Tag: Bubba Grills

Jul 14 2013

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack Take Last Event of the Season

Grand Champion – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

The Georgia Barbecue Association closed out a banner competition season at Powers Pavilion in Newnan with Pig N Swig. With a $12,000 purse on the line and a strong field of 31 teams, the competition was expected to be close. No one had any idea how close it would be.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack turned in a near perfect Pulled Pork entry in the finals, but so did Bubba Grills in Ribs. Both teams were just one tick off a perfect score with identical 599.7 scores. In fact, the scores matched so closely the teams went through 8 levels of the tiebreaker system before Clint Britton’s team edged out Lonnie Smith’s for the Grand Championship on the 9th & last level. Lead contest rep. Greg Hoyt, was ready to call for a round of Rock, Paper, Scissors if the two teams remained tied.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Bubba Grills made finals in both Ribs & Pork along with 6th place in Loin to rack up the highest cumulative score and capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

The Black Train from Tifton, Smokin’ 42 BBQ, continued their strong run of late by winning the Loin category. Smokey Butts took second place. Dirty South BBQ took third.with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in fourth place. Fifth place went to Bethel Smokers who edged out Bubba Grills by 0.9 of a point.

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack’s Grand Championship entry led the way in the Pulled Pork category with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Blue Brothers BBQ from Barnesville made finals in their first GBA contest and finished third. Just Smoken Around claimed fourth and Jason Adams of Anarque claimed fifth place.

Bubba Grills near perfect Rib box was tops in the category. Forrest Dilmore of Forrest’s Fine Foods took second place honors with Bethel Smokers in third. Butts-N-Brews took fourth place. Blues Brothers BBQ edged out 800 Mile Ribs & BBQ for fifth place by less than a point.

First Place Loin – Smokin 42 BBQ

Final results from Pig N Swig:

