Tag: CaJenn BBQ

Oct 25 2015

Bubba Grills Wins GBA State Championship

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) held its annual State Championship contest at the Deep Roots Festival in historic, downtown Milledgeville. Thirty two teams put their best efforts forward to take home a share of the $11,000 purse. Stumps Smokers sponsored an additional $1500 award to the overall GBA State Champion. Getting that coveted last call of the day as Deep Roots Festival Grand Champion and the GBA State Champion was Lonnie Smith and team Bubba Grills.

In the GBA, the team with the highest cumulative score across the three categories in the preliminary rounds is named the Reserve Grand Champion. CaJenn Smokin’ Que, led by pitmaster Billy Jennings, made finals in Pulled Pork along with 7th place in Loin and 6th place in Ribs to win the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Teams had to be on their “A” game right off the bat. The first category turned in is Pork Loin and the entry had to be close to perfect to advance to the finals round. In fact, the top 3 teams in the preliminary round all scored a 599.7 out of a possible 600. After the Loin Finals entries were scored by the panel of finals judges; Tim Coleman and his Real South BBQ team took top honors. We Want Q was the runner-up with 92 BBQ finishing in third place. Daddy O’s BBQ took 4th place; Smokin the Good Stuff took 5th and Southern Hogs took 6th place. Cajenn Smokin’ Que won the tiebreaker over Bubba Grills for 7th place. Rescue Smokers claimed 9th place and Smokin’ 42 BBQ claimed 10th place.

Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Jack & Sandy Fallin, won the Pulled Pork category. Cajenn Smokin’ Que got the 2nd place call. Real South BBQ walked for the second time by taking 3rd place. Raging Smoke BBQ grabbed 4th place. By just 0.3 of a point, 5 O’Clock Somewhere edged Dixe Que for 5th. Johnson Boys BBQ took home the 7th place award with Nature Boy BBQ grabbing 8th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Rescue Smokers swapped placed this time with Smokin 42 BBQ in 9th and Rescue Smokers in 10th.

Bubba Grills State Championship Ribs won the final category of the day. Daddy O’s BBQ was 2nd with Simply Que in third place. Just Blowing Smoke took 4th place followed by Party Porkers in 5th and Cajenn Smokin’ Que in 6th place. Rescue Smokers took 7th place by 0.5 of a point over Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team. Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Raging Smoke BBQ rounded out the top 10.

The GBA wants to thank the city of Milledgeville for rolling out the red carpet once again all the GBA teams & judges. The Deep Roots Festival is one of the top festivals in the state of Georgia. Next the GBA heads to Wrightsville for the first time for Johnson County Wiggle & Twist on Halloweeen weekend.

1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores in each category are Final Round scores. All other scores are from preliminary rounds.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.4	Real South BBQ	1	596.3	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	1	598.6	Bubba Grills
2	595.3	We Want Q	2	595.6	Cajenn Smokin Que	2	594.3	Daddy-O’s BBQ
3	592	92 BBQ	3	593.1	Real South BBQ	3	591.2	Simply Que
4	598.8	Daddy-O’s BBQ	4	597.9	Raging Smoke BBQ	4	592.1	Just Blowing Smoke
5	596.7	Smokin the Good Stuff	5	595.8	5 O’Clock Somewhere	5	591.5	Party Porkers
6	595.4	Southern Hogs	6	595.5	Dixie Que	6	590.5	Cajenn Smokin Que
7	593.1	Cajenn Smokin Que	7	595.4	Johnson Boys BBQ	7	589.7	Rescue Smokers
8	593.1	Bubba Grills	8	594.8	Nature Boy BBQ	8	589.2	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team
9	592.1	Rescue Smokers	9	594.8	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	9	588.4	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
10	591.8	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	10	594.2	Rescue Smokers	10	588.2	Raging Smoke BBQ
11	591.4	Just Blowing Smoke	11	593.1	Sensational Pigs	11	586.2	Southern Hogs
12	590.5	Rub Shakers Que	12	590.6	Bubba Grills	12	584.5	Johnson Boys BBQ
13	586.6	Dixie Que	13	588.5	Rub Shakers Que	13	584.2	Smoke Shack BBQ
14	586	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	14	587.2	Old Henry’s BBQ	14	583.9	Rub Shakers Que
15	585.9	Main Street BBQ	15	587.2	92 BBQ	15	582.5	Nature Boy BBQ
16	585.6	Party Porkers	16	586.9	Just Blowing Smoke	16	582.2	We Want Que
17	582.6	Smoke Shack BBQ	17	586.4	Southern Hogs	17	582	Rotary Roasters
18	581.6	For Get Me Not BBQ	18	586.3	Smoke Shack BBQ	18	581.9	Real South BBQ
19	580.9	Raging Smoke BBQ	19	585.9	Smokin the Good Stuff	19	581.7	Sensational Pigs
20	578.4	Sensational Pigs	20	584.8	Maxus Porkamus	20	580.9	Old Henry’s BBQ
21	578	Pigs in Heat	21	582.9	Main Street BBQ	21	580.4	5 O’Clock Somewhere
22	576.3	5 O’Clock Somewhere	22	582.7	Simply Que	22	580	Cold War BBQ
23	574.2	Rotary Roasters	23	582.3	Party Porkers	23	576.6	92 BBQ
24	573.1	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	24	581.4	New Generation BBQ	24	576.3	Smokin the Good Stuff
25	572.7	Lazy Days BBQ	25	578.4	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	25	575.7	Main Street BBQ
26	572.4	Maxus Porkamus	26	577.1	Rotary Roasters	26	573	Pigs in Heat
27	571.8	Johnson Boys BBQ	27	574	We Want Que	27	572	Dixie Que
28	571.7	Old Henry’s BBQ	28	570.3	For Get Me Not BBQ	28	571.2	For Get Me Not BBQ
29	564.6	New Generation BBQ	29	570.3	Daddy-O’s BBQ	29	563.9	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
30	558.9	Simply Que	30	561.4	Pigs in Heat	30	562.9	Lazy Days BBQ
31	558.4	Nature Boy BBQ	31	560.3	Lazy Days BBQ	31	554.8	Maxus Porkamus
32	0	Cold War BBQ	32	0	Cold War BBQ	32	0	New Generation BBQ

