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Mar 01 2018

Weekend Warriors Take Grand at Dilly Dally in Dooly

Vienna, GA – Dennis Morris of Weekend Warriors took the Grand Championship at Dilly Dally in Dooly. Their winning Rib entry was the highest scoring in the finals round to take the top prize.

Grand Champions – Weekend Warriors

Southern Hogs, led by Matt Sapp, had a prefect 600 preliminary score in Loin, finished 6th in Pork & 8th in Ribs to tally the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs, Budmeisters & Off The Chain all had a perfect 600 score in prelimary round Loin. Bubba Grills had a 600 in preliminary round Ribs.

Full Standings: (1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals round. All others are preliminary round scores)

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	585.3	Off The Chain	1	590.1	Swine Dining	1	590.7	Weekend Warriors
2	578.8	Southern Hogs	2	578.4	Rescue Smoker	2	578.2	Bubba Grills
3	576.5	Budmeister	3	568.3	Smoke Show	3	575.2	Smarr Cooking Crew
4	599.7	Weekend Warriors	4	599.4	Team Pork Rindz	4	599.11	EZQ
5	599.4	We Want Que	5	599.11	Budmeisters	5	599.1	Naked Dave’s
6	598.8	Smoking Butts BBQ	6	599.1	Southern Hogs	6	598.5	Hold Your Horses BBQ
7	595.8	Smokin the Good Stuff	7	598.8	EZQ	7	596.7	Flint River Cookers
8	595.7	Hootie Q	8	596.4	Real South BBQ	8	596.4	Southern Hogs
9	594.5	Johnson Boys BBQ	9	595.8	Hold Your Horses BBQ	9	595.81	Budmeisters
10	594.2	Rescue Smokers	10	595.5	Rub Shakers Que	10	595.8	Bite Back BBQ
11	592.2	B’s BBQ	11	595.4	Nice Rack BBQ	11	595.5	Fire in the Hole
12	591.8	Blue Diablo BBQ	12	594.8	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	12	595.2	Bite My Butt BBQ
13	591.5	Bite Back BBQ	13	593.3	We Want Que	13	595.2	Smoke Stack Lightning
14	591.1	Hold Your Horses BBQ	14	591.8	Hot Ash Q	14	595.1	Kelvin’s BBQ
15	590.8	Smoke Show	15	591.8	Smarr Cooking Crew	15	594.5	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que
16	588.1	Smarr Cooking Crew	16	591.5	Blue Diablo BBQ	16	594	Hot Ash Q
17	587.8	Hot Ash Q	17	591.5	Smoking Butts BBQ	17	592.5	Swine Dining
18	586.9	Swine Dining	18	591.5	Generations BBQ Crew	18	592.5	B’s BBQ
19	586.9	Fat Daddy’s Stew & Que	19	590.5	Flint River Cookers	19	591.8	Hootie Q
20	586.5	EZQ	20	590.5	Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept	20	590.8	Rescue Smokers
21	586.4	Bite My Butt BBQ	21	590.2	Fire in the Hole	21	589.8	We Want Que
22	586.3	Fire in the Hole	22	589.6	Dixie Davis Cooks	22	588.3	Smoke Show
23	585.7	Generations BBQ Crew	23	589	Bones Grill Shack	23	588.2	Off the Chain
24	584.9	Team Pork Rindz	24	588.2	Weekend Warriors	24	586.3	Twisted Tail BBQ
25	584.4	Smoke Stack Lightning	25	587.3	Johnson Boys BBQ	25	584.8	Real South BBQ
26	583.9	Naked Dave’s	26	586.3	Bite Back BBQ	26	584.6	Shark Bite BBQ
27	583.3	Pig Dynasty	27	585.7	Pogo’s Porkers	27	583.7	Blue Diablo BBQ
28	582.6	Bones Grill Shack	28	585.6	Off the Chain	28	583.6	Pig Dynasty
29	582.4	H & J Cooking Team	29	585.2	Bite My Butt BBQ	29	581.7	Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept
30	582.3	Georgia Bullhawgs	30	585.1	H & J Cooking Team	30	580.6	Smoking Butts BBQ
31	580.4	Bubba Grills	31	585	Kelvin’s BBQ	31	580.2	Fat Daddy’s Stew & Que
32	579.9	Real South BBQ	32	584.4	Rick and Anniebell’s BBQ and Crew	32	579.7	Dixie Davis Cooks
33	579.6	Rub Shakers Que	33	582.4	Shark Bite BBQ	33	579.4	Gum Swamp Smokers
34	577.4	Rick and Anniebell’s BBQ and Crew	34	582.1	Smokin the Good Stuff	34	579.4	H & J Cooking Team
35	574.1	Twisted Tail BBQ	35	582	Naked Dave’s	35	579	Johnson Boys BBQ
36	573.5	Pogo’s Porkers	36	580.3	Bubba Grills	36	577	Circle C BBQ
37	572.6	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	37	578.1	Georgia Bullhawgs	37	575.7	Generations BBQ Crew
38	571.1	Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept	38	577.4	Pig Dynasty	38	575.4	Team Pork Rindz
39	570	Flint River Cookers	39	577.2	Springy’s Backyard Burners	39	575.1	Smokin the Good Stuff
40	570	Shark Bite BBQ	40	577.1	Smoke Stack Lightning	40	573.8	Nice Rack BBQ
41	563.5	Kelvin’s BBQ	41	576.4	B’s BBQ	41	573	Rub Shakers Que
42	562.7	Nice Rack BBQ	42	568.9	Twisted Tail BBQ	42	571.2	Bones Grill Shack
42	555.5	Jiggy Piggy BBQ	42	550.5	Circle C BBQ	42	567.6	Jiggy Piggy BBQ
44	552	Springy’s Backyard Burners	44	542	Gum Swamp Smokers	44	566.3	Springy’s Backyard Burners
45	0	Circle C BBQ	45	0	Jiggy Piggy BBQ	45	565.9	Rick and Anniebell’s BBQ and Crew
46	0	Dixie Davis Cooks	46	0	Hootie Q	46	556	Georgia Bullhawgs
47	0	Gum Swamp Smokers	47	0	Fat Daddy’s Stew & Que	47	0	Pogo’s Porkers

