Category: Contest Reports

Oct 21 2013

Cooking with Stump Tops the Field in Tennille

When Walter “Stump” McDowell posed for the GBA camera flexing his muscles on Friday afternoon, it was a sign of things to come. The Cooking with Stump team of “Stump” and Tab “Mama Stump” McDowell notched a perfect score of 600 in the preliminary round of the Ribs category. They followed up with a near perfect entry in the Ribs Finals to capture the Grand Championship at the 7th Annual Tennille BBQ Blast. Full results of the contest are below

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) has been honored to be a part of one the great small town festivals in the state for the past three years. Huge crowds filled the streets of Tennille Friday and Saturday to enjoy great food, good music and crafts vendors. The GBA thanks the Tennille Downtown Development Authority, the Tennille Fire Department and everyone associated with the contest for their hospitality.

Grand Champions – Cooking with Stump

Another team that flexed its cooking “muscles” was Sweat’s BBQ. Pitmaster Lee Sweat made finals in all three categories to win Reserve Grand Champion. The team finished second in both Loin and Ribs and took third place in Pulled Pork. Sweat’s also took first place in the ancillary Poultry category and second place in the Brisket ancillary.

Reserve Grand Champion – Sweat’s BBQ

First Place Loin – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack claimed first place in the Pork Loin category. Sweats BBQ came in second place and the Tennille Fire Department Engine 2 BBQ took third place. Fourth place went to Just Smokin’ Around with TC’s BBQ in fifth place.

The winning entry in Pulled Pork was turned in by the husband & wife team, the McRea’s of Just Smokin’ Around from Jackson, GA. Cooking with Stump was runner up in the category. Sweat’s BBQ finished in third place. ET’s BBQ came in fourth. Fifth place in Pulled Pork went to TC’s BBQ who edge out Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack by 0.1 of a point.

First Place Pulled Pork – Just Smokin’ Around

Cooking with Sump was the top entry in Ribs with Sweat’s BBQ in second. Third place went to Ivey Rack & Q. Engine 2 BBQ claimed fourth place and Just Smokin’ Around took fifth place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association looks forward to returning to Tennile again in 2014. The next stop for the GBA will be this weekend – October 25 & 26, in Hawkinsville, GA for the Hawkinsville Harvest Festival Pigs & Produce BBQ Cookoff.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.8	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK	1	598.5	JUST SMOKIN AROUND
2	596.4	SWEATS BBQ	2	596.7	COOKING WITH STUMP
3	582.3	ENGINE 2 BBQ	3	590.3	SWEATS BBQ
4	582.9	JUST SMOKIN AROUND	4	591.8	ET’S BBQ
5	578.5	TC’S BBQ	5	579.6	TC’S BBQ
6	577.7	COOKING WITH STUMP	6	579.5	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
7	574.9	BACK YARD PORKERS	7	578.6	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
8	570.7	ET’S BBQ	8	578.3	BACK YARD PORKERS
9	569.3	PIT WITTA SWIG	9	566	ENGINE 2 BBQ
10	566.6	IVEY RACK & Q	10	564.5	PIT WITTA SWIG
11	558.2	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	11	557.5	IVEY RACK & Q

		RIBS
1	599.1	COOKING WITH STUMP
2	591.8	SWEATS BBQ
3	582.6	IVEY RACK AND Q
4	583	ENGINE 2 BBQ
5	580.1	JUST SMOKIN AROUND
6	578.9	TC’S BBQ
7	576	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
8	572.9	ET’S BBQ
9	571	BACK YARD PORKERS
10	563.8	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	SWEATS BBQ	592.1	595.4	593.1	1780.6
2	COOKING WITH STUMP	600	592.7	577.7	1770.4
3	JUST SMOKIN AROUND	580.1	596.4	582.9	1759.4
4	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	576	579.5	595.7	1751.2
5	TC’S BBQ	578.9	579.6	578.5	1737
6	ENGINE 2 BBQ	583	566	586.4	1735.4
7	ET’S BBQ	572.9	591.8	570.7	1735.4
8	BACK YARD PORKERS	571	578.3	574.9	1724.2
9	IVEY RACK & Q	585.4	557.5	566.6	1709.5
10	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	563.8	578.6	558.2	1700.6
11	PIT WITTA SWIG	0	564.5	569.3	1133.8

