Cookin’ with Stump.com Near Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’
Walter “Stump” McDowell of Cookin’ With Stump.com finaled in all three categories at the Plains Pig Pickin’ 2013 then scored a near perfect 599.7 in the Loin Finals to claim the Grand Championship. Former President Jimmy Carter presented the trophy to all the winners in his hometown event.
Grand Champion – Cookin’ With Stump.com
Following Stump in Pork Loin, Holy Smoke, LLC claimed second place in their first GBA competition. Third place went to Git R Smoked. Bubba Grills finished in fourth place. Rescue Smokers rounded out the top five.
Git R Smoked, Terry McKay pitmaster, made the trip up from south Florida to give the GBA a try & made finals in Loin & Ribs to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Grand Champion – Git R Smoked
Big Moe Cason & Ponderosa BBQ out of Iowa made an even longer drive to check out the GBA competition. Two finals and a win in Pulled Pork made the trip worthwhile. Rescue Smokers took second place honors in Pulled Pork. Cookin’ with Stump.com laid claim to third place. Git R Smoked and Anarque finished fourth & fifth respectively.
First Place Pulled Pork – Ponderosa BBQ
Git R Smoked topped the Ribs category with Ponderosa BBQ in second and Cookin’ With Stump.com in third. Bethel Smokers missed finals in Ribs by 0.1 of a point and finished fourth. Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade edged out Rescue Smokers for fifth place by 0.3 of a point.
Complete Standings for Plains Pig Pickin’ 2013 (1st- 3rd scores are from final rounds; 4th place and down are preliminary round scores):
| PORK LOIN | ||
| 1 | 599.7 | COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM |
| 2 | 588.5 | HOLY SMOKE LLC |
| 3 | 584.3 | GIT R SMOKED |
| 4 | 591.5 | BUBBA GRILLS |
| 5 | 589.1 | RESCUE SMOKERS |
| 6 | 586.9 | DRIVE BY SMOKERS |
| 7 | 584.7 | SMOKIN GRILL |
| 8 | 584 | JETHRO’S COOKING CREW |
| 9 | 581.2 | PONDEROSA BBQ |
| 10 | 579.9 | SMOKIN Ajs |
| 11 | 578.1 | WOOD SHED |
| 12 | 576 | AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE |
| 13 | 575.7 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE |
| 14 | 575.4 | SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ |
| 15 | 575.3 | ANARQUE |
| 16 | 573.7 | SMOKESTACK BBQ |
| 17 | 571.8 | BETHEL SMOKERS |
| RIBS | PULLED PORK | |||||
| 1 | 596.4 | GIT R SMOKED | 1 | 598.2 | PONDEROSA BBQ | |
| 2 | 595.1 | PONDEROSA BBQ | 2 | 596.1 | RESCUE SMOKERS | |
| 3 | 576.7 | COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM | 3 | 590.2 | COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM | |
| 4 | 595.1 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 4 | 595.5 | GIT R SMOKED | |
| 5 | 590.8 | AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE | 5 | 595.1 | ANARQUE | |
| 6 | 590.5 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 6 | 591.2 | BETHEL SMOKERS | |
| 7 | 590.2 | ANARQUE | 7 | 586.4 | SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ | |
| 8 | 587.5 | SMOKIN Ajs | 8 | 584.5 | BUBBA GRILLS | |
| 9 | 582.7 | JETHRO’S COOKING CREW | 9 | 584.3 | DRIVE BY SMOKERS | |
| 10 | 582.1 | SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ | 10 | 584.2 | AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE | |
| 11 | 579.6 | HOLY SMOKE LLC | 11 | 582.7 | SMOKIN Ajs | |
| 12 | 577 | WOOD SHED | 12 | 582 | HOLY SMOKE LLC | |
| 13 | 575 | SMOKESTACK BBQ | 13 | 578.7 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | |
| 14 | 571.3 | BUBBA GRILLS | 14 | 576.8 | JETHRO’S COOKING CREW | |
| 15 | 567.9 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | 15 | 575.7 | SMOKIN GRILL | |
| 16 | 564.5 | DRIVE BY SMOKERS | 16 | 571.8 | WOOD SHED | |
| 17 | 559.8 | SMOKIN GRILL | 17 | 560 | SMOKESTACK BBQ |
| Reserve Scores | |||||||
| Ribs | Pulled | Loin | Total | ||||
| 1 | GIT R SMOKED | 595.2 | 595.5 | 599.4 | 1790.1 | ||
| 2 | COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM | 595.4 | 599.7 | 591.8 | 1786.9 | ||
| 3 | RESCUE SMOKERS | 590.5 | 599.1 | 589.1 | 1778.7 | ||
| 4 | PONDEROSA BBQ | 596.4 | 595.7 | 581.2 | 1773.3 | ||
| 5 | ANARQUE | 590.2 | 595.1 | 575.3 | 1760.6 | ||
| 6 | BETHEL SMOKERS | 595.1 | 591.2 | 571.8 | 1758.1 | ||
| 7 | HOLY SMOKE LLC | 579.6 | 582 | 596.4 | 1758 | ||
| 8 | AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE | 590.8 | 584.2 | 576 | 1751 | ||
| 9 | SMOKIN Ajs | 587.5 | 582.7 | 579.9 | 1750.1 | ||
| 10 | BUBBA GRILLS | 571.3 | 584.5 | 591.5 | 1747.3 | ||
| 11 | SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ | 582.1 | 586.4 | 575.4 | 1743.9 | ||
| 12 | JETHRO’S COOKING CREW | 582.7 | 576.8 | 584 | 1743.5 | ||
| 13 | DRIVE BY SMOKERS | 564.5 | 584.3 | 586.9 | 1735.7 | ||
| 14 | WOOD SHED | 577 | 571.8 | 578.1 | 1726.9 | ||
| 15 | COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE | 567.9 | 578.7 | 575.7 | 1722.3 | ||
| 16 | SMOKIN GRILL | 559.8 | 575.7 | 584.7 | 1720.2 | ||
| 17 | SMOKESTACK BBQ | 575 | 560 | 573.7 | 1708.7 | ||