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Rescue Smokers Race to Win at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

Rescue Smokers Race to Win at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

The heavy rains & muddy conditions forced a shutdown of the harness racing at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track.  Most of the Georgia Barbecue Association’s (GBA) teams, however, were tucked in out of the weather under the shelter of the horse arena.  It came down to a photo finish as just two tenths of a point separated the top two entries of the day. Robby Royal & Rescue Smoker won the Grand Championship when his final round Rib entry scored a 599 out of a possible 600 to slip past Brad Sweet & 92 BBQ’s score of 598.8 in Pulled Pork.

Grand Champion - Rescue Smokers

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

92 BBQ made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork and added a 6th place in Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion - 92 BBQ

Reserve Grand Champion – 92 BBQ

Rescue Smokers topped the Loin category.  Forget Me Not BBQ & 92 BBQ tallied identical 593.3 scores in finals to tie for 2nd place.  Forget Me Know won on the first tiebreaker – taste – to claim the runner-up spot.  Fourth place went to We Want Que with Real South BBQ taking 5th place. Southern Hogs camin 6th, Rub Shakers Que came in 7th & Johnson Boys BBQ came in 8th place.  In 9th place was Holy Smokes and in 10th place was Kelvin’s BBQ.

Ragin' Smoke BBQ

Ragin’ Smoke BBQ

 

92 BBQ had the best Pulled Pork entry of the day. Bubba Grills took 2nd place. Ragin’ Smoke BBQ made finals for the first time in the GBA & finished in 3rd place.   Smokin’ AJ’s was back after a long layoff & took 4th place.  Holy Smokes came in 5th with Real South BBQ just 0.3 back in 6th and  another 0.3 back was Southern Hogs in 7th place.  Kelvin’s BBQ, Just Blowing Smoke & Johnson Boys BBQ finished 8th thru 10th respectively.

The Grand Championship Ribs of Rescue Smokers took first place honors. Smokin’ AJ’s came in 2dn with Southern Hogs in 3rd place. The 4th place call went to H&J Cooking Team. Kelvin’s BBQ walked for the third time of the day, this time for 5th place.  92 BBQ completed their strong cook with the 6th place call. Ragin’ Smoke BBQ took 7th place; Holy Smokes took 8th & Old Henry’s BBQ claimed 9th place. Just Blowing Smoke rounded out the top 10.

The GBA congratulates Smokin’ the Track contest committee for going above & beyond in harsh conditions and delivered a well run contest.  The GBA next heads to Jackson for Smoking Pork “N” Butts on April 15-16.

Full Results (note:  1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds)

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 598.7 Rescue Smokers 1 598.8 92 BBQ 1 599 Rescue Smokers
2 593.3 Forget Me Not BBQ 2 593.7 Bubba Grills 2 593.4 Smokin AJ’s
3 593.3 92 BBQ 3 591.2 Ragin Smoke BBQ 3 592 Southern Hogs
4 594.8 We Want Que 4 596.1 Smokin AJ’s 4 595.1 H & J Cooking Team
5 594.5 Real South BBQ 5 594.8 Holy Smokes 5 594.8 Kelvin’s BBQ
6 591.1 Southern Hogs 6 594.5 Real South BBQ 6 590.2 92 BBQ
7 590.8 Rub Shakers Que 7 594.2 Southern Hogs 7 587.91 Ragin Smoke BBQ
8 590.3 Johnson Boys BBQ 8 591.2 Kelvin’s BBQ 8 587.9 Holy Smokes
9 589.8 Holy Smokes 9 590.5 Just Blowin Smoke 9 587.5 Old Henry’s
10 588 Kelvin’s BBQ 10 589.9 Johnson Boys BBQ 10 586.2 Just Blowin Smoke
11 583.2 Dixie Davis Cooks 11 589.6 Rub Shakers Que 11 582.6 Real South BBQ
12 582.3 Just Blowin Smoke 12 586.8 Rescue Smokers 12 582 Bubba Grills
13 580.2 Smokin AJ’s   13 582.3 We Want Que 13 581 Johnson Boys BBQ
14 575.6 H & J Cooking Team 14 581.1 H & J Cooking Team 14 579 Rub Shakers Que
15 572 Ragin Smoke BBQ   15 578 Forget Me Not BBQ 15 570.5 Forget Me Not BBQ
16 571.1 Bubba Grills 16 575.5 Old Henry’s 16 568.4 We Want Que
17 564.4 Old Henry’s 17 570.9 Dixie Davis Cooks 17 564.5 Ocmulgee Smoke
18 559.6 Ocmulgee Smoke   18 569 Ocmulgee Smoke 18 562.6 Dixie Davis Cooks

