Tag: Old Henry’s BBQ

May 24 2015

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

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

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

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

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

Mar 17 2015

29 Barbeque Wins First GBA Grand at Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival

Barry Spayberry and 29 Barbeque took first place honors in both Pulled Pork and Ribs, but it was the Rib entry that edged out Pulled Pork box for highest score in the Finals rounds to win the Grand Championship at the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival. Twenty five teams turned out for the first year event with many of the teams competing in the GBA for the first time.

Grand Champion – 29 Barbeque

Reserve Champions – Just Blowing Smoke

Just Blowing Smoke was the runner up in both Loin and Pulled Pork as well as 7th in Ribs to claim the Reserve Championship for the second contest in a row.

Kerry Sparks and Lawdawg BBQ recorded a perfect 600 score in the Loin preliminary round to lead the way into the finals rounds. They followed that up with the top entry in the finals round to take first place. Just Blowing Smoke was second. Third place went to Forget Me Not BBQ with 29 Barbeque taking 4th place. Smoking Armadillo was 5th, 4 K’s BBQ was 6th and Simply Q was 7th place. Eighth through 10th places went to DCR BBQ, Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats and Porch Light respectively.

29 Barbeque led the way in Pulled Pork with Just Blowing Smoke once again in 2nd place. Porkinator took home 3rd place. Hootie Q came in 4th place. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats was 0.3 of a point better than Hitachi for 5th place. Southern Hog won the tiebreaker for 7th place over Simply Q. Lawdawg BBQ claimed 9th place with Georgia Smoke BBQ claiming 10th.

First Place Loin – LawDawg BBQ

In Ribs, it was 29 Barbeque once again at the top. Porkinator edged out Smokin’ Armadillo for second place by just 0.2 of a point. Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats completed their strong showing with a 4th place finish in the category. 4 K’s BBQ took 5th with DCR BBQ taking 6th place. Just Blowing Smoke came in 7th. Old Henry’s BBQ took 8th place by winning the tiebreaker over Porch Light. Sharbite BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Next up for the GBA is the Durhamtown Spring Fling & BBQ Contest on March 20-21. Three great contests are on tap for April in the GBA: Hawkinsville’s Smokin’ the Track on April 3-4; Bikes Blues & BBQ in Douglas on April 10-11 and Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson on April 17-18.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.9	LawDawg BBQ	1	595.7	29 Barbeque	1	598.2	29 Barbeque
2	595.1	Just Blowing Smoke	2	594.6	Just Blowing Smoke	2	592	Porkinator
3	591	Forget Me Not BBQ	3	591.7	Porkinator	3	591.8	Smokin Armadillo
4	589.4	29 Barbeque	4	591.1	Hootie Q	4	592.1	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats
5	589.1	Smokin Armadillo	5	590.5	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats	5	591.9	4K’s BBQ
6	587.2	4K’s BBQ	6	590.2	Hitachi	6	591.5	DCR BBQ
7	586.1	Simply Q	7	588.5	Southern Hog	7	588.2	Just Blowing Smoke
8	585.6	DCR BBQ	8	588.5	Simply Q	8	586.6	Old Henry’s BBQ
9	585.2	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats	9	588.2	LawDawg BBQ	9	586.6	Porch Light
10	580.9	Porch Light	10	587.8	Georgia Smoke BBQ	10	582.9	Shark Bite BBQ
11	580.3	Southern Hog	11	587	Smokin J’s Barbeque	11	582.5	BCD
12	578.3	Hitachi	12	586.2	Senational Pigs	12	581	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
13	577.4	Georgia Smoke BBQ	13	583.3	DCR BBQ	13	580.9	Southern Hog
14	575.9	Old Henry’s BBQ	14	582	Maxus Porkamus	14	580.4	Hootie Q
15	572.4	Robison’s BBQ	15	582	Shark Bite BBQ	15	580	Forget Me Not BBQ
16	572.3	Senational Pigs	16	581.3	Smokin Armadillo	16	575.6	Robison’s BBQ
17	570.8	Maxus Porkamus	17	579.1	4K’s BBQ	17	575	Tiretoter’s BBQ
18	569.7	Porkinator	18	577.2	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	18	572.4	LawDawg BBQ
19	569.1	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	19	576.4	Tiretoter’s BBQ	19	572.2	Senational Pigs
20	568.5	Shark Bite BBQ	20	575	Robison’s BBQ	20	571.5	Simply Q
21	567.5	JT’s Smoking Butts	21	573.7	Forget Me Not BBQ	21	571.1	Georgia Smoke BBQ
22	566.2	Hootie Q	22	571.1	Old Henry’s BBQ	22	570.4	Smokin J’s Barbeque
23	564.1	Tiretoter’s BBQ	23	564.5	JT’s Smoking Butts	23	568.8	Maxus Porkamus
24	563.5	Smokin J’s Barbeque	24	563.5	BCD	24	564.5	Hitachi
25	563.2	BCD	25	558	Porch Light	25	558.2	JT’s Smoking Butts