Sep 22 2013

Smokin 42 BBQ Walks Last at Sumner

Smokin 42 BBQ Walks Last at Sumner

Grand Champion – Smokin 42 BBQ

The Georgia Barbecue Association was once again a part of the Sumner Egg Festival with the 3rd annual BBQ Blast. While Sumner may be a small town, there is always BIG fun at the festival. The city always rolls out the red carpet for the GBA cook teams, judges & officials.

Smokin 42 BBQ, from nearby Tifton, made sure no other GBA team walked after them in their own backyard with a near perfect (599.7) score in the Loin Finals to get the last call at the Sumner Egg Fest BBQ Blast. The Grand Championship call capped a dominating performance as the “Black Train” also won the Pork category and placed 4th in Ribs.

Reserve Grand Champion – Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers

Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers made finals in both Pork and Ribs along with a 4th place finish in Loin to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

Not only was Smokin 42 BBQ just one tick off a perfect score with their Loin finals box, they tallied an identical near perfect score with their preliminary Loin entry. 92 BBQ in just their second GBA contest finished second in the challenging Loin category. Fiddler’s BBQ took third place with Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers in fourth place. Cooking with Stump claimed 5th place by 0.3 of a point over Smokin AJs’

Smokin 42 took home their second first place trophy of the day in the Pork Category. Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers was the runner-up. Bubba Grills claimed third place. Smokin AJs got the call for fourth place with 92 BBQ in fifth place. Lightning Strike BBQ finished in the money at sixth place.

Bubba Grills had the best Rib entry of the day. Phoebe Worth Rib Ticklers once again as the runner-up and Lightning Strike BBQ rounded out the top three. Smokin 42 BBQ came in fourth place. Cooking with Stump took fifth place with Fiddler’s BBQ taking home sixth place.

Full Results

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	1	599.1	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
2	586.2	92 BBQ	2	591.8	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
3	584.2	FIDDLERS BBQ	3	590.9	BUBBA GRILLS
4	586.6	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS	4	588.1	SMOKIN AJS
5	583.2	COOKING WITH STUMP	5	587.3	92 BBQ
6	582.9	SMOKIN AJS	6	585.9	LIGHTENING STRIKE
*7	578.7	BUBBA GRILLS	7	583.9	SWINE TIME
*8	578.7	SWINE TIME	8	582.7	COOKING WITH STUMP
9	572.6	LIGHTENING STRIKE	9	581.3	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
10	569.6	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	10	578.6	FIDDLERS BBQ
11	565.1	ALL AMERICAN SMOKERS	11	574.4	H & J BBQ
12	563.8	H & J BBQ	12	572.3	ALL AMERICAN SMOKERS

		RIBS
1	595.1	BUBBA GRILLS
2	589.8	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS
3	586.6	LIGHTENING STRIKE
4	591.2	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
5	588.5	COOKING WITH STUMP
6	586.8	FIDDLERS BBQ
7	586.3	92 BBQ
8	582.7	SMOKIN AJS
9	577.7	SWINE TIME
10	577	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
11	573	H & J BBQ
12	572.4	ALL AMERICAN SMOKERS

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	591.2	589.9	599.7	1780.8
2	PHOEBE WORTH RIB TICKLERS	593.1	594.9	586.6	1774.6
3	92 BBQ	586.3	587.3	596.7	1770.3
4	FIDDLERS BBQ	586.8	578.6	599.4	1764.8
5	BUBBA GRILLS	591.6	590.9	578.7	1761.2
6	COOKING WITH STUMP	588.5	582.7	583.2	1754.4
7	SMOKIN AJS	582.7	588.1	582.9	1753.7
8	LIGHTENING STRIKE	594.5	585.9	572.6	1753
9	SWINE TIME	577.7	583.9	578.7	1740.3
10	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	577	581.3	569.6	1727.9
11	H & J BBQ	573	574.4	563.8	1711.2
12	ALL AMERICAN SMOKERS	572.4	572.3	565.1	1709.8

