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May 11 2014

Smokin’ 42 Dominates at Smoke on the Lake

The “Black Train” made the long trip from Tifton to Acworth worthwhile by dominating the field at Smoke on the Lake at Cauble Park on Lake Acworth. The team turned the GBA “hat trick” by making finals in all three categories. They capped off the strong run in the preliminary rounds with a perfect 600 score in Ribs. It was, however, their Pork Loin entry that had the highest score in the finals rounds for the Grand Championship win.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Reserve Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack, who is trying to hold off the hard charging Smokin’ 42 BBQ team in the GBA Team of the Year standings, also had a successful weekend by making finals in Pork Loin & Pulled Pork and took home the Reserve Championship. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack holds a slim 21 point lead in the Team of the Year standings with only one contest remaining in the 2013-2014 season.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ’s final round score of 599.1 topped the Pork Loin category. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took the 2nd spot Trey Barnes of Butt Rubbin’ BBQ finished third. Bubba Grills took 4th place with 92 BBQ in 5th. Sixth thru 10th places went to Wild Smoke, Just Smoke N Around, Smoke Ring Aficionados, Plum Superior BBQ and Natural Born Smokers.

The win in Pulled Pork went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack with Bubba Grills taking 2nd place. Smokin 42 BBQ grabbed third place and Plum Superior BBQ grabbed 4th place. 92 BBQ edged out Butt Rubbin BBQ for 5th place by 0.3 of a point. Smokin’ J’s finished in 7th with Smokin’ HOTlanta in 8th place. Rounding out the top 10 was Just Smoke N Around BBQ and Smoke Ring Aficionados.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ followed up the prefect score in the Ribs preliminary round with the top score in the Ribs finals round. 92 BBQ was the runner up. Third place went to Plum Superior BBQ and 4th place went to Smokin’ J’s. Natural Born Smokers completed the top 5. Sixth place went to Bubba Grills with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack just 0.6 of a point back in 7th place. Just Smoke N Around, Smokin’ HOTlanta & Butt Rubbin; BBQ finished 8th thru 10th place respectively

The North Cobb Rotary Club also sponsored a GBA Cooking for Fun Division that drew 21 teams. Swineholio won the Grand Champion award and East Coast BBQ was named the Reserve Champion.

Cooking For Fun Grand Champion – Swineholio

Swineholio won the Chicken competition with How Bout Them Hawks in second place. Holy Smokers NS took 3rd place with Smokin’ Z BBQ in 4th and Smokin’ Snowballs in 5th place. Smokin’ Z BBQ finished on top in Pulled Pork. Swineholio was the runner up. Third thru 5th places went to East Coast BBQ, Big Blue BBQ and Nice Rack BBQ. The winner in the Ribs category was Smokin’ Jackets. CJ BBQ grabbed 2nd place and Swineholio grabbed third. East Coast BBQ and Grills Gone Wild completed the top five.

The North Cobb Rotary Club did an outstanding job in spite of rain off and on throughout the weekend. Even with the rain washing out the Firday nite concert and fireworks, the Acworth community still turned out to support the event & the People’s Choice contests generated over $5,000 for charity.

The Georgia Barbecue Association will wind up the 2013-2014 competition season in Dallas, GA with the Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Cook Off & Festival on June 20-21.

GBA Division Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	599.1	Smokin 42 BBQ	1	596	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
2	592.6	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	2	594.7	Bubba Grills
3	590.3	Butt Rubbin BBQ	3	591.3	Smokin 42 BBQ
4	591.8	Bubba Grills	4	590.6	Plum Superior BBQ
5	588.2	92 BBQ	5	590.2	92 BBQ
6	579.3	Wild Smoke	6	589.9	Butt Rubbin BBQ
7	577.2	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	7	587.5	Smokin J’s
8	576.7	Smoke Ring Aficianiados	8	583.9	Smokin Hotlanta
9	572.3	Plum Superior BBQ	9	578.4	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
10	568.4	Natural Born Smokers	10	577.4	Smoke Ring Aficianiados
11	564.5	Smokin Hotlanta	11	577.1	Wild Smoke
12	564.1	Smokin J’s	12	569	Atlanta Butts Society
13	562.9	Stand With Barry	13	568.2	Natural Born Smokers
14	557	Atlanta Butts Society	14	555	Stand With Barry

