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Oct 21 2012

Jethro’s Cooking Crew Takes Grand at The Hog Jam!

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Jethro’s Cooking Crew Takes Grand at The Hog Jam!

Blairsville, GA, The Lodge at Copperhead – (by Greg Hoyt) The North Georgia Mountains were smoky the weekend of October 12-13.  The Hog Jam at The Lodge at Copperhead just outside of Blairsville, GA was the northern most GBA Contest to date – barely 14 miles from the Georgia-North Carolina State line.

The owners, staff and friends of The Lodge at Copperhead rolled out the red carpet Friday night starting with heavy Hors d’oeuvres an open bar and a rock’n band on the back porch at the Lodge.  The food was fabulous; the drinks were great, the music was wonderful.  Everything our hosts planned for Friday night set the perfect atmosphere for fellowship that is always part of a great GBA Weekend. Anthony, Michelle, Jerry and Paula all worked tirelessly to be sure that everything ran smoothly through the awards on Saturday.

Pitmaster Jeff Schram and Jethro’s Cooking Crew arrived late Friday evening.  Once they got set up, they set the pace for a field of GBA Teams that included Smok’n Willy Squealers, Bubba Grills, The Pampered Pig, Rufus Smokehouse BBQ, Old Henry’s BBQ, Onsite Ribs, Smokn’ 42 and Natural Born Smokers.

Friday Night ancillary winners were: Sauce – Smokn’Q and Onsite Ribs, Stew – Smokin Willy Squealers, Wild Game – Onsite Ribs, Dessert – Rufus Smokehouse, and Bloody Mary – Onsite Ribs.

Saturday morning cookers poured smoke into the mist coming off of the mountains.  Bright sun and mild temperatures burned the mist off early as everyone had a great time cooking to win one of the unique locally made pig trophies.

Four teams double finaled: The Pampered Pig (Loin and Pulled Pork), Jethro’s Cooking Crew (Loin and Ribs), Bubba Grills (Loin and Ribs) Smokin’Willy Squealers (Ribs and Pulled Pork).

Jethro’s Cooking Crew won the Hog Jam Grand Championship with their Ribs.  After years of supporting the GBA as a cook and past President, it was Pitmaster Jeff Schram’s first GBA Grand Championship.  A strong cook by Smokin’Willy Squealers brought the Reserve Champion trophy to Carl and Mary Williams.

Full results are here:

PORK LOIN
*  score from finals
1 592.1  * Jethros.’s Cooking Crew
2 586.8  * Bubba Grills
3 580.9  * The Pampered Pig
4 585.4 Old Henry’s BBQ
5 582.4 Smokin Willy Squealers
6 579.7 Natural Born Smokers
7 577.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
8 570.7 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ
9 563 Onsite Ribs

 

PULLED PORK
*  score from finals
1 595.4  * Smokin Willy Squealers
2 589.5  * Onsite Ribs
3 578.6  * The Pampered Pig
4 588.5 Jethros.’s Cooking Crew
5 584.39 Natural Born Smokers
6 582.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
7 581 Old Henry’s BBQ
8 571.1 Bubba Grills
9 560.3 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ

 

RIBS
*  score from finals
1 596.7  * Jethro’s Cooking Crew
2 594.8  * Bubba Grills
3 584  * Smokin Willy Squealers
4 586.3 The Pampered Pig
5 583.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
6 572.7 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ
7 571.7 Old Henry’s BBQ
8 570.5 Onsite Ribs
9 554.1 Natural Born Smokers

 

Overall Preliminary Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Jethros.’s Cooking Crew 591.8 588.5 593.4 1773.7
2 Smokin Willy Squealers 591.5 594.2 582.4 1768.1
3 The Pampered Pig 586.3 590.2 587.3 1763.8
4 Bubba Grills 599.7 571.1 588.2 1759
5 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 583.9 582.9 577.9 1744.7
6 Old Henry’s BBQ 571.7 581 585.4 1738.1
7 Onsite Ribs 570.5 594.5 563 1728
8 Natural Born Smokers 554.1 584.39 579.7 1718.2
9 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ 572.7 560.3 570.7 1703.7

 

The GBA Pro teams were joined by a small but very talented group of backyard teams,  Diggen Q, Rollin Smoker, Screaming Eagles BBQ, Wilber’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ and Smokin Q BBQ.  These teams received the full “Pro” experience from meat check-in to judging by certified Judges, comment cards through the awarding of the backyard Grand and Reserve Champion.  The caliber of product turned out by the backyard teams was extraordinary.  On the backyard side, Diggen Q was Grand Champion with Rollin Smoker taking Reserve.

