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Dec 06 2015

Barbecue Crew Defends Title in Hometown

The 3rd Annual Moultrie Moose Lodge #1158 BBQ Cook-off is the last event on the 2015 calendar year for the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA). But before taking a break for the holidays, 11 of the top 20 teams in the GBA Team of the Year standings turned for the competition. The members of the Moose Lodge always roll out the red carpet for the GBA teams & judges. The Friday nite steak dinners that the Lodge serves have everyone looking forward to this contest each year.

Despite all the GBA heavy hitters best efforts, Moultrie’s own Foy Whatley of Barbecue Crew won the Grand Championship for the second year in a row. Whatley made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs, but it was his Pulled Pork box that brought home top honors. That Grand Championship box must have been really special as the panel of finals judges commented that all 3 of the Pulled Pork final entries were among the best they had sampled all year.

Brian Bond of Daddy O’s BBQ made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs plus added an 8th place finish in Loin to accumulate the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds. As a result, Daddy O’s BBQ took home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Just Blowing Smoke won the Loin category with Real South BBQ as the runner-up. Simply Q finished in 3rd place. Fiddler’s BBQ got the call for 4th place with H & J Cooking Team getting called for 5th place. Sixth place went to Southern Hogs; followed by Smokin’ 42 BBQ in 7th place & Daddy O’s BBQ in 8th place. Sunset Smokers, also from Moultrie, grabbed 9th place and Johnson Boys BBQ taking 10th place.

Following Barbecue winning Pulled Pork was Southern Hogs in 2nd place with Daddy O’s BBQ in 3rd place. Real South BBQ got their second call in 4th place and CaJenn Smoking Que walked in 5th place. Rescue Smokers came in 6th place just 0.4 ahead of Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in 7th place. Eighth place was also close as Raging Smoke edged H & J Cooking Team by just 0.2 of a point. Smokin’ 42 BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Daddy O’s BBQ took top honors in Ribs. Barbecue Crew took 2nd place. In the preliminary round Ribs, Barbecue Crew scored a perfect 600. Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Rescue Smokers came in 4th place just ahead of Just Blowing Smoke in 5th. Sixth place went to Southern Hogs and 7th place went to Rub Shakers Que. Eighth thru 10th places went to Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Real South BBQ and H & J Cooking Team respectively.

The contest also featured a backyard competition. Under Construction BBQ took 1st place in Chicken. Wicked Lickin BBQ Crew got the first place calls in both Pulled Pork & Ribs.

The GBA thanks all the Moose Lodge members for their great hospitality and we are looking forward to returning the Moultrie in 2016. Meanwhile, the GBA will pause the 2015-2016 season for the holidays.

The GBA will hold a judge training class on Jan 23, 2016 in Fort Gaines. Fee for the class is $35. You must be a member of the GBA to take the class. Registation is now open on the GBA website — www.bbqga.com The next contest will be the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash in February. Visit the website for more details.

Full Standings: 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598	Just Blowing Smoke	1	598.9	Barbecue Crew	1	598.3	Daddy-O’s BBQ
2	595.6	Real South BBQ	2	593.6	Southern Hogs	2	595.9	Barbecue Crew
3	590.4	Simply “Q”	3	591.4	Daddy-O’s BBQ	3	588.6	Smokin 42 BBQ
4	595.7	Fiddler’s BBQ	4	593.6	Real South BBQ	4	595.8	Rescue Smokers
5	594.6	H.and J. cooking team	5	592.5	CaJenn Smokin Que	5	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
6	591.2	Southern Hogs	6	590	Rescue Smokers	6	590.9	Southern Hogs
7	590.8	Smokin 42 BBQ	7	589.6	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	7	590.3	Rub Shakers Que
8	589.7	Daddy-O’s BBQ	8	587.2	Raging Smoke	8	590.2	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
9	587.3	Sunset Smokers	9	587	H.and J. cooking team	9	587.5	Real South BBQ
10	587	Johnson Boys	10	586.3	Smokin 42 BBQ	10	587.3	H.and J. cooking team
11	586.9	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	11	585.7	Sunset Smokers	11	587.2	Hungry Hog
12	586.3	Raging Smoke	12	584.7	Hungry Hog	12	587.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
13	585.9	CaJenn Smokin Que	13	582.6	Fiddler’s BBQ	13	582.6	CaJenn Smokin Que
14	584.4	Blue Smoke	14	582.6	Rub Shakers Que	14	580.7	Double D Cook Team
15	580	Rub Shakers Que	15	580	Forget Me Not BBQ	15	574	Raging Smoke
16	573.5	Rib Ticklers	16	579.7	Simply “Q”	16	571.2	CowboySmokin
17	571.5	Rescue Smokers	17	578.7	Just Blowing Smoke	17	570	Blue Smoke
18	569.9	CowboySmokin	18	574.5	CowboySmokin	18	569.9	Sunset Smokers
19	569.8	Hungry Hog	19	573.3	Johnson Boys	19	568.5	Rib Ticklers
20	568.1	Barbecue Crew	20	571.7	Rib Ticklers	20	566.3	Simply “Q”
21	565.2	Double D Cook Team	21	569.8	Double D Cook Team	21	565.9	Forget Me Not BBQ
22	0	Forget Me Not BBQ	22	568.5	Blue Smoke	22	562.6	Johnson Boys