		RIBS
1	597.3	Smokin 42 BBQ
2	595.9	92 BBQ
3	588.8	Plum Superior BBQ
4	585.5	Smokin J’s
5	582.7	Natural Born Smokers
6	579.9	Bubba Grills
7	579.3	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
8	578.1	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ
9	576	Smokin Hotlanta
10	575.4	Butt Rubbin BBQ
11	571.4	Stand With Barry
12	571.2	Smoke Ring Aficianiados
13	556.3	Wild Smoke
14	552.9	Atlanta Butts Society

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Smokin 42 BBQ	592.4	595.8	600	1788.2
2	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	595.1	595.4	579.3	1769.8
3	92 BBQ	588.2	590.2	589.9	1768.3
4	Bubba Grills	591.8	594.8	579.9	1766.5
5	Plum Superior BBQ	572.3	590.6	595.1	1758
6	Butt Rubbin BBQ	591.81	589.9	575.4	1757.1
7	Smokin J’s	564.1	587.5	585.5	1737.1
8	Just Smoke “N” Around BBQ	577.2	578.4	578.1	1733.7
9	Smoke Ring Aficianiados	576.7	577.4	571.2	1725.3
10	Smokin Hotlanta	564.5	583.9	576	1724.4
11	Natural Born Smokers	568.4	568.2	582.7	1719.3
12	Wild Smoke	579.3	577.1	556.3	1712.7
13	Stand With Barry	562.9	555	571.4	1689.3
14	Atlanta Butts Society	557	569	552.9	1678.9

Cooking For Fun Division Results:

		CHICKEN			PULLED PORK
1	599.4	SWINEHOLIO	1	593.3	SMOKIN Z BBQ
2	595.7	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS	2	591.8	SWINEHOLIO
3	594.8	HOLY SMOKERS	3	590.2	EAST COAST BBQ
4	591.3	SMOKIN Z BBQ	4	588.3	BIG BLUE BBQ
5	586.9	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS	5	586.7	NICE RACK BBQ
6	585.9	EAST COAST BBQ	6	585.2	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS
7	579.6	BALDY’S BUTTS	7	583.5	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.
8	579.3	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.	8	582	FOREFATHERS
9	578.6	BIG BLUE BBQ	9	579.8	CJ BBQ
10	578.4	NICE RACK BBQ	10	579.4	HOLY SMOKERS
11	577.7	SWINE DINING BBQ	11	579.3	BALDY’S BUTTS
12	575.6	BOOTLEGGER BBQ	12	579	KOMADO KOMMANOS
13	575.2	CJ BBQ	13	579	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS
14	571.8	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS	14	577.8	HEY JACK BBQ
15	570.6	WE WANT QUE	15	577.3	SWINE DINING BBQ
16	570.3	SMOKIN JACKETS	16	576.7	BOOTLEGGER BBQ
17	568.6	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ	17	576.3	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS
18	566.3	GRILLS GONE WILD	18	573.6	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ
19	565.8	FOREFATHERS	19	572.4	WE WANT QUE
20	564.9	HEY JACK BBQ	20	567.7	GRILLS GONE WILD
21	0	KOMADO KOMMANOS	21	563.9	SMOKIN JACKETS

		RIBS
1	586.9	SMOKIN JACKETS
2	583.2	CJ BBQ
3	582.9	SWINEHOLIO
4	582.2	EAST COAST BBQ
5	581.6	GRILLS GONE WILD
6	580	BOOTLEGGER BBQ
7	577.5	KOMADO KOMMANOS
8	576.9	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS
9	576.8	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS
10	576.6	HOLY SMOKERS
11	576.6	SWINE DINING BBQ
12	575.5	FOREFATHERS
13	575.1	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.
14	575.1	NICE RACK BBQ
15	574.8	WE WANT QUE
16	574.7	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS
17	572.6	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ
18	572	BALDY’S BUTTS
19	570.5	BIG BLUE BBQ
20	567.4	HEY JACK BBQ
21	535.3	SMOKIN Z BBQ

