Tag: Swine Time Grilling Team

Mar 10 2015

Smokin’ 42 Defends Home Turf Again in Tifton

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Defends Home Turf Again in Tifton

Twenty six Georgia Barbecue Associations teams gathered at Fulwood Park in Tifton, Ga for Rhythm & Ribs. The event in Tifton has become a favorite among the teams with a great venue and a large music and crafts festival to go along with the BBQ competition For the second year in a row, the hometown boys of Smokin’ 42 BBQ took home top honors by wining both the Loin & Pulled Pork categories and the Grand Championship. Chad Brooks and his crew were certainly on top of their game as they also recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round of Pulled Pork. The event in Tifton has become a favorite among the teams with a great venue and a large music and crafts festival to go along with the BBQ competition

Grand Champion – Smokin 42 BBQ

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

Robin Bowles and Just Blowing Smoke made finals in Pulled Pork and Ribs along with 8th place in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Chad Brooks and Smokin 42 BBQ’s score of 596.7 was the top score among the three finalists in Loin to take first place. Captain Jack’s Fredom BBQ Team took seond place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking third place. Fourth place went to Bubba Grills with Dobey Q in fifth place. LawDawg BBQ won the tiebreaker over Stumps Smokers BBQ Team for 6th place. In eighth place was Just Blowing Smoke with H & J Cooking team in 9th and Holy Smokes rounding out the top 10.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ followed up the perfect 600 score in Pulled Pork preliminaries with a near perfect 599.1 score in the finals round to win the category. Stumps Smokers BBQ Team came in 2nd place with Just Blowing Smoke in third. Rub Shakers Que took 4th place by 0.3 of a point over Law Dawg BBQ. Swine Time Grilling Team won 6th place in the tiebreaker over H & J Cooking Team. Dobey Q captured 8th place. Bethel Smokers came in 9th with Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in 10th place

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Jimmy Hornbuckle and Swine Time Grilling Team turned in the best Rib box of the day. Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ Team was the runner up with Just Blowing Smoke finishing in 3rd place and Bethel Smokers finishing in 4th place. Stumps Smokers BBQ Teams won the tiebreaker to take 5th place over H & J Cooking Team. J Dub Stew & Que grabbed 7th place and . Dobey Q took 8th place. It was Real South BBQ & Holy Smokes coming in 9th & 10 places respectively.

Rythm & Ribs also held a non-sanctioned backyard contest. Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Team got the Grand Championship call for the second year in a row.

The GBA heads north for the Hitiachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13.14 followed by Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	596.7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	1	599.1	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
2	593	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team	2	592	Stumps Smokers BBQ Team
3	592.3	92 BBQ Assassin Smokers	3	590.9	Just Blowing Smoke
4	598.8	Bubba Grills	4	593.9	Rub Shakers Que
5	598	Dobey Q	5	593.6	Law Dawg BBQ
6	595.11	Law Dawg BBQ	6	591.81	Swine Time Grilling Team
7	595.1	Stumps Smokers BBQ Team	7	591.8	H & J Cooking Team
8	594.8	Just Blowing Smoke	8	590.9	Dobey Q
9	591.8	H & J Cooking Team	9	590.3	Bethel Smoker
10	590.2	Holy Smokes	10	588.8	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team
11	588.8	Bones Grill Shack	11	585.1	Rib Ticklers
12	582.7	Bethel Smoker	12	585	Real South BBQ
13	580.5	J Dub’s Stew and Que	13	584.5	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
14	580	Rub Shakers Que	14	583.9	Holy Smokes
15	577.3	Smokey Times	15	579.9	Smokin J’s Barbecue
16	570.5	Dirt Road Smokerz	16	578.7	For Get Me Not BBQ
17	569	For Get Me Not BBQ	17	578.6	Flint River Cookers
18	568.3	Rib Ticklers	18	577.2	Bubba Grills
19	565.1	Southern Hogs	19	576.8	Nature Boy BBQ
20	565.1	Flint River Cookers	20	572.2	Raging Smoke BBQ
21	564.7	Raging Smoke BBQ	21	572.1	Southern Hogs
22	563.8	Smokin J’s Barbecue	22	570.4	Bones Grill Shack
23	563.8	Swine Time Grilling Team	23	569.5	Smokey Times
24	560.8	Wisham Jellies Smokers	24	565.7	J Dub’s Stew and Que
25	559.3	Real South BBQ	25	562.4	Dirt Road Smokerz
26	546.5	Nature Boy BBQ	26	560.8	Wisham Jellies Smokers

