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Mar 28 2016

Lang BBQ Smokers Tops Tough Field at Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash

Virtually all of the top teams in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) along with several heavy hitters from Florida made their way to Ashburn, GA for the 2016 edition of the Fire Ant Festival BBQ Bash. The 35 teams had to contend with off and on rain throughout the weekend. Still, the judges had to work really hard as the ‘Que was outstanding. It was the finals round judges, however, who had the toughest (& best) job of the day; judging the top three entries in each category.

The Fire Ant Festival has become known for having among the biggest trophies in all of BBQ. The chain saw carved awards for Grand, Reserve and 1st place in each category each topped 100 lbs.

When it came time for the last call of the day, only two teams were still in the hunt for the Grand Championship. Thomas Henry of Budmeisters BBQ had won both the Loin & Pulled Pork categories. Lang BBQ Smokers, led by Darryl Strickland, was the top team in Ribs. The final tally gave the edge to Ribs and Lang BBQ Smokers took home the Grand Championship trophy & a $2500 check.

Grand Champion – Lang BBQ Smokers

Bull Rush BBQ, Pitmaster Bryan Mroczka, took 4th place in both Loin & Ribs plus 8th in Pulled Pork to accumulate the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – Bull Rush BBQ

1st Loin – Budmiestes BBQ

Budmeisters topped the field in Loin. Ashburn’s own Raymond Poore of REAL-Licious Q took 2nd with CaJenn Smokin Que coming in 3rd place. CaJenn, led by Billy Jennings, had a perfect 600 score in the Loin preliminaries. Bull Rush BBQ grabbed 4th place followed by Real South BBQ in 6th and Hard Rock Hill BBQ in 7th place. Eighth place went to Killer Swine BBQ in a tiebreaker over Smokin 42 BBQ Tenth place went to Rescue Smokers.

1st Pulled Pork – Budmeisters BBQ

In Pulled Pork, it was once again Budmeisters BBQ getting to 1st place call. Barbecue Crew was runner up with Fixin 2 Pork Q in 3rd place. Real South BBQ earned the 4th place award. Smokin 42 BBQ grabbed 5th place; Raging Smoke BBQ grabbed 6th and Bubba Grills took 7th place. Bull Rush BBQ walked in 8th place. Dixie Que edged Double D Cooking team by 0.3 of a point for 9th place.

Lang BBQ Smokers Grand Champion Ribs topped the category with Bubba Grills taking 2nd place and Rescue Smokers taking 3rd. Bull Rush BBQ got their second call for 4th place. Just Blowing Smoke won the tiebreaker over Hootie Q for 5th place. Fixin 2 Pork Q walked in 7th place. REAL-Licious Q edged Southern Tailgates for 8th place by .03 of a point. Barbecue Crew rounded out the top 10.

Brisket Challenge – Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team

The contest held a special Brisket Challenge with 22 of the teams in the field participating. Jack Fallin and Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team notched a perfect 600 score to win the Brisket Challenge. They had to be perfect to win, because Lang BBQ Smokers took 2nd place with a score of 599.7. Bull Rush BBQ added to their big day with a 3rd place finish. Raging Smoke BBQ took 4th place and Poverty Hill Smokers came in 5th place.

The GBA was very proud to be back at the Fire Ant Festival & thanks all the fantastic volunteers who worked extremely hard to keep everything flowing smoothly. The GBA looks forward to being back in Ashburn in 2017.