	Reserve Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Daddy-O’s BBQ	589.7	594.5	597.9	1782.1
2	Real South BBQ	599.4	593.6	587.5	1780.5
3	Southern Hogs	591.2	595.8	590.9	1777.9
4	Smokin 42 BBQ	590.8	586.3	599.1	1776.2
5	Just Blowing Smoke	596.1	578.7	595.5	1770.3
6	H.and J. cooking team	594.6	587.0	587.3	1768.9
7	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	586.9	589.6	590.2	1766.7
8	Fiddler’s BBQ	595.7	582.6	587.2	1765.5
9	Barbecue Crew	568.1	595.4	600.0	1763.5
10	CaJenn Smokin Que	585.9	592.5	582.6	1761.0
11	Rescue Smokers	571.5	590.0	595.8	1757.3
12	Rub Shakers Que	580.0	582.6	590.3	1752.9
13	Raging Smoke	586.3	587.2	574.0	1747.5
14	Simply “Q”	599.1	579.7	566.3	1745.1
15	Sunset Smokers	587.3	585.7	569.9	1742.9
16	Hungry Hog	569.8	584.7	587.2	1741.7
17	Blue Smoke	584.4	568.5	570.0	1722.9
18	Johnson Boys	587.0	573.3	562.6	1722.9
19	Double D Cook Team	565.2	569.8	580.7	1715.7
20	CowboySmokin	569.9	574.5	571.2	1715.6
21	Rib Ticklers	573.5	571.7	568.5	1713.7
22	Forget Me Not BBQ	0.0	580.0	565.9	1145.9

Dec 07 2014

Barbecue Crew Takes Grand on Home Turf

Foy Whatley of the Barbece Crew had the rest of the GBA Pitmasters right where he wanted them on his home turf at the Moultrie Moose Lodge Cookoff. Whatley racked up the top score in the finals round with his Pulled Pork entry to claim the Grand Championship in the second year event.

Gtand Champion – Barbecue Crew

Just Blowing Smoke made finals in both Loin and Ribs to go with a 7th place finish in Pulled Pork to win the Reserve Champion award.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

H & J Cooking Team

Just Blowing Smoke led the way in the Loin category with H & J Cooking Team and Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJ’s following in second and third. Real South BBQ took fourth place with Lawdawg BBQ taking fifth. Sixth place with to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Fiddler’s BBQ finished 7th and Sunset Smokers finished 8th Ninth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers rounding out the top 10.

Barbecue Crew had the best Pulled Pork of the contest. H & J Cooking Teams again was the runner up. Hungry Hog BBQ took third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers just missed the finals on a tiebreaker to come in fourth place. Fiddler’s BBQ took fifth place with Forget Me Not BBQ taking 6th place. In 7th place was Just Blowing Smoke and Real South BBQ finished in 8th place. Smokin’ AJs and Durt Road Smokerz finished ninth & tenth respectively.

Hungry Hog BBQ

Just Blowing Smoke won their second category of the contest with the top score in Ribs. Fiddler’s BBQ came in second with Travis & Montae Webb of Sunset Smokers coming in third place. H & J Cooling Team took fourth place. Fifth place went to Marky Mark Smokin Butts in just their second contest. Double D Cooking Team took sixth place and Smokin J’s BBQ took seventh place. Eighth through tenth places were Durt Road Smokerz, Colquitt Cookers and Lawdawg BBQ.