Reserve Scores:

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Southern Hogs	600.0	599.1	596.4	1795.5
2	Budmeisters	600.0	599.1	595.8	1794.9
3	Weekend Warriors	599.7	588.2	599.7	1787.6
4	Hold Your Horses BBQ	591.1	595.8	598.5	1785.4
5	Rescue Smokers	594.2	599.7	590.8	1784.7
6	EZQ	586.5	598.8	599.1	1784.4
7	We Want Que	599.4	593.3	589.8	1782.5
8	Smarr Cooking Crew	588.1	591.8	599.7	1779.6
9	Swine Dining	586.9	599.4	592.5	1778.8
10	Smoke Show	590.8	599.7	588.3	1778.8
11	Off the Chain	600.0	585.6	588.2	1773.8
12	Hot Ash Q	587.8	591.8	594.0	1773.6
13	Bite Back BBQ	591.5	586.3	595.8	1773.6
14	Fire in the Hole	586.3	590.2	595.5	1772.0
15	Smoking Butts BBQ	598.8	591.5	580.6	1770.9
16	Blue Diablo BBQ	591.8	591.5	583.7	1767.0
17	Bite My Butt BBQ	586.4	585.2	595.2	1766.8
18	Naked Dave’s	583.9	582.0	599.1	1765.0
19	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	572.6	594.8	594.5	1761.9
20	Real South BBQ	579.9	596.4	584.8	1761.1
21	B’s BBQ	592.2	576.4	592.5	1761.1
22	Johnson Boys BBQ	594.5	587.3	579.0	1760.8
23	Bubba Grills	580.4	580.3	600.0	1760.7
24	Team Pork Rindz	584.9	599.4	575.4	1759.7
25	Flint River Cookers	570.0	590.5	596.7	1757.2
26	Smoke Stack Lightning	584.4	577.1	595.2	1756.7
27	Smokin the Good Stuff	595.8	582.1	575.1	1753.0
28	Generations BBQ Crew	585.7	591.5	575.7	1752.9
29	Rub Shakers Que	579.6	595.5	573.0	1748.1
30	H & J Cooking Team	582.4	585.1	579.4	1746.9
31	Pig Dynasty	583.3	577.4	583.6	1744.3
32	Kelvin’s BBQ	563.5	585.0	595.1	1743.6
33	Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept	571.1	590.5	581.7	1743.3
34	Bones Grill Shack	582.6	589.0	571.2	1742.8
35	Shark Bite BBQ	570.0	582.4	584.6	1737.0
36	Nice Rack BBQ	562.7	595.4	573.8	1731.9
37	Twisted Tail BBQ	574.1	568.9	586.3	1729.3
38	Rick and Anniebell’s BBQ and Crew	577.4	584.4	565.9	1727.7
39	Georgia Bullhawgs	582.3	578.1	556.0	1716.4
40	Springy’s Backyard Burners	552.0	577.2	566.3	1695.5
41	Hootie Q	595.7	0.0	591.8	1187.5
42	Dixie Davis Cooks	0.0	589.6	579.7	1169.3
43	Fat Daddy’s Stew & Que	586.9	0.0	580.2	1167.1
44	Pogo’s Porkers	573.5	585.7	0.0	1159.2
45	Circle C BBQ	0.0	550.5	577.0	1127.5
46	Jiggy Piggy BBQ	555.5	0.0	567.6	1123.1
47	Gum Swamp Smokers	0.0	542.0	579.4	1121.4

Jun 08 2017

Holy Smokes Wins Grand at Smoke on the Water

Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

The Smoke on the Water BBQ Contest in Thomaston has a long history as one of the top BBQ contests in the state. This year the contest was sanctioned by the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) for the first time. Taking the traditional plunge into the lake as Grand Champions was Holy Smokes. Gary & Dionn Lanton’s team finished a dominant season on the GBA circuit with the win.

Reserve Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Rescue Smokers, Pitmaster Robby Royal, also put the finishing touches on a soild season by taking the Reserve Grand Championship.

1st Place Loin – Hootie Q

In the Pork Loin preliminary round Just Blowing Smoke and Hootie Q both recorded perfect 600 scores. They were joined in the Finals round by 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Hootie Q had the top score in Finals to win the category. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers came in 2nd with Just Blowing Smoke finishing in 3rd place

In Pulled Pork all three finalists had perfect 600 scores in the preliminaries. After the final round, Holy Smokes took 1st place, Daddy O’s BBQ took 2nd and Flint River Cookers placed third.

