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Rescue Smokers Takes Grand in Dallas

Rescue Smokers Takes Grand in Dallas

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) joined with the City of Dallas for their 2016 City Fest. It was a day filled with many different events. The professional BBQ competition was a huge part of the event. Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers continued to set the pace with a final round score of 597.5 out of a possible 600 in Pulled Pork to winning the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion - Rescue Smokers

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Bird Dawg BBQ, led by Chris Cochran, made finals on both Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 5th place finish in Ribs to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

 reserve bird dawg

In the preliminary round of Pulled Pork both Just Blowing Smoke and Bird Dawg BBQ score perfect 600 scores.

600 score - Just Blowing Smoke

600 score – Just Blowing Smoke

600 score - Bird Dawg BBQ

600 score – Bird Dawg BBQ

1st Place Loin - Smokin the Good Stuff

1st Place Loin – Smokin the Good Stuff

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Loin, Smoking the Good Stuff took top honors. Rescue Smokers took 2nd place and Bird Dawg BBQ took third.  Fifth place went to We Want Que with 6th place going to Just Blowing Smoke.  Four Fathers BBQ claimed 7th place. Southern Hogs claimed 8th place. Ninth place belonged to Simply Q and Where There’s Smoke rounded out the top 10.

Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with Just Blowing Smoke as the runner-up. In 3rd place again was Bird Dawg BBQ.  Smokin’ the Good Stuff grabbed 4th place and CJ’s BBQ grabbed 5th.  Major Q got the 6th place call followed by Rub Shakers Que in 7th and Swineholio in 8th place. Ninth & 10th went to Four Fathers BBQ and Southern Hogs, respectively.

 

1st place Ribs - Major Q

1st place Ribs – Major Q

Major Q walked last in Ribs with We Want Que taking 2nd and Rub Shakers Que taking 3rd.  Smokin the Good Stuff got another call for 4th place. Bird Dawg BBQ came in 5th.  Johnson Boys BBQ took 6th place and Rescue Smokers took 7th.  Just Blowing Smoke finished 8th; Smokin’ J’s BBQ finished 9th and Swineholio finished 10th.

The GBA was proud to be a part of this great festival and looks forward to returning for 2016.

Full Results:

  LOIN     PULLED PORK     RIBS
1 596.5 Smokin the Good Stuff 1 597.5 Rescue Smokers 1 596.1 Major Q BBQ
2 594.5 Rescue Smokers 2 595 Just Blowing Smoke 2 594.5 We Want Que
3 593.9 Bird Dawg BBQ 3 592.5 Bird Dawg BBQ 3 594.2 Rub Shakers Que
4 593.7 We Want Que 4 598.5 Smokin the Good Stuff 4 595.22 Smokin the Good Stuff
5 593.3 Just Blowing Smoke 5 590.9 CJs BBQ 5 595.21 Bird Dawg BBQ
6 591.5 Swineholio 6 585.7 Major Q BBQ 6 595.2 Johnson Boys BBQ
7 585 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 7 583.6 Rub Shakers Que 7 594.9 Rescue Smokers
8 584.7 Southern Hogs 8 582.7 Swineholio 8 593.9 Just Blowing Smoke
9 582.4 Simply Q 9 582 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 9 591.6 Smokin J’s BBQ
10 581.2 Where There’s Smoke 10 581.7 Southern Hogs 10 585.4 Swineholio
11 581 Johnson Boys BBQ 11 580.8 Simply Q 11 583.6 Southern Hogs
12 580.8 Rub Shakers Que 12 578.8 We Want Que 12 577.4 CJs BBQ
13 574.7 Major Q BBQ   13 574.7 Johnson Boys BBQ 13 570.9 Simply Q
14 573.2 Smokin J’s BBQ 14 567.4 Smokin J’s BBQ 14 569.4 Where There’s Smoke
15 559.9 CJs BBQ   15 560.7 Where There’s Smoke 15 568 Four Fathers BBQ Cr
 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Rescue Smokers 598.5 599.7 594.9 1793.1
2 Bird Dawg BBQ 595.5 600.0 595.2 1790.7
3 Smokin the Good Stuff 594.8 598.5 595.2 1788.5
4 Just Blowing Smoke 593.3 600.0 593.9 1787.2
5 We Want Que 593.7 578.8 595.4 1767.9
6 Rub Shakers Que 580.8 583.6 599.1 1763.5
7 Swineholio 591.5 582.7 585.4 1759.6
8 Major Q BBQ 574.7 585.7 598.8 1759.2
9 Johnson Boys BBQ 581.0 574.7 595.2 1750.9
10 Southern Hogs 584.7 581.7 583.6 1750.0
11 Four Fathers BBQ Crew 585.0 582.0 568.0 1735.0
12 Simply Q 582.4 580.8 570.9 1734.1
13 Smokin J’s BBQ 573.2 567.4 591.6 1732.2
14 CJs BBQ 559.9 590.9 577.4 1728.2
15 Where There’s Smoke 581.2 560.7 569.4 1711.3