 

Reserve Champion Scores:

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 92 BBQ 599.1 596.4 590.2 1785.7
2 Southern Hogs 591.1 594.2 595.4 1780.7
3 Rescue Smokers 598.2 586.8 595.7 1780.7
4 Kelvin’s BBQ 588.0 591.2 594.8 1774.0
5 Smokin AJ’s 580.2 596.1 596.4 1772.7
6 Holy Smokes 589.8 594.8 587.9 1772.5
7 Real South BBQ 594.5 594.5 582.6 1771.6
8 Johnson Boys BBQ 590.3 589.9 581.0 1761.2
9 Rub Shakers Que 590.8 589.6 579.0 1759.4
10 Just Blowin Smoke 582.3 590.5 586.2 1759.0
11 Ragin Smoke BBQ 572.0 598.2 587.9 1758.1
12 Bubba Grills 571.1 598.8 582.0 1751.9
13 H & J Cooking Team 575.6 581.1 595.1 1751.8
14 Forget Me Not BBQ 599.1 578.0 570.5 1747.6
15 We Want Que 594.8 582.3 568.4 1745.5
16 Old Henry’s 564.4 575.5 587.5 1727.4
17 Dixie Davis Cooks 583.2 570.9 562.6 1716.7
18 Ocmulgee Smoke 559.6 569.0 564.5 1693.1

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.

grand - 92bbq

 

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

Reserve Champion – H & J Cooking Team

 

1st ribs - dobey

 

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

A Smoking Good Birthday for Lawdawg BBQ

A Smoking Good Birthday for Lawdawg BBQ

Grand Champion - Lawdawg BBQ

Grand Champion – Lawdawg BBQ

Kerry Sparks of Lawdawg BBQ got the best birthday present a competition could want – their first Grand Championship.  It wasn’t without some drama at the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest Pigs & Produce BBQ Contest.  Lawdawg BBQ’s Loin entry and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers’ Pulled Pork entry tallied the same total score in the finals round.  On the first tiebreaker, compare scores for Taste, Lawdawg prevailed and the Sparks family team walked last at the awards Ceremony.

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92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers made finals in all three categories to accumulate the highest total score in the three preliminary rounds and won the Reserve Champion award.

 

Old Henry's BBQ

Old Henry’s BBQ

 

 

 

The Grand Champion Loin entry by Lawdawg BBQ topped the category. In the Loin preliminary round, Lawdawg BBQ tallied a perfect 600 score.  Bill & Renee Goddard of Rub Shakers Que took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third place.  Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ.  Daddy-O’s BBQ came in fifth, Kelvin’s BBQ came in sixth and Southern Hogs came in seventh place. Eighth thru tenth places went to Fat Jack’s BBQ, Real South BBQ and Bubba Grills respectively.

 

 

Fat Jack's BBQ

Fat Jack’s BBQ

 

 

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category. Fat Jack’s BBQ, cooking in their first GBA contest, was the runner up.  Lawdawg BBQ finished in third place.  Fourth place again went to Clay & Stephanie Beal of Old Henry’s BBQ.  Kelvin’s BBQ & Real South BBQ tied for fifth place with Kelvin’s winning on the 4th tiebreaker. Bubba Grills grabbed seventh place and Daddy-O’s BBQ grabbed eighth place.  Southern Hogs and Rub Shakers Que rounded out the top 10.

 

 

 

Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs

 

 

Southern Hogs turned in the best Rib entry of the day. Fat Jack’s BBQ added to their big first GBA contest with a second place finish in Ribs.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third place.  Bubba Grills came in fourth with Real South BBQ in fifth place. It was Old Henry’s BBQ claiming  sixth place and Lawdawg BBQ claimed seventh place. Kelvin’s BBQ took eighth place, Rub Shakers Que took ninth and Daddy-O’s BBQ took tenth..

The Georgia Barbeque Association was proud to be a part of the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest for the third year.   Next up on the GBA calendar is Albany Quail Classic on November 21-22 followed by the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook-off on Dec 5-6.