1st Place Ribs – Raging Smoke BBQ

The Ribs category was extremely close as 3 teams tied for the 3rd and final spot in the Finals round. After the tiebreakers were run, Raging Smoke BBQ edged out Rescue Smokers & The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan for the spot in the Finals. Raging Smoke won the Finals round and captured 1st place, 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers had a perfect 600 score in preliminaries but finished 2nd. Just Smoke N Around captured 3rd place.

In the Brisket ancillary, Rescue Smokers lead the way. Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team was runner up with Wright on Q in 3rd place.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.3	Hootie Q	1	599.4	Holy Smokes	1	597.5	Raging Smoke
2	594	92/Assassin BBQ	2	594	Daddy O’s BBQ	2	597.2	92/Assassin BBQ
3	590.1	Just Blowing Smoke	3	590	Flint River Cookers	3	589.6	Just Smoke ‘N’ Around
4	599.4	Holy Smokes	4	599.1	Team Hold Your Horses BBQ	4	599.13	Rescue Smokers
5	599.11	Flint River Cookers	5	598.8	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	5	599.12	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan
6	599.1	Southern Hogs	6	598.5	Rescue Smokers	6	598.81	Bubba Grills
7	598.8	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	7	597.1	Carter Q	7	598.8	Holy Smokes
8	598.5	Rescue Smokers	8	596.1	Lang BBQ Smokers	8	598.2	Daddy-O’s BBQ
9	596.5	We Want Que	9	595.8	Smokin the Good Stuff	9	596.4	Real South BBQ
10	596.1	Bubba Grills	10	595.21	Hootie Q	10	596.12	Just Blowing Smoke
11	595.4	Barnesville Blues Brother	11	595.2	Wright On Q	11	596.11	Team Hold Your Horses BBQ
12	594.8	Off the Chain	12	594.8	Real South BBQ	12	596.1	Southern Hogs
13	594.2	Team Hold Your Horses BBQ	13	594.8	The BBQ Ninja	13	595.8	Shark Bite BBQ
14	594.2	Smokin the Good Stuff	14	593.9	Silver Hammer BBQ	14	595.8	Hootie Q
15	593.9	Shark Bite BBQ	15	593.9	Southern Hogs	15	594.2	Party Fowl
16	593.3	Fire in the Hole	16	593.6	Dawg Pit BBQ	16	593.9	Front Porch BBQ
17	593.1	Silver Hammer BBQ	17	592.1	Soggy Bottom Boys	17	593.9	Smokin the Good Stuff
18	591.5	The BBQ Ninja	18	591	Fire in the Hole	18	592.4	Carter Q
19	590.3	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	19	590.8	Fat Boys Cooking Team	19	591.6	Flint River Cookers
20	590.3	Wright On Q	20	590.2	We Want Que	20	590.9	Off the Chain
21	590.2	Real South BBQ	21	590.2	Smoke Stack Lightning	21	589.9	Wright On Q
22	589.9	Front Porch BBQ	22	589.6	Off the Chain	22	588	The Stiuation BBQ Team
23	586.7	Smoke Stack Lightning	23	589.3	Butts and Bones BBQ	23	586.3	Lang BBQ Smokers
24	586.4	The Stiuation BBQ Team	24	588	Barnesville Blues Brother	24	586	Barnesville Blues Brother
25	585.7	Dawg Pit BBQ	25	586.6	Shark Bite BBQ	25	583.4	Dawg Pit BBQ
26	585.1	Raging Smoke BBQ	26	586.3	Just Blowing Smoke	26	583.4	Hillbilly’s BBQ
27	582	Just Smokin ‘N’ Around	27	581.3	Kelvin’s BBQ	27	583	Fire in the Hole
28	581.3	Soggy Bottom Boys	28	581.2	Hillbilly’s BBQ	28	582.3	The BBQ Ninja
29	580.5	Pink Pork Porkers	29	580.5	Just Smokin ‘N’ Around	29	581.8	Silver Hammer BBQ
30	580	Carter Q	30	579.7	Front Porch BBQ	30	581.5	Fat Boys Cooking Team
31	578.4	Daddy-O’s BBQ	31	578.4	Bubba Grills	31	580.6	Mason Dixon
32	576.6	Mason Dixon	32	578.1	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	32	578.7	Smoke Stack Lightning
33	574.5	FireHouse Smokers	33	576.6	92/Assassin BBQ	33	578.2	EMC Engineering
34	571.4	Piggy Paulks	34	576.1	Mason Dixon	34	578	Tobesofkee Farm
35	570.8	Hillbilly’s BBQ	35	576	Raging Smoke BBQ	35	577.4	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
36	569.6	Party Fowl	36	574.7	The Stiuation BBQ Team	36	576.6	We Want Que
37	568.5	EMC Engineering	37	573.9	Party Fowl	37	575.8	Piggy Paulks
38	566.6	Lang BBQ Smokers	38	573.5	Rooftop BBQ	38	575.4	Soggy Bottom Boys
39	564.6	Fat Boys Cooking Team	39	569.9	FireHouse Smokers	39	573.2	Butts and Bones BBQ
40	562.2	Tobesofkee Farm	40	568.9	Pink Pork Porkers	40	570.2	Kelvin’s BBQ
41	562	Kelvin’s BBQ	41	565.9	Tobesofkee Farm	41	563.9	Rooftop BBQ
42	558.7	Butts and Bones BBQ	42	563.2	Piggy Paulks	42	560.1	FireHouse Smokers
42	0	Rooftop BBQ	42	562.9	EMC Engineering	42	559.3	Pink Pork Porkers