Sep 09 2013

Cooking With Stump Wins GBA State Championship

Cooking With Stump Wins GBA State Championship

The ComSouth Hambone Jam is held in Fort Valley each year which is the birthplace of the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA). The event not only kicks off the new competition year, but also claim the ComSouth Hambone Jam Grand Championship along with the state title. Stunmp McDowell’s pulled pork entry was the highest scoring box in the finals round. The Champion was also presented an Assassin gravity fed smoker courtesy of C&C.

Comsouth Hambone Jam Grand Champion & GBA Georgia State Champion – Cooking with Stump

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack placed first in Loin, 4th in Pork & 7th in Ribs to record the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and win the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Following Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack first place finish in Loin was runner-up, SmokingWilly’s Squealers. Third place went to a local Fort Valley team in their first GBA contest, Pig Witta Swig BBQ. Smarr Cooking Crew claimed the 4th spot with Smokin’ 42 BBQ in fifth place. Cooking with Stump’s Grand Championship Pork entry topped the field in the category. Thomas Henry of Budmiesters came in second. Third place went to ComSouth Hi Tech Smokers. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack and Smarr Cooking Crew rounded out the top five. Buster Davis pitmaster of Smokin’ AJ’s turned in the best Ribs box of the day. Anarque was in second place with LawDawg BBQ taking third. Smarr Cooking Crew and Butt Rubbin BBQ finished 4th & 5th respectively.

Newest 600 Club Members – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack (Loin) & Smokin AJ’s (Ribs)

A perfect score in the GBA system is 600. Each time a team achieves a perfect 600 score, they are recognized as members of the 600 Club. The 8th Annual Comsouth Hambone Jam had lots of teams at the top of their game and two teams scored a perfect 600 in the preliminary rounds.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack had a perfect score in Pork Loin. This is the second 600 score for the team following the one recorded in Pork Loin earlier this year in Gainesville at the Brenau BBQ Championship.

Smokin’ AJ’s racked up the perfect score in Ribs. This is also his second 600 score. The first coming at the 2011 Pigs & Wings in Perry.

The Georgia Barbecue Association salutes the excellent barbecue turned in by these two teams.

The GBA would like to thank the Fort Valley Downtown Association, ComSouth, C&C and all the sponsors for an outstanding contest. The next GBA event will be the Sumner Egg Fest BBQ Blast on September 20-21 in Sumner, GA.

Full Results : (note – top 3 scores in each catergory are final round scores. all other scores are preliminary round scores)

		PORK LOIN
1	591.1	Sauced Hog
2	589.1	Smokin Willies
3	580.3	Pig Witta Swig
4	592.1	Smarr Cooking Crew
5	591.8	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
6	591.5	Legal Smoke BBQ
7	591.2	Beauford’s Smokehouse
8	590.3	Bubba Grills
9	588.6	Rub Shakers Que
10	587.9	Smokin Girls
11	587.6	AnarQue
12	586.9	92 BBQ
13	586.7	Onsite Ribs
14	586.6	Drive By Smokers
15	586.5	Budmeisters
16	585.5	Smokin’ AJ’s
17	584.9	Swine Time
18	583.9	Smokey Butts
19	583.6	ComSOuth High Tech Smokers
20	583.3	Old Henry’s BBQ
21	582.3	Butt Rubbin BBQ
22	581.2	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
23	580.2	Cookin With Stump
24	577.6	TC’s BBQ
25	576.7	Lawdog BBQ
26	572.7	ComSouth 250 Smokers
27	572.7	H & J BBQ
28	571.1	Bethel Smokers
29	569.1	Dixie Que
30	569.1	How Does That Make you Feel
31	561	Double D’s Dirt
32	555.4	Just Smokin Around BBQ

