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Mar 28 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

Jul 06 2015

Just Blowing Smoke Takes the Title at Brookhaven BBQ Bash

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) invaded the metro Atlanta area for the Brookhaven BBQ Bash as part of the Brookhaven Soccerfest on the Fourth of July weekend. The weekend started with on again/off again showers throughout the day Friday. By Saturday morning, it had turned into a steady rain. The weather radar did give much hope with a continuous band of rain all the way west to Mississippi. While lightning strikes delayed the start of the Peachtree Road Race just a few miles to the south, the dedicated GBA Pitmasters continued to work their magic & turned in box after box of outstanding ‘Que.

Grand Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

Just Blowing Smoke, Robin & Amy Bowles along with Rick Goldstein, made finals in all three GBA categories, but it was their first place Pork Loin that tallied the highest score of the day from the panel of finals judges to capture the Grand Championship. Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took home the Reserve Grand Championship when he made finals in Pulled Pork and Ribs but just missed a “triple final” by 0.6 of a point for a 4th place finish in Loin.

Reserve Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Between Just Blowing Smoke’s winning Loin entry & 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 4th place box was Hard Rock Hill BBQ in 2nd place and Buckhaven BBQ, in their first competition, in 3rd place. Fifth place went to 29 Barbecue with Hootie Q taking 6th place. Rub Shakers Que took 7th place & 8th went to Simply Q. Big Mama’s & Big Daddy’s BBQ grabbed the 9th spot and Lil Bubba’s rounded out the top 10.

Fiddlers BBQ

Harvey & Shirley Wills of Fiddler’s BBQ took top honors in Pulled Pork. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers was the runner-up and Just Blowing Smoke took 3rd place. In the preliminary round, Just Blowing Smoke tallied a perfect score of 600. Simply Q finished in 4th place. Fifth place went to Lil Bubba’s by 0.1 of a point over Hard Rock Hill BBQ. Swineholio came in 7th place followed by Porch Light in 8th; Que the Musick in 9th and Rub Shakers Que in 10th place.

The third category of the day is always Ribs and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers topped the field. Just Blowing Smoke came in second and Swineholio finished in 3rd place. 29 Barbeque took 4th place. Simply Q edged out Fiddler’s BBQ for 5th place by 0.1 of a point. Seveth & eighth places were also close as Rub Shakers Que edged out Hard Rock Hill BBQ by just 0.2 of a point. Ninth & 10 places went to Que the Musick and Porch Light respectively.

Hard Rock Hill BBQ

The GBA really enjoyed the beautiful park in Brookhaven. It was a shame that the weather washed out most the Soccerfest activities. Our hosts for the weekend did an outstanding job & the GBA is looking forward to a return visit in the near future.

With the 2014-2015 competition season officially closed, we now look ahead to our Annual Banquet. It will be held on August 1st at Healy Point Country Club in Macon. All GBA members – cook teams, judges, sponsors, and general members – are invited to be a part of this special event. We will honor our Teams of the Year as well as our Judge of the Year. There be will nice gift bags from our sponsors as well as drawings for great door prizes. The GBA also has a Judge Training Class scheduled for August 22 at Towns Bluff Park near Hazlehurst. Go to the Contests & Events page at www.bbqga.com to register for these events.