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Holy Smokes	599.4	600.0	598.8	1798.2
2	Rescue Smokers	598.5	598.5	599.1	1796.1
3	Hootie Q	600.0	595.2	595.8	1791.0
4	Flint River Cookers	599.1	600.0	591.6	1790.7
5	Team Hold Your Horses BBQ	594.2	599.1	596.1	1789.4
6	Southern Hogs	599.1	593.9	596.1	1789.1
7	Smokin the Good Stuff	594.2	595.8	593.9	1783.9
8	Just Blowing Smoke	600.0	586.3	596.1	1782.4
9	Real South BBQ	590.2	594.8	596.4	1781.4
10	Daddy-O’s BBQ	578.4	600.0	598.2	1776.6
11	92/Assassin BBQ	599.7	576.6	600.0	1776.3
12	Shark Bite BBQ	593.9	586.6	595.8	1776.3
13	Wright On Q	590.3	595.2	589.9	1775.4
14	Off the Chain	594.8	589.6	590.9	1775.3
15	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	598.8	598.8	577.4	1775.0
16	Bubba Grills	596.1	578.4	598.8	1773.3
17	Carter Q	580.0	597.1	592.4	1769.5
18	Barnesville Blues Brother	595.4	588.0	586.0	1769.4
19	Silver Hammer BBQ	593.1	593.9	581.8	1768.8
20	The BBQ Ninja	591.5	594.8	582.3	1768.6
21	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	590.3	578.1	599.1	1767.5
22	Fire in the Hole	593.3	591.0	583.0	1767.3
23	Front Porch BBQ	589.9	579.7	593.9	1763.5
24	We Want Que	596.5	590.2	576.6	1763.3
25	Dawg Pit BBQ	585.7	593.6	583.4	1762.7
26	Just Smokin ‘N’ Around	582.0	580.5	599.4	1761.9
27	Raging Smoke BBQ	585.1	576.0	599.1	1760.2
28	Smoke Stack Lightning	586.7	590.2	578.7	1755.6
29	The Stiuation BBQ Team	586.4	574.7	588.0	1749.1
30	Lang BBQ Smokers	566.6	596.1	586.3	1749.0
31	Soggy Bottom Boys	581.3	592.1	575.4	1748.8
32	Party Fowl	569.6	573.9	594.2	1737.7
33	Fat Boys BBQ Cooking Team	564.6	590.8	581.5	1736.9
34	Hillbilly’s BBQ	570.8	581.2	583.4	1735.4
35	Mason Dixon	576.6	576.1	580.6	1733.3
36	Butts and Bones BBQ	558.7	589.3	573.2	1721.2
37	Kelvin’s BBQ	562.0	581.3	570.2	1713.5
38	Piggy Paulks	571.4	563.2	575.8	1710.4
39	EMC Engineering	568.5	562.9	578.2	1709.6
40	Pink Pork Porkers	580.5	568.9	559.3	1708.7
41	Tobesofkee Farm	562.2	565.9	578.0	1706.1
42	FireHouse Smokers	574.5	569.9	560.1	1704.5
43	Rooftop BBQ	0.0	573.5	563.9	1137.4

Brisket Ancillary

1	595.1	Rescue Smokers
2	591.8	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
3	589.9	Wright On Q
4	588.2	Flint River Cookers
5	587.9	Kelvin’s BBQ
6	585	Team Hold Your Horses
7	583.4	Fat Boys BBQ Cooking Team
8	581.4	Bubba Grills
9	580.5	BBQ Ninja
10	569.8	Mason Dixon
11	564.3	Piggy Paulks

Apr 02 2017

Holy Smokes Pull Out Win at BBQ & Brews – Cartersville

Holy Smokes Pulls Out Win at BBQ & Brews – Cartersville

Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Cartersville – The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) officials had to go to the tiebreaker system to determine the Grand Champion at the Cartersville BBQ & Brews festival. Southern Hogs Loin entry and Holy Smokes Ribs entry both totaled a 597.5 final round score. On the first level tiebreaker, Taste, Holy Smokes received four 10’s compared to three received by Southern Hogs gave the edge to Gary & Dionn Lanton of Holy Smokes.

Reserve Champion – Southern Hogs

Southern Hogs, Matt & Donna Sapp, took the Reserve Grand Championship.

First Place Pulled Pork – Swine Dining GA

Following Southern Hogs winning Loin entry was Pop N Chubby BBQ in 2nd place & Rub Shakers Que in 3rd place. Swine Dining GA, Pitmaster Anthony Mullins, won the Pulled Pork category. Holy Smokes claimed 2nd with We Want Que taking third. Holy Smokes first place Ribs topped the runner-up Lang BBQ Smokers. Third place went to Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team.

Napalm Sticks for Pigs

In the Cooking for Fun Division, Napalm Sticks to Pigs won both the Pulled Pork & Ribs categories. O Holy Knight BBQ took 2nd in Ribs & 3rd in Pulled Pork. VPQ was runner-up in Pulled Pork. If You Smoke It, They Will Come placed 3rd in Ribs. Swine Dining GA won the Brisket ancillary contest with a perfect 600 score.

