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Law Dawg BBQ Returns to Action & Walks Last

LawDawg BBQ Returns to Action & Walks Last

It had been almost a year since Kerry Sparks and LawDawg BBQ last entered a Georgia Barbecue Association competition.  Smokin Pork N Butts in Jackson, GA was where the team returned to the pit wars and they proved the long layoff didn’t effect their skills.  LawDawg BBQ won the Pork Loin category & edged out Pulled Pork winner Bubba Grills and Rib winner Rescue Smokers the last call and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion - LawDawg BBQ

Grand Champion – LawDawg BBQ

Robby Royal continued to dominate the circuit by making finals in both Loin and Ribs along with a 4th place finish in Pulled Pork.  The strong overall cook gave the Sycamore, GA team the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion - Rescue Smokers

Reserve Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

LawDawg BBQ took top honors in Loin with Rescue Smokers as the runner-up.  Fletcher’s Finest advanced to finals on the strength of a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round and finished third. In 4th place was We Want Que and in 5th place was Johnson Boys BBQ.  Screaming Eagle BBQ took  6th place, BCD took 7th place and Old Henry’s BBQ took 8th place.  Quenut BBQ claimed 9th place and Southern Hogs was tenth.

First Place Pulled Pork - Bubba Grills

First Place Pulled Pork – Bubba Grills

 

Bubba Grills topped the Pulled Pork category. Larry Cavendar & Screaming Eagle BBQ, a former Cooking for Fun division team, took 2nd place.  Cavendar posted a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round,  Hootie Q took 3rd place.  Fourth place went to Rescue Smokers with Southern Hogs taking 5th place.  Brown Owl BBQ, in their first competition, walked in 6th and Smoke Shack walked in 7th place.  LawDawg BBQ, 92 BBQ and We Want Que finished 8th thru 10th respecitively.

In Ribs, three teams tied for 2nd place in the preliminary round. This meant the team losing the tiebreaker would miss the finals,   Johnson Boys BBQ came up short on the tiebreaker finshed in 4th place.  Rescue Smokers won the category, 92 BBQ came in second and had the third perfect 600 score in the preliminary rounds.  Fletcher’s Finest came in third.  Real South BBQ got the 5th place call.  Bubba Grills took 6th place and We Want Que took 7th.  Eighth place went to Smoke Shack and 9th went to Southern Hogs.  Fiddler’s BBQ rounded out the top 10.

600 score - Fletcher's Finest

600 score – Fletcher’s Finest

600 score - Screaming Eagle

600 score – Screaming Eagle

600 score - 92 BBQ

600 score – 92 BBQ

 

Thanks to Wayne, Connie & Heather Rosser and the Jackson Exchange Club for putting on another great contest.

Full Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 596.3 Law Dawg BBQ 1 596.1 Bubba Grills 1 596.2 Rescue Smokers
2 595.9 Rescue Smokers 2 595.3 Screaming Eagle 2 595.4 92 BBQ
3 591.8 Fletchers Finest 3 593.3 Hootie Q 3 593.3 Fletchers Finest
4 599.1 We Want Que 4 599.1 Rescue Smokers 4 599.4 Johnson Boys BBQ
5 597.9 Johnson Boys BBQ 5 598.82 Southern Hogs 5 598.8 Real South BBQ
6 595.2 Screaming Eagle 6 598.81 Brown Owl BBQ 6 598.5 Bubba Grills
7 594.5 BCD 7 598.8 Smoke Shack 7 598.2 We Want Que
8 594.2 Old Henry’s 8 598.5 Law Dawg BBQ 8 596.1 Smoke Shack
9 591.6 Quenut BBQ 9 594.2 92 BBQ 9 591.91 Southern Hogs
10 589.9 Southern Hogs 10 593.9 We Want Que 10 591.9 Fiddlers BBQ
11 588.4 Brown Owl BBQ 11 589 Real South BBQ 11 591.6 Main Street BBQ
12 587.5 Hootie Q 12 587.6 Quenut BBQ 12 589.9 BCD
13 586.2 Bubba Grills   13 586.7 Johnson Boys BBQ 13 586.1 Double D Cook Team
14 584.9 Killer Swine/Wing Depot 14 586.4 Killer Swine/Wing Depot 14 586 Jackson Diesel
15 584.2 Fiddlers BBQ   15 586 Fiddlers BBQ 15 585.7 Brown Owl BBQ
16 583.3 Smoke Shack 16 585 Fletchers Finest 16 585 Hootie Q
17 583 Real South BBQ 17 583.3 Double D Cook Team 17 581.8 Screaming Eagle
18 582.6 Main Street BBQ   18 577.7 Old Henry’s 18 581.7 Old Henry’s
19 581 92 BBQ 19 575.1 Forget Me Not BBQ 19 580.6 Quenut BBQ
20 576.8 Jackson Diesel 20 569.2 Jackson Diesel 20 580.3 Law Dawg BBQ
21 572.2 Forget Me Not BBQ 21 567.5 Main Street BBQ 21 577.5 Forget Me Not BBQ
22 570.3 Double D Cook Team 22 567.5 BCD 22 567.5 Killer Swine/Wing Depot