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Cajenn Smokin Que	593.1	598.8	590.5	1782.4
2	Real South BBQ	599.7	598.8	581.9	1780.4
3	Rescue Smokers	592.1	594.2	589.7	1776.0
4	Bubba Grills	593.1	590.6	592.2	1775.9
5	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	591.8	594.8	588.4	1775.0
6	Just Blowing Smoke	591.4	586.9	592.1	1770.4
7	Southern Hogs	595.4	586.4	586.2	1768.0
8	Raging Smoke BBQ	580.9	597.9	588.2	1767.0
9	92 BBQ	599.7	587.2	576.6	1763.5
10	Rub Shakers Que	590.5	588.5	583.9	1762.9
11	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	573.1	600.0	589.2	1762.3
12	Daddy-O’s BBQ	598.8	570.3	592.5	1761.6
13	Party Porkers	585.6	582.3	591.5	1759.4
14	Smokin the Good Stuff	596.7	585.9	576.3	1758.9
15	We Want Que	599.7	574.0	582.2	1755.9
16	Dixie Que	586.6	595.5	572.0	1754.1
17	Sensational Pigs	578.4	593.1	581.7	1753.2
18	Smoke Shack BBQ	582.6	586.3	584.2	1753.1
19	5 O’Clock Somewhere	576.3	595.8	580.4	1752.5
20	Johnson Boys BBQ	571.8	595.4	584.5	1751.7
21	Main Street BBQ	585.9	582.9	575.7	1744.5
22	Old Henry’s BBQ	571.7	587.2	580.9	1739.8
23	Simply Que	558.9	582.7	595.5	1737.1
24	Nature Boy BBQ	558.4	594.8	582.5	1735.7
25	Rotary Roasters	574.2	577.1	582.0	1733.3
26	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	586.0	578.4	563.9	1728.3
27	For Get Me Not BBQ	581.6	570.3	571.2	1723.1
28	Pigs in Heat	578.0	561.4	573.0	1712.4
29	Maxus Porkamus	572.4	584.8	554.8	1712.0
30	Lazy Days BBQ	572.7	560.3	562.9	1695.9
31	New Generation BBQ	564.6	581.4	0.0	1146.0
32	Cold War BBQ	0.0	0.0	580.0	580.0

Sep 27 2015

A Near Perfect Day for Rescue Smokers

The 2015-2016 competition season for the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) got off to a unbelievable start at the Doc Holiday BBQ & Blues Festival in downtown Griffin. On the Pro competiton, 39 of the top teams in the state turned out to try and grab the early lead in the Team of the Year competition as Double Points were on the line. There were also 5 Cooking for Fun division teams. The contest also featured Friday ancillaries in Sauce, Wings & Dessert. There was also a special Saturday Brisket Shootout competition.

The level of competition was on display right off the bat in Pork Loin as three teams — Bubba Grills, Dixie Q & Rescue Smokers — each tallied a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. Smokin’ 42 BBQ missed the 4th perfect score in Loin by just 0.3 of a point. Rescue Smokers pulled their second 600 score of the day in the Pulled Pork preliminary round.

