Tag: Four Fathers BBQ

Apr 24 2016

Rescue Smokers Takes Grand in Dallas

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) joined with the City of Dallas for their 2016 City Fest. It was a day filled with many different events. The professional BBQ competition was a huge part of the event. Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers continued to set the pace with a final round score of 597.5 out of a possible 600 in Pulled Pork to winning the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Bird Dawg BBQ, led by Chris Cochran, made finals on both Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 5th place finish in Ribs to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

In the preliminary round of Pulled Pork both Just Blowing Smoke and Bird Dawg BBQ score perfect 600 scores.

600 score – Just Blowing Smoke

600 score – Bird Dawg BBQ

1st Place Loin – Smokin the Good Stuff

In Loin, Smoking the Good Stuff took top honors. Rescue Smokers took 2nd place and Bird Dawg BBQ took third. Fifth place went to We Want Que with 6th place going to Just Blowing Smoke. Four Fathers BBQ claimed 7th place. Southern Hogs claimed 8th place. Ninth place belonged to Simply Q and Where There’s Smoke rounded out the top 10.

Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with Just Blowing Smoke as the runner-up. In 3rd place again was Bird Dawg BBQ. Smokin’ the Good Stuff grabbed 4th place and CJ’s BBQ grabbed 5th. Major Q got the 6th place call followed by Rub Shakers Que in 7th and Swineholio in 8th place. Ninth & 10th went to Four Fathers BBQ and Southern Hogs, respectively.

1st place Ribs – Major Q

Major Q walked last in Ribs with We Want Que taking 2nd and Rub Shakers Que taking 3rd. Smokin the Good Stuff got another call for 4th place. Bird Dawg BBQ came in 5th. Johnson Boys BBQ took 6th place and Rescue Smokers took 7th. Just Blowing Smoke finished 8th; Smokin’ J’s BBQ finished 9th and Swineholio finished 10th.

The GBA was proud to be a part of this great festival and looks forward to returning for 2016.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.5	Smokin the Good Stuff	1	597.5	Rescue Smokers	1	596.1	Major Q BBQ
2	594.5	Rescue Smokers	2	595	Just Blowing Smoke	2	594.5	We Want Que
3	593.9	Bird Dawg BBQ	3	592.5	Bird Dawg BBQ	3	594.2	Rub Shakers Que
4	593.7	We Want Que	4	598.5	Smokin the Good Stuff	4	595.22	Smokin the Good Stuff
5	593.3	Just Blowing Smoke	5	590.9	CJs BBQ	5	595.21	Bird Dawg BBQ
6	591.5	Swineholio	6	585.7	Major Q BBQ	6	595.2	Johnson Boys BBQ
7	585	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	7	583.6	Rub Shakers Que	7	594.9	Rescue Smokers
8	584.7	Southern Hogs	8	582.7	Swineholio	8	593.9	Just Blowing Smoke
9	582.4	Simply Q	9	582	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	9	591.6	Smokin J’s BBQ
10	581.2	Where There’s Smoke	10	581.7	Southern Hogs	10	585.4	Swineholio
11	581	Johnson Boys BBQ	11	580.8	Simply Q	11	583.6	Southern Hogs
12	580.8	Rub Shakers Que	12	578.8	We Want Que	12	577.4	CJs BBQ
13	574.7	Major Q BBQ	13	574.7	Johnson Boys BBQ	13	570.9	Simply Q
14	573.2	Smokin J’s BBQ	14	567.4	Smokin J’s BBQ	14	569.4	Where There’s Smoke
15	559.9	CJs BBQ	15	560.7	Where There’s Smoke	15	568	Four Fathers BBQ Cr

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	598.5	599.7	594.9	1793.1
2	Bird Dawg BBQ	595.5	600.0	595.2	1790.7
3	Smokin the Good Stuff	594.8	598.5	595.2	1788.5
4	Just Blowing Smoke	593.3	600.0	593.9	1787.2
5	We Want Que	593.7	578.8	595.4	1767.9
6	Rub Shakers Que	580.8	583.6	599.1	1763.5
7	Swineholio	591.5	582.7	585.4	1759.6
8	Major Q BBQ	574.7	585.7	598.8	1759.2
9	Johnson Boys BBQ	581.0	574.7	595.2	1750.9
10	Southern Hogs	584.7	581.7	583.6	1750.0
11	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	585.0	582.0	568.0	1735.0
12	Simply Q	582.4	580.8	570.9	1734.1
13	Smokin J’s BBQ	573.2	567.4	591.6	1732.2
14	CJs BBQ	559.9	590.9	577.4	1728.2
15	Where There’s Smoke	581.2	560.7	569.4	1711.3