In the backyard contest Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the chicken category with Cowboy Smokin. G.W. McLeod pitmaster, winning Pulled Pork and Ribs.

Screaming Eagle BBQ	Cowboy Smokin

		Loin
1	598.1	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2	592.7	H & J COOKING TEAM
3	590.6	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
4	595.1	REAL SOUTH BBQ
5	594.5	LAWDAWG BBQ
6	593	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
7	589.6	FIDDLERS BBQ
8	586.3	SUNSET SMOKERS
9	585.4	MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
10	585.1	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
11	581.5	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
12	574	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13	572.2	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
14	571.8	BARBECUE CREW
15	564.7	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
16	563.4	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
17	558.5	COLQUITT COOKERS
18	555.8	FORGET ME NOT BBQ

		PULLED PORK
1	599.3	BARBECUE CREW
2	590.4	H & J COOKING TEAM
3	589.9	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
4	590.3	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
5	590	FIDDLERS BBQ
6	589.6	FORGET ME NOT BBQ
7	589.31	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
8	589.3	REAL SOUTH BBQ
9	586.3	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
10	585.7	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
11	581.4	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
12	580.2	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
13	578.8	LAWDAWG BBQ
14	576.8	SUNSET SMOKERS
15	573	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
16	572.4	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
17	568.7	COLQUITT COOKERS

		RIBS
1	598.9	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
2	594.4	FIDDLERS BBQ
3	588.7	SUNSET SMOKERS
4	589.7	H & J COOKING TEAM
5	587.6	MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS
6	586.3	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM
7	586	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
8	584.8	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ
9	582.8	COLQUITT COOKERS
10	582.7	LAWDAWG BBQ
11	582.4	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ
12	579.8	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
13	577.9	REAL SOUTH BBQ
14	577.6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
15	575.5	BARBECUE CREW
16	569	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
17	568.1	FORGET ME NOT BBQ
18	564.7	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	595.8	589.31	593.9	1779.01
2	H & J COOKING TEAM	598.2	590.31	589.7	1778.21
3	FIDDLERS BBQ	589.6	590	590.3	1769.9
4	SMOKIN AJ’S BBQ	599.4	586.3	582.4	1768.1
5	REAL SOUTH BBQ	595.1	589.3	577.9	1762.3
6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	593	590.3	577.6	1760.9
7	SUNSET SMOKERS	586.3	576.8	595.2	1758.3
8	LAWDAWG BBQ	594.5	578.8	582.7	1756
9	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS	585.1	581.4	579.8	1746.3
10	BARBECUE CREW	571.8	595.8	575.5	1743.1
11	DURT ROAD SMOKERZ	572.2	585.7	584.8	1742.7
12	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	581.5	572.4	586	1739.9
13	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	564.7	598.2	569	1731.9
14	DOUBLE D COOKING TEAM	563.4	580.2	586.3	1729.9
15	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	555.8	589.6	568.1	1713.5
16	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	574	573	564.7	1711.7
17	COLQUITT COOKERS	558.5	568.7	582.8	1710
18	MARKY MARK’S SMOKING BUTTS	585.4	0	587.6	1173

Dec 11 2013

Cooking With Stump Takes Grand with Perfect Loin Score

Cooking With Stump Takes Grand with Perfect Loin Score

Cooking with Stump

The Cooking with Stump team of Walter “Stump” & Tab “Mama Stump McDowell racked up a perfect 600 score in the Pork Loin Finals to capture the Grand Championship at the Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Contest. Pitmaster Joe Wright of Bethel Smokers, made finals in all three categories to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

Cooking with Stump’s perfect score lead the way in Pork Loin. Bethel Smokers took second place with Colquitt Cookers in third place. In fourth place was 92 BBQ who was 1 point better than Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in fifth place.

Bethel Smokers

92 BBQ took top honors in Pulled Pork. Bethel Smokers once again was second with Barbecue Crew in third place. Sunset Smokers took home fourth place. Jethro’s Cooking Crew took 5th place by winning the tiebreaker over Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack.

Colquitt Cookers missed a perfect score in the Ribs Finals by 0.3 of a point to take first in the category. Bethel Smokers was runnerup for the third time. Just Smokin’ Around took third place. Sunset Smokers claimed fourth place. Lightnin’ Strike BBQ rounded out the top five.

