Congratulations to the 2026 Red, White & Blue BBQ-Leron’s BBQ Grand Champion and Off the Chain-Reserve Champion. A huge thank-you to our sponsor, Jim Lindenmayer, for your generous support in making this event a success! Great BBQ, great teams, and great American spirit! Thank you to our GBA reps and judges for the dedication to …

Many many thanks to Selina Hall and the team at the Byron Welcome Center and Byron Convention Center . We were at Beautiful North Peach Park for the 4th Annual Byron BBQ Fest. It was the best one yet! The field was 23 strong and the Byron Community came out strong to support the event! …

Congratulations to I’m Your Huckleberry on earning both the Grand Championship and the GBA State Championship and Blue Smoke Q on Reserve Champion. Congratulations to Shark Bite BBQ on the Brisket State Championship and to Mike Ratterree on the Tony Thurston Award (honorable mention Ford Royal). Thank you Greg Sebastian and his outstanding Rep Team—Assistant …

Sylvester Swine Festival is in the books for 2026. Thanks to Karen Singletary for putting on a great contest. Congratulations to Off The Chain for Grand Champion and to Dang Good BBQ for Reserve Grand. Congratulations to everyone who got calls today. Reserve Champion Dang Good BBQ Loin Results: 1st Place Heavy Metal Hogz; 2nd …

What a weekend to remember! With 31 Pro Teams and 9 IAW Teams, Blackshear was full of smoke, flavor, laughter—and some incredible hot air balloons lighting up the sky. A huge thank you to Linda Hawkins and the Veterans State Park crew at Georgia Veterans State Park for hosting such a fantastic event. From the beautiful balloon displays to a …

The GBA was proud to be in Eatonton, GA for the Whoo Wants Smoke BBQ Competition benefiting The Table Foundation, Inc. — and what an incredible event it turned out to be! Thank you Organizer Otis Harrison! Hosted at St. John AME Church, the day was packed with: 2 Church Teams8 IAW TeamsA couple hundred enthusiastic community supporters Great musicFree health …