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Dec 04 2016

Real South BBQ Takes Grand over Tough Field at Moultrie Moose Lodge BBQ Cook-Off

Grand Champions – Real South BBQ

Moultrie, Dec 3,2016: Twenty two of the top GBA teams, including the top 5 in the Team of the Year chase. gathered at the Moose Lodge for the last contest of the 2016 calendar year. It was a tight contest as only 0.5 of a point decided the Grand Championship and less than a point separated the top two teams for the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion – Rescue Smokers

First Place Pulled Pork – Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan

Tim Coleman & team Real South BBQ had the top entry in the finals rounds with Ribs to win the Grand Championship. Robby Royal continued his hot streak on the GBA circuit by winning the Reserve Grand Championship.

600 Score – Just Blowing Smoke

Rescue Smokers & Just Blowing Smoke finished 1-2 in the Loin final round after both recorded a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. Smokin’ AJs took 3rd place. Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan, Pitmaster Randy Meadows, took top honors in Pulled Pork. Holy Smokes took 2nd with Southern Hogs taking 3rd place. The Grand Championship Ribs of Real South BBQ won the category. Smokin’ AJs was the runner-up and Southern Hogs again claimed 3rd place.

In the Cooking for Fun contest; Nuts & Butts BBQ won both Chicken & Pulled Pork while Big Butts BBQ won Ribs.

Nuts & Butts BBQ

Big Butts BBQ

The GBA will take a break for the holidays before staring off 2017 on Feb 24-25 in Vienna for Dilly Dally in Dooley. The GBA salutes the Moultrie Moose Lodge for their hospitality and hosting another great contest.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.6	Rescue Smokers	1	597.1	Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	1	597.6	Real South BBQ
2	595.3	Just Blowing Smoke	2	596.5	Holy Smokes	2	594.3	Smokin-AJ’s
3	593.1	Smokin-AJ’s	3	590.7	Southern Hogs	3	592.3	Southern Hogs
4	594.5	Sun Set Smokers	4	598.81	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	4	594.6	Just Blowing Smoke
5	592.5	Hold Your Horses BBQ	5	598.8	Rescue Smokers	5	592.2	Holy Smokes
6	592.2	Southern Hogs	6	593.3	Vienna Vol. Fire Department	6	591.5	Hootie Q
7	589.6	Vienna Vol. Fire Department	7	590.9	Hootie Q	7	589.9	Rescue Smokers
8	587.51	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	8	590.6	Real South BBQ	8	589.5	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
9	587.5	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	9	587.3	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	9	588	Rib Ticklers
10	585.8	Holy Smokes	10	586	Double D Cook Team	10	585.6	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ
11	584.7	Real South BBQ	11	585.3	Raging Smoke BBQ	11	583.3	Sun Set Smokers
12	580.8	QueNut BBQ	12	584.7	Just Blowing Smoke	12	580.8	Hold Your Horses BBQ
13	578.4	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	13	583.4	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	13	579.7	Fire In The Hole
14	575.8	Raging Smoke BBQ	14	582.3	Rib Ticklers	14	579.7	Raging Smoke BBQ
15	574.4	Colquitt Cookers	15	580.5	Colquitt Cookers	15	579.7	Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan
16	573.8	Statesboro Blues	16	580.4	Hold Your Horses BBQ	16	579.4	QueNut BBQ
17	571.8	Hootie Q	17	580.1	Fire In The Hole	17	579.3	Forget Me Not BBQ
18	571.4	Forget Me Not BBQ	18	579.4	Statesboro Blues	18	578.4	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que
19	571.2	Fire In The Hole	19	577.3	Sun Set Smokers	19	576.5	Colquitt Cookers
20	562	Double D Cook Team	20	577.2	QueNut BBQ	20	575.4	Double D Cook Team
21	0	Rib Ticklers	21	574.6	Forget Me Not BBQ	21	570.9	Vienna Vol. Fire Department
22	0	Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	22	571.6	Smokin-AJ’s	22	570.9	Statesboro Blues

