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Sep 17 2026
2026 Doc Holliday BBQ GBA State Championship-I’m Your Huckleberry BBQ-State and Grand Champions
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 Reps Warren Abrams and Edward Vesely, Scorer Lois Sebastian, and Meat Inspector Jim Dehne. Y’all absolutely killed it this weekend! Thank you for your hard work, professionalism, and dedication to the GBA. Thank you to Will Doss and his team for another outstanding contest.
Reserve Champion: Blue Smoke Q
Loin Results: 1st Place I’m Your Huckleberry BBQ; 2nd Place Rustic Que; 3rd Place Big Slick BBQ
Pork Results: 1st Place Off the Chain BBQ; 2nd Place Quenut BBQ; 3rd Place Blue Smoke Q
Rib Results: 1st Place Big Daddy’s Meat House; 2nd Place Grills Gone Wild; 3rd Place Leron’s BBQ
Brisket Results: 1st Place Shark Bite BBQ; 2nd Place Holy Smokes; 3rd Place The Look and the Cook BBQ
Tony Thurston Award: Mike Ratterree (honorable mention Ford Royal)
Aug 24 2026
2026 Sylvester Swine Festival- Off the Chain-Grand Champion
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 Place Big Baer’s BBA; 3rd Place Dang Good BBQ
Pork Results: 1st Place Off the Chain; 2nd Place Dang Good BBQ; 3rd Place Sprat Boy Barbeque
Ribs Results: 1st Place Raising Cain BBQ; 2nd Place Scott’s Smoke Shack; 3rd Place Grills Gone Wild
Loin & Pork Results
Ribs & Overall Results
May 09 2026
2026 Smokin on Blackshear BBQ & Balloons-Grills Gone Wild-Grand Champion
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 well-run cook-off, the entire weekend was first-class.
It was an exciting finish with all three category winners still in contention—and a huge congratulations to Grills Gone Wild on their FIRST EVER Grand Championship! That’s a moment no one there will forget.
Reserve Champion Rustic Que
The quality of food was outstanding, and we were excited to award three 600 stickers in the preliminary round: Loin – Rescue Smokers; Pork – Off the Chain; Pork – Against The Grain
Loin Results: 1st Place Grills Gone Wild; 2nd Place Rustic Que; 3rd Place Rescue Smokers
Pork Results: 1st Place Against the Grain; 2nd Place Off The Chain; 3rd Place Big Daddy’s Meat House
Ribs Results: 1st Place 319 Que; 2nd Place Rustic Que; 3rd Place The Look and The Cook
IAW Results
- Loin – Meat Show
- Pork – Almost There BBQ
- Ribs – Meat Show
- Best of Blackshear – Meat Show
May 09 2026
2026-IAW Whoo Wants Smoke BBQ Competition
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 Teams
8 IAW Teams
A couple hundred enthusiastic community supporters
Great music
Free health screenings
Kids’ bounce houses Outstanding People’s Choice BBQ
And when the smoke cleared… People’s Choice SOLD OUT!
7 Foot BBQ Giant took home the People’s Choice Award — congratulations on a big win!
Church Division Champion: L & M Barbecue
IAW Champion: LeRon’s BBQ
A big thank you to Jerry and Ewa Belcastro for doing a fantastic job as Assistant Reps—you helped make this event run smoothly!
Great BBQ. Great people. Great cause. That’s what GBA is all about.
Mar 31 2026
2026-Fire Ant Festival-Off the Chain takes Grand Champion
The Fire Ant Festival is in the books! Congratulations to Off the Chain on winning back to back Grand Champions, and Big Baer’s BBQ for winning Reserve Champion. We had 9 different teams making finals. Congratulations to all who walked.
Grand Champion: Off the Chain – (Cooking with Off the Chain -accepting the award Ewa Belcastro)
Reserve Champion: Big Baer’s BBQ
Loin Results: 1st Place-Off the Chain; 2nd Place- Union Street BBQ; 3rd Place- Pig-EEE-licious
Pork Results: 1st Place- Shark Bite BBQ; 2nd Place-Bad Rooster BBQ; 3rd Place- The Look and The Cook
Rib Results: 1st Place- Rustic Que; 2nd Place- Big Baer’s BBQ; 3rd Place Grills Gone Wild
Chicken Results: 1st Place- Flaming Hogs BBQ; 2nd Place- Off the Chain; 3rd Place- Bad Rooster
