Weekend Warriors win Grand at Smokin’ Flamingo
Fifty-nine teams travelled to Jacksonville, Florida on November 15, 2018 to fight for their share of over $15,000 in prize money at the 6th Annual Smokin’ Flamingo BBQ and Music Festival . Although this event has been around for several years, we were honored that this was the first time it was a sanctioned GBA event. In addition to the GBA BBQ contest, there were two different SCA cook-offs, along with live music and other activities.
When the smoke cleared, Weekend Warriors claimed the Grand Championship trophy and a check for $5,000 for their loin entry. The trophy and $2,500 check for Reserve Grand Champion went to Big Papa’s Country Kitchen, who finished 8th in loin, 7th in pork, and 4th in ribs in the preliminary rounds.
Loin winner
While Weekend Warriors won the loin category, We Want Que finished in second place and Off the Chain came in third. Both We Want Que and Off the Chain received the highest possible score from the judges, a 600, for their preliminary loin entries.
Pork Winner
Just Smoke N’ Around won the pulled pork category, followed by Rescue Smokers and Bayshore Porkers. All three finalist in pork tied during the preliminary round with a score of 599.7.
The top three finishers in the rib category were Smokin’ the Good Stuff, Pot’s BBQ, and Nut Job BBQ.
Smokin’ the Good Stuff also won $1,000 for the winner-take-all Brisket ancillary after breaking a three way tie.
The full results for each category and reserve scores can be found at the following links:
Loin, Pork, and Rib Results
Brisket results
https://gba.wildapricot.org/resources/Documents/Contest%20Results/Jacksonville%202018%20Brisket.pdf
Reserve Scores