We are excited to kick off our 2015-2016 competition season in Griffin on Sept 25-26. This will be one of three Team of the Year double points contests. The GBA State Championship will be held at the Deep Roots BBQ Festival in Milledgeville on Oct 23-24. Make you plans now to be a part of these two great events.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597	Just Blowing Smoke	1	595.8	Fiddlers BBQ	1	596.2	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
2	594.6	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	2	595.6	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	2	595.9	Just Blowing Smoke
3	590.1	BuckHaven Q	3	590.6	Just Blowing Smoke	3	589.2	Swineholio
4	589.8	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	4	584.5	Simply Q	4	588.5	29 Barbeque
5	586.4	29 Barbeque	5	583.3	Lil’ Bubba’s	5	585.2	Simply Q
6	583.9	Hootie Q	6	583.2	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	6	585.1	Fiddlers BBQ
7	582.3	Rub Shakers Que	7	579.6	Swineholio	7	584.8	Rub Shakers Que
8	579.2	Simply Q	8	578.5	Porch Light	8	584.6	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
9	575.9	Big Mama and Big Daddy’s BBQ	9	576.3	Que the Musick	9	580.9	Que the Musick
10	573.7	Lil’ Bubba’s	10	576.01	Rub Shakers Que	10	580.2	Porch Light
11	573	We Want Que	11	576	29 Barbeque	11	577.4	Twissted Smoke
12	570.6	Fiddlers BBQ	12	571.8	Hootie Q	12	575.6	Hootie Q
13	565.1	Que the Musick	13	569.7	We Want Que	13	575.4	We Want Que
14	562.2	Twissted Smoke	14	569.4	Twissted Smoke	14	568.7	Lil’ Bubba’s
15	559.7	Porch Light	15	566.5	Big Mama and Big Daddy’s BBQ	15	566.2	BuckHaven Q
16	547.3	Swineholio	16	565.2	BuckHaven Q	16	553.3	Big Mama and Big Daddy’s BBQ

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	595.1	600	592.8	1787.9
2	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	589.8	590.8	591.5	1772.1
3	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	590.8	583.2	584.6	1758.6
4	Fiddlers BBQ	570.6	599.1	585.1	1754.8
5	29 Barbeque	586.4	576	588.5	1750.9
6	Simply Q	579.2	584.5	585.2	1748.9
7	Rub Shakers Que	582.3	576.01	584.8	1743.11
8	Hootie Q	583.9	571.8	575.6	1731.3
9	Lil’ Bubba’s	573.7	583.3	568.7	1725.7
10	Que the Musick	565.1	576.3	580.9	1722.3
11	BuckHaven Q	590.4	565.2	566.2	1721.8
12	Porch Light	559.7	578.5	580.2	1718.4
13	Swineholio	547.3	579.6	591.2	1718.1
14	We Want Que	573	569.7	575.4	1718.1
15	Twissted Smoke	562.2	569.4	577.4	1709
16	Big Mama and Big Daddy’s BBQ	575.9	566.5	553.3	1695.7

Apr 12 2015

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.

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

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

Oct 12 2014

South Cobb BBQ & Blues Gets Smoked Rescue Style

Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers,of BBQ Pitmasters fame, took first place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival. It was his near perfect score of 599.1 in the Pulled Pork finals round that netted the team the Grand Championship

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Just Blowing Smoke, Robin Bowles PItmaster, made finals in Loin; finished 5th in Pulled Pork and 7th in Ribs to take home the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

Butt Rubbin BBQ

The first category of the contest was Loin and Just Blowing Smoke topped the field. Butt Rubbin BBQ took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third. Rescue Smokers actually tied for third place but lost the tiebreaker to miss finals and finished in fourth place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ came in fifth place with Dixie Que in sixth. Smokin Butts BBQ took seventh; Rub Shakers Que took eighth; Fiddlers BBQ took ninth and We Want Que took 10th place.

CJs

Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with CJ’s as runner-up. We Want Que grabbed third place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in fourth and Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. There was a tie for sixth place and Fiddler’s BBQ won the tiebreaker over Dixie Que. Rub Shakers Que, Smokin’ the Good Stuff and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished eighth through tenth respectively.

It was Rescue Smokers taking their second win of the day with the top scoring Rib box. Rub Shakers Que came in second with Smokin’ The Good Stuff coming in third. Fiddlers BBQ took fourth; Smoking J’s took fifth place and Dixie Que took sixth place. Seventh place went to Just Blowing Smoke. The final three calls in Ribs were very close. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ got the eighth place call by just 0.2 of a point over We Want Que in ninth. Just 0.1 of a point back was Daddy-O’s BBQ in tenth place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association really enjoyed their first trip to Austell and the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival We want to thank the contest organizers and the staff of the beautiful EpiCenter for hosting a great contest. Next week, the GBA heads to MIlledgeville for the Deep Roots Fesitval