Reserve Scores:

Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Rescue Smokers 599.70 599.10 599.42 1798.22
2 We Want Que 599.10 593.90 598.20 1791.20
3 Fletchers Finest 600.00 585.00 599.41 1784.41
4 Bubba Grills 586.20 599.70 598.50 1784.40
5 Johnson Boys BBQ 597.90 586.70 599.40 1784.00
6 Southern Hogs 589.90 598.82 591.91 1780.63
7 Law Dawg BBQ 599.70 598.50 580.30 1778.50
8 Smoke Shack 583.30 598.80 596.10 1778.20
9 Screaming Eagle 595.20 600.00 581.80 1777.00
10 92 BBQ 581.00 594.20 600.00 1775.20
11 Brown Owl BBQ 588.40 598.81 585.70 1772.91
12 Hootie Q 587.50 599.40 585.00 1771.90
13 Real South BBQ 583.00 589.00 598.80 1770.80
14 Fiddlers BBQ 584.20 586.00 591.90 1762.10
15 Quenut BBQ 591.60 587.60 580.60 1759.80
16 Old Henry’s 594.20 577.70 581.70 1753.60
17 BCD 594.50 567.50 589.90 1751.90
18 Main Street BBQ 582.60 567.50 591.60 1741.70
19 Double D Cook Team 570.30 583.30 586.10 1739.70
20 Killer Swine/Wing Depot 584.90 586.40 567.50 1738.80
21 Jackson Diesel 576.80 569.20 586.00 1732.00
22 Forget Me Not BBQ 572.20 575.10 577.50 1724.80

 

 

A Grand Time in Fort Gaines for Dobey Q

A Grand Time in Fort Gaines for Dobey Q

The Fort Gaines 200 committee pulled out all stops for an amazing contest in the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge. It all started with a beautiful venue on the banks of the Chattahoochee River.  The Challenge stepped up a notch when White Oak Pastures presented the People’s Choice competitors with their pasture raised chickens for the contest.  Smoke over Bluffton won both the People’s Choice and the BBQ Queen’s choice with their pulled chicken

In the GBA competition,  David Hair & Dobey Q’s pulled pork finals entry edges out the rib box of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers by 0.6 of a point for the Grand Championship.  That was a testament of how competitive the contest as for the first time in anyone’s memory,  9 different teams made the finals round in the three GBA categories.

Grand Champion - Dobey Q

Grand Champion – Dobey Q

Just Blowing Smoke – Robin & Amy Bowles and Rick Goldstien – made finals in Ribs while also taking 4th place in Loin and 5th place in Pulled Pork to take home the Reserve Champiionship.

Reserve Champion - Just Blowing Smoke

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

 

First Place Loin - CaJenn Smokin Que

First Place Loin – CaJenn Smokin Que

CaJenn Smokin Que continued their recent hot streak by winning the Loin category.  I Go Low & Slow, cooking in their first GBA event, took 2nd place while Real South BBQ took 3rd place.  Fourth place went to Just Blowing Smoke with 5th place going to Fiddler’s BBQ.  Rib Ticklers captured 6th place followed by Dobey Q in 7th and LawDawgs BBQ in 8th place. Ninth went to 29 BBQ and 10th went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers.

 

Dobey Q led field in Pulled Pork with Fiddlers BBQ as runner-up and H & J Cooking Team coming in 3rd place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers won the 4th tiebreaker over Just Blowing Smoke for 4th place.  The sixth place call with to McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ with the 7th place call going to Real South BBQ. Rib Ticklers took 8th place with 29 BBQ taking 9th and Old Henry’s BBQ rounding out the top ten.