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers near perfect day ended with the last call as Grand Champion of the contest. Lonnie Smith and the Bubba Grills team strong showing across all three categories earned the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin – Dixie Q

Breaking ties with perfect scores often comes down to the dreaded coin toss. In the GBA, however, the top three teams in each category advance to the Finals rounds where they prepare another turn in box to be scored by a select panel of Finals judges. So, the three teams with perfect scores go to settle it with a head to head to head matchup.

Rick Godfrey of Dixie Q got the top score in the Loin finals round to win the category. Rescue Smokers took second place with Bubba Grills taking third. Smokin’ 42 BBQ came in 4th place. Johnson Boys BBQ, in their first GBA contest, finished 5th with Dobey Q finishing sixth. Forget Me Not BBQ took 7th place, Daddy-O’s BBQ took 8th, 92 BBQ took 9th and Fiddlers BBQ took 10th place.

Rescue Smokers had the top finals round Pulled Pork score for the win. Johnson Boys BBQ was the runner-up with Southern Hogs in 3rd place. Bubba Grills grabbed 4th place followed by CaJenn BBQ in 5th and Rub My Butt in 6th place. Seventh place went to We Want Que and 8th place went to Dixie Q. Smokin 42 BBQ & The BBQ Ninja finished 9th & 10th respectively.

First Place Ribs – The BBQ Ninja

The BBQ Ninja took top honors in Ribs. 92 BBQ took second place with Smokin the Good Stuff in third. For third place, Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team edged out Fiddlers BBQ who came in fourth. Sixth place went to We Want Que just ahead of Rescue Smokers in 7th place. Rub My Butt, Simply Q and Daddy-O’s BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Rescue Smokers continued their domination of the day by winning the Brisket Challenge. Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team took 2nd place with Smokin 42 BBQ taking 3rd. The BBQ Ninja grabbed 4th place and Dobey Q took 5th.

In the Cooking For Fun Division, Badonkadonk won Pulled Pork with Mama’s Que & Stew in 2nd and Burnt Offering Cooking Crew in third. In Ribs, Burnt Bermuda BBQ took top honors with Badonkadonk as runner-up and Mama’s Que & Stew taking third.

Cooking For Fun Pork – Badonkadonk

Cooking For Fun Ribs – Burnt Bermuda BBQ

Next, the GBA heads to Milledgeville for the Deep Roots Festival and The GBA State Championship on October 23-24.

If you want to become a part of this exciting BBQ competition organization, membership information can be found at www.bbqga.com

Full Results – Note: the top three scores are from Finals Rounds. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.2	Dixie Que	1	599.1	Rescue Smokers	1	597	The BBQ Ninja
2	595	Rescue Smokers	2	595	Johnson Boys BBQ	2	595.3	92 BBQ
3	593.4	Bubba Grills	3	592	Southern Hogs	3	593.5	Smokin the Good Stuff
4	599.7	Smokin 42 BBQ	4	595.1	Bubba Grills	4	595.8	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team
5	597.6	Johnson Boys BBQ	5	594.2	CaJenn Smokin Que	5	595.5	Fiddlers
6	597.4	Dobey Q	6	593.9	Rub My Butt BBQ	6	592.4	We Want Que
7	596.4	Forget Me Not BBQ	7	593.3	We Want Que	7	592.2	Rescue Smokers
8	595.8	Daddy-O’s BBQ	8	591.81	Dixie Q	8	591.9	Rub My Butt BBQ
9	594.9	92 BBQ	9	591.8	Smokin 42 BBQ	9	591.8	Simply Q
10	594.5	Fiddlers	10	591.5	The BBQ Ninja	10	591.2	Daddy-O’s BBQ
11	594.2	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	11	590.8	H & J Cooking Team	11	590.9	Screaming Eagle
12	592.1	Rub My Butt BBQ	12	590.6	Smoke Shack BBQ	12	590.8	Raging Smoke BBQ
13	590.9	Real South BBQ	13	589.9	Real South BBQ	13	588.2	Templar Temptations
14	590.9	J Dubas Stew & Que	14	589.9	Simply Q	14	587.9	Bubba Grills
15	589.9	Simply Q	15	589.6	Rub Shakers Que	15	587.9	Rub Shakers Que
16	589.9	Templar Temptations	16	589	Daddy-O’s BBQ	16	587.5	Dixie Q
17	587.1	Main Street Barbecue	17	587.5	Raging Smoke BBQ	17	587.5	Smokin 42 BBQ
18	587	Raging Smoke BBQ	18	587.2	Templar Temptations	18	586.3	Fletcher’s Finest
19	585.7	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team	19	587.2	Que The Musick	19	586.2	CaJenn Smokin Que
20	585.1	CaJenn Smokin Que	20	586.6	Smokin the Good Stuff	20	584.2	J Dubas Stew & Que
21	585	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	21	586.3	Screaming Eagle	21	583.6	Southern Hogs
22	581	Southern Hogs	22	584.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	22	583.6	Real South BBQ
23	580.3	The BBQ Ninja	23	584.2	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	23	582.9	H & J Cooking Team
24	580.3	Rub Shakers Que	24	583.9	Fiddlers	24	582.6	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team
25	580.1	Smokin the Good Stuff	25	583.4	Hold Your Horses BBQ	25	582	Main Street Barbecue
26	579.8	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	26	583.1	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team	26	581.4	Dobey Q
27	579.6	Que The Musick	27	582.9	Fletcher’s Finest	27	580.3	Dawg Pit BBQ
28	579.1	Smoke Shack BBQ	28	581.7	Main Street Barbecue	28	578.5	Ole Sparky’s BBQ
29	576	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ	29	581.4	Forget Me Not BBQ	29	577.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
30	575.3	We Want Que	30	578.7	J Dubas Stew & Que	30	575.7	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ
31	575	Bearded BBQ	31	577.1	Old Henry BBQ	31	575.4	Que The Musick
32	572.1	Old Henry BBQ	32	576.3	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ	32	573.9	Just for Fun
33	571.4	Screaming Eagle	33	576.3	Dawg Pit BBQ	33	571.5	Smoke Shack BBQ
34	570.2	Fletcher’s Finest	34	574.5	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ	34	571.4	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ
35	566.6	H & J Cooking Team	35	572.7	Just for Fun	35	570.8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
36	564.3	Hold Your Horses BBQ	36	570.5	Bearded BBQ	36	570.2	Bearded BBQ
37	560.9	Just for Fun	37	569.7	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	37	568.7	Johnson Boys BBQ
38	559	Dawg Pit BBQ	38	567.8	92 BBQ	38	567.9	Hold Your Horses BBQ
39	0	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ	39	0	Dobey Q	39	566.9	Old Henry BBQ