		PORK LOIN
1	597.9	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
2	596.1	SMOKEY BUTTS
3	594.5	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ
4	596.7	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
5	595.1	BETHEL SMOKERS
6	594.2	BUBBA GRILLS
7	591.2	HOLY SMOKES
8	590.4	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
9	589.6	SOUTHERN TOUCH
10	586.9	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
11	585.7	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ
12	585.5	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY
13	584.3	ANARQUE
14	583.4	SMOKIN AJS
15	583	RESCUE SMOKERS
16	582.1	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW
17	581.6	BUTTS-N-BREWS
18	580.4	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
19	580	THE PIT CREW
20	579.8	WILDESMOKE BBQ
21	579.8	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ
22	579.6	PARTY PORKERS
23	579.1	JETHROS COOKING CREW
24	578.8	JUST SMOKEN AROUND
25	573.8	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ
26	573.6	BOB B QUE
27	572.3	WAY 2 QUE
28	570.3	BEARDED BBQ
29	570.2	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ
30	568.2	FORREST FINE FOODS
31	555.3	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	599.7	BUBBA GRILLS	1	599.7	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
2	598.2	FORREST FINE FOODS	2	598.8	BUBBA GRILLS
3	594.6	BETHEL SMOKERS	3	594	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ
4	595.2	BUTTS-N-BREWS	4	595.2	JUST SMOKEN AROUND
5	592.1	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ	5	595.1	ANARQUE
6	591.2	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ	6	593.3	SMOKEY BUTTS
7	591	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	7	590.7	SOUTHERN TOUCH
8	589.6	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ	8	590.3	THE PIT CREW
9	589.2	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW	9	589.6	FORREST FINE FOODS
10	589	WAY 2 QUE	10	589.3	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ
11	587.3	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS	11	588.5	SMOKIN AJS
12	586.9	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	12	587.9	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW
13	586.1	HOLY SMOKES	13	586.3	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ
14	584.1	PARTY PORKERS	14	584.8	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
15	583.7	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ	15	584.8	RESCUE SMOKERS
16	583.6	JUST SMOKEN AROUND	16	583.8	JETHROS COOKING CREW
17	583.1	SMOKEY BUTTS	17	583.8	HOLY SMOKES
18	582.7	RESCUE SMOKERS	18	582.9	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
19	582.3	SOUTHERN TOUCH	19	582.4	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ
20	582.1	JETHROS COOKING CREW	20	579.7	BETHEL SMOKERS
21	580.4	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY	21	579.6	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY
22	579.7	BOB B QUE	22	579.2	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ
23	578.8	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	23	578	BOB B QUE
24	578.7	THE PIT CREW	24	576	BEARDED BBQ
25	577.8	SMOKIN AJS	25	575.1	WAY 2 QUE
26	575.8	ANARQUE	26	575	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ
27	573.8	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ	27	573	PARTY PORKERS
28	571.2	WILDESMOKE BBQ	28	570	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ
29	564.3	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ	29	568.9	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS
30	560.5	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ	30	567.3	BUTTS-N-BREWS
31	554.3	BEARDED BBQ	31	565.3	WILDESMOKE BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	BUBBA GRILLS	595.5	598.5	594.2	1788.2
2	SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK	586.9	599.7	596.7	1783.3
3	SMOKEY BUTTS	583.1	593.3	598.8	1775.2
4	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	591	582.9	599.4	1773.3
5	BETHEL SMOKERS	595.8	579.7	595.1	1770.6
6	DIRTY SOUTH BBQ	583.7	586.3	598.8	1768.8
7	HOLY SMOKERS BBQ	589.6	589.3	586.9	1765.8
8	BLUES BROTHERS BBQ	592.1	598.5	573.8	1764.4
9	SOUTHERN TOUCH	582.3	590.7	589.6	1762.6
10	HOLY SMOKES	586.1	583.8	591.2	1761.1
11	SMOKIN SWINE BBQ CREW	589.2	587.9	582.1	1759.2
12	JUST SMOKEN AROUND	583.6	595.2	578.8	1757.6
13	ANARQUE	575.8	595.1	584.3	1755.2
14	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	578.8	584.8	590.4	1754
15	FORREST FINE FOODS	595.8	589.6	568.2	1753.6
16	RESCUE SMOKERS	582.7	584.8	583	1750.5
17	800 MILE RIBS & BBQ	591.2	579.2	579.8	1750.2
18	SMOKIN AJS	577.8	588.5	583.4	1749.7
19	THE PIT CREW	578.7	590.3	580	1749
20	THE FAT REDNECK BBQ COMPANY	580.4	579.6	585.5	1745.5
21	JETHROS COOKING CREW	582.1	583.8	579.1	1745
22	BUTTS-N-BREWS	595.2	567.3	581.6	1744.1
23	PARTY PORKERS	584.1	573	579.6	1736.7
24	BIG D’S FIREHOUSE SMOKERS	587.3	568.9	580.4	1736.6
25	WAY 2 QUE	589	575.1	572.3	1736.4
26	BOB B QUE	579.7	578	573.6	1731.3
27	ONE EYED WILLYS BBQ	564.3	570	585.7	1720
28	WILDESMOKE BBQ	571.2	565.3	579.8	1716.3
29	BUTT RUBB’N BBQ	560.5	582.4	570.2	1713.1
30	ZOMBIE PIG BBQ	573.8	575	555.3	1704.1
31	BEARDED BBQ	554.3	576	570.3	1700.6

May 12 2013

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Earns First Grand Championship at Smoke on the Lake

Smokin’ 42 BBQ Earns First Grand Championship at Smoke on the Lake

It’s a long haul up I-75 from Tifton to Acworth. The trip back down the interstate after the Smoke on the Lake contest didn’t seem quite as long for Smokin’ 42 BBQ with their first Grand Championship trophy riding shotgun. However, the win didn’t come easy the Men in Black. For the first time in GBA history there was a three way tie for Grand Champion. Bubba Grills won the Pork Loin category; Rub Shakers Que won Pullled Pork and Smokin’ 42 BBQ was tops in Ribs all with a score in the final round of 599.1. The contest reps had to go thru eight levels of the tiebreaker system before Smokin’ 42 BBQ edged out the other two teams.

Grand Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Bubba Grills continued his strong run through the 2012-2013 contest season by making finals in both Loin and Ribs. These scores helped the team accumulate the top total score in the preliminary rounds and win Reserve Grand Champion.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

Rub Shakers Que, cooking in their first GBA contest, joined the GBA 600 club with a perfect 600 score in the Pulled Pork preliminary round. They followed up with the top score on the Pulled Pork finals table to take first place in the category. Smokin’ 42 BBQ took second place. Two more first time GBA competitors, Smoke Ring Aficionados and Drums A’ Smokin’, finished third and fourth respecitively. Jason Adams of Anarque came in fifth.