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

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598.2	Budmeisters BBQ	1	596.9	Budmeisters	1	598.8	Lang BBQ Smokers
2	594.4	Real-Licious Q	2	596.4	Barbeque Crew	2	595.8	Bubba Grills
3	591.8	Cajenn Smokin Que	3	591.9	Fixin2 Pork Q	3	588.7	Rescue Smokers
4	599.4	Bull Rush BBQ	4	598.8	Real South BBQ	4	598.2	Bull Rush BBQ
5	598.8	Real South BBQ	5	597.9	Smokin 42	5	596.11	Just Blowing Smoke
6	598.5	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	6	597	Raging Smoke BBQ	6	596.1	Hootie Q
7	595.8	Bubba Grills	7	595.1	Bubba Grills	7	595.5	Fixin’2 Pork Q
8	595.11	Killer Swine BBQ	8	594.6	Bull Rush BBQ	8	594.6	REAL-Licious Q
9	595.1	Smokin 42	9	593.3	Dixie Que	9	594.3	Southern Tailgates
10	594.5	Rescue Smokers	10	593	Double D Cooking Team	10	593.4	Barbeque Crew
11	594.2	Poverty Hill Smokers	11	591.6	Capt. Jack’s Freedom BBQ	11	592.1	Poverty Hill Smokers
12	593.3	Generations BBQ	12	591.6	Buffalo Tucks Comp. Team	12	591.5	Bite My Butt BBQ
13	589.3	Raging Smoke BBQ	13	590.6	Hootie Q	13	591.5	92 BBQ
14	589	Capt. Jack’s Freedom BBQ	14	589.3	Just Blowing Smoke	14	589.7	Dixie Que
15	587.6	Double D Cooking Team	15	589.2	Forget Me Not BBQ	15	588.6	Killer Swine BBQ
16	587.2	Barbeque Crew	16	588.1	Rescue Smokers	16	588.5	Smokin 42
17	586.6	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	17	587.9	REAL-Licious Q	17	588.3	Real South BBQ
18	586.2	Fixin’2 Pork Q	18	586.7	Generations BBQ	18	586.7	Smoke Show
19	585.9	Southern Hogs	19	586.6	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	19	586.6	Budmeisters BBQ
20	585.6	Southern Tailgates	20	585	Lang BBQ Smokers	20	586.5	Southern Hogs
21	583.6	Just Blowing Smoke	21	584.1	Bite My Butt BBQ	21	586.5	Ole Sparky’s BBQ
22	581.4	Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.	22	583	Southern Hogs	22	586.4	Buffalo Tucks Comp. Team
23	580.3	Smokaholics	23	582.7	Smoking Outlaws	23	586.2	Raging Smoke BBQ
24	578.1	Smoking Outlaws	24	582	Smokaholics	24	585.4	Cajenn Smokin Que
25	576.4	92 BBQ	25	581.4	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	25	584	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
26	575.8	Hootie Q	26	581.1	Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.	26	583.3	Smoking Outlaws
27	574.6	Forget Me Not BBQ	27	580.1	BIG Ox Barbecue	27	583.2	Forget Me Not BBQ
28	573.6	All American BBQ	28	579	All American Smokers	28	583	Johnson Boys BBQ
29	571.4	Dixie Que	29	578.7	92 BBQ	29	581.7	All American Smokers
30	571.3	Buffalo Tucks Comp. Team	30	578.4	Southern Tailgates	30	575.4	Capt. Jack’s Freedom BBQ
31	569.1	Lang BBQ Smokers	31	577.5	Johnson Boys BBQ	31	574.2	Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.
32	568.8	Johnson Boys BBQ	32	577.4	Cajenn Smokin Que	32	573.2	Generations BBQ
33	563.2	Bite My Butt BBQ	33	576.3	Killer Swine BBQ	33	568.2	Smokaholics
34	562.6	BIG Ox Barbecue	34	574.8	Smoke Show	34	567.2	Double D Cooking Team
35	0	Smoke Show	35	572.5	Poverty Hill Smokers	35	560.6	BIG Ox Barbecue

Reserve Scores: Preliminary round scores only

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bull Rush BBQ	599.4	594.6	598.2	1792.2
2	Bubba Grills	595.8	595.1	599.7	1790.6
3	Real South BBQ	598.8	598.8	588.3	1785.9
4	Budmeisters BBQ	599.4	599.7	586.6	1785.7
5	Rescue Smokers	594.5	588.1	599.7	1782.3
6	REAL-Licious Q	599.7	587.9	594.6	1782.2
7	Smokin 42	595.1	597.9	588.5	1781.5
8	Fixin’2 Pork Q	586.2	599.1	595.5	1780.8
9	Barbeque Crew	587.2	599.7	593.4	1780.3
10	Raging Smoke BBQ	589.3	597.0	586.2	1772.5
11	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	598.5	586.6	584.0	1769.1
12	Just Blowing Smoke	583.6	589.3	596.1	1769.0
13	Cajenn Smokin Que	600.0	577.4	585.4	1762.8
14	Hootie Q	575.8	590.6	596.1	1762.5
15	Killer Swine BBQ	595.1	576.3	588.6	1760.0
16	Poverty Hill Smokers	594.2	572.5	592.1	1758.8
17	Southern Tailgates	585.6	578.4	594.3	1758.3
18	Capt. Jack’s Freedom BBQ	589.0	591.6	575.4	1756.0
19	Southern Hogs	585.9	583.0	586.5	1755.4
20	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	586.6	581.4	586.5	1754.5
21	Dixie Que	571.4	593.3	589.7	1754.4
22	Generations BBQ	593.3	586.7	573.2	1753.2
23	Lang BBQ Smokers	569.1	585.0	599.1	1753.2
24	Buffalo Tucks Comp. Team	571.3	591.6	586.4	1749.3
25	Double D Cooking Team	587.6	593.0	567.2	1747.8
26	Forget Me Not BBQ	574.6	589.2	583.2	1747.0
27	92 BBQ	576.4	578.7	591.5	1746.6
28	Smoking Outlaws	578.1	582.7	583.3	1744.1
29	Bite My Butt BBQ	563.2	584.1	591.5	1738.8
30	Vienna Volunteer Fire Dept.	581.4	581.1	574.2	1736.7
31	All American Smokers	573.6	579.0	581.7	1734.3
32	Smokaholics	580.3	582.0	568.2	1730.5
33	Johnson Boys BBQ	568.8	577.5	583.0	1729.3
34	BIG Ox Barbecue	562.6	580.1	560.6	1703.3
35	Smoke Show	0.0	574.8	586.7	1161.5