Reserve Championship: Highest cumulative score from preliminary rounds. If Grand Champion has top score, the award passes down to the second highest total score.

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	600	600	592.2	1792.2
2	Bubba Grills	600	595.1	587.9	1783
3	Dixie Q	600	591.81	587.5	1779.31
4	Smokin 42 BBQ	599.7	591.8	587.5	1779
5	Rub My Butt BBQ	592.1	593.9	591.9	1777.9
6	Daddy-O’s BBQ	595.8	589	591.2	1776
7	Fiddlers	594.5	583.9	595.5	1773.9
8	Simply Q	589.9	589.9	591.8	1771.6
9	The BBQ Ninja	580.3	591.5	596.4	1768.2
10	CaJenn Smokin Que	585.1	594.2	586.2	1765.5
11	Smokin the Good Stuff	580.1	586.6	598.8	1765.5
12	Raging Smoke BBQ	587	587.5	590.8	1765.3
13	Templar Temptations	589.9	587.2	588.2	1765.3
14	Real South BBQ	590.9	589.9	583.6	1764.4
15	Southern Hogs	581	599.1	583.6	1763.7
16	92 BBQ	594.9	567.8	599.4	1762.1
17	Johnson Boys BBQ	597.6	595.4	568.7	1761.7
18	We Want Que	575.3	593.3	592.4	1761
19	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	579.8	584.2	595.8	1759.8
20	Rub Shakers Que	580.3	589.6	587.9	1757.8
21	Forget Me Not BBQ	596.4	581.4	577.5	1755.3
22	J Dubas Stew & Que	590.9	578.7	584.2	1753.8
23	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team	585.7	583.1	582.6	1751.4
24	Main Street Barbecue	587.1	581.7	582	1750.8
25	Screaming Eagle	571.4	586.3	590.9	1748.6
26	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	594.2	569.7	578.5	1742.4
27	Que The Musick	579.6	587.2	575.4	1742.2
28	Smoke Shack BBQ	579.1	590.6	571.5	1741.2
29	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	585	584.7	570.8	1740.5
30	H & J Cooking Team	566.6	590.8	582.9	1740.3
31	Fletcher’s Finest	570.2	582.9	586.3	1739.4
32	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ	576	576.3	575.7	1728
33	Old Henry BBQ	572.1	577.1	566.9	1716.1
34	Bearded BBQ	575	570.5	570.2	1715.7
35	Dawg Pit BBQ	559	576.3	580.3	1715.6
36	Hold Your Horses BBQ	564.3	583.4	567.9	1715.6
37	Just for Fun	560.9	572.7	573.9	1707.5
38	Dobey Q	597.4	0	581.4	1178.8
39	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ	0	574.5	571.4	1145.9

