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Nov 23 2014

A Grand Time in Albany for Dobey Que

(pictures courtesy of Donald Tilton of Classic Impression)

The Quail Classic Event in Albany, GA and the Georgia Barbecue Association joined forces for the first time. The event was held at the Stonebridge Country Club. The teams and judges enjoyed the hospitality of this unique venue especially the different twist on a people’s choice contest with their Hospitality Challenge.

David Hair, cooking for the first time in GBA as Dobey Que, got the final call of the day and the Grand Championship.

Grand Champion – Dobey Que

Kerry Sparks of LawDawg BBQ continued her strong run of contests by making finals in both Loin and Pulled Pork along with a 6th place finish in Ribs. The gave LawDawg BBQ the top cumulative score across the three categories in the preliminary rounds and the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion – LawDawg BBQ

Fiddler’s BBQ

Shirley & Harvey Wills of Fiddlers BBQ won the People”s Choice Hospitality Challenge. H & J Cooking Team took second place with Marky Mark’s Smoking Butts capturing third place.

Dobey Que’s Grand Championship Loin entry topped the category with LawDawg BBQ as runner-up and H & J Cooking Team in third.place. Fourth place went to Old Henry’s BBQ, fifth place went to Real South BBQ and sixth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ. Just Blowing Smoke took seventh place with Hungry Hog BBQ in eighth place. The ninth place call went to Southern Hogs with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers rounding out the top 10.

LawDawg BBQ had to top Pulled Pork Box of the contest. Hungry Hog BBQ was a close second. Real South BBQ took third place. Fourth place went to Fiddler’s BBQ and fifth place went to Just Blowing Smoke. Southern Hogs grabbed sixth place; H & J Cooking team grabbed seventh and Durt Road Smokers grabbed eighth place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers and Old Henry’s BBQ finished ninth and tenth respectively.

Real South BBQ

In Ribs, it was Tim Coleman and Real South BBQ for the win. Second place went to 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Dobey Que took third place with Southern Hogs in fourth. Just Blowing Smoke and LawDawg BBQ tied for fifth place with Just Blowing Smoke getting the nod on the 4th tiebreaker. H & Cooking Team came in seventh place. There was also a tie for eighth place and it went to the 5th tiebreaker before Fiddler’s BBQ edged out Old Henry’s BBQ. Hungry Hog got the tenth place call

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to thank the administration and staff of Stonebridge Country Club for putting on an outstanding contest.

Full Results:

		LOIN			Pullled Pork	RIBS
1	280	Dobey Que	1	596.9	Law Dawg BBQ		1	597.4	Real South BBQ
2	594.4	Law Dawg BBQ	2	595.3	Hungry Hog BBQ		2	594.2	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers
3	588.7	H&J Cooking Team	3	589.3	Real South BBQ		3	590	Dobey Que
4	586.2	Old Henrys BBQ	4	586.9	Fiddlers BBQ		4	584.2	Southern Hogs
5	582.8	Real South BBQ	5	585.7	Just Blowing Smoke		5	583.91	Just Blowing Smoke
6	580.3	Fiddlers BBQ	6	581.6	Southern Hogs		6	583.9	Law Dawg BBQ
7	578.6	Just Blowing Smoke	7	581.5	H&J Cooking Team		7	583.3	H&J Cooking Team
8	578.3	Hungry Hog BBQ	8	577.6	Durt Road Smokers		8	580.31	Fiddlers BBQ
9	566.3	Southern Hogs	9	576.2	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers		9	580.3	Old Henrys BBQ
10	563.8	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	10	573.8	Old Henrys BBQ		10	579.3	Hungry Hog BBQ
11	561.4	Marky Marks Smoking Butts	11	560.3	Marky Marks Smoking Butts		11	572.7	Durt Road Smokers
12	545.7	Durt Road Smokers	12	0	Dobey Que		12	556.2	Marky Marks Smoking Butts