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	592.4	Smokin AJ’s	1	598.5	Cooking with Stump
2	586.2	Anarque	2	595.4	Budmeisters
3	571.6	Lawdog BBQ	3	590.6	ComSouth High Tech Smokers
4	595.5	Smarr Cooking Crew	4	591.5	Sauced Hog SmokeShack
5	594.5	Butt Rubbin BBQ	5	591.4	Smarr Cooking Crew
6	591.8	ComSOuth High Tech Smokers	6	590.9	Lawdog BBQ
7	591.5	Sauced Hog SmokeShack	7	590.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
8	591.1	Budmeisters	8	590.2	Butt Rubbin BBQ
9	590.5	92 BBQ	9	590.2	Smokey Butts
10	590.1	Onsite Ribs	10	590.2	Double D’s Dirt
11	587.5	Bubba Grills	11	589.6	Swine Time
12	586.9	Smokin Girls	12	588.1	Bubba Grills
13	585.5	Drive By Smokers	13	587.8	Bethel Smokers
14	585.3	Just Smokin Around BBQ	14	586.6	TC’s BBQ
15	585	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	15	585.3	Beauford’s Smokehouse
16	583.6	Dixie Que	16	584.4	Rub Shakers Que
17	583.6	Bethel Smokers	17	583.5	Smokin’ AJ’s
18	581.4	Smokey Butts	18	583.3	Just Smokin Around BBQ
19	581	Smokin Willie Squalers	19	582.9	Smokin Girls
20	580.9	Legal Smoke BBQ	20	582.7	Smokin Willie Squalers
21	579.7	ComSouth 250 Smokers	21	582.6	92 BBQ
22	579.6	Double D’s Dirt	22	581.7	Legal Smoke BBQ
23	579	Swine Time	23	578.8	H & J BBQ
24	577.3	Pig Witta Swig BBQ	24	577	Dixie Que
25	576	H & J BBQ	25	576.6	Drive By Smokers
26	575.7	TC’s BBQ	26	575.3	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
27	575.6	Beauford’s Smokehouse	27	574.1	ComSouth 250 Smokers
28	572.7	Cookin With Stump	28	571.4	Onsite Ribs
29	567.5	How Does That Make you Feel	29	570.7	AnarQue
30	566.3	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers	30	566.9	Old Henry’s BBQ
31	560.9	Rub Shakers Que	31	565.5	Pig Witta Swig BBQ
32	558.6	Old Henry’s BBQ	32	563.8	How Does That Make you Feel

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Sauced Hog SmokeShack	591.5	591.5	600	1783
2	Smarr Cooking Crew	595.5	591.4	592.1	1779
3	ComSOuth High Tech Smokers	591.8	597	583.6	1772.4
4	Budmeisters	591.1	593.9	586.5	1771.5
5	Smokin’ AJ’s	600	583.5	585.5	1769
8	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	585	590.6	591.8	1767.4
6	Butt Rubbin BBQ	594.5	590.2	582.3	1767
7	Bubba Grills	587.5	588.1	590.3	1765.9
9	Lawdog BBQ	596.4	590.9	576.7	1764
10	92 BBQ	590.5	582.6	586.9	1760
11	Smokin Willie Squalers	581	582.7	595.4	1759.1
12	Smokin Girls	586.9	582.9	587.9	1757.7
21	Smokey Butts	581.4	590.2	583.9	1755.5
13	AnarQue	596.4	570.7	587.6	1754.7
14	Legal Smoke BBQ	580.9	581.7	591.5	1754.1
15	Swine Time	579	589.6	584.9	1753.5
16	Beauford’s Smokehouse	575.6	585.3	591.2	1752.1
17	Cookin With Stump	572.7	596.4	580.2	1749.3
18	Drive By Smokers	585.5	576.6	586.6	1748.7
19	Onsite Ribs	590.1	571.4	586.7	1748.2
30	Bethel Smokers	583.6	587.8	571.1	1742.5
20	TC’s BBQ	575.7	586.6	577.6	1739.9
22	Pig Witta Swig BBQ	577.3	565.5	592.2	1735
23	Rub Shakers Que	560.9	584.4	588.6	1733.9
24	Double D’s Dirt	579.6	590.2	561	1730.8
25	Dixie Que	583.6	577	569.1	1729.7
26	H & J BBQ	576	578.8	572.7	1727.5
27	ComSouth 250 Smokers	579.7	574.1	572.7	1726.5
28	Just Smokin Around BBQ	585.3	583.3	555.4	1724
29	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers	566.3	575.3	581.2	1722.8
32	Old Henry’s BBQ	558.6	566.9	583.3	1708.8
31	How Does That Make you Feel	567.5	563.8	569.1	1700.4

