Tag: Forget Me Not BBQ

Apr 04 2016

Rescue Smokers Race to Win at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

The heavy rains & muddy conditions forced a shutdown of the harness racing at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track. Most of the Georgia Barbecue Association’s (GBA) teams, however, were tucked in out of the weather under the shelter of the horse arena. It came down to a photo finish as just two tenths of a point separated the top two entries of the day. Robby Royal & Rescue Smoker won the Grand Championship when his final round Rib entry scored a 599 out of a possible 600 to slip past Brad Sweet & 92 BBQ’s score of 598.8 in Pulled Pork.

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

92 BBQ made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork and added a 6th place in Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – 92 BBQ

Rescue Smokers topped the Loin category. Forget Me Not BBQ & 92 BBQ tallied identical 593.3 scores in finals to tie for 2nd place. Forget Me Know won on the first tiebreaker – taste – to claim the runner-up spot. Fourth place went to We Want Que with Real South BBQ taking 5th place. Southern Hogs camin 6th, Rub Shakers Que came in 7th & Johnson Boys BBQ came in 8th place. In 9th place was Holy Smokes and in 10th place was Kelvin’s BBQ.

Ragin’ Smoke BBQ

92 BBQ had the best Pulled Pork entry of the day. Bubba Grills took 2nd place. Ragin’ Smoke BBQ made finals for the first time in the GBA & finished in 3rd place. Smokin’ AJ’s was back after a long layoff & took 4th place. Holy Smokes came in 5th with Real South BBQ just 0.3 back in 6th and another 0.3 back was Southern Hogs in 7th place. Kelvin’s BBQ, Just Blowing Smoke & Johnson Boys BBQ finished 8th thru 10th respectively.

The Grand Championship Ribs of Rescue Smokers took first place honors. Smokin’ AJ’s came in 2dn with Southern Hogs in 3rd place. The 4th place call went to H&J Cooking Team. Kelvin’s BBQ walked for the third time of the day, this time for 5th place. 92 BBQ completed their strong cook with the 6th place call. Ragin’ Smoke BBQ took 7th place; Holy Smokes took 8th & Old Henry’s BBQ claimed 9th place. Just Blowing Smoke rounded out the top 10.

The GBA congratulates Smokin’ the Track contest committee for going above & beyond in harsh conditions and delivered a well run contest. The GBA next heads to Jackson for Smoking Pork “N” Butts on April 15-16.

Full Results (note: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598.7	Rescue Smokers	1	598.8	92 BBQ	1	599	Rescue Smokers
2	593.3	Forget Me Not BBQ	2	593.7	Bubba Grills	2	593.4	Smokin AJ’s
3	593.3	92 BBQ	3	591.2	Ragin Smoke BBQ	3	592	Southern Hogs
4	594.8	We Want Que	4	596.1	Smokin AJ’s	4	595.1	H & J Cooking Team
5	594.5	Real South BBQ	5	594.8	Holy Smokes	5	594.8	Kelvin’s BBQ
6	591.1	Southern Hogs	6	594.5	Real South BBQ	6	590.2	92 BBQ
7	590.8	Rub Shakers Que	7	594.2	Southern Hogs	7	587.91	Ragin Smoke BBQ
8	590.3	Johnson Boys BBQ	8	591.2	Kelvin’s BBQ	8	587.9	Holy Smokes
9	589.8	Holy Smokes	9	590.5	Just Blowin Smoke	9	587.5	Old Henry’s
10	588	Kelvin’s BBQ	10	589.9	Johnson Boys BBQ	10	586.2	Just Blowin Smoke
11	583.2	Dixie Davis Cooks	11	589.6	Rub Shakers Que	11	582.6	Real South BBQ
12	582.3	Just Blowin Smoke	12	586.8	Rescue Smokers	12	582	Bubba Grills
13	580.2	Smokin AJ’s	13	582.3	We Want Que	13	581	Johnson Boys BBQ
14	575.6	H & J Cooking Team	14	581.1	H & J Cooking Team	14	579	Rub Shakers Que
15	572	Ragin Smoke BBQ	15	578	Forget Me Not BBQ	15	570.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
16	571.1	Bubba Grills	16	575.5	Old Henry’s	16	568.4	We Want Que
17	564.4	Old Henry’s	17	570.9	Dixie Davis Cooks	17	564.5	Ocmulgee Smoke
18	559.6	Ocmulgee Smoke	18	569	Ocmulgee Smoke	18	562.6	Dixie Davis Cooks