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pork	Ribs
1	Law Dawg BBQ	598.8	592.1	583.9	1774.8
2	Real South BBQ	582.8	590.1	591.8	1764.7
3	H&J Cooking Team	588.5	581.5	583.3	1753.3
4	Just Blowing Smoke	578.6	585.7	583.91	1748.21
5	Fiddlers BBQ	580.3	586.9	580.31	1747.51
6	Hungry Hog BBQ	578.3	587.8	579.3	1745.4
7	Old Henrys BBQ	586.2	573.8	580.3	1740.3
8	92BBQ/Assassin Smokers	563.8	576.2	596.4	1736.4
9	Southern Hogs	566.3	581.6	584.2	1732.1
10	Durt Road Smokers	545.7	577.6	572.7	1696
11	Marky Marks Smoking Butts	561.4	560.3	556.2	1677.9
12	Dobey Que	596.7	0	594.5	1191.2

Sep 28 2014

Just Blowin’ Smoke Wins the Shootout at Doc Holiday Festival

The GBA made its debut at the Doc Holiday Festival in downtown Griffin, GA and it turned into a 3 way shootout for the Grand Championship. In the end, the Loin entry by Robin Bowles & Just Blowin’ Smoke topped the Pulled Pork box by Dixie Que’s Rick Godfrey and the Ribs entry of Gary Lanton of Holy Smokes.

Grand Champion – Just Blowin’ Smoke

Dixie Que finaled in Pulled Pork, finished 6th in Ribs and 11th in Loin to take the Reserve Championship for the top cumulative score in the three preliminary rounds.

Reserve Champion – Dixie Que

Just Blowin’ Smoke’s championship Loin box topped the category. Two Fat Boys & A Grill came in second with Rolling Smoke Competition Que in third place. Swine Time Grillin’ Team took fourth place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged Bearded BBQ for fifth place on the tiebreaker. Real South BBQ grabbed seventh place and RTC Smokin’ grabbed eighth place. Fiddler’s BBQ in ninth and H & J Cooking Team in tenth rounded out the top 10,

Dixie Que won Pulled Pork with Just Blowin’ Smoke the runner-up. Fiddler’s BBQ came in third with H & J Cooking Team in fourth. Swine Time Grillin’ Team nailed down the fifth spot. Sixth place went to Rub Shakers Que and seventh place went to Old Henry’s BBQ. In eight place was Holy Smokes; in ninth place was Smokin’ J’s and in tenth place was Real South BBQ.

First Place Ribs – Holy Smokes

Holy Smokes had the best box of Ribs on the day. Two Fat Boys & A Grill took second place with 29 Barbecue taking third place. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers edged out Rub Shakers Que for fourth place by 0.3 of a point. Dixie Que finished in the sixth spot. In seventh place was Fiddler’s BBQ with RTC Smokin’ in eighth place. Real South BBQ and Just Blowin’ Smoke tied for ninth place with Real South BBQ coming out on top in the tiebreaker.

The Doc Holiday Festival also held a GBA sanctioned Cooking for Fun contest. The GBA’s Cooking for Fun division competes in two categories: Pulled Pork and Ribs. Simply Q topped Swine Dining in Pulled Pork. Swine Dining returned the favor by topping Simply Q to win the Ribs category.

CFF Pulled Pork 1st Place – Simply Q

CFF Ribs 1st Place – Swine Dining

The GBA teams, judges and officials had a great time at the Doc Holiday Festival and are looking forward to a return trip in 2015. The next stop on the GBA contest trail with another first year event at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival at the EpiCenter in Austell, GA. Full results below:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	598.3	Just Blowing Smoke	1	595.8	Dixie Que
2	594.1	Two Fat Boys & A Grill	2	595.5	Just Blowing Smoke
3	588.7	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	3	588	Fiddlers BBQ
4	585.2	Swine Time Cooking Team	4	590.8	H&J’s
5	583.6	92BBQ Assassin Smokers	5	587.2	Swine Time Cooking Team
6	583.6	Bearded BBQ	6	582.9	Rub Shakers Que
7	583	Real South BBQ	7	581	Old Henry BBQ
8	579.9	RTC Smokin	8	580.2	Holy Smokes
9	579.5	Fiddlers BBQ	9	579.7	Smokin J’s Barbeque
10	577.7	H&J’s	10	579	Real South BBQ
11	577.4	Dixie Que	11	578.3	92BBQ Assassin Smokers
12	575.1	Holy Smokes	12	577.7	RTC Smokin
13	574.1	Smokin J’s Barbeque	13	575.3	29 Barbeque
14	573.5	Smokin Butts BBQ	14	571.1	Killer Swine
15	571.1	Killer Swine	15	569.5	Bearded BBQ
16	569.8	29 Barbeque	16	564.3	Daddy-O’s
17	564.8	Daddy-O’s	17	563.6	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
18	562.2	Old Henry BBQ	18	559.3	Smokin Butts BBQ
19	561.3	Rub Shakers Que	19	556.9	Two Fat Boys & A Grill
20	556.2	Dawg Pit BBQ	20	551.7	Dawg Pit BBQ