 

 

Full Results:

LOIN PULLED PORK RIBS
1 595.9 LAW DAWG BBQ 1 595.9 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 1 594.9 SOUTHERN HOG
2 593.8 RUB SHAKERS QUE 2 593.6 FAT JACK’S BBQ 2 593.8 FAT JACK’S BBQ
3 591.6 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 3 591.4 LAW DAWG BBQ 3 593.3 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
4 581 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 4 582.3 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 4 586 BUBBA GRILLS
5 579.3 DADDY-O’S BBQ 5 580.01 KELVIN’S BBQ 5 582.7 REAL SOUTH BBQ
6 577.9 KELVIN’S BBQ 6 580 REAL SOUTH BBQ 6 579.7 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
7 577.81 SOUTHERN HOG 7 579.3 BUBBA GRILLS 7 579.4 LAW DAWG BBQ
8 577.8 FAT JACK’S BBQ 8 574.5 DADDY-O’S BBQ 8 578.8 KELVIN’S BBQ
9 577.1 REAL SOUTH BBQ 9 568.4 SOUTHERN HOG 9 578.1 RUB SHAKERS QUE
10 573.2 BUBBA GRILLS 10 563.5 RUB SHAKERS QUE 10 566.6 DADDY-O’S BBQ

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS 599.4 587.8 599.1 1786.3
2 LAW DAWG BBQ 600 584 579.4 1763.4
3 FAT JACK’S BBQ 577.8 590.9 590.3 1759
4 SOUTHERN HOG 577.81 568.4 597.1 1743.31
5 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 581 582.3 579.7 1743
6 REAL SOUTH BBQ 577.1 580 582.7 1739.8
7 BUBBA GRILLS 573.2 579.3 586 1738.5
8 KELVIN’S BBQ 577.9 580.01 578.8 1736.71
9 RUB SHAKERS QUE 582.4 563.5 578.1 1724
10 DADDY-O’S BBQ 579.3 574.5 566.6 1720.4

Jack’s Old South Edges Out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in Hawkinsville

Jack’s Old South Edges Out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in Hawkinsville

Grand Champions - Jack's Old South

Grand Champions – Jack’s Old South

Some of the top names in the world of competition BBQ turned out for the Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ Cook Off, but the regulars on the Georgia Barbecue Association circuit were up for the challenge.  When the smoke settled, the Grand Championship had to be decided by a coin toss.  Jack’s Old South scored a near perfect 599.1 in the Pork Loin finals.  That was matched by Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack’s final Rib entry.  The GBA officials compared the scores thru the tie breaker procedure and the two teams matched up exactly.  That left it up to a coin toss and the winningest man in BBQ walked last once again.       

Myron Mixon actually got his winning ways started in Hawkinsville.  In 1996, Hawkinsville hosted a Memphis in May BBQ contest & Mixon won his very first Grand Championship at that event.

 

Reserve Grand Champions - Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

 

 

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack may have come out on the wrong end of the coin toss, but the team’s strong showing across the three GBA categories secured the Reserve Grand Championship.  The team made finals both Ribs & Pork Loin .

Jack’s Old South score of 599.1 in Pork Loin topped the category.  Sauced Hogs Smoke shack finished second with ComSouth High Tech Smokers finishing third.. BBQ Pitmasters star, Michael Character of Character’s Famous BBQ from Adairsville, GA, captured  4th place.  Another BBQ Pitmasters alum, Moe Cason of Ponderoas BBQ, took 5th place.

 

 

 

1st Place Pulled Pork - 92 BBQ

1st Place Pulled Pork – 92 BBQ

In Pulled Pork, 92 BBQ in just their 3rd GBA contest, beat out all the big names & seasoned vets to capture their first category win. Smokin 42 BBQ was the runner up. Kelvin’s BBQ took third place. Cooking with Stump, another BBQ Pitmasters star, claimed 4th place. Jack’s Old South rounded out the top five.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack racked up a near perfect score in the Ribs Finals to win the category over Jack’s Old South, second place, and Ponderosa BBQ, third place.  Smokin’ 42 BBQ came in 4th place with ComSouth High Tech Smokers claiming 5th place.

