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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

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

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 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

Oct 21 2013

Cooking with Stump Tops the Field in Tennille

When Walter “Stump” McDowell posed for the GBA camera flexing his muscles on Friday afternoon, it was a sign of things to come. The Cooking with Stump team of “Stump” and Tab “Mama Stump” McDowell notched a perfect score of 600 in the preliminary round of the Ribs category. They followed up with a near perfect entry in the Ribs Finals to capture the Grand Championship at the 7th Annual Tennille BBQ Blast. Full results of the contest are below

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) has been honored to be a part of one the great small town festivals in the state for the past three years. Huge crowds filled the streets of Tennille Friday and Saturday to enjoy great food, good music and crafts vendors. The GBA thanks the Tennille Downtown Development Authority, the Tennille Fire Department and everyone associated with the contest for their hospitality.

Grand Champions – Cooking with Stump

Another team that flexed its cooking “muscles” was Sweat’s BBQ. Pitmaster Lee Sweat made finals in all three categories to win Reserve Grand Champion. The team finished second in both Loin and Ribs and took third place in Pulled Pork. Sweat’s also took first place in the ancillary Poultry category and second place in the Brisket ancillary.

Reserve Grand Champion – Sweat’s BBQ

First Place Loin – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack claimed first place in the Pork Loin category. Sweats BBQ came in second place and the Tennille Fire Department Engine 2 BBQ took third place. Fourth place went to Just Smokin’ Around with TC’s BBQ in fifth place.

The winning entry in Pulled Pork was turned in by the husband & wife team, the McRea’s of Just Smokin’ Around from Jackson, GA. Cooking with Stump was runner up in the category. Sweat’s BBQ finished in third place. ET’s BBQ came in fourth. Fifth place in Pulled Pork went to TC’s BBQ who edge out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack by 0.1 of a point.

First Place Pulled Pork – Just Smokin’ Around

Cooking with Sump was the top entry in Ribs with Sweat’s BBQ in second. Third place went to Ivey Rack & Q. Engine 2 BBQ claimed fourth place and Just Smokin’ Around took fifth place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association looks forward to returning to Tennile again in 2014. The next stop for the GBA will be this weekend – October 25 & 26, in Hawkinsville, GA for the Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ Cookoff.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.8	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK	1	598.5	JUST SMOKIN AROUND
2	596.4	SWEATS BBQ	2	596.7	COOKING WITH STUMP
3	582.3	ENGINE 2 BBQ	3	590.3	SWEATS BBQ
4	582.9	JUST SMOKIN AROUND	4	591.8	ET’S BBQ
5	578.5	TC’S BBQ	5	579.6	TC’S BBQ
6	577.7	COOKING WITH STUMP	6	579.5	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
7	574.9	BACK YARD PORKERS	7	578.6	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
8	570.7	ET’S BBQ	8	578.3	BACK YARD PORKERS
9	569.3	PIT WITTA SWIG	9	566	ENGINE 2 BBQ
10	566.6	IVEY RACK & Q	10	564.5	PIT WITTA SWIG
11	558.2	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	11	557.5	IVEY RACK & Q

		RIBS
1	599.1	COOKING WITH STUMP
2	591.8	SWEATS BBQ
3	582.6	IVEY RACK AND Q
4	583	ENGINE 2 BBQ
5	580.1	JUST SMOKIN AROUND
6	578.9	TC’S BBQ
7	576	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
8	572.9	ET’S BBQ
9	571	BACK YARD PORKERS
10	563.8	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	SWEATS BBQ	592.1	595.4	593.1	1780.6
2	COOKING WITH STUMP	600	592.7	577.7	1770.4
3	JUST SMOKIN AROUND	580.1	596.4	582.9	1759.4
4	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	576	579.5	595.7	1751.2
5	TC’S BBQ	578.9	579.6	578.5	1737
6	ENGINE 2 BBQ	583	566	586.4	1735.4
7	ET’S BBQ	572.9	591.8	570.7	1735.4
8	BACK YARD PORKERS	571	578.3	574.9	1724.2
9	IVEY RACK & Q	585.4	557.5	566.6	1709.5
10	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	563.8	578.6	558.2	1700.6
11	PIT WITTA SWIG	0	564.5	569.3	1133.8

