Tag: Smokin AJs

Apr 04 2016

Rescue Smokers Race to Win at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

The heavy rains & muddy conditions forced a shutdown of the harness racing at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track. Most of the Georgia Barbecue Association’s (GBA) teams, however, were tucked in out of the weather under the shelter of the horse arena. It came down to a photo finish as just two tenths of a point separated the top two entries of the day. Robby Royal & Rescue Smoker won the Grand Championship when his final round Rib entry scored a 599 out of a possible 600 to slip past Brad Sweet & 92 BBQ’s score of 598.8 in Pulled Pork.

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

92 BBQ made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork and added a 6th place in Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – 92 BBQ

Rescue Smokers topped the Loin category. Forget Me Not BBQ & 92 BBQ tallied identical 593.3 scores in finals to tie for 2nd place. Forget Me Know won on the first tiebreaker – taste – to claim the runner-up spot. Fourth place went to We Want Que with Real South BBQ taking 5th place. Southern Hogs camin 6th, Rub Shakers Que came in 7th & Johnson Boys BBQ came in 8th place. In 9th place was Holy Smokes and in 10th place was Kelvin’s BBQ.

Ragin’ Smoke BBQ

92 BBQ had the best Pulled Pork entry of the day. Bubba Grills took 2nd place. Ragin’ Smoke BBQ made finals for the first time in the GBA & finished in 3rd place. Smokin’ AJ’s was back after a long layoff & took 4th place. Holy Smokes came in 5th with Real South BBQ just 0.3 back in 6th and another 0.3 back was Southern Hogs in 7th place. Kelvin’s BBQ, Just Blowing Smoke & Johnson Boys BBQ finished 8th thru 10th respectively.

The Grand Championship Ribs of Rescue Smokers took first place honors. Smokin’ AJ’s came in 2dn with Southern Hogs in 3rd place. The 4th place call went to H&J Cooking Team. Kelvin’s BBQ walked for the third time of the day, this time for 5th place. 92 BBQ completed their strong cook with the 6th place call. Ragin’ Smoke BBQ took 7th place; Holy Smokes took 8th & Old Henry’s BBQ claimed 9th place. Just Blowing Smoke rounded out the top 10.

The GBA congratulates Smokin’ the Track contest committee for going above & beyond in harsh conditions and delivered a well run contest. The GBA next heads to Jackson for Smoking Pork “N” Butts on April 15-16.

Full Results (note: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598.7	Rescue Smokers	1	598.8	92 BBQ	1	599	Rescue Smokers
2	593.3	Forget Me Not BBQ	2	593.7	Bubba Grills	2	593.4	Smokin AJ’s
3	593.3	92 BBQ	3	591.2	Ragin Smoke BBQ	3	592	Southern Hogs
4	594.8	We Want Que	4	596.1	Smokin AJ’s	4	595.1	H & J Cooking Team
5	594.5	Real South BBQ	5	594.8	Holy Smokes	5	594.8	Kelvin’s BBQ
6	591.1	Southern Hogs	6	594.5	Real South BBQ	6	590.2	92 BBQ
7	590.8	Rub Shakers Que	7	594.2	Southern Hogs	7	587.91	Ragin Smoke BBQ
8	590.3	Johnson Boys BBQ	8	591.2	Kelvin’s BBQ	8	587.9	Holy Smokes
9	589.8	Holy Smokes	9	590.5	Just Blowin Smoke	9	587.5	Old Henry’s
10	588	Kelvin’s BBQ	10	589.9	Johnson Boys BBQ	10	586.2	Just Blowin Smoke
11	583.2	Dixie Davis Cooks	11	589.6	Rub Shakers Que	11	582.6	Real South BBQ
12	582.3	Just Blowin Smoke	12	586.8	Rescue Smokers	12	582	Bubba Grills
13	580.2	Smokin AJ’s	13	582.3	We Want Que	13	581	Johnson Boys BBQ
14	575.6	H & J Cooking Team	14	581.1	H & J Cooking Team	14	579	Rub Shakers Que
15	572	Ragin Smoke BBQ	15	578	Forget Me Not BBQ	15	570.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
16	571.1	Bubba Grills	16	575.5	Old Henry’s	16	568.4	We Want Que
17	564.4	Old Henry’s	17	570.9	Dixie Davis Cooks	17	564.5	Ocmulgee Smoke
18	559.6	Ocmulgee Smoke	18	569	Ocmulgee Smoke	18	562.6	Dixie Davis Cooks