 

Copperhead Lodge Backyard
RIBS   Pulled Pork   Pork Loin
1 590.8 Diggen Que 1 586.5 Diggen Que 1 578.5 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’
2 585.2 Screaming Eagle BBQ 2 585.2 Screaming Eagle BBQ 2 577.9 Rollin Smoker
3 581.3 Rollin Smoker 3 582.9 Rollin Smoker 3 575.9 Diggen Que
4 570 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 4 564.2 Smokin Q BBQ 4 565.7 Screaming Eagle BBQ
5 560.69 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’

 

Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Diggen Que 590.8 586.5 575.9 1753.2
2 Rollin Smoker 581.3 582.9 577.9 1742.1
3 Screaming Eagle BBQ 585.2 585.2 565.7 1736.1
4 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 570 560.69 578.5 1709.2
5 Smokin Q BBQ 0 564.2 0 564.2

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Oct 14 2012

Bubba Grills is Perfection Times Two

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Bubba Grills is Perfection Times Two

 

Gordon, GA — Lonnie Smith, pitmaster of Bubba Grills, proved to be master of the perfect rib at the Fall Line Festival BBQ Contest. Not only did his team score a perfect 600 points in the Ribs preliminary round; he also claimed a perfect score in the Ribs Finals.  Perfection times 2 equals a Grand Championship for Bubba Grills.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack placed first in Loin, 4th in Ribs and 8th in Pork in the preliminary rounds to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

In Pork Loin, Anarque, Holy Smokers and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack were the three finalists.  Anarque won the finals round and claim first place in the category. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took second with Holy Smokers in third. Bubba Grills took fourth place with SmokinWilly Squealers in fifth.

PORK LOIN
1 595.8 * Anarque
2 594.5 * Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
3 588.2 * Holy Smokers
4 588.2 Bubba Grills
5 584.9 Smokin Willie Squealers
6 583.7 Party Porkers
7 583.3 Five O’Clock Somewhere
8 577.9 Loose Bones
9 577.3 Beaver Creek Cookers
10 575.9 Smokin AJ’s
11 564.5 Old Henrys BBQ
12 562.3 Ivey Rack and Que
* score from final round

 

Anarque, Smokin AJs and SmokinWilly Squealers were the three finalists in Pulled Pork. Only 0.6 of a point separated first from third place in the finals.  Anarque, once again, claimed the top score with SmokinWilly Squealers as runner up. Smoking AJ’s finished third. Party Porkers and Holy Smokers rounded out the top five.

 

PULLED PORK
1 598.8 * Anarque
2 598.5 * Smokin Willie Squealers
3 598.2 * Smokin AJ’s
4 589.2 Party Porkers
5 582.9 Holy Smokers
6 580.2 Five O’Clock Somewhere
7 579.6 Bubba Grills
8 579.6 Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
9 578.3 Loose Bones
10 571.3 Old Henrys BBQ
11 569.8 Ivey Rack and Que
12 566.3 Beaver Creek Cookers
* score from final round

 

Bubba Grills perfect preliminary score secured a spot in the Ribs Finals along with Five O’Clock Somewhere and Ivey Rack and Que.  Bubba Grills again scored a perfect 600 in finals to take first place. Ivey Rack and Que and Five O’Clock Somewhere finished second and third respectively. Fourth went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack with fifth place going to Smokin AJs.