	Grand Champion Scores
		CHICKEN	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	SWINEHOLIO	599.4	591.8	582.9	1774.1
2	EAST COAST BBQ	585.9	590.2	582.2	1758.3
3	HOLY SMOKERS	594.8	579.4	576.6	1750.8
4	HOW BOUT THEM HAWKS	595.7	576.3	576.9	1748.9
5	SMOKIN SNOWBALLS	586.9	585.2	574.7	1746.8
6	NICE RACK BBQ	578.4	586.7	575.1	1740.2
7	CJ BBQ	575.2	579.8	583.2	1738.2
8	HICKORY FLAT BBQ CO.	579.3	583.5	575.1	1737.9
9	BIG BLUE BBQ	578.6	588.3	570.5	1737.4
10	BOOTLEGGER BBQ	575.6	576.7	580	1732.3
11	SWINE DINING BBQ	577.7	577.3	576.6	1731.6
12	BALDY’S BUTTS	579.6	579.3	572	1730.9
13	4 SMOKIN DOOLEYS	571.8	579	576.8	1727.6
14	FOREFATHERS	565.8	582	575.5	1723.3
15	SMOKIN JACKETS	570.3	563.9	586.9	1721.1
16	SMOKIN Z BBQ	591.3	593.3	535.3	1719.9
17	WE WANT QUE	570.6	572.4	574.8	1717.8
18	GRILLS GONE WILD	566.3	567.7	581.6	1715.6
19	SWEET BOTTOM BBQ	568.6	573.6	572.6	1714.8
20	HEY JACK BBQ	564.9	577.8	567.4	1710.1
21	KOMADO KOMMANOS	0	579	577.5	1156.5

Apr 20 2014

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Takes Grand at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

It was cold and wet weekend in Jackson & Butts County, GA, but even the weather could not douse the hot streak that Smokin’ 42 BBQ has been on. The team in black from Tifton, GA, captured their 4th Grand Championship of the 2013-204 GBA season. Once again, it was Pork Loin that gave Pitmaster Chad Brooks and teammates Chris O’Neal and Justin Marchant the last call of the day.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Reserve Champion – Fletcher’s Finest

The rain was almost constant during the day Friday and continued throughout the night and most of the day Saturday. Temperatures dropped into the bone chilling range, but the tough conditions for the weekend didn’t dampen the spirits of the contestants. The cook teams took it all in stride and produced some outstanding BBQ for the judges.

Scott Fletcher of Fletcher’s Finest, made finals in Ribs to go along with a 4th place finish in Pullled Pork and a 5th place finish in Loin to take the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Loin Finalist – Where There’s Smoke

Smokin’ 42 BBQ championship winning box topped the Pork Loin field. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack was the runner-up. Cooking in their first GBA contest, Daniel Waters of Where There’s Smoke made finals & finished third. 92 BBQ came in 4th with Fletcher’s Finest taking 5th place. Another first time GBA competitor, Squeal Team Six/K&K Grills took 6th place. Seventh place went to a hometown team, Just Smoke N Around. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ claimed 8th place with BCD: Boys Cooking Dangerously and Dixie Que rounding out the top 10.

1 Place Pulled Pork – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack continued their strong run through the GBA contest season by winning the Pulled Pork category. Brad Sweet and 92 BBQ took 2nd place with Rub Shakers Que taking third. Fourth place went to Fletcher’s Finest and 5th place went to Dixie Que. Bubba Grills got the call for 6th place with BCD: Boys Cooking Dangerously getting the 7th place call. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ, Squeal Team Six/K&K Grills and Smokin’ 42 BBQ finished 8th, 9th & 10th respectively.

Fletcher’s Finest turned in the best Rib box of the day. Bill Goddard & Rub Shakers Que made finals twice & took 2nd place. TC’s BBQ captured 3rd place. Dixie Que & Where There’s Smoke tied for 4th with Dixie Que winning the spot on the 4th tiebreaker. Another local team, Rufus Smokehouse came in 6th place. Seventh thru 10th place went to BubbaGrills, Smokin’ 42 BBQ, 92 BBQ and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack.

The GBA extends gratitude to Connie & Wayne Rosser and the Jackson Exchange Club for a job very well done in the face of very trying conditions. The next stop on the GBA contest trail is the 3 Rivers BBQ Fest at Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center in Hazlehurst on May 2-3. The following week the GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake. An new contest has just been added to the GBA Calendar. The Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Cook-off will be held in Dallas on June 20-21.

