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Lang BBQ Smokers Tops Tough Field at Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash

Lang BBQ Smokers Tops Tough Field at Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash

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Virtually all of the top teams in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) along with several heavy hitters from Florida made their way to Ashburn, GA for the 2016 edition of the Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash.   The 35 teams had to contend with off and on rain throughout the weekend. Still,  the judges had to work really hard as the ‘Que was outstanding.  It was the finals round judges, however, who had the toughest (& best) job of the day; judging the top three entries in each category.

 

The Fire Ant Festival has become known for having among the biggest trophies in all of BBQ.  The chain saw carved awards for Grand, Reserve and 1st place in each category each topped 100 lbs.

When it came time for the last call of the day, only two teams were still in the hunt for the Grand Championship.  Thomas Henry of Budmeisters BBQ had won both the Loin & Pulled Pork categories.  Lang BBQ Smokers, led by Darryl Strickland, was the top team in Ribs.  The final tally gave the edge to Ribs and Lang BBQ Smokers took home the Grand Championship trophy & a $2500 check.

Grand Champion - Lang BBQ Smokers

Grand Champion – Lang BBQ Smokers

Bull Rush BBQ, Pitmaster Bryan Mroczka,  took 4th place in both Loin & Ribs plus 8th in Pulled Pork to accumulate the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion - Bull Rush BBQ

Reserve Grand Champion – Bull Rush BBQ

!st Loin - Budmiestes BBQ

1st Loin – Budmiestes BBQ

 

 

Budmeisters topped the field in Loin.  Ashburn’s own Raymond Poore of REAL-Licious Q took 2nd with CaJenn Smokin Que coming in 3rd place. CaJenn, led by Billy Jennings,  had a perfect 600 score in the Loin preliminaries.  Bull Rush BBQ grabbed 4th place followed by Real South BBQ in 6th and Hard Rock Hill BBQ in 7th place. Eighth place went to Killer Swine BBQ in a tiebreaker over Smokin 42 BBQ Tenth place went to Rescue Smokers.

 

 

1st Pulled Pork - Budmeisters BBQ

1st Pulled Pork – Budmeisters BBQ

 

 

In Pulled Pork, it was once again Budmeisters BBQ getting to 1st place call.  Barbecue Crew was runner up with Fixin 2 Pork Q in 3rd place.  Real South BBQ earned the 4th place award.  Smokin 42 BBQ grabbed 5th place; Raging Smoke BBQ grabbed 6th and Bubba Grills took 7th place.   Bull Rush BBQ walked in 8th place.  Dixie Que edged Double D Cooking team by 0.3 of a point for 9th place.

 

 

Lang BBQ Smokers Grand Champion Ribs topped the category with Bubba Grills taking 2nd place and Rescue Smokers taking 3rd.  Bull Rush BBQ got their second call for 4th place.  Just Blowing Smoke won the tiebreaker over Hootie Q for 5th place. Fixin 2 Pork Q walked in 7th place. REAL-Licious Q edged Southern Tailgates for 8th place by .03 of a point. Barbecue Crew rounded out the top 10.

Brisket Challenge - Captain Jack's Freedom BBQ Team

Brisket Challenge – Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team

 

The contest held a special Brisket Challenge with 22 of the teams in the field participating.  Jack Fallin and Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team notched a perfect 600 score to win the Brisket Challenge. They had to be perfect to win, because Lang BBQ Smokers took 2nd place with a score of 599.7.  Bull Rush BBQ added to their big day with a 3rd place finish. Raging Smoke BBQ took 4th place and Poverty Hill Smokers came in 5th place.

 

The GBA was very proud to be back at the Fire Ant Festival & thanks all the fantastic volunteers who worked extremely hard to keep everything flowing smoothly.  The GBA looks forward to being back in Ashburn in 2017.

 

 