Reserve Champion Scores:

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	92 BBQ	599.1	596.4	590.2	1785.7
2	Southern Hogs	591.1	594.2	595.4	1780.7
3	Rescue Smokers	598.2	586.8	595.7	1780.7
4	Kelvin’s BBQ	588.0	591.2	594.8	1774.0
5	Smokin AJ’s	580.2	596.1	596.4	1772.7
6	Holy Smokes	589.8	594.8	587.9	1772.5
7	Real South BBQ	594.5	594.5	582.6	1771.6
8	Johnson Boys BBQ	590.3	589.9	581.0	1761.2
9	Rub Shakers Que	590.8	589.6	579.0	1759.4
10	Just Blowin Smoke	582.3	590.5	586.2	1759.0
11	Ragin Smoke BBQ	572.0	598.2	587.9	1758.1
12	Bubba Grills	571.1	598.8	582.0	1751.9
13	H & J Cooking Team	575.6	581.1	595.1	1751.8
14	Forget Me Not BBQ	599.1	578.0	570.5	1747.6
15	We Want Que	594.8	582.3	568.4	1745.5
16	Old Henry’s	564.4	575.5	587.5	1727.4
17	Dixie Davis Cooks	583.2	570.9	562.6	1716.7
18	Ocmulgee Smoke	559.6	569.0	564.5	1693.1

Apr 06 2015

Stump Smokers Hits Trifecta at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

The Hawkinsville Harness Racing Festival hosted the Georgia Barbecue Association and Smokin’ the Track BBQ competition. When the dust settled from a day of harness racing on the track; Stump Smokers, Tab & Walter “Stump” McDowell, hit the Trifecta by winning all three categories. This left no doubt that the team would also win the Grand Championship. This was only the third time in GBA history that one team made a clean sweep of all the top awards.

Grand Champion – Stump Smokers

Reserve Champions – Dobey Q

David Hair & Dobey Q made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs to go with a 5th place finish in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

The runner-up to Stump Smokers in Loin was Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJs. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers helped maintain their lead in the season’s Team of the Year standings by placing third. LawDawg, currently in second place in the TOTY standings, kept pace by coming in 4th place. Dobey Q claimed 5th place with 29 Barbecue claiming sixth. Southern Hogs finished in 7th place. Fiddlers BBQ finished 8th. CaJenn BBQ, cooking in their first GBA contest grabbed 9th place with J Dubs Stew & Que taking 10th

pulled pork entries

Stumps Smokers and Dobey Q finished first and second in both the Pulled Pork and Ribs categories. In Pulled Pork, Smokin AJs was again right there in the hunt by finishing third. Just Blowing Smoke came in 4th with LawDawg BBQ coming in fifth. Southern Hogs edge 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers for 6th place by just a tenth of a point. Forget Me Not BBQ took 8th place, HIgh Tech Smokers/Comsouth took 9th with Dixie Davis Cooks rounding out the top ten.

Smokin AJs

Following Stump Smokers and Dobey Q in Ribs was 29 Barbecue in third place. in 4th place it was Southern Hogs once again edging 92 Barbecue/Assassin Smokers but by a half a point this time. In a tie for 6th place, Real South BBQ won the coin toss over Smokin AJs. LawDawg BBQ got their third call of the day for 8th place. CaJenn BBQ got to walk a second time in their first GBA contest in 9th place. Forget Me Not BBQ also got to walk twice by taking 10th place in Ribs.