 

RIBS
1 600 * Bubba Grills
2 593.6 * Ivey Rack and Que
3 591.9 * Five O’Clock Somewhere
4 593.6 Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
5 592.5 Smokin AJ’s
6 587.1 Smokin Willie Squealers
7 586.9 Loose Bones
8 574.7 Party Porkers
9 571.6 Old Henrys BBQ
10 569 Beaver Creek Cookers
11 563.4 Holy Smokers
12 559.3 Anarque
* score from final round

 

 

 Overall Standings Preliminaries

Ribs

 Pulled Loin Total

1

 Sauced Hog Smoke Shack

593.6

579.6

597.7

1770.9

2

 Smokin Willie Squealers

587.1

596.7

584.9

1768.7

3

 Bubba Grills

600

579.6

588.2

1767.8

4

 Smokin AJ’s

592.5

594.8

575.9

1763.2

5

 Five O’Clock Somewhere

598.5

580.2

583.3

1762

6

 Party Porkers

574.7

589.2

583.7

1747.6

7

 Loose Bones

586.9

578.3

577.9

1743.1

8

 Holy Smokers

563.4

582.9

595.7

1742

9

 Anarque

559.3

590.2

589.9

1739.4

10

 Ivey Rack and Que

595.4

569.8

562.3

1727.5

11

 Beaver Creek Cookers

569

566.3

577.3

1712.6

12

 Old Henrys BBQ

571.6

571.3

564.5

1707.4

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Sep 09 2012

D.W.’s Kountry Cookers Take Team of the Year

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2011-2012 Team of the Year – D.W.’s Kountry Cookers

D.W.’s Kountry Cookers were honored as the GBA 2011-2012 Team of the Year this weekend at the ComSouth Hambone Jam in Fort Valley, GA.  The team was honored with the Team of the Year banner and a check from Team of the Year sponsor Stump’s Smokers.

The Team of the Year race came right down to the wire.  With just 2 contests remaining,  D.W.’s was tied with Jack’s New South for first place.  At Fernandina Beach, D.W.’s took 2nd in both ribs & pork along with the reserve grand award to open up a 17 point lead.  At the final contest of the year in Plains, Jack’s New South rallied with a first in ribs, second in loin and the grand championship for a total of 30 points.  D.W.’s first place in loin and 4th place in pork was good for 22 points and secured the title.

Top 5 Team of the Year – Jack’s New South

Jack’s New South was the runner up with Sunset Smokers, Holy Smokers and Sauced Hogs Smokeshack rounding out the Top 5 teams for the year.  Finishing 6th thru 10th in the overall standings were Smokin the Good Stuff, Bubba Grills, Holy Smokes, SmokinWilly Squealers and Bethel Smokers.

Top 5 Team of the Year – Sunset Smokers

 

Top 5 Team of the Year – Holy Smokers

 

Top 5 Team of the Year – Sauced Hogs Smokeshack

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Jul 02 2012

Jack’s New South is Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’

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Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012 Grand Champions – Jack’s New South

The heat index reached record levels at the Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012, but that didn’t seem to bother Micheal Mixon, Kyle Brooks and Andy Speight of Jack’s New South. They recorded a perfect score of 600 in the Ribs Finals to claim their first Grand Championship.  Holy Smokers rode a second place finish in Ribs, 7th place in Pulled Pork and 9th place in Loin to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012 Reserve Grand Champions – Holy Smokers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L-R: GBA President Harry Faircloth, President Jimmy Carter, Mrs. Rosalyn Carter, GBA Secretary Pam Nelms

 

 

 

Before the awards ceremony began, GBA President Harry Faircloth and GBA Secretary Pam Nelms presented President & Mrs. Jimmy Carter with personalized GBA aprons and made them honorary members of the Georgia Barbecue Association.  The former President and First Lady  then handed out the awards for the contest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Plains Pig Pickin’ 2012 First Place Loin – D.W.’s Kountry Cookers

The first category of the contest was Pork Loin. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers claimed the first place trophy. Jack’s New South took second place with Rasmow’s BBQ, in his first GBA finals, taking third. Bubba Grills was fourth place in Pork Loin and SmokinWilly’s Squealers took fifth place  by just 0.4 over Sauced Hogs Smokeshack.