Lonnie Smith, pitmaster of Bubba Grills, topped the field in Loin with Anarque in second and Jethro’s Cooking Crew in third. Smoke Ring Aficionados edged out Butt Rubbin’ BBQ for fourth place by 0.2 of a point.

Smokin’ 42 BBQ turned in the best Ribs of the day. Bubba Grills was runner-up and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack took third place. But Rubbin’ BBQ and Rub Shakers Que rounded out the top five.

The GBA also held it’s first ever Cooking for Fun division at Smoke on the Lake. The Cooking for Fun division is for teams who love to cook and want to get started in the GBA style of competitive BBQ. Cooking for Fun contests have lower entry fees than a regular GBA contest and do not have a finals round. The Fat Guys had the highest scoring box of the day with a 595.1 in Pulled Pork to take the Grand Championship.

Cooking for Fun Grand Champion – The Fat Guys

The Fat Guys also has the highest cumulative score over the three categories, but since they won Grand Champion, the Reserve Grand Championship passed down the the second highest cumulative score by Direct Lender BBQ.

Cooking for Fun Reserve Grand Champion – Direct Lender BBQ

The Fat Guys won the Chicken category with Squealz on Wheelz in second and Red Top BBQ in third. Holy Smokers NS took first in Ribs followed by Hickory Flat BBQ and Direct Lenders BBQ. It was The Fat Guys again getting the first place call. This time for Pulled Pork. Sweet Bottom BBQ was the runner-up and Direct Lender BBQ again took third place.

Cooking for Fun First Place Ribs – Holy Smokers NS

The GBA would like to thank the North Cobb Rotary Club and the City of Acworth for hosting a great contest on beautiful Lake Acworth.

Smoke on the Lake GBA Division
Scores in RED are final round scores
		Pulled Pork			Pork Loin
1	599.1	Rub Shackers Que	1	599.1	Bubba Grills
2	591.8	Smokin ’42 BBQ	2	593.9	Anar-que
3	585.6	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes	3	591.5	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
4	588.8	Drums A’ Smokin	4	587.2	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes
5	588.4	Anar-que	5	587	Butt Rubbin BBQ
6	587	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	6	586.3	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
7	584.2	Old Henry’s BBQ	7	582.1	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q
8	583.3	Bubba Grills	8	581.1	Old Henry’s BBQ
9	580.2	Butt Rubbin BBQ	9	577.9	Smokin ’42 BBQ
10	575	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q	10	576.6	Rub Shackers Que
11	572.6	Plum Superior	11	570.6	Plum Superior
12	570.7	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	12	563.3	Drums A’ Smokin

		RIBS
1	599.1	Smokin ’42 BBQ
2	598.5	Bubba Grills
3	586.9	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
4	587.3	Butt Rubbin BBQ
5	586.7	Rub Shackers Que
6	583.4	Anar-que
7	582	Plum Superior
8	573.6	Drums A’ Smokin
9	570.3	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q
10	569.9	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes
11	569.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
12	569.6	Old Henry’s BBQ

	Reserve Scores	GBA Division
	Preliminary round scores only	Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Bubba Grills	591.8	583.3	590.3	1765.4
2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	591.2	587	586.3	1764.5
3	Anar-que	583.4	588.4	592.1	1763.9
4	Smokin ’42 BBQ	590	595.7	577.9	1763.6
5	Rub Shackers Que	586.7	600	576.6	1763.3
6	Butt Rubbin BBQ	587.3	580.2	587	1754.5
7	Smoke Ring Afficianadoes	569.9	589.1	587.2	1746.2
8	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	569.9	570.7	595.5	1736.1
9	Old Henry’s BBQ	569.6	584.2	581.1	1734.9
10	Daddy’s Bar-B-Q	570.3	575	582.1	1727.4
11	Drums A’ Smokin	573.6	588.8	563.3	1725.7
12	Plum Superior	582	572.6	570.6	1725.2