	Reserve Champion	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	600.0	598.8	589.9	1788.7
2	Southern Hogs	592.2	599.7	594.9	1786.8
3	Just Blowing Smoke	600.0	584.7	594.6	1779.3
4	Holy Smokes	585.8	599.4	592.2	1777.4
5	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ	587.5	598.8	585.6	1771.9
6	Real South BBQ	584.7	590.6	594.9	1770.2
7	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	587.5	587.3	589.5	1764.3
8	Smokin-AJ’s	596.4	571.6	596.1	1764.1
9	Sun Set Smokers	594.5	577.3	583.3	1755.1
10	Hootie Q	571.8	590.9	591.5	1754.2
11	Vienna Vol. Fire Department	589.6	593.3	570.9	1753.8
12	Hold Your Horses BBQ	592.5	580.4	580.8	1753.7
13	Raging Smoke BBQ	575.8	585.3	579.7	1740.8
14	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	578.4	583.4	578.4	1740.2
15	QueNut BBQ	580.8	577.2	579.4	1737.4
16	Colquitt Cookers	574.4	580.5	576.5	1731.4
17	Fire In The Hole	571.2	580.1	579.7	1731.0
18	Forget Me Not BBQ	571.4	574.6	579.3	1725.3
19	Statesboro Blues	573.8	579.4	570.9	1724.1
20	Double D Cook Team	562.0	586.0	575.4	1723.4
21	Fat Boys of Tenneson Nissan	0.0	599.4	579.7	1179.1
22	Rib Ticklers	0.0	582.3	588.0	1170.3

Cooking for Fun Results:

		Chicken			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	600	Nuts & Butts BBQ	1	585.1	Nuts & Butts BBQ	1	600	Big Butts BBQ
2	591.8	Big Butts BBQ	2	577.8	Big Butts BBQ	2	594.8	Nuts & Butts BBQ
3	0	Big Dawgs Sic’em & Smoke’em	3	574.5	Big Dawgs Sic’em & Smoke’em	3	580.6	Big Dawgs Sic’em & Smoke’em

Nov 13 2016

Smokin’ the Good Stuff Wins With Loin at Smokin’ Pork N Butts

Grand Chammpion – Smokin the Good Stuff

It was a tough field of 23 teams assembled in Jackson for the new November edition of Smokin’ Pork N Butts. At the end, it was Gary Godfrey and Smokin’ the Good Stuff scoring a 599.4 out of a possible 600 in Loin Finals to claim the Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion – QueNut

QueNut, Pitmaster Alvin Meyer, made finals in Loin & Ribs alon with 4th place call in Pulled Pork won the Reserve Grand Champion award.

600 Loin Score – We Want Que

1st Place Pulled Pork – Rescue Smokers

Brisket Winner – 4K BBQ

Smokin’ the Good Stuff and We Want Que both scored perfect 600 scores in the Loin preliminary round. It was Smokin’ the Good Stuff taking first in finals over We Want Que. QueNut took 3rd place. Rescue Smokers took top honors in Pulled Pork. Southern Hogs grabbed 2nd place with Smokin’ the Good Stuff in 3rd place. QueNut won the Ribs category. Southern Hogs was again the runner up. Hold Your Horses walked in the 3rd place. In the Brisket ancillary, 4K BBQ won the winner take all contest with a perfect 600 score.