Smokin 42 BBQ Rules at Three Rivers Festival

Smokin 42 BBQ Rules at Three Rivers Festival

After battling the elements over the past few contests, the teams of the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) found picture perfect weather for the Three Rivers Festival at Towns Bluff Park.  The teams responded by turning in outstanding BBQ.  A common theme among the judges was how tough it was to pick a favorite among so many great entries.  In the end, it was the Finals round Pulled Pork entry turned in by Smokin’ 42 BBQ of Tifton that got the last call of the day as Grand Champion.

Grand Champion - Smokin' 42 BBQ

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

CaJenn Smokin’ Que of Hoboken had the highest cumulative score across all three categories in the preliminary rounds to take the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion - CaJenn Smokin' Que

Reserve Champion – CaJenn Smokin’ Que

 

1st Loin - Bethel Smokers

1st Loin – Bethel Smokers

 

 

Bethel Smokers  of Douglas captured the first place award in Pork Loin. CaJenn Smokin’ Que edge out Just Blowing Smoke of Canton for second place by 0.3 of a point.  LawDawg BBQ from Brunswick took third place.  Just Smoke N Around of Jackson took 5th place by  1/10th of a point over Smokin’ 42 BBQ,  Seventh place went to Lizzy Lou of Middleburg, FL.  Swainsboro’s Real South BBQ came in 8th place in Pork Loin with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers of Griffin in 9th place and H & J Cooking Team of Vienna in 10th place

 

 

First place in Pulled Pork went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers as the runner-up. Dobey Q of Buena Vista captured 3rd place. Just Smoke N Around captured 4th place and Real South BBQ captured 5th place.  Just 7/10th of a point separated 6th place from 9th place.  in 6th place, it was LawDawg BBQ just ahead of Bubba Grills of Haddock in 7th place with Buffalo Chip BBQ of Hazlehurst taking 8th place and Mojo Smokehouse of Willcoochee taking 9th place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que rounded out the top 10 in Pulled Pork.

 

1st Ribs - Bubba Grills

1st Ribs – Bubba Grills

 

 

Bubba Grills topped the Ribs category. Dobey Q took 2nd with Just Blowing Smoke taking 3rd place. CaJenn Smokin’ Que walked for the 4th place award with Buffalo Chip BBQ in 5th place. Real South BBQ grabbed 6th place and Smokin’ J’s of Dallas, GA grabbe 7th place. The 8th place call went out to Bethel Smokers. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 9th place in Ribs with Smokin’ 42 BBQ taking 10th place.

 

The GBA wants to thank the staff at Towns Bluff Park for hosting the contest at one of the best venue’s on our circuit.  Thanks also to the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Co. Board of Tourism for organizing the contest.   The GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake on May 8-9 then to Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines for the White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on May 22-23. For more information about the Georgia Barbecue Association, visit our website at www.bbqga.org.