First Place Ribs - 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

First Place Ribs – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

The best Ribs of the day went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Just Blowing Smoke took second.  McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ made the Rib finals in their first professional contest and came in 3rd place. Old Henry’s BBQ walked in 4th place and Fiddler’s BBQ grabbed fifth.  Rib Ticklers took 6th place, Chattahoochee Smoke took 7th place and Real South BBQ took 8th place.  29 BBQ and Dobey Q finished 9th and 10th respectively.

The GBA is looking forward to a return trip to Fort Gaines in 2016.  The GBA will take a few weeks off the conclude the 2014-2015 contest season with the Brookhaven BBQ Bash on Fourth of July weekend.

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

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 596.2 CaJenn Smokin Que 1 597.9 Dobey Q 1 597.3 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
2 594.3 I Go Low & Slow 2 594.5 Fiddler’s BBQ 2 596.1 Just Blowing Smoke
3 591.5 Real South BBQ 3 589.6 H & J Cooking Team 3 588.6 McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ
4 592.5 Just Blowing Smoke 4 589.31 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 4 586.9 Old Henry’s BBQ
5 590.1 Fiddler’s BBQ 5 589.3 Just Blowing Smoke 5 586.3 Fiddler’s BBQ
6 588.8 Rib Ticklers 6 587.3 McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ 6 586.02 Rib Ticklers
7 586 Dobey Q 7 586.9 Real South BBQ 7 586.01 Chattahoochee Smoke
8 583.3 Law Dawgs 8 585.7 Rib Ticklers 8 586 Real South BBQ
9 578.7 29 BBQ 9 582.4 29 BBQ 9 585.8 29 BBQ
10 576.5 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 10 582.3 Old Henry’s BBQ 10 585.7 Dobey Q
11 576.3 Smokey Times 11 582.1 Law Dawgs 11 582.4 Knawty-Hawg
12 576.2 McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ 12 582 Blue Smoke BB 12 575.1 Law Dawgs
13 574.3 Hi I Que 13 579.9 CaJenn Smokin Que 13 574.7 Smokey Times
14 573.3 Chattahoochee Smoke 14 577.3 Smokey Times 14 573.6 CaJenn Smokin Que
15 572.5 Knawty-Hawg 15 571.8 Chattahoochee Smoke 15 569.4 I Go Low & Slow
16 571.3 H & J Cooking Team 16 571 Hi I Que 16 565.7 H & J Cooking Team
17 570.5 Blue Smoke BB 17 563.2 Smoke Over Bluffton 17 563.2 Smoke Over Bluffton
18 565.5 Smoke Over Bluffton 18 562.3 I Go Low & Slow 18 561.7 Blue Smoke BB
19 561.9 Old Henry’s BBQ 19 0 Knawty-Hawg 19 557.6 Hi I Que

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Just Blowing Smoke 592.5 589.3 590.6 1772.4
2 Fiddler’s BBQ 590.1 594.8 586.3 1771.2
3 Real South BBQ 597.6 586.9 586 1770.5
4 Dobey Q 586 590.2 585.7 1761.9
5 Rib Ticklers 588.8 585.7 586.02 1760.52
6 McDaniels Pit Stop BBQ 576.2 587.3 596.4 1759.9
7 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 576.5 589.31 590.6 1756.41
8 CaJenn Smokin Que 594.5 579.9 573.6 1748
9 29 BBQ 578.7 582.4 585.8 1746.9
10 Law Dawgs 583.3 582.1 575.1 1740.5
11 H & J Cooking Team 571.3 594.3 565.7 1731.3
12 Chattahoochee Smoke 573.3 571.8 586.01 1731.11
13 I Go Low & Slow 599.4 562.3 569.4 1731.1
14 Old Henry’s BBQ 561.9 582.3 586.9 1731.1
15 Smokey Times 576.3 577.3 574.7 1728.3
16 Blue Smoke BB 570.5 582 561.7 1714.2
17 Hi I Que 574.3 571 557.6 1702.9
18 Smoke Over Bluffton 565.5 563.2 563.2 1691.9
19 Knawty-Hawg 572.5 0 582.4 1154.9

Smokin 42 BBQ Rules at Three Rivers Festival

Smokin 42 BBQ Rules at Three Rivers Festival

After battling the elements over the past few contests, the teams of the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) found picture perfect weather for the Three Rivers Festival at Towns Bluff Park.  The teams responded by turning in outstanding BBQ.  A common theme among the judges was how tough it was to pick a favorite among so many great entries.  In the end, it was the Finals round Pulled Pork entry turned in by Smokin’ 42 BBQ of Tifton that got the last call of the day as Grand Champion.