Final Standings:  1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 598.2 Budmeisters BBQ 1 596.9 Budmeisters 1 598.8 Lang BBQ Smokers
2 594.4 Real-Licious Q 2 596.4 Barbeque Crew 2 595.8 Bubba Grills
3 591.8 Cajenn Smokin Que 3 591.9 Fixin2 Pork Q 3 588.7 Rescue Smokers
4 599.4 Bull Rush BBQ 4 598.8 Real South BBQ 4 598.2 Bull Rush BBQ
5 598.8 Real South BBQ 5 597.9 Smokin 42 5 596.11 Just Blowing Smoke
6 598.5 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 6 597 Raging Smoke BBQ 6 596.1 Hootie Q
7 595.8 Bubba Grills 7 595.1 Bubba Grills 7 595.5 Fixin’2 Pork Q
8 595.11 Killer Swine BBQ 8 594.6 Bull Rush BBQ 8 594.6 REAL-Licious Q
9 595.1 Smokin 42 9 593.3 Dixie Que 9 594.3 Southern Tailgates
10 594.5 Rescue Smokers 10 593 Double D Cooking Team 10 593.4 Barbeque Crew
11 594.2 Poverty Hill Smokers 11 591.6 Capt. Jack’s Freedom BBQ 11 592.1 Poverty Hill Smokers
12 593.3 Generations BBQ 12 591.6 Buffalo Tucks Comp. Team 12 591.5 Bite My Butt BBQ
13 589.3 Raging Smoke BBQ   13 590.6 Hootie Q 13 591.5 92 BBQ
14 589 Capt. Jack’s Freedom BBQ 14 589.3 Just Blowing Smoke 14 589.7 Dixie Que
15 587.6 Double D Cooking Team   15 589.2 Forget Me Not BBQ 15 588.6 Killer Swine BBQ
16 587.2 Barbeque Crew 16 588.1 Rescue Smokers 16 588.5 Smokin 42
17 586.6 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 17 587.9 REAL-Licious Q 17 588.3 Real South BBQ
18 586.2 Fixin’2 Pork Q   18 586.7 Generations BBQ 18 586.7 Smoke Show
19 585.9 Southern Hogs 19 586.6 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 19 586.6 Budmeisters BBQ
20 585.6 Southern Tailgates 20 585 Lang BBQ Smokers 20 586.5 Southern Hogs
21 583.6 Just Blowing Smoke 21 584.1 Bite My Butt BBQ 21 586.5 Ole Sparky’s BBQ
22 581.4 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept. 22 583 Southern Hogs 22 586.4 Buffalo Tucks Comp. Team
23 580.3 Smokaholics 23 582.7 Smoking Outlaws 23 586.2 Raging Smoke BBQ
24 578.1 Smoking Outlaws 24 582 Smokaholics 24 585.4 Cajenn Smokin Que
25 576.4 92 BBQ 25 581.4 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 25 584 Hard Rock Hill BBQ
26 575.8 Hootie Q   26 581.1 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.   26 583.3 Smoking Outlaws
27 574.6 Forget Me Not BBQ 27 580.1 BIG Ox Barbecue   27 583.2 Forget Me Not BBQ
28 573.6 All American BBQ 28 579 All American Smokers 28 583 Johnson Boys BBQ
29 571.4 Dixie Que 29 578.7 92 BBQ 29 581.7 All American Smokers
30 571.3 Buffalo Tucks Comp. Team 30 578.4 Southern Tailgates 30 575.4 Capt. Jack’s Freedom BBQ
31 569.1 Lang BBQ Smokers 31 577.5 Johnson Boys BBQ 31 574.2 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.
32 568.8 Johnson Boys BBQ 32 577.4 Cajenn Smokin Que 32 573.2 Generations BBQ
33 563.2 Bite My Butt BBQ 33 576.3 Killer Swine BBQ 33 568.2 Smokaholics
34 562.6 BIG Ox Barbecue 34 574.8 Smoke Show 34 567.2 Double D Cooking Team
35 0 Smoke Show 35 572.5 Poverty Hill Smokers 35 560.6 BIG Ox Barbecue