The GBA thanks the Hawkinsvile-Pulaski Co Chamber of Commerce for a great contest and an entertaining day at the Harness Racing Festival. The GBA head to Douglas for Bikes Blues & BBQ this week and then on to Jackson for Smokin Pork N Butts the following week.

Full Results.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.1	Cookin with Stump	1	595.9	Cookin with Stump	1	597	Cookin with Stump
2	594.9	Smokin AJ’s	2	594	Dobey Q	2	593.8	Dobey Q
3	591	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	3	592.1	Smokin AJ’s	3	591.2	29 Barbeque
4	590.3	LawDawg BBQ	4	587.7	Just Blowin Smoke	4	589.5	Southern Hogs
5	587.9	Dobey Q	5	586.9	LawDawg BBQ	5	589	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
6	586.1	29 Barbeque	6	582.2	Southern Hogs	6	586.91	Real South BBQ
7	585.7	Southern Hogs	7	582.1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	7	586.9	Smokin’ AJ’s
8	584.9	Fiddlers BBQ	8	581.1	Foeget Me Not BBQ	8	585.4	LawDawg BBQ
9	582.5	CaJenn BBQ	9	578.1	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth	9	584	CaJenn BBQ
10	580.1	JDubs Stew & Que	10	574.9	Dixie Davis Cooks	10	579.6	Foeget Me Not BBQ
11	577.5	Dixie Davis Cooks	11	574.1	Real South BBQ	11	579.2	Just Blowin Smoke
12	572.9	Real South BBQ	12	572.6	Pig Dynasty	12	578.7	Lizzy Lou
13	569.4	Lizzy Lou	13	570.4	Fiddlers BBQ	13	578.7	Dixie Davis Cooks
14	568.1	Just Blowin Smoke	14	569.8	JDubs Stew & Que	14	575.1	JDubs Stew & Que
15	566	Pig Dynasty	15	567.8	29 Barbeque	15	574.1	Fiddlers BBQ
16	558.5	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth	16	566.8	CaJenn BBQ	16	554.5	Pig Dynasty
17	548	Foeget Me Not BBQ	17	566.5	Lizzy Lou	17	0	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth

(Reserve Champion note: If the #1 team in the Reserve stainding wins the Grand Champion, the Reserve award passes down to the #2 team)

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Cookin with Stump.com	594.7	592.1	599.4	1786.2
2	Dobey Q	587.9	591.8	591.6	1771.3
3	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	599.4	582.1	589	1770.5
4	Smokin’ AJ’s	591.2	590	586.9	1768.1
5	LawDawg BBQ	590.3	586.9	585.4	1762.6
6	Southern Hogs	585.7	582.2	589.5	1757.4
7	29 Barbeque	586.1	567.8	590.2	1744.1
8	Just Blowin Smoke	568.1	587.7	579.2	1735
9	Real South BBQ	572.9	574.1	586.91	1733.91
10	CaJenn BBQ	582.5	566.8	584	1733.3
11	Dixie Davis Cooks	577.5	574.9	578.7	1731.1
12	Fiddlers BBQ	584.9	570.4	574.1	1729.4
13	JDubs Stew & Que	580.1	569.8	575.1	1725
14	Lizzy Lou	569.4	566.5	578.7	1714.6
15	Foeget Me Not BBQ	548	581.1	579.6	1708.7
16	Pig Dynasty	566	572.6	554.5	1693.1
17	High-Tech Smokers/Comsouth	558.5	578.1	0	1136.6

Feb 01 2015

Dobey Q Walks Last at the Beach Bash

Grand Champion – Dobey Q

The Brunswick Lions Club’s Jekyll BBQ Beach Bash has become one of the biggest events on Jekyll Island. Thirty of the top teams in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) gathered at the beach in Great Dune Park and the level of competition was off the charts. In the end, the last call of the day went to David Hair and Dobey Q who walked away with the Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

Lonnie Smith debuted the new Bubba Grills T3 Steam. With the innovative new cooker, Bubba Grills got two finals calls to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