Grand Champion - Smokin' 42 BBQ

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

CaJenn Smokin’ Que of Hoboken had the highest cumulative score across all three categories in the preliminary rounds to take the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion - CaJenn Smokin' Que

Reserve Champion – CaJenn Smokin’ Que

 

1st Loin - Bethel Smokers

1st Loin – Bethel Smokers

 

 

Bethel Smokers  of Douglas captured the first place award in Pork Loin. CaJenn Smokin’ Que edge out Just Blowing Smoke of Canton for second place by 0.3 of a point.  LawDawg BBQ from Brunswick took third place.  Just Smoke N Around of Jackson took 5th place by  1/10th of a point over Smokin’ 42 BBQ,  Seventh place went to Lizzy Lou of Middleburg, FL.  Swainsboro’s Real South BBQ came in 8th place in Pork Loin with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers of Griffin in 9th place and H & J Cooking Team of Vienna in 10th place

 

 

First place in Pulled Pork went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers as the runner-up. Dobey Q of Buena Vista captured 3rd place. Just Smoke N Around captured 4th place and Real South BBQ captured 5th place.  Just 7/10th of a point separated 6th place from 9th place.  in 6th place, it was LawDawg BBQ just ahead of Bubba Grills of Haddock in 7th place with Buffalo Chip BBQ of Hazlehurst taking 8th place and Mojo Smokehouse of Willcoochee taking 9th place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que rounded out the top 10 in Pulled Pork.

 

1st Ribs - Bubba Grills

1st Ribs – Bubba Grills

 

 

Bubba Grills topped the Ribs category. Dobey Q took 2nd with Just Blowing Smoke taking 3rd place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que walked for the 4th place award with Buffalo Chip BBQ in 5th place. Real South BBQ grabbed 6th place and Smokin’ J’s of Dallas, GA grabbe 7th place. The 8th place call went out to Bethel Smokers. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 9th place in Ribs with Smokin’ 42 BBQ taking 10th place.

 

The GBA wants to thank the staff at Towns Bluff Park for hosting the contest at one of the best venue’s on our circuit.  Thanks also to the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Co. Board of Tourism for organizing the contest.   The GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake on May 8-9 then to Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines for the White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on May 22-23. For more information about the Georgia Barbecue Association, visit our website at www.bbqga.org.

 

 

Full Results (note: scores for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores.  Scores from 4th place & down are preliminary round scores)

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 596.3 BETHEL SMOKERS 1 596.9 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 1 595 BUBBA GRILLS
2 593 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 2 593.8 92 BBQ 2 593.6 DOBEY Q
3 592.7 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 3 591.3 DOBEY Q 3 593.4 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
4 591.8 LAWDAWG BBQ 4 589.3 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 4 591.1 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE
5 591.3 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 5 588.5 REAL SOUTH BBQ 5 587.5 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ
6 591.2 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 6 586.9 LAWDAWG BBQ 6 587.3 REAL SOUTH BBQ
7 587.2 LIZZY LOU 7 586.6 BUBBA GRILLS 7 587 SMOKIN J’S
8 587 REAL SOUTH BBQ 8 586.3 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ 8 583.6 BETHEL SMOKERS
9 586.6 92 BBQ 9 586.2 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 9 581.7 92 BBQ
10 586.2 H&J COOKING TEAM 10 584.2 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 10 580.6 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
11 585.9 SMOKIN J’S 11 583.9 H&J COOKING TEAM 11 579.4 H&J COOKING TEAM
12 580 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ 12 579.7 SMOKIN J’S 12 579 LAWDAWG BBQ
13 579 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 13 575.7 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 13 578.7 OLD HENRY BBQ
14 576.6 DOBEY Q 14 574.4 LIZZY LOU 14 576.1 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
15 571.7 BUBBA GRILLS 15 571.7 BETHEL SMOKERS 15 575.1 RAGING SMOKE BBQ
16 571.4 OLD HENRY BBQ 16 570.5 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 16 574 LIZZY LOU
17 556.7 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 17 558.9 OLD HENRY BBQ 17 560.5 JUST SMOKE N AROUND