Reserve Champion Scores:

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	92 BBQ	599.1	596.4	590.2	1785.7
2	Southern Hogs	591.1	594.2	595.4	1780.7
3	Rescue Smokers	598.2	586.8	595.7	1780.7
4	Kelvin’s BBQ	588.0	591.2	594.8	1774.0
5	Smokin AJ’s	580.2	596.1	596.4	1772.7
6	Holy Smokes	589.8	594.8	587.9	1772.5
7	Real South BBQ	594.5	594.5	582.6	1771.6
8	Johnson Boys BBQ	590.3	589.9	581.0	1761.2
9	Rub Shakers Que	590.8	589.6	579.0	1759.4
10	Just Blowin Smoke	582.3	590.5	586.2	1759.0
11	Ragin Smoke BBQ	572.0	598.2	587.9	1758.1
12	Bubba Grills	571.1	598.8	582.0	1751.9
13	H & J Cooking Team	575.6	581.1	595.1	1751.8
14	Forget Me Not BBQ	599.1	578.0	570.5	1747.6
15	We Want Que	594.8	582.3	568.4	1745.5
16	Old Henry’s	564.4	575.5	587.5	1727.4
17	Dixie Davis Cooks	583.2	570.9	562.6	1716.7
18	Ocmulgee Smoke	559.6	569.0	564.5	1693.1

Mar 13 2016

Swineholio Takes Grand at Walton Co. BBQ Festival

A tough field of 30 pitmasters turned out for the 2nd Walton Co. BBQ Festival. The scores show that the Que was off the chain & the competition for the final call was close. It went right down to the wire, but Swineholio, led by John Goff, got the coveted last walk of the day. Swineholio’s 596.7 score in the Ribs finals was just a half point better the 596.2 final round scores recorded by Smoking the Good Stuff in Loin and Bubba Grills in Pulled Pork.

Grand Champion – Swineholio

Robby Royal & Rescue Smokers made if back to back Reserve Championship awards by finaling in both Loin & Pulled Pork along with 12th place in Ribs.

The Loin category was unbelievable as BCD, Rescue Smokers & Smoking the Good Stuff all advanced to the final round with perfect 600 scores in the preliminary round. In the final round, Smoking the Good Stuff won with Rescue Smokers coming in second & BCD taking third. Just Blowing Smoke & Old Henry’s BBQ were just one tick off a perfection with scores of 599.7. Just Blowing Smoke won the tiebreaker to claim 4th place. Hootie Q finished 5th; Real South BBQ finished 6th and Swineholio finished 8th. Ninth place went to Forget Me Knot BBQ and 1oth place went to The Porkinator.

Following Bubba Grills in Pulled Pork was Real South BBQ as runner up & Rescue Smokers in 3rd place. Hootie Q claimed 4th place with Shark Bite BBQ claiming 5th place. Just 0.4 of a point separated 6th, 7th & 8th places. Smoking the Good Stuff edged out 92 BBQ and CaJenn Smokin’ Que respectively. Smokin’ 42 BBQ & Johnson Boys BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Swineholio’s Grand Championship Ribs topped the field with The Porkinator in 2nd & Southern Hogs in 3rd place. 92 BBQ edged out 4K BBQ & Just Blowing Smoke for 4th place. Seventh place went to Real South BBQ. In eight place was CaJenn Smokin’ Que. Forget Me Know BBQ walked in 9th place and Porkaholic’s Barbecue finished in 10th.

