Tag: Durt Road Smokerz

Dec 07 2014

Barbecue Crew Takes Grand on Home Turf

Barbecue Crew Takes Grand on Home Turf

Foy Whatley of the Barbece Crew had the rest of the GBA Pitmasters right where he wanted them on his home turf at the Moultrie Moose Lodge Cookoff.  Whatley racked up the top score in the finals round with his Pulled Pork entry to claim the Grand Championship in the second year event.

Gtand Champion - Barbecue Crew

Gtand Champion – Barbecue Crew

Just Blowing Smoke made finals in both Loin and Ribs to go with a 7th place finish in Pulled Pork to win the Reserve Champion award.

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Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

 

H & J Cooking Team

H & J Cooking Team

 

Just Blowing Smoke led the way in the Loin category with H & J Cooking Team and Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJ’s following in second and third.  Real South BBQ took fourth place with Lawdawg BBQ taking fifth.  Sixth place with to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers.  Fiddler’s BBQ finished 7th and Sunset Smokers finished 8th  Ninth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers rounding out the top 10.

 

Barbecue Crew had the best Pulled Pork of the contest.  H & J Cooking Teams again was the runner up.  Hungry Hog BBQ took third place.   92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers  just missed the finals on a tiebreaker to come in fourth place.   Fiddler’s BBQ took fifth place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 6th place. In 7th place was Just Blowing Smoke and Real South BBQ finished in 8th place.  Smokin’ AJs and Durt Road Smokerz finished ninth & tenth respectively.

 

Hungry Hog BBQ

Hungry Hog BBQ

 

 

Just Blowing Smoke won their second category of the contest with the top score in Ribs. Fiddler’s BBQ came in second with Travis & Montae Webb of Sunset Smokers coming in third place. H & J Cooling Team took fourth place.  Fifth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts in just their second contest.  Double D Cooking Team took sixth place and Smokin J’s BBQ took seventh place. Eighth through tenth places were Durt Road Smokerz, Colquitt Cookers and Lawdawg BBQ.

 

 

In the backyard contest Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the chicken category with Cowboy Smokin. G.W. McLeod pitmaster, winning Pulled Pork and Ribs.

 

 

 

Screaming Eagle BBQ

Screaming Eagle BBQ

Cowboy Smokin

Cowboy Smokin

 

 

Loin
1 598.1 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2 592.7 H & J COOKING TEAM
3 590.6 SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
4 595.1 REAL SOUTH BBQ
5 594.5 LAWDAWG BBQ
6 593 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
7 589.6 FIDDLERS BBQ
8 586.3 SUNSET SMOKERS
9 585.4 MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
10 585.1 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
11 581.5 SMOKIN J’S BBQ
12 574 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13 572.2 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
14 571.8 BARBECUE CREW
15 564.7 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
16 563.4 DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
17 558.5 COLQUITT COOKERS
18 555.8 FORGET ME NOT BBQ

 

 

PULLED PORK
1 599.3 BARBECUE CREW
2 590.4 H & J COOKING TEAM
3 589.9 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
4 590.3 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
5 590 FIDDLERS BBQ
6 589.6 FORGET ME NOT BBQ
7 589.31 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
8 589.3 REAL SOUTH BBQ
9 586.3 SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
10 585.7 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
11 581.4 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
12 580.2 DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
13 578.8 LAWDAWG BBQ
14 576.8 SUNSET SMOKERS
15 573 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
16 572.4 SMOKIN J’S BBQ
17 568.7 COLQUITT COOKERS

 

RIBS
1 598.9 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2 594.4 FIDDLERS BBQ
3 588.7 SUNSET SMOKERS
4 589.7 H & J COOKING TEAM
5 587.6 MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
6 586.3 DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
7 586 SMOKIN J’S BBQ
8 584.8 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
9 582.8 COLQUITT COOKERS
10 582.7 LAWDAWG BBQ
11 582.4 SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
12 579.8 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
13 577.9 REAL SOUTH BBQ
14 577.6 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
15 575.5 BARBECUE CREW
16 569 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
17 568.1 FORGET ME NOT BBQ
18 564.7 OLD HENRY’S BBQ

