Dobey Q Walks Last at the Beach Bash
Grand Champion – Dobey Q
The Brunswick Lions Club’s Jekyll BBQ Beach Bash has become one of the biggest events on Jekyll Island. Thirty of the top teams in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) gathered at the beach in Great Dune Park and the level of competition was off the charts. In the end, the last call of the day went to David Hair and Dobey Q who walked away with the Grand Championship.
Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills
Lonnie Smith debuted the new Bubba Grills T3 Steam. With the innovative new cooker, Bubba Grills got two finals calls to take the Reserve Grand Championship.
First Place Pulled Pork – Bethel Smokers
Dobey Q’s Grand Championship Loin entry won the category. Kevin McKinney of Hungry Hogs BBQ was the runner up with Barbecue Crew taking third place. Smoke Risin’ took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in 5th and Smoke Shack BBQ in 6th place. Seventh place went to Just Pig Out and 8th place went to Smokin’ the Good Stuff. Southern Hogs edged out Rescue Smokers for 9th place by 0.1 of a point
Joe Wright & Bethel Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category over Bubba Grills in second place and Rescue Smokers in third. Just Blowing Smoke took 4th place. Just Pig Out claimed 5th place by 0.3 of a point over Barbecue Crew who claimed 6th place by another 0.3 of a point over Smokin’ AJs. Smoke Risin’ won the 5th tiebreaker to take 8th place over 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Tenth place went to Southern Hogs.
Bubba Grills got the first place call in Ribs. 29 Barbecue captured 2nd place with Real South BBQ in third. Rescue Smokers edged Smokin’ AJs by 0.3 of a point for 4th place. Sixth place went to Naked Daves by only 0.1 of a point over The Hurricane Cookers. Once again, there was a tie for 8th place & this one went to the 4th tiebreaker. Smoke Shack BBQ won the tiebreaker which put Just Blowing Smoke in 9th place. Bethel Smokers rounded out the top 10.
The Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash also had a backyard division. Julie Weprek & Mama’s Que-N-Stew won both Pulled Pork & Ribs. LawDawg BBQ II took second place in Pulled Pork and Wcked Lickin’ BBQ Crew took second in Ribs.
 Mama’s Que-N-Stew |
 Lawdawg BBQ II |
 Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew |
Next up for the GBA is Rythm & Ribs in Tifton on March 6-7. The following week the GBA heads north for the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13-14 with the Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.
Full GBA Results:
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 599.2 | DOBEY Q | 1 | 598.1 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 1 | 595.3 | BUBBA GRILLS | ||
| 2 | 594.1 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | 2 | 592.3 | BUBBA GRILLS | 2 | 594.2 | 29 BARBEQUE | ||
| 3 | 588.7 | BARBECUE CREW | 3 | 591.6 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 3 | 592.5 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | ||
| 4 | 587.9 | SMOKE RISING | 4 | 594.6 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 4 | 588.5 | RESCUE SMOKERS | ||
| 5 | 587.2 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 5 | 591.8 | JUST PIG OUT | 5 | 588.2 | SMOKIN AJ’S | ||
| 6 | 585.9 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | 6 | 591.5 | BARBECUE CREW | 6 | 587 | NAKED DAVE’S | ||
| 7 | 584.6 | JUST PIG OUT | 7 | 591.2 | SMOKIN AJ’S | 7 | 586.9 | HURRICANE COOKERS, THE | ||
| 8 | 583.9 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | 8 | 590.51 | SMOKE RISING | 8 | 584.61 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | ||
| 9 | 582.5 | SOUTHERN HOGS | 9 | 590.5 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 9 | 584.6 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | ||
| 10 | 582.4 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 10 | 586.3 | SOUTHERN HOGS | 10 | 583.3 | BETHEL SMOKERS | ||
| 11 | 581 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | 11 | 586 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | 11 | 582.7 | BARE BONES BBQ | ||
| 12 | 580 | RUBSHAKERS QUE | 12 | 584.3 | DOBEY Q | 12 | 581.4 | BARBECUE CREW | ||