The teams all enjoyed to move to fall from the traditional, rain filled spring dates. Hats off to Wayne & Connie Rosser for another outstanding contest.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.6	Smokin The Good Stuff	1	597.5	Rescue Smokers	1	597.8	Quenut
2	593.6	We Want Que	2	595.4	Southern Hogs	2	596.7	Southern Hogs
3	591	Quenut	3	591.6	Smokin The Good Stuff	3	589.1	Hold Your Horses BBQ
4	599.4	92 BBQ	4	599.1	Quenut	4	598.2	Hootie Q
5	599.1	Rescue Smokers	5	594.5	Off The Chain	5	596.4	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ
6	598.8	Off The Chain	6	594.2	Just Smoke”N” Around	6	595.2	Flint River Cook Team
7	597.9	Que Shack	7	591.5	Hootie Q	7	594.8	Off The Chain
8	594.2	Just Blowin Smoke	8	590.81	Just Blowin Smoke	8	594.6	92 BBQ
9	593.3	Hootie Q	9	590.8	Kelvin’s BBQ	9	594.2	Just Blowin Smoke
10	592.4	4K’s BBQ	10	590.6	The BBQ Ninja	10	592.2	Kelvin’s BBQ
11	587.2	Fire in The Hole	11	589.9	Rub Shakers Que	11	590.9	Smokin The Good Stuff
12	586.5	Rub Shakers Que	12	589.9	92 BBQ	12	590.6	Que Shack
13	583.5	The BBQ Ninja	13	589.6	Atlanta Butt Society	13	589.4	Smokestack Lightning
14	583.2	Atlanta Butt Society	14	588	We Want Que	14	588.4	Fire in The Hole
15	582.6	Hold Your Horses BBQ	15	586.7	Smokestack Lightning	15	586.9	Rescue Smokers
16	582.1	Southern Hogs	16	586.4	Hold Your Horses BBQ	16	584.4	The BBQ Ninja
17	581.9	Kelvin’s BBQ	17	585.9	Flint River Cook Team	17	581.8	Rub Shakers Que
18	580	Shark Bite	18	585.6	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	18	580.6	4K’s BBQ
19	576.3	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	19	578.8	4K’s BBQ	19	580	Atlanta Butt Society
20	575.4	Flint River Cook Team	20	576.1	Old Henry’s BBQ	20	578.1	Shark Bite
21	571.5	Old Henry’s BBQ	21	574.4	Fire in The Hole	21	575.4	Old Henry’s BBQ
22	567.5	Just Smoke”N” Around	22	573.1	Que Shack	22	575	We Want Que
23	560.4	Smokestack Lightning	23	551.4	Shark Bite	23	570.5	Just Smoke”N” Around

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Quenut	599.7	599.1	599.4	1798.2
2	Smokin The Good Stuff	600.0	599.4	590.9	1790.3
3	Off The Chain	598.8	594.5	594.8	1788.1
4	Rescue Smokers	599.1	599.4	586.9	1785.4
5	92 BBQ	599.4	589.9	594.6	1783.9
6	Hootie Q	593.3	591.5	598.2	1783.0
7	Southern Hogs	582.1	599.4	599.1	1780.6
8	Just Blowin Smoke	594.2	590.8	594.2	1779.2
9	Hold Your Horses BBQ	582.6	586.4	598.5	1767.5
10	Kelvin’s BBQ	581.9	590.8	592.2	1764.9
11	We Want Que	600.0	588.0	575.0	1763.0
12	Que Shack	597.9	573.1	590.6	1761.6
13	The BBQ Ninja	583.5	590.6	584.4	1758.5
14	Captain Jacks Freedom BBQ	576.3	585.6	596.4	1758.3
15	Rub Shakers Que	586.5	589.9	581.8	1758.2
16	Flint River Cook Team	575.4	585.9	595.2	1756.5
17	Atlanta Butt Society	583.2	589.6	580.0	1752.8
18	4K’s BBQ	592.4	578.8	580.6	1751.8
19	Fire in The Hole	587.2	574.4	588.4	1750.0
20	Smokestack Lightning	560.4	586.7	589.4	1736.5
21	Just Smoke”N” Around	567.5	594.2	570.5	1732.2
22	Old Henry’s BBQ	571.5	576.1	575.4	1723.0
23	Shark Bite	580.0	551.4	578.1	1709.5

Apr 24 2016

Rescue Smokers Takes Grand in Dallas

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) joined with the City of Dallas for their 2016 City Fest. It was a day filled with many different events. The professional BBQ competition was a huge part of the event. Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers continued to set the pace with a final round score of 597.5 out of a possible 600 in Pulled Pork to winning the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Bird Dawg BBQ, led by Chris Cochran, made finals on both Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 5th place finish in Ribs to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

In the preliminary round of Pulled Pork both Just Blowing Smoke and Bird Dawg BBQ score perfect 600 scores.

