Tag: Ponderosa BBQ

Jun 22 2014

Bubba Grills Gets The Last Call at Paulding Co Stars & Stripes BBQ

Bubba Grills Gets The Last Call at Paulding Co Stars & Stripes BBQ

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Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

The battle for Grand Champion at the first Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Contest in Dallas, GA was just as heated as the summer afternoon, Bubba Grills’ Rib entry and Smokin’ 42 BBQ’s Loin entry both scored 596.2 points in the finals round. This forced the Grand Championship to be decided on a tiebreaker. It didn’t take long, however, as Bubba Grills won the first level tiebeaker to claim the Grand Championship.

Competing in their first GBA contest, Robin Bowles and the Just Blowing Smoke team made finals in Loin and Pulled Pork along with a fifth place finish in Ribs to take the Reserve Championship Award.

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Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

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First Place Loin – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

 

 

Smokin’ 42 BBQ continued to rule the Pork Loin category by winning the category for the 6th time this season. Just Blowing Smoke took second place with Bubba Grills taking third. Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ finished in 4th place and another first time GBA competitor, Reading BBQ finished in fifth place. Sixth place went to The Fat Redneck BBQ Co. Seventh place went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. Eighth place went to Smokin’ J’s. Ninth place went to Swine Time Grilling Team. Rounding out the top 10 was the only lady pitmaster in the contest, Crystal Smitherman of Hard Rock Hill BBQ.

 

 

 

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First Place Pork – Fiddler’s BBQ

 

Harvey Willis of Fiddler’s BBQ had the top Pulled Pork entry of the contest. Just Blowing Smoke was just 0.6 of a point behind for their second runner-up finish. TC’s BBQ came in third place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ claimed 4th place with H & J BBQ taking fifth. Sixth place went to Swine and Shine BBQ. The Fat Redneck BBQ Co. & Swine Time Grilling Team finished 7th and 8th place respectively. Moe Cason of Poderosa BBQ and TV’s BBQ Pitmasters fame, took 9th place. Bubba Grills got the 10th place call.

Bubba Grills’ Grand Champiionship winning Ribs were tops in the category. Ponderosa BBQ came in second place. Smokin Squealers, another team cooking their first GBA contest, came in third place.  92 BBQ grabbed 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. Four Fathers BBQ edged out Just Smoke N Around BBQ for 6th place by just 0.1 of a point. Eighth thru tenth places went to TC’s BBQ, Fiddler’s BBQ and Butt Rubbin’ BBQ.

 

 

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First Place Pork Cooking for Fun – Screaming Eagle BBQ

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First Place Ribs Cooking for Fun – The Fat Guys

The contest also held a GBA Cooking For Fun division competition.  Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the Pulled Pork Category. The Fat Guys took second place with We Want Q in third.  The Fat Guys, pitmaster Robert Holt, had the top Ribs entry of the division.  Sreaming Eagle BBQ was the runner-up with Pig Buster BBQ in third place.

This completes the 2013-2014 contest year for the Georgia Barbecue Association. The new contest year with begin with the GBA State Championships at the Hambone Jam in Fort Valley on September 5-6.  The GBA will hold the first ever Team of the Year banquet on August 16 in Macon.  More details of the banquet will be posted soon on the GBA website: www.bbqg.com

Full Contest Results:

LOIN
1 596.2 Smokin’ 42
2 595.3 Just Blowing Smoke
3 589.8 Bubba Grills
4 591.2 92 BBQ
5 588.6 Reading Smoke
6 587.2 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company
7 586.9 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
8 585.4 Smokin J’s
9 582.7 Swine Time Grilling
10 580.7 Hardrock Hill’s BBQ
11 579.2 Butts & Brews BBQ
12 579.1 TC BBQ
13 579 Ponderosa BBQ
14 579 Smoking Butts BBQ
15 577.7 Just Smoke N Around
16 577.5 H & J Cook Team
17 575.4 Smokin Squealers
18 575.2 Bird Dog BBQ
19 572.7 Butt Rubb’n BBQ
20 571.8 Dirt Road Smokers
21 571.8 Fiddler’s BBQ
22 571.5 Old Henry BBQ
23 570.3 Four Fathers BBQ
24 570.2 Squeal Team Six
25 568.4 Swine and Shine BBQ
26 563.2 Smoking the Good Stuff

 

PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 595.6 Fiddler’s BBQ 1 596.2 Bubba Grills
2 595 Just Blowing Smoke 2 595.1 Ponderosa BBQ
3 591.1 TC BBQ 3 591.3 Smokin Squealers
4 589.2 Smokin’ 42 4 594.2 92 BBQ
5 588.6 H & J Cook Team 5 590.9 Just Blowing Smoke
6 587.8 Swine and Shine BBQ 6 588.2 Four Fathers BBQ
7 586.6 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company 7 588.1 Just Smoke N Around
8 586 Swine Time Grilling 8 587.2 TC BBQ
9 584.3 Ponderosa BBQ 9 584.8 Fiddler’s BBQ
10 583.9 Bubba Grills 10 582.9 Butt Rubb’n BBQ
11 581.6 Bird Dog BBQ 11 582.3 Old Henry BBQ
12 581.6 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack 12 582.3 Bird Dog BBQ
13 581 Smoking the Good Stuff 13 581.1 Swine Time Grilling
14 579.1 92 BBQ 14 579 Squeal Team Six
15 579.1 Hardrock Hill’s BBQ 15 577.6 H & J Cook Team
16 579 Squeal Team Six 16 575.6 Hardrock Hill’s BBQ
17 577.7 Butts & Brews BBQ 17 575.3 Smokin J’s
18 575.4 Smokin Squealers 18 573.3 Dirt Road Smokers
19 572.5 Just Smoke N Around 19 573.3 Smoking Butts BBQ
20 571.8 Old Henry BBQ 20 571.7 Reading Smoke
21 570.9 Smoking Butts BBQ 21 571.4 Swine and Shine BBQ
22 570.8 Smokin J’s 22 566.8 Smoking the Good Stuff
23 567.2 Butt Rubb’n BBQ 23 566.5 Smokin’ 42
24 567 Dirt Road Smokers 24 565.1 Butts & Brews BBQ
25 563.4 Reading Smoke 25 563.9 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
26 553 Four Fathers BBQ 26 561.2 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Bubba Grills 597.6 583.9 595.4 1776.9
2 Just Blowing Smoke 592.7 590.5 590.9 1774.1
3 92 BBQ 591.2 579.1 594.2 1764.5
4 TC BBQ 579.1 591.8 587.2 1758.1
5 Ponderosa BBQ 579 584.3 594.5 1757.8
6 Smokin’ 42 597.7 589.2 566.5 1753.4
7 Swine Time Grilling 582.7 586 581.1 1749.8
8 Smokin Squealers 575.4 575.4 598.8 1749.6
9 Fiddler’s BBQ 571.8 591.1 584.8 1747.7
10 H & J Cook Team 577.5 588.6 577.6 1743.7
11 Bird Dog BBQ 575.2 581.6 582.3 1739.1
12 Just Smoke N Around 577.7 572.5 588.1 1738.3
13 Hardrock Hill’s BBQ 580.7 579.1 575.6 1735.4
14 The Fat Redneck BBQ Company 587.2 586.6 561.2 1735
15 Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack 586.9 581.6 563.9 1732.4
16 Smokin J’s 585.4 570.8 575.3 1731.5
17 Squeal Team Six 570.2 579 579 1728.2
18 Swine and Shine BBQ 568.4 587.8 571.4 1727.6
19 Old Henry BBQ 571.5 571.8 582.3 1725.6
20 Reading Smoke 588.6 563.4 571.7 1723.7
21 Smoking Butts BBQ 579 570.9 573.3 1723.2
22 Butt Rubb’n BBQ 572.7 567.2 582.9 1722.8
23 Butts & Brews BBQ 579.2 577.7 565.1 1722
24 Dirt Road Smokers 571.8 567 573.3 1712.1
25 Four Fathers BBQ 570.3 553 588.2 1711.5
26 Smoking the Good Stuff 563.2 581 566.8 1711

 

Cooking for Fun Division
  PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 590.9 Screaming Eagle 1 591.2 The Fat Guys
2 586.6 The Fat Guys 2 577.8 Screaming Eagle
3 580.3 We Want Q 3 574.8 Pig Buster BBQ
4 579.3 CJ’s BBQ 4 568 Sweetwater Competition Smoke Out Team
5 560.4 Pig Buster BBQ 5 566.7 We Want Q
6 546 Sweetwater Competition Smoke Out Team 6 562.5 CJ’s BBQ

Oct 27 2013

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

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

Grand Champions - Jack's Old South

Grand Champions – Jack’s Old South

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

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

 

Reserve Grand Champions - Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

 

 

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

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

 

 

 

1st Place Pulled Pork - 92 BBQ

1st Place Pulled Pork – 92 BBQ

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

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

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

Full Contest Results:

 

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

 

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

 

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

Mar 03 2013

Cookin’ with Stump.com Near Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’

Cookin’ with Stump.com Near Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’

 Walter “Stump” McDowell of Cookin’ With Stump.com finaled in all three categories at the Plains Pig Pickin’ 2013 then scored a near perfect 599.7 in the Loin Finals to claim the Grand Championship.  Former President Jimmy Carter presented the trophy to all the winners in his hometown event.

