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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

Back to Back Grands for 29 Barbeque

Back to Back Grands for 29 Barbeque

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) plowed into the Durhamtown Off Road Park near Union Point for the Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cook-off.  While the slick red clay mud was a delight for the 4 Wheelers & Dirt Bikers, it presented some challenges to the Pitmasters.  The GBA cooks were up for the conditions & turned in some outstanding ‘Que  The competition was close as 16 teams vied for the final calls.  The competition was so tight that the GBA reps had to go to break a tie for the Grand Championship.

In the Finals, 29 Barbeque’s Pulled Pork box & Dobey Q’s Loin box both tallied a score of 597 from the final’s judges.  The GBA motto is “It’s All About the Taste” and the Taste criteria is the first level in the tiebreaker system.  29 Barbeque’s scored 0.04 higher in the Taste criteria than Dobey Q to win the Grand Championship.

 

Grand Champion -29 Barbeque

Grand Champion -29 Barbeque

Bubba Grills made finals in both Loin & Ribs and added a 10th place finish in Pulled Pork to tally the top cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and take home the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion - Bubba Grills

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

 

First Place Loin - Dobey Q

First Place Loin – Dobey Q

 

 

Dobey Q’s 597 score in Loin topped the category by just 0.2 over Fiddler’s BBQ. Bubba Grills took 3rd place. 29 Barbeque edged LawDawg BBQ by 0.04 of a point for 4th place. Sixth place went to Main Street BBQ and 7th place went to Real South BBQ.   Southern Hogs, H & J Cooking Team & 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers rounded out the top 10.

 

 

29 Barbeque had the best Pulled Pork of the day with Main Street BBQ taking 2nd place & We Want Que taking 3rd place.  Smoke Shack BBQ grabbe 4th place; 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers grabbed 4th and H & J Cooking Team pulled down 6th place.  Real South BBQ once again captured 7th place with Master Basters capturing 8th place. Ninth place went to Dobey Q and 10th place went to Bubba Grills.

 

 

First Place Ribs - 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

First Place Ribs – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

 

 

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers got the last call in the Ribs category.  Smokin’ the Good Stuff was runner-up with Bubba Grills taking 3rd place. Smoke Shack BBQ got their second 4th place call of the day and Fiddlers BBQ got the call for 5th place. Dobey Q got their third call of the day for 6th place and H & J Coooking team also got a third call with a 7th place finish. In 8th place was Southern Hogs just 0.3 ahead of 29 Barbeque in 9th place. Tenth place went to We Want Que.

 

 

Durhamtown also hosted a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun division contest.  Cooking for Fun consists of Pulled Pork and Ribs.  It is one round of competition only with no finals round as in the GBA Pro division. Six teams competed in the Cooking For Fun Division.

 

Southern Accents took first place in Pulled Pork.  White Racing Team topped the Ribs category. Fine Azz Swine was the runner-up in both cateories and Screaming Eagle BBQ took 3rd place in both as well,

 

Cooking For Fun Pork - Southern Accent

Cooking For Fun Pork – Southern Accent

Coking For Fun - Ribs - White Racing

Coking For Fun – Ribs – White Racing

 

 

The GBA has three great contests on tap for April starting with Hawkinsville’s Smokin’ the Track followed by Bikes, Blues & BBQ in Douglas and Smokin’ Pork N Butts in Jackson.

Full Results  GBA Division:

LOIN   PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 597 Doby Q 1 597 29 Barbeque 1 596.4 92 Barbeque
2 596.8 Fiddlers BBQ 2 593.4 Main Street BBQ 2 594.7 Smokin the Good Stuff
3 587.2 Bubba Grills 3 591.2 We Want Que 3 590.9 Bubba Grills
4 588.5 29 Barbeque 4 588.5 Smoke Shack BBQ 4 588.2 Smoke Shack BBQ
5 588.1 Law Dawg BBQ 5 587.9 92 BBQ 5 587.5 Fiddlers BBQ
6 586.9 Main Street BBQ 6 587.8 H and J Cooking Team 6 585.5 Dobey Que
7 586.2 Real South 7 587.3 Real South 7 583.8 H and J Cooking Team
8 585.3 Southern Hogs 8 586.9 Master Basters 8 582.6 Southern Hogs
9 582.6 H and J Cooking Team 9 585.8 Dobey Que 9 582.3 29 Barbeque
10 576.8 92 BBQ 10 585.3 Bubba Grills 10 581.9 We Want Que
11 574.8 Old Henry’s BBQ 11 583.6 Fiddlers BBQ 11 580.4 Old Henry’s BBQ
12 574.3 Smoke Shack BBQ 12 583.4 Southern Hogs 12 579.6 Speed Power Pork
13 572.3 We Want Que 13 575.7 Law Dawg BBQ 13 573.3 Law Dawg BBQ
14 571.1 Master Basters 14 573.7 Speed Power Pork 14 564.5 Main Street BBQ
15 567.4 Smokin the Good Stuff 15 572.8 Old Henry’s BBQ 15 564.4 Master Basters
16 561.5 Speed Power Pork 16 568.2 Smokin the Good Stuff 16 563.8 Real South

 

 

 Reserve Scores Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 Bubba Grills 591.5 585.3 595.1 1771.9
2 Fiddlers BBQ 594.8 583.6 587.5 1765.9
3 Dobey Que 592.1 585.8 585.5 1763.4
4 29 Barbeque 588.5 589.9 582.3 1760.7
5 92 BBQ 576.8 587.9 590.6 1755.3
6 H and J Cooking Team 582.6 587.8 583.8 1754.2
7 Southern Hogs 585.3 583.4 582.6 1751.3
8 Smoke Shack BBQ 574.3 588.5 588.2 1751
9 We Want Que 572.3 590.9 581.9 1745.1
10 Main Street BBQ 586.9 591.5 564.5 1742.9
11 Real South 586.2 587.3 563.8 1737.3
12 Law Dawg BBQ 588.1 575.7 573.3 1737.1
13 Old Henry’s BBQ 574.8 572.8 580.4 1728
14 Smokin the Good Stuff 567.4 568.2 590.8 1726.4
15 Master Basters 571.1 586.9 564.4 1722.4
16 Speed Power Pork 561.5 573.7 579.6 1714.8

 

Cooking For Fun Division

PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 589.6 Southern Accent 1 582.6 White Racing Team
2 582.3 Fine Azz Swine 2 580.9 Fine Azz Swine
3 580.6 Screaming Eagle BBQ 3 579.7 Screaming Eagle BBQ
4 573.7 Smokin Pipes 4 576 Southern Accent
5 0 White Racing Team 5 568.7 Smokin Pipes

Dobey Q Walks Last at the Beach Bash

Dobey Q Walks Last at the Beach Bash

Grand Champion - Dobey Q

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

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

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

Mama’s Que-N-Stew

Lawdawg BBQ II

Lawdawg BBQ II

Wicked Lickin' BBQ Crew

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

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