		RIBS
1	598.9	Swine Time Grilling Team
2	591.7	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team
3	591	Just Blowing Smoke
4	592.1	Bethel Smoker
5	591.21	Stumps Smokers BBQ Team
6	591.2	H & J Cooking Team
7	590.8	J Dub’s Stew and Que
8	588.5	Dobey Q
9	588.2	Real South BBQ
10	587.2	Holy Smokes
11	583.9	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
12	583.6	For Get Me Not BBQ
13	583.6	Bubba Grills
14	583.3	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
15	583	Rub Shakers Que
16	580	Smokey Times
17	580	Law Dawg BBQ
18	576.3	Southern Hogs
19	575.7	Dirt Road Smokerz
20	575.1	Flint River Cookers
21	575	Smokin J’s Barbecue
22	570	Raging Smoke BBQ
23	569.8	Rib Ticklers
24	567.8	Nature Boy BBQ
25	567.2	Bones Grill Shack
26	558.2	Wisham Jellies Smokers

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	594.8	594.3	595.7	1784.8
2	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	599.7	600	583.3	1783
3	Stumps Smokers BBQ Team	595.1	595.8	591.21	1782.11
4	Captain Jack Freedom BBQ Team	599.1	588.8	592.11	1780.01
5	Dobey Q	598	590.9	588.5	1777.4
6	H & J Cooking Team	591.8	591.8	591.2	1774.8
7	Law Dawg BBQ	595.11	593.6	580	1768.71
8	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	599.1	584.5	583.9	1767.5
9	Bethel Smoker	582.7	590.3	592.1	1765.1
10	Holy Smokes	590.2	583.9	587.2	1761.3
11	Bubba Grills	598.8	577.2	583.6	1759.6
12	Rub Shakers Que	580	593.9	583	1756.9
13	Swine Time Grilling Team	563.8	591.81	599.1	1754.71
14	J Dub’s Stew and Que	580.5	565.7	590.8	1737
15	Real South BBQ	559.3	585	588.2	1732.5
16	For Get Me Not BBQ	569	578.7	583.6	1731.3
17	Smokey Times	577.3	569.5	580	1726.8
18	Bones Grill Shack	588.8	570.4	567.2	1726.4
19	Rib Ticklers	568.3	585.1	569.8	1723.2
20	Flint River Cookers	565.1	578.6	575.1	1718.8
21	Smokin J’s Barbecue	563.8	579.9	575	1718.7
22	Southern Hogs	565.1	572.1	576.3	1713.5
23	Dirt Road Smokerz	570.5	562.4	575.7	1708.6
24	Raging Smoke BBQ	564.7	572.2	570	1706.9
25	Nature Boy BBQ	546.5	576.8	567.8	1691.1
26	Wisham Jellies Smokers	560.8	560.8	558.2	1679.8

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

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

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 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 28 2014

Just Blowin’ Smoke Wins the Shootout at Doc Holiday Festival

The GBA made its debut at the Doc Holiday Festival in downtown Griffin, GA and it turned into a 3 way shootout for the Grand Championship. In the end, the Loin entry by Robin Bowles & Just Blowin’ Smoke topped the Pulled Pork box by Dixie Que’s Rick Godfrey and the Ribs entry of Gary Lanton of Holy Smokes.

Grand Champion – Just Blowin’ Smoke

Dixie Que finaled in Pulled Pork, finished 6th in Ribs and 11th in Loin to take the Reserve Championship for the top cumulative score in the three preliminary rounds.

Reserve Champion – Dixie Que

Just Blowin’ Smoke’s championship Loin box topped the category. Two Fat Boys & A Grill came in second with Rolling Smoke Competition Que in third place. Swine Time Grillin’ Team took fourth place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged Bearded BBQ for fifth place on the tiebreaker. Real South BBQ grabbed seventh place and RTC Smokin’ grabbed eighth place. Fiddler’s BBQ in ninth and H & J Cooking Team in tenth rounded out the top 10,

Dixie Que won Pulled Pork with Just Blowin’ Smoke the runner-up. Fiddler’s BBQ came in third with H & J Cooking Team in fourth. Swine Time Grillin’ Team nailed down the fifth spot. Sixth place went to Rub Shakers Que and seventh place went to Old Henry’s BBQ. In eight place was Holy Smokes; in ninth place was Smokin’ J’s and in tenth place was Real South BBQ.

First Place Ribs – Holy Smokes

Holy Smokes had the best box of Ribs on the day. Two Fat Boys & A Grill took second place with 29 Barbecue taking third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged out Rub Shakers Que for fourth place by 0.3 of a point. Dixie Que finished in the sixth spot. In seventh place was Fiddler’s BBQ with RTC Smokin’ in eighth place. Real South BBQ and Just Blowin’ Smoke tied for ninth place with Real South BBQ coming out on top in the tiebreaker.

The Doc Holiday Festival also held a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun contest. The GBA’s Cooking for Fun division competes in two categories: Pulled Pork and Ribs. Simply Q topped Swine Dining in Pulled Pork. Swine Dining returned the favor by topping Simply Q to win the Ribs category.