Full Results for Smokin’ Pork N Butts:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.8	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	1	594.7	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	589.5	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	2	593.9	92 BBQ
3	587.8	WHERE THERE’S SMOKE	3	591.9	RUB SHAKERS QUE
4	591.8	92 BBQ	4	593.3	FLETCHERS FINEST
5	586.8	FLETCHERS FINEST	5	590.5	DIXIE QUE
6	585.7	SQUEAL TEAM 6/K&K GRILLS	6	588.4	BUBBA GRILLS
7	585.6	JUST SMOKE N AROUND	7	586.9	BCD BOYS COOKING DANGEROUSLY
8	582.3	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ	8	586.8	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
9	582	BCD BOYS COOKING DANGEROUSLY	9	585.3	SQUEAL TEAM 6/K&K GRILLS
10	581.9	DIXIE QUE	10	584.5	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
11	579.9	BUBBA GRILLS	11	582.3	JUST SMOKE N AROUND
12	575.6	TC’S BBQ	12	578.1	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13	575	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	13	577.7	RUFUS SMOKEHOUSE
14	573	RUFUS SMOKEHOUSE	14	576.4	MARVINS MISFITS
15	571.1	RUB SHAKERS QUE	15	575.7	TC’S BBQ
16	557.9	MARVINS MISFITS	16	565.9	WHERE THERE’S SMOKE

		RIBS
1	595.4	FLETCHERS FINEST
2	594.6	RUB SHAKERS QUE
3	590.4	TC’S BBQ
4	590.9	DIXIE QUE
5	590.9	WHERE THERE’S SMOKE
6	590.2	RUFUS SMOKEHOUSE
7	588.1	BUBBA GRILLS
8	587.2	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
9	583.6	92 BBQ
10	581.0	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
11	576.3	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ
12	576.2	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13	575.1	JUST SMOKE N AROUND
14	566.5	MARVINS MISFITS
15	564.5	BCD BOYS COOKING DANGEROUSLY
16	557.5	SQUEAL TEAM 6/K&K GRILLS

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	FLETCHERS FINEST	586.8	593.3	595.5	1775.6
2	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	595.4	594.8	581.0	1771.2
3	92 BBQ	591.8	595.4	583.6	1770.8
4	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	596.7	584.5	587.2	1768.4
5	DIXIE QUE	581.9	590.5	590.9	1763.3
6	RUB SHAKERS QUE	571.1	594.2	595.7	1761.0
7	BUBBA GRILLS	579.9	588.4	588.1	1756.4
8	WHERE THERE’S SMOKE	591.8	565.9	590.9	1748.6
9	TC’S BBQ	575.6	575.7	594.8	1746.1
10	BUTT RUBBIN BBQ	582.3	586.8	576.3	1745.4
11	JUST SMOKE N AROUND	585.6	582.3	575.1	1743.0
12	RUFUS SMOKEHOUSE	573.0	577.7	590.2	1740.9
13	BCD BOYS COOKING DANGEROUSLY	582.0	586.9	564.5	1733.4
14	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	575.0	578.1	576.2	1729.3
15	SQUEAL TEAM 6/K&K GRILLS	585.7	585.3	557.5	1728.5
16	MARVINS MISFITS	557.9	576.4	566.5	1700.8

Apr 02 2014

Team of the Year Banquet

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) will hold its first ever Team of the Year Banquet on August 16, 2014 at the Canongate-Healy Point Country Club in Macon. The event will begin at 6:00 pm with an Icebreaker Reception. The banquet will be served at 7:00 pm with the Team of the Year awards ceremonies to follow. Following the meal and awards, a DJ will play music for dancing until 11:00 pm.

All GBA members, cooks, judges and contest organizers, are invited to attend. There will be drawings for door prizes including two Jr Stumpster smokers.

The GBA will recognize the Top 20 teams in the Team of the Years points standings. Teams 11 thru 20 will receive a T0p 20 Team of the Year banner. Teams 2 thru 10 will recieve a cash award and a Top 10 Team of the Year banner. The Team of the Year will receive a cash award, a large 2013-2014 Team of the Year banner and a Stumps XL Baby Smoker.