Full Contest Results:

		LOIN
1	596.3	Just Blowing Smoke
2	594.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
3	591.5	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
4	592.4	Rescue Smokers
5	588.2	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
6	583.6	Dixie Que
7	582.9	Smokin Butts BBQ
8	580.2	Rub Shakers Que
9	579.9	Fiddler’s BBQ
10	575.9	We Want Que
11	575.1	Smokin’ the Good Stuff
12	574.8	Smokin’ Hotlanta
13	571.4	CJ’s
14	571.4	Where There’s Smoke
15	570.2	Smokin J’s Barbeque
16	569.7	Temple of the Hog
17	566.6	Daddy-O’s_BBQ

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.1	Rescue Smokers	1	597.2	Rescue Smokers
2	593.5	CJ’s	2	593.2	Rub Shakers Que
3	588.2	We Want Que	3	591.6	Smokin’ the Good Stuff
4	594.5	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	4	591.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
5	592.1	Just Blowing Smoke	5	589.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque
6	591.21	Fiddler’s BBQ	6	587.5	Dixie Que
7	591.2	Dixie Que	7	584.8	Just Blowing Smoke
8	590.6	Rub Shakers Que	8	582.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
9	587.6	Smokin’ the Good Stuff	9	582	We Want Que
10	586.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	10	581.9	Daddy-O’s_BBQ
11	582	Daddy-O’s_BBQ	11	578.6	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
12	582	Smokin’ Hotlanta	12	577.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
13	578.9	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	13	575.1	Smokin’ Hotlanta
14	575.4	Smokin J’s Barbeque	14	572.5	Smokin Butts BBQ
15	575.4	Smokin Butts BBQ	15	564.8	CJ’s
16	568.5	Where There’s Smoke	16	563.9	Where There’s Smoke
17	566.1	Temple of the Hog	17	560.6	Temple of the Hog

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	592.4	595.7	596.4	1784.5
2	Just Blowing Smoke	599.7	592.1	584.8	1776.6
3	Rub Shakers Que	580.2	590.6	595.4	1766.2
4	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	592.41	594.5	578.6	1765.51
5	Fiddler’s BBQ	579.9	591.21	591.2	1762.31
6	Dixie Que	583.6	591.2	587.5	1762.3
7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	596.1	578.9	582.2	1757.2
8	Smokin’ the Good Stuff	575.1	587.6	592.4	1755.1
9	We Want Que	575.9	595.2	582	1753.1
10	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	588.2	586.1	577.1	1751.4
11	Smokin J’s Barbeque	570.2	575.4	589.9	1735.5
12	Smokin’ Hotlanta	574.8	582	575.1	1731.9
13	CJ’s	571.4	595.4	564.8	1731.6
14	Smokin Butts BBQ	582.9	575.4	572.5	1730.8
15	Daddy-O’s_BBQ	566.6	582	581.9	1730.5
16	Where There’s Smoke	571.4	568.5	563.9	1703.8
17	Temple of the Hog	569.7	566.1	560.6	1696.4me

Sep 07 2014

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Wins GBA State Championship

Brad Sweet, Pitmaster of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers,really brought his A game to Fort Valley for the ComSouth Hambone Jam and the Georgia Barbecue State Championship. Brad made finals in all three categories and claimed wins in both Loin and Pulled Pork. The dominating performance earned 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers their first Grand Championship and the title of GBA State Champion for 2014-2015.

Lawdawg BBQ, Kerry & Kevin Sparks, made finals in Loin and Pulled Pork then tied for 3rd place in Ribs. They missed a triple finals on the 5th tiebreaker to finish in fourth place in the category. The strong performance over the three categories carried the Brunswick team to the Reserve Championship

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers turned in the state championship Pork Loin. Lawdawg BBQ took second place with The BBQ Ninja, Pitmaster Rodney Ellington, claimed third place. Cooking with Stump took 4th place and Anarque took 5th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ tied for 6th place with Smokin’42 taking the spot on the 5th tiebreaker. Smokin’ AJs took 8th place. Bubba Grills claimed 9th and Dixie Davis Cookers completed the top 10.