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 595.8 589.31 593.9 1779.01
2 H & J COOKING TEAM 598.2 590.31 589.7 1778.21
3 FIDDLERS BBQ 589.6 590 590.3 1769.9
4 SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ 599.4 586.3 582.4 1768.1
5 REAL SOUTH BBQ 595.1 589.3 577.9 1762.3
6 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 593 590.3 577.6 1760.9
7 SUNSET SMOKERS 586.3 576.8 595.2 1758.3
8 LAWDAWG BBQ 594.5 578.8 582.7 1756
9 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS 585.1 581.4 579.8 1746.3
10 BARBECUE CREW 571.8 595.8 575.5 1743.1
11 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ 572.2 585.7 584.8 1742.7
12 SMOKIN J’S BBQ 581.5 572.4 586 1739.9
13 HUNGRY HOG BBQ 564.7 598.2 569 1731.9
14 DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM 563.4 580.2 586.3 1729.9
15 FORGET ME NOT BBQ 555.8 589.6 568.1 1713.5
16 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 574 573 564.7 1711.7
17 COLQUITT COOKERS 558.5 568.7 582.8 1710
18 MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS 585.4 0 587.6 1173

Nov 23 2014

A Grand Time in Albany for Dobey Que

A Grand Time in Albany for Dobey Que

(pictures courtesy of Donald Tilton of Classic Impression)

The Quail Classic Event in Albany, GA and the Georgia Barbecue Association joined forces for the first time.  The event was held at the Stonebridge Country Club.  The teams and judges enjoyed the hospitality of this unique venue especially the different twist on a people’s choice contest with their Hospitality Challenge.

David Hair, cooking for the first time in GBA as Dobey Que, got the final call of the day and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion - Dobey Que

Grand Champion – Dobey Que

Kerry Sparks of LawDawg BBQ continued her strong run of contests by making finals in both Loin and Pulled Pork along with a 6th place finish in Ribs.  The gave LawDawg BBQ the top cumulative score across the three categories in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion - LawDawg BBQ

Reserve Champion – LawDawg BBQ

 

Fiddler's BBQ

Fiddler’s BBQ

 

Shirley & Harvey Wills of Fiddlers BBQ won the People”s Choice Hospitality Challenge.  H  & J Cooking Team took second place with Marky Mark’s Smoking Butts capturing third place.

 

Dobey Que’s Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category with LawDawg BBQ as runner-up and H & J Cooking Team in third.place.  Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ, fifth place went to Real South BBQ and sixth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ.  Just Blowing Smoke took seventh place with Hungry Hog BBQ in eighth place. The ninth place call went to Southern Hogs with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers rounding out the top 10.

 

 

 

LawDawg BBQ had to top Pulled Pork Box of the contest.  Hungry Hog BBQ was a close second.  Real South BBQ took third place.  Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ and fifth place went to Just Blowing Smoke.  Southern Hogs grabbed sixth place; H & J Cooking team grabbed seventh and Durt Road Smokers grabbed eighth place.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers and Old Henry’s BBQ finished ninth and tenth respectively.

Real South BBQ

Real South BBQ

 

In Ribs, it was Tim Coleman and Real South BBQ for the win. Second place went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers.  Dobey Que took third place with Southern Hogs in fourth.  Just Blowing Smoke and LawDawg BBQ tied for fifth place with Just Blowing Smoke getting the nod on the 4th tiebreaker.  H &  Cooking Team came in seventh place. There was also a tie for eighth place and it went to the 5th tiebreaker before Fiddler’s BBQ edged out Old Henry’s BBQ.  Hungry Hog got the tenth place call

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the administration and staff of Stonebridge Country Club for putting on an outstanding contest.

Full Results:

LOIN  Pullled Pork RIBS
1 280 Dobey Que 1 596.9 Law Dawg BBQ 1 597.4 Real South BBQ
2 594.4 Law Dawg BBQ 2 595.3 Hungry Hog BBQ 2 594.2 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
3 588.7 H&J Cooking Team 3 589.3 Real South BBQ 3 590 Dobey Que
4 586.2 Old Henrys BBQ 4 586.9 Fiddlers BBQ 4 584.2 Southern Hogs
5 582.8 Real South BBQ 5 585.7 Just Blowing Smoke 5 583.91 Just Blowing Smoke
6 580.3 Fiddlers BBQ 6 581.6 Southern Hogs 6 583.9 Law Dawg BBQ
7 578.6 Just Blowing Smoke 7 581.5 H&J Cooking Team 7 583.3 H&J Cooking Team
8 578.3 Hungry Hog BBQ 8 577.6 Durt Road Smokers 8 580.31 Fiddlers BBQ
9 566.3 Southern Hogs 9 576.2 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 9 580.3 Old Henrys BBQ
10 563.8 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 10 573.8 Old Henrys BBQ 10 579.3 Hungry Hog BBQ
11 561.4 Marky Marks Smoking Butts 11 560.3 Marky Marks Smoking Butts 11 572.7 Durt Road Smokers
12 545.7 Durt Road Smokers 12 0 Dobey Que 12 556.2 Marky Marks Smoking Butts