The Georgia Barbecue Association was pleased once again to be a part of the great event in Walton Co and look forward to returning again next year. Next up for the GBA is the Fire Ant Festival in Ashburn.

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

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.2	Smoking the Good Stuff	1	596.2	Bubba Grills	1	596.7	Swineholio
2	595.7	Rescue Smokers	2	595.1	Real South BBQ	2	594.9	The Porkinator
3	593.3	BCD	3	592.6	Rescue Smokers	3	593.3	Southern Hogs
4	599.71	Just Blowing Smoke	4	593.9	Hootie Q	4	595.5	92 BBQ
5	599.7	Old Henry’s BBQ	5	592.4	Shark Bite BBQ	5	595.2	4Ks BBQ
6	595.4	Hootie Q	6	591.8	Smoking the Good Stuff	6	595.21	Just Blowing Smoke
7	590.4	Real South BBQ	7	591.5	92 BBQ	7	593.1	Real South BBQ
8	589.7	Swineholio	8	591.4	Cajenn Smokin Que	8	592.8	Cajenn Smokin Que
9	589.1	Forget Me Not BBQ	9	588.1	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	9	591.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
10	587.6	The Porkinator	10	587.2	Johnson Boys BBQ	10	590.5	Porkaholic’s Barbeque
11	587	Shark Bite BBQ	11	586.6	Just Blowing Smoke	11	590.3	Bubba Grills
12	586.9	Rub Shakers Que	12	584.7	Daddy-O’s BBQ	12	590.2	Rescue Smokers
13	586.3	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	13	583.6	Southern Hogs	13	590.2	Johnson Boys BBQ
14	585.9	92 BBQ	14	583.3	The Porkinator	14	587.8	Smoking the Good Stuff
15	583.6	Southern Hogs	15	583.3	Old Henry’s BBQ	15	587.8	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
16	582.3	Bubba Grills	16	583.2	Screaming Eagle BBQ	16	586.6	BCD
17	580	Cussin & Fussin	17	582.6	Forget Me Not BBQ	17	586.6	Daddy-O’s BBQ
18	579.4	4Ks BBQ	18	581.9	Simply “Q”	18	585.4	Rub Shakers Que
19	579.1	Smokin Armadillo	19	581.7	Swineholio	19	584.7	Screaming Eagle BBQ
20	578.8	Cajenn Smokin Que	20	581.1	4Ks BBQ	20	583.3	Hootie Q
21	576.8	Simply “Q”	21	581.1	JT’s Smoking Butts	21	583	Shark Bite BBQ
22	575.8	Maxus Porkamus	22	580.3	George’s Rib Shack	22	579.4	Smokin Armadillo
23	575.4	Walton EMC Team – Shokin Smokers	23	579.3	Rub Shakers Que	23	578.4	JT’s Smoking Butts
24	572.3	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	24	578.3	Smokin Armadillo	24	576	Simply “Q”
25	571.3	Johnson Boys BBQ	25	576.5	Walton EMC Team – Shokin Smokers	25	571.8	Walton EMC Team – Shokin Smokers
26	567.4	Screaming Eagle BBQ	26	576.3	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	26	571.3	George’s Rib Shack
27	564.1	Daddy-O’s BBQ	27	574.2	BCD	27	569.5	Maxus Porkamus
28	560	JT’s Smoking Butts	28	569.9	Cussin & Fussin	28	567.5	Old Henry’s BBQ
29	556.6	George’s Rib Shack	29	564.3	Hitachi Hibachi BBQ Masters	29	563.4	Cussin & Fussin
30	0	Hitachi Hibachi BBQ Masters	30	562	Maxus Porkamus	30	0	Hitachi Hibachi BBQ Masters