Smoke on the Lake Cooking for Fun Division

		Pulled Pork			Chicken
1	595.1	The Fat Guys	1	594.8	The Fat Guys
2	590.8	Sweet Bottom BBQ	2	585.9	Squealz on Wheels
3	587.6	Direct Lender BBQ	3	585.2	Red Top BBQ
4	587.2	Hickory Flat BBQ Co	4	583.2	Hey Jack, BBQ
5	583.6	Red Top BBQ	5	583	Nice Rack BBQ
6	580.6	Squealz on Wheels	6	582.9	Direct Lender BBQ
7	579.3	Nice Rack BBQ	7	579.6	Grills Gone Wild
8	577.9	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	8	579	Sweet Bottom BBQ
9	571.8	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs	9	576.5	Smoking Snowballs
10	569.3	Holy Smokers NS	10	576.1	Hickory Flat BBQ Co
11	567.3	Hey Jack, BBQ	11	568.8	Holy Smokers NS
12	566.9	Bootlegger’s BBQ	12	565.5	Four Fathers BBQ Crew
13	563.3	Grills Gone Wild	13	564.1	Smokin’ Jackets
14	560.9	Smoking Snowballs	14	556.1	Slow Cookers at Play
15	552.5	Smokin’ Jackets	15	555.7	Bootlegger’s BBQ
16	546.1	Slow Cookers at Play	16	532.3	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs

		RIBS
1	589.8	Holy Smokers NS
2	588.5	Hickory Flat BBQ Co
3	584	Direct Lender BBQ
4	583.3	Smokin’ Jackets
5	582.4	Sweet Bottom BBQ
6	579.6	Nice Rack BBQ
7	579.1	Smoking Snowballs
8	578.1	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs
9	577.7	Red Top BBQ
10	576.3	The Fat Guys
11	575	Bootlegger’s BBQ
12	571.4	Squealz on Wheels
13	569.8	Hey Jack, BBQ
14	567.1	Slow Cookers at Play
15	563.7	Grills Gone Wild
16	555.8	Four Fathers BBQ Crew

Reserve Scores Cooking for Fun Division
			Ribs	Pulled	Chicken	Total
	1	The Fat Guys	576.3	595.1	594.8	1766.2
	2	Direct Lender BBQ	584	587.6	582.9	1754.5
	3	Sweet Bottom BBQ	582.4	590.8	579	1752.2
	4	Hickory Flat BBQ Co	588.5	587.2	576.1	1751.8
	5	Red Top BBQ	577.7	583.6	585.2	1746.5
	6	Nice Rack BBQ	579.6	579.3	583	1741.9
	7	Squealz on Wheels	571.4	580.6	585.9	1737.9
	8	Holy Smokers NS	589.8	569.3	568.8	1727.9
	9	Hey Jack, BBQ	569.8	567.3	583.2	1720.3
	10	Smoking Snowballs	579.1	560.9	576.5	1716.5
	11	Grills Gone Wild	563.7	563.3	579.6	1706.6
	12	Smokin’ Jackets	583.3	552.5	564.1	1699.9
	13	Four Fathers BBQ Crew	555.8	577.9	565.5	1699.2
	14	Bootlegger’s BBQ	575	566.9	555.7	1697.6
	15	How ‘Bout Them Hawgs	578.1	571.8	532.3	1682.2
	16	Slow Cookers at Play	567.1	546.1	556.1	1669.3

Apr 14 2013

Bubba Grills Dominates Smokin Pork N Butts … Again

The GBA returned for the second year to the Exchange Club Fairgrounds in Jackson, GA for Smokin Pork N Butts. It was a strong field of 30 teams and Lonnie Smith, pitmaster for Bubba Grills, repeated as Grand Champion. Those in attendace were treated to a Friday night concert by rising country music star Gannon Adams.

Grand Champion Bubba Grills

Smokin 42 BBQ finaled in Loin and took fifth place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs to secure the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Champions Smokin 42 BBA

In his first GBA contest, The Fat Redneck BBQ Co., won the Pork Loin category. Smokin 42 BBQ and Sauced Hogs Smokeshack tallied the same score with Smokin 42 BBQ taking second place on the second tiebreaker. Smoke Shack and Sutters Backwoods BBQ finished fourth and fifth respectively.