The GBA congratulates the BBQ & Brews crew for putting on an outstanding first contest in Cartersville.

Full Standings: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from final rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.5	Southern Hogs	1	596.6	Swine Dining Ga	1	597.5	Holy Smokes
2	595.8	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ	2	596.4	Holy Smokes	2	595.6	Lang BBQ Smokers
3	589.9	Rub Shakers Que	3	591.8	WeWant Que	3	591.9	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
4	596.8	GTQ	4	594.8	Southern Hogs	4	595.1	Pirates of Pork Scents
5	596.1	Holy Smokes	5	594.5	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ	5	593.9	East Coast BBQ
6	595.1	Rescue Smokers	6	591.8	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	6	593.4	Southern Hogs
7	594.6	Hootie Q	7	590.8	Just Blowing Smoke	7	592.5	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ
8	591.9	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	8	590.61	Smokin The Good Stuff	8	591.8	Hootie Q
9	591.22	We Want Que	9	590.6	Fire In The Hole	9	591.21	Rescue Smokers
10	591.21	We-Q-4-U	10	589.6	Rub Shakers Que	10	591.2	McQue BBQ
11	591.2	Smokin The Good Stuff	11	588.5	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	11	589.5	Just Blowing Smoke
12	588.6	Swine Dining GA	12	588.2	Hootie Q	12	587.9	Hickory Flat BBQ
13	587.9	Smoking Butts BBQ	13	586.9	Hold Your Horses BBQ	13	586.3	Swine Dining GA
14	585.4	Lang BBQ Smokers	14	584.3	Pirates of Pork Scents	14	586	Smoking Butts BBQ
15	584.6	Hickory Flat BBQ	15	581.4	Raging Smoke BBQ	15	583	Hold Your Horses BBQ
16	583.3	Just Blowing Smoke	16	581	Big Bad Wolf BBQ	16	578.8	Assassin 92 BBQ
17	582.4	Fire In The Hole	17	580	East Coast BBQ	17	575.4	Rub Shakers Que
18	578.4	Assassin 92 BBQ	18	577.8	Rescue Smokers	18	575.1	GTQ
19	575.7	Pirates of Pork Scents	19	576.1	Hickory Flat BBQ	19	574.5	Smokin The Good Stuff
20	574.1	Raging Smoke BBQ	20	575.4	Lang BBQ Smokers	20	573.9	Fire In The Hole
21	570.6	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	21	575.3	Assassin 92 BBQ	21	573.8	We Want Que
22	569.4	McQue BBQ	22	572.3	Smoking Butts BBQ	22	572.1	Raging Smoke BBQ
23	567.4	Zombie Aporkalypse	23	570.1	Barnsley Gardens	23	570.7	Big Bad Wolf BBQ
24	565.3	East Coast BBQ	24	569.8	McQue BBQ	24	570.4	Barnsley Gardens
25	558.3	Big Bad Wolf BBQ	25	562.3	GTQ	25	565.6	We-Q-4-U
26	557.5	Hold Your Horses BBQ	26	561.7	Zombie Aporkalypse	26	564.5	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company
27	552.7	Barnsley Gardens	27	0	We-Q-4-U	27	563	Zombie Aporkalypse

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Holy Smokes	596.1	600.0	597.3	1793.4
2	Southern Hogs	599.7	594.8	593.4	1787.9
3	Pop N Chubby’s BBQ	599.1	594.5	592.5	1786.1
4	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	591.9	591.8	598.8	1782.5
5	Hootie Q	594.6	588.2	591.8	1774.6
6	Swine Dining GA	588.6	598.8	586.3	1773.7
7	Rub Shakers Que	599.7	589.6	575.4	1764.7
8	We Want Que	591.2	599.1	573.8	1764.1
9	Rescue Smokers	595.1	577.8	591.2	1764.1
10	Just Blowing Smoke	583.3	590.8	589.5	1763.6
11	Lang BBQ Smokers	585.4	575.4	599.4	1760.2
12	Smokin The Good Stuff	591.2	590.6	574.5	1756.3
13	Pirates of Pork Scents	575.7	584.3	595.1	1755.1
14	Hickory Flat BBQ	584.6	576.1	587.9	1748.6
15	Fire In The Hole	582.4	590.6	573.9	1746.9
16	Smoking Butts BBQ	587.9	572.3	586.0	1746.2
17	East Coast BBQ	565.3	580.0	593.9	1739.2
18	GTQ	596.8	562.3	575.1	1734.2
19	Assassin 92 BBQ	578.4	575.3	578.8	1732.5
20	McQue BBQ	569.4	569.8	591.2	1730.4
21	Raging Smoke BBQ	574.1	581.4	572.1	1727.6
22	Hold Your Horses BBQ	557.5	586.9	583.0	1727.4
23	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	570.6	588.5	564.5	1723.6
24	Big Bad Wolf BBQ	558.3	581.0	570.7	1710.0
25	Barnsley Gardens	552.7	570.1	570.4	1693.2
26	Zombie Aporkalypse	567.4	561.7	563.0	1692.1
27	We-Q-4-U	591.2	0.0	565.6	1156.8

Cooking For Fun:

