Tag: Smokin’ J’s

Sep 28 2014

Just Blowin’ Smoke Wins the Shootout at Doc Holiday Festival

The GBA made its debut at the Doc Holiday Festival in downtown Griffin, GA and it turned into a 3 way shootout for the Grand Championship. In the end, the Loin entry by Robin Bowles & Just Blowin’ Smoke topped the Pulled Pork box by Dixie Que’s Rick Godfrey and the Ribs entry of Gary Lanton of Holy Smokes.

Grand Champion – Just Blowin’ Smoke

Dixie Que finaled in Pulled Pork, finished 6th in Ribs and 11th in Loin to take the Reserve Championship for the top cumulative score in the three preliminary rounds.

Reserve Champion – Dixie Que

Just Blowin’ Smoke’s championship Loin box topped the category. Two Fat Boys & A Grill came in second with Rolling Smoke Competition Que in third place. Swine Time Grillin’ Team took fourth place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged Bearded BBQ for fifth place on the tiebreaker. Real South BBQ grabbed seventh place and RTC Smokin’ grabbed eighth place. Fiddler’s BBQ in ninth and H & J Cooking Team in tenth rounded out the top 10,

Dixie Que won Pulled Pork with Just Blowin’ Smoke the runner-up. Fiddler’s BBQ came in third with H & J Cooking Team in fourth. Swine Time Grillin’ Team nailed down the fifth spot. Sixth place went to Rub Shakers Que and seventh place went to Old Henry’s BBQ. In eight place was Holy Smokes; in ninth place was Smokin’ J’s and in tenth place was Real South BBQ.

First Place Ribs – Holy Smokes

Holy Smokes had the best box of Ribs on the day. Two Fat Boys & A Grill took second place with 29 Barbecue taking third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged out Rub Shakers Que for fourth place by 0.3 of a point. Dixie Que finished in the sixth spot. In seventh place was Fiddler’s BBQ with RTC Smokin’ in eighth place. Real South BBQ and Just Blowin’ Smoke tied for ninth place with Real South BBQ coming out on top in the tiebreaker.

The Doc Holiday Festival also held a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun contest. The GBA’s Cooking for Fun division competes in two categories: Pulled Pork and Ribs. Simply Q topped Swine Dining in Pulled Pork. Swine Dining returned the favor by topping Simply Q to win the Ribs category.

CFF Pulled Pork 1st Place – Simply Q

CFF Ribs 1st Place – Swine Dining

The GBA teams, judges and officials had a great time at the Doc Holiday Festival and are looking forward to a return trip in 2015. The next stop on the GBA contest trail with another first year event at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival at the EpiCenter in Austell, GA. Full results below:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.3	Just Blowing Smoke	1	595.8	Dixie Que
2	594.1	Two Fat Boys & A Grill	2	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
3	588.7	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	3	588	Fiddlers BBQ
4	585.2	Swine Time Cooking Team	4	590.8	H&J’s
5	583.6	92BBQ Assassin Smokers	5	587.2	Swine Time Cooking Team
6	583.6	Bearded BBQ	6	582.9	Rub Shakers Que
7	583	Real South BBQ	7	581	Old Henry BBQ
8	579.9	RTC Smokin	8	580.2	Holy Smokes
9	579.5	Fiddlers BBQ	9	579.7	Smokin J’s Barbeque
10	577.7	H&J’s	10	579	Real South BBQ
11	577.4	Dixie Que	11	578.3	92BBQ Assassin Smokers
12	575.1	Holy Smokes	12	577.7	RTC Smokin
13	574.1	Smokin J’s Barbeque	13	575.3	29 Barbeque
14	573.5	Smokin Butts BBQ	14	571.1	Killer Swine
15	571.1	Killer Swine	15	569.5	Bearded BBQ
16	569.8	29 Barbeque	16	564.3	Daddy-O’s
17	564.8	Daddy-O’s	17	563.6	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
18	562.2	Old Henry BBQ	18	559.3	Smokin Butts BBQ
19	561.3	Rub Shakers Que	19	556.9	Two Fat Boys & A Grill
20	556.2	Dawg Pit BBQ	20	551.7	Dawg Pit BBQ

		RIBS
1	596.1	Holy Smokes
2	594.8	Two Fat Boys & A Grill
3	591.1	29 Barbeque
4	587.8	92BBQ Assassin Smokers
5	587.5	Rub Shakers Que
6	584	Dixie Que
7	582.6	Fiddlers BBQ
8	579.9	RTC Smokin
9	576.6	Real South BBQ
10	576.6	Just Blowing Smoke
11	574.7	Swine Time Cooking Team
12	572.5	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
13	569.2	Daddy-O’s
14	567	H&J’s
15	566	Killer Swine
16	563.9	Dawg Pit BBQ
17	558.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque
18	557.6	Smokin Butts BBQ
19	556.2	Old Henry BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	595.7	594.8	576.6	1767.1
2	Dixie Que	577.4	597.1	584	1758.5
3	Fiddlers BBQ	579.5	591.2	582.6	1753.3
4	Holy Smokes	575.1	580.2	595.1	1750.4
5	92BBQ Assassin Smokers	583.61	578.3	587.8	1749.71
6	Swine Time Cooking Team	585.2	587.2	574.7	1747.1
7	29 Barbeque	569.8	575.3	595.5	1740.6
8	Real South BBQ	583	579	576.61	1738.61
9	RTC Smokin	579.9	577.7	579.9	1737.5
10	H&J’s	577.7	590.8	567	1735.5
11	Two Fat Boys & A Grill	586.6	556.9	591.2	1734.7
12	Rub Shakers Que	561.3	582.9	587.5	1731.7
13	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	595.4	563.6	572.5	1731.5
14	Smokin J’s Barbeque	574.1	579.7	558.9	1712.7
15	Killer Swine	571.1	571.1	566	1708.2
16	Old Henry BBQ	562.2	581	556.2	1699.4
17	Daddy-O’s	564.8	564.3	569.2	1698.3
18	Smokin Butts BBQ	573.5	559.3	557.6	1690.4
19	Dawg Pit BBQ	556.2	551.7	563.9	1671.8
20	Bearded BBQ	583.6	569.5	0	1153.1

