Smokin’ 42 BBQ Makes It Two In A Row at Brenau!
Submitted by Greg Hoyt
The hottest team in the GBA is Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Chad Brooks and Chris O’Neal traveled north of Atlanta for the second time in 2 weeks and drove home with the Grand Championship of the Brenau Barbecue Championship! They say the first one is the hardest but once Smokin’ 42 got it under their belt thy went right back to the trough and gobbled up their second Grand Championship at the next GBA competition at Brenau.
Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ
The GBA was invited to co-sanction the Brenau Barbecue Championship with Memphis Barbecue Network. The GBA showed out in Brenau - 30 GBA Teams cooked all three categories. Two Memphis teams snuck over to cook a category or two on the GBA side. Six GBA stalwarts made the trip to Breanau. Dixie Que, Jethro’s Cooking Crew, Smoke Shack BBQ, AnarQue , Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ all made the trek to Gainesville. They were joined by twenty four other teams that were that have cooked from zero to three GBA sanctioned events in the past.
Two teams, Smokey Butts and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack set the tone early in the day with another GBA first. Both teams scored a perfect 600 in Loin. We’ve never had 600’s in the same category on the same day before. Anarque joined them on the finals table. Smokey Butts won the Loin category followed by Anarque and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack finishing third. Dixie Q missed their best shot at a GBA final being four tenths of a point behind and finishing fourth in GBA Loin.
First Place Loin – Smokey Butts
Pulled pork was the opportunity for new teams to show what they could do. Two of the top four money spots belonged to teams that had not cooked in a GBA Sanctioned event before. Sauced Hog Smoke Shack edged out Ninja Pigs for first place in Pulled Pork. Smoke Shack BBQ came in third in pulled pork and Rick’s Smok’n Pig finished fourth. In the preliminaries Smoke Shack and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack had tied in the preliminaries with nearly perfect scores of 599.4. In the preliminary round. In the finals Ninja Pig passed Smoke Shack for second place.
Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
Ribs were the final category. Swamp Cat Barbecue came through the first round with the top score of 595.8. Smokin’42 and Smokin ‘ AJ’s salvaged their days late as they broke through to the final round in ribs. In the Finals Smokin’ 42 posted the highest finals score with their 599.7 in ribs. Smokin’42 won the category and the contest with their finals rack of ribs.
Sauced Hog Smoke Shack won reserve by finishing ninth in Ribs, second in Pulled pork and first in Loin.
The proceeds form the day went to support scholarships at Brenau.
Full results below. Scores in red are final round scores. All others are preliminary round scores.
| Pork Loin | ||
| 1 | 597.9 | Smokey Butts |
| 2 | 595.4 | AnarQue |
| 3 | 584.5 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack |
| 4 | 595.1 | Dixie Que |
| 5 | 589.9 | Jurassic Pork |
| 6 | 587.3 | Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que |
| 7 | 586.6 | Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team |
| 8 | 585.5 | Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ |
| 9 | 583.3 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ |
| 10 | 582 | Smoke Shack BBQ |
| 11 | 579 | Swamp Cat BBQ |
| 12 | 577.7 | 2 Little Piggs |
| 13 | 577.4 | Skyline Contracting |
| 14 | 575.9 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew |
| 15 | 575.4 | Beauford’s Smokehouse |
| 16 | 574.4 | Tuff Dawg Grillers |
| 17 | 573.1 | Smokin’ Butts BBQ |
| 18 | 572.9 | Team Recess and Yellowfin |
| 19 | 572.6 | Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ |
| 20 | 571.1 | Hemhocks |
| 21 | 568.8 | Natural Born Smokers |
| 22 | 568.8 | Ninja Pig BBQ |
| 23 | 568.1 | Blaker’s BBQ |
| 24 | 567.8 | Smoked Hawg Walking |
| 25 | 567.3 | Butts & Brews |
| 26 | 565.5 | J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew |
| 27 | 565.1 | Sweet Butts BBQ |
| 28 | 563.8 | Legally Smokin Docs |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 599.7 | SMOKIN 42 BBQ | 1 | 599.1 | SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK | |
| 2 | 592.2 | SMOKIN AJ”S | 2 | 598.5 | NINJA PIGGS | |
| 3 | 587.6 | SWAMP CAT BBQ | 3 | 594.9 | SMOKE SHACK BBQ | |
