Rescue Smokers Crowned Grand Champion at Three Rivers Festival
Reserve Grand Champions Southern Hogs & Grand Champions Rescue Smokers
Hazlehurst — Robby Royal & Dannie Morris of Rescue Smokers had their Loin on point to win Grand Championship at the Three Rivers Festival. This was Rescue Smoker’s second Grand Championship at the Hazlehurst contest having also won the first contest in 2010.
Southern Hogs, led by Matt Sapp, put an big exclamation point on their 2017-2018 GBA Team of the Year campaign by making finals in all three categories & winning Reserve Grand Championship.
| LOIN | PULLED PORK | RIBS | ||||||||
| 1 | 591.6 | Rescue Smokers | 1 | 582.1 | Southern Hogs | 1 | 586.8 | Backyard Bros | ||
| 2 | 581.1 | Southern Hogs | 2 | 579.9 | Carter Q | 2 | 585.2 | Weekend Warriors | ||
| 3 | 566.5 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 3 | 569.6 | Weekend Warriors | 3 | 575.2 | Southern Hogs | ||
| 4 | 594.8 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | 4 | 595.1 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | 4 | 591.8 | Rescue Smokers | ||
| 5 | 593.6 | Belly Up BBQ | 5 | 594.2 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 5 | 590.91 | Carter Q | ||
| 6 | 591.8 | Weekend Warriors | 6 | 594 | Budmeisters | 6 | 590.9 | Budmeisters | ||
| 7 | 591.1 | Budmeisters | 7 | 590.9 | Backyard Bro’s | 7 | 590.3 | Smokin J’s | ||
| 8 | 590.6 | Raging Smoke | 8 | 589.91 | Smokin J’s | 8 | 588.2 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | ||
| 9 | 589.3 | Fire in the Hole | 9 | 589.9 | Belly Up BBQ | 9 | 586.7 | Lang BBQ | ||
| 10 | 587.6 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 10 | 588.1 | Rescue Smokers | 10 | 586.4 | Bubba Grills | ||
| 11 | 587.3 | Smokin J’s | 11 | 587.9 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 11 | 586.3 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | ||
| 12 | 585.7 | Lang BBQ | 12 | 587 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Crew | 12 | 586.3 | Porkoholics Barebecue | ||
| 13 | 583.1 | Smoke Show | 13 | 586 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | 13 | 585.7 | J Dubs Stew & Que | ||
| 14 | 581.8 | Bubba Grills | 14 | 584.7 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 14 | 584.5 | Old Henry’s BBQ | ||
| 15 | 581.7 | J Dubs Stew & Que | 15 | 582.7 | Raging Smoke | 15 | 583.5 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Crew | ||
| 16 | 581.4 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | 16 | 582 | Smoke Show | 16 | 582.1 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | ||
| 17 | 579.7 | Backyard Bro’s | 17 | 580.9 | Bubba Grills | 17 | 579.7 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | ||
| 18 | 579.4 | Blue Diablo | 18 | 574.4 | Blue Diablo | 18 | 579.1 | Kelvin’s BBQ | ||
| 19 | 574.1 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Crew | 19 | 574 | Porkoholics Barebecue | 19 | 578.8 | Smoke Show | ||
| 20 | 573.2 | Carter Q | 20 | 572.8 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | 20 | 578.7 | Raging Smoke | ||
| 21 | 572.2 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 21 | 567.8 | Lang BBQ | 21 | 574.2 | Belly Up BBQ | ||
| 22 | 569.7 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | 22 | 565.9 | Fire in the Hole | 22 | 571.9 | Fire in the Hole | ||
| 23 | 560.2 | Porkoholics Barebecue | 23 | 562.4 | J Dubs Stew & Que | 23 | 569.9 | Blue Diablo |
| Reserve Champions Scores | Loin | Pulled | Ribs | Total | ||
| 1 | Southern Hogs | 599.1 | 595.8 | 599.4 | 1794.3 | |
| 2 | Weekend Warriors | 591.8 | 599.1 | 596.1 | 1787.0 | |
| 3 | Hold Your Horses BBQ | 597.9 | 594.2 | 586.3 | 1778.4 | |
| 4 | Flying Pig Bar-B-Que | 594.8 | 595.1 | 588.2 | 1778.1 | |
| 5 | Budmeisters | 591.1 | 594.0 | 590.9 | 1776.0 | |
| 6 | Rescue Smokers | 595.8 | 588.1 | 591.8 | 1775.7 | |
| 7 | Backyard Bro’s | 579.7 | 590.9 | 598.5 | 1769.1 | |
| 8 | Smokin J’s | 587.3 | 589.9 | 590.3 | 1767.5 | |
| 9 | Carter Q | 573.2 | 598.5 | 590.9 | 1762.6 | |
| 10 | Belly Up BBQ | 593.6 | 589.9 | 574.2 | 1757.7 | |
| 11 | Kelvin’s BBQ | 587.6 | 587.9 | 579.1 | 1754.6 | |
| 12 | Raging Smoke | 590.6 | 582.7 | 578.7 | 1752.0 | |
| 13 | Daddy-O’s BBQ | 581.4 | 586.0 | 582.1 | 1749.5 | |
| 14 | Bubba Grills | 581.8 | 580.9 | 586.4 | 1749.1 | |
| 15 | Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Crew | 574.1 | 587.0 | 583.5 | 1744.6 | |
| 16 | Smoke Show | 583.1 | 582.0 | 578.8 | 1743.9 | |
| 17 | Old Henry’s BBQ | 572.2 | 584.7 | 584.5 | 1741.4 | |
| 18 | Lang BBQ | 585.7 | 567.8 | 586.7 | 1740.2 | |
| 19 | J Dubs Stew & Que | 581.7 | 562.4 | 585.7 | 1729.8 | |
| 20 | Fire in the Hole | 589.3 | 565.9 | 571.9 | 1727.1 | |
| 21 | Blue Diablo | 579.4 | 574.4 | 569.9 | 1723.7 | |
| 22 | Ribbed For Your Pleasure | 569.7 | 572.8 | 579.7 | 1722.2 | |
| 23 | Porkoholics Barebecue | 560.2 | 574.0 | 586.3 | 1720.5 |