The GBA thanks the Hawkinsville Downtown Development Authority for organizing a great contest and looks forward to returning to the Harvert Festival again next year.  The next stop on the GBA trail with be in Richland on November 8-9 followed up by a new event on the circuit, the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook Off on December 6-7

Full Contest Results:

 

LOIN   PULLED PORK
1 599.1 JACK’S OLD SOUTH 1 598.8 92 BBQ
2 590.8 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK 2 596.1 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
3 580.6 COMSOUTH HIGH TECH 3 589.6 KELVIN’S BBQ
4 590.8 CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ 4 587.9 COOKING WITH STUMP
5 583.7 PONDEROSA BBQ 5 586.2 JACK’S OLD SOUTH
6 581.2 KELVIN’S BBQ 6 582.7 PONDEROSA BBQ
7 580.3 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 7 580 LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ
8 579.4 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 8 579 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
9 575.8 SWINE TIME BBQ 9 579 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
10 575.2 DADDY-O’S BBQ 10 574.7 COMSOUTH HIGH TECH
11 575.1 92 BBQ 11 572.3 SWINE TIME BBQ
12 570.3 LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ 12 571.8 CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ
13 568 COOKING WITH STUMP 13 568.5 TECHNICALLY COOKING
14 560.1 TECHNICALLY COOKING 14 566.2 DADDY-O’S BBQ

 

RIBS
1 599.1 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2 598.5 JACK’S OLD SOUTH
3 588.9 PONDEROSA BBQ
4 592.1 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
5 584.3 COMSOUTH HIGH TECH
6 580.3 TECHNICALLY COOKING
7 579.4 COOKING WITH STUMP
8 577.9 KELVIN’S BBQ
9 575.1 LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ
10 573.8 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
11 572.8 CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ
12 572.8 DADDY-O’S BBQ
13 571.9 SWINE TIME BBQ
14 568.7 92 BBQ

 

Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 JACK’S OLD SOUTH 592.2 586.2 592.1 1770.5
2 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK 595.8 579 592.4 1767.2
3 PONDEROSA BBQ 599.7 582.7 583.7 1766.1
4 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 592.1 593.1 580.3 1765.5
5 KELVIN’S BBQ 577.9 596.8 581.2 1755.9
6 COMSOUTH HIGH TECH 584.3 574.7 595.4 1754.4
7 92 BBQ 568.7 594.5 575.1 1738.3
8 CHARACTER’S FAMOUS BBQ 572.8 571.8 590.8 1735.4
9 COOKING WITH STUMP 579.4 587.9 568 1735.3
10 BUTT RUBBIN BBQ 573.8 579 579.4 1732.2
11 LIGHTNING STRIKE BBQ 575.1 580 570.3 1725.4
12 SWINE TIME BBQ 571.9 572.3 575.8 1720
13 DADDY-O’S BBQ 572.8 566.2 575.2 1714.2
14 TECHNICALLY COOKING 580.3 568.5 560.1 1708.9

LJ Smokin’ Takes Pigs & Produce Grand Championship

LJ Smokin’ Takes Pigs & Produce Grand Championship

 

Grand Champion – L J Smokin’

Hawkinsville —  Larry Johns of LJ Smokin’ walked last at the Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ contest on the strength of a near perfect (599.7 score) in the Ribs Final round.  Bubba Grills,pitmaster Lonnie Smith, finished in the top 4 in the preliminary round in all three categories to capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

 

Myron Mixon wins the Rib Cookoff over his son Michael

 

 

The crowds began to gather on Friday afternoon for the head to head Rib Cookoff between Myron Mixon of Jack’s Old South and his son, Michael, of Jack’s New South. A panel consisting of GBA Contests Reps, GBA Master Judges, and local VIPs judged two boxes from each of the competitors.  The Winningest Man in BBQ, Myron Mixon edged out his protege’.

 

 

 

 

 

Mr.Joe Wright of Bethel Smokers dominated the Ancillary contests taking first place in Sauce, Brunswick Stew and People’s Choice. Bubba Grills won the Georgia State Boiled Peanuts Championship.

Bethel Smokers win Sauce, Brunswick Stew & People’s Choice

Boiled Peanut State Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin – Smokin Grill

 

 

The Pork Loin category was won by Smokin’ Grill, the reigning GBA State Champions. Second place went to Holy Smokers.  Bubba Grills took third place.  Anarque edged out Smokin’ 42 BBQ for fourth place by 0.4 of a point.  Bubba Grills and LJ Smokin’ tied for first place in Pork with Bubba Grills getting the win after the second tiebreaker. Bethel Smokers got the third place call with Smokin’ 42 BBQ in fourth and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack rounding out the top five. LJ Smokin’ missed a perfect score by 0.3 of a point in Ribs to win the category. Bethel Smokers came in second with Ray Scott Outdoors in third. Bubba Grills and Kelvin’s BBQ finished fourth & fifth respectively.