First Place Loin The Rat Redneck BBQ Co.

Bubba Grills Grand Championship winning score in Pulled Pork topped the category. Smoke Shack took second place with Rub Shakers Que in third place. Rounding out the top five were Sauced Hogs Smokeshack just 0.9 ahead of Smokin 42 BBQ.

Bubba Grills also claimed first place in Ribs with Sauced Hogs Smokeshack as runner up. Jethro’s Cooking Crew claimed third place. Smoke Shack finished in fourth place and Smokin’ 42 BBQ took fifth place.

		PORK LOIN
1	596.1	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co
2	584.6	Smokin 42
3	584.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
4	596.4	Smoke Shack
5	595.8	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ
6	593.9	Old Henry’s BBQ
7	591.8	Smokin AJ’s
8	590.5	Bubba Grills
9	589.6	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
10	589.2	Smoke Twen The Hedges
11	586.4	Wood Shed
12	585.5	Dixie Que
13	585.3	Super Sauce
14	584.6	TC’s BBQ
15	584.4	Blazin Butts
16	583.4	K & K Grills
17	583.3	Quenut BBQ
18	582.7	Blind Pig BBQ
19	581.7	AnarQue
20	577.5	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue
21	576.9	BCD BBQ
22	569.9	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack
23	569.6	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
24	567.8	Dirty South
25	566.8	OnSite Ribs
26	566.5	Off Tha Hoof BBQ
27	564.9	57 SmokeHouse
28	564.5	Shade Tree Smokers
29	562.3	Rub Shakers Que
30	0	Atlanta Butt Society

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	595.1	Bubba Grills	1	596.7	Bubba Grills
2	594.2	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	2	587.9	Smoke Shack
3	585.2	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	3	586.9	Rub Shakers Que
4	593.1	Smoke Shack	4	595.4	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack
5	592.1	Smokin 42	5	594.5	Smokin 42
6	591.2	Quenut BBQ	6	594.5	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ
7	588.5	BCD BBQ	7	594.2	Smokin AJ’s
8	588.2	Dixie Que	8	593.9	Dixie Que
9	587.8	57 SmokeHouse	9	593.9	AnarQue
10	586.6	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers	10	593.1	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue
11	584.9	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co	11	592.2	Quenut BBQ
12	584.9	AnarQue	12	589.6	57 SmokeHouse
13	583.7	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack	13	587.1	Blind Pig BBQ
14	583.3	Wood Shed	14	586.1	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co
15	583	OnSite Ribs	15	585	K & K Grills
16	580.3	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ	16	583.2	Smoke Twen The Hedges
17	579.6	Shade Tree Smokers	17	582.7	Blazin Butts
18	578.2	Off Tha Hoof BBQ	18	582	Old Henry’s BBQ
19	577.9	Rub Shakers Que	19	581.7	Shade Tree Smokers
20	577.1	Old Henry’s BBQ	20	578.7	Wood Shed
21	576.6	Dirty South	21	576.9	Dirty South
22	576.3	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue	22	575.9	Jethro’s Cooking Crew
23	575.8	TC’s BBQ	23	575.1	BCD BBQ
24	573.5	Blind Pig BBQ	24	573.6	Atlanta Butt Society
25	567.2	Blazin Butts	25	572.8	Super Sauce
26	563.8	Smoke Twen The Hedges	26	571.8	TC’s BBQ
27	562.9	Super Sauce	27	570.2	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers
28	559.9	K & K Grills	28	566.6	Off Tha Hoof BBQ
29	559	Smokin AJ’s	29	566.6	OnSite Ribs
30	0	Atlanta Butt Society	30	563.9	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Smokin 42	592.1	594.5	598.8	1785.4
2	Smoke Shack	593.1	595.7	596.4	1785.2
3	Bubba Grills	595.8	598.5	590.5	1784.8
4	Sauced Hog Smoke Shack	594.9	595.4	591.8	1782.1
5	Sutter’s Backwoods BBQ	580.3	594.5	595.8	1770.6
6	The Fat Redneck BBQ Co	584.9	586.1	599.4	1770.4
7	Dixie Que	588.2	593.9	585.5	1767.6
8	Quenut BBQ	591.2	592.2	583.3	1766.7
9	AnarQue	584.9	593.9	581.7	1760.5
10	Jethro’s Cooking Crew	594.9	575.9	589.6	1760.4
11	Old Henry’s BBQ	577.1	582	593.9	1753
12	Wood Shed	583.3	578.7	586.4	1748.4
13	Fletcher’s Finest BarBQue	576.3	593.1	577.5	1746.9
14	Smokin AJ’s	559	594.2	591.8	1745
15	Blind Pig BBQ	573.5	587.1	582.7	1743.3
16	57 SmokeHouse	587.8	589.6	564.9	1742.3
17	BCD BBQ	588.5	575.1	576.9	1740.5
18	Rub Shakers Que	577.9	599.4	562.3	1739.6
19	Smoke Twen The Hedges	563.8	583.2	589.2	1736.2
20	Blazin Butts	567.2	582.7	584.4	1734.3
21	TC’s BBQ	575.8	571.8	584.6	1732.2
22	K & K Grills	559.9	585	583.4	1728.3
23	Big D’s Firehouse Smokers	586.6	570.2	569.6	1726.4
24	Shade Tree Smokers	579.6	581.7	564.5	1725.8
25	Dirty South	576.6	576.9	567.8	1721.3
26	Super Sauce	562.9	572.8	585.3	1721
27	Smoke Stack BBQ Shack	583.7	563.9	569.9	1717.5
28	OnSite Ribs	583	566.6	566.8	1716.4
29	Off Tha Hoof BBQ	578.2	566.6	566.5	1711.3
30	Atlanta Butt Society	0	573.6	0	573.6

