Tag: Old Henry’s BBQ

Feb 02 2014

Bethel Smokers Takes Grand at Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash

Bethel Smokers Takes Grand at Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash

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Grand Champion – Bethel Smokers

 

 

The Georgia Barbecue Association traveled to Jekyll Island, GA for the first contest of 2014. The Brunswick Lions Club hosted the event & the Golden Isles turned out in record numberst. At one point Saturday, traffic was backed up for miles on the causeway leading to the beach front contest & festival site.

Mr Joe Wright, Pitmaster of Bethel Smokers, made finals in both Pork & Ribs, but it was his final round Pork entry that scored a 599 out of a possible 600 points that got the last call of the day. Inside sources tell us that the secret to the team’s success is all in the shoes.

 

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Reserve Grand Champions – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack

 

 

 

Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack came to Jekyll Island short handed, but Clint & Mandy Britton were up to the challenge.  The husband & wife team made finals in Loin along with fifty place finishes in both Pork & Ribs to capture the Reserve Grand Championship.

 

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First Place Loin – 29 Barbecue

 

 

In Pork Loin, 29 Barbecue, cooking in their first GBA contest, grabbed first place honors.  Legal Smoke took second place with Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack in third.  Smoke Risin’ BBQ Joint came in fourth with Fiddler’s BBQ in fifth place.

 

Bethel Smokers topped the field in the Pulled Pork category.  Dixie Que was the runner up.  Old Henry’s BBQ made finals for the first time in a GBA contest & took home third place.  There was a tie for fourth place between 29 Barbecue and Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack.  It went to the 4th level before 29 Barbecue won the tiebreaker.

 

Smoke Risin’ BBQ Joint from Blackshear had the best Ribs entry of the day. Legal Smoke BBQ took second place. Bethel Smokers captured third with Fiddler’s BBQ taking fourth place. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack finished in fifth place just a half point ahead of Naked Dave’s BBQ.

The Georgia Barbecue Association would like to congratulate the Brunswick Lions club on a very successful contest and are looking forward to returning to the islands next year.  The GBA heads to Tifton, GA for the first time for Rhythm & Ribs Festival on Feb 28 – March 1.

 

Full Results:

Note: the top 3 scores in each category are final round scores. 4th place scores & down are from preliminary rounds.

 

LOIN
1 594.2 29 BARBEQUE
2 592.8 LEGAL SMOKE
3 590.8 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
4 588.2 SMOKE RISIN’
5 587.2 FIDDLERS BBQ
6 584.9 BARE BONES BBQ
7 582.6 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
8 580 H&J BBQ
9 579.7 PAMPERED PIG BBQ
10 579 JUST PIG OUT BARBEQUE
11 577 TC’S BBQ
12 576.7 SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM
13 576.5 OLD HENRY BBQ
14 575.7 R KAE BBQ
15 573.7 HURRICANE COOKERS
16 572.6 BLACK DOG BBQ
17 571.4 NAKED DAVES
18 569.4 RUB SHAKERS QUE
19 568.1 92 BBQ
20 566.8 DIXIE QUE
21 564.7 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
22 562.1 BETHEL SMOKERS
23 557 SMOKING J’S
24 548.7 SMOKE MEAT MILITIA
PULLED PORK   RIBS
1 599 BETHEL SMOKERS 1 594.1 SMOKE RISIN’
2 594.4 DIXIE QUE 2 593.2 LEGAL SMOKE BBQ
3 574.7 OLD HENRYS BBQ 3 585.9 BETHEL SMOKERS
4 593.3 29 BARBEQUE 4 591.2 FIDDLERS BBQ
5 593.3 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK 5 590.2 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK
6 591.2 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 6 589.7 NAKED DAVES
7 590.8 JUST PIG OUT BARBEQUE 7 589.1 HUNGRY HOG BBQ
8 587.6 92 BBQ 8 587.3 RUB SHAKERS QUE
9 586.3 PAMPERED PIG BBQ 9 586.9 JUST PIG OUT BARBEQUE
10 586.2 HURRICANE COOKERS 10 586 PAMPERED PIG BBQ
11 584.2 FIDDLERS BBQ 11 585.6 R KAE BBQ
12 583.6 H&J BBQ 12 584.6 DIXIE QUE
13 583.6 SMOKE RISIN’ 13 582.6 H&J BBQ
14 579.8 LEGAL SMOKE BBQ 14 580 SMOKIN 42 BBQ
15 579.5 HUNGRY HOG BBQ 15 578.7 HURRICANE COOKERS
16 578.7 NAKED DAVES 16 578.1 SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM
17 578.4 SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM 17 572.7 BLACK DOG BBQ
18 577.7 RUB SHAKERS QUE 18 570.9 SMOKE MEAT MILITIA
19 574.7 BARE BONES BBQ 19 567.9 SMOKING J’S
20 574.4 SMOKE MEAT MILITIA 20 567.3 29 BARBEQUE
21 571.3 TC’S BBQ 21 564.8 TC’S BBQ
22 570.6 R KAE BBQ 22 562.7 92 BBQ
23 565.4 SMOKING J’S 23 560.2 OLD HENRY BBQ
24 560 BLACK DOG BBQ 24 553.1 BARE BONES BBQ