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.4	Napalm Sticks To Pigs	1	592.8	Napalm Sticks To Pigs
2	587.2	VPQ	2	592.1	O Holy Knight BBQ
3	582.3	O Holy Knight BBQ	3	589.5	If You Can Smoke It, They Will Come
4	582	If You Can Smoke It, They Will Come	4	581.2	VPQ
5	581.5	Sweet Bottom BBQ	5	576.7	Sweet Bottom BBQ
6	579.5	MJ’s BBQ	6	573.7	MJ’s BBQ
7	576.3	Whitewater Smokers	7	571	Johns BBQ Smokehouse
8	572.4	Moonschwein BBQ	8	560.5	Moonschwein BBQ
9	564.4	Johns BBQ Smokehouse	9	559.9	Whitewater Smokers

Brisket:

600	Swine Dining GA
596.4	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
596.1	Rescue Smokers
582	VPQ
581.4	Hold Your Horses BBQ
573.8	McQue BBQ
568.1	Hootie Q
565.7	Zombie Aporkalypse
565.1	Barnsley Gardens
564.5	Big Bad Wolf BBQ
559.6	Smoking Butts BBQ

Mar 27 2017

Captain Jack Captures the “Anterprise” at Fire Ant Festival

Grand Champion- Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team

Ashburn, GA — The Fire Ant Festival in Ashburn comes up with a new & unique theme each year. For 2017, it was a Star Trek theme. The Grand Champion recevied $2500 and a unique “Starship Anterprise” trophy complete with lights, phasers & photo torpedoes. Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Jack & Sandi Fallin, captured their first Grand they “beamed up” the best entry of the finals rounds in Ribs.

Reserve Champion – Southern Hogs

Matt & Donna Sapp of Southern Hogs just missed making finals twice. Once on a tiebreaker. However, the 4th place finishes in Loin and Ribs lead to the best overall score and the Reserve Grand Champion.

Hootie Q 600 Loin Score

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 600 Ribs Score

The field of 35 on the top teams from Georgia and north Florida delivered awesome”Que” to the judges tables. There were two perfect 600 scores recorded in the preliminary rounds. Hootie Q, Sandy Autry, hit the perfect mark in Loin while Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers did it in Ribs. Off the Chain BBQ made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork.

1st Place Loin – Rescue Smokers

1st Place Pulled Pork – Off the Chain BBQ

Rescue Smokers, Pitmaster Robby Royal, topped the Loin category. Hootie Q came in 2nd place and Off the Chain took 3rd place. In Pulled Pork, it was Chuck & Carrie East of Off the Chain BBQ for the win. Weekend Warriors BBQ was the runner-up and Bite My Butt BBQ finished third. Following Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in Ribs was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in 2nd and Carter Q in 3rd place.

Once again the Ashburn Chamber of Commerce delivered a top notch festival surrounding the BBQ competition. Thousands of visitors enjoyed the entertainment, carnival, vendors and fireworks show.

Full Results: note that 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. all other scores are from preliminary round

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.6	Rescue Smokers	1	597	Off the Chain	1	599.3	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
2	594.21	Hootie Q	2	595.1	Weekend Warriors BBQ	2	592.4	92 Assassin BBQ
3	594.2	Off the Chain	3	592.9	Bite My Butt BBQ	3	591.7	Carter Q
4	599.4	Southern Hogs	4	595.8	Flying Pig Bar-B-Que	4	599.4	Southern Hogs
5	596.1	Holy Smokes	5	595.7	Hootie Q	5	599.1	Hold Your Horses
6	595.7	Bite My Butt BBQ	6	595.1	Holy Smokes	6	598.8	Weekend Warriors BBQ
7	594.8	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	7	594.82	Under Construction BBQ	7	598.2	Budmeisters BBQ
8	593.6	Bubba Grills	8	594.81	Daddy-O’s BBQ	8	595.4	Lang BBQ Smokers
9	592.1	Real South BBQ	9	594.8	Carter Q	9	595.2	Heavenly Hawgs
10	591.81	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	10	593.9	92 Assassins BBQ	10	595.1	Smoking Butts BBQ
11	591.8	Weekend Warriors BBQ	11	591.6	Bubba Grills	11	594.8	Holy Smokes
12	591.2	Flint River Cookers	12	591.4	Budmeisters BBQ	12	593.1	Reallicious Q
13	591.2	Smoking Outlaws	13	590.6	Heavenly Hawgs	13	592.5	EZQ
14	590.7	Reallicious Q	14	590.3	Southern Hogs	14	590.5	Hootie Q
15	590.2	Budmeisters BBQ	15	588.1	Lang BBQ Smokers	15	589.2	Bite My Butt BBQ
16	589.9	Dawg Pitt BBQ	16	587.5	EZQ	16	587.3	Daddy-O’s BBQ
17	588.2	EZQ	17	587	Smokin AJ’s	17	585.1	Flying Pig Bar-B-Que
18	586	Fire in the Hole	18	586.6	Southern Tailgates	18	582.7	Rescue Smokers
19	585.3	Smokin AJ’s	19	585.3	Dawg Pitt BBQ	19	582.6	Dawg Pitt BBQ
20	584.3	Lang BBQ Smokers	20	584.4	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	20	582	Under Construction BBQ
21	583.7	Carter Q	21	582.7	Hold Your Horses	21	579.8	Flint River Cookers
22	582.9	Hold Your Horses	22	581.9	Rescue Smokers	22	579.7	Smoking Outlaws
23	574.7	Under Construction BBQ	23	580	Smoke Show	23	578.7	Southern Tailgates
24	574.4	Bones Grill Shack	24	579.5	Fire in the Hole	24	578.7	Fire in the Hole
25	571.1	Daddy-O’s BBQ	25	579.4	Real South BBQ	25	577.8	Real South BBQ
26	570.6	Smoking Butts BBQ	26	579.3	Smoking Butts BBQ	26	577.7	Bubba Grills
27	570.5	Double D Cook Team	27	579.2	Bones Grill Shack	27	577.5	Smokin AJ’s
28	569.8	Flying Pig Bar-B-Que	28	578.8	Double D Cook Team	28	576.8	Off the Chain
29	567.5	Heavenly Hawgs	29	578.3	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	29	576.7	Smoke Show
30	567.4	92 Assassins BBQ	30	578.1	Smokin Cowboys	30	574.4	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan
31	564.2	Smoke Show	31	574.5	Flint River Cookers	31	572.1	Double D Cook Team
32	562	Smokin Cowboys	32	571.4	Reallicious Q	32	569.6	Smokin Cowboys
33	557.1	Generations BBQ Team	33	566.9	Bombshell BBQ	33	567.3	Generations BBQ Team
34	551.4	Bombshell BBQ	34	565.9	Generations BBQ Team	34	566	Bones Grill Shack
35	545.4	Southern Tailgates	35	0	Smoking Outlaws	35	564.9	Bombshell BBQ