| 4 | 591.8 | Beauford’s Smokehouse | 4 | 590.5 | Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ | |
| 5 | 591.5 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 5 | 590.2 | 2 Little Piggs | |
| 6 | 591.1 | Tuff Dawg Grillers | 6 | 590.2 | AnarQue | |
| 7 | 590.8 | AnarQue | 7 | 589.2 | Almighty Smoke Masters | |
| 8 | 587.6 | Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ | 8 | 588.6 | Tuff Dawg Grillers | |
| 9 | 585.9 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 9 | 587.3 | Skyline Contracting | |
| 10 | 585.3 | Biteback BBQ | 10 | 586.9 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | |
| 11 | 584.8 | Ninja Pig BBQ | 11 | 585.7 | Natural Born Smokers | |
| 12 | 583.2 | Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que | 12 | 584.2 | Smokey Butts | |
| 13 | 582.6 | Jurassic Pork | 13 | 582.9 | Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ | |
| 14 | 582.3 | Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team | 14 | 581.7 | Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que | |
| 15 | 582.2 | Almighty Smoke Masters | 15 | 580.6 | Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team | |
| 16 | 579 | Dixie Que | 16 | 579 | Beauford’s Smokehouse | |
| 17 | 575.7 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 17 | 578.6 | Dixie Que | |
| 18 | 574.8 | Legally Smokin Docs | 18 | 577 | Properly Smoked | |
| 19 | 574.4 | Smokin’ Butts BBQ | 19 | 576.8 | Legally Smokin Docs | |
| 20 | 573.5 | Natural Born Smokers | 20 | 576.7 | J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew | |
| 21 | 573.1 | Sweet Butts BBQ | 21 | 575.1 | Smokin’ Butts BBQ | |
| 22 | 571.1 | Smoked Hawg Walking | 22 | 574.4 | Sweet Butts BBQ | |
| 23 | 568.2 | 2 Little Piggs | 23 | 574.2 | Swamp Cat BBQ | |
| 24 | 566.3 | Smokey Butts | 24 | 573.4 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | |
| 25 | 562.6 | Hemhocks | 25 | 573.2 | Jurassic Pork | |
| 26 | 562 | Butts & Brews | 26 | 566.2 | Hemhocks | |
| 27 | 560.2 | Properly Smoked | 27 | 565.6 | Blaker’s BBQ | |
| 28 | 553.1 | Team Recess and Yellowfin | 28 | 565.3 | Smoked Hawg Walking | |
| 29 | 552.2 | John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ | 29 | 562.6 | John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ | |
| 30 | 552 | Skyline Contracting | 30 | 559.9 | Butts & Brews | |
| 31 | 551.7 | Blaker’s BBQ | 31 | 554 | Team Recess and Yellowfin | |
| 32 | 548.3 | J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||||
| 1 | Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack | 585.9 | 599.4 | 600 | 1785.3 | ||
| 2 | AnarQue | 590.8 | 590.2 | 596.1 | 1777.1 | ||
| 3 | Smoke Shack BBQ | 591.5 | 599.4 | 582 | 1772.9 | ||
| 4 | Smokin’ 42 BBQ | 595.4 | 586.9 | 583.3 | 1765.6 | ||
| 5 | Smokin’ AJ’s BBQ | 595.1 | 582.9 | 585.5 | 1763.5 | ||
| 6 | Tuff Dawg Grillers | 591.1 | 588.6 | 574.4 | 1754.1 | ||
| 7 | Dixie Que | 579 | 578.6 | 595.1 | 1752.7 | ||
| 8 | Big Daddy’s Bar-B-Que | 583.2 | 581.7 | 587.3 | 1752.2 | ||
| 9 | Rick’s Smokin’ Pig BBQ | 587.6 | 590.5 | 572.6 | 1750.7 | ||
| 10 | Smokey Butts | 566.3 | 584.2 | 600 | 1750.5 | ||
| 11 | Grillin’ Magic BBQ Team | 582.3 | 580.6 | 586.6 | 1749.5 | ||
| 12 | Swamp Cat BBQ | 595.8 | 574.2 | 579 | 1749 | ||
| 13 | Beauford’s Smokehouse | 591.8 | 579 | 575.4 | 1746.2 | ||
| 14 | Jurassic Pork | 582.6 | 573.2 | 589.9 | 1745.7 | ||
| 15 | Ninja Pig BBQ | 584.8 | 591.8 | 568.8 | 1745.4 | ||
| 16 | 2 Little Piggs | 568.2 | 590.2 | 577.7 | 1736.1 | ||
| 17 | Natural Born Smokers | 573.5 | 585.7 | 568.8 | 1728 | ||
| 18 | Jethro’s Cooking Crew | 575.7 | 573.4 | 575.9 | 1725 | ||
| 19 | Smokin’ Butts BBQ | 574.4 | 575.1 | 573.1 | 1722.6 | ||
| 20 | Skyline Contracting | 552 | 587.3 | 577.4 | 1716.7 | ||
| 21 | Legally Smokin Docs | 574.8 | 576.8 | 563.8 | 1715.4 | ||
| 22 | Sweet Butts BBQ | 573.1 | 574.4 | 565.1 | 1712.6 | ||
| 23 | Smoked Hawg Walking | 571.1 | 565.3 | 567.8 | 1704.2 | ||
| 24 | Hemhocks | 562.6 | 566.2 | 571.1 | 1699.9 | ||
| 25 | J. Reid’s BBQ & Stew | 548.3 | 576.7 | 565.5 | 1690.5 | ||
| 26 | Butts & Brews | 562 | 559.9 | 567.3 | 1689.2 | ||
| 27 | Blaker’s BBQ | 551.7 | 565.6 | 568.1 | 1685.4 | ||
| 28 | Team Recess and Yellowfin | 553.1 | 554 | 572.9 | 1680 | ||
| 29 | Almighty Smoke Masters | 582.2 | 589.2 | 0 | 1171.4 | ||
| 30 | Properly Smoked | 560.2 | 577 | 0 | 1137.2 | ||
| 31 | John Jarrard’s Rhythm & Drool BBQ | 552.2 | 562.6 | 0 | 1114.8 | ||
| 32 | Biteback BBQ | 585.3 | 0 | 0 | 585.3 | ||