600 score – Just Blowing Smoke

600 score – Bird Dawg BBQ

1st Place Loin – Smokin the Good Stuff

In Loin, Smoking the Good Stuff took top honors. Rescue Smokers took 2nd place and Bird Dawg BBQ took third. Fifth place went to We Want Que with 6th place going to Just Blowing Smoke. Four Fathers BBQ claimed 7th place. Southern Hogs claimed 8th place. Ninth place belonged to Simply Q and Where There’s Smoke rounded out the top 10.

Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with Just Blowing Smoke as the runner-up. In 3rd place again was Bird Dawg BBQ. Smokin’ the Good Stuff grabbed 4th place and CJ’s BBQ grabbed 5th. Major Q got the 6th place call followed by Rub Shakers Que in 7th and Swineholio in 8th place. Ninth & 10th went to Four Fathers BBQ and Southern Hogs, respectively.

1st place Ribs – Major Q

Major Q walked last in Ribs with We Want Que taking 2nd and Rub Shakers Que taking 3rd. Smokin the Good Stuff got another call for 4th place. Bird Dawg BBQ came in 5th. Johnson Boys BBQ took 6th place and Rescue Smokers took 7th. Just Blowing Smoke finished 8th; Smokin’ J’s BBQ finished 9th and Swineholio finished 10th.

The GBA was proud to be a part of this great festival and looks forward to returning for 2016.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.5	Smokin the Good Stuff	1	597.5	Rescue Smokers	1	596.1	Major Q BBQ
2	594.5	Rescue Smokers	2	595	Just Blowing Smoke	2	594.5	We Want Que
3	593.9	Bird Dawg BBQ	3	592.5	Bird Dawg BBQ	3	594.2	Rub Shakers Que
4	593.7	We Want Que	4	598.5	Smokin the Good Stuff	4	595.22	Smokin the Good Stuff
5	593.3	Just Blowing Smoke	5	590.9	CJs BBQ	5	595.21	Bird Dawg BBQ
6	591.5	Swineholio	6	585.7	Major Q BBQ	6	595.2	Johnson Boys BBQ
7	585	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	7	583.6	Rub Shakers Que	7	594.9	Rescue Smokers
8	584.7	Southern Hogs	8	582.7	Swineholio	8	593.9	Just Blowing Smoke
9	582.4	Simply Q	9	582	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	9	591.6	Smokin J’s BBQ
10	581.2	Where There’s Smoke	10	581.7	Southern Hogs	10	585.4	Swineholio
11	581	Johnson Boys BBQ	11	580.8	Simply Q	11	583.6	Southern Hogs
12	580.8	Rub Shakers Que	12	578.8	We Want Que	12	577.4	CJs BBQ
13	574.7	Major Q BBQ	13	574.7	Johnson Boys BBQ	13	570.9	Simply Q
14	573.2	Smokin J’s BBQ	14	567.4	Smokin J’s BBQ	14	569.4	Where There’s Smoke
15	559.9	CJs BBQ	15	560.7	Where There’s Smoke	15	568	Four Fathers BBQ Cr

	Reserve Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	598.5	599.7	594.9	1793.1
2	Bird Dawg BBQ	595.5	600.0	595.2	1790.7
3	Smokin the Good Stuff	594.8	598.5	595.2	1788.5
4	Just Blowing Smoke	593.3	600.0	593.9	1787.2
5	We Want Que	593.7	578.8	595.4	1767.9
6	Rub Shakers Que	580.8	583.6	599.1	1763.5
7	Swineholio	591.5	582.7	585.4	1759.6
8	Major Q BBQ	574.7	585.7	598.8	1759.2
9	Johnson Boys BBQ	581.0	574.7	595.2	1750.9
10	Southern Hogs	584.7	581.7	583.6	1750.0
11	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	585.0	582.0	568.0	1735.0
12	Simply Q	582.4	580.8	570.9	1734.1
13	Smokin J’s BBQ	573.2	567.4	591.6	1732.2
14	CJs BBQ	559.9	590.9	577.4	1728.2
15	Where There’s Smoke	581.2	560.7	569.4	1711.3