 

 Reserve Scores
Loin Pork Ribs
1 Law Dawg BBQ 598.8 592.1 583.9 1774.8
2 Real South BBQ 582.8 590.1 591.8 1764.7
3 H&J Cooking Team 588.5 581.5 583.3 1753.3
4 Just Blowing Smoke 578.6 585.7 583.91 1748.21
5 Fiddlers BBQ 580.3 586.9 580.31 1747.51
6 Hungry Hog BBQ 578.3 587.8 579.3 1745.4
7 Old Henrys BBQ 586.2 573.8 580.3 1740.3
8 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 563.8 576.2 596.4 1736.4
9 Southern Hogs 566.3 581.6 584.2 1732.1
10 Durt Road Smokers 545.7 577.6 572.7 1696
11 Marky Marks Smoking Butts 561.4 560.3 556.2 1677.9
12 Dobey Que 596.7 0 594.5 1191.2

Mar 02 2014

It’s Home Sweet Home for Smokin 42 BBQ

It’s Home Sweet Home for Smokin 42 BBQ

Grand Champion Smokin 42 (653x389)

Grand Champions – Smokin 42 BBQ

Reserve Grand Bubba Grills

Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

 

Smokin 42 BBQ didn’t have far to travel since the Rhythm & Ribs Festival was held in Fulwood Park right in their hometown of Tifton, Ga. The “Black Train” parlayed the home field advantage into the last call of the day and the Grand Championship.  The team won the championship with their Loin entry in the finals round.  Pitbuilder & Pitmaster Lonnie Smith of Bubba Grills made finals in both Loin & Ribs along with 4th place in Pork to record the highest cumulative score across the the GBA categories in the preliminary rounds and win the Reserve Grand Championship.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ took first place honors in Loin. Bubba Grills took second place with H & J Cooking Team taking third place. Fouth place went to Rub Shakers Que.  Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack rounded out the top five. Sixth thru tenth in the category went Hungry Hog BBQ, Durt Road Smokerz, Smokin J’s, 92 BBQ and Swine Time Grilling Team.

 

First Place Pork - Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

First Place Pork – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

 

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack topped the field in Pulled Pork. 92 BBQ claimed the runner up spot. H & J Cooking Team once again took third place.  Bubba Grills claimed fourth place with Captain Jack’s BBQ Crew in fifth place.  Rub Shakers Que, Munchee’s Smokehouse, Mojo Smokin’, Butts N Brews BBQ & R Kae BBQ finished sixth thru tenth respectively.

 

First Place Ribs - Dixie Que

First Place Ribs – Dixie Que

 

 

Rick Godfrey and Dixie Que scored a perfect 600 in the Ribs preliminary round. They followed up with the top score in the Ribs finals round to take first place in the category.  Bethel Smokers finished second with Bubba Grills taking third place.  Smokin J’s and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack tied for fourth place. It went to the fourth tiebreaker before Smokin J’s claimed the spot.  Sixth thru tenth places were 92 BBQ, Captain Jack’s BBQ Crew, Swine Time Grilling Team, Rib Ranch and Smokin’ 42 BBQ.

Fun Cook Grand Champion - Wicked Lickin BBQ

Fun Cook Grand Champion – Wicked Lickin BBQ

 

 

In the non-sanctioned Fun Cook, young pitmaster Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin BBQ swept first place honors in all cattegories & captured the Grand Championship. Kason is the son of  Amy & Lamar Weeks and grandson of Jimmy nd Pam Nelms.

The Georgia Barbecue Association expresses gratitude to the City of Tifton and the Tifton-Tift County Tourism Association for their hospitality and coordinating a great contest and event.