PORK LOIN (* indicates final round score)
1 595.1 * DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS
2 591.5 * JACK’S NEW SOUTH
3 584.6 * RASMOW’S BBQ
4 587 BUBBA GRILLS
5 586.9 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S
6 586.5 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
7 585.1 SMARR COOKING CREW
8 583 LEGAL SMOKE
9 579.9 HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
10 579.7 COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
11 578.4 BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
12 576.7 BETHAL SMOKERS
13 575.2 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
14 574.8 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
15 574.7 57 SMOKEHOUSE
16 573.7 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
17 573.2 SMOKEY TALES
18 572.9 SUNSET SMOKERS
19 555.4 AUNT MARY’S BBQ
20 0 BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ

 

Plains Pig Pickin’ First Place Pork – Cook’s Portable Smokehouse

Cook’s Portable Smokehouse also made finals in the GBA for the first time and missed a perfect score in Pulled Pork by 0.3 of a point to claim first place in the category. Butt Rubb’N BBQ, cooking in his first competition ever, captured second place. Sauced Hogs Smokeshack, D.W.’s Kountry Cookers and Smokey Tales rounded out the top five.

PULLED PORK (* indicates final round score)
1 599.7 * COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
2 598.5 * BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ
3 593.3 * SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
4 594.9 DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS
5 594.8 SMOKEY TALES
6 594.1 BETHAL SMOKERS
7 593.1 HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
8 591.5 LEGAL SMOKE
9 589.6 BUBBA GRILLS
10 586 SUNSET SMOKERS
11 582.3 BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
12 582 SMARR COOKING CREW
13 580.9 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S
14 577 JACK’S NEW SOUTH
15 576.1 57 SMOKEHOUSE
16 574.7 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
17 574.1 AUNT MARY’S BBQ
18 569.8 RASMOW’S BBQ
19 561.9 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
20 557.5 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF

 

It was the perfect 600 score that gave Jack’s New South the first place call in Ribs. Big D’s Firehouse Smokers claimed the second place award. Holy Smokers received the third place call. Bubba Grills finished fourth and Bethel Smokers edged out Legal Smoke by 0.4 for fifth place.

 

RIBS (* indicates final round score)
1 600    * JACK’S NEW SOUTH
2 598.2 * BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
3 588.3 * HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
4 592.8 BUBBA GRILLS
5 591.2 BETHAL SMOKERS
6 590.8 LEGAL SMOKE
7 589.6 SMARR COOKING CREW
8 587.3 AUNT MARY’S BBQ
9 584.9 DRIVE BY SMOKERS
10 584.9 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
11 582.7 SMOKEY TALES
12 581.9 BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ
13 580.4 RASMOW’S BBQ
14 578.3 COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
15 576.7 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S
16 574.1 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
17 572 SUNSET SMOKERS
18 571.4 DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS
19 569.8 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
20 565.1 57 SMOKEHOUSE

 

 

OVERALL STANDINGS
Preliminary round scores only		 Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 JACK’S NEW SOUTH 598.8 577 599.4 1775.2
2 HOLY SMOKERS BBQ 599.4 593.1 579.9 1772.4
3 BUBBA GRILLS 592.8 589.6 587 1769.4
4 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK 584.9 596.7 586.5 1768.1
5 LEGAL SMOKE 590.8 591.5 583 1765.3
6 BETHAL SMOKERS 591.2 594.1 576.7 1762.0
7 DW’S KOUNTRY COOKERS 571.4 594.9 592.7 1759.0
8 SMARR COOKING CREW 589.6 582 585.1 1756.7
9 BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS 593.3 582.3 578.4 1754.0
10 COOK’S PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 578.3 595.1 579.7 1753.1
11 SMOKEY TALES 582.7 594.8 573.2 1750.7
12 SMOKIN WILLIE SQUEALER’S 576.7 580.9 586.9 1744.5
13 RASMOW’S BBQ 580.4 569.8 592.8 1743.0
14 DRIVE BY SMOKERS 584.9 574.7 574.8 1734.4
15 SUNSET SMOKERS 572 586 572.9 1730.9
16 AUNT MARY’S BBQ 587.3 574.1 555.4 1716.8
17 57 SMOKEHOUSE 565.1 576.1 574.7 1715.9
18 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 574.1 561.9 575.2 1711.2
19 SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF 569.8 557.5 573.7 1701.0
20 BUTTS RUBB’N BBQ 581.9 596.5 0 1178.4