 

 

Full Results (note: scores for 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores.  Scores from 4th place & down are preliminary round scores)

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 596.3 BETHEL SMOKERS 1 596.9 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 1 595 BUBBA GRILLS
2 593 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 2 593.8 92 BBQ 2 593.6 DOBEY Q
3 592.7 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 3 591.3 DOBEY Q 3 593.4 JUST BLOWING SMOKE
4 591.8 LAWDAWG BBQ 4 589.3 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 4 591.1 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE
5 591.3 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 5 588.5 REAL SOUTH BBQ 5 587.5 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ
6 591.2 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 6 586.9 LAWDAWG BBQ 6 587.3 REAL SOUTH BBQ
7 587.2 LIZZY LOU 7 586.6 BUBBA GRILLS 7 587 SMOKIN J’S
8 587 REAL SOUTH BBQ 8 586.3 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ 8 583.6 BETHEL SMOKERS
9 586.6 92 BBQ 9 586.2 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 9 581.7 92 BBQ
10 586.2 H&J COOKING TEAM 10 584.2 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 10 580.6 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
11 585.9 SMOKIN J’S 11 583.9 H&J COOKING TEAM 11 579.4 H&J COOKING TEAM
12 580 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ 12 579.7 SMOKIN J’S 12 579 LAWDAWG BBQ
13 579 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 13 575.7 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 13 578.7 OLD HENRY BBQ
14 576.6 DOBEY Q 14 574.4 LIZZY LOU 14 576.1 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
15 571.7 BUBBA GRILLS 15 571.7 BETHEL SMOKERS 15 575.1 RAGING SMOKE BBQ
16 571.4 OLD HENRY BBQ 16 570.5 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 16 574 LIZZY LOU
17 556.7 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 17 558.9 OLD HENRY BBQ 17 560.5 JUST SMOKE N AROUND

 

 

 Reserve Champion Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 CAJENN SMOKIN QUE 596.1 584.2 591.1 1771.4
2 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 591.2 594.2 580.6 1766
3 DOBEY Q 576.6 591.1 598.2 1765.9
4 REAL SOUTH BBQ 587 588.5 587.3 1762.8
5 92 BBQ 586.6 590.8 581.7 1759.1
6 LAWDAWG BBQ 591.8 586.9 579 1757.7
7 JUST BLOWING SMOKE 593.6 570.5 592.1 1756.2
8 BUBBA GRILLS 571.7 586.6 596.4 1754.7
9 BUFFALO CHIP BBQ 580 586.3 587.5 1753.8
10 SMOKIN J’S 585.9 579.7 587 1752.6
11 BETHEL SMOKERS 594.5 571.7 583.6 1749.8
12 H&J COOKING TEAM 586.2 583.9 579.4 1749.5
13 JUST SMOKE N AROUND 591.3 589.3 560.5 1741.1
14 LIZZY LOU 587.2 574.4 574 1735.6
15 RAGING SMOKE BBQ 579 575.7 575.1 1729.8
16 MOJO SMOKEHOUSE 556.7 586.2 576.1 1719
17 OLD HENRY BBQ 571.4 558.9 578.7 1709

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

There are a couple of things you can count on at Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson.  Great BBQ and Rain.  Mud boots were almost as essential as grills, charcoal & wood as steady rain pelted the event for most of the weekend.  In spite of the challenging conditions, the teams still made the judges work hard to determine who had the best BBQ of the day.

Fiddlers BBQ made finals in all three categories. Southern Hogs finaled in Loin & Pulled Pork. However, it was Bubba Grills Rib entry that recorded the top score in the final rounds to claim the Grand Championship.

 

Grand Champion - Bubba Grills

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Harvery & Shirley Wills of Fiddlers BBQ, with an assist from Master Judge candidate Greg Sebastian, “Triple Finaled” and accumulated the most points in the preliminary rounds to win the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion - Fiddlers BBQ

Reserve Champion – Fiddlers BBQ

 

Pork Loin is always a difficult category, but the scorers had to go to the tiebreaker to determine the winner in the category. Both Fiddler’s BBQ and LawDawg BBQ scored 594.4 in the final round of Loin judging.  The GBA declares “Its All About the Taste” and the Taste scores are the first level in the tiebreaker.  Fiddler’s BBQ had the highest taste score & edged LawDawg for first place. LawDawg BBQ had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary Loin round. Southern Hogs grabbed third place.  Que the Musick took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke taking fifth. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 6th place by winning the tiebreaker over Smokin J’s BBQ. Eighth place went to Bubba Grills; 9th place went to Smoke Shack BBQ and 10th went to Main Street BBQ.

Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs

 

In Pulled Pork, it was Fiddlers BBQ  once again taking top honors. Southern Hogs finished as runner-up with Que the Musick in third place.  Main Street BBQ got the 4th place call and Fletcher’s Finest got 5th place. Smokin the Good Stuff edged Real South BBQ for 6th place on the tiebreaker. Just Blowing Smoke also edged LawDawg BBQ in the tiebreaker for 8th place. Bubba Grills rounded out the top 10.

The Grand Championship winning Rib entry earned first place for Bubba Grills. Fiddlers BBQ completed their strong cook with the 2nd place award. Smokin the Good Stuff took 3rd place, but also had a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. BCD (Boys Cooking Dangerously) came in 4th place. Hootie Q edged 29 BBQ by 0.1 of a point to take 5th place. Just Blowing Smoke captured 7th place and Smoke Shack BBQ captured 8th place.  92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers & Rub Shakers Que finished 9th & 10th respectively.

Once again Connie & Wayne Rosser of the Butt County Exchange Club did an outstanding job managing the contest in trying conditions.  The GBA heads to the Three Rivers Festival and Towns Bluff Park on the Altamaha River in Hazlehurst on May 1-2. The following week it will be Smoke on the Water on beautiful Lake Acworth. The month of May completes the water based trifecta with the 1st Annual White Oak Pastures BBQ Challenge on Lake Walter F George in Fort Gaines on May 22-23.

Full Results:

NOTE: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from Final rounds. All other scores are from Preliminary rounds.

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 594.41 Fiddlers BBQ   1 595.5 Fiddlers BBQ   1 596.2 Bubba Grills
2 594.4 Law Dawgs   2 593 Southern Hogs   2 594.6 Fiddlers BBQ
3 592.2 Southern Hogs   3 591.5 Que The Musick   3 591.2 Smokin the Good Stuff
4 592.1 Que The Musick 4 594.2 Main Street BBQ 4 590.3 BCD
5 591.2 Just Blowning Smoke 5 593.9 Fletcher’s Finest 5 588.9 Hootie Q
6 587.21 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 6 593.61 Smokin the Good Stuff 6 588.8 29 Barbeque
7 587.2 Smokin J’s Barbeque 7 593.6 Real South BBQ 7 588.2 Just Blowning Smoke
8 586.9 Bubba Grills 8 591.81 Just Blowning Smoke 8 587.9 Smoke Shack BBQ
9 583.2 Smoke Shack BBQ 9 591.8 Law Dawgs 9 585 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
10 582.9 Main Street BBQ 10 591.2 Bubba Grills 10 584.5 Rub Shakers Que
11 581.3 Hootie Q 11 590.6 Hootie Q 11 583 Raging Smoke BBQ
12 581 Forget Me Not BBQ 12 590.5 29 Barbeque 12 582.3 Que The Musick
13 579.3 Real South BBQ 13 590.2 Rub Shakers Que 13 580.6 Southern Hogs
14 570.8 Just Smokin N Around 14 584.4 Just Smokin N Around 14 579.3 We Want Que
15 570 Shark Bite BBQ 15 582.7 Raging Smoke BBQ 15 578.8 J Dubs’ Stew and Que
16 568.4 BCD 16 579.6 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 16 578.1 Fletcher’s Finest
17 567.2 Rub Shakers Que 17 577.5 Smokin J’s Barbeque 17 576.7 Golfin Grillers
18 567.2 Fletcher’s Finest 18 574.7 Smoke Shack BBQ 18 574.7 Law Dawgs
19 566.5 Raging Smoke BBQ 19 574.6 BCD 19 574.5 Temple of The Hog
20 565.6 Temple of The Hog 20 571.5 We Want Que 20 574.2 Shark Bite BBQ
21 565.5 Smokin the Good Stuff 21 571.3 Temple of The Hog 21 573.9 Main Street BBQ
22 563.2 29 Barbeque 22 567.2 Golfin Grillers 22 573.2 Real South BBQ
23 562.2 J Dubs’ Stew and Que 23 563.5 Forget Me Not BBQ 23 570.9 Smokin J’s Barbeque
24 559.2 Golfin Grillers 24 563 Porch Light 24 570.2 Forget Me Not BBQ
25 554.7 Porch Light 25 562.5 Shark Bite BBQ 25 569.6 Porch Light
26 0 We Want Que 26 561.2 J Dubs’ Stew and Que 26 559.1 Just Smokin N Around