First Place Pulled Pork – Bethel Smokers

Dobey Q’s Grand Championship Loin entry won the category. Kevin McKinney of Hungry Hogs BBQ was the runner up with Barbecue Crew taking third place. Smoke Risin’ took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in 5th and Smoke Shack BBQ in 6th place. Seventh place went to Just Pig Out and 8th place went to Smokin’ the Good Stuff. Southern Hogs edged out Rescue Smokers for 9th place by 0.1 of a point

Joe Wright & Bethel Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category over Bubba Grills in second place and Rescue Smokers in third. Just Blowing Smoke took 4th place. Just Pig Out claimed 5th place by 0.3 of a point over Barbecue Crew who claimed 6th place by another 0.3 of a point over Smokin’ AJs. Smoke Risin’ won the 5th tiebreaker to take 8th place over 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Tenth place went to Southern Hogs.

Bubba Grills got the first place call in Ribs. 29 Barbecue captured 2nd place with Real South BBQ in third. Rescue Smokers edged Smokin’ AJs by 0.3 of a point for 4th place. Sixth place went to Naked Daves by only 0.1 of a point over The Hurricane Cookers. Once again, there was a tie for 8th place & this one went to the 4th tiebreaker. Smoke Shack BBQ won the tiebreaker which put Just Blowing Smoke in 9th place. Bethel Smokers rounded out the top 10.

The Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash also had a backyard division. Julie Weprek & Mama’s Que-N-Stew won both Pulled Pork & Ribs. LawDawg BBQ II took second place in Pulled Pork and Wcked Lickin’ BBQ Crew took second in Ribs.

Mama’s Que-N-Stew

Lawdawg BBQ II

Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew

Next up for the GBA is Rythm & Ribs in Tifton on March 6-7. The following week the GBA heads north for the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13-14 with the Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.

Full GBA Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.2	DOBEY Q	1	598.1	BETHEL SMOKERS	1	595.3	BUBBA GRILLS
2	594.1	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	2	592.3	BUBBA GRILLS	2	594.2	29 BARBEQUE
3	588.7	BARBECUE CREW	3	591.6	RESCUE SMOKERS	3	592.5	REAL SOUTH BBQ
4	587.9	SMOKE RISING	4	594.6	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	4	588.5	RESCUE SMOKERS
5	587.2	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	5	591.8	JUST PIG OUT	5	588.2	SMOKIN AJ’S
6	585.9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	6	591.5	BARBECUE CREW	6	587	NAKED DAVE’S
7	584.6	JUST PIG OUT	7	591.2	SMOKIN AJ’S	7	586.9	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE
8	583.9	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	8	590.51	SMOKE RISING	8	584.61	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
9	582.5	SOUTHERN HOGS	9	590.5	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	9	584.6	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
10	582.4	RESCUE SMOKERS	10	586.3	SOUTHERN HOGS	10	583.3	BETHEL SMOKERS
11	581	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	11	586	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	11	582.7	BARE BONES BBQ
12	580	RUBSHAKERS QUE	12	584.3	DOBEY Q	12	581.4	BARBECUE CREW
13	579.8	FIDDLER’S BBQ	13	582.9	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE	13	581.1	DOBEY Q
14	579.1	BETHEL SMOKERS	14	582.1	J DUB STEW & QUE	14	580.3	ET’S BBQ
15	578.4	LAW DAWGS BBQ	15	582	LAW DAWGS BBQ	15	579.7	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
16	575	BUBBA GRILLS	16	578.7	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	16	579.6	JUST PIG OUT
17	573.6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	17	576.8	FIDDLER’S BBQ	17	578.7	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
18	572.8	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE	18	576.6	REAL SOUTH BBQ	18	577.8	RUBSHAKERS QUE
19	571.5	REAL SOUTH BBQ	19	576.6	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE	19	576.6	SOUTHERN HOGS
20	570.8	LIZZY LOU	20	575.4	NAKED DAVE’S	20	576.3	FIDDLER’S BBQ
21	570.8	SMOKIN AJ’S	21	574.2	RUBSHAKERS QUE	21	574.8	SMOK’N ARMDILLO
22	570.2	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	22	573.8	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	22	574.1	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
23	567.6	SMOK’N ARMDILLO	23	571.8	OLD HENRY BBQ	23	571.1	SMOKE RISING
24	566.9	OLD HENRY BBQ	24	569.8	LIZZY LOU	24	569.3	LIZZY LOU
25	566.8	NAKED DAVE’S	25	568.5	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	25	569.2	J DUB STEW & QUE
26	565.4	ET’S BBQ	26	567.2	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	26	568.7	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
27	564.5	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE	27	564.5	ET’S BBQ	27	565.8	LAW DAWGS BBQ
28	557.5	29 BARBEQUE	28	562.9	SMOK’N ARMDILLO	28	564.3	FORGET ME NOT BBQ
29	553	J DUB STEW & QUE	29	561.3	BARE BONES BBQ	29	563.9	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE
30	0	BARE BONES BBQ	30	557.6	29 BARBEQUE	30	556	OLD HENRY BBQ

