Fiddler’s BBQ Breaks Thru at Smoke on the Lake

A few weeks ago at Jackson, Fiddler’s BBQ made finals in all three categories and took first in Loin & Pulled Pork. However, Bubba Grills’ Rib entry denied Harvey & Shirley Wills the last call. At Smoke on the Lake at Acworth, Fiddler’s only made finals in Pulled Pork, but the entry was stong enough to bring home a score of 599 and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Fiddler’s BBQ

Brad Sweet of 92/Assassin Smokers scored a perfect 600 in both Loin and Ribs in the preliminary rounds to record the highest cumulative score for the contest and capture the Reserve Championship. It was the first time a single team has received perfect scores in two different categories in the same contest. Bubba Grills did hit the 600 mark in both the preliminaries and finals in Ribs at Gordon in 2012.

Reserve Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

In Pork Loin, Just Blowing Smoke won the final’s table with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking 2nd place and Smokin The Good Stuff taking third. Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ;; 5th place went to We Want Que and 6th place went to Plum Superior BBQ. CJ’s BBQ took 7th place with Smart Ash BBQ taking eighth. Curley Que BBQ made 9th place and SmokeShack BBQ rounded out the top 10.

1st Place Loin – Just Blowing Smoke

Fiddler’s BBQ Grand Championship Pulled Pork entry topped the category with Swineholio as the runner-up and CJ’s BBQ in third place. Plum Superior BBQ finished in 4th just ahead of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in 5th place. Just Blowing Smoke walked for 6th place and Smoking the Good Stuff got the 7th place call. Eighth thru 10th places went to We Want Que, SmokeShack BBQ and Four Fathers BBQ Crew respectively.

Winning Ribs was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Plum Superior BBQ claimed 2nd place and Smoking Butts BBQ claimed third. Smokin the Good Stuff took 4th place. Fifth place went to Rub Shakers Que and 6th place in Ribs went to Swineholio. We Want Que waked for the third time with the 7th place call and Porkinator got their first call of the day for 8th place. Just Blowing Smoke took 9th place and 10th place went to Fiddler’s BBQ.

Smoke on the Lake also hosted a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun contest. Hickory Flat BBQ won the Grand Championship and Nice Rack BBQ won the Reserve Championship.

Cookin For Fun Grand Champion - Hickory Flat BBQ

Cooking For Fun Grand Champion – Hickory Flat BBQ

Cooking For Fun Reserve Champion – NIce Rack BBQ

Hickory Flat BBQ won the Chicken category with East Coast BBQ taking 2nd place and YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ taking 3rd place. Nice Rack BBQ took top honors in Pulled Pork. Liberty BBQ was the runner up and Its Hog Gone Good got the 3rd place call. Hickory Flat BBQ picked up their second 1st place trophy for Ribs, Dawgs Smokin Hawgs came in 2nd with Nice Rack BBQ coming in 3rd place.

The GBA thanks the North Cobb Rotary Club for organizing Smoke on the Lake and the citizens of Acworth for their amazing support of the event. Each year the Rotary club raises thousands for thier charity projects. Next up for the GBA is White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results – GBA Divisioin (note 1st , 2nd & 3rd place scores are from Final Rounds. All other scores are from preliminary round scores.)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.6	Just Blowing Smoke	1	599	Fiddlers BBQ	1	596.3	92 BBQ Assasin Smokers
2	595.4	92 BBQ Assasin Smokers	2	590.8	Swineholio	2	595.7	Plum Superior BBQ
3	588.4	Smokin The God Stuff	3	586.8	CJ’s BBQ	3	587.9	Smoking Butts BBQ
4	592.1	Fiddlers BBQ	4	587.2	Plum Superior BBQ	4	590.2	Smokin The Good Stuff
5	591.5	We Want Que	5	586.8	92 BBQ	5	588.7	Rub Shakers Que
6	590.8	Plum Superior BBQ	6	583.2	Just Blowin’ Smoke	6	588.2	Swineholio
7	589.9	CJ’s BBQ	7	581.9	Smokin The Good Stuff	7	584.2	We Want Que
8	583.9	Smart Ash BBQ	8	580.6	We Want Que	8	583.6	Porkinator
9	580.9	Curly Q BBQ	9	579.6	Smoke Shack BBQ	9	583.3	Just Blowin’ Smoke
10	579.3	Smoke Shack BBQ	10	577.4	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	10	582.1	Fiddlers BBQ
11	579	Smoking Butts BBQ	11	577	Lizzy Lou	11	580.3	Butt Rubbin BBQ
12	577	Porkinator	12	576.7	Smoking Butts BBQ	12	576.9	Lizzy Lou
13	574	Rub Shakers Que	13	574.7	Porkinator	13	576.7	CJ’s BBQ
14	569.7	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	14	573.9	Rub Shakers Que	14	572	Smart Ash BBQ
15	563.6	Swineholio	15	570.5	Butt Rubbin BBQ	15	569.9	Four Fathers BBQ Crew
16	562.1	Lizzy Lou	16	566.5	Curly Q BBQ	16	565.7	Smoke Shack BBQ
17	561.8	Butt Rubbin BBQ	17	555.6	Smart Ash BBQ	17	561.9	Curly Q BBQ