 

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Fiddlers BBQ 596.4 594.9 595.1 1786.4
2 Bubba Grills 586.9 591.2 598.8 1776.9
3 Southern Hogs 595.8 594.9 580.6 1771.3
4 Just Blowning Smoke 591.2 591.81 588.2 1771.21
5 Que The Musick 592.1 596.4 582.3 1770.8
6 Law Dawgs 600 591.8 574.7 1766.5
7 Hootie Q 581.3 590.6 588.9 1760.8
8 Smokin the Good Stuff 565.5 593.61 600 1759.11
9 92BBQ/Assassin Smokers 587.21 579.6 585 1751.81
10 Main Street BBQ 582.9 594.2 573.9 1751
11 Real South BBQ 579.3 593.6 573.2 1746.1
12 Smoke Shack BBQ 583.2 574.7 587.9 1745.8
13 29 Barbeque 563.2 590.5 588.8 1742.5
14 Rub Shakers Que 567.2 590.2 584.5 1741.9
15 Fletcher’s Finest 567.2 593.9 578.1 1739.2
16 Smokin J’s Barbeque 587.2 577.5 570.9 1735.6
17 BCD 568.4 574.6 590.3 1733.3
18 Raging Smoke BBQ 566.5 582.7 583 1732.2
19 Forget Me Not BBQ 581 563.5 570.2 1714.7
20 Just Smokin N Around 570.8 584.4 559.1 1714.3
21 Temple of The Hog 565.6 571.3 574.5 1711.4
22 Shark Bite BBQ 570 562.5 574.2 1706.7
23 Golfin Grillers 559.2 567.2 576.7 1703.1
24 J Dubs’ Stew and Que 562.2 561.2 578.8 1702.2
25 Porch Light 554.7 563 569.6 1687.3
26 We Want Que 0 571.5 579.3 1150.8

Barbecue Crew Takes Grand on Home Turf

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

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.

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Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

 

H & J Cooking Team

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

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

Screaming Eagle BBQ

Cowboy Smokin

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

South Cobb BBQ & Blues Gets Smoked Rescue Style

South Cobb BBQ & Blues Gets Smoked Rescue Style

Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers,of BBQ Pitmasters fame, took first place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival.  It was his near perfect score of 599.1 in the Pulled Pork finals round that netted the team the Grand Championship

grand champion - rescue smokers

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Just Blowing Smoke, Robin Bowles PItmaster, made finals in Loin; finished 5th in Pulled Pork and 7th in Ribs to take home the Reserve Championship.

reserve champion - just blowing smoke

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

 

Butt Rubbin BBQ

Butt Rubbin BBQ

 

 

The first category of the contest was Loin and Just Blowing Smoke topped the field. Butt Rubbin BBQ took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third.  Rescue Smokers actually tied for third place but lost the tiebreaker to miss finals and finished in fourth place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ came in fifth place with Dixie Que in sixth. Smokin Butts BBQ took seventh; Rub Shakers Que took eighth; Fiddlers BBQ took ninth and We Want Que took 10th place.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CJs

CJs

 

 

Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with CJ’s as runner-up. We Want Que grabbed third place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in fourth and Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place.  There was a tie for sixth place and Fiddler’s BBQ won the tiebreaker over Dixie Que. Rub Shakers Que,  Smokin’ the Good Stuff and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished eighth through tenth respectively.

