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Feb 08 2016

Real South BBQ’s Perfect Ribs Take Grand at Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) convened on the coast after a couple months down time for the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash. The event, sponsored by the Brunswick Lions Club, is always a favorite of both the GBA cook teams & judges. This year, the weather gods tried their best to put a damper on the event with cold temps, high winds & off and on rain. Twenty seven hardy GBA pitmasters and 12 Cooking for Fun pitmasters adapted and overcame the elements to turn in outstanding ‘Que. In fact, not one but two entries in the contest gained a perfect 600 score from the judges. The contest was also very balanced no single team gained more than one finals round call. Nine different teams qualified for the finals round across the three categories.

Grand Champion – Real South BBQ

Tim Coleman & the Real South BBQ team from Swainsboro tallied one of the perfect 600 scores with their rib entry in the finals round to earn the Grand Championship for the contest. This was the first Grand Championship for Real South BBQ.

Reserve Grand Champion – Southern Hogs.

Southern Hogs, led by Matt Sapp, made finals in ribs and finished 6th in pulled pork and 9th in loin to take home the Reserve Grand Championship. This was also Southern Hogs first Reserve Championship award.

First Place Loin – Old Henry’s BBQ

Clay and Stephanie Beal of Old Henry’s BBQ got the day of “firsts” rolling by claiming thier first category win in loin. Their 599 score in loin finals was just one point away from a perfect score. 92 BBQ, the 2014-2015 GBA Team of the Year, finished second with Smokin’ 42 BBQ coming in third place. Rescue Smokers claimed 4th place by just 0.2 of a point over CJ’s BBQ. 2 Smokin’ Pfat Boyz took 6th place. There was a 3 way tie for 7th place. Doc & Dicie’s BBQ won the tiebreaker. Forget Me Not BBQ was next in the tiebreaker to take 8th place and Southern Hogs took 9th. Lang’s BBQ Cookers rounded out the top 10.

First Place Pork – Rescue Smokers

Robby Royal & Rescue Smokers also came just a single point shy of a perfect score in pulled pork finals. Their 599 score topped the category. Just Pig Out BBQ was the runner up. Daddy O’s BBQ, Brian Bond pitmaster, recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round and finals entry score gave them 3rd place. Barbecue Crew finished 4th, Holy Smokes finished 5th and Southern Hogs finished 6th. Seventh place went to Captain Jack’s & Peachtree while Mojo Smokehouse came in 8th place. CJ’s BBQ won the tie for 9th place over Raging Smoke BBQ.

Real South BBQ’s Grand Championship winning ribs topped the category. Southern Hogs took 2nd place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 3rd. Holy Smokes BBQ walked in 4th place. The scorers had to go to the tiebreaker once again to determine 5th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ edged out Captain Jack’s & Peachtree. Seventh place went to Barbecue Crew with 8th place going to Lang BBQ Cookers. Rescue Smokers and Bubba Grills finished 9th & 1oth respectively.

CFF Pork – Wilbur’s Smoke Pig

CFF Ribs – Okefenokee Smokers

In the Cooking For Fun division, Wilbur’s Smoke Pig BBQ won the pulled pork category. Under Construction BBQ was the runner-up with Odd Brother’s BBQ in 3rd place. The top spot in ribs went to Okeefonokee Smokers. Under Construction BBQ again was the runner-up again and Aloha Soul claimed 3rd.

