Tag: Rescue Smokers

Sep 27 2015

A Near Perfect Day for Rescue Smokers

The 2015-2016 competition season for the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) got off to a unbelievable start at the Doc Holiday BBQ & Blues Festival in downtown Griffin. On the Pro competiton, 39 of the top teams in the state turned out to try and grab the early lead in the Team of the Year competition as Double Points were on the line. There were also 5 Cooking for Fun division teams. The contest also featured Friday ancillaries in Sauce, Wings & Dessert. There was also a special Saturday Brisket Shootout competition.

The level of competition was on display right off the bat in Pork Loin as three teams — Bubba Grills, Dixie Q & Rescue Smokers — each tallied a perfect 600 score in the preliminary round. Smokin’ 42 BBQ missed the 4th perfect score in Loin by just 0.3 of a point. Rescue Smokers pulled their second 600 score of the day in the Pulled Pork preliminary round.

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Robby Royal of Rescue Smokers near perfect day ended with the last call as Grand Champion of the contest. Lonnie Smith and the Bubba Grills team strong showing across all three categories earned the Reserve Grand Champion award.

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

First Place Loin – Dixie Q

Breaking ties with perfect scores often comes down to the dreaded coin toss. In the GBA, however, the top three teams in each category advance to the Finals rounds where they prepare another turn in box to be scored by a select panel of Finals judges. So, the three teams with perfect scores go to settle it with a head to head to head matchup.

Rick Godfrey of Dixie Q got the top score in the Loin finals round to win the category. Rescue Smokers took second place with Bubba Grills taking third. Smokin’ 42 BBQ came in 4th place. Johnson Boys BBQ, in their first GBA contest, finished 5th with Dobey Q finishing sixth. Forget Me Not BBQ took 7th place, Daddy-O’s BBQ took 8th, 92 BBQ took 9th and Fiddlers BBQ took 10th place.

Rescue Smokers had the top finals round Pulled Pork score for the win. Johnson Boys BBQ was the runner-up with Southern Hogs in 3rd place. Bubba Grills grabbed 4th place followed by CaJenn BBQ in 5th and Rub My Butt in 6th place. Seventh place went to We Want Que and 8th place went to Dixie Q. Smokin 42 BBQ & The BBQ Ninja finished 9th & 10th respectively.

First Place Ribs – The BBQ Ninja

The BBQ Ninja took top honors in Ribs. 92 BBQ took second place with Smokin the Good Stuff in third. For third place, Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team edged out Fiddlers BBQ who came in fourth. Sixth place went to We Want Que just ahead of Rescue Smokers in 7th place. Rub My Butt, Simply Q and Daddy-O’s BBQ rounded out the top 10.

Rescue Smokers continued their domination of the day by winning the Brisket Challenge. Captain Jack’s Freedom BBQ Team took 2nd place with Smokin 42 BBQ taking 3rd. The BBQ Ninja grabbed 4th place and Dobey Q took 5th.

In the Cooking For Fun Division, Badonkadonk won Pulled Pork with Mama’s Que & Stew in 2nd and Burnt Offering Cooking Crew in third. In Ribs, Burnt Bermuda BBQ took top honors with Badonkadonk as runner-up and Mama’s Que & Stew taking third.

Cooking For Fun Pork – Badonkadonk

Cooking For Fun Ribs – Burnt Bermuda BBQ

Next, the GBA heads to Milledgeville for the Deep Roots Festival and The GBA State Championship on October 23-24.

If you want to become a part of this exciting BBQ competition organization, membership information can be found at www.bbqga.com

Full Results – Note: the top three scores are from Finals Rounds. All other scores are preliminary round scores.