Mar 13 2016

Swineholio Takes Grand at Walton Co. BBQ Festival

A tough field of 30 pitmasters turned out for the 2nd Walton Co. BBQ Festival. The scores show that the Que was off the chain & the competition for the final call was close. It went right down to the wire, but Swineholio, led by John Goff, got the coveted last walk of the day. Swineholio’s 596.7 score in the Ribs finals was just a half point better the 596.2 final round scores recorded by Smoking the Good Stuff in Loin and Bubba Grills in Pulled Pork.

Grand Champion – Swineholio

Robby Royal & Rescue Smokers made if back to back Reserve Championship awards by finaling in both Loin & Pulled Pork along with 12th place in Ribs.

The Loin category was unbelievable as BCD, Rescue Smokers & Smoking the Good Stuff all advanced to the final round with perfect 600 scores in the preliminary round. In the final round, Smoking the Good Stuff won with Rescue Smokers coming in second & BCD taking third. Just Blowing Smoke & Old Henry’s BBQ were just one tick off a perfection with scores of 599.7. Just Blowing Smoke won the tiebreaker to claim 4th place. Hootie Q finished 5th; Real South BBQ finished 6th and Swineholio finished 8th. Ninth place went to Forget Me Knot BBQ and 1oth place went to The Porkinator.

Following Bubba Grills in Pulled Pork was Real South BBQ as runner up & Rescue Smokers in 3rd place. Hootie Q claimed 4th place with Shark Bite BBQ claiming 5th place. Just 0.4 of a point separated 6th, 7th & 8th places. Smoking the Good Stuff edged out 92 BBQ and CaJenn Smokin’ Que respectively. Smokin’ 42 BBQ & Johnson Boys BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Swineholio’s Grand Championship Ribs topped the field with The Porkinator in 2nd & Southern Hogs in 3rd place. 92 BBQ edged out 4K BBQ & Just Blowing Smoke for 4th place. Seventh place went to Real South BBQ. In eight place was CaJenn Smokin’ Que. Forget Me Know BBQ walked in 9th place and Porkaholic’s Barbecue finished in 10th.

The Georgia Barbecue Association was pleased once again to be a part of the great event in Walton Co and look forward to returning again next year. Next up for the GBA is the Fire Ant Festival in Ashburn.

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

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	596.2	Smoking the Good Stuff	1	596.2	Bubba Grills	1	596.7	Swineholio
2	595.7	Rescue Smokers	2	595.1	Real South BBQ	2	594.9	The Porkinator
3	593.3	BCD	3	592.6	Rescue Smokers	3	593.3	Southern Hogs
4	599.71	Just Blowing Smoke	4	593.9	Hootie Q	4	595.5	92 BBQ
5	599.7	Old Henry’s BBQ	5	592.4	Shark Bite BBQ	5	595.2	4Ks BBQ
6	595.4	Hootie Q	6	591.8	Smoking the Good Stuff	6	595.21	Just Blowing Smoke
7	590.4	Real South BBQ	7	591.5	92 BBQ	7	593.1	Real South BBQ
8	589.7	Swineholio	8	591.4	Cajenn Smokin Que	8	592.8	Cajenn Smokin Que
9	589.1	Forget Me Not BBQ	9	588.1	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	9	591.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
10	587.6	The Porkinator	10	587.2	Johnson Boys BBQ	10	590.5	Porkaholic’s Barbeque
11	587	Shark Bite BBQ	11	586.6	Just Blowing Smoke	11	590.3	Bubba Grills
12	586.9	Rub Shakers Que	12	584.7	Daddy-O’s BBQ	12	590.2	Rescue Smokers
13	586.3	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	13	583.6	Southern Hogs	13	590.2	Johnson Boys BBQ
14	585.9	92 BBQ	14	583.3	The Porkinator	14	587.8	Smoking the Good Stuff
15	583.6	Southern Hogs	15	583.3	Old Henry’s BBQ	15	587.8	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
16	582.3	Bubba Grills	16	583.2	Screaming Eagle BBQ	16	586.6	BCD
17	580	Cussin & Fussin	17	582.6	Forget Me Not BBQ	17	586.6	Daddy-O’s BBQ
18	579.4	4Ks BBQ	18	581.9	Simply “Q”	18	585.4	Rub Shakers Que
19	579.1	Smokin Armadillo	19	581.7	Swineholio	19	584.7	Screaming Eagle BBQ
20	578.8	Cajenn Smokin Que	20	581.1	4Ks BBQ	20	583.3	Hootie Q
21	576.8	Simply “Q”	21	581.1	JT’s Smoking Butts	21	583	Shark Bite BBQ
22	575.8	Maxus Porkamus	22	580.3	George’s Rib Shack	22	579.4	Smokin Armadillo
23	575.4	Walton EMC Team – Shokin Smokers	23	579.3	Rub Shakers Que	23	578.4	JT’s Smoking Butts
24	572.3	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	24	578.3	Smokin Armadillo	24	576	Simply “Q”
25	571.3	Johnson Boys BBQ	25	576.5	Walton EMC Team – Shokin Smokers	25	571.8	Walton EMC Team – Shokin Smokers
26	567.4	Screaming Eagle BBQ	26	576.3	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	26	571.3	George’s Rib Shack
27	564.1	Daddy-O’s BBQ	27	574.2	BCD	27	569.5	Maxus Porkamus
28	560	JT’s Smoking Butts	28	569.9	Cussin & Fussin	28	567.5	Old Henry’s BBQ
29	556.6	George’s Rib Shack	29	564.3	Hitachi Hibachi BBQ Masters	29	563.4	Cussin & Fussin
30	0	Hitachi Hibachi BBQ Masters	30	562	Maxus Porkamus	30	0	Hitachi Hibachi BBQ Masters

