Nov 19 2013
The hit TV show BBQ Pitmasters is looking for teams from Georgia for season 5. We all know that the best BBQ is right here in GA. … And the best Georgia BBQ is found right here in the GBA. Click on the link for details on how to submit you demo video.
Jul 07 2013
Get to Know Your GBA Candidates
Voting for President, Vice President & Secretary/Treasurer of the GBA for the 2013-2013 term begins Monday, July 8. All GBA members are eligible to vote. Each candidate responded to a short Q&A to assist the membership in making informed decisions.
Please click on the link to read the interviews. GET TO KNOW YOUR CANDIDATES
Interviews courtesy of The BBQ Times
Jun 16 2013
Officer Nominations for 2013-2015 Updated
As of June 25, 2013, the following have been nominated for Officers for the 2013-2015 term. Names are listed in alphabetical order.
President: Danny Meadows; Jimmy Nelms
Vice President: Jim Sewell; Ed Vesely
Secretary: Audrey Evans; Pam Nelms
Any member in good standing can be nominated for the office of President, Vice-President or Secretary. You must first ask the person you nominate if they are willing to accept your nomination. After they agree then you will contact Pam Nelms at gabbqassoc@gmail.com and make your nomination. Nominations will close at midnight on June 31, 2013.
Voting will begin on July 8, 2013. You will go to the Georgia Barbecue Association web site at www.bbqga.com On the front page click on the link: “GBA Elections” and follow the instructions. Your ballot will REQUIRE that you enter your GBA member #, so have it handy. Use of the membership # is to insure only one vote per member is cast. To maintain confidentiality of the vote, only two people will have access to the ballots. Voting will end on August 5th 2013.
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.
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 |
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| 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 | ||
Apr 19 2012
Rule Clarification
The Georgia Barbecue Association Competition Committee met following the contest in Jackson this past weekend. The Committee issued this clarification regarding qualifying for the Grand Championship in a contest. A cook team does NOT have to enter all three categories to qualify for the Grand Championship. The highest scoring entry among the three first place finalists will be declared Grand Champion regardless of how many categories that team entered.
This rule is NOT in effect for the Hazlehurst and Fernandina contests. Contest applications were applications were approved and published stating that a team must enter all three categories to qualify for Grand Champion before the Competition Committee issued the clarification of this rule.