	Reserve Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	BUBBA GRILLS	575	600	599.4	1774.4
2	RESCUE SMOKERS	582.4	599.7	588.5	1770.6
3	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	587.2	594.6	584.6	1766.4
4	BARBECUE CREW	588.8	591.5	581.4	1761.7
5	BETHEL SMOKERS	579.1	599.1	583.3	1761.5
6	DOBEY Q	593.7	584.3	581.1	1759.1
7	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	585.9	586	584.61	1756.51
8	JUST PIG OUT	584.6	591.8	579.6	1756
9	SMOKIN AJ’S	570.8	591.2	588.2	1750.2
10	SMOKE RISING	587.9	590.51	571.1	1749.51
11	SOUTHERN HOGS	582.5	586.3	576.6	1745.4
12	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	573.6	590.5	579.7	1743.8
13	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE	572.8	582.9	586.9	1742.6
14	REAL SOUTH BBQ	571.5	576.6	591.5	1739.6
15	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	594.8	573.8	568.7	1737.3
16	FIDDLER’S BBQ	579.8	576.8	576.3	1732.9
17	RUBSHAKERS QUE	580	574.2	577.8	1732
18	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	583.9	568.5	578.7	1731.1
19	NAKED DAVE’S	566.8	575.4	587	1729.2
20	LAW DAWGS BBQ	578.4	582	565.8	1726.2
21	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	581	578.7	564.3	1724
22	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	570.2	567.2	574.1	1711.5
23	ET’S BBQ	565.4	564.5	580.3	1710.2
24	LIZZY LOU	570.8	569.8	569.3	1709.9
25	29 BARBEQUE	557.5	557.6	592.4	1707.5
26	SMOK’N ARMDILLO	567.6	562.9	574.8	1705.3
27	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE	564.5	576.6	563.9	1705
28	J DUB STEW & QUE	553	582.1	569.2	1704.3
29	OLD HENRY BBQ	566.9	571.8	556	1694.7
30	BARE BONES BBQ	0	561.3	582.7	1144

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

Sep 07 2014

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Wins GBA State Championship

Brad Sweet, Pitmaster of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers,really brought his A game to Fort Valley for the ComSouth Hambone Jam and the Georgia Barbecue State Championship. Brad made finals in all three categories and claimed wins in both Loin and Pulled Pork. The dominating performance earned 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers their first Grand Championship and the title of GBA State Champion for 2014-2015.

Lawdawg BBQ, Kerry & Kevin Sparks, made finals in Loin and Pulled Pork then tied for 3rd place in Ribs. They missed a triple finals on the 5th tiebreaker to finish in fourth place in the category. The strong performance over the three categories carried the Brunswick team to the Reserve Championship

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers turned in the state championship Pork Loin. Lawdawg BBQ took second place with The BBQ Ninja, Pitmaster Rodney Ellington, claimed third place. Cooking with Stump took 4th place and Anarque took 5th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ tied for 6th place with Smokin’42 taking the spot on the 5th tiebreaker. Smokin’ AJs took 8th place. Bubba Grills claimed 9th and Dixie Davis Cookers completed the top 10.

