Tag: Sweat’s BBQ

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

 

1st loin lawdawg bbq

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

Oct 21 2013

Cooking with Stump Tops the Field in Tennille

Cooking with Stump Tops the Field in Tennille

STUMP

When Walter “Stump” McDowell posed for the GBA camera flexing his muscles on Friday afternoon, it was a sign of things to come.  The Cooking with Stump team of “Stump” and Tab “Mama Stump” McDowell notched a perfect score of 600 in the preliminary round of the Ribs category.  They followed up with a near perfect entry in the Ribs Finals to capture the Grand Championship at the 7th Annual Tennille BBQ Blast.   Full results of the contest are below

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) has been honored to be a part of one the great small town festivals in the state for the past three years.  Huge crowds filled the streets of Tennille Friday and Saturday to enjoy great food, good music and crafts vendors.  The GBA thanks the Tennille Downtown Development Authority, the Tennille Fire Department and everyone associated with the contest for their hospitality.

Grand Champion - Cooking With Stump

Grand Champions – Cooking with Stump

Another team that flexed its cooking “muscles” was Sweat’s BBQ.  Pitmaster Lee Sweat made finals in all three categories to win Reserve Grand Champion.  The team finished second in both Loin and Ribs and took third place in Pulled Pork.  Sweat’s also took first place in the ancillary Poultry category and second place in the Brisket ancillary.

Reserve Grand Champion - Sweat's BBQ

Reserve Grand Champion – Sweat’s BBQ

 

SAUCED HOGS

First Place Loin – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack claimed first place in the Pork Loin category. Sweats BBQ came in second place and the Tennille Fire Department Engine 2 BBQ took third place.  Fourth place went to Just Smokin’ Around with TC’s BBQ in fifth place.

The winning entry in Pulled Pork was turned in by the husband & wife team, the McRea’s of Just Smokin’ Around from Jackson, GA.   Cooking with Stump was runner up in the category. Sweat’s BBQ finished in third place.  ET’s BBQ came in fourth.  Fifth place in Pulled Pork went to TC’s BBQ who edge out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack by 0.1 of a point.

JUST SMOKIN AROUND

First Place Pulled Pork – Just Smokin’ Around

Cooking with Sump was the top entry in Ribs with Sweat’s BBQ in second.  Third place went to Ivey Rack & Q.  Engine 2 BBQ claimed fourth place and Just Smokin’ Around took fifth place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association looks forward to returning to Tennile again in 2014.  The next stop for the GBA will be this weekend – October  25 & 26, in Hawkinsville, GA for the Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ Cookoff.  

LOIN   PULLED PORK
1 598.8 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK 1 598.5 JUST SMOKIN AROUND
2 596.4 SWEATS BBQ 2 596.7 COOKING WITH STUMP
3 582.3 ENGINE 2 BBQ 3 590.3 SWEATS BBQ
4 582.9 JUST SMOKIN AROUND 4 591.8 ET’S BBQ
5 578.5 TC’S BBQ 5 579.6 TC’S BBQ
6 577.7 COOKING WITH STUMP 6 579.5 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
7 574.9 BACK YARD PORKERS 7 578.6 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
8 570.7 ET’S BBQ 8 578.3 BACK YARD PORKERS
9 569.3 PIT WITTA SWIG 9 566 ENGINE 2 BBQ
10 566.6 IVEY RACK & Q 10 564.5 PIT WITTA SWIG
11 558.2 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 11 557.5 IVEY RACK & Q

  

RIBS
1 599.1 COOKING WITH STUMP
2 591.8 SWEATS BBQ
3 582.6 IVEY RACK AND Q
4 583 ENGINE 2 BBQ
5 580.1 JUST SMOKIN AROUND
6 578.9 TC’S BBQ
7 576 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
8 572.9 ET’S BBQ
9 571 BACK YARD PORKERS
10 563.8 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 SWEATS BBQ 592.1 595.4 593.1 1780.6
2 COOKING WITH STUMP 600 592.7 577.7 1770.4
3 JUST SMOKIN AROUND 580.1 596.4 582.9 1759.4
4 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK 576 579.5 595.7 1751.2
5 TC’S BBQ 578.9 579.6 578.5 1737
6 ENGINE 2 BBQ 583 566 586.4 1735.4
7 ET’S BBQ 572.9 591.8 570.7 1735.4
8 BACK YARD PORKERS 571 578.3 574.9 1724.2
9 IVEY RACK & Q 585.4 557.5 566.6 1709.5
10 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 563.8 578.6 558.2 1700.6
11 PIT WITTA SWIG 0 564.5 569.3 1133.8

  

Mar 11 2013

Butts-N-Brews Kicks Down the Door to Las Vegas!

Butts-N-Brews Kicks  Down the Door to Las Vegas!

submitted by Greg Hoyt

A new wave of teams swept through The Statesboro Music Festival’s Battle Of The BoroQue!  The GBA’s first contest in Statesboro, Georgia turned out to be a real home field advantage for Bubba Hunt and the Butts-N-Brews BBQ team.

Battle of the Boroque Grand Champion

Battle of the Boroque Grand Champion

The BoroQue was Butts-N-Brews first ever sanctioned competition and they walked away with the Grand Championship punching their ticket to Las Vegas to represent the GBA, Statesboro and the Battle of the BoroQue!  TC’s BBQ turned in a solid day across the board winning the Reserve Championship.