Apr 18 2016

Law Dawg BBQ Returns to Action & Walks Last

LawDawg BBQ Returns to Action & Walks Last

It had been almost a year since Kerry Sparks and LawDawg BBQ last entered a Georgia Barbecue Association competition. Smokin Pork N Butts in Jackson, GA was where the team returned to the pit wars and they proved the long layoff didn’t effect their skills. LawDawg BBQ won the Pork Loin category & edged out Pulled Pork winner Bubba Grills and Rib winner Rescue Smokers the last call and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – LawDawg BBQ

Robby Royal continued to dominate the circuit by making finals in both Loin and Ribs along with a 4th place finish in Pulled Pork. The strong overall cook gave the Sycamore, GA team the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

LawDawg BBQ took top honors in Loin with Rescue Smokers as the runner-up. Fletcher’s Finest advanced to finals on the strength of a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round and finished third. In 4th place was We Want Que and in 5th place was Johnson Boys BBQ. Screaming Eagle BBQ took 6th place, BCD took 7th place and Old Henry’s BBQ took 8th place. Quenut BBQ claimed 9th place and Southern Hogs was tenth.

First Place Pulled Pork – Bubba Grills

Bubba Grills topped the Pulled Pork category. Larry Cavendar & Screaming Eagle BBQ, a former Cooking for Fun division team, took 2nd place. Cavendar posted a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round, Hootie Q took 3rd place. Fourth place went to Rescue Smokers with Southern Hogs taking 5th place. Brown Owl BBQ, in their first competition, walked in 6th and Smoke Shack walked in 7th place. LawDawg BBQ, 92 BBQ and We Want Que finished 8th thru 10th respecitively.

In Ribs, three teams tied for 2nd place in the preliminary round. This meant the team losing the tiebreaker would miss the finals, Johnson Boys BBQ came up short on the tiebreaker finshed in 4th place. Rescue Smokers won the category, 92 BBQ came in second and had the third perfect 600 score in the preliminary rounds. Fletcher’s Finest came in third. Real South BBQ got the 5th place call. Bubba Grills took 6th place and We Want Que took 7th. Eighth place went to Smoke Shack and 9th went to Southern Hogs. Fiddler’s BBQ rounded out the top 10.

600 score – Fletcher’s Finest

600 score – Screaming Eagle

600 score – 92 BBQ

Thanks to Wayne, Connie & Heather Rosser and the Jackson Exchange Club for putting on another great contest.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.3	Law Dawg BBQ	1	596.1	Bubba Grills	1	596.2	Rescue Smokers
2	595.9	Rescue Smokers	2	595.3	Screaming Eagle	2	595.4	92 BBQ
3	591.8	Fletchers Finest	3	593.3	Hootie Q	3	593.3	Fletchers Finest
4	599.1	We Want Que	4	599.1	Rescue Smokers	4	599.4	Johnson Boys BBQ
5	597.9	Johnson Boys BBQ	5	598.82	Southern Hogs	5	598.8	Real South BBQ
6	595.2	Screaming Eagle	6	598.81	Brown Owl BBQ	6	598.5	Bubba Grills
7	594.5	BCD	7	598.8	Smoke Shack	7	598.2	We Want Que
8	594.2	Old Henry’s	8	598.5	Law Dawg BBQ	8	596.1	Smoke Shack
9	591.6	Quenut BBQ	9	594.2	92 BBQ	9	591.91	Southern Hogs
10	589.9	Southern Hogs	10	593.9	We Want Que	10	591.9	Fiddlers BBQ
11	588.4	Brown Owl BBQ	11	589	Real South BBQ	11	591.6	Main Street BBQ
12	587.5	Hootie Q	12	587.6	Quenut BBQ	12	589.9	BCD
13	586.2	Bubba Grills	13	586.7	Johnson Boys BBQ	13	586.1	Double D Cook Team
14	584.9	Killer Swine/Wing Depot	14	586.4	Killer Swine/Wing Depot	14	586	Jackson Diesel
15	584.2	Fiddlers BBQ	15	586	Fiddlers BBQ	15	585.7	Brown Owl BBQ
16	583.3	Smoke Shack	16	585	Fletchers Finest	16	585	Hootie Q
17	583	Real South BBQ	17	583.3	Double D Cook Team	17	581.8	Screaming Eagle
18	582.6	Main Street BBQ	18	577.7	Old Henry’s	18	581.7	Old Henry’s
19	581	92 BBQ	19	575.1	Forget Me Not BBQ	19	580.6	Quenut BBQ
20	576.8	Jackson Diesel	20	569.2	Jackson Diesel	20	580.3	Law Dawg BBQ
21	572.2	Forget Me Not BBQ	21	567.5	Main Street BBQ	21	577.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
22	570.3	Double D Cook Team	22	567.5	BCD	22	567.5	Killer Swine/Wing Depot

