Real South BBQ Takes Grand over Tough Field at Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook-Off
Grand Champions – Real South BBQ
Moultrie, Dec 3,2016: Twenty two of the top GBA teams, including the top 5 in the Team of the Year chase. gathered at the Moose Lodge for the last contest of the 2016 calendar year. It was a tight contest as only 0.5 of a point decided the Grand Championship and less than a point separated the top two teams for the Reserve Grand Championship.
Reserve Champion – Rescue Smokers
First Place Pulled Pork – Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan
Tim Coleman & team Real South BBQ had the top entry in the finals rounds with Ribs to win the Grand Championship. Robby Royal continued his hot streak on the GBA circuit by winning the Reserve Grand Championship.
600 Score – Just Blowing Smoke
Rescue Smokers & Just Blowing Smoke finished 1-2 in the Loin final round after both recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. Smokin’ AJs took 3rd place. Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan, Pitmaster Randy Meadows, took top honors in Pulled Pork. Holy Smokes took 2nd with Southern Hogs taking 3rd place. The Grand Championship Ribs of Real South BBQ won the category. Smokin’ AJs was the runner-up and Southern Hogs again claimed 3rd place.
In the Cooking for Fun contest; Nuts & Butts BBQ won both Chicken & Pulled Pork while Big Butts BBQ won Ribs.
 Nuts & Butts BBQ |
 Big Butts BBQ |
The GBA will take a break for the holidays before staring off 2017 on Feb 24-25 in Vienna for Dilly Dally in Dooley. The GBA salutes the Moultrie Moose Lodge for their hospitality and hosting another great contest.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 595.6 | Rescue Smokers | 1 | 597.1 | Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | 1 | 597.6 | Real South BBQ | ||
| 2 | 595.3 | Just Blowing Smoke | 2 | 596.5 | Holy Smokes | 2 | 594.3 | Smokin-AJ’s | ||
| 3 | 593.1 | Smokin-AJ’s | 3 | 590.7 | Southern Hogs | 3 | 592.3 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 4 | 594.5 | Sun Set Smokers | 4 | 598.81 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ | 4 | 594.6 | Just Blowing Smoke | ||
| 5 | 592.5 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 5 | 598.8 | Rescue Smokers | 5 | 592.2 | Holy Smokes | ||
| 6 | 592.2 | Southern Hogs | 6 | 593.3 | Vienna Vol. Fire Department | 6 | 591.5 | Hootie Q | ||
| 7 | 589.6 | Vienna Vol. Fire Department | 7 | 590.9 | Hootie Q | 7 | 589.9 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 8 | 587.51 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 8 | 590.6 | Real South BBQ | 8 | 589.5 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | ||
| 9 | 587.5 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ | 9 | 587.3 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 9 | 588 | Rib Ticklers | ||
| 10 | 585.8 | Holy Smokes | 10 | 586 | Double D Cook Team | 10 | 585.6 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ | ||
| 11 | 584.7 | Real South BBQ | 11 | 585.3 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 11 | 583.3 | Sun Set Smokers | ||
| 12 | 580.8 | QueNut BBQ | 12 | 584.7 | Just Blowing Smoke | 12 | 580.8 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | ||
| 13 | 578.4 | Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que | 13 | 583.4 | Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que | 13 | 579.7 | Fire In The Hole | ||
| 14 | 575.8 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 14 | 582.3 | Rib Ticklers | 14 | 579.7 | Raging Smoke BBQ | ||
| 15 | 574.4 | Colquitt Cookers | 15 | 580.5 | Colquitt Cookers | 15 | 579.7 | Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | ||
| 16 | 573.8 | Statesboro Blues | 16 | 580.4 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 16 | 579.4 | QueNut BBQ | ||
| 17 | 571.8 | Hootie Q | 17 | 580.1 | Fire In The Hole | 17 | 579.3 | Forget Me Not BBQ | ||
| 18 | 571.4 | Forget Me Not BBQ | 18 | 579.4 | Statesboro Blues | 18 | 578.4 | Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que | ||
| 19 | 571.2 | Fire In The Hole | 19 | 577.3 | Sun Set Smokers | 19 | 576.5 | Colquitt Cookers | ||
| 20 | 562 | Double D Cook Team | 20 | 577.2 | QueNut BBQ | 20 | 575.4 | Double D Cook Team | ||
| 21 | 0 | Rib Ticklers | 21 | 574.6 | Forget Me Not BBQ | 21 | 570.9 | Vienna Vol. Fire Department | ||
| 22 | 0 | Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | 22 | 571.6 | Smokin-AJ’s | 22 | 570.9 | Statesboro Blues |
| Reserve Champion | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Rescue Smokers | 600.0 | 598.8 | 589.9 | 1788.7 | |
| 2 | Southern Hogs | 592.2 | 599.7 | 594.9 | 1786.8 | |
| 3 | Just Blowing Smoke | 600.0 | 584.7 | 594.6 | 1779.3 | |
| 4 | Holy Smokes | 585.8 | 599.4 | 592.2 | 1777.4 | |
| 5 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ | 587.5 | 598.8 | 585.6 | 1771.9 | |
| 6 | Real South BBQ | 584.7 | 590.6 | 594.9 | 1770.2 | |
| 7 | 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers | 587.5 | 587.3 | 589.5 | 1764.3 | |
| 8 | Smokin-AJ’s | 596.4 | 571.6 | 596.1 | 1764.1 | |
| 9 | Sun Set Smokers | 594.5 | 577.3 | 583.3 | 1755.1 | |
| 10 | Hootie Q | 571.8 | 590.9 | 591.5 | 1754.2 | |
| 11 | Vienna Vol. Fire Department | 589.6 | 593.3 | 570.9 | 1753.8 | |
| 12 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 592.5 | 580.4 | 580.8 | 1753.7 | |
| 13 | Raging Smoke BBQ | 575.8 | 585.3 | 579.7 | 1740.8 | |
| 14 | Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que | 578.4 | 583.4 | 578.4 | 1740.2 | |
| 15 | QueNut BBQ | 580.8 | 577.2 | 579.4 | 1737.4 | |
| 16 | Colquitt Cookers | 574.4 | 580.5 | 576.5 | 1731.4 | |
| 17 | Fire In The Hole | 571.2 | 580.1 | 579.7 | 1731.0 | |
| 18 | Forget Me Not BBQ | 571.4 | 574.6 | 579.3 | 1725.3 | |
| 19 | Statesboro Blues | 573.8 | 579.4 | 570.9 | 1724.1 | |
| 20 | Double D Cook Team | 562.0 | 586.0 | 575.4 | 1723.4 | |
| 21 | Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan | 0.0 | 599.4 | 579.7 | 1179.1 | |
| 22 | Rib Ticklers | 0.0 | 582.3 | 588.0 | 1170.3 |
Cooking for Fun Results:
| Chicken | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 600 | Nuts & Butts BBQ | 1 | 585.1 | Nuts & Butts BBQ | 1 | 600 | Big Butts BBQ | ||
| 2 | 591.8 | Big Butts BBQ | 2 | 577.8 | Big Butts BBQ | 2 | 594.8 | Nuts & Butts BBQ | ||
| 3 | 0 | Big Dawgs Sic’em & Smoke’em | 3 | 574.5 | Big Dawgs Sic’em & Smoke’em | 3 | 580.6 | Big Dawgs Sic’em & Smoke’em |