Cooking For Fun

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	589.9	Badonkadonk	1	598.5	Burnt Bermuda BBQ
2	583.2	MaMa’s Que N Stew	2	593.9	Badonkadonk
3	581	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew	3	588.2	MaMa’s Que N Stew
4	571.1	Mill Hill Barbecue Company	4	586.9	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew
5	569.6	Burnt Bermuda BBQ	5	567.6	Mill Hill Barbecue Company

May 03 2015

Smokin 42 BBQ Rules at Three Rivers Festival

After battling the elements over the past few contests, the teams of the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) found picture perfect weather for the Three Rivers Festival at Towns Bluff Park. The teams responded by turning in outstanding BBQ. A common theme among the judges was how tough it was to pick a favorite among so many great entries. In the end, it was the Finals round Pulled Pork entry turned in by Smokin’ 42 BBQ of Tifton that got the last call of the day as Grand Champion.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

CaJenn Smokin’ Que of Hoboken had the highest cumulative score across all three categories in the preliminary rounds to take the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion – CaJenn Smokin’ Que

1st Loin – Bethel Smokers

Bethel Smokers of Douglas captured the first place award in Pork Loin. CaJenn Smokin’ Que edge out Just Blowing Smoke of Canton for second place by 0.3 of a point. LawDawg BBQ from Brunswick took third place. Just Smoke N Around of Jackson took 5th place by 1/10th of a point over Smokin’ 42 BBQ, Seventh place went to Lizzy Lou of Middleburg, FL. Swainsboro’s Real South BBQ came in 8th place in Pork Loin with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers of Griffin in 9th place and H & J Cooking Team of Vienna in 10th place

First place in Pulled Pork went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers as the runner-up. Dobey Q of Buena Vista captured 3rd place. Just Smoke N Around captured 4th place and Real South BBQ captured 5th place. Just 7/10th of a point separated 6th place from 9th place. in 6th place, it was LawDawg BBQ just ahead of Bubba Grills of Haddock in 7th place with Buffalo Chip BBQ of Hazlehurst taking 8th place and Mojo Smokehouse of Willcoochee taking 9th place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que rounded out the top 10 in Pulled Pork.

1st Ribs – Bubba Grills

Bubba Grills topped the Ribs category. Dobey Q took 2nd with Just Blowing Smoke taking 3rd place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que walked for the 4th place award with Buffalo Chip BBQ in 5th place. Real South BBQ grabbed 6th place and Smokin’ J’s of Dallas, GA grabbe 7th place. The 8th place call went out to Bethel Smokers. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 9th place in Ribs with Smokin’ 42 BBQ taking 10th place.

The GBA wants to thank the staff at Towns Bluff Park for hosting the contest at one of the best venue’s on our circuit. Thanks also to the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Co. Board of Tourism for organizing the contest. The GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake on May 8-9 then to Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines for the White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on May 22-23. For more information about the Georgia Barbecue Association, visit our website at www.bbqga.org.

Full Results (note: scores for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. Scores from 4th place & down are preliminary round scores)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.3	BETHEL SMOKERS	1	596.9	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	1	595	BUBBA GRILLS
2	593	CAJENN SMOKIN QUE	2	593.8	92 BBQ	2	593.6	DOBEY Q
3	592.7	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	3	591.3	DOBEY Q	3	593.4	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
4	591.8	LAWDAWG BBQ	4	589.3	JUST SMOKE N AROUND	4	591.1	CAJENN SMOKIN QUE
5	591.3	JUST SMOKE N AROUND	5	588.5	REAL SOUTH BBQ	5	587.5	BUFFALO CHIP BBQ
6	591.2	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	6	586.9	LAWDAWG BBQ	6	587.3	REAL SOUTH BBQ
7	587.2	LIZZY LOU	7	586.6	BUBBA GRILLS	7	587	SMOKIN J’S
8	587	REAL SOUTH BBQ	8	586.3	BUFFALO CHIP BBQ	8	583.6	BETHEL SMOKERS
9	586.6	92 BBQ	9	586.2	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	9	581.7	92 BBQ
10	586.2	H&J COOKING TEAM	10	584.2	CAJENN SMOKIN QUE	10	580.6	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
11	585.9	SMOKIN J’S	11	583.9	H&J COOKING TEAM	11	579.4	H&J COOKING TEAM
12	580	BUFFALO CHIP BBQ	12	579.7	SMOKIN J’S	12	579	LAWDAWG BBQ
13	579	RAGING SMOKE BBQ	13	575.7	RAGING SMOKE BBQ	13	578.7	OLD HENRY BBQ
14	576.6	DOBEY Q	14	574.4	LIZZY LOU	14	576.1	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
15	571.7	BUBBA GRILLS	15	571.7	BETHEL SMOKERS	15	575.1	RAGING SMOKE BBQ
16	571.4	OLD HENRY BBQ	16	570.5	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	16	574	LIZZY LOU
17	556.7	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	17	558.9	OLD HENRY BBQ	17	560.5	JUST SMOKE N AROUND