Jul 14 2013

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack Take Last Event of the Season

Grand Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

The Georgia Barbecue Association closed out a banner competition season at Powers Pavilion in Newnan with Pig N Swig. With a $12,000 purse on the line and a strong field of 31 teams, the competition was expected to be close. No one had any idea how close it would be.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack turned in a near perfect Pulled Pork entry in the finals, but so did Bubba Grills in Ribs. Both teams were just one tick off a perfect score with identical 599.7 scores. In fact, the scores matched so closely the teams went through 8 levels of the tiebreaker system before Clint Britton’s team edged out Lonnie Smith’s for the Grand Championship on the 9th & last level. Lead contest rep. Greg Hoyt, was ready to call for a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors if the two teams remained tied.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Bubba Grills made finals in both Ribs & Pork along with 6th place in Loin to rack up the highest cumulative score and capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

The Black Train from Tifton, Smokin’ 42 BBQ, continued their strong run of late by winning the Loin category. Smokey Butts took second place. Dirty South BBQ took third.with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in fourth place. Fifth place went to Bethel Smokers who edged out Bubba Grills by 0.9 of a point.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack’s Grand Championship entry led the way in the Pulled Pork category with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Blue Brothers BBQ from Barnesville made finals in their first GBA contest and finished third. Just Smoken Around claimed fourth and Jason Adams of Anarque claimed fifth place.

Bubba Grills near perfect Rib box was tops in the category. Forrest Dilmore of Forrest’s Fine Foods took second place honors with Bethel Smokers in third. Butts-N-Brews took fourth place. Blues Brothers BBQ edged out 800 Mile Ribs & BBQ for fifth place by less than a point.

First Place Loin – Smokin 42 BBQ

Final results from Pig N Swig:

		PORK LOIN
1	597.9	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
2	596.1	SMOKEY BUTTS
3	594.5	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ
4	596.7	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
5	595.1	BETHEL SMOKERS
6	594.2	BUBBA GRILLS
7	591.2	HOLY SMOKES
8	590.4	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
9	589.6	SOUTHERN TOUCH
10	586.9	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
11	585.7	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ
12	585.5	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY
13	584.3	ANARQUE
14	583.4	SMOKIN AJS
15	583	RESCUE SMOKERS
16	582.1	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW
17	581.6	BUTTS-N-BREWS
18	580.4	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
19	580	THE PIT CREW
20	579.8	WILDESMOKE BBQ
21	579.8	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ
22	579.6	PARTY PORKERS
23	579.1	JETHROS COOKING CREW
24	578.8	JUST SMOKEN AROUND
25	573.8	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ
26	573.6	BOB B QUE
27	572.3	WAY 2 QUE
28	570.3	BEARDED BBQ
29	570.2	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ
30	568.2	FORREST FINE FOODS
31	555.3	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	BUBBA GRILLS	1	599.7	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	598.2	FORREST FINE FOODS	2	598.8	BUBBA GRILLS
3	594.6	BETHEL SMOKERS	3	594	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ
4	595.2	BUTTS-N-BREWS	4	595.2	JUST SMOKEN AROUND
5	592.1	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ	5	595.1	ANARQUE
6	591.2	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ	6	593.3	SMOKEY BUTTS
7	591	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	7	590.7	SOUTHERN TOUCH
8	589.6	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ	8	590.3	THE PIT CREW
9	589.2	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW	9	589.6	FORREST FINE FOODS
10	589	WAY 2 QUE	10	589.3	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
11	587.3	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS	11	588.5	SMOKIN AJS
12	586.9	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	12	587.9	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW
13	586.1	HOLY SMOKES	13	586.3	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ
14	584.1	PARTY PORKERS	14	584.8	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
15	583.7	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ	15	584.8	RESCUE SMOKERS
16	583.6	JUST SMOKEN AROUND	16	583.8	JETHROS COOKING CREW
17	583.1	SMOKEY BUTTS	17	583.8	HOLY SMOKES
18	582.7	RESCUE SMOKERS	18	582.9	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
19	582.3	SOUTHERN TOUCH	19	582.4	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ
20	582.1	JETHROS COOKING CREW	20	579.7	BETHEL SMOKERS
21	580.4	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY	21	579.6	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY
22	579.7	BOB B QUE	22	579.2	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ
23	578.8	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	23	578	BOB B QUE
24	578.7	THE PIT CREW	24	576	BEARDED BBQ
25	577.8	SMOKIN AJS	25	575.1	WAY 2 QUE
26	575.8	ANARQUE	26	575	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ
27	573.8	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ	27	573	PARTY PORKERS
28	571.2	WILDESMOKE BBQ	28	570	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ
29	564.3	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ	29	568.9	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
30	560.5	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ	30	567.3	BUTTS-N-BREWS
31	554.3	BEARDED BBQ	31	565.3	WILDESMOKE BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	BUBBA GRILLS	595.5	598.5	594.2	1788.2
2	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	586.9	599.7	596.7	1783.3
3	SMOKEY BUTTS	583.1	593.3	598.8	1775.2
4	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	591	582.9	599.4	1773.3
5	BETHEL SMOKERS	595.8	579.7	595.1	1770.6
6	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ	583.7	586.3	598.8	1768.8
7	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ	589.6	589.3	586.9	1765.8
8	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ	592.1	598.5	573.8	1764.4
9	SOUTHERN TOUCH	582.3	590.7	589.6	1762.6
10	HOLY SMOKES	586.1	583.8	591.2	1761.1
11	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW	589.2	587.9	582.1	1759.2
12	JUST SMOKEN AROUND	583.6	595.2	578.8	1757.6
13	ANARQUE	575.8	595.1	584.3	1755.2
14	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	578.8	584.8	590.4	1754
15	FORREST FINE FOODS	595.8	589.6	568.2	1753.6
16	RESCUE SMOKERS	582.7	584.8	583	1750.5
17	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ	591.2	579.2	579.8	1750.2
18	SMOKIN AJS	577.8	588.5	583.4	1749.7
19	THE PIT CREW	578.7	590.3	580	1749
20	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY	580.4	579.6	585.5	1745.5
21	JETHROS COOKING CREW	582.1	583.8	579.1	1745
22	BUTTS-N-BREWS	595.2	567.3	581.6	1744.1
23	PARTY PORKERS	584.1	573	579.6	1736.7
24	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS	587.3	568.9	580.4	1736.6
25	WAY 2 QUE	589	575.1	572.3	1736.4
26	BOB B QUE	579.7	578	573.6	1731.3
27	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ	564.3	570	585.7	1720
28	WILDESMOKE BBQ	571.2	565.3	579.8	1716.3
29	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ	560.5	582.4	570.2	1713.1
30	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ	573.8	575	555.3	1704.1
31	BEARDED BBQ	554.3	576	570.3	1700.6

Jun 09 2013

The GBA Florida State Championship Goes to Bubba Grills

Tropical Storm Andrea tried to put a damper on GBA Goin’ Coastal in Fernandina Beach, FL, even spawning a tornado that passed near the contest site on Thursday night. Contest organizer Jay Robertson and the City of Fernandina Beach took it all in stride and put on a great contest. Twenty eight teams vied for the GBA’s Florida State Championship. Another 20+ teams were on hand to compete in the Fun Cook and there were numerous vendors and live musical entertainment throughout the day Saturday.