 

 

 Reserve Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 596.1 584.2 591.1 1771.4
2 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 591.2 594.2 580.6 1766
3 DOBEY Q 576.6 591.1 598.2 1765.9
4 REAL SOUTH BBQ 587 588.5 587.3 1762.8
5 92 BBQ 586.6 590.8 581.7 1759.1
6 LAWDAWG BBQ 591.8 586.9 579 1757.7
7 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 593.6 570.5 592.1 1756.2
8 BUBBA GRILLS 571.7 586.6 596.4 1754.7
9 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ 580 586.3 587.5 1753.8
10 SMOKIN J’S 585.9 579.7 587 1752.6
11 BETHEL SMOKERS 594.5 571.7 583.6 1749.8
12 H&J COOKING TEAM 586.2 583.9 579.4 1749.5
13 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 591.3 589.3 560.5 1741.1
14 LIZZY LOU 587.2 574.4 574 1735.6
15 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 579 575.7 575.1 1729.8
16 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 556.7 586.2 576.1 1719
17 OLD HENRY BBQ 571.4 558.9 578.7 1709

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

There are a couple of things you can count on at Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson.  Great BBQ and Rain.  Mud boots were almost as essential as grills, charcoal & wood as steady rain pelted the event for most of the weekend.  In spite of the challenging conditions, the teams still made the judges work hard to determine who had the best BBQ of the day.

Fiddlers BBQ made finals in all three categories. Southern Hogs finaled in Loin & Pulled Pork. However, it was Bubba Grills Rib entry that recorded the top score in the final rounds to claim the Grand Championship.

 

Grand Champion - Bubba Grills

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Harvery & Shirley Wills of Fiddlers BBQ, with an assist from Master Judge candidate Greg Sebastian, “Triple Finaled” and accumulated the most points in the preliminary rounds to win the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion - Fiddlers BBQ

Reserve Champion – Fiddlers BBQ

 

Pork Loin is always a difficult category, but the scorers had to go to the tiebreaker to determine the winner in the category. Both Fiddler’s BBQ and LawDawg BBQ scored 594.4 in the final round of Loin judging.  The GBA declares “Its All About the Taste” and the Taste scores are the first level in the tiebreaker.  Fiddler’s BBQ had the highest taste score & edged LawDawg for first place. LawDawg BBQ had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary Loin round. Southern Hogs grabbed third place.  Que the Musick took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke taking fifth. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 6th place by winning the tiebreaker over Smokin J’s BBQ. Eighth place went to Bubba Grills; 9th place went to Smoke Shack BBQ and 10th went to Main Street BBQ.

Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs

 

In Pulled Pork, it was Fiddlers BBQ  once again taking top honors. Southern Hogs finished as runner-up with Que the Musick in third place.  Main Street BBQ got the 4th place call and Fletcher’s Finest got 5th place. Smokin the Good Stuff edged Real South BBQ for 6th place on the tiebreaker. Just Blowing Smoke also edged LawDawg BBQ in the tiebreaker for 8th place. Bubba Grills rounded out the top 10.

The Grand Championship winning Rib entry earned first place for Bubba Grills. Fiddlers BBQ completed their strong cook with the 2nd place award. Smokin the Good Stuff took 3rd place, but also had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. BCD (Boys Cooking Dangerously) came in 4th place. Hootie Q edged 29 BBQ by 0.1 of a point to take 5th place. Just Blowing Smoke captured 7th place and Smoke Shack BBQ captured 8th place.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers & Rub Shakers Que finished 9th & 10th respectively.

Once again Connie & Wayne Rosser of the Butt County Exchange Club did an outstanding job managing the contest in trying conditions.  The GBA heads to the Three Rivers Festival and Towns Bluff Park on the Altamaha River in Hazlehurst on May 1-2. The following week it will be Smoke on the Water on beautiful Lake Acworth. The month of May completes the water based trifecta with the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results:

NOTE: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from Final rounds. All other scores are from Preliminary rounds.