CFF Pulled Pork 1st Place – Simply Q

CFF Ribs 1st Place – Swine Dining

The GBA teams, judges and officials had a great time at the Doc Holiday Festival and are looking forward to a return trip in 2015. The next stop on the GBA contest trail with another first year event at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival at the EpiCenter in Austell, GA. Full results below:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.3	Just Blowing Smoke	1	595.8	Dixie Que
2	594.1	Two Fat Boys & A Grill	2	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
3	588.7	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	3	588	Fiddlers BBQ
4	585.2	Swine Time Cooking Team	4	590.8	H&J’s
5	583.6	92BBQ Assassin Smokers	5	587.2	Swine Time Cooking Team
6	583.6	Bearded BBQ	6	582.9	Rub Shakers Que
7	583	Real South BBQ	7	581	Old Henry BBQ
8	579.9	RTC Smokin	8	580.2	Holy Smokes
9	579.5	Fiddlers BBQ	9	579.7	Smokin J’s Barbeque
10	577.7	H&J’s	10	579	Real South BBQ
11	577.4	Dixie Que	11	578.3	92BBQ Assassin Smokers
12	575.1	Holy Smokes	12	577.7	RTC Smokin
13	574.1	Smokin J’s Barbeque	13	575.3	29 Barbeque
14	573.5	Smokin Butts BBQ	14	571.1	Killer Swine
15	571.1	Killer Swine	15	569.5	Bearded BBQ
16	569.8	29 Barbeque	16	564.3	Daddy-O’s
17	564.8	Daddy-O’s	17	563.6	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
18	562.2	Old Henry BBQ	18	559.3	Smokin Butts BBQ
19	561.3	Rub Shakers Que	19	556.9	Two Fat Boys & A Grill
20	556.2	Dawg Pit BBQ	20	551.7	Dawg Pit BBQ

		RIBS
1	596.1	Holy Smokes
2	594.8	Two Fat Boys & A Grill
3	591.1	29 Barbeque
4	587.8	92BBQ Assassin Smokers
5	587.5	Rub Shakers Que
6	584	Dixie Que
7	582.6	Fiddlers BBQ
8	579.9	RTC Smokin
9	576.6	Real South BBQ
10	576.6	Just Blowing Smoke
11	574.7	Swine Time Cooking Team
12	572.5	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
13	569.2	Daddy-O’s
14	567	H&J’s
15	566	Killer Swine
16	563.9	Dawg Pit BBQ
17	558.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque
18	557.6	Smokin Butts BBQ
19	556.2	Old Henry BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	595.7	594.8	576.6	1767.1
2	Dixie Que	577.4	597.1	584	1758.5
3	Fiddlers BBQ	579.5	591.2	582.6	1753.3
4	Holy Smokes	575.1	580.2	595.1	1750.4
5	92BBQ Assassin Smokers	583.61	578.3	587.8	1749.71
6	Swine Time Cooking Team	585.2	587.2	574.7	1747.1
7	29 Barbeque	569.8	575.3	595.5	1740.6
8	Real South BBQ	583	579	576.61	1738.61
9	RTC Smokin	579.9	577.7	579.9	1737.5
10	H&J’s	577.7	590.8	567	1735.5
11	Two Fat Boys & A Grill	586.6	556.9	591.2	1734.7
12	Rub Shakers Que	561.3	582.9	587.5	1731.7
13	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	595.4	563.6	572.5	1731.5
14	Smokin J’s Barbeque	574.1	579.7	558.9	1712.7
15	Killer Swine	571.1	571.1	566	1708.2
16	Old Henry BBQ	562.2	581	556.2	1699.4
17	Daddy-O’s	564.8	564.3	569.2	1698.3
18	Smokin Butts BBQ	573.5	559.3	557.6	1690.4
19	Dawg Pit BBQ	556.2	551.7	563.9	1671.8
20	Bearded BBQ	583.6	569.5	0	1153.1

Cooking For Fun Pulled Pork

599.1	Simply “Q”
595.4	Swine Dining

Cooking For Fun Ribs

588.5	Swine Dining
581.8	Simply “Q”
573	Cookin & Drinkin BBQ

Sep 07 2014

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Wins GBA State Championship

Brad Sweet, Pitmaster of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers,really brought his A game to Fort Valley for the ComSouth Hambone Jam and the Georgia Barbecue State Championship. Brad made finals in all three categories and claimed wins in both Loin and Pulled Pork. The dominating performance earned 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers their first Grand Championship and the title of GBA State Champion for 2014-2015.