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 SAUCED HOGS SMOKE SHACK 596.1 593.3 590.2 1779.6
2 LEGAL SMOKE BBQ 596.1 579.8 599.1 1775
3 SMOKE RISIN’ 588.2 583.6 593.7 1765.5
4 FIDDLERS BBQ 587.2 584.2 591.2 1762.6
5 JUST PIG OUT BARBEQUE 579 590.8 586.9 1756.7
6 29 BARBEQUE 594.8 593.3 567.3 1755.4
7 BETHEL SMOKERS 562.1 596.1 596.7 1754.9
8 SMOKIN 42 BBQ 582.6 591.2 580 1753.8
9 PAMPERED PIG BBQ 579.7 586.3 586 1752
10 H&J BBQ 580 583.6 582.6 1746.2
11 DIXIE QUE 566.8 594.2 584.6 1745.6
12 NAKED DAVES 571.4 578.7 589.7 1739.8
13 HURRICANE COOKERS 573.7 586.2 578.7 1738.6
14 RUB SHAKERS QUE 569.4 577.7 587.3 1734.4
15 HUNGRY HOG BBQ 564.7 579.5 589.1 1733.3
16 SWINE TIME GRILLING TEAM 576.7 578.4 578.1 1733.2
17 R KAE BBQ 575.7 570.6 585.6 1731.9
18 OLD HENRY BBQ 576.5 594.2 560.2 1730.9
19 92 BBQ 568.1 587.6 562.7 1718.4
20 TC’S BBQ 577 571.3 564.8 1713.1
21 BARE BONES BBQ 584.9 574.7 553.1 1712.7
22 BLACK DOG BBQ 572.6 560 572.7 1705.3
23 SMOKE MEAT MILITIA 548.7 574.4 570.9 1694
24 SMOKING J’S 557 565.4 567.9 1690.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sep 12 2013

Bubba Grills Named 2012-2013 Team of the Year

Bubba Grills Named 2012-2013 Team of the Year

The Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) held its annual Team of the Year awards at the 8th Annual Comsouth Hambone Jam in Fort Valley, GA.  The GBA used the occasion to honor one of its founding fathers by naming the award for the annual season long points competition the A.K. Saville Team of the Year Award in honor of the first President of the organization.  The GBA also recognized its Past Presidents with a special shirt. Shown below right are: (l-r) A.K. Saville, Lonnie Smith, Jeff Schram, & Harry Faircloth. Not shown is Raymond Poore.

                               aksaville               pastpresidents

Lonnie Smith, another founding member of the GBA, and his Bubba Grills team won the first A.K. Saville Team of the Year Award.  During the 2012-2013 contest season, Bubba Grills won 3 Grand Championship and 4 Reserve Grand Championships. The team took first place honors in Pork Loin once, Pulled Pork twice and an amazing 6 times in Ribs.

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Coming in second place in the point standings was Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack. Since Bubba Grills, the grill manufacturer, was the sponsor for the Team of the Year contest, Lonnie Smith passed the Bubba Grills smoker down to the runner-up for their strong showing throughout the year.

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Finishing third in the points race was Smokin 42 BBQ.  Bethel Smokers claimed the fourth spot with Anarque taking fifth place. Sixth place went to Smokin AJs. Jethro’s Cooking Crew took seventh. Old Henry’s BBQ got the call for eighth place. Budmeisters finished the year in ninth place with Smokin Grill BBQ rounding out the top 10 teams for the year.

2nd Place – Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
3rd Place – Smokin 42 BBA
4th Place – Bethel Smokers
5th :Place – Anarque
6th Place – Smokin AJs
7th Place – Jethro’s Cooking Crew
8th Place – Old Henry’s BBQ
9th Place – Budmeisters
10th Place – Smokin Grill BBQ

Oct 21 2012

Jethro’s Cooking Crew Takes Grand at The Hog Jam!

Jethro’s Cooking Crew Takes Grand at The Hog Jam!

Blairsville, GA, The Lodge at Copperhead – (by Greg Hoyt) The North Georgia Mountains were smoky the weekend of October 12-13.  The Hog Jam at The Lodge at Copperhead just outside of Blairsville, GA was the northern most GBA Contest to date – barely 14 miles from the Georgia-North Carolina State line.

The owners, staff and friends of The Lodge at Copperhead rolled out the red carpet Friday night starting with heavy Hors d’oeuvres an open bar and a rock’n band on the back porch at the Lodge.  The food was fabulous; the drinks were great, the music was wonderful.  Everything our hosts planned for Friday night set the perfect atmosphere for fellowship that is always part of a great GBA Weekend. Anthony, Michelle, Jerry and Paula all worked tirelessly to be sure that everything ran smoothly through the awards on Saturday.