 

 

 

Full Results from the contest: (note – the top three scores in each category are from the finals round. The remaining scores are from the preliminaries)

 

LOIN   PULLED PORK
1 598 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 1 596.2 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2 593.3 BUBBA GRILLS 2 594.7 92 BBQ
3 591.1 H & J COOKING TEAM 3 591.1 H & J COOKING TEAM
4 594.8 RUB SHAKERS QUE 4 593.1 BUBBA GRILLS
5 591.5 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK 5 592.2 CAPTAIN JACK’S BBQ CREW
6 589.6 HUNGRY HOG BBQ 6 587.8 RUB SHAKERS QUE
7 589.3 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ 7 586.3 MUNCHEES SMOKEHOUSE
8 587.8 SMOKIN J’S 8 585.7 MOJO SMOKIN
9 583 92 BBQ 9 584 BUTTS N BREWS BBQ
10 580.4 SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM 10 583.6 R KAE BBQ
11 579.7 CAPTAIN JACK’S BBQ CREW 11 583.3 JUST SMOKE N AROUND BBQ
12 579.6 BUTTS N BREWS BBQ 12 582.6 DIXIE QUE
13 579.1 BETHEL SMOKERS 13 582.4 SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM
14 578.3 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS 14 582 K & K GRILLS
15 576.6 DIXIE QUE 15 581.5 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
16 576 R KAE BBQ 16 581.1 ET’S BBQ
17 575.8 WISHAM JELLIES 17 579.3 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
18 574.1 RIB RANCH 18 579.1 BETHEL SMOKERS
19 570.2 DRIVE BY SMOKERS 19 578.2 SMOKIN J’S
20 568.8 JUST SMOKE N AROUND BBQ 20 576.8 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
21 568.4 MUNCHEES SMOKEHOUSE 21 572.2 LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ
22 568.1 ET’S BBQ 22 570.8 RIB RANCH
23 567.5 MOJO SMOKIN 23 570.5 WISHAM JELLIES
24 565 LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ 24 568.4 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
25 0 K & K GRILLS 25 562.9 SMOKEY TIMES
26 0 SMOKEY TIMES 26 556.8 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ

 

RIBS
1 595.7 DIXIE QUE
2 594 BETHEL SMOKERS
3 592.3 BUBBA GRILLS
4 594.9 SMOKIN J’S
5 594.9 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
6 594.6 92 BBQ
7 591.3 CAPTAIN JACK’S BBQ CREW
8 587.9 SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM
9 585.2 RIB RANCH
10 584 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
11 582.7 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
12 582.1 LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ
13 579.4 MUNCHEES SMOKEHOUSE
14 578.5 JUST SMOKE N AROUND BBQ
15 575.9 WISHAM JELLIES
16 574.4 H & J COOKING TEAM
17 574.1 BUTTS N BREWS BBQ
18 573 SMOKEY TIMES
19 570 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
20 569.9 ET’S BBQ
21 567.6 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
22 567.1 MOJO SMOKIN
23 564.2 RUB SHAKERS QUE
24 563.9 R KAE BBQ
25 562.9 K & K GRILLS
26 553.3 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 BUBBA GRILLS 599.4 593.1 595.2 1787.7
2 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK 591.5 599.4 594.9 1785.8
3 92 BBQ 583 599.1 594.6 1776.7
4 H & J COOKING TEAM 595.5 594.5 574.4 1764.4
5 CAPTAIN JACK’S BBQ CREW 579.7 592.2 591.3 1763.2
6 SMOKIN J’S 587.8 578.2 594.91 1760.91
7 DIXIE QUE 576.6 582.6 600 1759.2
8 BETHEL SMOKERS 579.1 579.1 599.4 1757.6
9 SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM 580.4 582.4 587.9 1750.7
10 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 595.1 568.4 584 1747.5
11 RUB SHAKERS QUE 594.8 587.8 564.2 1746.8
12 BUTTS N BREWS BBQ 579.6 584 574.1 1737.7
13 HUNGRY HOG BBQ 589.6 576.8 570 1736.4
14 MUNCHEES SMOKEHOUSE 568.4 586.3 579.4 1734.1
15 DRIVE BY SMOKERS 570.2 579.3 582.7 1732.2
16 JUST SMOKE N AROUND BBQ 568.8 583.3 578.5 1730.6
17 RIB RANCH 574.1 570.8 585.2 1730.1
18 PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS 578.3 581.5 567.6 1727.4
19 R KAE BBQ 576 583.6 563.9 1723.5
20 WISHAM JELLIES 575.8 570.5 575.9 1722.2
21 MOJO SMOKIN 567.5 585.7 567.1 1720.3
22 LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ 565 572.2 582.1 1719.3
23 ET’S BBQ 568.1 581.1 569.9 1719.1
24 DURT ROAD SMOKERZ 589.3 556.8 553.3 1699.4
25 K & K GRILLS 0 582 562.9 1144.9
26 SMOKEY TIMES 0 562.9 573 1135.9