In Pulled Pork it was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smoker again for the win with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Lawdawg BBQ finished in 3rd place. H&J Cook Team with special guest Pitmistress Lois Sebastian, edged out Cooking with Stump for 4th place on a tiebreaker. Arnarque claimed 6th with The BBQ Ninja in 7th. Real South BBQ, Rub My Butt BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished 8th thru 10th respectively.

Bubba Grills broke up 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers run with the best Rib box of the day. Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJs grabbed second place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking the 3rd spot. Lawdawg BBQ came in 4th place. The BBQ Ninja got their third call of the day with a 5th place finish. Smokin’ 42 BBQ grabbed 6th. Rounding out the top 10 were Anarque, Smokin’ Js, Swine Time Grilling Team and Butt Rubbin’ BBQ.

The Georgia Barbecue Association thanks ComSouth and the Fort Valley Downtown Development Authority for hosting another great state championship event. The next stop on the GBA trail will be the Grande Creek Pig Jam in Swainsboro on Sept 19-20.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	596.1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	1	596.1	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
2	594.6	Lawdawg BBQ	2	595.3	Bubba Grills
3	591.3	The BBQ Ninja	3	590.6	Lawdawg BBQ
4	591.2	Cookin’ with Stump	4	586.9	H & J Cook Team
5	587.5	AnarQue	5	586.9	Cookin’ with Stump
6	586.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	6	584.5	AnarQue
7	586.6	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	7	584.2	The BBQ Ninja
8	580.5	Smokin-AJ’s	8	582.9	Real South
9	576.3	Bubba Grills	9	581.4	Rub My Butt BBQ
10	575.8	Dixie Davis Cooks	10	578.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
11	575	Real South	11	576.7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
12	574.5	Rub My Butt BBQ	12	574.1	Bethel Smokers
13	569.3	Swine Time	13	573.8	Swine Time
14	568.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	14	573.7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
15	568.1	H & J Cook Team	15	571.1	Smokin-AJ’s
16	565.7	Major League Q	16	563.9	Major League Q
17	555.8	Smokin J’s BBQ	17	563.8	Smokin J’s BBQ
18	554.1	Bethel Smokers	18	559.2	Dixie Davis Cooks

		RIBS
1	594.2	Bubba Grills
2	593.8	Smokin-AJ’s
3	593.7	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
4	587.6	Lawdawg BBQ
5	585.5	The BBQ Ninja
6	585.2	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
7	584.3	AnarQue
8	583.2	Smokin J’s BBQ
9	583	Swine Time
10	581.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
11	580.3	Bethel Smokers
12	579	Cookin’ with Stump
13	577.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
14	576.8	Rub My Butt BBQ
15	575.2	H & J Cook Team
16	570.1	Major League Q
17	567.5	Real South
18	560.1	Dixie Davis Cooks

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Lawdawg BBQ	594.8	592.1	587.6	1774.5
2	Bubba Grills	576.3	596.4	596.4	1769.1
3	The BBQ Ninja	599.4	584.2	585.5	1769.1
4	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	591.4	587.3	587.61	1766.31
5	Cookin’ with Stump	591.2	586.9	579	1757.1
6	AnarQue	587.5	584.5	584.3	1756.3
7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	586.61	573.7	585.2	1745.51
8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	586.6	578.7	577.1	1742.4
9	Smokin-AJ’s	580.5	571.1	589.2	1740.8
10	Rub My Butt BBQ	574.5	581.4	576.8	1732.7
11	H & J Cook Team	568.1	586.91	575.2	1730.21
12	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	568.3	576.7	581.3	1726.3
13	Swine Time	569.3	573.8	583	1726.1
14	Real South	575	582.9	567.5	1725.4
15	Bethel Smokers	554.1	574.1	580.3	1708.5
16	Smokin J’s BBQ	555.8	563.8	583.2	1702.8
17	Major League Q	565.7	563.9	570.1	1699.7
18	Dixie Davis Cooks	575.8	559.2	560.1	1695.1