Oct 21 2012

Once, Twice, Three Times a Winner for Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Once, Twice, Three Times a Winner for Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Tennille BBQ Blast Tennille, GA — It was a clean sweep for Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack at the Tennille BBQ Blast as they captured first place in all three GBA categories — Loin, Pork & Ribs. The first place finish in all three categories insured the team would also take home the Grand Championship trophy. Under GBA rules, the same team cannot win both Grand & Reserve Grand awards, so the Reserve Grand award is pass down to the team with the next highest cumulative score in the prelimnary rounds. Backyard Porkers finished 3rd in Loin, 4th in Pork and 9th in Ribs to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champions – Backyard Porkers

Smokin Grill BBQ claimed runner up in Loin followed by Backyard Porkers in third place. Anarque finished in third place just ahead of former team-mates Holy Smokes in fifth place. In the Pork category, Holy Smokes took second place and Front Porch Gang took third. Backyard Porkers claimed fourth place with Snoot & Toot BBQ in fifth place. ET’s BBQ made the long trip up for Florida and came in second in Ribs with Anaque coming in third. Ivey Rack & Que and Jethro’s Cooking Crew rounded out the top 5.

Winners in the Ancillary categories were: Chicken – Backyard Porkers; Brisket – Engine 2 BBQ; Stew – Engine 2 BBQ; & Sauce – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack.

The GBA would like the thank the fine folks of Tennille, GA for hosting another great contest.

	Tennille BBQ Blast
		RIBS			PULLED PORK			PORK LOIN
1	595.1	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	1	599.4	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	1	596.1	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
2	587.1	ETs BBQ	2	590.5	Holy Smokes	2	595.4	Smokin Grill BBQ
3	567.3	Anar-Que	3	585.6	Front Porch Gang	3	567.9	Back Yard Porkers
4	582.9	Ivey Rack & Q	4	587.5	Back Yard Porkers	4	593.4	Anar-Que
5	580.5	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	5	583.7	Snoot & Toot BBQ	5	584.9	Holy Smokes
6	579.6	Engine 2 BBQ	6	580.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	6	581.3	Front Porch Gang
7	579	Holy Smokes	7	580.6	Ivey Rack & Q	7	576.3	Crossroads Grilling
8	573.4	Old Henry BBQ	8	579.7	Smokin Grill BBQ	8	575.7	Snoot & Toot BBQ
9	573.3	Back Yard Porkers	9	578.6	Crossroads Grilling	9	572.7	Engine 2 BBQ
10	572.7	Crossroads Grilling	10	574.1	Old Henry BBQ	10	569.1	Ivey Rack & Q
11	566.6	Smokin Grill BBQ	11	568	Engine 2 BBQ	11	563.7	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
12	560	Front Porch Gang	12	565.3	Anar-Que	12	560.7	Old Henry BBQ
13	548.1	Snoot & Toot BBQ	13	561.6	ETs BBQ	13	557.6	ETs BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	599.7	597.1	596.1	1792.9
2	Back Yard Porkers	573.3	587.5	596.4	1757.2
3	Holy Smokes	579	591.2	584.9	1755.1
4	Anar-Que	595.4	565.3	593.4	1754.1
5	Smokin Grill BBQ	566.6	579.7	594.8	1741.1
6	Ivey Rack & Q	582.9	580.6	569.1	1732.6
7	Front Porch Gang	560	589.4	581.3	1730.7
8	Crossroads Grilling	572.7	578.6	576.3	1727.6
9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	580.5	580.9	563.7	1725.1
10	Engine 2 BBQ	579.6	568	572.7	1720.3
11	Old Henry BBQ	573.4	574.1	560.7	1708.2
12	Snoot & Toot BBQ	548.1	583.7	575.7	1707.5
13	ETs BBQ	586.9	561.6	557.6	1706.1