May 10 2015

Fiddler’s BBQ Breaks Thru at Smoke on the Lake

A few weeks ago at Jackson, Fiddler’s BBQ made finals in all three categories and took first in Loin & Pulled Pork. However, Bubba Grills’ Rib entry denied Harvey & Shirley Wills the last call. At Smoke on the Lake at Acworth, Fiddler’s only made finals in Pulled Pork, but the entry was stong enough to bring home a score of 599 and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Fiddler’s BBQ

Brad Sweet of 92/Assassin Smokers scored a perfect 600 in both Loin and Ribs in the preliminary rounds to record the highest cumulative score for the contest and capture the Reserve Championship. It was the first time a single team has received perfect scores in two different categories in the same contest. Bubba Grills did hit the 600 mark in both the preliminaries and finals in Ribs at Gordon in 2012.

Reserve Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

In Pork Loin, Just Blowing Smoke won the final’s table with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking 2nd place and Smokin The Good Stuff taking third. Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ;; 5th place went to We Want Que and 6th place went to Plum Superior BBQ. CJ’s BBQ took 7th place with Smart Ash BBQ taking eighth. Curley Que BBQ made 9th place and SmokeShack BBQ rounded out the top 10.

1st Place Loin – Just Blowing Smoke

Fiddler’s BBQ Grand Championship Pulled Pork entry topped the category with Swineholio as the runner-up and CJ’s BBQ in third place. Plum Superior BBQ finished in 4th just ahead of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in 5th place. Just Blowing Smoke walked for 6th place and Smoking the Good Stuff got the 7th place call. Eighth thru 10th places went to We Want Que, SmokeShack BBQ and Four Fathers BBQ Crew respectively.

Winning Ribs was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Plum Superior BBQ claimed 2nd place and Smoking Butts BBQ claimed third. Smokin the Good Stuff took 4th place. Fifth place went to Rub Shakers Que and 6th place in Ribs went to Swineholio. We Want Que waked for the third time with the 7th place call and Porkinator got their first call of the day for 8th place. Just Blowing Smoke took 9th place and 10th place went to Fiddler’s BBQ.

Smoke on the Lake also hosted a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun contest. Hickory Flat BBQ won the Grand Championship and Nice Rack BBQ won the Reserve Championship.

Cookin For Fun Grand Champion - Hickory Flat BBQ

Cooking For Fun Grand Champion – Hickory Flat BBQ

Cooking For Fun Reserve Champion – NIce Rack BBQ

Hickory Flat BBQ won the Chicken category with East Coast BBQ taking 2nd place and YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ taking 3rd place. Nice Rack BBQ took top honors in Pulled Pork. Liberty BBQ was the runner up and Its Hog Gone Good got the 3rd place call. Hickory Flat BBQ picked up their second 1st place trophy for Ribs, Dawgs Smokin Hawgs came in 2nd with Nice Rack BBQ coming in 3rd place.