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 594.41 Fiddlers BBQ   1 595.5 Fiddlers BBQ   1 596.2 Bubba Grills
2 594.4 Law Dawgs   2 593 Southern Hogs   2 594.6 Fiddlers BBQ
3 592.2 Southern Hogs   3 591.5 Que The Musick   3 591.2 Smokin the Good Stuff
4 592.1 Que The Musick 4 594.2 Main Street BBQ 4 590.3 BCD
5 591.2 Just Blowning Smoke 5 593.9 Fletcher’s Finest 5 588.9 Hootie Q
6 587.21 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 6 593.61 Smokin the Good Stuff 6 588.8 29 Barbeque
7 587.2 Smokin J’s Barbeque 7 593.6 Real South BBQ 7 588.2 Just Blowning Smoke
8 586.9 Bubba Grills 8 591.81 Just Blowning Smoke 8 587.9 Smoke Shack BBQ
9 583.2 Smoke Shack BBQ 9 591.8 Law Dawgs 9 585 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
10 582.9 Main Street BBQ 10 591.2 Bubba Grills 10 584.5 Rub Shakers Que
11 581.3 Hootie Q 11 590.6 Hootie Q 11 583 Raging Smoke BBQ
12 581 Forget Me Not BBQ 12 590.5 29 Barbeque 12 582.3 Que The Musick
13 579.3 Real South BBQ 13 590.2 Rub Shakers Que 13 580.6 Southern Hogs
14 570.8 Just Smokin N Around 14 584.4 Just Smokin N Around 14 579.3 We Want Que
15 570 Shark Bite BBQ 15 582.7 Raging Smoke BBQ 15 578.8 J Dubs’ Stew and Que
16 568.4 BCD 16 579.6 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 16 578.1 Fletcher’s Finest
17 567.2 Rub Shakers Que 17 577.5 Smokin J’s Barbeque 17 576.7 Golfin Grillers
18 567.2 Fletcher’s Finest 18 574.7 Smoke Shack BBQ 18 574.7 Law Dawgs
19 566.5 Raging Smoke BBQ 19 574.6 BCD 19 574.5 Temple of The Hog
20 565.6 Temple of The Hog 20 571.5 We Want Que 20 574.2 Shark Bite BBQ
21 565.5 Smokin the Good Stuff 21 571.3 Temple of The Hog 21 573.9 Main Street BBQ
22 563.2 29 Barbeque 22 567.2 Golfin Grillers 22 573.2 Real South BBQ
23 562.2 J Dubs’ Stew and Que 23 563.5 Forget Me Not BBQ 23 570.9 Smokin J’s Barbeque
24 559.2 Golfin Grillers 24 563 Porch Light 24 570.2 Forget Me Not BBQ
25 554.7 Porch Light 25 562.5 Shark Bite BBQ 25 569.6 Porch Light
26 0 We Want Que 26 561.2 J Dubs’ Stew and Que 26 559.1 Just Smokin N Around

 

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Fiddlers BBQ 596.4 594.9 595.1 1786.4
2 Bubba Grills 586.9 591.2 598.8 1776.9
3 Southern Hogs 595.8 594.9 580.6 1771.3
4 Just Blowning Smoke 591.2 591.81 588.2 1771.21
5 Que The Musick 592.1 596.4 582.3 1770.8
6 Law Dawgs 600 591.8 574.7 1766.5
7 Hootie Q 581.3 590.6 588.9 1760.8
8 Smokin the Good Stuff 565.5 593.61 600 1759.11
9 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 587.21 579.6 585 1751.81
10 Main Street BBQ 582.9 594.2 573.9 1751
11 Real South BBQ 579.3 593.6 573.2 1746.1
12 Smoke Shack BBQ 583.2 574.7 587.9 1745.8
13 29 Barbeque 563.2 590.5 588.8 1742.5
14 Rub Shakers Que 567.2 590.2 584.5 1741.9
15 Fletcher’s Finest 567.2 593.9 578.1 1739.2
16 Smokin J’s Barbeque 587.2 577.5 570.9 1735.6
17 BCD 568.4 574.6 590.3 1733.3
18 Raging Smoke BBQ 566.5 582.7 583 1732.2
19 Forget Me Not BBQ 581 563.5 570.2 1714.7
20 Just Smokin N Around 570.8 584.4 559.1 1714.3
21 Temple of The Hog 565.6 571.3 574.5 1711.4
22 Shark Bite BBQ 570 562.5 574.2 1706.7
23 Golfin Grillers 559.2 567.2 576.7 1703.1
24 J Dubs’ Stew and Que 562.2 561.2 578.8 1702.2
25 Porch Light 554.7 563 569.6 1687.3
26 We Want Que 0 571.5 579.3 1150.8

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