Tag: Forget Me Not BBQ

Mar 17 2015

29 Barbeque Wins First GBA Grand at Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival

29 Barbeque Wins First GBA Grand at Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival

Barry Spayberry and 29 Barbeque took first place honors in both Pulled Pork and Ribs, but it was the Rib entry that edged out Pulled Pork box for highest score in the Finals rounds to win the Grand Championship at the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival.  Twenty five teams turned out for the first year event with many of the teams competing in the GBA for the first time.

Grand Champion - 29 Barbeque

Grand Champion – 29 Barbeque

 

Reserve Champions - Just Blowing Smoke

Reserve Champions – Just Blowing Smoke

 

Just Blowing Smoke was the runner up in both Loin and Pulled Pork as well as 7th in Ribs to claim the Reserve Championship for the second contest in a row.

Kerry Sparks and Lawdawg BBQ recorded a perfect 600 score in the Loin preliminary round to lead the way into the finals rounds. They followed that up with the top entry in the finals round to take first place.  Just Blowing Smoke was second. Third place went to Forget Me Not BBQ with 29 Barbeque taking 4th place. Smoking Armadillo was 5th, 4 K’s BBQ was 6th and Simply Q was 7th place. Eighth through 10th places went to DCR BBQ, Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats and Porch Light respectively.

29 Barbeque led the way in Pulled Pork with Just Blowing Smoke once again in 2nd place. Porkinator took home 3rd place.  Hootie Q came in 4th place. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats was 0.3 of a point better than Hitachi for 5th place. Southern Hog won the tiebreaker for 7th place over Simply Q.  Lawdawg BBQ claimed 9th place with Georgia Smoke BBQ claiming 10th.

First Place Loin - LawDawg BBQ

First Place Loin – LawDawg BBQ

In Ribs, it was 29 Barbeque once again at the top.  Porkinator edged out Smokin’ Armadillo for second place by just 0.2 of a point. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats completed their strong showing with a 4th place finish in the category. 4 K’s BBQ took 5th with DCR BBQ taking 6th place.  Just Blowing Smoke came in 7th.  Old Henry’s BBQ took 8th place by winning the tiebreaker over Porch Light. Sharbite BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Next up for the GBA is the Durhamtown Spring Fling & BBQ Contest on March 20-21.  Three great contests are on tap for April in the GBA:  Hawkinsville’s Smokin’ the Track on April 3-4; Bikes Blues & BBQ in Douglas on April 10-11 and Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson on April 17-18.

 

Full Results:

LOIN       PULLED PORK       RIBS
1 595.9 LawDawg BBQ 1 595.7 29 Barbeque 1 598.2 29 Barbeque
2 595.1 Just Blowing Smoke 2 594.6 Just Blowing Smoke 2 592 Porkinator
3 591 Forget Me Not BBQ 3 591.7 Porkinator 3 591.8 Smokin Armadillo
4 589.4 29 Barbeque 4 591.1 Hootie Q 4 592.1 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats
5 589.1 Smokin Armadillo 5 590.5 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats 5 591.9 4K’s BBQ
6 587.2 4K’s BBQ 6 590.2 Hitachi 6 591.5 DCR BBQ
7 586.1 Simply Q 7 588.5 Southern Hog 7 588.2 Just Blowing Smoke
8 585.6 DCR BBQ 8 588.5 Simply Q 8 586.6 Old Henry’s BBQ
9 585.2 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats 9 588.2 LawDawg BBQ 9 586.6 Porch Light
10 580.9 Porch Light 10 587.8 Georgia Smoke BBQ 10 582.9 Shark Bite BBQ
11 580.3 Southern Hog 11 587 Smokin J’s Barbeque 11 582.5 BCD
12 578.3 Hitachi 12 586.2 Senational Pigs 12 581 Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
13 577.4 Georgia Smoke BBQ 13 583.3 DCR BBQ 13 580.9 Southern Hog
14 575.9 Old Henry’s BBQ 14 582 Maxus Porkamus 14 580.4 Hootie Q
15 572.4 Robison’s BBQ 15 582 Shark Bite BBQ 15 580 Forget Me Not BBQ
16 572.3 Senational Pigs 16 581.3 Smokin Armadillo 16 575.6 Robison’s BBQ
17 570.8 Maxus Porkamus 17 579.1 4K’s BBQ 17 575 Tiretoter’s BBQ
18 569.7 Porkinator 18 577.2 Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que 18 572.4 LawDawg BBQ
19 569.1 Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que 19 576.4 Tiretoter’s BBQ 19 572.2 Senational Pigs
20 568.5 Shark Bite BBQ 20 575 Robison’s BBQ 20 571.5 Simply Q
21 567.5 JT’s Smoking Butts 21 573.7 Forget Me Not BBQ 21 571.1 Georgia Smoke BBQ
22 566.2 Hootie Q 22 571.1 Old Henry’s BBQ 22 570.4 Smokin J’s Barbeque
23 564.1 Tiretoter’s BBQ 23 564.5 JT’s Smoking Butts 23 568.8 Maxus Porkamus
24 563.5 Smokin J’s Barbeque 24 563.5 BCD 24 564.5 Hitachi
25 563.2 BCD 25 558 Porch Light 25 558.2 JT’s Smoking Butts

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled  Ribs Total
1 Just Blowing Smoke 596.4 599.7 588.2 1784.3
2 29 Barbeque 589.4 596.1 595.8 1781.3
3 Smokin Armadillo 589.1 581.3 600 1770.4
4 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats 585.2 590.5 592.1 1767.8
5 Porkinator 569.7 594.9 596.7 1761.3
6 LawDawg BBQ 600 588.2 572.4 1760.6
7 DCR BBQ 585.6 583.3 591.5 1760.4
8 4K’s BBQ 587.2 579.1 591.9 1758.2
9 Southern Hog 580.3 588.51 580.9 1749.71
10 Forget Me Not BBQ 593.1 573.7 580 1746.8
11 Simply Q 586.1 588.5 571.5 1746.1
12 Hootie Q 566.2 591.1 580.4 1737.7
13 Georgia Smoke BBQ 577.4 587.8 571.1 1736.3
14 Old Henry’s BBQ 575.9 571.1 586.61 1733.61
15 Shark Bite BBQ 568.5 582 582.9 1733.4
16 Hitachi 578.3 590.2 564.5 1733
17 Senational Pigs 572.3 586.2 572.2 1730.7
18 Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que 569.1 577.2 581 1727.3
19 Porch Light 580.9 558 586.6 1725.5
20 Robison’s BBQ 572.4 575 575.6 1723
21 Maxus Porkamus 570.8 582 568.8 1721.6
22 Smokin J’s Barbeque 563.5 587 570.4 1720.9
23 Tiretoter’s BBQ 564.1 576.4 575 1715.5
24 BCD 563.2 563.5 582.5 1709.2
25 JT’s Smoking Butts 567.5 564.5 558.2 1690.2

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

Oct 19 2014

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