GBA Division Scores: Top 3 scores below are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599	Old Henry’s	1	599	Rescue Smokers	1	600	Real South BBQ
2	594.2	92 BBQ	2	595.6	Just Pig Out BBQ	2	593.2	Southern Hogs
3	591.2	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	3	590.3	Daddy O’s	3	589.8	Forget Me Not BBQ
4	595.7	Rescue Smolers BBQ	4	596.1	Barbeque Crew	4	597	Holy Smokes BBQ
5	595.5	CJ’s BBQ	5	595.1	Holy Smokes BBQ	5	595.1	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
6	592.5	2 Smokin Pfat Boyz	6	594.6	Southern Hog	6	595.1	Captain Jack’s & Peachtree
7	591.22	Docs and Dicies BBQ	7	592.4	Captain Jack’s & Peachtree	7	594.9	Barbeque Crew
8	591.21	Forget Me Not BBQ	8	592.1	Mojo Smokehouse	8	594.5	Lang’s BBQ Cooker
9	591.2	Southern Hog	9	590.31	CJ’s BBQ	9	592.2	92 BBQ
10	590.2	Lang’s BBQ Cooker	10	590.3	Raging Smoke BBQ	10	591.9	Bubba Grills
11	588.2	Raging Smoke BBQ	11	589.9	Bubba Grills	11	591.5	Just Pig Out BBQ
12	586	Just Pig Out BBQ	12	589.1	Real South BBQ	12	587	.J Dub’s Stew and Que
13	583.8	Bubba Grills	13	586.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	13	587	Rescue Smokers BBQ
14	581	.J Dub’s Stew and Que	14	583.7	.J Dub’s Stew and Que	14	586.6	Old Henry’s
15	581	Holy Smokes BBQ	15	579.6	92 BBQ	15	584.8	Ole Sparky’s BBQ
16	579.6	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	16	577.3	Lang’s BBQ Cooker	16	584.2	Docs and Dicies BBQ
17	578.7	Daddy O’s BBQ	17	576.8	Old Henry’s	17	579.1	Raging Smoke BBQ
18	578.6	Captain Jack’s & Peachtree	18	576.6	2 Smokin Pfat Boyz	18	579	Four Fathers BBQ Crew
19	577.8	Real South BBQ	19	575.1	Docs and Dicies BBQ	19	576.6	Daddy O’s BBQ
20	574.3	Johnson Boys BBQ	20	574.8	Forget Me Not BBQ	20	575.7	Johnson Boys BBQ
21	571.8	Mojo Smokehouse	21	574.7	Statesboro Blues BBQ	21	572.1	HBBQ
22	571.8	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	22	574.5	Paranoid Pig	22	566	Island Dawgz BBQ
23	571.5	Statesboro Blues BBQ	23	573.1	HBBQ	23	565.7	Paranoid Pig
24	571.3	HBBQ	24	572.3	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	24	563	Statesboro Blues BBQ
25	571.2	Barbeque Crew	25	568.5	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	25	562.9	2 Smokin Pfat Boyz
26	571.2	Paranoid Pig	26	563	Johnson Boys BBQ	26	561.1	CJ’s BBQ
27	559	Island Dawgz BBQ	27	556.1	Island Dawgz BBQ	27	559	Mojo Smokehouse

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Southern Hog	591.2	594.6	598.5	1784.3
2	Rescue Smokers BBQ	595.7	598.2	587.0	1780.9
3	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	598.5	586.6	595.1	1780.2
4	Just Pig Out BBQ	586.0	599.1	591.5	1776.6
5	Holy Smokes BBQ	581.0	595.1	597.0	1773.1
6	92 BBQ	599.4	579.6	592.2	1771.2
7	Captain Jack’s & Peachtree	578.6	592.4	595.1	1766.1
8	Real South BBQ	577.8	589.1	598.8	1765.7
9	Bubba Grills	583.8	589.9	591.9	1765.6
10	Forget Me Not BBQ	591.2	574.8	597.1	1763.1
11	Old Henry’s	599.7	576.8	586.6	1763.1
12	Barbeque Crew	571.2	596.1	594.9	1762.2
13	Lang’s BBQ Cooker	590.2	577.3	594.5	1762.0
14	Raging Smoke BBQ	588.2	590.3	579.1	1757.6
15	Daddy O’s BBQ	578.7	600.0	576.6	1755.3
16	.J Dub’s Stew and Que	581.0	583.7	587.0	1751.7
17	Docs and Dicies BBQ	591.2	575.1	584.2	1750.5
18	CJ’s BBQ	595.5	590.3	561.1	1746.9
19	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	579.6	572.3	584.8	1736.7
20	2 Smokin Pfat Boyz	592.5	576.6	562.9	1732.0
21	Mojo Smokehouse	571.8	592.1	559.0	1722.9
22	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	571.8	568.5	579.0	1719.3
23	HBBQ	571.3	573.1	572.1	1716.5
24	Johnson Boys BBQ	574.3	563.0	575.7	1713.0
25	Paranoid Pig	571.2	574.5	565.7	1711.4
26	Statesboro Blues BBQ	571.5	574.7	563.0	1709.2
27	Island Dawgz BBQ	559.0	556.1	566.0	1681.1

Cooking For Fun Scores:

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	594.9	Wilbur’s’s Smoke Pig BBQ	1	596.1	Okefenokee Smokers
2	594.8	Under Construction BBQ	2	592.6	Under Construction BBQ
3	590.9	Odd Brother’s BBQ	3	591.2	Aloha Soul
4	587.3	Okefenokee Smokers	4	590.2	Wilbur’s’s Smoke Pig BBQ
5	587	Tailgater’s BBQ	5	581.5	Tailgater’s BBQ
6	585.1	Hart Brother’s BBQ	6	579.3	Billy Goat Barb-Que
7	580.7	Buffalo Tucks and Wild Bill’s BBQ	7	576	Watch Me Smoke
8	578.7	Watch Me Smoke	8	573.2	Odd Brother’s BBQ
9	578	Billy Goat Barb-Que	9	571.6	Slump Buster Kookin
10	575.7	Knotted Staff	10	571.2	Knotted Staff
11	569.9	Slump Buster Kookin	11	569.2	Buffalo Tucks and Wild Bill’s BBQ
12	560.8	Aloha Soul	12	557.6	Hart Brother’s BBQ

May 03 2015

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

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

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

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

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

May 04 2014

Bethel Smokers Rises to the Top at 3 Rivers BBQ Fest

Bethel Smokers of Douglas, GA, won the Pulled Pork Category and with the top score of the finals rounds captured the Grand Championship at the 3 Rivers BBQ Fest. The contest was held at the Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center just north of Hazlehurst on the banks of the mighty Altamaha River.

Grand Champion – Bethel Smokers

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin – 92 BBQ

It was a close race for the Reserve Championship. Bubba Grills total of 1765.5 in the three preliminary rounds was just 0.2 of a point ahead of Smokin’ 42 BBQ.

Bethel Smokers score of 597.7 topped the Pulled Pork category. Mojo Smokehouse of Willacoochee, GA took second place. In third place, cooking in their first GBA contest, was Straw Boss BBQ. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack finished in fourth place with Just Smoke N Around in fifth place. Sixth place went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ and 7th place went to Drive By Smokers. H & J Cook Team, Bubba Grills and 92 BBQ finished 8th, 9th & 10th respectively.

Bubba Grills won the Ribs category with Smokin’ 42 BBQ as runner-up. TC’s BBQ of Swainsboro, captured third and 92 BBQ captured fourth place. Rounding out the top 5 was Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. Sixth place was taken by Mojo Smokehouse. Seventh thru 10th places went to Smokin’ AJ’s, Bethel Smokers, Just Smoke N Around and Doc & Dicies.

92 BBQ, Brad Sweet with special assistant pitmaster William, conquered the Pork Loin category. Bubba Grills took second place. Mojo Smokehouse grabbed the third spot. Sauced Hogs Smokeshack had their second 4th place finish and Just Smoke N Around got their second 5th place award. Smokin’ AJ’s took 6th place and Doc & Dicies took 7th place. Eighth went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ and 9th place went to Straw Boss BBQ. Bethel Smokers completed the top 10 in the category.

The GBA would like to thank the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Co. Board of Tourism and the staff of Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center for hosting a great contest at a beautiful venue.

The GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake next week (May 9-10) then winds up the 2013-2014 season in Dallas GA at the Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Cook-off & Festival on June 20-21.

Full Contest Results:

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.7	BETHEL SMOKERS	1	596.7	BUBBA GRILLS
2	592.0	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	2	594.7	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
3	590.4	STRAW BOSS BBQ	3	591.4	TC’S BBQ
4	589.9	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK	4	589.9	92 BBQ
5	587.0	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ	5	583.9	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK
6	586.6	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	6	583.6	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
7	585.3	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	7	583	SMOKIN – AJ’S
8	585.0	H & J COOKING TEAM	8	579	BETHEL SMOKERS
9	582.3	BUBBA GRILLS	9	574.5	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ
10	581.7	92 BBQ	10	574.4	DOC & DICIES
11	581.7	TC’S BBQ	11	574.1	H & J COOKING TEAM
12	579.7	DOC & DICIES	12	573	STRAW BOSS BBQ
13	578.7	SMOKIN – AJ’S	13	572.4	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
14	569.9	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	14	570.2	R K BQ
15	567.0	R K BQ	15	554.3	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