 

 

 

 

 

Hawkinsville
October 27, 2012
RIBS   PULLED PORK   PORK LOIN
1 599.7 LJ SMOKIN 1 596.1 BUBBA GRILLS 1 595.4 SMOKIN GRILL
2 588.6 BETHEL SMOKERS 2 596.1 LJ SMOKIN 2 592.5 HOLY SMOKERS
3 582.2 Ray Scott Outdoors 3 587.6 BETHEL SMOKERS 3 575.6 BUBBA GRILLS
4 595.5 Bubba Grills 4 590.1 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 4 588.5 AnarQue
5 594.8 Kelvin’s BBQ 5 588.8 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack 5 588.1 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
6 591.8 Bomb Diggity Barbecue 6 587.9 Holy Smokers BBQ 6 586.8 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
7 591.5 AnarQue 7 587.5 Ray Scott Outdoors 7 584.2 Lj smokin
8 589.9 Holy Smokers BBQ 8 585.1 Bomb Diggity Barbecue 8 581.2 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
9 582 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 9 584.3 Kelvin’s BBQ 9 576.6 ComSouth BBQ cook team
10 582 Old Henry’s BBQ 10 580.9 Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade 10 576.6 Old Henry’s BBQ
11 579.5 Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade 11 577.8 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers 11 575.2 Bomb Diggity Barbecue
12 579.3 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack 12 577.3 Lil’ Jack’s Shack 12 575.2 Smokinwilly Squealers
13 578.7 ET’s BBQ 13 577.1 AnarQue 13 572.9 Kelvin’s BBQ
14 571.4 Smokin’ Aces 14 570.7 Old Henry’s BBQ 14 569 BETHEL SMOKERS
15 569.7 ComSouth BBQ cook team 15 570.4 Butt Rubbers 15 569 Ray Scott Outdoors
16 566.5 Smokin Grills 16 570 Smokinwilly Squealers 16 565.5 ET’s BBQ
17 565.8 Butt Rubbers 17 567.5 Smokin Grills 17 565.4 Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade
18 560.9 Smokinwilly Squealers 18 566.1 3 D’s BBQ 18 562.7 3 D’s BBQ
19 558.6 3 D’s BBQ 19 560.5 ET’s BBQ 19 560.8 Smokin’ Aces
20 557.5 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers 20 560.4 Smokin’ Aces 20 0 Lil’ Jack’s Shack
21 0 Lil’ Jack’s Shack 21 547.6 ComSouth BBQ cook team 21 0 Butt Rubbers
Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Bubba Grills 595.5 594.5 595.4 1785.4
2 Lj smokin 598.8 596.7 584.2 1779.7
3 Holy Smokers BBQ 589.9 587.9 592.1 1769.9
4 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 582 590.1 588.1 1760.2
5 BETHEL SMOKERS 599.4 590.4 569 1758.8
6 AnarQue 591.5 577.1 588.5 1757.1
7 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack 579.3 588.8 586.8 1754.9
8 Ray Scott Outdoors 597 587.5 569 1753.5
9 Bomb Diggity Barbecue 591.8 585.1 575.2 1752.1
10 Kelvin’s BBQ 594.8 584.3 572.9 1752
11 Old Henry’s BBQ 582 570.7 576.6 1729.3
12 Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade 579.5 580.9 565.4 1725.8
13 Smokin Grills 566.5 567.5 590.1 1724.1
14 Big D’s Firehouse Smokers 557.5 577.8 581.2 1716.5
15 Smokinwilly Squealers 560.9 570 575.2 1706.1
16 ET’s BBQ 578.7 560.5 565.5 1704.7
17 ComSouth BBQ cook team 569.7 547.6 576.6 1693.9
18 Smokin’ Aces 571.4 560.4 560.8 1692.6
19 3 D’s BBQ 558.6 566.1 562.7 1687.4
20 Butt Rubbers 565.8 570.4 0 1136.2
21 Lil’ Jack’s Shack 0 577.3 0 577.3