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	92 BBQ	600	586.8	600	1786.8
2	Plum Superior BBQ	590.8	587.2	596.1	1774.1
3	Smokin The Good Stuff	594.8	581.9	590.2	1766.9
4	Fiddlers BBQ	592.1	592.1	582.1	1766.3
5	CJ’s BBQ	589.9	599.7	576.7	1766.3
6	Just Blowin’ Smoke	594.2	583.2	583.3	1760.7
7	We Want Que	591.5	580.6	584.2	1756.3
8	Swineholio	563.6	597.4	588.2	1749.2
9	Smoking Butts BBQ	579	576.7	590.8	1746.5
10	Rub Shakers Que	574	573.9	588.7	1736.6
11	Porkinator	577	574.7	583.6	1735.3
12	Smoke Shack BBQ	579.3	579.6	565.7	1724.6
13	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	569.7	577.4	569.9	1717
14	Lizzy Lou	562.1	577	576.9	1716
15	Butt Rubbin BBQ	561.8	570.5	580.3	1712.6
16	Smart Ash BBQ	583.9	555.6	572	1711.5
17	Curly Q BBQ	580.9	566.5	561.9	1709.3

Cooking For Fun Results; (note: there is no final rounds in Cooking For Fun)

		CHICKEN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	592.1	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	1	597	Nice Rack BBQ	1	596.7	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.
2	587.9	East Coast BBQ	2	587.6	Liberty BBQ	2	594.4	Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs
3	583.6	YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ	3	587	It’s Hog Gone Good	3	583.8	Nice Rack BBQ
4	583.31	How Bout Them Hawgs	4	586.9	Smokin’ Jackets	4	580.9	The Smokin’ Snowballs
5	583.3	The Smokin’ Snowballs	5	583.5	Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs	5	578.31	Liberty BBQ
6	582.9	Sweet Bottom BBQ	6	582.9	Sweet Bottom BBQ	6	578.3	Smokin’ Z BBQ
7	581.3	Nice Rack BBQ	7	580.7	East Coast BBQ	7	578	Smokin’ Jackets
8	580.5	It’s Hog Gone Good	8	579.7	Cooking in Congress	8	573.31	How Bout Them Hawgs
9	578.3	Smokin’ Jackets	9	575.3	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	9	573.3	East Coast BBQ
10	577	Liberty BBQ	10	575	YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ	10	571	YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ
11	576.6	Smokin’ Z BBQ	11	574.8	How Bout Them Hawgs	11	570.4	Sweet Bottom BBQ
12	563	Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs	12	569.1	Smokin’ Z BBQ	12	567.8	It’s Hog Gone Good
13	0	Cooking in Congress	13	568.4	The Smokin’ Snowballs	13	0	Cooking in Congress

	Overall Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Hickory Flat BBQ Co.	592.1	575.3	596.7	1764.1
2	Nice Rack BBQ	581.3	597	583.8	1762.1
3	Smokin’ Jackets	578.3	586.9	578	1743.2
4	Liberty BBQ	577	587.6	578.31	1742.91
5	East Coast BBQ	587.9	580.7	573.3	1741.9
6	Dawgs Smokin’ Hawgs	563	583.5	594.4	1740.9
7	Sweet Bottom BBQ	582.9	582.9	570.4	1736.2
8	It’s Hog Gone Good	580.5	587	567.8	1735.3
9	The Smokin’ Snowballs	583.3	568.4	580.9	1732.6
10	How Bout Them Hawgs	583.31	574.8	573.31	1731.42
11	YMCA Spirit, Mind & Body BBQ	583.6	575	571	1729.6
12	Smokin’ Z BBQ	576.6	569.1	578.3	1724
13	Cooking in Congress	0	579.7	0	579.7