In Pulled Pork it was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smoker again for the win with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Lawdawg BBQ finished in 3rd place. H&J Cook Team with special guest Pitmistress Lois Sebastian, edged out Cooking with Stump for 4th place on a tiebreaker. Arnarque claimed 6th with The BBQ Ninja in 7th. Real South BBQ, Rub My Butt BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished 8th thru 10th respectively.

Bubba Grills broke up 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers run with the best Rib box of the day. Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJs grabbed second place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking the 3rd spot. Lawdawg BBQ came in 4th place. The BBQ Ninja got their third call of the day with a 5th place finish. Smokin’ 42 BBQ grabbed 6th. Rounding out the top 10 were Anarque, Smokin’ Js, Swine Time Grilling Team and Butt Rubbin’ BBQ.

The Georgia Barbecue Association thanks ComSouth and the Fort Valley Downtown Development Authority for hosting another great state championship event. The next stop on the GBA trail will be the Grande Creek Pig Jam in Swainsboro on Sept 19-20.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	596.1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	1	596.1	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
2	594.6	Lawdawg BBQ	2	595.3	Bubba Grills
3	591.3	The BBQ Ninja	3	590.6	Lawdawg BBQ
4	591.2	Cookin’ with Stump	4	586.9	H & J Cook Team
5	587.5	AnarQue	5	586.9	Cookin’ with Stump
6	586.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	6	584.5	AnarQue
7	586.6	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	7	584.2	The BBQ Ninja
8	580.5	Smokin-AJ’s	8	582.9	Real South
9	576.3	Bubba Grills	9	581.4	Rub My Butt BBQ
10	575.8	Dixie Davis Cooks	10	578.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
11	575	Real South	11	576.7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
12	574.5	Rub My Butt BBQ	12	574.1	Bethel Smokers
13	569.3	Swine Time	13	573.8	Swine Time
14	568.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	14	573.7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
15	568.1	H & J Cook Team	15	571.1	Smokin-AJ’s
16	565.7	Major League Q	16	563.9	Major League Q
17	555.8	Smokin J’s BBQ	17	563.8	Smokin J’s BBQ
18	554.1	Bethel Smokers	18	559.2	Dixie Davis Cooks

		RIBS
1	594.2	Bubba Grills
2	593.8	Smokin-AJ’s
3	593.7	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
4	587.6	Lawdawg BBQ
5	585.5	The BBQ Ninja
6	585.2	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
7	584.3	AnarQue
8	583.2	Smokin J’s BBQ
9	583	Swine Time
10	581.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
11	580.3	Bethel Smokers
12	579	Cookin’ with Stump
13	577.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
14	576.8	Rub My Butt BBQ
15	575.2	H & J Cook Team
16	570.1	Major League Q
17	567.5	Real South
18	560.1	Dixie Davis Cooks

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Lawdawg BBQ	594.8	592.1	587.6	1774.5
2	Bubba Grills	576.3	596.4	596.4	1769.1
3	The BBQ Ninja	599.4	584.2	585.5	1769.1
4	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	591.4	587.3	587.61	1766.31
5	Cookin’ with Stump	591.2	586.9	579	1757.1
6	AnarQue	587.5	584.5	584.3	1756.3
7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	586.61	573.7	585.2	1745.51
8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	586.6	578.7	577.1	1742.4
9	Smokin-AJ’s	580.5	571.1	589.2	1740.8
10	Rub My Butt BBQ	574.5	581.4	576.8	1732.7
11	H & J Cook Team	568.1	586.91	575.2	1730.21
12	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	568.3	576.7	581.3	1726.3
13	Swine Time	569.3	573.8	583	1726.1
14	Real South	575	582.9	567.5	1725.4
15	Bethel Smokers	554.1	574.1	580.3	1708.5
16	Smokin J’s BBQ	555.8	563.8	583.2	1702.8
17	Major League Q	565.7	563.9	570.1	1699.7
18	Dixie Davis Cooks	575.8	559.2	560.1	1695.1