Details for host hotel(s) near the banquet site are being finalized.

We hope everyone will save the date on their calendars and help make t his first annual banquet a great success.

Mar 30 2014

Bubba Grills Takes Grand at Bikes, Blues & BBQ

The Georgia Barbecue Association brought competition BBQ back to Douglas, GA for the Bikes, Blues & BBQ Festival held at Douglas Gene Chambers Municipal Airport. Twenty-seven teams persevered though heavy rains and a late night wind storm to produce championship BBQ. The GBA judges really had their work cut out for them as the close scoring indicated a high level of quality pork loin, pulled pork and pork ribs made it to the tables.

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Reserve Grand Champion – G.A.S. Passers

The City of Douglas really rolled out the red carpet for the GBA’s cook teams, judges and officials. The plans were in place for two days of great Blues music, motorcycle shows & games, a vintage car show & about 75 food & craft vendors. Unfortunately, the weather forced cancellation of most of the events. Still, despite the weather challenges, the festival organizers held a very successful contest.

Lonnie Smith & his Bubba Grills team from Haddock, GA had the highest scoring entry of the finals round. His Ribs scored a 597.9 to earn the Grand Championship. G.A.S. Passers of Hazlehurst, finaled in Ribs along with a fourth place in Pulled Pork and sixth place in Pork Loin to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

In Pork Loin, Bubba Grills topped the field in the category. Douglas, GA’s Bethel Smokers took second place. Smoking 42 BBQ claimed third place. Mojo Smokehouse finished fourth with H & J Cooking Crew finishing in fifth. Sixth through 10th places went to: G, A.S. Passers; Dirt Road Smokers; Drive By Smokers; Smokin-AJ’s & Ricketson Construction.

Harvey & Shirley Willis of Fiddler’s BBQ won the Pulled Pork Category with Bethel Smokers once again taking second place. Another Douglas team, Ricketson Construction claimed third place. G.A.S. Passers took fourth. Only 1.6 points separated 5th through 10th places. A tie for fifth place went to the fifth tiebreaker before Triple Threat Smokers gained an edge over TC’s BBQ. Rounding out the top 10 were: Bubba Grills, Smokin AJ’s, B-Queb’d; and Smokin 42 BBQ. Hard Rock Hill BBQ missed the top 10 by just a half point.

Bubba Grill’s championship winning Rib box topped the category. G.A.S. Passers claimed second place. Third place went to Loud Pipe Grillers. 92 BBQ took fourth with Smokin’ 42 BBQ in fifth place. TC’s BBQ; Lightning Strike BBQ; Hungry Hog BBQ; Mojo Smoke House and Hurricane Cookers finished 6th through 10th places respectively

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the City of Douglas, organizing staff and the multitude of volunteers for their hospitality and a great contest. All the GBA teams & judges are looking forward to returning in 2015.

Full Results: (note: 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. All others are from the preliminary rounds)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	595.1	Bubba Grills	1	596.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
2	594.6	Bethel Smokers	2	596	Bethel Smokers
3	592.3	Smokin 42	3	588.3	Ricketson Construction
4	592.8	Mojo Smoke House	4	590.5	Gas Passers
5	591.5	H&J Cooking	5	588.8	Triple Threat Smokers
6	589.3	Gas Passers	6	588.8	TC’s BBQ
7	587.6	Dirt Road Smokers	7	588.1	Bubba Grills
8	587.5	Drive By Smokers	8	587.5	Smokin-AJ’s
9	584.7	Smokin-AJ’s	9	587.3	B-Queb’d
10	583	Ricketson Construction	10	587.2	Smokin 42
11	582.9	Triple Threat Smokers	11	586.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
12	582.7	Lighter’d Knot BBQ	12	586	92 BBQ
13	580.2	Loud Pipe Grillers	13	585.3	Mojo Smoke House
14	579.3	Fiddler’s BBQ	14	582.3	Hurricane Cookers
15	579.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	15	581.2	H&J Cooking
16	578.7	TC’s BBQ	16	580.5	Smokin J’s
17	578.1	Rub Shakers Q	17	576.6	Rub Shakers Q
18	577.5	Lightning Strike BBQ	18	576.2	Swine Time Grilling
19	576.5	Swine Time Grilling	19	575.9	Hungry Hog
20	574.7	Williams Food BBQ	20	574.7	Loud Pipe Grillers
21	573	92 BBQ	21	574.5	Lighter’d Knot BBQ
22	569.7	Hurricane Cookers	22	569.4	Southwire
23	565.5	Hungry Hog	23	567.1	Drive By Smokers
24	564.2	B-Queb’d	24	566.5	The Pickled Pigs
25	560.5	The Pickled Pigs	25	565.7	Lightning Strike BBQ
26	556.6	Smokin J’s	26	561.7	Dirt Road Smokers
27	0	Southwire	27	561.5	Williams Food BBQ