		RIBS
1	596.1	Holy Smokes
2	594.8	Two Fat Boys & A Grill
3	591.1	29 Barbeque
4	587.8	92BBQ Assassin Smokers
5	587.5	Rub Shakers Que
6	584	Dixie Que
7	582.6	Fiddlers BBQ
8	579.9	RTC Smokin
9	576.6	Real South BBQ
10	576.6	Just Blowing Smoke
11	574.7	Swine Time Cooking Team
12	572.5	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que
13	569.2	Daddy-O’s
14	567	H&J’s
15	566	Killer Swine
16	563.9	Dawg Pit BBQ
17	558.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque
18	557.6	Smokin Butts BBQ
19	556.2	Old Henry BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Just Blowing Smoke	595.7	594.8	576.6	1767.1
2	Dixie Que	577.4	597.1	584	1758.5
3	Fiddlers BBQ	579.5	591.2	582.6	1753.3
4	Holy Smokes	575.1	580.2	595.1	1750.4
5	92BBQ Assassin Smokers	583.61	578.3	587.8	1749.71
6	Swine Time Cooking Team	585.2	587.2	574.7	1747.1
7	29 Barbeque	569.8	575.3	595.5	1740.6
8	Real South BBQ	583	579	576.61	1738.61
9	RTC Smokin	579.9	577.7	579.9	1737.5
10	H&J’s	577.7	590.8	567	1735.5
11	Two Fat Boys & A Grill	586.6	556.9	591.2	1734.7
12	Rub Shakers Que	561.3	582.9	587.5	1731.7
13	Rollin’ Smoke Competition Que	595.4	563.6	572.5	1731.5
14	Smokin J’s Barbeque	574.1	579.7	558.9	1712.7
15	Killer Swine	571.1	571.1	566	1708.2
16	Old Henry BBQ	562.2	581	556.2	1699.4
17	Daddy-O’s	564.8	564.3	569.2	1698.3
18	Smokin Butts BBQ	573.5	559.3	557.6	1690.4
19	Dawg Pit BBQ	556.2	551.7	563.9	1671.8
20	Bearded BBQ	583.6	569.5	0	1153.1

Cooking For Fun Pulled Pork

599.1	Simply “Q”
595.4	Swine Dining

Cooking For Fun Ribs

588.5	Swine Dining
581.8	Simply “Q”
573	Cookin & Drinkin BBQ

Sep 07 2014

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Wins GBA State Championship

Brad Sweet, Pitmaster of 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers,really brought his A game to Fort Valley for the ComSouth Hambone Jam and the Georgia Barbecue State Championship. Brad made finals in all three categories and claimed wins in both Loin and Pulled Pork. The dominating performance earned 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers their first Grand Championship and the title of GBA State Champion for 2014-2015.

Lawdawg BBQ, Kerry & Kevin Sparks, made finals in Loin and Pulled Pork then tied for 3rd place in Ribs. They missed a triple finals on the 5th tiebreaker to finish in fourth place in the category. The strong performance over the three categories carried the Brunswick team to the Reserve Championship

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers turned in the state championship Pork Loin. Lawdawg BBQ took second place with The BBQ Ninja, Pitmaster Rodney Ellington, claimed third place. Cooking with Stump took 4th place and Anarque took 5th place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ tied for 6th place with Smokin’42 taking the spot on the 5th tiebreaker. Smokin’ AJs took 8th place. Bubba Grills claimed 9th and Dixie Davis Cookers completed the top 10.

In Pulled Pork it was 92 BBQ/Assassin Smoker again for the win with Bubba Grills as runner-up. Lawdawg BBQ finished in 3rd place. H&J Cook Team with special guest Pitmistress Lois Sebastian, edged out Cooking with Stump for 4th place on a tiebreaker. Arnarque claimed 6th with The BBQ Ninja in 7th. Real South BBQ, Rub My Butt BBQ and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished 8th thru 10th respectively.