	Reserve Champions Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	600.0	595.5	590.2	1785.7
2	Just Blowing Smoke	599.7	586.6	595.2	1781.5
3	Smoking the Good Stuff	600.0	591.8	587.8	1779.6
4	Real South BBQ	590.4	596.1	593.1	1779.6
5	92 BBQ	585.9	591.5	595.5	1772.9
6	Hootie Q	595.4	593.9	583.3	1772.6
7	Bubba Grills	582.3	599.7	590.3	1772.3
8	Swineholio	589.7	581.7	599.1	1770.5
9	The Porkinator	587.6	583.3	598.2	1769.1
10	Southern Hogs	583.6	583.6	599.4	1766.6
11	Forget Me Not BBQ	589.1	582.6	591.5	1763.2
12	Cajenn Smokin Que	578.8	591.4	592.8	1763.0
13	Shark Bite BBQ	587.0	592.4	583.0	1762.4
14	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	586.3	588.1	587.8	1762.2
15	BCD	600.0	574.2	586.6	1760.8
16	4Ks BBQ	579.4	581.1	595.2	1755.7
17	Rub Shakers Que	586.9	579.3	585.4	1751.6
18	Old Henry’s BBQ	599.7	583.3	567.5	1750.5
19	Johnson Boys BBQ	571.3	587.2	590.2	1748.7
20	Porkaholic’s Barbeque	572.3	576.3	590.5	1739.1
21	Smokin Armadillo	579.1	578.3	579.4	1736.8
22	Daddy-O’s BBQ	564.1	584.7	586.6	1735.4
23	Screaming Eagle BBQ	567.4	583.2	584.7	1735.3
24	Simply “Q”	576.8	581.9	576.0	1734.7
25	Walton EMC Team – Shokin Smokers	575.4	576.5	571.8	1723.7
26	JT’s Smoking Butts	560.0	581.1	578.4	1719.5
27	Cussin & Fussin	580.0	569.9	563.4	1713.3
28	George’s Rib Shack	556.6	580.3	571.3	1708.2
29	Maxus Porkamus	575.8	562.0	569.5	1707.3
30	Hitachi Hibachi BBQ Masters	0.0	564.3	0.0	564.3

Mar 06 2016

Jack’s Old South Tops Tough Field at Tifton Rhythm & Ribs

The City of Tifton really turns out for a weekend of music, fun & food at the Rhythm & Ribs Festival. The City’s new mayor said she ordered up perfect weather for the weekend & she really delivered. Twenty two GBA teams and 24 backyard teams competed to win cash & the unique “Squeal-bert” trophies.

The field was tough as 9 of the top 10 teams in the GBA’s Team of the Year standings were on hand. In addition, well known pitmasters like Myron Mixon of Jacks Old South & Raymond Poore of REAL-licious Q were competing in their first GBA events of the season. The competition was tight. In fact, less than a point separated the three finalists for the Grand Championship. It was Jack’s Old South edging out 92 BBQ & Rub Shakers Que for the last call of the day.

Grand Champion – Jack’s Old South

Consistency across the three categories proved to be the key for Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers in winning the Reserved Grand Championship. The team tallied a 594.8 in Loin (4th place); a 594.5 in Pulled Pork (4th place) and a 594.6 in Ribs (6th place) to accumulate the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds.

