581.1 577.4 590.7 1749.2
17 Watts Smokin’ 575.7 574.1 593.9 1743.7
18 Bubba Grills 566.4 582.4 592.4 1741.2
19 Bayshore Porkers 563.2 591.2 586.6 1741.0
20 Ragin Smoke BBQ 576.4 585.0 577.4 1738.8
21 Smoke Stack Lightning 576.9 586.9 572.0 1735.8
22 JB’s Butt House 582.8 578.8 570.7 1732.3
23 Big Butts BBQ 565.6 571.5 587.8 1724.9
24 Bite My Butt BBQ 562.6 578.2 583.3 1724.1
25 Nut Job BBQ 575.4 574.8 557.0 1707.2
26 HCFD 567.2 567.4 571.5 1706.1
27 Fire in the Hole 0.0 569.9 582.4 1152.3