The GBA thanks the North Cobb Rotary Club for organizing Smoke on the Lake and the citizens of Acworth for their amazing support of the event. Each year the Rotary club raises thousands for thier charity projects. Next up for the GBA is White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results – GBA Divisioin (note 1st , 2nd & 3rd place scores are from Final Rounds. All other scores are from preliminary round scores.)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.6	Just Blowing Smoke	1	599	Fiddlers BBQ	1	596.3	92 BBQ Assasin Smokers
2	595.4	92 BBQ Assasin Smokers	2	590.8	Swineholio	2	595.7	Plum Superior BBQ
3	588.4	Smokin The God Stuff	3	586.8	CJ’s BBQ	3	587.9	Smoking Butts BBQ
4	592.1	Fiddlers BBQ	4	587.2	Plum Superior BBQ	4	590.2	Smokin The Good Stuff
5	591.5	We Want Que	5	586.8	92 BBQ	5	588.7	Rub Shakers Que
6	590.8	Plum Superior BBQ	6	583.2	Just Blowin’ Smoke	6	588.2	Swineholio
7	589.9	CJ’s BBQ	7	581.9	Smokin The Good Stuff	7	584.2	We Want Que
8	583.9	Smart Ash BBQ	8	580.6	We Want Que	8	583.6	Porkinator
9	580.9	Curly Q BBQ	9	579.6	Smoke Shack BBQ	9	583.3	Just Blowin’ Smoke
10	579.3	Smoke Shack BBQ	10	577.4	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	10	582.1	Fiddlers BBQ
11	579	Smoking Butts BBQ	11	577	Lizzy Lou	11	580.3	Butt Rubbin BBQ
12	577	Porkinator	12	576.7	Smoking Butts BBQ	12	576.9	Lizzy Lou
13	574	Rub Shakers Que	13	574.7	Porkinator	13	576.7	CJ’s BBQ
14	569.7	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	14	573.9	Rub Shakers Que	14	572	Smart Ash BBQ
15	563.6	Swineholio	15	570.5	Butt Rubbin BBQ	15	569.9	Four Fathers BBQ Crew
16	562.1	Lizzy Lou	16	566.5	Curly Q BBQ	16	565.7	Smoke Shack BBQ
17	561.8	Butt Rubbin BBQ	17	555.6	Smart Ash BBQ	17	561.9	Curly Q BBQ

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	92 BBQ	600	586.8	600	1786.8
2	Plum Superior BBQ	590.8	587.2	596.1	1774.1
3	Smokin The Good Stuff	594.8	581.9	590.2	1766.9
4	Fiddlers BBQ	592.1	592.1	582.1	1766.3
5	CJ’s BBQ	589.9	599.7	576.7	1766.3
6	Just Blowin’ Smoke	594.2	583.2	583.3	1760.7
7	We Want Que	591.5	580.6	584.2	1756.3
8	Swineholio	563.6	597.4	588.2	1749.2
9	Smoking Butts BBQ	579	576.7	590.8	1746.5
10	Rub Shakers Que	574	573.9	588.7	1736.6
11	Porkinator	577	574.7	583.6	1735.3
12	Smoke Shack BBQ	579.3	579.6	565.7	1724.6
13	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	569.7	577.4	569.9	1717
14	Lizzy Lou	562.1	577	576.9	1716
15	Butt Rubbin BBQ	561.8	570.5	580.3	1712.6
16	Smart Ash BBQ	583.9	555.6	572	1711.5
17	Curly Q BBQ	580.9	566.5	561.9	1709.3

Cooking For Fun Results; (note: there is no final rounds in Cooking For Fun)

		CHICKEN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	592.1	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	1	597	Nice Rack BBQ	1	596.7	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.
2	587.9	East Coast BBQ	2	587.6	Liberty BBQ	2	594.4	Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs
3	583.6	YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ	3	587	It’s Hog Gone Good	3	583.8	Nice Rack BBQ
4	583.31	How Bout Them Hawgs	4	586.9	Smokin’ Jackets	4	580.9	The Smokin’ Snowballs
5	583.3	The Smokin’ Snowballs	5	583.5	Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs	5	578.31	Liberty BBQ
6	582.9	Sweet Bottom BBQ	6	582.9	Sweet Bottom BBQ	6	578.3	Smokin’ Z BBQ
7	581.3	Nice Rack BBQ	7	580.7	East Coast BBQ	7	578	Smokin’ Jackets
8	580.5	It’s Hog Gone Good	8	579.7	Cooking in Congress	8	573.31	How Bout Them Hawgs
9	578.3	Smokin’ Jackets	9	575.3	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	9	573.3	East Coast BBQ
10	577	Liberty BBQ	10	575	YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ	10	571	YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ
11	576.6	Smokin’ Z BBQ	11	574.8	How Bout Them Hawgs	11	570.4	Sweet Bottom BBQ
12	563	Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs	12	569.1	Smokin’ Z BBQ	12	567.8	It’s Hog Gone Good
13	0	Cooking in Congress	13	568.4	The Smokin’ Snowballs	13	0	Cooking in Congress