Reserve Scores:

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	599.70	599.10	599.42	1798.22
2	We Want Que	599.10	593.90	598.20	1791.20
3	Fletchers Finest	600.00	585.00	599.41	1784.41
4	Bubba Grills	586.20	599.70	598.50	1784.40
5	Johnson Boys BBQ	597.90	586.70	599.40	1784.00
6	Southern Hogs	589.90	598.82	591.91	1780.63
7	Law Dawg BBQ	599.70	598.50	580.30	1778.50
8	Smoke Shack	583.30	598.80	596.10	1778.20
9	Screaming Eagle	595.20	600.00	581.80	1777.00
10	92 BBQ	581.00	594.20	600.00	1775.20
11	Brown Owl BBQ	588.40	598.81	585.70	1772.91
12	Hootie Q	587.50	599.40	585.00	1771.90
13	Real South BBQ	583.00	589.00	598.80	1770.80
14	Fiddlers BBQ	584.20	586.00	591.90	1762.10
15	Quenut BBQ	591.60	587.60	580.60	1759.80
16	Old Henry’s	594.20	577.70	581.70	1753.60
17	BCD	594.50	567.50	589.90	1751.90
18	Main Street BBQ	582.60	567.50	591.60	1741.70
19	Double D Cook Team	570.30	583.30	586.10	1739.70
20	Killer Swine/Wing Depot	584.90	586.40	567.50	1738.80
21	Jackson Diesel	576.80	569.20	586.00	1732.00
22	Forget Me Not BBQ	572.20	575.10	577.50	1724.80

Apr 04 2016

Rescue Smokers Race to Win at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track

The heavy rains & muddy conditions forced a shutdown of the harness racing at Hawkinsville Smokin’ the Track. Most of the Georgia Barbecue Association’s (GBA) teams, however, were tucked in out of the weather under the shelter of the horse arena. It came down to a photo finish as just two tenths of a point separated the top two entries of the day. Robby Royal & Rescue Smoker won the Grand Championship when his final round Rib entry scored a 599 out of a possible 600 to slip past Brad Sweet & 92 BBQ’s score of 598.8 in Pulled Pork.

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

92 BBQ made finals in both Loin & Pulled Pork and added a 6th place in Ribs to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – 92 BBQ

Rescue Smokers topped the Loin category. Forget Me Not BBQ & 92 BBQ tallied identical 593.3 scores in finals to tie for 2nd place. Forget Me Know won on the first tiebreaker – taste – to claim the runner-up spot. Fourth place went to We Want Que with Real South BBQ taking 5th place. Southern Hogs camin 6th, Rub Shakers Que came in 7th & Johnson Boys BBQ came in 8th place. In 9th place was Holy Smokes and in 10th place was Kelvin’s BBQ.

Ragin’ Smoke BBQ

92 BBQ had the best Pulled Pork entry of the day. Bubba Grills took 2nd place. Ragin’ Smoke BBQ made finals for the first time in the GBA & finished in 3rd place. Smokin’ AJ’s was back after a long layoff & took 4th place. Holy Smokes came in 5th with Real South BBQ just 0.3 back in 6th and another 0.3 back was Southern Hogs in 7th place. Kelvin’s BBQ, Just Blowing Smoke & Johnson Boys BBQ finished 8th thru 10th respectively.