Reserve Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

With all these experienced pitmasters on hand, a local team in their first competition made their mark. Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ, led by Stripling Luke, made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs. The team also scored a perfect 600 with their preliminary round Rib entry.

Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ

1st place Loin – 92 BBQ

92 BBQ led the way in the Loin category with Jack’s Old South in second place and Rub Shakers Que in third. Rescue Smokers claimed 4th place, REAL-licious Q 5th and Smoke Stack Lightning claimed 6th. In 7th place was Rib Ticklers and 8th place went to Bubba Grills. Smokin 42 BBQ (9th) & Statesboro Blues BBQ (10th) rounded out the top ten.

Jack’s Old South won the Pulled Pork category. Bubba Grills was the runner up and Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ came in third. Rescue Smokers once again walked away with the 4th place trophy. Barbecue Crew took 5th place with REAL-licous Q taking 6th and Rib Ticklers taking 7th. Eighth place went to Real South BBQ; 9th went to CaJenn Smokin’ Que and 1oth went to Raging Smoke BBQ.

1st place Ribs – Rub Shakers Que

Bill Goddard, pitmaster for Rub Shakers Que topped the field in Ribs. 92 BBQ got the second place call and Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ walked for the second time in 3rd place. Southern Hogs finished 4th. Holy Smokers edged out Rescue Smokers for 5th place. Johnson Boys BBQ took home 7th place. Eighth thru 10th places went to Real South BBQ, Statesboro Blues BBQ and H & J Cooking Team respectively.

The GBA moves north for the Walton Co.BBQ Festival on March 11-12. This will be Double Team of the Year points event.

The Georgia Barbeque Association thanks Tyrone Spearman and his staff of volunteers for putting on an excellent contest and festival.

Full Standings: 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. 4th place and down are preliminary round scores.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.8	92 BBQ	1	599.5	Jack’s Old South	1	597.7	Rub Shakers Que
2	594.7	Jack’s Old South	2	594.8	Bubba Grills	2	594.3	92 BBQ
3	592.7	Rub Shakers Que	3	590.9	Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ	3	592.6	Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ
4	594.8	Rescue Smokers	4	594.51	Rescue Smokers	4	597.9	Southern Hogs
5	594.2	REAL-licious Q	5	594.5	BarBque Crew	5	594.61	Holy Smokers BBQ
6	592.7	Smoke Stack Lightning	6	592.5	REAL-licious Q	6	594.6	Rescue Smokers
7	590.9	Rib Ticklers	7	591.5	Rib Ticklers	7	594.2	Johnson Boys BBQ
8	590.8	Bubba Grills	8	591.1	Real South BBQ	8	591.2	Real South BBQ
9	590.5	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	9	590.9	Cajenn Smokin Que	9	590.8	Statesboro Blues BBQ
10	589.9	Statesboro Blues BBQ	10	589.3	Raging Smoke BBQ	10	590.5	H & J Cooking Team
11	589.6	Cajenn Smokin Que	11	588.5	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	11	589.4	BarBque Crew
12	588.7	Holy Smokers BBQ	12	586.9	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	12	588.2	Jack’s Old South
13	586.6	Southern Hogs	13	585	Hungry Hog BBQ	13	587	Cajenn Smokin Que
14	585.3	H & J Cooking Team	14	584.6	Rub Shakers Que	14	586.9	Rib Ticklers
15	583.6	Real South BBQ	15	584.1	Smoke Stack Lightning	15	586.8	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
16	582.4	Rib Ranch	16	584	Statesboro Blues BBQ	16	586.4	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
17	582.3	Raging Smoke BBQ	17	583.7	Southern Hogs	17	585.2	Bubba Grills
18	580.9	BarBque Crew	18	583.6	92 BBQ	18	580.5	Rib Ranch
19	573.6	Johnson Boys BBQ	19	582.6	H & J Cooking Team	19	579.1	REAL-licious Q
20	573.1	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	20	582.6	Rib Ranch	20	576.7	Raging Smoke BBQ
21	571.7	Hungry Hog BBQ	21	578.7	Johnson Boys BBQ	21	576.5	Hungry Hog BBQ
22	563	Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ	22	566.2	Holy Smokers BBQ	22	566.3	Smoke Stack Lightning