| 13 | 579.8 | FIDDLER’S BBQ | 13 | 582.9 | HURRICANE COOKERS, THE | 13 | 581.1 | DOBEY Q | ||
| 14 | 579.1 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 14 | 582.1 | J DUB STEW & QUE | 14 | 580.3 | ET’S BBQ | ||
| 15 | 578.4 | LAW DAWGS BBQ | 15 | 582 | LAW DAWGS BBQ | 15 | 579.7 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | ||
| 16 | 575 | BUBBA GRILLS | 16 | 578.7 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | 16 | 579.6 | JUST PIG OUT | ||
| 17 | 573.6 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 17 | 576.8 | FIDDLER’S BBQ | 17 | 578.7 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | ||
| 18 | 572.8 | HURRICANE COOKERS, THE | 18 | 576.6 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 18 | 577.8 | RUBSHAKERS QUE | ||
| 19 | 571.5 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 19 | 576.6 | MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE | 19 | 576.6 | SOUTHERN HOGS | ||
| 20 | 570.8 | LIZZY LOU | 20 | 575.4 | NAKED DAVE’S | 20 | 576.3 | FIDDLER’S BBQ | ||
| 21 | 570.8 | SMOKIN AJ’S | 21 | 574.2 | RUBSHAKERS QUE | 21 | 574.8 | SMOK’N ARMDILLO | ||
| 22 | 570.2 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | 22 | 573.8 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | 22 | 574.1 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | ||
| 23 | 567.6 | SMOK’N ARMDILLO | 23 | 571.8 | OLD HENRY BBQ | 23 | 571.1 | SMOKE RISING | ||
| 24 | 566.9 | OLD HENRY BBQ | 24 | 569.8 | LIZZY LOU | 24 | 569.3 | LIZZY LOU | ||
| 25 | 566.8 | NAKED DAVE’S | 25 | 568.5 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | 25 | 569.2 | J DUB STEW & QUE | ||
| 26 | 565.4 | ET’S BBQ | 26 | 567.2 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | 26 | 568.7 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | ||
| 27 | 564.5 | MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE | 27 | 564.5 | ET’S BBQ | 27 | 565.8 | LAW DAWGS BBQ | ||
| 28 | 557.5 | 29 BARBEQUE | 28 | 562.9 | SMOK’N ARMDILLO | 28 | 564.3 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | ||
| 29 | 553 | J DUB STEW & QUE | 29 | 561.3 | BARE BONES BBQ | 29 | 563.9 | MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE | ||
| 30 | 0 | BARE BONES BBQ | 30 | 557.6 | 29 BARBEQUE | 30 | 556 | OLD HENRY BBQ |
| Reserve Champion Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | BUBBA GRILLS | 575 | 600 | 599.4 | 1774.4 | |
| 2 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 582.4 | 599.7 | 588.5 | 1770.6 | |
| 3 | JUST BLOWING SMOKE | 587.2 | 594.6 | 584.6 | 1766.4 | |
| 4 | BARBECUE CREW | 588.8 | 591.5 | 581.4 | 1761.7 | |
| 5 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 579.1 | 599.1 | 583.3 | 1761.5 | |
| 6 | DOBEY Q | 593.7 | 584.3 | 581.1 | 1759.1 | |
| 7 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | 585.9 | 586 | 584.61 | 1756.51 | |
| 8 | JUST PIG OUT | 584.6 | 591.8 | 579.6 | 1756 | |
| 9 | SMOKIN AJ’S | 570.8 | 591.2 | 588.2 | 1750.2 | |
| 10 | SMOKE RISING | 587.9 | 590.51 | 571.1 | 1749.51 | |
| 11 | SOUTHERN HOGS | 582.5 | 586.3 | 576.6 | 1745.4 | |
| 12 | 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS | 573.6 | 590.5 | 579.7 | 1743.8 | |
| 13 | HURRICANE COOKERS, THE | 572.8 | 582.9 | 586.9 | 1742.6 | |
| 14 | REAL SOUTH BBQ | 571.5 | 576.6 | 591.5 | 1739.6 | |
| 15 | HUNGRY HOG BBQ | 594.8 | 573.8 | 568.7 | 1737.3 | |
| 16 | FIDDLER’S BBQ | 579.8 | 576.8 | 576.3 | 1732.9 | |
| 17 | RUBSHAKERS QUE | 580 | 574.2 | 577.8 | 1732 | |
| 18 | SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF | 583.9 | 568.5 | 578.7 | 1731.1 | |
| 19 | NAKED DAVE’S | 566.8 | 575.4 | 587 | 1729.2 | |
| 20 | LAW DAWGS BBQ | 578.4 | 582 | 565.8 | 1726.2 | |
| 21 | FORGET ME NOT BBQ | 581 | 578.7 | 564.3 | 1724 | |
| 22 | SMOKIN J’S BBQ | 570.2 | 567.2 | 574.1 | 1711.5 | |
| 23 | ET’S BBQ | 565.4 | 564.5 | 580.3 | 1710.2 | |
| 24 | LIZZY LOU | 570.8 | 569.8 | 569.3 | 1709.9 | |
| 25 | 29 BARBEQUE | 557.5 | 557.6 | 592.4 | 1707.5 | |
| 26 | SMOK’N ARMDILLO | 567.6 | 562.9 | 574.8 | 1705.3 | |
| 27 | MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE | 564.5 | 576.6 | 563.9 | 1705 | |
| 28 | J DUB STEW & QUE | 553 | 582.1 | 569.2 | 1704.3 | |
| 29 | OLD HENRY BBQ | 566.9 | 571.8 | 556 | 1694.7 | |
| 30 | BARE BONES BBQ | 0 | 561.3 | 582.7 | 1144 |