The Grand Championship Ribs of Rescue Smokers took first place honors. Smokin’ AJ’s came in 2dn with Southern Hogs in 3rd place. The 4th place call went to H&J Cooking Team. Kelvin’s BBQ walked for the third time of the day, this time for 5th place. 92 BBQ completed their strong cook with the 6th place call. Ragin’ Smoke BBQ took 7th place; Holy Smokes took 8th & Old Henry’s BBQ claimed 9th place. Just Blowing Smoke rounded out the top 10.

The GBA congratulates Smokin’ the Track contest committee for going above & beyond in harsh conditions and delivered a well run contest. The GBA next heads to Jackson for Smoking Pork “N” Butts on April 15-16.

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

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598.7	Rescue Smokers	1	598.8	92 BBQ	1	599	Rescue Smokers
2	593.3	Forget Me Not BBQ	2	593.7	Bubba Grills	2	593.4	Smokin AJ’s
3	593.3	92 BBQ	3	591.2	Ragin Smoke BBQ	3	592	Southern Hogs
4	594.8	We Want Que	4	596.1	Smokin AJ’s	4	595.1	H & J Cooking Team
5	594.5	Real South BBQ	5	594.8	Holy Smokes	5	594.8	Kelvin’s BBQ
6	591.1	Southern Hogs	6	594.5	Real South BBQ	6	590.2	92 BBQ
7	590.8	Rub Shakers Que	7	594.2	Southern Hogs	7	587.91	Ragin Smoke BBQ
8	590.3	Johnson Boys BBQ	8	591.2	Kelvin’s BBQ	8	587.9	Holy Smokes
9	589.8	Holy Smokes	9	590.5	Just Blowin Smoke	9	587.5	Old Henry’s
10	588	Kelvin’s BBQ	10	589.9	Johnson Boys BBQ	10	586.2	Just Blowin Smoke
11	583.2	Dixie Davis Cooks	11	589.6	Rub Shakers Que	11	582.6	Real South BBQ
12	582.3	Just Blowin Smoke	12	586.8	Rescue Smokers	12	582	Bubba Grills
13	580.2	Smokin AJ’s	13	582.3	We Want Que	13	581	Johnson Boys BBQ
14	575.6	H & J Cooking Team	14	581.1	H & J Cooking Team	14	579	Rub Shakers Que
15	572	Ragin Smoke BBQ	15	578	Forget Me Not BBQ	15	570.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
16	571.1	Bubba Grills	16	575.5	Old Henry’s	16	568.4	We Want Que
17	564.4	Old Henry’s	17	570.9	Dixie Davis Cooks	17	564.5	Ocmulgee Smoke
18	559.6	Ocmulgee Smoke	18	569	Ocmulgee Smoke	18	562.6	Dixie Davis Cooks

Reserve Champion Scores:

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	92 BBQ	599.1	596.4	590.2	1785.7
2	Southern Hogs	591.1	594.2	595.4	1780.7
3	Rescue Smokers	598.2	586.8	595.7	1780.7
4	Kelvin’s BBQ	588.0	591.2	594.8	1774.0
5	Smokin AJ’s	580.2	596.1	596.4	1772.7
6	Holy Smokes	589.8	594.8	587.9	1772.5
7	Real South BBQ	594.5	594.5	582.6	1771.6
8	Johnson Boys BBQ	590.3	589.9	581.0	1761.2
9	Rub Shakers Que	590.8	589.6	579.0	1759.4
10	Just Blowin Smoke	582.3	590.5	586.2	1759.0
11	Ragin Smoke BBQ	572.0	598.2	587.9	1758.1
12	Bubba Grills	571.1	598.8	582.0	1751.9
13	H & J Cooking Team	575.6	581.1	595.1	1751.8
14	Forget Me Not BBQ	599.1	578.0	570.5	1747.6
15	We Want Que	594.8	582.3	568.4	1745.5
16	Old Henry’s	564.4	575.5	587.5	1727.4
17	Dixie Davis Cooks	583.2	570.9	562.6	1716.7
18	Ocmulgee Smoke	559.6	569.0	564.5	1693.1