Grand Champions Bubba Grills

Lonnie & Shannon Smith of Bubba Grills took home the state championship banner and the Grand Champion trophy with the top scoring entry in the Ribs finals. This was the third Grand Championship of the current contest year for Bubba Grills. Another husband & wife team, Kevin & Kerry Sparks of Lawdawg BBQ, captured the Reserve Grand Championship by making finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs along with 11th place in Loin.

Reserve Grand Champion Lawdawg BBQ

First Place Loin Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

The Loin category was extremely competitive. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack continued their strong showing this season taking first place. Anarque came in second place. Third place with to Bethel Smokers. Fourth thru seventh places were separated by only 1.4 points. Bubba Grills took the fourth place award followed by Smoke Ring Aficionados in fifth place. Pig in a Pokey and Ninja Pig BBQ finished sixth and seventh respectively. Also finishing in the money were Fat Redneck BBQ Co. (8th), Two Smokin’ White Boys (9th) and Smokin’ AJs (10th).

Smokin’ AJs Buster Davis topped the field in Pulled Pork with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack as runner up. Lawdawg BBQ took third place honors. Fourth place went to Just Smoke N Around with Bubba Grills in fifth place. Bubmeisters edged out Captain Jack’s BBQ Crew for sixth place. Smolkin’ 42 BBQ finished eighth with Two Smokin’ White Boys and Just Pig Out rounding out the top 10.

First Place Pork Smokin’ AJs

Bubba Grills Grand Championship Ribs topped the category. Thomas Henry of Budmeisters came in second place and Lawdawgs BBQ was once again third. There was a tie for fourth place with Two Smokin’ White Boys getting the nod over Munchee’s Smokehouse on the third tiebreaker. Sixth thru tenth place went to (in order) Heavenly Hawgs, Bethel Smokers, Just Pig Out, SWT BBQ & Smokin’ 42 BBQ.

First contest & gets a call. Look out GBA. Wicked Lickin' BBQ Crew is getting ready.

Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin” BBQ Crew

The GBA would like to congratulate 14 year old Pitmaster Kason Gray of Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew who was cooking in his first competition and got the 3rd place call in the Fun Cook Ribeye Steak Challenge.

Just one contest remains in the 2012-2013 contest season for the GBA. The finale will be the Pig N Swig BBQ competition held at Powers Pavilion in Newnan, GA on July 12 & 13. The GBA will take the rest of the summer off before starting a new contest season with the GBA State Championships at the ComSouth Hambone Jam in Fort Valley, GA on Sept 6-7, 2013.

Full results for GBA Goin’ Coastal. Top three place scores (in red) are final round scores. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

		PORK LOIN
1	595.4	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
2	588.5	Anarque
3	580.6	Bethel Smokers
4	591.5	Bubba Grills
5	590.8	Smoke Ring Afficiandos
6	590.2	Pig in a Pokey
7	590.1	Ninja Pig BBQ
8	586.6	Fat Redneck BBQ Co
9	583.3	Two Smokin White Boys
10	582.9	Smokin Ajs
11	580.3	LawDawg BBQ
12	580	Forrest’s Fine Foods
13	578.1	Heavenly Hawgs
14	576.3	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew
15	575.5	Team Two Eggheads
16	573.9	Budmeisters
17	572.9	Butts-N-Brews
18	572.3	Just Smoke N Around
19	572.1	Boston’s Butts
20	570.6	Old Henrys BBQ
21	569	Kelvin’s BBQ
22	568.4	Smokin 42 BBQ
23	567.7	Just Pig Out
24	566.1	Munchee’s Smokehouse
25	564.1	TC’s BBQ Team
26	563.5	Big Daddy’s BBQ
27	558.8	SWT BBQ
28	556.6	Little Jacks Shack