	Reserve Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Southern Hogs	599.4	590.3	599.4	1789.1
2	Weekend Warriors BBQ	591.8	596.7	598.8	1787.3
3	Hootie Q	600.0	595.7	590.5	1786.2
4	Holy Smokes	596.1	595.1	594.8	1786.0
5	Bite My Butt BBQ	595.7	599.1	589.2	1784.0
6	Budmeisters BBQ	590.2	591.4	598.2	1779.8
7	Carter Q	583.7	594.8	599.4	1777.9
8	Off the Chain	599.4	599.1	576.8	1775.3
9	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	591.8	578.3	599.4	1769.5
10	EZQ	588.2	587.5	592.5	1768.2
11	Lang BBQ Smokers	584.3	588.1	595.4	1767.8
12	Hold Your Horses	582.9	582.7	599.1	1764.7
13	Rescue Smokers	599.7	581.9	582.7	1764.3
14	Bubba Grills	593.6	591.6	577.7	1762.9
15	92 Assassins BBQ	567.4	593.9	600.0	1761.3
16	Dawg Pitt BBQ	589.9	585.3	582.6	1757.8
17	Reallicious Q	590.7	571.4	593.1	1755.2
18	The Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	594.8	584.4	574.4	1753.6
19	Heavenly Hawgs	567.5	590.6	595.2	1753.3
20	Daddy-O’s BBQ	571.1	594.8	587.3	1753.2
21	Under Construction BBQ	574.7	594.8	582.0	1751.5
22	Flying Pig Bar-B-Que	569.8	595.8	585.1	1750.7
23	Smokin AJ’s	585.3	587.0	577.5	1749.8
24	Real South BBQ	592.1	579.4	577.8	1749.3
25	Flint River Cookers	591.2	574.5	579.8	1745.5
26	Smoking Butts BBQ	570.6	579.3	595.1	1745.0
27	Fire in the Hole	586.0	579.5	578.7	1744.2
28	Double D Cook Team	570.5	578.8	572.1	1721.4
29	Smoke Show	564.2	580.0	576.7	1720.9
30	Bones Grill Shack	574.4	579.2	566.0	1719.6
31	Southern Tailgates	545.4	586.6	578.7	1710.7
32	Smokin Cowboys	562.0	578.1	569.6	1709.7
33	Generations BBQ Team	557.1	565.9	567.3	1690.3
34	Bombshell BBQ	551.4	566.9	564.9	1683.2
35	Smoking Outlaws	591.2	0.0	579.7	1170.9

Mar 24 2017

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Hits Perfection at Walton Co EMC BBQ Festival

Grand Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Monroe, GA — Brad Sweet and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers nailed a perfect 600 score in the Ribs finals round to take the Grand Championship at the Walton Co EMC BBQ Festival. Since the revised finals round scoring system went into effect a couple years ago, Sweet is the first pitmaster to record a perfect score in finals.

Reserve Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Holy Smokes, Gary Lanton, continued their hot streak as they made finals in Pulled Pork; placed 4th in Ribs and 10th in Loin to capture the Reserve Grand Championship award.

First Place Loin – Rescue Smokers

First Place Pulled Pork – Raging Smoke BBQ

Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers was tops in the Loin category. Bubba Grills came in 2nd and Wright on Q took 3rd place. In Pulled Pork, Raging Smoke BBQ with pitmaster Jerry Buchans, took first place in Pulled Pork. Holy Smokes was the runner-up with McQue taking third. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers perfect Ribs lead the way in that category. Rescue Smokers had another strong event in taking 2nd place and Swineholio got the 3rd place Rib call.

The GBA had another great experience with the Walton Co Festival and would like to thank all the event sponsors and event coordinators for their excellent work.