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Nov 07 2011

GBA Teams Fare Well at National BBQ Festival

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The top ten teams in the season long points chase earn invitations to the Best of the Best cookoff at the National BBQ Festival in Waycross where they face off against the top ten teams from the other major sanctioning organizations plus the grand champions from NBF qualifying events. Most of the teams also compete in the Smokin’ in the Swamp Open contest.  Teams from the GBA did quite well in both events.  Jack’s New South finished in the top 10 overall in the Best of the Best to earn a automatic invitation to next year’s event and also won Reserve Grand Champion in the Best of the Best People’s Choice contest.

Grand Champion for the Best of the Best was B & T Cook Team — Bill & Teresa Tanner of Thomasville.

GOTB Grand Champion - B & T Cook Team

Below are the top 1o in each category with GBA Top 10  Teams highlighted in bold:

Best of the Best National Championship, Waycross, GA
November 4, 2011 • NBF

CHICKEN
1) Bub-Ba-Q
2) Barbeque Crew
3) Florida Skin ‘n Bones
4) Mike’s Catering
5) Smokin’ Willy Squealers
6) GB’s BBQ
7) Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
8) Holy Smokes
9) Flirtin’ With Diaster
10) Quau

RIBS
1) Swamp Boys
2) B&T Cook Team
3) Rodeo Q Cooker
4) Forrest’s Fine Foods
5) Florida Skin ‘N Bones
6) Bub-Ba-Q
7) GB’s BBQ
8) We B Smokin’
9) Quau
10) Pig In! Pig Out!

PORK
1) Uncle Kenny’s BBQ
2) Swamp Boys
3) B&T Cook Team
4) Jack’s New South
5) Holy Smokes
6) Bethel Smoekrs
7) Potbelly/Mkt St Saloon
8) Sunset Smokers
9) DW’s Kountry Cookers
10) Quau

BRISKET
1) U Rub Me Raw
2) Orange Maple Cookers
3) GB’s BBQ
4) B&T Cook Team
5) Bethel Smokers
6) Big Papa’s Country Kitchen
7) Uncle Kenny’s BBQ
8) We B Smokin’
9) Mike’s Catering
10) Bub-Ba-Q

WHOLE HOG
1) Mike’s Catering
2) Bar-B-Que Monsters
3) DW’s Kountry Cookers
4) Potbelly/Mkt St Saloon
5) Sunset Smokers

GRAND CHAMPION
B&T Cook Team

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Swamp Boys

Smokin’ in the Swamp X Open
November 5, 2011 • NBF

CHICKEN
1) GB’s BBQ
2) Mike’s Catering
3) Budmeisters
4) Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
5) Sunset Smokers
6) Tomlin Barbeque
7) Smokin’ Willy Squealers
8) Quau
9) Florida Skin ‘N Bones
10) Herrinville BBQ All-Stars

RIBS
1) Budmeisters
2) B&T Cook Team
3) Pig In! Pig Out!
4) Forrest’s Fine Foods
5) Sunset Smokers
6) Bethel Smokers
7) Whiskey Bent BBQ
8) Potbelly/Mkt St Saloon
9) Swamp Boys
10) Chatham Artillery BBQ

PORK
1) Barbeque Crew
2) Quau
3) DW’s Kountry Cookers
4) Budmeisters
5) Sunset Smokers
6) Holy Smoke LLC
7) Whiskey Bent BBQ
8) Bethel Smokers
9) B&T Cook Team
10) U Rub Me Raw

BRISKET
1) U Rub Me Raw
2) Swamp Boys
3) B&T Cook Team
4) Pig In! Pig Out!
5) We B Smokin’ Too
6) Big Papa’s Country Kitchen
7) Tenacious Q
8) We B Smokin’
9) Mike’s Catering
10) Orange Maple Cookers

WHOLE HOG
1) Potbelly/Mkt St Saloon
2) Big Jim Lazy Q
3) Bar-B-Que Monsters
4) DW’s Kountry Cookers
5) Wooley Bully “BBQ Mafia”
6) Mike’s Catering

GRAND CHAMPION
Budmeisters

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
B&T Cook Team

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