Oct 14 2012

Bubba Grills is Perfection Times Two

Gordon, GA — Lonnie Smith, pitmaster of Bubba Grills, proved to be master of the perfect rib at the Fall Line Festival BBQ Contest. Not only did his team score a perfect 600 points in the Ribs preliminary round; he also claimed a perfect score in the Ribs Finals. Perfection times 2 equals a Grand Championship for Bubba Grills.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack placed first in Loin, 4th in Ribs and 8th in Pork in the preliminary rounds to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

In Pork Loin, Anarque, Holy Smokers and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack were the three finalists. Anarque won the finals round and claim first place in the category. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took second with Holy Smokers in third. Bubba Grills took fourth place with SmokinWilly Squealers in fifth.

		PORK LOIN
1	595.8 *	Anarque
2	594.5 *	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
3	588.2 *	Holy Smokers
4	588.2	Bubba Grills
5	584.9	Smokin Willie Squealers
6	583.7	Party Porkers
7	583.3	Five O’Clock Somewhere
8	577.9	Loose Bones
9	577.3	Beaver Creek Cookers
10	575.9	Smokin AJ’s
11	564.5	Old Henrys BBQ
12	562.3	Ivey Rack and Que
		* score from final round

Anarque, Smokin AJs and SmokinWilly Squealers were the three finalists in Pulled Pork. Only 0.6 of a point separated first from third place in the finals. Anarque, once again, claimed the top score with SmokinWilly Squealers as runner up. Smoking AJ’s finished third. Party Porkers and Holy Smokers rounded out the top five.

		PULLED PORK
1	598.8 *	Anarque
2	598.5 *	Smokin Willie Squealers
3	598.2 *	Smokin AJ’s
4	589.2	Party Porkers
5	582.9	Holy Smokers
6	580.2	Five O’Clock Somewhere
7	579.6	Bubba Grills
8	579.6	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
9	578.3	Loose Bones
10	571.3	Old Henrys BBQ
11	569.8	Ivey Rack and Que
12	566.3	Beaver Creek Cookers
		* score from final round

Bubba Grills perfect preliminary score secured a spot in the Ribs Finals along with Five O’Clock Somewhere and Ivey Rack and Que. Bubba Grills again scored a perfect 600 in finals to take first place. Ivey Rack and Que and Five O’Clock Somewhere finished second and third respectively. Fourth went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack with fifth place going to Smokin AJs.

		RIBS
1	600 *	Bubba Grills
2	593.6 *	Ivey Rack and Que
3	591.9 *	Five O’Clock Somewhere
4	593.6	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
5	592.5	Smokin AJ’s
6	587.1	Smokin Willie Squealers
7	586.9	Loose Bones
8	574.7	Party Porkers
9	571.6	Old Henrys BBQ
10	569	Beaver Creek Cookers
11	563.4	Holy Smokers
12	559.3	Anarque
		* score from final round

	Overall Standings Preliminaries	Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	593.6	579.6	597.7	1770.9
2	Smokin Willie Squealers	587.1	596.7	584.9	1768.7
3	Bubba Grills	600	579.6	588.2	1767.8
4	Smokin AJ’s	592.5	594.8	575.9	1763.2
5	Five O’Clock Somewhere	598.5	580.2	583.3	1762
6	Party Porkers	574.7	589.2	583.7	1747.6
7	Loose Bones	586.9	578.3	577.9	1743.1
8	Holy Smokers	563.4	582.9	595.7	1742
9	Anarque	559.3	590.2	589.9	1739.4
10	Ivey Rack and Que	595.4	569.8	562.3	1727.5
11	Beaver Creek Cookers	569	566.3	577.3	1712.6
12	Old Henrys BBQ	571.6	571.3	564.5	1707.4