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	596.4	599.7	588.2	1784.3
2	29 Barbeque	589.4	596.1	595.8	1781.3
3	Smokin Armadillo	589.1	581.3	600	1770.4
4	Smokin’ Suwanee Sweatmeats	585.2	590.5	592.1	1767.8
5	Porkinator	569.7	594.9	596.7	1761.3
6	LawDawg BBQ	600	588.2	572.4	1760.6
7	DCR BBQ	585.6	583.3	591.5	1760.4
8	4K’s BBQ	587.2	579.1	591.9	1758.2
9	Southern Hog	580.3	588.51	580.9	1749.71
10	Forget Me Not BBQ	593.1	573.7	580	1746.8
11	Simply Q	586.1	588.5	571.5	1746.1
12	Hootie Q	566.2	591.1	580.4	1737.7
13	Georgia Smoke BBQ	577.4	587.8	571.1	1736.3
14	Old Henry’s BBQ	575.9	571.1	586.61	1733.61
15	Shark Bite BBQ	568.5	582	582.9	1733.4
16	Hitachi	578.3	590.2	564.5	1733
17	Senational Pigs	572.3	586.2	572.2	1730.7
18	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	569.1	577.2	581	1727.3
19	Porch Light	580.9	558	586.6	1725.5
20	Robison’s BBQ	572.4	575	575.6	1723
21	Maxus Porkamus	570.8	582	568.8	1721.6
22	Smokin J’s Barbeque	563.5	587	570.4	1720.9
23	Tiretoter’s BBQ	564.1	576.4	575	1715.5
24	BCD	563.2	563.5	582.5	1709.2
25	JT’s Smoking Butts	567.5	564.5	558.2	1690.2

Dec 07 2014

Barbecue Crew Takes Grand on Home Turf

Foy Whatley of the Barbece Crew had the rest of the GBA Pitmasters right where he wanted them on his home turf at the Moultrie Moose Lodge Cookoff. Whatley racked up the top score in the finals round with his Pulled Pork entry to claim the Grand Championship in the second year event.

Gtand Champion – Barbecue Crew

Just Blowing Smoke made finals in both Loin and Ribs to go with a 7th place finish in Pulled Pork to win the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

H & J Cooking Team

Just Blowing Smoke led the way in the Loin category with H & J Cooking Team and Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJ’s following in second and third. Real South BBQ took fourth place with Lawdawg BBQ taking fifth. Sixth place with to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Fiddler’s BBQ finished 7th and Sunset Smokers finished 8th Ninth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers rounding out the top 10.

Barbecue Crew had the best Pulled Pork of the contest. H & J Cooking Teams again was the runner up. Hungry Hog BBQ took third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers just missed the finals on a tiebreaker to come in fourth place. Fiddler’s BBQ took fifth place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 6th place. In 7th place was Just Blowing Smoke and Real South BBQ finished in 8th place. Smokin’ AJs and Durt Road Smokerz finished ninth & tenth respectively.