Final Results: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place scores are from finals rounds. All other scores are from preliminary rounds

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.3	Rescue Smokers	1	596.1	Raging Smoke BBQ	1	600	92/Assassin Smokers
2	595.5	Bubba Grills	2	594.5	Holy Smokes	2	591.5	Rescue Smokers
3	588.4	Wright On Q	3	594.3	McQue	3	591.1	Swineholio
4	599.12	Southern Hogs	4	598.5	92/Assassin BBQ	4	598.8	Holy Smokes
5	599.11	Off the Chain	5	596.1	Swine Dining	5	596.7	Raging Smoke BBQ
6	599.1	Just Blowing Smoke	6	595.8	Porkinator	6	594.81	Hootie Q
7	595.5	Just Smoke “N” Around	7	594.2	Off the Chain	7	594.8	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ
8	595.1	We Want Que	8	593.1	Bubba Grills	8	593.6	Bubba Grills
9	591.5	Simply Q	9	591.5	Southern Hogs	9	591.9	Butt Hawgs
10	590.2	Holy Smokes	10	591.3	We Want Que	10	591.5	Swine Dining
11	589.9	Cookersandgrills.com	11	590.3	Cookersandgrills.com	11	590.3	Cookersandgrills.com
12	586.9	Shark Bite BBQ	12	590.2	Hootie Q	12	590.2	4K’s BBQ
13	586.6	92/Assassin BBQ	13	586.9	Wright On Q	13	590.2	Porkinator
14	583.6	Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ	14	585.7	Rescue Smokers	14	589.1	Southern Hogs
15	583.3	Swineholio	15	585.4	Swineholio	15	587.9	Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ
16	583.3	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	16	585.3	Butt Hawgs	16	587.9	Four 41 South BBQ
17	583	Raging Smoke BBQ	17	584.8	Smokin R/T	17	587.5	Wright On Q
18	582.1	Old Henrys	18	583.6	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	18	586	Smoked BBQ Company
19	581.4	Butt Hawgs	19	583.1	4K’s BBQ	19	586	Smokin R/T
20	581.2	Properly Smoked	20	582.3	Old Henrys	20	585.1	McQue
21	580.7	Shockin Smokers	21	582.3	Four 41 South BBQ	21	584.4	Shark Bite BBQ
22	580.6	Hootie Q	22	580.4	Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ	22	584.4	Old Henrys
23	580	Porkinator	23	578.6	Just Blowing Smoke	23	583.4	Just Blowing Smoke
24	579.5	Swine Dining	24	578.5	Properly Smoked	24	582.4	Off the Chain
25	579.1	Four 41 South BBQ	25	578.1	Shockin Smokers	25	579.4	Just Smoke “N” Around
26	573.8	Smokin R/T	26	578.1	Smoked BBQ Company	26	576.1	George’s Rib Shack
27	571.8	4K’s BBQ	27	576.8	Simply Q	27	575.4	Simply Q
28	565.9	Smoked BBQ Company	28	573.9	Just Smoke “N” Around	28	571.2	We Want Que
29	562.3	McQue	29	573.2	Shark Bite BBQ	29	570.9	Properly Smoked
30	557.5	George’s Rib Shack	30	0	George’s Rib Shack	30	570.6	Shockin Smokers

	Reserve Grand Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Holy Smokes	590.2	599.4	598.8	1788.4
2	Bubba Grills	599.4	593.1	593.6	1786.1
3	92/Assassin BBQ	586.6	598.5	599.4	1784.5
4	Rescue Smokers	599.4	585.7	599.4	1784.5
5	Southern Hogs	599.1	591.5	589.1	1779.7
6	Raging Smoke BBQ	583.0	599.1	596.7	1778.8
7	Off the Chain	599.1	594.2	582.4	1775.7
8	Wright On Q	599.1	586.9	587.5	1773.5
9	Cookersandgrills.com	589.9	590.3	590.3	1770.5
10	Swineholio	583.3	585.4	599.7	1768.4
11	Swine Dining	579.5	596.1	591.5	1767.1
12	Porkinator	580.0	595.8	590.2	1766.0
13	Hootie Q	580.6	590.2	594.8	1765.6
14	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	583.3	583.6	594.8	1761.7
15	Just Blowing Smoke	599.1	578.6	583.4	1761.1
16	Butt Hawgs	581.4	585.3	591.9	1758.6
17	We Want Que	595.1	591.3	571.2	1757.6
18	Pop N’ Chubby’s BBQ	583.6	580.4	587.9	1751.9
19	Four 41 South BBQ	579.1	582.3	587.9	1749.3
20	Just Smoke “N” Around	595.5	573.9	579.4	1748.8
21	Old Henrys	582.1	582.3	584.4	1748.8
22	McQue	562.3	599.4	585.1	1746.8
23	4K’s BBQ	571.8	583.1	590.2	1745.1
24	Smokin R/T	573.8	584.8	586.0	1744.6
25	Shark Bite BBQ	586.9	573.2	584.4	1744.5
26	Simply Q	591.5	576.8	575.4	1743.7
27	Properly Smoked	581.2	578.5	570.9	1730.6
28	Smoked BBQ Company	565.9	578.1	586.0	1730.0
29	Shockin Smokers	580.7	578.1	570.6	1729.4
30	George’s Rib Shack	557.5	0.0	576.1	1133.6