	Reserve Champions Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	600.0	595.5	590.2	1785.7
2	Just Blowing Smoke	599.7	586.6	595.2	1781.5
3	Smoking the Good Stuff	600.0	591.8	587.8	1779.6
4	Real South BBQ	590.4	596.1	593.1	1779.6
5	92 BBQ	585.9	591.5	595.5	1772.9
6	Hootie Q	595.4	593.9	583.3	1772.6
7	Bubba Grills	582.3	599.7	590.3	1772.3
8	Swineholio	589.7	581.7	599.1	1770.5
9	The Porkinator	587.6	583.3	598.2	1769.1
10	Southern Hogs	583.6	583.6	599.4	1766.6
11	Forget Me Not BBQ	589.1	582.6	591.5	1763.2
12	Cajenn Smokin Que	578.8	591.4	592.8	1763.0
13	Shark Bite BBQ	587.0	592.4	583.0	1762.4
14	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	586.3	588.1	587.8	1762.2
15	BCD	600.0	574.2	586.6	1760.8
16	4Ks BBQ	579.4	581.1	595.2	1755.7
17	Rub Shakers Que	586.9	579.3	585.4	1751.6
18	Old Henry’s BBQ	599.7	583.3	567.5	1750.5
19	Johnson Boys BBQ	571.3	587.2	590.2	1748.7
20	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	572.3	576.3	590.5	1739.1
21	Smokin Armadillo	579.1	578.3	579.4	1736.8
22	Daddy-O’s BBQ	564.1	584.7	586.6	1735.4
23	Screaming Eagle BBQ	567.4	583.2	584.7	1735.3
24	Simply “Q”	576.8	581.9	576.0	1734.7
25	Walton EMC Team – Shokin Smokers	575.4	576.5	571.8	1723.7
26	JT’s Smoking Butts	560.0	581.1	578.4	1719.5
27	Cussin & Fussin	580.0	569.9	563.4	1713.3
28	George’s Rib Shack	556.6	580.3	571.3	1708.2
29	Maxus Porkamus	575.8	562.0	569.5	1707.3
30	Hitachi Hibachi BBQ Masters	0.0	564.3	0.0	564.3

Feb 08 2016

Real South BBQ’s Perfect Ribs Take Grand at Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) convened on the coast after a couple months down time for the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash. The event, sponsored by the Brunswick Lions Club, is always a favorite of both the GBA cook teams & judges. This year, the weather gods tried their best to put a damper on the event with cold temps, high winds & off and on rain. Twenty seven hardy GBA pitmasters and 12 Cooking for Fun pitmasters adapted and overcame the elements to turn in outstanding ‘Que. In fact, not one but two entries in the contest gained a perfect 600 score from the judges. The contest was also very balanced no single team gained more than one finals round call. Nine different teams qualified for the finals round across the three categories.

Grand Champion – Real South BBQ

Tim Coleman & the Real South BBQ team from Swainsboro tallied one of the perfect 600 scores with their rib entry in the finals round to earn the Grand Championship for the contest. This was the first Grand Championship for Real South BBQ.

Reserve Grand Champion – Southern Hogs.

Southern Hogs, led by Matt Sapp, made finals in ribs and finished 6th in pulled pork and 9th in loin to take home the Reserve Grand Championship. This was also Southern Hogs first Reserve Championship award.

First Place Loin – Old Henry’s BBQ

Clay and Stephanie Beal of Old Henry’s BBQ got the day of “firsts” rolling by claiming thier first category win in loin. Their 599 score in loin finals was just one point away from a perfect score. 92 BBQ, the 2014-2015 GBA Team of the Year, finished second with Smokin’ 42 BBQ coming in third place. Rescue Smokers claimed 4th place by just 0.2 of a point over CJ’s BBQ. 2 Smokin’ Pfat Boyz took 6th place. There was a 3 way tie for 7th place. Doc & Dicie’s BBQ won the tiebreaker. Forget Me Not BBQ was next in the tiebreaker to take 8th place and Southern Hogs took 9th. Lang’s BBQ Cookers rounded out the top 10.