Smokin’ 42 Dominates at Smoke on the Lake

The “Black Train” made the long trip from Tifton to Acworth worthwhile by dominating the field at Smoke on the Lake at Cauble Park on Lake Acworth. The team turned the GBA “hat trick” by making finals in all three categories. They capped off the strong run in the preliminary rounds with a perfect 600 score in Ribs. It was, however, their Pork Loin entry that had the highest score in the finals rounds for the Grand Championship win.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Reserve Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack, who is trying to hold off the hard charging Smokin’ 42 BBQ team in the GBA Team of the Year standings, also had a successful weekend by making finals in Pork Loin & Pulled Pork and took home the Reserve Championship. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack holds a slim 21 point lead in the Team of the Year standings with only one contest remaining in the 2013-2014 season.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ’s final round score of 599.1 topped the Pork Loin category. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took the 2nd spot Trey Barnes of Butt Rubbin’ BBQ finished third. Bubba Grills took 4th place with 92 BBQ in 5th. Sixth thru 10th places went to Wild Smoke, Just Smoke N Around, Smoke Ring Aficionados, Plum Superior BBQ and Natural Born Smokers.

The win in Pulled Pork went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack with Bubba Grills taking 2nd place. Smokin 42 BBQ grabbed third place and Plum Superior BBQ grabbed 4th place. 92 BBQ edged out Butt Rubbin BBQ for 5th place by 0.3 of a point. Smokin’ J’s finished in 7th with Smokin’ HOTlanta in 8th place. Rounding out the top 10 was Just Smoke N Around BBQ and Smoke Ring Aficionados.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ followed up the prefect score in the Ribs preliminary round with the top score in the Ribs finals round. 92 BBQ was the runner up. Third place went to Plum Superior BBQ and 4th place went to Smokin’ J’s. Natural Born Smokers completed the top 5. Sixth place went to Bubba Grills with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack just 0.6 of a point back in 7th place. Just Smoke N Around, Smokin’ HOTlanta & Butt Rubbin; BBQ finished 8th thru 10th place respectively

The North Cobb Rotary Club also sponsored a GBA Cooking for Fun Division that drew 21 teams. Swineholio won the Grand Champion award and East Coast BBQ was named the Reserve Champion.

Cooking For Fun Grand Champion – Swineholio

Swineholio won the Chicken competition with How Bout Them Hawks in second place. Holy Smokers NS took 3rd place with Smokin’ Z BBQ in 4th and Smokin’ Snowballs in 5th place. Smokin’ Z BBQ finished on top in Pulled Pork. Swineholio was the runner up. Third thru 5th places went to East Coast BBQ, Big Blue BBQ and Nice Rack BBQ. The winner in the Ribs category was Smokin’ Jackets. CJ BBQ grabbed 2nd place and Swineholio grabbed third. East Coast BBQ and Grills Gone Wild completed the top five.

The North Cobb Rotary Club did an outstanding job in spite of rain off and on throughout the weekend. Even with the rain washing out the Firday nite concert and fireworks, the Acworth community still turned out to support the event & the People’s Choice contests generated over $5,000 for charity.

The Georgia Barbecue Association will wind up the 2013-2014 competition season in Dallas, GA with the Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Cook Off & Festival on June 20-21.

GBA Division Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	599.1	Smokin 42 BBQ	1	596	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
2	592.6	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	2	594.7	Bubba Grills
3	590.3	Butt Rubbin BBQ	3	591.3	Smokin 42 BBQ
4	591.8	Bubba Grills	4	590.6	Plum Superior BBQ
5	588.2	92 BBQ	5	590.2	92 BBQ
6	579.3	Wild Smoke	6	589.9	Butt Rubbin BBQ
7	577.2	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	7	587.5	Smokin J’s
8	576.7	Smoke Ring Aficianiados	8	583.9	Smokin Hotlanta
9	572.3	Plum Superior BBQ	9	578.4	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
10	568.4	Natural Born Smokers	10	577.4	Smoke Ring Aficianiados
11	564.5	Smokin Hotlanta	11	577.1	Wild Smoke
12	564.1	Smokin J’s	12	569	Atlanta Butts Society
13	562.9	Stand With Barry	13	568.2	Natural Born Smokers
14	557	Atlanta Butts Society	14	555	Stand With Barry

		RIBS
1	597.3	Smokin 42 BBQ
2	595.9	92 BBQ
3	588.8	Plum Superior BBQ
4	585.5	Smokin J’s
5	582.7	Natural Born Smokers
6	579.9	Bubba Grills
7	579.3	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
8	578.1	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
9	576	Smokin Hotlanta
10	575.4	Butt Rubbin BBQ
11	571.4	Stand With Barry
12	571.2	Smoke Ring Aficianiados
13	556.3	Wild Smoke
14	552.9	Atlanta Butts Society