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	597.2	Dixie Que	1	599.1	Rescue Smokers	1	597	The BBQ Ninja
2	595	Rescue Smokers	2	595	Johnson Boys BBQ	2	595.3	92 BBQ
3	593.4	Bubba Grills	3	592	Southern Hogs	3	593.5	Smokin the Good Stuff
4	599.7	Smokin 42 BBQ	4	595.1	Bubba Grills	4	595.8	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team
5	597.6	Johnson Boys BBQ	5	594.2	CaJenn Smokin Que	5	595.5	Fiddlers
6	597.4	Dobey Q	6	593.9	Rub My Butt BBQ	6	592.4	We Want Que
7	596.4	Forget Me Not BBQ	7	593.3	We Want Que	7	592.2	Rescue Smokers
8	595.8	Daddy-O’s BBQ	8	591.81	Dixie Q	8	591.9	Rub My Butt BBQ
9	594.9	92 BBQ	9	591.8	Smokin 42 BBQ	9	591.8	Simply Q
10	594.5	Fiddlers	10	591.5	The BBQ Ninja	10	591.2	Daddy-O’s BBQ
11	594.2	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	11	590.8	H & J Cooking Team	11	590.9	Screaming Eagle
12	592.1	Rub My Butt BBQ	12	590.6	Smoke Shack BBQ	12	590.8	Raging Smoke BBQ
13	590.9	Real South BBQ	13	589.9	Real South BBQ	13	588.2	Templar Temptations
14	590.9	J Dubas Stew & Que	14	589.9	Simply Q	14	587.9	Bubba Grills
15	589.9	Simply Q	15	589.6	Rub Shakers Que	15	587.9	Rub Shakers Que
16	589.9	Templar Temptations	16	589	Daddy-O’s BBQ	16	587.5	Dixie Q
17	587.1	Main Street Barbecue	17	587.5	Raging Smoke BBQ	17	587.5	Smokin 42 BBQ
18	587	Raging Smoke BBQ	18	587.2	Templar Temptations	18	586.3	Fletcher’s Finest
19	585.7	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team	19	587.2	Que The Musick	19	586.2	CaJenn Smokin Que
20	585.1	CaJenn Smokin Que	20	586.6	Smokin the Good Stuff	20	584.2	J Dubas Stew & Que
21	585	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	21	586.3	Screaming Eagle	21	583.6	Southern Hogs
22	581	Southern Hogs	22	584.7	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	22	583.6	Real South BBQ
23	580.3	The BBQ Ninja	23	584.2	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	23	582.9	H & J Cooking Team
24	580.3	Rub Shakers Que	24	583.9	Fiddlers	24	582.6	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team
25	580.1	Smokin the Good Stuff	25	583.4	Hold Your Horses BBQ	25	582	Main Street Barbecue
26	579.8	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	26	583.1	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team	26	581.4	Dobey Q
27	579.6	Que The Musick	27	582.9	Fletcher’s Finest	27	580.3	Dawg Pit BBQ
28	579.1	Smoke Shack BBQ	28	581.7	Main Street Barbecue	28	578.5	Ole Sparky’s BBQ
29	576	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ	29	581.4	Forget Me Not BBQ	29	577.5	Forget Me Not BBQ
30	575.3	We Want Que	30	578.7	J Dubas Stew & Que	30	575.7	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ
31	575	Bearded BBQ	31	577.1	Old Henry BBQ	31	575.4	Que The Musick
32	572.1	Old Henry BBQ	32	576.3	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ	32	573.9	Just for Fun
33	571.4	Screaming Eagle	33	576.3	Dawg Pit BBQ	33	571.5	Smoke Shack BBQ
34	570.2	Fletcher’s Finest	34	574.5	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ	34	571.4	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ
35	566.6	H & J Cooking Team	35	572.7	Just for Fun	35	570.8	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
36	564.3	Hold Your Horses BBQ	36	570.5	Bearded BBQ	36	570.2	Bearded BBQ
37	560.9	Just for Fun	37	569.7	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	37	568.7	Johnson Boys BBQ
38	559	Dawg Pit BBQ	38	567.8	92 BBQ	38	567.9	Hold Your Horses BBQ
39	0	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ	39	0	Dobey Q	39	566.9	Old Henry BBQ

Reserve Championship: Highest cumulative score from preliminary rounds. If Grand Champion has top score, the award passes down to the second highest total score.

		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	600	600	592.2	1792.2
2	Bubba Grills	600	595.1	587.9	1783
3	Dixie Q	600	591.81	587.5	1779.31
4	Smokin 42 BBQ	599.7	591.8	587.5	1779
5	Rub My Butt BBQ	592.1	593.9	591.9	1777.9
6	Daddy-O’s BBQ	595.8	589	591.2	1776
7	Fiddlers	594.5	583.9	595.5	1773.9
8	Simply Q	589.9	589.9	591.8	1771.6
9	The BBQ Ninja	580.3	591.5	596.4	1768.2
10	CaJenn Smokin Que	585.1	594.2	586.2	1765.5
11	Smokin the Good Stuff	580.1	586.6	598.8	1765.5
12	Raging Smoke BBQ	587	587.5	590.8	1765.3
13	Templar Temptations	589.9	587.2	588.2	1765.3
14	Real South BBQ	590.9	589.9	583.6	1764.4
15	Southern Hogs	581	599.1	583.6	1763.7
16	92 BBQ	594.9	567.8	599.4	1762.1
17	Johnson Boys BBQ	597.6	595.4	568.7	1761.7
18	We Want Que	575.3	593.3	592.4	1761
19	Captian Jacks Freedom BBQ Team	579.8	584.2	595.8	1759.8
20	Rub Shakers Que	580.3	589.6	587.9	1757.8
21	Forget Me Not BBQ	596.4	581.4	577.5	1755.3
22	J Dubas Stew & Que	590.9	578.7	584.2	1753.8
23	Stumps’s Smokers BBQ Team	585.7	583.1	582.6	1751.4
24	Main Street Barbecue	587.1	581.7	582	1750.8
25	Screaming Eagle	571.4	586.3	590.9	1748.6
26	Ole Sparky’s BBQ	594.2	569.7	578.5	1742.4
27	Que The Musick	579.6	587.2	575.4	1742.2
28	Smoke Shack BBQ	579.1	590.6	571.5	1741.2
29	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	585	584.7	570.8	1740.5
30	H & J Cooking Team	566.6	590.8	582.9	1740.3
31	Fletcher’s Finest	570.2	582.9	586.3	1739.4
32	Just Smoke ” N ” Around BBQ	576	576.3	575.7	1728
33	Old Henry BBQ	572.1	577.1	566.9	1716.1
34	Bearded BBQ	575	570.5	570.2	1715.7
35	Dawg Pit BBQ	559	576.3	580.3	1715.6
36	Hold Your Horses BBQ	564.3	583.4	567.9	1715.6
37	Just for Fun	560.9	572.7	573.9	1707.5
38	Dobey Q	597.4	0	581.4	1178.8
39	The Ultimate Smoke BBQ	0	574.5	571.4	1145.9

