Tag: Real South BBQ

Sep 28 2014

Just Blowin’ Smoke Wins the Shootout at Doc Holiday Festival

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

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

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

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 Pulled Pork 1st Place – Simply Q

 

CFF Ribs 1st Place - Swine Dining

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 21 2014

Two in a Row for 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Two in a Row for 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Brad Sweet has partnered up with Jeff Conley of Assassin Smokers and it looks like an unbeatable combination at the start of the Georgia Barbecue Association’s 2014-2015 season. 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers made the finals in all three categories for the second straight contest at the Grande Creek Pig Jam.  The contest is held at a great venue —  the Georgia Sports Arena in Swainsboro, GA. The team’s Loin entry in the finals was the top scoring box in the round to win a second straight Grand Championship.

Gtand Champion - 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Gtand Champion – 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers

Gary & Dionne Lanton of Holy Smokes returned to competition BBQ after a year layoff and the Dublin based team picked up right where they left off.  Holy Smokes scored a perfect 600 in the preliminary round of Ribs.  The also turned in the top entry in the finals Ribs round along with a 3rd place finish in Pulled Pork and 6th place finish in Loin to capture the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion - Holy Smokes

Reserve Champion – Holy Smokes

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Second Place Loin – Smokin Butts Pit Crew

 

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers lead the way in Pork Loin with Smokin Butts Pit Crew in second place. Bubba Grills finished third. Lawdawg BBQ took fourth place with Bones Grill Shack in fifth Sixth place went to Holy Smokes and seventh place went to Real South BBQ  In eighth place was Bethel Smokers. Ninth place went to Old Henry BBQ and Smokin Squealers took tenth place.

 

 

Second Place Loin - Bethel Smokers

Second Place Loin – Bethel Smokers

 

 

 

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers also won the Pulled Pork category. Bethel Smokers was the runner up with Holy Smokes in third place. Smokin Butts Pit Crew grabbed the fourth spot and Southern Hoggs took fifth place. Sixth place went to Lawdawg BBQ and seventh place went to Bubba Grills.  Rounding out the top ten were Smokin’ J’s, Real South BBQ and Smokin’ Squealers.

 

 

Second Place Ribs - Bubba Grills

Second Place Ribs – Bubba Grills

 

 

Holy Smokes followed up the perfect 600 score in the Ribs preliminary round with a 597 score in the final round to win the category. Bubba Grills was second with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in third place. Smokin Squealers took fourth place and Smokin Butts Pit Crew finished up their strong for the contest with a 5th place finish in Ribs. Old Henry BBQ walked with the 6th place call followed by Lawdawg BBQ in seventh.  Bethel Smokers, Real South BBQ & Bones Grill Shack finished eighth, ninth & tenth respectively.

 

 

The GBA thanks Jeremy Faircloth and all the staff at the Georgia Sports Arena for a great job at one of the Associations favorite locations.  The next stop on the GBA trail will be the Doc Holiday BBQ Championship in Griffin, GA on Sept 26-27.  Full results below:

LOIN   PULLED PORK
1 598.3 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 1 595 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
2 592.3 Smokin Butts Pit Crew 2 594.7 Bethel Smokers
3 590.4 Bubba Grills 3 592.3 Holy Smokes
4 591.1 Law Dawg BBQ 4 587.6 Smokin Butts Pit Crew
5 586.3 Bones Grill Shack 5 585 Southern Hoggs
6 581.7 Holy Smokes 6 583.6 Law Dawg BBQ
7 581.2 Real South 7 579.2 Bubba Grills
8 580.9 Bethel Smokers 8 578.6 Smokin J’s
9 580 Old Henry 9 575.7 Real South
10 572 Smokin Squealers 10 574.4 Smokin Squealers
11 567.2 Southern Hoggs 11 573.4 Bones Grill Shack
12 563.5 TB’s BBQ 12 572.3 Old Henry
13 559.5 Smokin J’s 13 568.3 TB’s BBQ

 

RIBS
1 597 Holy Smokes
2 593.4 Bubba Grills
3 591.6 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
4 587.3 Smokin Squealers
5 585 Smokin Butts Pit Crew
6 584 Old Henry
7 583.9 Law Dawg BBQ
8 581.5 Bethel Smokers
9 580.9 Bones Grill Shack
10 580.6 Real South
11 578.1 Smokin J’s
12 571.1 Southern Hoggs
13 551.2 TB’s BBQ

 

Reserve Scores
Loin Pulled Ribs Total
1 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers 599.4 591.4 591.6 1782.4
2 Holy Smokes 581.7 592.1 600 1773.8
3 Bubba Grills 594.8 579.2 591.5 1765.5
4 Smokin Butts Pit Crew 592.4 587.6 585 1765
5 Law Dawg BBQ 591.1 583.6 583.9 1758.6
6 Bethel Smokers 580.9 595.4 581.5 1757.8
7 Bones Grill Shack 586.3 573.4 580.9 1740.6
8 Real South 581.2 575.7 580.6 1737.5
9 Old Henry 580 572.3 584 1736.3
10 Smokin Squealers 572 574.4 587.3 1733.7
11 Southern Hoggs 567.2 585 571.1 1723.3
12 Smokin J’s 559.5 578.6 578.1 1716.2
13 TB’s BBQ 563.5 568.3 551.2 1683

 

 

 

 

 

Sep 07 2014

92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers Wins GBA State Championship

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.

DSCF3032Lawdawg 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

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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.

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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