	Reserve Grand Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	594.8	594.5	594.6	1783.9
2	Jack’s Old South	599.4	594.8	588.2	1782.4
3	92 BBQ	598.5	583.6	599.4	1781.5
4	Rub Shakers Que	595.1	584.6	598.5	1778.2
5	Bubba Grills	590.8	599.7	585.2	1775.7
6	Rib Ticklers	590.9	591.5	586.9	1769.3
7	Southern Hogs	586.6	583.7	597.9	1768.2
8	Cajenn Smokin Que	589.6	590.9	587.0	1767.5
9	Real South BBQ	583.6	591.1	591.2	1765.9
10	REAL-licious Q	594.2	592.5	579.1	1765.8
11	BarBque Crew	580.9	594.5	589.4	1764.8
12	Statesboro Blues BBQ	589.9	584.0	590.8	1764.7
13	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	590.5	586.9	586.4	1763.8
14	H & J Cooking Team	585.3	582.6	590.5	1758.4
15	Cool Hand Luke’s BBQ	563.0	594.8	600.0	1757.8
16	Holy Smokers BBQ	588.7	566.2	594.6	1749.5
17	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	573.1	588.5	586.8	1748.4
18	Raging Smoke BBQ	582.3	589.3	576.7	1748.3
19	Johnson Boys BBQ	573.6	578.7	594.2	1746.5
20	Rib Ranch	582.4	582.6	580.5	1745.5
21	Smoke Stack Lightning	592.7	584.1	566.3	1743.1
22	Hungry Hog BBQ	571.7	585.0	576.5	1733.2

Dec 06 2015

Barbecue Crew Defends Title in Hometown

The 3rd Annual Moultrie Moose Lodge #1158 BBQ Cook-off is the last event on the 2015 calendar year for the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA). But before taking a break for the holidays, 11 of the top 20 teams in the GBA Team of the Year standings turned for the competition. The members of the Moose Lodge always roll out the red carpet for the GBA teams & judges. The Friday nite steak dinners that the Lodge serves have everyone looking forward to this contest each year.

Despite all the GBA heavy hitters best efforts, Moultrie’s own Foy Whatley of Barbecue Crew won the Grand Championship for the second year in a row. Whatley made finals in both Pulled Pork & Ribs, but it was his Pulled Pork box that brought home top honors. That Grand Championship box must have been really special as the panel of finals judges commented that all 3 of the Pulled Pork final entries were among the best they had sampled all year.

Brian Bond of Daddy O’s BBQ made finals in both Pulled Pork and Ribs plus added an 8th place finish in Loin to accumulate the highest cumulative score in the preliminary rounds. As a result, Daddy O’s BBQ took home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Just Blowing Smoke won the Loin category with Real South BBQ as the runner-up. Simply Q finished in 3rd place. Fiddler’s BBQ got the call for 4th place with H & J Cooking Team getting called for 5th place. Sixth place went to Southern Hogs; followed by Smokin’ 42 BBQ in 7th place & Daddy O’s BBQ in 8th place. Sunset Smokers, also from Moultrie, grabbed 9th place and Johnson Boys BBQ taking 10th place.

Following Barbecue winning Pulled Pork was Southern Hogs in 2nd place with Daddy O’s BBQ in 3rd place. Real South BBQ got their second call in 4th place and CaJenn Smoking Que walked in 5th place. Rescue Smokers came in 6th place just 0.4 ahead of Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team in 7th place. Eighth place was also close as Raging Smoke edged H & J Cooking Team by just 0.2 of a point. Smokin’ 42 BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Daddy O’s BBQ took top honors in Ribs. Barbecue Crew took 2nd place. In the preliminary round Ribs, Barbecue Crew scored a perfect 600. Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Rescue Smokers came in 4th place just ahead of Just Blowing Smoke in 5th. Sixth place went to Southern Hogs and 7th place went to Rub Shakers Que. Eighth thru 10th places went to Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team, Real South BBQ and H & J Cooking Team respectively.

The contest also featured a backyard competition. Under Construction BBQ took 1st place in Chicken. Wicked Lickin BBQ Crew got the first place calls in both Pulled Pork & Ribs.

The GBA thanks all the Moose Lodge members for their great hospitality and we are looking forward to returning the Moultrie in 2016. Meanwhile, the GBA will pause the 2015-2016 season for the holidays.

The GBA will hold a judge training class on Jan 23, 2016 in Fort Gaines. Fee for the class is $35. You must be a member of the GBA to take the class. Registation is now open on the GBA website — www.bbqga.com The next contest will be the Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash in February. Visit the website for more details.