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	Bubba Grills	1	595.1	Smokin Ajs
2	595.8	Budmeisters	2	594.8	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
3	573	LawDawg BBQ	3	586.6	LawDawg BBQ
Tie 4	592.2	Two Smokin White Boys	4	590.3	Just Smoke N Around
5	592.2	Munchee’s Smokehouse	5	589.9	Bubba Grills
6	588.6	Heavenly Hawgs	6	587.6	Budmeisters
7	587.9	Bethel Smokers	7	587.2	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew
8	587.2	Just Pig Out	8	586.9	Smokin 42 BBQ
9	586.7	SWT BBQ	9	586.5	Two Smokin White Boys
10	582.9	Smokin 42 BBQ	10	584.7	Just Pig Out
11	582.4	Smokin Ajs	11	583.6	Fat Redneck BBQ Co
12	579.4	Forrest’s Fine Foods	12	583.6	Munchee’s Smokehouse
13	579.2	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	13	583	Team Two Eggheads
14	579.1	Pig in a Pokey	14	582.6	Anarque
15	578.5	Boston’s Butts	15	580.3	Heavenly Hawgs
16	578.3	Just Smoke N Around	16	579	SWT BBQ
17	577.7	Smoke Ring Afficiandos	17	577.6	Bethel Smokers
18	577.6	Fat Redneck BBQ Co	18	576.7	Boston’s Butts
19	576.6	Anarque	19	576.1	Pig in a Pokey
20	576.2	Butts-N-Brews	20	575	Ninja Pig BBQ
21	575.8	Old Henrys BBQ	21	575	Smoke Ring Afficiandos
22	575.7	Kelvin’s BBQ	22	574.2	Big Daddy’s BBQ
23	575.7	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew	23	573.8	Little Jacks Shack
24	568.4	Big Daddy’s BBQ	24	572	Forrest’s Fine Foods
25	566.2	TC’s BBQ Team	25	569.9	Old Henrys BBQ
26	564.7	Ninja Pig BBQ	26	563.8	TC’s BBQ Team
27	557.7	Team Two Eggheads	27	556.8	Kelvin’s BBQ
28	557.6	Little Jacks Shack	28	0	Butts-N-Brews

	Reserve Scores Since Bubba Grill won Grand Champion, the Reserve Grand Champion passed down to #2
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Bubba Grills	594.2	589.9	591.5	1775.6
2	LawDawg BBQ	598.8	594.5	580.3	1773.6
3	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	579.2	595.5	593.5	1768.2
4	Two Smokin White Boys	592.2	586.5	583.3	1762
5	Bethel Smokers	587.9	577.6	592.1	1757.6
6	Smokin Ajs	582.4	591.5	582.9	1756.8
7	Budmeisters	594.5	587.6	573.9	1756
8	Anarque	576.6	582.6	594.7	1753.9
9	Fat Redneck BBQ Co	577.6	583.6	586.6	1747.8
10	Heavenly Hawgs	588.6	580.3	578.1	1747
11	Pig in a Pokey	579.1	576.1	590.2	1745.4
12	Smoke Ring Afficiandos	577.7	575	590.8	1743.5
13	Munchee’s Smokehouse	592.2	583.6	566.1	1741.9
14	Just Smoke N Around	578.3	590.3	572.3	1740.9
15	Just Pig Out	587.2	584.7	567.7	1739.6
16	Captain Jacks BBQ Crew	575.7	587.2	576.3	1739.2
17	Smokin 42 BBQ	582.9	586.9	568.4	1738.2
18	Forrest’s Fine Foods	579.4	572	580	1731.4
19	Ninja Pig BBQ	564.7	575	590.1	1729.8
20	Boston’s Butts	578.5	576.7	572.1	1727.3
21	SWT BBQ	586.7	579	558.8	1724.5
22	Old Henrys BBQ	575.8	569.9	570.6	1716.3
23	Team Two Eggheads	557.7	583	575.5	1716.2
24	Big Daddy’s BBQ	568.4	574.2	563.5	1706.1
25	Kelvin’s BBQ	575.7	556.8	569	1701.5
26	TC’s BBQ Team	566.2	563.8	564.1	1694.1
27	Little Jacks Shack	557.6	573.8	556.6	1688
28	Butts-N-Brews	576.2	0	572.9	1149.1