Bubba Grills broke up 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers run with the best Rib box of the day. Buster Davis of Smokin’ AJs grabbed second place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers taking the 3rd spot. Lawdawg BBQ came in 4th place. The BBQ Ninja got their third call of the day with a 5th place finish. Smokin’ 42 BBQ grabbed 6th. Rounding out the top 10 were Anarque, Smokin’ Js, Swine Time Grilling Team and Butt Rubbin’ BBQ.

The Georgia Barbecue Association thanks ComSouth and the Fort Valley Downtown Development Authority for hosting another great state championship event. The next stop on the GBA trail will be the Grande Creek Pig Jam in Swainsboro on Sept 19-20.

Full Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK
1	596.1	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	1	596.1	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
2	594.6	Lawdawg BBQ	2	595.3	Bubba Grills
3	591.3	The BBQ Ninja	3	590.6	Lawdawg BBQ
4	591.2	Cookin’ with Stump	4	586.9	H & J Cook Team
5	587.5	AnarQue	5	586.9	Cookin’ with Stump
6	586.6	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	6	584.5	AnarQue
7	586.6	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	7	584.2	The BBQ Ninja
8	580.5	Smokin-AJ’s	8	582.9	Real South
9	576.3	Bubba Grills	9	581.4	Rub My Butt BBQ
10	575.8	Dixie Davis Cooks	10	578.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
11	575	Real South	11	576.7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
12	574.5	Rub My Butt BBQ	12	574.1	Bethel Smokers
13	569.3	Swine Time	13	573.8	Swine Time
14	568.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	14	573.7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
15	568.1	H & J Cook Team	15	571.1	Smokin-AJ’s
16	565.7	Major League Q	16	563.9	Major League Q
17	555.8	Smokin J’s BBQ	17	563.8	Smokin J’s BBQ
18	554.1	Bethel Smokers	18	559.2	Dixie Davis Cooks

		RIBS
1	594.2	Bubba Grills
2	593.8	Smokin-AJ’s
3	593.7	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers
4	587.6	Lawdawg BBQ
5	585.5	The BBQ Ninja
6	585.2	Smokin’ 42 BBQ
7	584.3	AnarQue
8	583.2	Smokin J’s BBQ
9	583	Swine Time
10	581.3	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
11	580.3	Bethel Smokers
12	579	Cookin’ with Stump
13	577.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
14	576.8	Rub My Butt BBQ
15	575.2	H & J Cook Team
16	570.1	Major League Q
17	567.5	Real South
18	560.1	Dixie Davis Cooks

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Lawdawg BBQ	594.8	592.1	587.6	1774.5
2	Bubba Grills	576.3	596.4	596.4	1769.1
3	The BBQ Ninja	599.4	584.2	585.5	1769.1
4	92 BBQ / Assassin Smokers	591.4	587.3	587.61	1766.31
5	Cookin’ with Stump	591.2	586.9	579	1757.1
6	AnarQue	587.5	584.5	584.3	1756.3
7	Smokin’ 42 BBQ	586.61	573.7	585.2	1745.51
8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	586.6	578.7	577.1	1742.4
9	Smokin-AJ’s	580.5	571.1	589.2	1740.8
10	Rub My Butt BBQ	574.5	581.4	576.8	1732.7
11	H & J Cook Team	568.1	586.91	575.2	1730.21
12	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	568.3	576.7	581.3	1726.3
13	Swine Time	569.3	573.8	583	1726.1
14	Real South	575	582.9	567.5	1725.4
15	Bethel Smokers	554.1	574.1	580.3	1708.5
16	Smokin J’s BBQ	555.8	563.8	583.2	1702.8
17	Major League Q	565.7	563.9	570.1	1699.7
18	Dixie Davis Cooks	575.8	559.2	560.1	1695.1

Jun 22 2014

Bubba Grills Gets The Last Call at Paulding Co Stars & Stripes BBQ

Grand Champion – Bubba Grills

The battle for Grand Champion at the first Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Contest in Dallas, GA was just as heated as the summer afternoon, Bubba Grills’ Rib entry and Smokin’ 42 BBQ’s Loin entry both scored 596.2 points in the finals round. This forced the Grand Championship to be decided on a tiebreaker. It didn’t take long, however, as Bubba Grills won the first level tiebeaker to claim the Grand Championship.