Reserve Scores: Preliminary round scores only

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Bull Rush BBQ 599.4 594.6 598.2 1792.2
2 Bubba Grills 595.8 595.1 599.7 1790.6
3 Real South BBQ 598.8 598.8 588.3 1785.9
4 Budmeisters BBQ 599.4 599.7 586.6 1785.7
5 Rescue Smokers 594.5 588.1 599.7 1782.3
6 REAL-Licious Q 599.7 587.9 594.6 1782.2
7 Smokin 42 595.1 597.9 588.5 1781.5
8 Fixin’2 Pork Q 586.2 599.1 595.5 1780.8
9 Barbeque Crew 587.2 599.7 593.4 1780.3
10 Raging Smoke BBQ 589.3 597.0 586.2 1772.5
11 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 598.5 586.6 584.0 1769.1
12 Just Blowing Smoke 583.6 589.3 596.1 1769.0
13 Cajenn Smokin Que 600.0 577.4 585.4 1762.8
14 Hootie Q 575.8 590.6 596.1 1762.5
15 Killer Swine BBQ 595.1 576.3 588.6 1760.0
16 Poverty Hill Smokers 594.2 572.5 592.1 1758.8
17 Southern Tailgates 585.6 578.4 594.3 1758.3
18 Capt. Jack’s Freedom BBQ 589.0 591.6 575.4 1756.0
19 Southern Hogs 585.9 583.0 586.5 1755.4
20 Ole Sparky’s BBQ 586.6 581.4 586.5 1754.5
21 Dixie Que 571.4 593.3 589.7 1754.4
22 Generations BBQ 593.3 586.7 573.2 1753.2
23 Lang BBQ Smokers 569.1 585.0 599.1 1753.2
24 Buffalo Tucks Comp. Team 571.3 591.6 586.4 1749.3
25 Double D Cooking Team 587.6 593.0 567.2 1747.8
26 Forget Me Not BBQ 574.6 589.2 583.2 1747.0
27 92 BBQ 576.4 578.7 591.5 1746.6
28 Smoking Outlaws 578.1 582.7 583.3 1744.1
29 Bite My Butt BBQ 563.2 584.1 591.5 1738.8
30 Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept. 581.4 581.1 574.2 1736.7
31 All American Smokers 573.6 579.0 581.7 1734.3
32 Smokaholics 580.3 582.0 568.2 1730.5
33 Johnson Boys BBQ 568.8 577.5 583.0 1729.3
34 BIG Ox Barbecue 562.6 580.1 560.6 1703.3
35 Smoke Show 0.0 574.8 586.7 1161.5

 

Bubba Grills Wins GBA State Championship

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.

Grand Champion - 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.

Reserve - Cajenn

 

loin - Real South

 

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.

 

pork - Captain Jack

 

 

 

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

 

 

A Near Perfect Day for Rescue Smokers

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

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

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin - Dixie Q

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

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 Pork – Badonkadonk

Cooking For Fun Ribs - Burnt Bermuda BBQ

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

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.

grand - 92bbq

 

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

Reserve Champion – H & J Cooking Team

 

1st ribs - dobey

 

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

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Deep Roots Festival

Bubba Grills Edges Lawdawg BBQ for Grand at Deep Roots Festival

It was the first time the GBA sanctioned the BBQ competition at the Deep Roots Festival in Milledgeville and the excitement went right down to the wire.  In the finals round, Bubba Grills rib entry and Lawdawg BBQ loin entry both tallied a 597.6 score as the best entry of the day.  The GBA officials had to go to the tiebreak procedure and Bubba Grills took the win on the first level of the tiebreaker and captured the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion - Bubba Grills

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Just Blowing Smoke won the Reserve Championship for the second week in a row by getting a finals call in Loin along with 4th place in ribs and 6th place in Pulled Pork.

Reserve Champion - Just Blowing Smoke

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

 

1st loin lawdawg bbq

First Place Loin – Lawdawg BBQ

 

Lawdawg BBQ had the top entry in the Loin category. Just Blowing Smoke took 2nd place.  Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats cooking in their first GBA contest took 3rd place in the very difficult loin category. Fourth place with to Sweat’s BBQ with Bubba Grils in 5th place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 6th, Ivey Rack and Q finished 7th and Party Porkers finished 8th.  Swine Time Grilling (9th place) and Smokin’ Squealers rounded out the top 10.

 

 

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers continued their strong run in the current GBA contest season by winning the Pulled Pork category. Bubba Grills was the runner up and another first time GBA competitor, Maxus Porkamus, was in 3rd place.  Swine Time Grilling took 4th place. There was a tie for 5th place. It went to the fifth tiebreaker before Old Henry’s BBQ edged out Just Blowing Smoke. Seventh place was taken by Party Porkers.  Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats, Rotary Roasters and Dixie Que finished eighth, ninth & tenth respectively.

First Place Pork - 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

First Place Pork – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

First place in Ribs went to Bubba Grills with Southern Hogs taking 2nd place. Once again,3rd place went to a team in their first GBA contest – Sensations Pigs. Just Blowing Smoke got the 4th place call with Baldwin Pork Authority getting the call for 5th place.  In a tie for 6th place, Ivey Rack & Q got the nod over Lawdawg BBQ in the tiebreaker. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 8th place, Forget Me Not BBQ took 9th and Real South BBQ took 10th place.

 

The Georgia Barbecue Association was honored to be a part of such a great event in the Deep Roots Festival and look forward to coming back in 2015.  Next up for the GBA is the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest on October 24 -25.