Apr 10 2013

Bethel Smokers Tops Field at Grande Creek PigJam

Bethel Smokers Tops Field at Grande Creek PigJam

Nineteen teams gathered at the Georgia Sports Arena in Swainsboro, GA for the first Grande Creek PigJam. The teams & judges found the new venue to be an execllent site for a BBQ competition. The GBA family and members of the Swainsboro community were treated to a concert on Friday night by The LACS.

Mr Joe Wright of Bethel Smokers claimed first place in both Pulled Pork & Ribs to take home the Grand Championship. His finals Ribs score of 595.4 was 0.3 of a point better than his finals Pulled Pork score to claim the top award of the day.

Grand Champions Bethel Smokers

Smokin’ AJ’s Pitmaster Buster Davis had a strong showing in all three categories to win the Reserve Grand Championship. Buster’s top 3 finals calls in Loin & Pulled Pork along with a 9th place finish in Ribs was the highest overall score in the preliminary round.

Reserve Grand Champion Smokin’ AJs

Cookin’withStump.com took first place in the Pork Loin category just 0.6 of a point ahead of Butt Rubbin BBQ. Smokin AJs claimed third place with Budmeisters taking fourth. Sauce Hogs Smokeshack edged out Dirt Road Grillin for fifth place by 0.3 of a point.

First Place Loin – Cookin with Stump.com

The finish in Pulled Pork was even closer than the Loin category as Bethel Smokers winning score was just 0.3 of a point better than Bubba Grills. Smokin AJs once again took third place. Butt Rubbin BBQ finished fourth with Cookin’ with Stump.com in fifth place.

Bethel Smokers topped the field in the Ribs category with Shadetree Smokers as runner up. Smokin Butts took home the third place award. Just a single point separated fourth and fifth place with Rump Burners just ahead of Butt Rubbin BBQ.

		PORK LOIN
1	590.8	Cookin with Stumps
2	590.2	Butt Rubbin’ BBQ
3	586.5	Smokin AJ’s
4	588.8	Bubmeisters
5	586.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
6	586.9	Dirt Road Grillin
7	583.9	Anarque
8	583.5	Bubba Grills
9	580.6	Shadetree Smokers
10	580	Bethel Smokers
11	577.7	Charlies Titan Tastings
12	577.6	Rump Burners
13	572.6	Smoken Rascals
14	565.4	Fire Fighters Kick Ash
15	564.8	Smoke Shack
16	564.5	Old Henry’s
17	564.4	Smokin Butts
18	558.6	Sandy Ridge Smoker
19	557.6	TC BBQ