First Place Pork – Rescue Smokers

Robby Royal & Rescue Smokers also came just a single point shy of a perfect score in pulled pork finals. Their 599 score topped the category. Just Pig Out BBQ was the runner up. Daddy O’s BBQ, Brian Bond pitmaster, recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round and finals entry score gave them 3rd place. Barbecue Crew finished 4th, Holy Smokes finished 5th and Southern Hogs finished 6th. Seventh place went to Captain Jack’s & Peachtree while Mojo Smokehouse came in 8th place. CJ’s BBQ won the tie for 9th place over Raging Smoke BBQ.

Real South BBQ’s Grand Championship winning ribs topped the category. Southern Hogs took 2nd place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 3rd. Holy Smokes BBQ walked in 4th place. The scorers had to go to the tiebreaker once again to determine 5th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ edged out Captain Jack’s & Peachtree. Seventh place went to Barbecue Crew with 8th place going to Lang BBQ Cookers. Rescue Smokers and Bubba Grills finished 9th & 1oth respectively.

CFF Pork – Wilbur’s Smoke Pig

CFF Ribs – Okefenokee Smokers

In the Cooking For Fun division, Wilbur’s Smoke Pig BBQ won the pulled pork category. Under Construction BBQ was the runner-up with Odd Brother’s BBQ in 3rd place. The top spot in ribs went to Okeefonokee Smokers. Under Construction BBQ again was the runner-up again and Aloha Soul claimed 3rd.

GBA Division Scores: Top 3 scores below are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599	Old Henry’s	1	599	Rescue Smokers	1	600	Real South BBQ
2	594.2	92 BBQ	2	595.6	Just Pig Out BBQ	2	593.2	Southern Hogs
3	591.2	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	3	590.3	Daddy O’s	3	589.8	Forget Me Not BBQ
4	595.7	Rescue Smolers BBQ	4	596.1	Barbeque Crew	4	597	Holy Smokes BBQ
5	595.5	CJ’s BBQ	5	595.1	Holy Smokes BBQ	5	595.1	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
6	592.5	2 Smokin Pfat Boyz	6	594.6	Southern Hog	6	595.1	Captain Jack’s & Peachtree
7	591.22	Docs and Dicies BBQ	7	592.4	Captain Jack’s & Peachtree	7	594.9	Barbeque Crew
8	591.21	Forget Me Not BBQ	8	592.1	Mojo Smokehouse	8	594.5	Lang’s BBQ Cooker
9	591.2	Southern Hog	9	590.31	CJ’s BBQ	9	592.2	92 BBQ
10	590.2	Lang’s BBQ Cooker	10	590.3	Raging Smoke BBQ	10	591.9	Bubba Grills
11	588.2	Raging Smoke BBQ	11	589.9	Bubba Grills	11	591.5	Just Pig Out BBQ
12	586	Just Pig Out BBQ	12	589.1	Real South BBQ	12	587	.J Dub’s Stew and Que
13	583.8	Bubba Grills	13	586.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	13	587	Rescue Smokers BBQ
14	581	.J Dub’s Stew and Que	14	583.7	.J Dub’s Stew and Que	14	586.6	Old Henry’s
15	581	Holy Smokes BBQ	15	579.6	92 BBQ	15	584.8	Ole Sparky’s BBQ
16	579.6	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	16	577.3	Lang’s BBQ Cooker	16	584.2	Docs and Dicies BBQ
17	578.7	Daddy O’s BBQ	17	576.8	Old Henry’s	17	579.1	Raging Smoke BBQ
18	578.6	Captain Jack’s & Peachtree	18	576.6	2 Smokin Pfat Boyz	18	579	Four Fathers BBQ Crew
19	577.8	Real South BBQ	19	575.1	Docs and Dicies BBQ	19	576.6	Daddy O’s BBQ
20	574.3	Johnson Boys BBQ	20	574.8	Forget Me Not BBQ	20	575.7	Johnson Boys BBQ
21	571.8	Mojo Smokehouse	21	574.7	Statesboro Blues BBQ	21	572.1	HBBQ
22	571.8	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	22	574.5	Paranoid Pig	22	566	Island Dawgz BBQ
23	571.5	Statesboro Blues BBQ	23	573.1	HBBQ	23	565.7	Paranoid Pig
24	571.3	HBBQ	24	572.3	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	24	563	Statesboro Blues BBQ
25	571.2	Barbeque Crew	25	568.5	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	25	562.9	2 Smokin Pfat Boyz
26	571.2	Paranoid Pig	26	563	Johnson Boys BBQ	26	561.1	CJ’s BBQ
27	559	Island Dawgz BBQ	27	556.1	Island Dawgz BBQ	27	559	Mojo Smokehouse