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Smokin 42 BBQ	592.4	595.8	600	1788.2
2	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	595.1	595.4	579.3	1769.8
3	92 BBQ	588.2	590.2	589.9	1768.3
4	Bubba Grills	591.8	594.8	579.9	1766.5
5	Plum Superior BBQ	572.3	590.6	595.1	1758
6	Butt Rubbin BBQ	591.81	589.9	575.4	1757.1
7	Smokin J’s	564.1	587.5	585.5	1737.1
8	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	577.2	578.4	578.1	1733.7
9	Smoke Ring Aficianiados	576.7	577.4	571.2	1725.3
10	Smokin Hotlanta	564.5	583.9	576	1724.4
11	Natural Born Smokers	568.4	568.2	582.7	1719.3
12	Wild Smoke	579.3	577.1	556.3	1712.7
13	Stand With Barry	562.9	555	571.4	1689.3
14	Atlanta Butts Society	557	569	552.9	1678.9

Cooking For Fun Division Results:

		CHICKEN			PULLED PORK
1	599.4	SWINEHOLIO	1	593.3	SMOKIN Z BBQ
2	595.7	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS	2	591.8	SWINEHOLIO
3	594.8	HOLY SMOKERS	3	590.2	EAST COAST BBQ
4	591.3	SMOKIN Z BBQ	4	588.3	BIG BLUE BBQ
5	586.9	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS	5	586.7	NICE RACK BBQ
6	585.9	EAST COAST BBQ	6	585.2	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS
7	579.6	BALDY’S BUTTS	7	583.5	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.
8	579.3	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.	8	582	FOREFATHERS
9	578.6	BIG BLUE BBQ	9	579.8	CJ BBQ
10	578.4	NICE RACK BBQ	10	579.4	HOLY SMOKERS
11	577.7	SWINE DINING BBQ	11	579.3	BALDY’S BUTTS
12	575.6	BOOTLEGGER BBQ	12	579	KOMADO KOMMANOS
13	575.2	CJ BBQ	13	579	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS
14	571.8	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS	14	577.8	HEY JACK BBQ
15	570.6	WE WANT QUE	15	577.3	SWINE DINING BBQ
16	570.3	SMOKIN JACKETS	16	576.7	BOOTLEGGER BBQ
17	568.6	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ	17	576.3	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS
18	566.3	GRILLS GONE WILD	18	573.6	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ
19	565.8	FOREFATHERS	19	572.4	WE WANT QUE
20	564.9	HEY JACK BBQ	20	567.7	GRILLS GONE WILD
21	0	KOMADO KOMMANOS	21	563.9	SMOKIN JACKETS

		RIBS
1	586.9	SMOKIN JACKETS
2	583.2	CJ BBQ
3	582.9	SWINEHOLIO
4	582.2	EAST COAST BBQ
5	581.6	GRILLS GONE WILD
6	580	BOOTLEGGER BBQ
7	577.5	KOMADO KOMMANOS
8	576.9	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS
9	576.8	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS
10	576.6	HOLY SMOKERS
11	576.6	SWINE DINING BBQ
12	575.5	FOREFATHERS
13	575.1	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.
14	575.1	NICE RACK BBQ
15	574.8	WE WANT QUE
16	574.7	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS
17	572.6	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ
18	572	BALDY’S BUTTS
19	570.5	BIG BLUE BBQ
20	567.4	HEY JACK BBQ
21	535.3	SMOKIN Z BBQ

	Grand Champion Scores
		CHICKEN	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	SWINEHOLIO	599.4	591.8	582.9	1774.1
2	EAST COAST BBQ	585.9	590.2	582.2	1758.3
3	HOLY SMOKERS	594.8	579.4	576.6	1750.8
4	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS	595.7	576.3	576.9	1748.9
5	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS	586.9	585.2	574.7	1746.8
6	NICE RACK BBQ	578.4	586.7	575.1	1740.2
7	CJ BBQ	575.2	579.8	583.2	1738.2
8	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.	579.3	583.5	575.1	1737.9
9	BIG BLUE BBQ	578.6	588.3	570.5	1737.4
10	BOOTLEGGER BBQ	575.6	576.7	580	1732.3
11	SWINE DINING BBQ	577.7	577.3	576.6	1731.6
12	BALDY’S BUTTS	579.6	579.3	572	1730.9
13	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS	571.8	579	576.8	1727.6
14	FOREFATHERS	565.8	582	575.5	1723.3
15	SMOKIN JACKETS	570.3	563.9	586.9	1721.1
16	SMOKIN Z BBQ	591.3	593.3	535.3	1719.9
17	WE WANT QUE	570.6	572.4	574.8	1717.8
18	GRILLS GONE WILD	566.3	567.7	581.6	1715.6
19	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ	568.6	573.6	572.6	1714.8
20	HEY JACK BBQ	564.9	577.8	567.4	1710.1
21	KOMADO KOMMANOS	0	579	577.5	1156.5

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