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Jun 09 2013

The GBA Florida State Championship Goes to Bubba Grills

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

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

Reserve Grand Champion Lawdawg BBQ

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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.

 

 

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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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apr 19 2012

Rule Clarification

 

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.

Feb 16 2012

Two New GBA Events Announced

Two New Contests Announced — The Georgia Barbecue Association is proud to announce two new events on its competition calendar.

The “GBA is Goin’ Coastal” cookoff will be held on beautiful Fernandina Beach at Central Park on June 8-9, 2012.  For the first time ever, the GBA is crossing the border and heading to the Sunshine State. The City of Fernandina Beach and the Recreation Dept. invite all GBA members to come be a part of this historic event.  Please see the Contest Page for cook team application.

The GBA is returning to Hawkinsville in the fall on 2012 for the Hawkinsville Harvest Fest — Pigs & Produce on October 26-27, 2012.  The Association is proud to back in this great city and is looking forward to another outstanding contest. Details and applications will be posted soon on the Contest page.

Jan 29 2012

Judge Training Class set for Perry

Perry, GA – The Pigs and Wings BBQ Competition announces they will sponsor a Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA)  juges training class on Saturday, Feburary 18, 2012 at the airport in Perry, GA. Sign in will begin at 2:30 PM with the class starting at 3:00 PM.  The fee for the class is $15.00 per person plus GBA membership of $35 per person or $50 per family.  Those who are already GBA members who wish to take the class will only pay the $15.00 class fee.

Upon completion of the class, trainees will able to judge in the Pigs and Wings cookoff the following weekend as well as all other GBA sanctioned cookoffs.  After judging in two (2) contests during the year, new judges will be fully certified and be issued an official GBA judge ID badge.

For more information contact Audrey Evans at thebbqtimes@yahoo.com

Jan 29 2012

32 New Judges Trained at Pierce Co.

Blackshear, GA –  Thirty two (32) BBQ enthusiasts took part in a judge training class on January 28 in anticipation of the Pierce Co. Pig Pickin’ in two weeks  — Feburary 10-11, 2012. 

Judge Training Class

 

GBA President Harry Faircloth observes judges trainees

 

 In addition to the class, the Pierce Co. Development Authority also held a backyard contest. Before the contest, Buster Davis of Smoking AJs competition team held a training session on building competition boxes for the backyard cook teams.

Backyard Cookoff

Buster Davis shows how to build a rib box