Competing in their first GBA contest, Robin Bowles and the Just Blowing Smoke team made finals in Loin and Pulled Pork along with a fifth place finish in Ribs to take the Reserve Championship Award.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

First Place Loin – Smokin’ 42 BBQ

Smokin’ 42 BBQ continued to rule the Pork Loin category by winning the category for the 6th time this season. Just Blowing Smoke took second place with Bubba Grills taking third. Brad Sweet of 92 BBQ finished in 4th place and another first time GBA competitor, Reading BBQ finished in fifth place. Sixth place went to The Fat Redneck BBQ Co. Seventh place went to Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. Eighth place went to Smokin’ J’s. Ninth place went to Swine Time Grilling Team. Rounding out the top 10 was the only lady pitmaster in the contest, Crystal Smitherman of Hard Rock Hill BBQ.

First Place Pork – Fiddler’s BBQ

Harvey Willis of Fiddler’s BBQ had the top Pulled Pork entry of the contest. Just Blowing Smoke was just 0.6 of a point behind for their second runner-up finish. TC’s BBQ came in third place. Smokin’ 42 BBQ claimed 4th place with H & J BBQ taking fifth. Sixth place went to Swine and Shine BBQ. The Fat Redneck BBQ Co. & Swine Time Grilling Team finished 7th and 8th place respectively. Moe Cason of Poderosa BBQ and TV’s BBQ Pitmasters fame, took 9th place. Bubba Grills got the 10th place call.

Bubba Grills’ Grand Champiionship winning Ribs were tops in the category. Ponderosa BBQ came in second place. Smokin Squealers, another team cooking their first GBA contest, came in third place. 92 BBQ grabbed 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. Four Fathers BBQ edged out Just Smoke N Around BBQ for 6th place by just 0.1 of a point. Eighth thru tenth places went to TC’s BBQ, Fiddler’s BBQ and Butt Rubbin’ BBQ.

First Place Pork Cooking for Fun – Screaming Eagle BBQ

First Place Ribs Cooking for Fun – The Fat Guys

The contest also held a GBA Cooking For Fun division competition. Larry Cavendar of Screaming Eagle BBQ won the Pulled Pork Category. The Fat Guys took second place with We Want Q in third. The Fat Guys, pitmaster Robert Holt, had the top Ribs entry of the division. Sreaming Eagle BBQ was the runner-up with Pig Buster BBQ in third place.

This completes the 2013-2014 contest year for the Georgia Barbecue Association. The new contest year with begin with the GBA State Championships at the Hambone Jam in Fort Valley on September 5-6. The GBA will hold the first ever Team of the Year banquet on August 16 in Macon. More details of the banquet will be posted soon on the GBA website: www.bbqg.com

Full Contest Results:


		LOIN
1	596.2	Smokin’ 42
2	595.3	Just Blowing Smoke
3	589.8	Bubba Grills
4	591.2	92 BBQ
5	588.6	Reading Smoke
6	587.2	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company
7	586.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
8	585.4	Smokin J’s
9	582.7	Swine Time Grilling
10	580.7	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ
11	579.2	Butts & Brews BBQ
12	579.1	TC BBQ
13	579	Ponderosa BBQ
14	579	Smoking Butts BBQ
15	577.7	Just Smoke N Around
16	577.5	H & J Cook Team
17	575.4	Smokin Squealers
18	575.2	Bird Dog BBQ
19	572.7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
20	571.8	Dirt Road Smokers
21	571.8	Fiddler’s BBQ
22	571.5	Old Henry BBQ
23	570.3	Four Fathers BBQ
24	570.2	Squeal Team Six
25	568.4	Swine and Shine BBQ
26	563.2	Smoking the Good Stuff