		RIBS
1	597.9	Bubba Grills
2	591.5	Gas Passers
3	588	Loud Pipe Grillers
4	593.7	92 BBQ
5	590.9	Smokin 42
6	589.4	TC’s BBQ
7	587.3	Lightning Strike BBQ
8	586.6	Hungry Hog
9	586	Mojo Smoke House
10	584.3	Hurricane Cookers
11	583	Triple Threat Smokers
12	582.7	Ricketson Construction
13	582.4	Swine Time Grilling
14	581.7	Bethel Smokers
15	580.9	Lighter’d Knot BBQ
16	580.8	Drive By Smokers
17	580.4	Williams Food BBQ
18	580	Dirt Road Smokers
19	579.6	B-Queb’d
20	578.5	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
21	575.4	Rub Shakers Q
22	573.8	Fiddler’s BBQ
23	572.9	Smokin-AJ’s
24	564.4	H&J Cooking
25	560.4	The Pickled Pigs
26	559.4	Smokin J’s
27	554.6	Southwire

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	599.7	588.1	595.2	1783
2	Gas Passers	589.3	590.5	599.1	1778.9
3	Smokin 42	599.1	587.2	590.9	1777.2
4	Bethel Smokers	598.8	595.8	581.7	1776.3
5	Ricketson Construction	583	598.5	582.7	1764.2
6	Mojo Smoke House	592.8	585.3	586	1764.1
7	TC’s BBQ	578.7	588.8	589.4	1756.9
8	Triple Threat Smokers	582.9	588.81	583	1754.71
9	92 BBQ	573	586	593.7	1752.7
10	Loud Pipe Grillers	580.2	574.7	597	1751.9
11	Fiddler’s BBQ	579.3	593.9	573.8	1747
12	Smokin-AJ’s	584.7	587.5	572.9	1745.1
13	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	579.1	586.7	578.5	1744.3
14	Lighter’d Knot BBQ	582.7	574.5	580.9	1738.1
15	H&J Cooking	591.5	581.2	564.4	1737.1
16	Hurricane Cookers	569.7	582.3	584.3	1736.3
17	Drive By Smokers	587.5	567.1	580.8	1735.4
18	Swine Time Grilling	576.5	576.2	582.4	1735.1
19	B-Queb’d	564.2	587.3	579.6	1731.1
20	Lightning Strike BBQ	577.5	565.7	587.3	1730.5
21	Rub Shakers Q	578.1	576.6	575.4	1730.1
22	Dirt Road Smokers	587.6	561.7	580	1729.3
23	Hungry Hog	565.5	575.9	586.6	1728
24	Williams Food BBQ	574.7	561.5	580.4	1716.6
25	Smokin J’s	556.6	580.5	559.4	1696.5
26	The Pickled Pigs	560.5	566.5	560.4	1687.4
27	Southwire	0	569.4	554.6	1124

Mar 10 2014

GBA Judge Training Class Held

The Georgia Barbecue Association, in association with the North Cobb Rotary Club and the Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival, held a judge training class at the Roberts School in Acworth, GA on March 8, 2014. Forty three new judges were trained and became eligible to judge in GBA sanctioned contests.

Conducting the class was GBA Vice President & Master Judge Jim Sewell and GBA Director and Master Judge Greg Hoyt. Also assisting with the class was Jeff Bass, of the North Cobb Rotary Club, GBA President Danny Meadows, GBA contest representatives Greg & Lois Sebatian, GBA Judges Ken Foy, Carrie Oakes, Chuck East and Lucy Sewell. Cooking for the class was the team Smoke Ring Afficionados.