Hungry Hog BBQ

Just Blowing Smoke won their second category of the contest with the top score in Ribs. Fiddler’s BBQ came in second with Travis & Montae Webb of Sunset Smokers coming in third place. H & J Cooling Team took fourth place. Fifth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts in just their second contest. Double D Cooking Team took sixth place and Smokin J’s BBQ took seventh place. Eighth through tenth places were Durt Road Smokerz, Colquitt Cookers and Lawdawg BBQ.

In the backyard contest Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the chicken category with Cowboy Smokin. G.W. McLeod pitmaster, winning Pulled Pork and Ribs.

Screaming Eagle BBQ	Cowboy Smokin

		Loin
1	598.1	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2	592.7	H & J COOKING TEAM
3	590.6	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
4	595.1	REAL SOUTH BBQ
5	594.5	LAWDAWG BBQ
6	593	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
7	589.6	FIDDLERS BBQ
8	586.3	SUNSET SMOKERS
9	585.4	MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
10	585.1	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
11	581.5	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
12	574	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13	572.2	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
14	571.8	BARBECUE CREW
15	564.7	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
16	563.4	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
17	558.5	COLQUITT COOKERS
18	555.8	FORGET ME NOT BBQ

		PULLED PORK
1	599.3	BARBECUE CREW
2	590.4	H & J COOKING TEAM
3	589.9	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
4	590.3	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
5	590	FIDDLERS BBQ
6	589.6	FORGET ME NOT BBQ
7	589.31	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
8	589.3	REAL SOUTH BBQ
9	586.3	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
10	585.7	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
11	581.4	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
12	580.2	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
13	578.8	LAWDAWG BBQ
14	576.8	SUNSET SMOKERS
15	573	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
16	572.4	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
17	568.7	COLQUITT COOKERS

		RIBS
1	598.9	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2	594.4	FIDDLERS BBQ
3	588.7	SUNSET SMOKERS
4	589.7	H & J COOKING TEAM
5	587.6	MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
6	586.3	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
7	586	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
8	584.8	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
9	582.8	COLQUITT COOKERS
10	582.7	LAWDAWG BBQ
11	582.4	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
12	579.8	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
13	577.9	REAL SOUTH BBQ
14	577.6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
15	575.5	BARBECUE CREW
16	569	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
17	568.1	FORGET ME NOT BBQ
18	564.7	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	595.8	589.31	593.9	1779.01
2	H & J COOKING TEAM	598.2	590.31	589.7	1778.21
3	FIDDLERS BBQ	589.6	590	590.3	1769.9
4	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ	599.4	586.3	582.4	1768.1
5	REAL SOUTH BBQ	595.1	589.3	577.9	1762.3
6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	593	590.3	577.6	1760.9
7	SUNSET SMOKERS	586.3	576.8	595.2	1758.3
8	LAWDAWG BBQ	594.5	578.8	582.7	1756
9	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS	585.1	581.4	579.8	1746.3
10	BARBECUE CREW	571.8	595.8	575.5	1743.1
11	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ	572.2	585.7	584.8	1742.7
12	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	581.5	572.4	586	1739.9
13	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	564.7	598.2	569	1731.9
14	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM	563.4	580.2	586.3	1729.9
15	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	555.8	589.6	568.1	1713.5
16	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	574	573	564.7	1711.7
17	COLQUITT COOKERS	558.5	568.7	582.8	1710
18	MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS	585.4	0	587.6	1173

Nov 23 2014

A Grand Time in Albany for Dobey Que

(pictures courtesy of Donald Tilton of Classic Impression)

The Quail Classic Event in Albany, GA and the Georgia Barbecue Association joined forces for the first time. The event was held at the Stonebridge Country Club. The teams and judges enjoyed the hospitality of this unique venue especially the different twist on a people’s choice contest with their Hospitality Challenge.