		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	595.6	Fiddler’s BBQ	1	596.2	Bubba Grills
2	595	Just Blowing Smoke	2	595.1	Ponderosa BBQ
3	591.1	TC BBQ	3	591.3	Smokin Squealers
4	589.2	Smokin’ 42	4	594.2	92 BBQ
5	588.6	H & J Cook Team	5	590.9	Just Blowing Smoke
6	587.8	Swine and Shine BBQ	6	588.2	Four Fathers BBQ
7	586.6	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	7	588.1	Just Smoke N Around
8	586	Swine Time Grilling	8	587.2	TC BBQ
9	584.3	Ponderosa BBQ	9	584.8	Fiddler’s BBQ
10	583.9	Bubba Grills	10	582.9	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
11	581.6	Bird Dog BBQ	11	582.3	Old Henry BBQ
12	581.6	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	12	582.3	Bird Dog BBQ
13	581	Smoking the Good Stuff	13	581.1	Swine Time Grilling
14	579.1	92 BBQ	14	579	Squeal Team Six
15	579.1	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ	15	577.6	H & J Cook Team
16	579	Squeal Team Six	16	575.6	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ
17	577.7	Butts & Brews BBQ	17	575.3	Smokin J’s
18	575.4	Smokin Squealers	18	573.3	Dirt Road Smokers
19	572.5	Just Smoke N Around	19	573.3	Smoking Butts BBQ
20	571.8	Old Henry BBQ	20	571.7	Reading Smoke
21	570.9	Smoking Butts BBQ	21	571.4	Swine and Shine BBQ
22	570.8	Smokin J’s	22	566.8	Smoking the Good Stuff
23	567.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	23	566.5	Smokin’ 42
24	567	Dirt Road Smokers	24	565.1	Butts & Brews BBQ
25	563.4	Reading Smoke	25	563.9	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
26	553	Four Fathers BBQ	26	561.2	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Bubba Grills	597.6	583.9	595.4	1776.9
2	Just Blowing Smoke	592.7	590.5	590.9	1774.1
3	92 BBQ	591.2	579.1	594.2	1764.5
4	TC BBQ	579.1	591.8	587.2	1758.1
5	Ponderosa BBQ	579	584.3	594.5	1757.8
6	Smokin’ 42	597.7	589.2	566.5	1753.4
7	Swine Time Grilling	582.7	586	581.1	1749.8
8	Smokin Squealers	575.4	575.4	598.8	1749.6
9	Fiddler’s BBQ	571.8	591.1	584.8	1747.7
10	H & J Cook Team	577.5	588.6	577.6	1743.7
11	Bird Dog BBQ	575.2	581.6	582.3	1739.1
12	Just Smoke N Around	577.7	572.5	588.1	1738.3
13	Hardrock Hill’s BBQ	580.7	579.1	575.6	1735.4
14	The Fat Redneck BBQ Company	587.2	586.6	561.2	1735
15	Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack	586.9	581.6	563.9	1732.4
16	Smokin J’s	585.4	570.8	575.3	1731.5
17	Squeal Team Six	570.2	579	579	1728.2
18	Swine and Shine BBQ	568.4	587.8	571.4	1727.6
19	Old Henry BBQ	571.5	571.8	582.3	1725.6
20	Reading Smoke	588.6	563.4	571.7	1723.7
21	Smoking Butts BBQ	579	570.9	573.3	1723.2
22	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	572.7	567.2	582.9	1722.8
23	Butts & Brews BBQ	579.2	577.7	565.1	1722
24	Dirt Road Smokers	571.8	567	573.3	1712.1
25	Four Fathers BBQ	570.3	553	588.2	1711.5
26	Smoking the Good Stuff	563.2	581	566.8	1711

Cooking for Fun Division
			PULLED PORK			RIBS
	1	590.9	Screaming Eagle	1	591.2	The Fat Guys
	2	586.6	The Fat Guys	2	577.8	Screaming Eagle
	3	580.3	We Want Q	3	574.8	Pig Buster BBQ
	4	579.3	CJ’s BBQ	4	568	Sweetwater Competition Smoke Out Team
	5	560.4	Pig Buster BBQ	5	566.7	We Want Q
	6	546	Sweetwater Competition Smoke Out Team	6	562.5	CJ’s BBQ

May 04 2014

Bethel Smokers Rises to the Top at 3 Rivers BBQ Fest

Bethel Smokers of Douglas, GA, won the Pulled Pork Category and with the top score of the finals rounds captured the Grand Championship at the 3 Rivers BBQ Fest. The contest was held at the Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center just north of Hazlehurst on the banks of the mighty Altamaha River.

Grand Champion – Bethel Smokers

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin – 92 BBQ

It was a close race for the Reserve Championship. Bubba Grills total of 1765.5 in the three preliminary rounds was just 0.2 of a point ahead of Smokin’ 42 BBQ.