 

Grand Champion - Cookin' With Stump.com

Grand Champion – Cookin’ With Stump.com

 

Following Stump in Pork Loin, Holy Smoke, LLC claimed second place in their first GBA competition. Third place went to Git R Smoked. Bubba Grills finished in fourth place. Rescue Smokers rounded out the top five.

Git R Smoked, Terry McKay pitmaster, made the trip up from south Florida to give the GBA a try & made finals in Loin & Ribs to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

 

Reserve Grand Champion - Git R Smoked

Reserve Grand Champion – Git R Smoked

 

Big Moe Cason & Ponderosa BBQ out of Iowa made an even longer drive to check out the GBA competition. Two finals and a win in Pulled Pork made the trip worthwhile. Rescue Smokers took second place honors in Pulled Pork. Cookin’ with Stump.com laid claim to third place.  Git R Smoked and Anarque finished fourth & fifth respectively.

 

First Place Pulled Pork - Ponderosa BBQ

First Place Pulled Pork – Ponderosa BBQ

 

Git R Smoked topped the Ribs category with Ponderosa BBQ in second and  Cookin’ With Stump.com in third. Bethel Smokers missed finals in Ribs by 0.1 of a point and finished fourth. Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade edged out Rescue Smokers for fifth place by 0.3 of a point.

Complete Standings for Plains Pig Pickin’ 2013  (1st- 3rd scores are from final rounds; 4th place and down are preliminary round scores):

 

PORK LOIN
1 599.7 COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM
2 588.5 HOLY SMOKE LLC
3 584.3 GIT R SMOKED
4 591.5 BUBBA GRILLS
5 589.1 RESCUE SMOKERS
6 586.9 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
7 584.7 SMOKIN GRILL
8 584 JETHRO’S COOKING CREW
9 581.2 PONDEROSA BBQ
10 579.9 SMOKIN Ajs
11 578.1 WOOD SHED
12 576 AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE
13 575.7 COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
14 575.4 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
15 575.3 ANARQUE
16 573.7 SMOKESTACK BBQ
17 571.8 BETHEL SMOKERS

 

RIBS   PULLED PORK
1 596.4 GIT R SMOKED 1 598.2 PONDEROSA BBQ
2 595.1 PONDEROSA BBQ 2 596.1 RESCUE SMOKERS
3 576.7 COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM 3 590.2 COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM
4 595.1 BETHEL SMOKERS 4 595.5 GIT R SMOKED
5 590.8 AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE 5 595.1 ANARQUE
6 590.5 RESCUE SMOKERS 6 591.2 BETHEL SMOKERS
7 590.2 ANARQUE 7 586.4 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
8 587.5 SMOKIN Ajs 8 584.5 BUBBA GRILLS
9 582.7 JETHRO’S COOKING CREW 9 584.3 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
10 582.1 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 10 584.2 AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE
11 579.6 HOLY SMOKE LLC 11 582.7 SMOKIN Ajs
12 577 WOOD SHED 12 582 HOLY SMOKE LLC
13 575 SMOKESTACK BBQ 13 578.7 COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
14 571.3 BUBBA GRILLS 14 576.8 JETHRO’S COOKING CREW
15 567.9 COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 15 575.7 SMOKIN GRILL
16 564.5 DRIVE BY SMOKERS 16 571.8 WOOD SHED
17 559.8 SMOKIN GRILL 17 560 SMOKESTACK BBQ

 

Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 GIT R SMOKED 595.2 595.5 599.4 1790.1
2 COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM 595.4 599.7 591.8 1786.9
3 RESCUE SMOKERS 590.5 599.1 589.1 1778.7
4 PONDEROSA BBQ 596.4 595.7 581.2 1773.3
5 ANARQUE 590.2 595.1 575.3 1760.6
6 BETHEL SMOKERS 595.1 591.2 571.8 1758.1
7 HOLY SMOKE LLC 579.6 582 596.4 1758
8 AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE 590.8 584.2 576 1751
9 SMOKIN Ajs 587.5 582.7 579.9 1750.1
10 BUBBA GRILLS 571.3 584.5 591.5 1747.3
11 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 582.1 586.4 575.4 1743.9
12 JETHRO’S COOKING CREW 582.7 576.8 584 1743.5
13 DRIVE BY SMOKERS 564.5 584.3 586.9 1735.7
14 WOOD SHED 577 571.8 578.1 1726.9
15 COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 567.9 578.7 575.7 1722.3
16 SMOKIN GRILL 559.8 575.7 584.7 1720.2
17 SMOKESTACK BBQ 575 560 573.7 1708.7