	Reserve Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	CAJENN SMOKIN QUE	596.1	584.2	591.1	1771.4
2	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	591.2	594.2	580.6	1766
3	DOBEY Q	576.6	591.1	598.2	1765.9
4	REAL SOUTH BBQ	587	588.5	587.3	1762.8
5	92 BBQ	586.6	590.8	581.7	1759.1
6	LAWDAWG BBQ	591.8	586.9	579	1757.7
7	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	593.6	570.5	592.1	1756.2
8	BUBBA GRILLS	571.7	586.6	596.4	1754.7
9	BUFFALO CHIP BBQ	580	586.3	587.5	1753.8
10	SMOKIN J’S	585.9	579.7	587	1752.6
11	BETHEL SMOKERS	594.5	571.7	583.6	1749.8
12	H&J COOKING TEAM	586.2	583.9	579.4	1749.5
13	JUST SMOKE N AROUND	591.3	589.3	560.5	1741.1
14	LIZZY LOU	587.2	574.4	574	1735.6
15	RAGING SMOKE BBQ	579	575.7	575.1	1729.8
16	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	556.7	586.2	576.1	1719
17	OLD HENRY BBQ	571.4	558.9	578.7	1709

Apr 12 2015

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Takes Grand at Bikes, Blues & BBQ

Douglas, GA has a storied history in the world of competition BBQ. The city has joined forces with the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) the past two years to bring professional competition BBQ back to the city. The City of Douglas pulled out all stops to put on a great show for the 2nd annual Bikes, Blues & BBQ Festival.

Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the final call of the day as Grand Champion. It was not easy however as his Loin Finals entry scored just one tenth of a point more than David Hair & Dobey Q’s Pulled Pork Finals entiry.

Howard Harris and Jeff Schramm, aka H & J Cooking Team, made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs in addition to a 10th place finish Loin. This consistency over the preliminary rounds captured the Reserve Grand Champion.

Reserve Champion – H & J Cooking Team

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category. Douglas native daughter, Crystal Smitherman and Hard Rock Hill BBQ took 2nd place with CA Jenn Smokin Que taking 3rd place. It was the first time making GBA finals for both these teams. J Dubs Stew & Que grabbed 4th place and LawDawg BBQ grabbed 5th place. In a tie for 5th place, Dobey Q won the tiebreaker over Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somthin’. Eighth place went to Dixie Que, 9th place went to Kelvin’s BBQ and H & J Cooking Team rounded out the top ten.

Dobey Q took top honors in Puled Pork with Just Blowing Smoke as the runner up and H & J Cooking Team in 3rd place. Mojo Smokehouse got the call fr 4th place. LawDawg BBQ won the tiebreaker for 5th place over Kelvin’s BBQ. Seventh place went to Gas Passers. A pair of local teams were up next with Bethel Smokers placing 8th and East Coast Asphalt placing ninth. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 10th place.

In Ribs, it was H & J Cooking Team for the win. Just Blowing Smoke edged out Mojo Smokehouse for second place on the first tiebreaker. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the 4th place call. Gas Passers took 5th place and Dixie Que took sixth. Raging Smoke BBQ walked for 7th place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ got second call for the 8th place Rib entry. Old Henry’s BBQ captured 9th place and Stump’s Smokers captuted 10th place.