Bethel Smokers score of 597.7 topped the Pulled Pork category. Mojo Smokehouse of Willacoochee, GA took second place. In third place, cooking in their first GBA contest, was Straw Boss BBQ. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack finished in fourth place with Just Smoke N Around in fifth place. Sixth place went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ and 7th place went to Drive By Smokers. H & J Cook Team, Bubba Grills and 92 BBQ finished 8th, 9th & 10th respectively.

Bubba Grills won the Ribs category with Smokin’ 42 BBQ as runner-up. TC’s BBQ of Swainsboro, captured third and 92 BBQ captured fourth place. Rounding out the top 5 was Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. Sixth place was taken by Mojo Smokehouse. Seventh thru 10th places went to Smokin’ AJ’s, Bethel Smokers, Just Smoke N Around and Doc & Dicies.

92 BBQ, Brad Sweet with special assistant pitmaster William, conquered the Pork Loin category. Bubba Grills took second place. Mojo Smokehouse grabbed the third spot. Sauced Hogs Smokeshack had their second 4th place finish and Just Smoke N Around got their second 5th place award. Smokin’ AJ’s took 6th place and Doc & Dicies took 7th place. Eighth went to Smokin’ 42 BBQ and 9th place went to Straw Boss BBQ. Bethel Smokers completed the top 10 in the category.

The GBA would like to thank the Hazlehurst-Jeff Davis Co. Board of Tourism and the staff of Towns Bluff Park & Heritage Center for hosting a great contest at a beautiful venue.

The GBA heads north to Acworth for Smoke on the Lake next week (May 9-10) then winds up the 2013-2014 season in Dallas GA at the Paulding Co. Stars & Stripes BBQ Cook-off & Festival on June 20-21.

Full Contest Results:

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.7	BETHEL SMOKERS	1	596.7	BUBBA GRILLS
2	592.0	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	2	594.7	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
3	590.4	STRAW BOSS BBQ	3	591.4	TC’S BBQ
4	589.9	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK	4	589.9	92 BBQ
5	587.0	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ	5	583.9	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK
6	586.6	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	6	583.6	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
7	585.3	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	7	583	SMOKIN – AJ’S
8	585.0	H & J COOKING TEAM	8	579	BETHEL SMOKERS
9	582.3	BUBBA GRILLS	9	574.5	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ
10	581.7	92 BBQ	10	574.4	DOC & DICIES
11	581.7	TC’S BBQ	11	574.1	H & J COOKING TEAM
12	579.7	DOC & DICIES	12	573	STRAW BOSS BBQ
13	578.7	SMOKIN – AJ’S	13	572.4	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
14	569.9	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	14	570.2	R K BQ
15	567.0	R K BQ	15	554.3	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

		LOIN
1	595.1	92 BBQ
2	593.6	BUBBA GRILLS
3	590.9	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE
4	588.8	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK
5	587.9	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ
6	587.6	SMOKIN – AJ’S
7	582.4	DOC & DICIES
8	579.3	SMOKIN 42 BBQ
9	578.3	STRAW BOSS BBQ
10	573.7	BETHEL SMOKERS
11	572.4	H & J COOKING TEAM
12	568.8	R K BQ
13	568.1	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
14	567.1	TC’S BBQ
15	557	OLD HENRY’S BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	BUBBA GRILLS	591.4	582.3	591.8	1765.5
2	SMOKIN 42 BBQ	579.3	586.6	599.4	1765.3
3	MOJO SMOKEHOUSE	590.1	590.9	583.6	1764.6
4	92 BBQ	591.8	581.7	589.9	1763.4
5	SAUCED HOGS SMOKESHACK	588.8	589.9	583.9	1762.6
6	JUST SMOKE “N” AROUND BBQ	587.9	587.0	574.5	1749.4
7	SMOKIN – AJ’S	587.6	578.7	583	1749.3
8	BETHEL SMOKERS	573.7	595.8	579	1748.5
9	STRAW BOSS BBQ	578.3	592.5	573	1743.8
10	TC’S BBQ	567.1	581.7	591.5	1740.3
11	DOC & DICIES	582.4	579.7	574.4	1736.5
12	H & J COOKING TEAM	572.4	585.0	574.1	1731.5
13	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	568.1	585.3	572.4	1725.8
14	R K BQ	568.8	567.0	570.2	1706.0
15	OLD HENRY’S BBQ	557	569.9	554.3	1681.2