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	595.4	Bethel Smokers	1	595.1	Bethel Smokers
2	583.5	Shadetree Smokers	2	594.8	Bubba Grills
3	575.6	Smokin Butts	3	582.6	Smokin AJ’s
4	590	Rump Burners	4	590.2	Butt Rubbin’ BBQ
5	589	Butt Rubbin’ BBQ	5	587.5	Cookin with Stumps
6	588.8	Old Henry’s	6	584.5	Bubmeisters
7	587.5	Bubba Grills	7	583.6	Shadetree Smokers
8	584.5	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	8	582	Smoke Shack
9	584.2	Smokin AJ’s	9	579.1	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
10	580.2	Anarque	10	577.1	Smoken Rascals
11	576.9	Bubmeisters	11	576.2	Anarque
12	576.3	Charlies Titan Tastings	12	574.1	TC BBQ
13	572.7	Sandy Ridge Smoker	13	569.8	Fire Fighters Kick Ash
14	572.6	Smoke Shack	14	568.8	Old Henry’s
15	568.6	TC BBQ	15	564.8	Rump Burners
16	564.8	Cookin with Stumps	16	564	Smokin Butts
17	563.9	Smoken Rascals	17	561.7	Charlies Titan Tastings
18	562.1	Fire Fighters Kick Ash	18	550.8	Sandy Ridge Smoker
19	0	Dirt Road Grillin	19	0	Dirt Road Grillin

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	Smokin AJ’s	584.2	596.7	594.5	1775.4
2	Bubba Grills	587.5	599.4	583.5	1770.4
3	Butt Rubbin’ BBQ	589	590.2	589.9	1769.1
4	Bethel Smokers	590.3	593.4	580	1763.7
5	Shadetree Smokers	591.1	583.6	580.6	1755.3
6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	584.5	579.1	586.9	1750.5
7	Bubmeisters	576.9	584.5	588.8	1750.2
8	Cookin with Stumps	564.8	587.5	590.5	1742.8
9	Anarque	580.2	576.2	583.9	1740.3
10	Rump Burners	590	564.8	577.6	1732.4
11	Old Henry’s	588.8	568.8	564.5	1722.1
12	Smokin Butts	591.1	564	564.4	1719.5
13	Smoke Shack	572.6	582	564.8	1719.4
14	Charlies Titan Tastings	576.3	561.7	577.7	1715.7
15	Smoken Rascals	563.9	577.1	572.6	1713.6
16	TC BBQ	568.6	574.1	557.6	1700.3
17	Fire Fighters Kick Ash	562.1	569.8	565.4	1697.3
18	Sandy Ridge Smoker	572.7	550.8	558.6	1682.1
19	Dirt Road Grillin	0	0	586.9	586.9

Mar 11 2013

Butts-N-Brews Kicks Down the Door to Las Vegas!

Butts-N-Brews Kicks Down the Door to Las Vegas!

submitted by Greg Hoyt

A new wave of teams swept through The Statesboro Music Festival’s Battle Of The BoroQue! The GBA’s first contest in Statesboro, Georgia turned out to be a real home field advantage for Bubba Hunt and the Butts-N-Brews BBQ team.

Battle of the Boroque Grand Champion

The BoroQue was Butts-N-Brews first ever sanctioned competition and they walked away with the Grand Championship punching their ticket to Las Vegas to represent the GBA, Statesboro and the Battle of the BoroQue! TC’s BBQ turned in a solid day across the board winning the Reserve Championship.

Battle of the Boroque Reserve Grand Champion

Nineteen teams smoked and served great product to appreciative judges. The weekend weather that has pounded Georgia over the past few weeks broke and we were blessed with a fabulous weekend for a cook-off. Everyone heard the blues at the Music Festival but no one had the blues!

GBA icons Bubba Grills, Bethel Smokers and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack were joined by five teams who made their first appearances as GBA finalists.

Lee Sweats and Sweats BBQ finaled in Ribs and Pork Loin.

TC’s BBQ, led by Tim Coleman and David Mixon of Smokin Dilla’s finaled in Pulled Pork. Bubba Hunt led Butts-N-Brews to a Pork Loin final along with Don Poe of Kiwani’s Q.