 

 

rub shakers

 

 

It was Rescue Smokers taking their second win of the day with the top scoring Rib box.  Rub Shakers Que came in second with Smokin’ The Good Stuff coming in third. Fiddlers BBQ took fourth; Smoking J’s took fifth place and Dixie Que took sixth place. Seventh place went to Just Blowing Smoke. The final three calls in Ribs were very close. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ got the eighth place call by just 0.2 of a point over We Want Que in ninth. Just 0.1 of a point back was Daddy-O’s BBQ in tenth place.

 

 

The Georgia Barbecue Association really enjoyed their first trip to Austell and the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival  We want to thank the contest organizers and the staff of the beautiful EpiCenter for hosting a great contest.  Next week, the GBA heads to MIlledgeville for the Deep Roots Fesitval

Full Contest Results:

LOIN
1 596.3 Just Blowing Smoke
2 594.2 Butt Rubb’n BBQ
3 591.5 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
4 592.4 Rescue Smokers
5 588.2 Hard Rock Hill BBQ
6 583.6 Dixie Que
7 582.9 Smokin Butts BBQ
8 580.2 Rub Shakers Que
9 579.9 Fiddler’s BBQ
10 575.9 We Want Que
11 575.1 Smokin’ the Good Stuff
12 574.8 Smokin’ Hotlanta
13 571.4 CJ’s
14 571.4 Where There’s Smoke
15 570.2 Smokin J’s Barbeque
16 569.7 Temple of the Hog
17 566.6 Daddy-O’s_BBQ

 

PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 599.1 Rescue Smokers 1 597.2 Rescue Smokers
2 593.5 CJ’s 2 593.2 Rub Shakers Que
3 588.2 We Want Que 3 591.6 Smokin’ the Good Stuff
4 594.5 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 4 591.2 Fiddler’s BBQ
5 592.1 Just Blowing Smoke 5 589.9 Smokin J’s Barbeque
6 591.21 Fiddler’s BBQ 6 587.5 Dixie Que
7 591.2 Dixie Que 7 584.8 Just Blowing Smoke
8 590.6 Rub Shakers Que 8 582.2 Butt Rubb’n BBQ
9 587.6 Smokin’ the Good Stuff 9 582 We Want Que
10 586.1 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 10 581.9 Daddy-O’s_BBQ
11 582 Daddy-O’s_BBQ 11 578.6 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
12 582 Smokin’ Hotlanta 12 577.1 Hard Rock Hill BBQ
13 578.9 Butt Rubb’n BBQ 13 575.1 Smokin’ Hotlanta
14 575.4 Smokin J’s Barbeque 14 572.5 Smokin Butts BBQ
15 575.4 Smokin Butts BBQ 15 564.8 CJ’s
16 568.5 Where There’s Smoke 16 563.9 Where There’s Smoke
17 566.1 Temple of the Hog 17 560.6 Temple of the Hog

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Rescue Smokers 592.4 595.7 596.4 1784.5
2 Just Blowing Smoke 599.7 592.1 584.8 1776.6
3 Rub Shakers Que 580.2 590.6 595.4 1766.2
4 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 592.41 594.5 578.6 1765.51
5 Fiddler’s BBQ 579.9 591.21 591.2 1762.31
6 Dixie Que 583.6 591.2 587.5 1762.3
7 Butt Rubb’n BBQ 596.1 578.9 582.2 1757.2
8 Smokin’ the Good Stuff 575.1 587.6 592.4 1755.1
9 We Want Que 575.9 595.2 582 1753.1
10 Hard Rock Hill BBQ 588.2 586.1 577.1 1751.4
11 Smokin J’s Barbeque 570.2 575.4 589.9 1735.5
12 Smokin’ Hotlanta 574.8 582 575.1 1731.9
13 CJ’s 571.4 595.4 564.8 1731.6
14 Smokin Butts BBQ 582.9 575.4 572.5 1730.8
15 Daddy-O’s_BBQ 566.6 582 581.9 1730.5
16 Where There’s Smoke 571.4 568.5 563.9 1703.8
17 Temple of the Hog 569.7 566.1 560.6 1696.4me