		LOIN
1	595.1	92 BBQ
2	593.6	BUBBA GRILLS
3	590.9	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
4	588.8	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK
5	587.9	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ
6	587.6	SMOKIN – AJ’S
7	582.4	DOC & DICIES
8	579.3	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
9	578.3	STRAW BOSS BBQ
10	573.7	BETHEL SMOKERS
11	572.4	H & J COOKING TEAM
12	568.8	R K BQ
13	568.1	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
14	567.1	TC’S BBQ
15	557	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	BUBBA GRILLS	591.4	582.3	591.8	1765.5
2	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	579.3	586.6	599.4	1765.3
3	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	590.1	590.9	583.6	1764.6
4	92 BBQ	591.8	581.7	589.9	1763.4
5	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK	588.8	589.9	583.9	1762.6
6	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ	587.9	587.0	574.5	1749.4
7	SMOKIN – AJ’S	587.6	578.7	583	1749.3
8	BETHEL SMOKERS	573.7	595.8	579	1748.5
9	STRAW BOSS BBQ	578.3	592.5	573	1743.8
10	TC’S BBQ	567.1	581.7	591.5	1740.3
11	DOC & DICIES	582.4	579.7	574.4	1736.5
12	H & J COOKING TEAM	572.4	585.0	574.1	1731.5
13	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	568.1	585.3	572.4	1725.8
14	R K BQ	568.8	567.0	570.2	1706.0
15	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	557	569.9	554.3	1681.2

Mar 30 2014

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Bikes, Blues & BBQ

The Georgia Barbecue Association brought competition BBQ back to Douglas, GA for the Bikes, Blues & BBQ Festival held at Douglas Gene Chambers Municipal Airport. Twenty-seven teams persevered though heavy rains and a late night wind storm to produce championship BBQ. The GBA judges really had their work cut out for them as the close scoring indicated a high level of quality pork loin, pulled pork and pork ribs made it to the tables.

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Reserve Grand Champion – G.A.S. Passers

The City of Douglas really rolled out the red carpet for the GBA’s cook teams, judges and officials. The plans were in place for two days of great Blues music, motorcycle shows & games, a vintage car show & about 75 food & craft vendors. Unfortunately, the weather forced cancellation of most of the events. Still, despite the weather challenges, the festival organizers held a very successful contest.

Lonnie Smith & his Bubba Grills team from Haddock, GA had the highest scoring entry of the finals round. His Ribs scored a 597.9 to earn the Grand Championship. G.A.S. Passers of Hazlehurst, finaled in Ribs along with a fourth place in Pulled Pork and sixth place in Pork Loin to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

In Pork Loin, Bubba Grills topped the field in the category. Douglas, GA’s Bethel Smokers took second place. Smoking 42 BBQ claimed third place. Mojo Smokehouse finished fourth with H & J Cooking Crew finishing in fifth. Sixth through 10th places went to: G, A.S. Passers; Dirt Road Smokers; Drive By Smokers; Smokin-AJ’s & Ricketson Construction.

Harvey & Shirley Willis of Fiddler’s BBQ won the Pulled Pork Category with Bethel Smokers once again taking second place. Another Douglas team, Ricketson Construction claimed third place. G.A.S. Passers took fourth. Only 1.6 points separated 5th through 10th places. A tie for fifth place went to the fifth tiebreaker before Triple Threat Smokers gained an edge over TC’s BBQ. Rounding out the top 10 were: Bubba Grills, Smokin AJ’s, B-Queb’d; and Smokin 42 BBQ. Hard Rock Hill BBQ missed the top 10 by just a half point.

Bubba Grill’s championship winning Rib box topped the category. G.A.S. Passers claimed second place. Third place went to Loud Pipe Grillers. 92 BBQ took fourth with Smokin’ 42 BBQ in fifth place. TC’s BBQ; Lightning Strike BBQ; Hungry Hog BBQ; Mojo Smoke House and Hurricane Cookers finished 6th through 10th places respectively

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the City of Douglas, organizing staff and the multitude of volunteers for their hospitality and a great contest. All the GBA teams & judges are looking forward to returning in 2015.