David Hair, cooking for the first time in GBA as Dobey Que, got the final call of the day and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Dobey Que

Kerry Sparks of LawDawg BBQ continued her strong run of contests by making finals in both Loin and Pulled Pork along with a 6th place finish in Ribs. The gave LawDawg BBQ the top cumulative score across the three categories in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion – LawDawg BBQ

Fiddler’s BBQ

Shirley & Harvey Wills of Fiddlers BBQ won the People”s Choice Hospitality Challenge. H & J Cooking Team took second place with Marky Mark’s Smoking Butts capturing third place.

Dobey Que’s Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category with LawDawg BBQ as runner-up and H & J Cooking Team in third.place. Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ, fifth place went to Real South BBQ and sixth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ. Just Blowing Smoke took seventh place with Hungry Hog BBQ in eighth place. The ninth place call went to Southern Hogs with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers rounding out the top 10.

LawDawg BBQ had to top Pulled Pork Box of the contest. Hungry Hog BBQ was a close second. Real South BBQ took third place. Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ and fifth place went to Just Blowing Smoke. Southern Hogs grabbed sixth place; H & J Cooking team grabbed seventh and Durt Road Smokers grabbed eighth place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers and Old Henry’s BBQ finished ninth and tenth respectively.

Real South BBQ

In Ribs, it was Tim Coleman and Real South BBQ for the win. Second place went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Dobey Que took third place with Southern Hogs in fourth. Just Blowing Smoke and LawDawg BBQ tied for fifth place with Just Blowing Smoke getting the nod on the 4th tiebreaker. H & Cooking Team came in seventh place. There was also a tie for eighth place and it went to the 5th tiebreaker before Fiddler’s BBQ edged out Old Henry’s BBQ. Hungry Hog got the tenth place call

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the administration and staff of Stonebridge Country Club for putting on an outstanding contest.

Full Results:

		LOIN			Pullled Pork	RIBS
1	280	Dobey Que	1	596.9	Law Dawg BBQ		1	597.4	Real South BBQ
2	594.4	Law Dawg BBQ	2	595.3	Hungry Hog BBQ		2	594.2	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
3	588.7	H&J Cooking Team	3	589.3	Real South BBQ		3	590	Dobey Que
4	586.2	Old Henrys BBQ	4	586.9	Fiddlers BBQ		4	584.2	Southern Hogs
5	582.8	Real South BBQ	5	585.7	Just Blowing Smoke		5	583.91	Just Blowing Smoke
6	580.3	Fiddlers BBQ	6	581.6	Southern Hogs		6	583.9	Law Dawg BBQ
7	578.6	Just Blowing Smoke	7	581.5	H&J Cooking Team		7	583.3	H&J Cooking Team
8	578.3	Hungry Hog BBQ	8	577.6	Durt Road Smokers		8	580.31	Fiddlers BBQ
9	566.3	Southern Hogs	9	576.2	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers		9	580.3	Old Henrys BBQ
10	563.8	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	10	573.8	Old Henrys BBQ		10	579.3	Hungry Hog BBQ
11	561.4	Marky Marks Smoking Butts	11	560.3	Marky Marks Smoking Butts		11	572.7	Durt Road Smokers
12	545.7	Durt Road Smokers	12	0	Dobey Que		12	556.2	Marky Marks Smoking Butts

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pork	Ribs
1	Law Dawg BBQ	598.8	592.1	583.9	1774.8
2	Real South BBQ	582.8	590.1	591.8	1764.7
3	H&J Cooking Team	588.5	581.5	583.3	1753.3
4	Just Blowing Smoke	578.6	585.7	583.91	1748.21
5	Fiddlers BBQ	580.3	586.9	580.31	1747.51
6	Hungry Hog BBQ	578.3	587.8	579.3	1745.4
7	Old Henrys BBQ	586.2	573.8	580.3	1740.3
8	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	563.8	576.2	596.4	1736.4
9	Southern Hogs	566.3	581.6	584.2	1732.1
10	Durt Road Smokers	545.7	577.6	572.7	1696
11	Marky Marks Smoking Butts	561.4	560.3	556.2	1677.9
12	Dobey Que	596.7	0	594.5	1191.2