Battle of the Boroque Reserve Grand Champion

Battle of the Boroque Reserve Grand Champion

Nineteen teams smoked and served great product to appreciative judges. The weekend weather that has pounded Georgia over the past few weeks broke and we were blessed with a fabulous weekend for a cook-off.  Everyone heard the blues at the Music Festival but no one had the blues!

GBA icons Bubba Grills, Bethel Smokers and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack were joined by five teams who made their first appearances as GBA finalists.

Lee Sweats and Sweats BBQ finaled in Ribs and Pork Loin.

TC’s BBQ, led by Tim Coleman and David Mixon of Smokin Dilla’s finaled in Pulled Pork.  Bubba Hunt led  Butts-N-Brews to a Pork Loin final along with  Don Poe of  Kiwani’s Q.

Bubba Grills took first in Ribs followed by Bethel Smokers and  Sweats BBQ.

Battle of the Boroque First Place Ribs

Battle of the Boroque First Place Ribs

Sauced Hog Smoke Shack won Pulled Pork with TC’s BBQ and Smokin Dillas coming on strong.

Battle of the BoroQue First Place Pulled Pork

Battle of the BoroQue First Place Pulled Pork

The Pork Loin Finals were where the action was.   The finals table was made up of teams who competing in their first GBA events and two teams were competing for the first time ever.  Butts-N-Brews BBQ team won the Pork Loin category and  the Grand Championship with their Pork Loin.

 

Pulled Pork   Pork Loin
1 592.8 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK 1 595.4 BUTTS-N-BREWS
2 591.8 TC’S BBQ 2 584.5 SWEAT’S BBQ
3 578.9 SMOKIN DILLAS 3 578.6 KIWANI’S Q
4 587.5 SMOKIN AJ’S 4 585.2 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
5 587.2 BETHEL SMOKERS 5 584.8 PARTY PORKERS
6 584 PARTY PORKERS 6 583.3 K & K GRILL
7 583.9 BUBBA GRILL 7 579.1 SMOKIN AJ’S
8 583 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE 8 578.9 BUBBA GRILL
9 580.9 SMOKE SHACK BBQ 9 577 TC’S BBQ
10 580.4 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 10 575.7 SMOKE SHACK BBQ
11 576.9 BUTTS-N-BREWS 11 572 SMOKIN DILLAS
12 576.1 RUB SHAKERS QUE 12 571.9 RUB SHAKERS QUE
13 575.6 SWEAT’S BBQ 13 565.1 BETHEL SMOKERS
14 573.5 K & K GRILL 14 564.8 EAGLE CREEK SMOKE
15 572.1 DOC & DICIES 15 563.5 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
16 568.5 EAGLE CREEK SMOKE 16 562.5 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE
17 566.8 KIWANI’S Q 17 556.1 BACKYARD PORKERS
18 561.9 BACKYARD PORKERS 18 0 DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC
19 561.5 DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC 19 0 DOC & DICIES

 

RIBS
1 592.8 BUBBA GRILL
2 591.8 BETHEL SMOKERS
3 584.9 SWEAT’S BBQ
4 587.9 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE
5 586.5 TC’S BBQ
6 585.5 SMOKE SHACK BBQ
7 581.9 SMOKIN DILLAS
8 580.6 SMOKIN AJ’S
9 580.3 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
10 577.3 K & K GRILL
11 576.2 PARTY PORKERS
12 575.7 OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13 575.3 BUTTS-N-BREWS
14 574.7 RUB SHAKERS QUE
15 569.6 KIWANI’S Q
16 568.7 DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC
17 567.1 BACKYARD PORKERS
18 558.3 DOC & DICIES
19 555.4 EAGLE CREEK SMOKE

 

Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 TC’S BBQ 586.5 599.1 577 1762.6
2 SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK 580.3 595.4 585.2 1760.9
3 SWEAT’S BBQ 589.81 575.6 591.4 1756.8
4 BUBBA GRILL 592.8 583.9 578.9 1755.6
5 SMOKIN AJ’S 580.6 587.5 579.1 1747.2
6 PARTY PORKERS 576.2 584 584.8 1745
7 SMOKIN DILLAS 581.9 588.8 572 1742.7
8 BETHEL SMOKERS 590.2 587.2 565.1 1742.5
9 SMOKE SHACK BBQ 585.5 580.9 575.7 1742.1
10 BUTTS-N-BREWS 575.3 576.9 586 1738.2
11 K & K GRILL 577.3 573.5 583.3 1734.1
12 5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE 587.9 583 562.5 1733.4
13 RUB SHAKERS QUE 574.7 576.1 571.9 1722.7
14 KIWANI’S Q 569.6 566.8 586 1722.4
15 OLD HENRY’S BBQ 575.7 580.4 563.5 1719.6
16 EAGLE CREEK SMOKE 555.4 568.5 564.8 1688.7
17 BACKYARD PORKERS 567.1 561.9 556.1 1685.1
18 DOC & DICIES 558.3 572.1 0 1130.4
19 DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC 568.7 561.5 0 1130.2