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Southern Hog	591.2	594.6	598.5	1784.3
2	Rescue Smokers BBQ	595.7	598.2	587.0	1780.9
3	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	598.5	586.6	595.1	1780.2
4	Just Pig Out BBQ	586.0	599.1	591.5	1776.6
5	Holy Smokes BBQ	581.0	595.1	597.0	1773.1
6	92 BBQ	599.4	579.6	592.2	1771.2
7	Captain Jack’s & Peachtree	578.6	592.4	595.1	1766.1
8	Real South BBQ	577.8	589.1	598.8	1765.7
9	Bubba Grills	583.8	589.9	591.9	1765.6
10	Forget Me Not BBQ	591.2	574.8	597.1	1763.1
11	Old Henry’s	599.7	576.8	586.6	1763.1
12	Barbeque Crew	571.2	596.1	594.9	1762.2
13	Lang’s BBQ Cooker	590.2	577.3	594.5	1762.0
14	Raging Smoke BBQ	588.2	590.3	579.1	1757.6
15	Daddy O’s BBQ	578.7	600.0	576.6	1755.3
16	.J Dub’s Stew and Que	581.0	583.7	587.0	1751.7
17	Docs and Dicies BBQ	591.2	575.1	584.2	1750.5
18	CJ’s BBQ	595.5	590.3	561.1	1746.9
19	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	579.6	572.3	584.8	1736.7
20	2 Smokin Pfat Boyz	592.5	576.6	562.9	1732.0
21	Mojo Smokehouse	571.8	592.1	559.0	1722.9
22	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	571.8	568.5	579.0	1719.3
23	HBBQ	571.3	573.1	572.1	1716.5
24	Johnson Boys BBQ	574.3	563.0	575.7	1713.0
25	Paranoid Pig	571.2	574.5	565.7	1711.4
26	Statesboro Blues BBQ	571.5	574.7	563.0	1709.2
27	Island Dawgz BBQ	559.0	556.1	566.0	1681.1

Cooking For Fun Scores:

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	594.9	Wilbur’s’s Smoke Pig BBQ	1	596.1	Okefenokee Smokers
2	594.8	Under Construction BBQ	2	592.6	Under Construction BBQ
3	590.9	Odd Brother’s BBQ	3	591.2	Aloha Soul
4	587.3	Okefenokee Smokers	4	590.2	Wilbur’s’s Smoke Pig BBQ
5	587	Tailgater’s BBQ	5	581.5	Tailgater’s BBQ
6	585.1	Hart Brother’s BBQ	6	579.3	Billy Goat Barb-Que
7	580.7	Buffalo Tucks and Wild Bill’s BBQ	7	576	Watch Me Smoke
8	578.7	Watch Me Smoke	8	573.2	Odd Brother’s BBQ
9	578	Billy Goat Barb-Que	9	571.6	Slump Buster Kookin
10	575.7	Knotted Staff	10	571.2	Knotted Staff
11	569.9	Slump Buster Kookin	11	569.2	Buffalo Tucks and Wild Bill’s BBQ
12	560.8	Aloha Soul	12	557.6	Hart Brother’s BBQ

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

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