Cooking For Fun Pulled Pork

599.1	Simply “Q”
595.4	Swine Dining

Cooking For Fun Ribs

588.5	Swine Dining
581.8	Simply “Q”
573	Cookin & Drinkin BBQ

Sep 21 2014

Two in a Row for 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Brad Sweet has partnered up with Jeff Conley of Assassin Smokers and it looks like an unbeatable combination at the start of the Georgia Barbecue Association’s 2014-2015 season. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers made the finals in all three categories for the second straight contest at the Grande Creek Pig Jam. The contest is held at a great venue — the Georgia Sports Arena in Swainsboro, GA. The team’s Loin entry in the finals was the top scoring box in the round to win a second straight Grand Championship.

Gtand Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Gary & Dionne Lanton of Holy Smokes returned to competition BBQ after a year layoff and the Dublin based team picked up right where they left off. Holy Smokes scored a perfect 600 in the preliminary round of Ribs. The also turned in the top entry in the finals Ribs round along with a 3rd place finish in Pulled Pork and 6th place finish in Loin to capture the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion – Holy Smokes

Second Place Loin – Smokin Butts Pit Crew

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers lead the way in Pork Loin with Smokin Butts Pit Crew in second place. Bubba Grills finished third. Lawdawg BBQ took fourth place with Bones Grill Shack in fifth Sixth place went to Holy Smokes and seventh place went to Real South BBQ In eighth place was Bethel Smokers. Ninth place went to Old Henry BBQ and Smokin Squealers took tenth place.

Second Place Loin – Bethel Smokers

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers also won the Pulled Pork category. Bethel Smokers was the runner up with Holy Smokes in third place. Smokin Butts Pit Crew grabbed the fourth spot and Southern Hoggs took fifth place. Sixth place went to Lawdawg BBQ and seventh place went to Bubba Grills. Rounding out the top ten were Smokin’ J’s, Real South BBQ and Smokin’ Squealers.

Second Place Ribs – Bubba Grills

Holy Smokes followed up the perfect 600 score in the Ribs preliminary round with a 597 score in the final round to win the category. Bubba Grills was second with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in third place. Smokin Squealers took fourth place and Smokin Butts Pit Crew finished up their strong for the contest with a 5th place finish in Ribs. Old Henry BBQ walked with the 6th place call followed by Lawdawg BBQ in seventh. Bethel Smokers, Real South BBQ & Bones Grill Shack finished eighth, ninth & tenth respectively.

The GBA thanks Jeremy Faircloth and all the staff at the Georgia Sports Arena for a great job at one of the Associations favorite locations. The next stop on the GBA trail will be the Doc Holiday BBQ Championship in Griffin, GA on Sept 26-27. Full results below:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.3	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	1	595	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
2	592.3	Smokin Butts Pit Crew	2	594.7	Bethel Smokers
3	590.4	Bubba Grills	3	592.3	Holy Smokes
4	591.1	Law Dawg BBQ	4	587.6	Smokin Butts Pit Crew
5	586.3	Bones Grill Shack	5	585	Southern Hoggs
6	581.7	Holy Smokes	6	583.6	Law Dawg BBQ
7	581.2	Real South	7	579.2	Bubba Grills
8	580.9	Bethel Smokers	8	578.6	Smokin J’s
9	580	Old Henry	9	575.7	Real South
10	572	Smokin Squealers	10	574.4	Smokin Squealers
11	567.2	Southern Hoggs	11	573.4	Bones Grill Shack
12	563.5	TB’s BBQ	12	572.3	Old Henry
13	559.5	Smokin J’s	13	568.3	TB’s BBQ

		RIBS
1	597	Holy Smokes
2	593.4	Bubba Grills
3	591.6	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
4	587.3	Smokin Squealers
5	585	Smokin Butts Pit Crew
6	584	Old Henry
7	583.9	Law Dawg BBQ
8	581.5	Bethel Smokers
9	580.9	Bones Grill Shack
10	580.6	Real South
11	578.1	Smokin J’s
12	571.1	Southern Hoggs
13	551.2	TB’s BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	599.4	591.4	591.6	1782.4
2	Holy Smokes	581.7	592.1	600	1773.8
3	Bubba Grills	594.8	579.2	591.5	1765.5
4	Smokin Butts Pit Crew	592.4	587.6	585	1765
5	Law Dawg BBQ	591.1	583.6	583.9	1758.6
6	Bethel Smokers	580.9	595.4	581.5	1757.8
7	Bones Grill Shack	586.3	573.4	580.9	1740.6
8	Real South	581.2	575.7	580.6	1737.5
9	Old Henry	580	572.3	584	1736.3
10	Smokin Squealers	572	574.4	587.3	1733.7
11	Southern Hoggs	567.2	585	571.1	1723.3
12	Smokin J’s	559.5	578.6	578.1	1716.2
13	TB’s BBQ	563.5	568.3	551.2	1683

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

Jun 22 2014

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

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.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

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.

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.

First Place Pork Cooking for Fun – Screaming Eagle BBQ

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

May 11 2014

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