Full Results: (note: 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. All others are from the preliminary rounds)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	595.1	Bubba Grills	1	596.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
2	594.6	Bethel Smokers	2	596	Bethel Smokers
3	592.3	Smokin 42	3	588.3	Ricketson Construction
4	592.8	Mojo Smoke House	4	590.5	Gas Passers
5	591.5	H&J Cooking	5	588.8	Triple Threat Smokers
6	589.3	Gas Passers	6	588.8	TC’s BBQ
7	587.6	Dirt Road Smokers	7	588.1	Bubba Grills
8	587.5	Drive By Smokers	8	587.5	Smokin-AJ’s
9	584.7	Smokin-AJ’s	9	587.3	B-Queb’d
10	583	Ricketson Construction	10	587.2	Smokin 42
11	582.9	Triple Threat Smokers	11	586.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
12	582.7	Lighter’d Knot BBQ	12	586	92 BBQ
13	580.2	Loud Pipe Grillers	13	585.3	Mojo Smoke House
14	579.3	Fiddler’s BBQ	14	582.3	Hurricane Cookers
15	579.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	15	581.2	H&J Cooking
16	578.7	TC’s BBQ	16	580.5	Smokin J’s
17	578.1	Rub Shakers Q	17	576.6	Rub Shakers Q
18	577.5	Lightning Strike BBQ	18	576.2	Swine Time Grilling
19	576.5	Swine Time Grilling	19	575.9	Hungry Hog
20	574.7	Williams Food BBQ	20	574.7	Loud Pipe Grillers
21	573	92 BBQ	21	574.5	Lighter’d Knot BBQ
22	569.7	Hurricane Cookers	22	569.4	Southwire
23	565.5	Hungry Hog	23	567.1	Drive By Smokers
24	564.2	B-Queb’d	24	566.5	The Pickled Pigs
25	560.5	The Pickled Pigs	25	565.7	Lightning Strike BBQ
26	556.6	Smokin J’s	26	561.7	Dirt Road Smokers
27	0	Southwire	27	561.5	Williams Food BBQ

		RIBS
1	597.9	Bubba Grills
2	591.5	Gas Passers
3	588	Loud Pipe Grillers
4	593.7	92 BBQ
5	590.9	Smokin 42
6	589.4	TC’s BBQ
7	587.3	Lightning Strike BBQ
8	586.6	Hungry Hog
9	586	Mojo Smoke House
10	584.3	Hurricane Cookers
11	583	Triple Threat Smokers
12	582.7	Ricketson Construction
13	582.4	Swine Time Grilling
14	581.7	Bethel Smokers
15	580.9	Lighter’d Knot BBQ
16	580.8	Drive By Smokers
17	580.4	Williams Food BBQ
18	580	Dirt Road Smokers
19	579.6	B-Queb’d
20	578.5	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
21	575.4	Rub Shakers Q
22	573.8	Fiddler’s BBQ
23	572.9	Smokin-AJ’s
24	564.4	H&J Cooking
25	560.4	The Pickled Pigs
26	559.4	Smokin J’s
27	554.6	Southwire

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	599.7	588.1	595.2	1783
2	Gas Passers	589.3	590.5	599.1	1778.9
3	Smokin 42	599.1	587.2	590.9	1777.2
4	Bethel Smokers	598.8	595.8	581.7	1776.3
5	Ricketson Construction	583	598.5	582.7	1764.2
6	Mojo Smoke House	592.8	585.3	586	1764.1
7	TC’s BBQ	578.7	588.8	589.4	1756.9
8	Triple Threat Smokers	582.9	588.81	583	1754.71
9	92 BBQ	573	586	593.7	1752.7
10	Loud Pipe Grillers	580.2	574.7	597	1751.9
11	Fiddler’s BBQ	579.3	593.9	573.8	1747
12	Smokin-AJ’s	584.7	587.5	572.9	1745.1
13	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	579.1	586.7	578.5	1744.3
14	Lighter’d Knot BBQ	582.7	574.5	580.9	1738.1
15	H&J Cooking	591.5	581.2	564.4	1737.1
16	Hurricane Cookers	569.7	582.3	584.3	1736.3
17	Drive By Smokers	587.5	567.1	580.8	1735.4
18	Swine Time Grilling	576.5	576.2	582.4	1735.1
19	B-Queb’d	564.2	587.3	579.6	1731.1
20	Lightning Strike BBQ	577.5	565.7	587.3	1730.5
21	Rub Shakers Q	578.1	576.6	575.4	1730.1
22	Dirt Road Smokers	587.6	561.7	580	1729.3
23	Hungry Hog	565.5	575.9	586.6	1728
24	Williams Food BBQ	574.7	561.5	580.4	1716.6
25	Smokin J’s	556.6	580.5	559.4	1696.5
26	The Pickled Pigs	560.5	566.5	560.4	1687.4
27	Southwire	0	569.4	554.6	1124