Next up for the GBA is Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson. The month of May brings three great contests. The Three Rivers Festibal at Towns Bluff Park will be in Hazlehurst on May 1-2. The following week will be Smoke on the Lake in Acworth. The GBA will sanction the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results: (note – 1st. 2nd & 3rd places are Final Round scores. All others are preliminary round scores)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	1	597.9	DOBEY Q	1	597.2	H & J COOKING TEAM
2	595.2	HARD ROCK HILL BBQ	2	592.9	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	2	592.41	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
3	588.5	CA JENN SMOKIN QUE	3	591.2	H & J COOKING TEAM	3	592.4	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
4	591.5	J DUBS STEW & QUE	4	591.5	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	4	592.8	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
5	587.9	LAWDAWG BBQ	5	591.21	LAWDAWG BBQ	5	592.5	GAS PASSERS
6	587.81	DOBEY Q	6	591.2	KELVIN’S BBQ	6	590.2	DIXIE QUE
7	587.8	WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING	7	590.6	GAS PASSERS	7	589.3	RAGING SMOKE BBQ
8	586.3	DIXIE QUE	8	587.9	BETHEL SMOKERS	8	587.3	HARD ROCK HILL BBQ
9	583	KELVIN’S BBQ	9	587.3	EAST COAST ASPHALT	9	586.6	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
10	582.7	H & J COOKING TEAM	10	586.9	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	10	586.3	STUMPS SMOKERS
11	582.6	GAS PASSERS	11	586.3	WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING	11	580.9	BETHEL SMOKERS
12	582.3	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	12	583	HARD ROCK HILL BBQ	12	579.2	CA JENN SMOKIN QUE
13	580	BOSS HOGS	13	582	SIMPLY Q	13	579	LIZZY LOU
14	579.3	PICKLED PIGS	14	581.7	PICKLED PIGS	14	578.7	LAWDAWG BBQ
15	576.9	STUMPS SMOKERS	15	581.7	CA JENN SMOKIN QUE	15	578.4	WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING
16	572.1	RAGING SMOKE BBQ	16	581.6	LIZZY LOU	16	578.3	SIMPLY Q
17	571.4	SIMPLY Q	17	578.6	RAGING SMOKE BBQ	17	578.1	J DUBS STEW & QUE
18	570.3	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	18	578.3	DIXIE QUE	18	576.3	BUBBA GRILLS
19	568.7	BETHEL SMOKERS	19	577.8	BOSS HOGS	19	575	BOSS HOGS
20	567.9	EAST COAST ASPHALT	20	576.5	STUMPS SMOKERS	20	573	DOBEY Q
21	567.4	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	21	574.8	BUBBA GRILLS	21	572.1	EAST COAST ASPHALT
22	562.9	BUBBA GRILLS	22	572	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	22	570.1	KELVIN’S BBQ
23	557.9	LIZZY LOU	23	565.3	SMOKE RING DREAMS	23	568.2	SMOKE RING DREAMS
24	550.6	SMOKE RING DREAMS	24	563.3	J DUBS STEW & QUE	24	556.7	PICKLED PIGS

If the Grand Champion also has the top cumulative score for the Reserve Champion, the award passes down to the 2nd highest cumulative score.

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	599.4	586.9	592.8	1779.1
2	H & J COOKING TEAM	582.7	598.5	594.9	1776.1
3	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	582.3	591.8	594.8	1768.9
4	GAS PASSERS	582.6	590.6	592.5	1765.7
5	HARD ROCK HILL BBQ	595.1	583	587.3	1765.4
6	DOBEY Q	587.81	597.6	573	1758.41
7	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	570.3	591.5	596.1	1757.9
8	LAWDAWG BBQ	587.9	591.21	578.7	1757.81
9	CA JENN SMOKIN QUE	595.5	581.7	579.2	1756.4
10	DIXIE QUE	586.3	578.3	590.2	1754.8
11	WILBUR’S BEEN SMOKIN SOMETHING	587.8	586.3	578.4	1752.5
12	KELVIN’S BBQ	583	591.2	570.1	1744.3
13	RAGING SMOKE BBQ	572.1	578.6	589.3	1740
14	STUMPS SMOKERS	576.9	576.5	586.3	1739.7
15	BETHEL SMOKERS	568.7	587.9	580.9	1737.5
16	J DUBS STEW & QUE	591.5	563.3	578.1	1732.9
17	BOSS HOGS	580	577.8	575	1732.8
18	SIMPLY Q	571.4	582	578.3	1731.7
19	EAST COAST ASPHALT	567.9	587.3	572.1	1727.3
20	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	567.4	572	586.6	1726
21	LIZZY LOU	557.9	581.6	579	1718.5
22	PICKLED PIGS	579.3	581.7	556.7	1717.7
23	BUBBA GRILLS	562.9	574.8	576.3	1714
24	SMOKE RING DREAMS	550.6	565.3	568.2	1684.1

Apr 06 2015

Stump Smokers Hits Trifecta at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

The Hawkinsville Harness Racing Festival hosted the Georgia Barbecue Association and Smokin’ the Track BBQ competition. When the dust settled from a day of harness racing on the track; Stump Smokers, Tab & Walter “Stump” McDowell, hit the Trifecta by winning all three categories. This left no doubt that the team would also win the Grand Championship. This was only the third time in GBA history that one team made a clean sweep of all the top awards.