The GBA will take a few weeks off for the holidays then swing back into action with the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash on January 31 – February 1, 2014.

MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Moultrie Moose Lodge Results

scores in 1st, 2nd, & 3rd places are final round scores. scores from 4th down are preliminary round scores

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	600	Cookin W Stumps	1	598.5	92 BBQ
2	598.5	Bethel Smokers	2	596.4	Bethel Smokers
3	584	Colquitt Cookers	3	594.5	Barbecue Crew
4	591.2	92 BBQ	4	593.9	Sunset Smokers
5	590.2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	5	590.2	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
6	586.6	Swine Time Grilling team	6	590.2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
7	586.6	Double D Cooking Team	7	586.3	Swine Time Grilling team
8	585.6	Smoklin 42 BBQ	8	585.4	Colquitt Cookers
9	584	Barbeque Crew	9	583.9	Cookin W Stumps
10	581.7	Sunset Smokers	10	583	Smoklin 42 BBQ
11	580.7	Hungry Hog BBQ	11	582.4	Hungry Hog BBQ
12	576.2	Lightnin Strike	12	581.8	Double D Cooking Team
13	565.5	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	13	577.1	Lightnin Strike
14	563.6	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	14	566.9	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ

		RIBS
1	599.7	Colquitt Cookers
2	588.5	Bethel Smokers
3	576.3	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
4	591.2	Sunset Smokers
5	590.9	Lightnin Strike
6	589.3	Smoklin 42 BBQ
7	583	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
8	580.5	Swine Time Grilling team
9	580	Barbeque Crew
10	580	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
11	579	92 BBQ
12	577.4	Hungry Hog BBQ
13	576.1	Cookin W Stumps
14	567.2	Double D Cooking Team

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bethel Smokers	591.6	594.9	592.8	1779.3
2	Colquitt Cookers	595.1	585.4	595.4	1775.9
3	Sunset Smokers	581.7	593.9	591.2	1766.8
4	92 BBQ	591.2	596.1	579	1766.3
5	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	590.2	590.2	580	1760.4
6	Cookin W Stumps	599.7	583.9	576.1	1759.7
7	Barbeque Crew	584	594.5	580	1758.5
8	Smoklin 42 BBQ	585.6	583	589.3	1757.9
9	Swine Time Grilling team	586.6	586.3	580.5	1753.4
10	Lightnin Strike	576.2	577.1	590.9	1744.2
11	Hungry Hog BBQ	580.7	582.4	577.4	1740.5
12	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	565.5	590.2	583	1738.7
13	Double D Cooking Team	586.6	581.8	567.2	1735.6
14	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	563.6	566.9	595.2	1725.7

Sep 09 2012

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

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

Jun 10 2012

L J Smokin’ Wins First Grand at Fernandina Beach

Fernandina Beach, FL – L J Smokin’ Wins First Grand at Fernandina Beach

Grand Champion - L J Smoking

Pitmaster Larry Johns of L J Smokin’ captured his first Grand Championship at GBA Goin’ Coastal in Fernandina Beach, FL. The team’s rib finals entry was judged the best of the day just 0.3 of a point ahead of the rib entry by D.W.’s Kountry Cookers. It was the first Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) contest outside the state of Georgia. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers continued their climb to the top of the GBA Team of the Year standings by taking home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion - D. W.'s Kountry Cookers

L J Smokin’ won the Pork Loin Category with Legal Smoke BBQ as runner up and Smokin’ the Good Stuff in third place. It went to the second tiebreaker to award 4th place to Team Two Eggheads with Rib Ranch taking 5th place.

In Pulled Pork, Bethel Smokers took first place honors. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers came in 2nd place. Third place went to Sunset Smokers. Bubba Grills and Legal Smoke BBQ finished in 4th & 5th respectively.

First Place Pork - Bethel Smokers

L J Smokin’s Ribs topped the field just ahead of D.W’s Kountry Cookers. Bubba Grills came in third. Legal Smoke BBQ took 4th place to give Pitmaster Nathan Deaton a top 5 finish in all three categories. Smokin’ 42 BBQ rounded out the top 5.

Legal Smoke BBQ - 2nd Place Loin, 4th Place Ribs, 5th Place Pork