Bubba Grills took first in Ribs followed by Bethel Smokers and Sweats BBQ.

Battle of the Boroque First Place Ribs

Sauced Hog Smoke Shack won Pulled Pork with TC’s BBQ and Smokin Dillas coming on strong.

Battle of the BoroQue First Place Pulled Pork

The Pork Loin Finals were where the action was. The finals table was made up of teams who competing in their first GBA events and two teams were competing for the first time ever. Butts-N-Brews BBQ team won the Pork Loin category and the Grand Championship with their Pork Loin.

		Pulled Pork			Pork Loin
1	592.8	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK	1	595.4	BUTTS-N-BREWS
2	591.8	TC’S BBQ	2	584.5	SWEAT’S BBQ
3	578.9	SMOKIN DILLAS	3	578.6	KIWANI’S Q
4	587.5	SMOKIN AJ’S	4	585.2	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
5	587.2	BETHEL SMOKERS	5	584.8	PARTY PORKERS
6	584	PARTY PORKERS	6	583.3	K & K GRILL
7	583.9	BUBBA GRILL	7	579.1	SMOKIN AJ’S
8	583	5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE	8	578.9	BUBBA GRILL
9	580.9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	9	577	TC’S BBQ
10	580.4	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	10	575.7	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
11	576.9	BUTTS-N-BREWS	11	572	SMOKIN DILLAS
12	576.1	RUB SHAKERS QUE	12	571.9	RUB SHAKERS QUE
13	575.6	SWEAT’S BBQ	13	565.1	BETHEL SMOKERS
14	573.5	K & K GRILL	14	564.8	EAGLE CREEK SMOKE
15	572.1	DOC & DICIES	15	563.5	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
16	568.5	EAGLE CREEK SMOKE	16	562.5	5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE
17	566.8	KIWANI’S Q	17	556.1	BACKYARD PORKERS
18	561.9	BACKYARD PORKERS	18	0	DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC
19	561.5	DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC	19	0	DOC & DICIES

		RIBS
1	592.8	BUBBA GRILL
2	591.8	BETHEL SMOKERS
3	584.9	SWEAT’S BBQ
4	587.9	5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE
5	586.5	TC’S BBQ
6	585.5	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
7	581.9	SMOKIN DILLAS
8	580.6	SMOKIN AJ’S
9	580.3	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK
10	577.3	K & K GRILL
11	576.2	PARTY PORKERS
12	575.7	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
13	575.3	BUTTS-N-BREWS
14	574.7	RUB SHAKERS QUE
15	569.6	KIWANI’S Q
16	568.7	DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC
17	567.1	BACKYARD PORKERS
18	558.3	DOC & DICIES
19	555.4	EAGLE CREEK SMOKE

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	TC’S BBQ	586.5	599.1	577	1762.6
2	SAUCED HOG SMOKE SHACK	580.3	595.4	585.2	1760.9
3	SWEAT’S BBQ	589.81	575.6	591.4	1756.8
4	BUBBA GRILL	592.8	583.9	578.9	1755.6
5	SMOKIN AJ’S	580.6	587.5	579.1	1747.2
6	PARTY PORKERS	576.2	584	584.8	1745
7	SMOKIN DILLAS	581.9	588.8	572	1742.7
8	BETHEL SMOKERS	590.2	587.2	565.1	1742.5
9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	585.5	580.9	575.7	1742.1
10	BUTTS-N-BREWS	575.3	576.9	586	1738.2
11	K & K GRILL	577.3	573.5	583.3	1734.1
12	5 O’CLOCK SOMEWHERE	587.9	583	562.5	1733.4
13	RUB SHAKERS QUE	574.7	576.1	571.9	1722.7
14	KIWANI’S Q	569.6	566.8	586	1722.4
15	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	575.7	580.4	563.5	1719.6
16	EAGLE CREEK SMOKE	555.4	568.5	564.8	1688.7
17	BACKYARD PORKERS	567.1	561.9	556.1	1685.1
18	DOC & DICIES	558.3	572.1	0	1130.4
19	DIRT ROAD SAUCE LLC	568.7	561.5	0	1130.2