Full Standings: 1st, 2nd & 3rd places are final round scores. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	598	Just Blowing Smoke	1	598.9	Barbecue Crew	1	598.3	Daddy-O’s BBQ
2	595.6	Real South BBQ	2	593.6	Southern Hogs	2	595.9	Barbecue Crew
3	590.4	Simply “Q”	3	591.4	Daddy-O’s BBQ	3	588.6	Smokin 42 BBQ
4	595.7	Fiddler’s BBQ	4	593.6	Real South BBQ	4	595.8	Rescue Smokers
5	594.6	H.and J. cooking team	5	592.5	CaJenn Smokin Que	5	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
6	591.2	Southern Hogs	6	590	Rescue Smokers	6	590.9	Southern Hogs
7	590.8	Smokin 42 BBQ	7	589.6	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	7	590.3	Rub Shakers Que
8	589.7	Daddy-O’s BBQ	8	587.2	Raging Smoke	8	590.2	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team
9	587.3	Sunset Smokers	9	587	H.and J. cooking team	9	587.5	Real South BBQ
10	587	Johnson Boys	10	586.3	Smokin 42 BBQ	10	587.3	H.and J. cooking team
11	586.9	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	11	585.7	Sunset Smokers	11	587.2	Hungry Hog
12	586.3	Raging Smoke	12	584.7	Hungry Hog	12	587.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
13	585.9	CaJenn Smokin Que	13	582.6	Fiddler’s BBQ	13	582.6	CaJenn Smokin Que
14	584.4	Blue Smoke	14	582.6	Rub Shakers Que	14	580.7	Double D Cook Team
15	580	Rub Shakers Que	15	580	Forget Me Not BBQ	15	574	Raging Smoke
16	573.5	Rib Ticklers	16	579.7	Simply “Q”	16	571.2	CowboySmokin
17	571.5	Rescue Smokers	17	578.7	Just Blowing Smoke	17	570	Blue Smoke
18	569.9	CowboySmokin	18	574.5	CowboySmokin	18	569.9	Sunset Smokers
19	569.8	Hungry Hog	19	573.3	Johnson Boys	19	568.5	Rib Ticklers
20	568.1	Barbecue Crew	20	571.7	Rib Ticklers	20	566.3	Simply “Q”
21	565.2	Double D Cook Team	21	569.8	Double D Cook Team	21	565.9	Forget Me Not BBQ
22	0	Forget Me Not BBQ	22	568.5	Blue Smoke	22	562.6	Johnson Boys

	Reserve Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Daddy-O’s BBQ	589.7	594.5	597.9	1782.1
2	Real South BBQ	599.4	593.6	587.5	1780.5
3	Southern Hogs	591.2	595.8	590.9	1777.9
4	Smokin 42 BBQ	590.8	586.3	599.1	1776.2
5	Just Blowing Smoke	596.1	578.7	595.5	1770.3
6	H.and J. cooking team	594.6	587.0	587.3	1768.9
7	Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team	586.9	589.6	590.2	1766.7
8	Fiddler’s BBQ	595.7	582.6	587.2	1765.5
9	Barbecue Crew	568.1	595.4	600.0	1763.5
10	CaJenn Smokin Que	585.9	592.5	582.6	1761.0
11	Rescue Smokers	571.5	590.0	595.8	1757.3
12	Rub Shakers Que	580.0	582.6	590.3	1752.9
13	Raging Smoke	586.3	587.2	574.0	1747.5
14	Simply “Q”	599.1	579.7	566.3	1745.1
15	Sunset Smokers	587.3	585.7	569.9	1742.9
16	Hungry Hog	569.8	584.7	587.2	1741.7
17	Blue Smoke	584.4	568.5	570.0	1722.9
18	Johnson Boys	587.0	573.3	562.6	1722.9
19	Double D Cook Team	565.2	569.8	580.7	1715.7
20	CowboySmokin	569.9	574.5	571.2	1715.6
21	Rib Ticklers	573.5	571.7	568.5	1713.7
22	Forget Me Not BBQ	0.0	580.0	565.9	1145.9

Nov 01 2015

Holy Smokes Has The Wiggle & Twist To Win Johnson Co.

The first Johnson Co. Wiggle & Twist Festival included a Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) competition. The unique festival name pays tribute to the old Wrightsville & Tennille Railroad. The old rail route had such a winding path that it picked up the nickname “Wiggle & Twist”. The festival and contest were held at the Wrightsville American Legion Post along with the Johnson Co. Chamber of Commerce. A large crowd turned to enjoy the sights & sounds of the BBQ competition; lots of vendors & great music. Holy Smokes, Gary & Dion Lanton, from nearby Dublin won both the Pulled Pork & Rib categories to claim the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Holy Smokes

Tifton’s Smokin’ 42 BBQ had a 599.7 preliminary score in Loin along with a 6th place in Pulled Pork and 7th place in Ribs to win the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

1st Loin – Bubba Grills

In the Loin finals, Bubba Grills edged Rescue Smokers by just 0.4 of a point to win the category. Smokin’ 42 BBQ finished third. The competition was close throughout the field as there was a 3 way tie for 4th place between Fiddlers BBQ, CaJenn Smokin Q and H & J Cooking Team. Fiddlers BBQ won the tiebreaker to take 4th place. CaJenn then won the next tiebreaker for 5th and H & J took 6th place. Georgia Boys claimed 7th place just ahead of Johnson Boys BBQ in 8th. Ninth place went to Real South BBQ and Holy Smokes got the 10th place call.