Full Results Below:

LOIN
1 597.6 Law Dawg
2 593.5 Just Blowing Smoke
3 586.02 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats
4 591.5 Sweat’s BBQ
5 589.6 Bubba Grills
6 587.5 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers
7 586 Ivey Rack & Q
8 585.2 Party Porkers
9 584.8 Swine Time Grilling
10 583.9 Smokin’ Squealers
11 583 Smokeshack
12 580.1 Southern Hogs
13 579.8 Maxus Porkamus
14 576.1 Real South BBQ
15 576 Rollin Smoke Competition Que
16 575.4 Sentational Pigs
17 573.7 5 O’Clock Somewhere
18 571.1 Old Henry’s BBQ
19 570.9 Rotary Roasters
20 570.8 Porknado
21 570.5 Forget Me Not BBQ
22 566.5 Baldwin Pork Authority
23 564.6 Nice Rack
24 562.7 Trap BBQ
25 561.3 Dixie Que
26 556 Pigs in Heat

 

PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 596.9 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers 1 597.6 Bubba Grills
2 594.6 Bubba Grills 2 594.4 Southern Hogs
3 590.3 Maxus Porkamus 3 589.2 Sensational Pigs
4 590 Swine Time Grilling 4 595.5 Just Blowing Smoke
5 589.71 Old Henry’s BBQ 5 594.9 Baldwin Pork Authority
6 589.7 Just Blowing Smoke 6 594.51 Ivey Rack & Q
7 589.6 Party Porkers 7 594.5 Law Dawg
8 588.1 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats 8 590.9 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers
9 586.6 Rotary Roasters 9 590.6 Forget Me Not BBQ
10 586 Dixie Que 10 587.9 Real South BBQ
11 585.7 Pigs in Heat 11 587.8 Smokeshack
12 585.6 Rollin Smoke Competition Que 12 583.4 5 O’Clock Somewhere
12 585.6 Sensational Pigs 13 583 Dixie Que
14 585 5 O’Clock Somewhere 14 580.8 Swine Time Grilling
15 584.9 Smokin’ Squealers 15 580 Sweat’s BBQ
16 583.9 Real South BBQ 16 579.7 Rotary Roasters
17 583.3 Law Dawg 17 577.5 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats
18 581.4 Lake Dogs 18 576.1 Rollin Smoke Competition Que
19 580.1 Trap BBQ 19 574.1 Nice Rack
20 579.6 Sweat’s BBQ 20 569 Maxus Porkamus
21 578.8 Southern Hogs 21 568.5 Pigs in Heat
22 578.4 Smokeshack 22 566.9 Old Henry’s BBQ
23 574.9 Baldwin Pork Authority 23 565.3 Smokin’ Squealers
24 566.9 Forget Me Not BBQ 24 564.1 Lake Dogs
25 564.6 Nice Rack 25 555.2 Porknado
26 564.1 Porknado 26 551.1 Trap BBQ
27 559.7 Ivey Rack & Q 27 528.9 Party Porkers

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Bubba Grills 589.6 595.4 599.7 1784.7
2 Just Blowing Smoke 596.7 589.7 595.5 1781.9
3 Law Dawg 599.7 583.3 594.5 1777.5
4 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers 587.5 595.5 590.9 1773.9
5 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats 594.6 588.1 577.5 1760.2
6 Sensational Pigs 575.4 585.6 599.1 1760.1
7 Swine Time Grilling 584.8 590 580.8 1755.6
8 Southern Hogs 580.1 578.8 595.7 1754.6
9 Sweat’s BBQ 591.5 579.6 580 1751.1
10 Smokeshack 583 578.4 587.8 1749.2
11 Real South BBQ 576.1 583.9 587.9 1747.9
12 Maxus Porkamus 579.8 593.4 569 1742.2
13 5 O’Clock Somewhere 573.7 585 583.4 1742.1
14 Ivey Rack & Q 586 559.7 594.51 1740.21
15 Rollin Smoke Competition Que 576 585.6 576.1 1737.7
16 Rotary Roasters 570.9 586.6 579.7 1737.2
17 Baldwin Pork Authority 566.5 574.9 594.9 1736.3
18 Smokin’ Squealers 583.9 584.9 565.3 1734.1
19 Dixie Que 561.3 586 583 1730.3
20 Forget Me Not BBQ 570.5 566.9 590.6 1728
21 Old Henry’s BBQ 571.1 589.71 566.9 1727.71
22 Pigs in Heat 556 585.7 568.5 1710.2
23 Party Porkers 585.2 589.6 528.9 1703.7
24 Nice Rack 564.6 564.6 574.1 1703.3
25 Trap BBQ 562.7 580.1 551.1 1693.9
26 Porknado 570.8 564.1 555.2 1690.1
27 Lake Dogs 0 581.4 564.1 1145.5