	Overall Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	592.1	575.3	596.7	1764.1
2	Nice Rack BBQ	581.3	597	583.8	1762.1
3	Smokin’ Jackets	578.3	586.9	578	1743.2
4	Liberty BBQ	577	587.6	578.31	1742.91
5	East Coast BBQ	587.9	580.7	573.3	1741.9
6	Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs	563	583.5	594.4	1740.9
7	Sweet Bottom BBQ	582.9	582.9	570.4	1736.2
8	It’s Hog Gone Good	580.5	587	567.8	1735.3
9	The Smokin’ Snowballs	583.3	568.4	580.9	1732.6
10	How Bout Them Hawgs	583.31	574.8	573.31	1731.42
11	YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ	583.6	575	571	1729.6
12	Smokin’ Z BBQ	576.6	569.1	578.3	1724
13	Cooking in Congress	0	579.7	0	579.7

Jun 22 2014

Bubba Grills Gets The Last Call at Paulding Co Stars & Stripes BBQ

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

The battle for Grand Champion at the first Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Contest in Dallas, GA was just as heated as the summer afternoon, Bubba Grills’ Rib entry and Smokin’ 42 BBQ’s Loin entry both scored 596.2 points in the finals round. This forced the Grand Championship to be decided on a tiebreaker. It didn’t take long, however, as Bubba Grills won the first level tiebeaker to claim the Grand Championship.

Competing in their first GBA contest, Robin Bowles and the Just Blowing Smoke team made finals in Loin and Pulled Pork along with a fifth place finish in Ribs to take the Reserve Championship Award.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

First Place Loin – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Smokin’ 42 BBQ continued to rule the Pork Loin category by winning the category for the 6th time this season. Just Blowing Smoke took second place with Bubba Grills taking third. Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ finished in 4th place and another first time GBA competitor, Reading BBQ finished in fifth place. Sixth place went to The Fat Redneck BBQ Co. Seventh place went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. Eighth place went to Smokin’ J’s. Ninth place went to Swine Time Grilling Team. Rounding out the top 10 was the only lady pitmaster in the contest, Crystal Smitherman of Hard Rock Hill BBQ.

First Place Pork – Fiddler’s BBQ

Harvey Willis of Fiddler’s BBQ had the top Pulled Pork entry of the contest. Just Blowing Smoke was just 0.6 of a point behind for their second runner-up finish. TC’s BBQ came in third place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ claimed 4th place with H & J BBQ taking fifth. Sixth place went to Swine and Shine BBQ. The Fat Redneck BBQ Co. & Swine Time Grilling Team finished 7th and 8th place respectively. Moe Cason of Poderosa BBQ and TV’s BBQ Pitmasters fame, took 9th place. Bubba Grills got the 10th place call.

Bubba Grills’ Grand Champiionship winning Ribs were tops in the category. Ponderosa BBQ came in second place. Smokin Squealers, another team cooking their first GBA contest, came in third place. 92 BBQ grabbed 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. Four Fathers BBQ edged out Just Smoke N Around BBQ for 6th place by just 0.1 of a point. Eighth thru tenth places went to TC’s BBQ, Fiddler’s BBQ and Butt Rubbin’ BBQ.

First Place Pork Cooking for Fun – Screaming Eagle BBQ

First Place Ribs Cooking for Fun – The Fat Guys

The contest also held a GBA Cooking For Fun division competition. Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the Pulled Pork Category. The Fat Guys took second place with We Want Q in third. The Fat Guys, pitmaster Robert Holt, had the top Ribs entry of the division. Sreaming Eagle BBQ was the runner-up with Pig Buster BBQ in third place.

This completes the 2013-2014 contest year for the Georgia Barbecue Association. The new contest year with begin with the GBA State Championships at the Hambone Jam in Fort Valley on September 5-6. The GBA will hold the first ever Team of the Year banquet on August 16 in Macon. More details of the banquet will be posted soon on the GBA website: www.bbqg.com

Full Contest Results:


		LOIN
1	596.2	Smokin’ 42
2	595.3	Just Blowing Smoke
3	589.8	Bubba Grills
4	591.2	92 BBQ
5	588.6	Reading Smoke
6	587.2	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company
7	586.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
8	585.4	Smokin J’s
9	582.7	Swine Time Grilling
10	580.7	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ
11	579.2	Butts & Brews BBQ
12	579.1	TC BBQ
13	579	Ponderosa BBQ
14	579	Smoking Butts BBQ
15	577.7	Just Smoke N Around
16	577.5	H & J Cook Team
17	575.4	Smokin Squealers
18	575.2	Bird Dog BBQ
19	572.7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
20	571.8	Dirt Road Smokers
21	571.8	Fiddler’s BBQ
22	571.5	Old Henry BBQ
23	570.3	Four Fathers BBQ
24	570.2	Squeal Team Six
25	568.4	Swine and Shine BBQ
26	563.2	Smoking the Good Stuff