Grand Champion – Stump Smokers

Reserve Champions – Dobey Q

David Hair & Dobey Q made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs to go with a 5th place finish in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

The runner-up to Stump Smokers in Loin was Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJs. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers helped maintain their lead in the season’s Team of the Year standings by placing third. LawDawg, currently in second place in the TOTY standings, kept pace by coming in 4th place. Dobey Q claimed 5th place with 29 Barbecue claiming sixth. Southern Hogs finished in 7th place. Fiddlers BBQ finished 8th. CaJenn BBQ, cooking in their first GBA contest grabbed 9th place with J Dubs Stew & Que taking 10th

pulled pork entries

Stumps Smokers and Dobey Q finished first and second in both the Pulled Pork and Ribs categories. In Pulled Pork, Smokin AJs was again right there in the hunt by finishing third. Just Blowing Smoke came in 4th with LawDawg BBQ coming in fifth. Southern Hogs edge 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers for 6th place by just a tenth of a point. Forget Me Not BBQ took 8th place, HIgh Tech Smokers/Comsouth took 9th with Dixie Davis Cooks rounding out the top ten.

Smokin AJs

Following Stump Smokers and Dobey Q in Ribs was 29 Barbecue in third place. in 4th place it was Southern Hogs once again edging 92 Barbecue/Assassin Smokers but by a half a point this time. In a tie for 6th place, Real South BBQ won the coin toss over Smokin AJs. LawDawg BBQ got their third call of the day for 8th place. CaJenn BBQ got to walk a second time in their first GBA contest in 9th place. Forget Me Not BBQ also got to walk twice by taking 10th place in Ribs.

The GBA thanks the Hawkinsvile-Pulaski Co Chamber of Commerce for a great contest and an entertaining day at the Harness Racing Festival. The GBA head to Douglas for Bikes Blues & BBQ this week and then on to Jackson for Smokin Pork N Butts the following week.

Full Results.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.1	Cookin with Stump	1	595.9	Cookin with Stump	1	597	Cookin with Stump
2	594.9	Smokin AJ’s	2	594	Dobey Q	2	593.8	Dobey Q
3	591	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	3	592.1	Smokin AJ’s	3	591.2	29 Barbeque
4	590.3	LawDawg BBQ	4	587.7	Just Blowin Smoke	4	589.5	Southern Hogs
5	587.9	Dobey Q	5	586.9	LawDawg BBQ	5	589	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
6	586.1	29 Barbeque	6	582.2	Southern Hogs	6	586.91	Real South BBQ
7	585.7	Southern Hogs	7	582.1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	7	586.9	Smokin’ AJ’s
8	584.9	Fiddlers BBQ	8	581.1	Foeget Me Not BBQ	8	585.4	LawDawg BBQ
9	582.5	CaJenn BBQ	9	578.1	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth	9	584	CaJenn BBQ
10	580.1	JDubs Stew & Que	10	574.9	Dixie Davis Cooks	10	579.6	Foeget Me Not BBQ
11	577.5	Dixie Davis Cooks	11	574.1	Real South BBQ	11	579.2	Just Blowin Smoke
12	572.9	Real South BBQ	12	572.6	Pig Dynasty	12	578.7	Lizzy Lou
13	569.4	Lizzy Lou	13	570.4	Fiddlers BBQ	13	578.7	Dixie Davis Cooks
14	568.1	Just Blowin Smoke	14	569.8	JDubs Stew & Que	14	575.1	JDubs Stew & Que
15	566	Pig Dynasty	15	567.8	29 Barbeque	15	574.1	Fiddlers BBQ
16	558.5	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth	16	566.8	CaJenn BBQ	16	554.5	Pig Dynasty
17	548	Foeget Me Not BBQ	17	566.5	Lizzy Lou	17	0	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth

(Reserve Champion note: If the #1 team in the Reserve stainding wins the Grand Champion, the Reserve award passes down to the #2 team)

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Cookin with Stump.com	594.7	592.1	599.4	1786.2
2	Dobey Q	587.9	591.8	591.6	1771.3
3	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	599.4	582.1	589	1770.5
4	Smokin’ AJ’s	591.2	590	586.9	1768.1
5	LawDawg BBQ	590.3	586.9	585.4	1762.6
6	Southern Hogs	585.7	582.2	589.5	1757.4
7	29 Barbeque	586.1	567.8	590.2	1744.1
8	Just Blowin Smoke	568.1	587.7	579.2	1735
9	Real South BBQ	572.9	574.1	586.91	1733.91
10	CaJenn BBQ	582.5	566.8	584	1733.3
11	Dixie Davis Cooks	577.5	574.9	578.7	1731.1
12	Fiddlers BBQ	584.9	570.4	574.1	1729.4
13	JDubs Stew & Que	580.1	569.8	575.1	1725
14	Lizzy Lou	569.4	566.5	578.7	1714.6
15	Foeget Me Not BBQ	548	581.1	579.6	1708.7
16	Pig Dynasty	566	572.6	554.5	1693.1
17	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth	558.5	578.1	0	1136.6