Lawdawg BBQ, Kerry & Kevin Sparks, made finals in Loin and Pulled Pork then tied for 3rd place in Ribs. They missed a triple finals on the 5th tiebreaker to finish in fourth place in the category. The strong performance over the three categories carried the Brunswick team to the Reserve Championship

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers turned in the state championship Pork Loin. Lawdawg BBQ took second place with The BBQ Ninja, Pitmaster Rodney Ellington, claimed third place. Cooking with Stump took 4th place and Anarque took 5th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ tied for 6th place with Smokin’42 taking the spot on the 5th tiebreaker. Smokin’ AJs took 8th place. Bubba Grills claimed 9th and Dixie Davis Cookers completed the top 10.

In Pulled Pork it was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smoker again for the win with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Lawdawg BBQ finished in 3rd place. H&J Cook Team with special guest Pitmistress Lois Sebastian, edged out Cooking with Stump for 4th place on a tiebreaker. Arnarque claimed 6th with The BBQ Ninja in 7th. Real South BBQ, Rub My Butt BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished 8th thru 10th respectively.

Bubba Grills broke up 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers run with the best Rib box of the day. Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJs grabbed second place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking the 3rd spot. Lawdawg BBQ came in 4th place. The BBQ Ninja got their third call of the day with a 5th place finish. Smokin’ 42 BBQ grabbed 6th. Rounding out the top 10 were Anarque, Smokin’ Js, Swine Time Grilling Team and Butt Rubbin’ BBQ.

The Georgia Barbecue Association thanks ComSouth and the Fort Valley Downtown Development Authority for hosting another great state championship event. The next stop on the GBA trail will be the Grande Creek Pig Jam in Swainsboro on Sept 19-20.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	596.1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	1	596.1	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
2	594.6	Lawdawg BBQ	2	595.3	Bubba Grills
3	591.3	The BBQ Ninja	3	590.6	Lawdawg BBQ
4	591.2	Cookin’ with Stump	4	586.9	H & J Cook Team
5	587.5	AnarQue	5	586.9	Cookin’ with Stump
6	586.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	6	584.5	AnarQue
7	586.6	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	7	584.2	The BBQ Ninja
8	580.5	Smokin-AJ’s	8	582.9	Real South
9	576.3	Bubba Grills	9	581.4	Rub My Butt BBQ
10	575.8	Dixie Davis Cooks	10	578.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
11	575	Real South	11	576.7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
12	574.5	Rub My Butt BBQ	12	574.1	Bethel Smokers
13	569.3	Swine Time	13	573.8	Swine Time
14	568.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	14	573.7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
15	568.1	H & J Cook Team	15	571.1	Smokin-AJ’s
16	565.7	Major League Q	16	563.9	Major League Q
17	555.8	Smokin J’s BBQ	17	563.8	Smokin J’s BBQ
18	554.1	Bethel Smokers	18	559.2	Dixie Davis Cooks

		RIBS
1	594.2	Bubba Grills
2	593.8	Smokin-AJ’s
3	593.7	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
4	587.6	Lawdawg BBQ
5	585.5	The BBQ Ninja
6	585.2	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
7	584.3	AnarQue
8	583.2	Smokin J’s BBQ
9	583	Swine Time
10	581.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
11	580.3	Bethel Smokers
12	579	Cookin’ with Stump
13	577.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
14	576.8	Rub My Butt BBQ
15	575.2	H & J Cook Team
16	570.1	Major League Q
17	567.5	Real South
18	560.1	Dixie Davis Cooks

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Lawdawg BBQ	594.8	592.1	587.6	1774.5
2	Bubba Grills	576.3	596.4	596.4	1769.1
3	The BBQ Ninja	599.4	584.2	585.5	1769.1
4	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	591.4	587.3	587.61	1766.31
5	Cookin’ with Stump	591.2	586.9	579	1757.1
6	AnarQue	587.5	584.5	584.3	1756.3
7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	586.61	573.7	585.2	1745.51
8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	586.6	578.7	577.1	1742.4
9	Smokin-AJ’s	580.5	571.1	589.2	1740.8
10	Rub My Butt BBQ	574.5	581.4	576.8	1732.7
11	H & J Cook Team	568.1	586.91	575.2	1730.21
12	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	568.3	576.7	581.3	1726.3
13	Swine Time	569.3	573.8	583	1726.1
14	Real South	575	582.9	567.5	1725.4
15	Bethel Smokers	554.1	574.1	580.3	1708.5
16	Smokin J’s BBQ	555.8	563.8	583.2	1702.8
17	Major League Q	565.7	563.9	570.1	1699.7
18	Dixie Davis Cooks	575.8	559.2	560.1	1695.1

Jun 22 2014

Bubba Grills Gets The Last Call at Paulding Co Stars & Stripes BBQ

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.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

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.

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.

First Place Pork Cooking for Fun – Screaming Eagle BBQ

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