		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.6	Fiddler’s BBQ	1	596.2	Bubba Grills
2	595	Just Blowing Smoke	2	595.1	Ponderosa BBQ
3	591.1	TC BBQ	3	591.3	Smokin Squealers
4	589.2	Smokin’ 42	4	594.2	92 BBQ
5	588.6	H & J Cook Team	5	590.9	Just Blowing Smoke
6	587.8	Swine and Shine BBQ	6	588.2	Four Fathers BBQ
7	586.6	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	7	588.1	Just Smoke N Around
8	586	Swine Time Grilling	8	587.2	TC BBQ
9	584.3	Ponderosa BBQ	9	584.8	Fiddler’s BBQ
10	583.9	Bubba Grills	10	582.9	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
11	581.6	Bird Dog BBQ	11	582.3	Old Henry BBQ
12	581.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	12	582.3	Bird Dog BBQ
13	581	Smoking the Good Stuff	13	581.1	Swine Time Grilling
14	579.1	92 BBQ	14	579	Squeal Team Six
15	579.1	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ	15	577.6	H & J Cook Team
16	579	Squeal Team Six	16	575.6	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ
17	577.7	Butts & Brews BBQ	17	575.3	Smokin J’s
18	575.4	Smokin Squealers	18	573.3	Dirt Road Smokers
19	572.5	Just Smoke N Around	19	573.3	Smoking Butts BBQ
20	571.8	Old Henry BBQ	20	571.7	Reading Smoke
21	570.9	Smoking Butts BBQ	21	571.4	Swine and Shine BBQ
22	570.8	Smokin J’s	22	566.8	Smoking the Good Stuff
23	567.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	23	566.5	Smokin’ 42
24	567	Dirt Road Smokers	24	565.1	Butts & Brews BBQ
25	563.4	Reading Smoke	25	563.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
26	553	Four Fathers BBQ	26	561.2	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	597.6	583.9	595.4	1776.9
2	Just Blowing Smoke	592.7	590.5	590.9	1774.1
3	92 BBQ	591.2	579.1	594.2	1764.5
4	TC BBQ	579.1	591.8	587.2	1758.1
5	Ponderosa BBQ	579	584.3	594.5	1757.8
6	Smokin’ 42	597.7	589.2	566.5	1753.4
7	Swine Time Grilling	582.7	586	581.1	1749.8
8	Smokin Squealers	575.4	575.4	598.8	1749.6
9	Fiddler’s BBQ	571.8	591.1	584.8	1747.7
10	H & J Cook Team	577.5	588.6	577.6	1743.7
11	Bird Dog BBQ	575.2	581.6	582.3	1739.1
12	Just Smoke N Around	577.7	572.5	588.1	1738.3
13	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ	580.7	579.1	575.6	1735.4
14	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	587.2	586.6	561.2	1735
15	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	586.9	581.6	563.9	1732.4
16	Smokin J’s	585.4	570.8	575.3	1731.5
17	Squeal Team Six	570.2	579	579	1728.2
18	Swine and Shine BBQ	568.4	587.8	571.4	1727.6
19	Old Henry BBQ	571.5	571.8	582.3	1725.6
20	Reading Smoke	588.6	563.4	571.7	1723.7
21	Smoking Butts BBQ	579	570.9	573.3	1723.2
22	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	572.7	567.2	582.9	1722.8
23	Butts & Brews BBQ	579.2	577.7	565.1	1722
24	Dirt Road Smokers	571.8	567	573.3	1712.1
25	Four Fathers BBQ	570.3	553	588.2	1711.5
26	Smoking the Good Stuff	563.2	581	566.8	1711

Cooking for Fun Division
			PULLED PORK			RIBS
	1	590.9	Screaming Eagle	1	591.2	The Fat Guys
	2	586.6	The Fat Guys	2	577.8	Screaming Eagle
	3	580.3	We Want Q	3	574.8	Pig Buster BBQ
	4	579.3	CJ’s BBQ	4	568	Sweetwater Competition Smoke Out Team
	5	560.4	Pig Buster BBQ	5	566.7	We Want Q
	6	546	Sweetwater Competition Smoke Out Team	6	562.5	CJ’s BBQ