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Oct 19 2014

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Deep Roots Festival

Bubba Grills Edges Lawdawg BBQ for Grand at Deep Roots Festival

It was the first time the GBA sanctioned the BBQ competition at the Deep Roots Festival in Milledgeville and the excitement went right down to the wire.  In the finals round, Bubba Grills rib entry and Lawdawg BBQ loin entry both tallied a 597.6 score as the best entry of the day.  The GBA officials had to go to the tiebreak procedure and Bubba Grills took the win on the first level of the tiebreaker and captured the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion - Bubba Grills

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Just Blowing Smoke won the Reserve Championship for the second week in a row by getting a finals call in Loin along with 4th place in ribs and 6th place in Pulled Pork.

Reserve Champion - Just Blowing Smoke

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

 

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First Place Loin – Lawdawg BBQ

 

Lawdawg BBQ had the top entry in the Loin category. Just Blowing Smoke took 2nd place.  Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats cooking in their first GBA contest took 3rd place in the very difficult loin category. Fourth place with to Sweat’s BBQ with Bubba Grils in 5th place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers finished in 6th, Ivey Rack and Q finished 7th and Party Porkers finished 8th.  Swine Time Grilling (9th place) and Smokin’ Squealers rounded out the top 10.

 

 

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers continued their strong run in the current GBA contest season by winning the Pulled Pork category. Bubba Grills was the runner up and another first time GBA competitor, Maxus Porkamus, was in 3rd place.  Swine Time Grilling took 4th place. There was a tie for 5th place. It went to the fifth tiebreaker before Old Henry’s BBQ edged out Just Blowing Smoke. Seventh place was taken by Party Porkers.  Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats, Rotary Roasters and Dixie Que finished eighth, ninth & tenth respectively.

First Place Pork - 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

First Place Pork – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

First place in Ribs went to Bubba Grills with Southern Hogs taking 2nd place. Once again,3rd place went to a team in their first GBA contest – Sensations Pigs. Just Blowing Smoke got the 4th place call with Baldwin Pork Authority getting the call for 5th place.  In a tie for 6th place, Ivey Rack & Q got the nod over Lawdawg BBQ in the tiebreaker. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took 8th place, Forget Me Not BBQ took 9th and Real South BBQ took 10th place.

 

The Georgia Barbecue Association was honored to be a part of such a great event in the Deep Roots Festival and look forward to coming back in 2015.  Next up for the GBA is the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest on October 24 -25.

Full Results Below:

LOIN
1 597.6 Law Dawg
2 593.5 Just Blowing Smoke
3 586.02 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats
4 591.5 Sweat’s BBQ
5 589.6 Bubba Grills
6 587.5 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers
7 586 Ivey Rack & Q
8 585.2 Party Porkers
9 584.8 Swine Time Grilling
10 583.9 Smokin’ Squealers
11 583 Smokeshack
12 580.1 Southern Hogs
13 579.8 Maxus Porkamus
14 576.1 Real South BBQ
15 576 Rollin Smoke Competition Que
16 575.4 Sentational Pigs
17 573.7 5 O’Clock Somewhere
18 571.1 Old Henry’s BBQ
19 570.9 Rotary Roasters
20 570.8 Porknado
21 570.5 Forget Me Not BBQ
22 566.5 Baldwin Pork Authority
23 564.6 Nice Rack
24 562.7 Trap BBQ
25 561.3 Dixie Que
26 556 Pigs in Heat

 

PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 596.9 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers 1 597.6 Bubba Grills
2 594.6 Bubba Grills 2 594.4 Southern Hogs
3 590.3 Maxus Porkamus 3 589.2 Sensational Pigs
4 590 Swine Time Grilling 4 595.5 Just Blowing Smoke
5 589.71 Old Henry’s BBQ 5 594.9 Baldwin Pork Authority
6 589.7 Just Blowing Smoke 6 594.51 Ivey Rack & Q
7 589.6 Party Porkers 7 594.5 Law Dawg
8 588.1 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats 8 590.9 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers
9 586.6 Rotary Roasters 9 590.6 Forget Me Not BBQ
10 586 Dixie Que 10 587.9 Real South BBQ
11 585.7 Pigs in Heat 11 587.8 Smokeshack
12 585.6 Rollin Smoke Competition Que 12 583.4 5 O’Clock Somewhere
12 585.6 Sensational Pigs 13 583 Dixie Que
14 585 5 O’Clock Somewhere 14 580.8 Swine Time Grilling
15 584.9 Smokin’ Squealers 15 580 Sweat’s BBQ
16 583.9 Real South BBQ 16 579.7 Rotary Roasters
17 583.3 Law Dawg 17 577.5 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats
18 581.4 Lake Dogs 18 576.1 Rollin Smoke Competition Que
19 580.1 Trap BBQ 19 574.1 Nice Rack
20 579.6 Sweat’s BBQ 20 569 Maxus Porkamus
21 578.8 Southern Hogs 21 568.5 Pigs in Heat
22 578.4 Smokeshack 22 566.9 Old Henry’s BBQ
23 574.9 Baldwin Pork Authority 23 565.3 Smokin’ Squealers
24 566.9 Forget Me Not BBQ 24 564.1 Lake Dogs
25 564.6 Nice Rack 25 555.2 Porknado
26 564.1 Porknado 26 551.1 Trap BBQ
27 559.7 Ivey Rack & Q 27 528.9 Party Porkers

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Bubba Grills 589.6 595.4 599.7 1784.7
2 Just Blowing Smoke 596.7 589.7 595.5 1781.9
3 Law Dawg 599.7 583.3 594.5 1777.5
4 92 BBQ/ Assassin Smokers 587.5 595.5 590.9 1773.9
5 Smokin’ Suwanee Sweetmeats 594.6 588.1 577.5 1760.2
6 Sensational Pigs 575.4 585.6 599.1 1760.1
7 Swine Time Grilling 584.8 590 580.8 1755.6
8 Southern Hogs 580.1 578.8 595.7 1754.6
9 Sweat’s BBQ 591.5 579.6 580 1751.1
10 Smokeshack 583 578.4 587.8 1749.2
11 Real South BBQ 576.1 583.9 587.9 1747.9
12 Maxus Porkamus 579.8 593.4 569 1742.2
13 5 O’Clock Somewhere 573.7 585 583.4 1742.1
14 Ivey Rack & Q 586 559.7 594.51 1740.21
15 Rollin Smoke Competition Que 576 585.6 576.1 1737.7
16 Rotary Roasters 570.9 586.6 579.7 1737.2
17 Baldwin Pork Authority 566.5 574.9 594.9 1736.3
18 Smokin’ Squealers 583.9 584.9 565.3 1734.1
19 Dixie Que 561.3 586 583 1730.3
20 Forget Me Not BBQ 570.5 566.9 590.6 1728
21 Old Henry’s BBQ 571.1 589.71 566.9 1727.71
22 Pigs in Heat 556 585.7 568.5 1710.2
23 Party Porkers 585.2 589.6 528.9 1703.7
24 Nice Rack 564.6 564.6 574.1 1703.3
25 Trap BBQ 562.7 580.1 551.1 1693.9
26 Porknado 570.8 564.1 555.2 1690.1
27 Lake Dogs 0 581.4 564.1 1145.5

Sep 21 2014

Two in a Row for 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

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

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

Reserve Champion – Holy Smokes

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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

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

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