Pitmaster Jeff Schram and Jethro’s Cooking Crew arrived late Friday evening.  Once they got set up, they set the pace for a field of GBA Teams that included Smok’n Willy Squealers, Bubba Grills, The Pampered Pig, Rufus Smokehouse BBQ, Old Henry’s BBQ, Onsite Ribs, Smokn’ 42 and Natural Born Smokers.

Friday Night ancillary winners were: Sauce – Smokn’Q and Onsite Ribs, Stew – Smokin Willy Squealers, Wild Game – Onsite Ribs, Dessert – Rufus Smokehouse, and Bloody Mary – Onsite Ribs.

Saturday morning cookers poured smoke into the mist coming off of the mountains.  Bright sun and mild temperatures burned the mist off early as everyone had a great time cooking to win one of the unique locally made pig trophies.

Four teams double finaled: The Pampered Pig (Loin and Pulled Pork), Jethro’s Cooking Crew (Loin and Ribs), Bubba Grills (Loin and Ribs) Smokin’Willy Squealers (Ribs and Pulled Pork).

Jethro’s Cooking Crew won the Hog Jam Grand Championship with their Ribs.  After years of supporting the GBA as a cook and past President, it was Pitmaster Jeff Schram’s first GBA Grand Championship.  A strong cook by Smokin’Willy Squealers brought the Reserve Champion trophy to Carl and Mary Williams.

Full results are here:

PORK LOIN
*  score from finals
1 592.1  * Jethros.’s Cooking Crew
2 586.8  * Bubba Grills
3 580.9  * The Pampered Pig
4 585.4 Old Henry’s BBQ
5 582.4 Smokin Willy Squealers
6 579.7 Natural Born Smokers
7 577.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
8 570.7 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ
9 563 Onsite Ribs

 

PULLED PORK
*  score from finals
1 595.4  * Smokin Willy Squealers
2 589.5  * Onsite Ribs
3 578.6  * The Pampered Pig
4 588.5 Jethros.’s Cooking Crew
5 584.39 Natural Born Smokers
6 582.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
7 581 Old Henry’s BBQ
8 571.1 Bubba Grills
9 560.3 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ

 

RIBS
*  score from finals
1 596.7  * Jethro’s Cooking Crew
2 594.8  * Bubba Grills
3 584  * Smokin Willy Squealers
4 586.3 The Pampered Pig
5 583.9 Smokin’ 42 BBQ
6 572.7 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ
7 571.7 Old Henry’s BBQ
8 570.5 Onsite Ribs
9 554.1 Natural Born Smokers

 

Overall Preliminary Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Jethros.’s Cooking Crew 591.8 588.5 593.4 1773.7
2 Smokin Willy Squealers 591.5 594.2 582.4 1768.1
3 The Pampered Pig 586.3 590.2 587.3 1763.8
4 Bubba Grills 599.7 571.1 588.2 1759
5 Smokin’ 42 BBQ 583.9 582.9 577.9 1744.7
6 Old Henry’s BBQ 571.7 581 585.4 1738.1
7 Onsite Ribs 570.5 594.5 563 1728
8 Natural Born Smokers 554.1 584.39 579.7 1718.2
9 Rufus Smokehouse BBQ 572.7 560.3 570.7 1703.7

 

The GBA Pro teams were joined by a small but very talented group of backyard teams,  Diggen Q, Rollin Smoker, Screaming Eagles BBQ, Wilber’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ and Smokin Q BBQ.  These teams received the full “Pro” experience from meat check-in to judging by certified Judges, comment cards through the awarding of the backyard Grand and Reserve Champion.  The caliber of product turned out by the backyard teams was extraordinary.  On the backyard side, Diggen Q was Grand Champion with Rollin Smoker taking Reserve.

 

Copperhead Lodge Backyard
RIBS   Pulled Pork   Pork Loin
1 590.8 Diggen Que 1 586.5 Diggen Que 1 578.5 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’
2 585.2 Screaming Eagle BBQ 2 585.2 Screaming Eagle BBQ 2 577.9 Rollin Smoker
3 581.3 Rollin Smoker 3 582.9 Rollin Smoker 3 575.9 Diggen Que
4 570 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 4 564.2 Smokin Q BBQ 4 565.7 Screaming Eagle BBQ
5 560.69 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’

 

Reserve Scores
Ribs Pulled Loin Total
1 Diggen Que 590.8 586.5 575.9 1753.2
2 Rollin Smoker 581.3 582.9 577.9 1742.1
3 Screaming Eagle BBQ 585.2 585.2 565.7 1736.1
4 Wilbur’s Been Smokin’ Somethin’ 570 560.69 578.5 1709.2
5 Smokin Q BBQ 0 564.2 0 564.2