The Pulled Pork finals was almost as close as the Loin finals. Holy Smokes won the category by only 0.8 of a point over Real South BBQ. Old Henry’s BBQ may have gotten the loudest ovation of the day with their 3rd place call. The BBQ Ninja took 4th place; Georgia Boys took 5th and Smokin’ 42 BBQ took 6th place. Southern Hogs edged Bubba Grills for 7th place by 0.3 of a point. CaJenn Smokin’ Q and H & J Cooking Team finished 9th & 10th respectively.

Holy Smokes Grand Championship winning Ribs topped the category. Fiddler’s BBQ was the runner up. Fat Daddy P’s BBQ, in the first competition, got the 3rd place call. Rescue Smokers grabbed 4th place with The BBQ Ninja in 5th. Sixth place went to H & J Cooking Team with 7th place going to Smokin’ 42 BBQ. Real South BBQ took 8th place. Johnson Boys BBQ walked in 9th place and Bubba Grills rounded out the top 10.

In the Cooking for Fun Division, Mama’s Que & Stew won the Pulled Pork category with Big Papa BBQ in 2nd & Smokin’ Snowballs in 3rd. In Cooking for Fun Ribs, Big Papa BBQ walked last. Master Basters took 2nd and Smokin’s Snowballs, again, took 3rd place.

Cooking For Fun Pork – Mama’s Que & Stew

Cooking for Fun Ribs – Big Papa’s BBQ

The GBA thanks all the coordinators and volunteers of the Johnson Co. Wiggle & Twist for their outstanding hospitality including a delicious Friday evening welcome dinner for all the teams & GBA officials. The group put on a great first year event & the GBA is looking forward to returning next year.

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

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.4	BUBBA GRILLS	1	597.9	HOLY SMOKES	1	599.4	HOLY SMOKES
2	595	RESCUE SMOKERS	2	597.1	REAL SOUTH BBQ	2	594.6	FIDDLERS BBQ
3	594.2	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	3	587.9	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	3	589.7	FAT DADDY P’S BBQ
4	591.2	FIDDLERS BBQ	4	592.2	THE BBQ NINJA	4	594.8	RESCUE SMOKERS
5	591.2	CAJENN SMOKING Q	5	591.5	GEORGIA BOYS	5	591.9	THE BBQ NINJA
6	591.2	H & J COOKING TEAM	6	589.9	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	6	590.6	H & J COOKING TEAM
7	585.9	GEORGIA BOYS	7	587.5	SOUTHEN HOGS	7	588.7	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
8	582	JOHNSON BOYS BBQ	8	587.2	BUBBA GRILLS	8	584.5	REAL SOUTH BBQ
9	580.9	REAL SOUTH BBQ	9	586.6	CAJENN SMOKING Q	9	582.3	JOHNSON BOYS BBQ
10	579	HOLY SMOKES	10	585	H & J COOKING TEAM	10	581.2	BUBBA GRILLS
11	576.6	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	11	582.6	RESCUE SMOKERS	11	580.4	OLD HENRY’S BBQ
12	571.5	SOUTHEN HOGS	12	581.7	FAT DADDY P’S BBQ	12	578.7	SOUTHEN HOGS
13	570.5	THE BBQ NINJA	13	576.8	FIDDLERS BBQ	13	573.8	CAJENN SMOKING Q
14	562.7	FAT DADDY P’S BBQ	14	567.2	JOHNSON BOYS BBQ	14	558.8	GEORGIA BOYS

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	599.7	589.9	588.7	1778.3
2	HOLY SMOKES	579.0	598.8	598.8	1776.6
3	RESCUE SMOKERS	599.1	582.6	594.8	1776.5
4	H & J COOKING TEAM	591.2	585.0	590.6	1766.8
5	BUBBA GRILLS	595.8	587.2	581.2	1764.2
6	FIDDLERS BBQ	591.2	576.8	595.8	1763.8
7	REAL SOUTH BBQ	580.9	595.2	584.5	1760.6
8	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	576.6	598.8	580.4	1755.8
9	THE BBQ NINJA	570.5	592.2	591.9	1754.6
10	CAJENN SMOKING Q	591.2	586.6	573.8	1751.6
11	FAT DADDY P’S BBQ	562.7	581.7	595.7	1740.1
12	SOUTHEN HOGS	571.5	587.5	578.7	1737.7
13	GEORGIA BOYS	585.9	591.5	558.8	1736.2
14	JOHNSON BOYS BBQ	582.0	567.2	582.3	1731.5

Cooking For Fun:

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	591.5	MAMA’S QUE & STEW	1	589.8	BIG PAPA BBQ
2	589.8	BIG PAPA BBQ	2	584.2	MASTER BASTERS
3	587.5	SMOKING SNOWBALLS	3	579.4	SMOKING SNOWBALLS
4	575.7	MASTER BASTERS	4	576	SPANK YO BUTT BBQ
5	0	SPANK YO BUTT BBQ	5	573	MAMA’S QUE & STEW