Cooking For Fun

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	589.9	Badonkadonk	1	598.5	Burnt Bermuda BBQ
2	583.2	MaMa’s Que N Stew	2	593.9	Badonkadonk
3	581	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew	3	588.2	MaMa’s Que N Stew
4	571.1	Mill Hill Barbecue Company	4	586.9	Burnt Offering Cooking Krew
5	569.6	Burnt Bermuda BBQ	5	567.6	Mill Hill Barbecue Company

Feb 01 2015

Dobey Q Walks Last at the Beach Bash

Grand Champion – Dobey Q

The Brunswick Lions Club’s Jekyll BBQ Beach Bash has become one of the biggest events on Jekyll Island. Thirty of the top teams in the Georgia Barbecue Association (GBA) gathered at the beach in Great Dune Park and the level of competition was off the charts. In the end, the last call of the day went to David Hair and Dobey Q who walked away with the Grand Championship.

Reserve Champion – Bubba Grills

Lonnie Smith debuted the new Bubba Grills T3 Steam. With the innovative new cooker, Bubba Grills got two finals calls to take the Reserve Grand Championship.

First Place Pulled Pork – Bethel Smokers

Dobey Q’s Grand Championship Loin entry won the category. Kevin McKinney of Hungry Hogs BBQ was the runner up with Barbecue Crew taking third place. Smoke Risin’ took 4th place with Just Blowing Smoke in 5th and Smoke Shack BBQ in 6th place. Seventh place went to Just Pig Out and 8th place went to Smokin’ the Good Stuff. Southern Hogs edged out Rescue Smokers for 9th place by 0.1 of a point

Joe Wright & Bethel Smokers topped the Pulled Pork category over Bubba Grills in second place and Rescue Smokers in third. Just Blowing Smoke took 4th place. Just Pig Out claimed 5th place by 0.3 of a point over Barbecue Crew who claimed 6th place by another 0.3 of a point over Smokin’ AJs. Smoke Risin’ won the 5th tiebreaker to take 8th place over 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers. Tenth place went to Southern Hogs.

Bubba Grills got the first place call in Ribs. 29 Barbecue captured 2nd place with Real South BBQ in third. Rescue Smokers edged Smokin’ AJs by 0.3 of a point for 4th place. Sixth place went to Naked Daves by only 0.1 of a point over The Hurricane Cookers. Once again, there was a tie for 8th place & this one went to the 4th tiebreaker. Smoke Shack BBQ won the tiebreaker which put Just Blowing Smoke in 9th place. Bethel Smokers rounded out the top 10.

The Jekyll Island BBQ Beach Bash also had a backyard division. Julie Weprek & Mama’s Que-N-Stew won both Pulled Pork & Ribs. LawDawg BBQ II took second place in Pulled Pork and Wcked Lickin’ BBQ Crew took second in Ribs.

Mama’s Que-N-Stew

Lawdawg BBQ II

Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew

Next up for the GBA is Rythm & Ribs in Tifton on March 6-7. The following week the GBA heads north for the Hitachi Walton Co BBQ Festival on March 13-14 with the Durhamtown Spring Jam & BBQ Cookoff on March 20-21.

Full GBA Results:

		LOIN			PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.2	DOBEY Q	1	598.1	BETHEL SMOKERS	1	595.3	BUBBA GRILLS
2	594.1	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	2	592.3	BUBBA GRILLS	2	594.2	29 BARBEQUE
3	588.7	BARBECUE CREW	3	591.6	RESCUE SMOKERS	3	592.5	REAL SOUTH BBQ
4	587.9	SMOKE RISING	4	594.6	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	4	588.5	RESCUE SMOKERS
5	587.2	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	5	591.8	JUST PIG OUT	5	588.2	SMOKIN AJ’S
6	585.9	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	6	591.5	BARBECUE CREW	6	587	NAKED DAVE’S
7	584.6	JUST PIG OUT	7	591.2	SMOKIN AJ’S	7	586.9	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE
8	583.9	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	8	590.51	SMOKE RISING	8	584.61	SMOKE SHACK BBQ
9	582.5	SOUTHERN HOGS	9	590.5	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	9	584.6	JUST BLOWING SMOKE
10	582.4	RESCUE SMOKERS	10	586.3	SOUTHERN HOGS	10	583.3	BETHEL SMOKERS
11	581	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	11	586	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	11	582.7	BARE BONES BBQ
12	580	RUBSHAKERS QUE	12	584.3	DOBEY Q	12	581.4	BARBECUE CREW
13	579.8	FIDDLER’S BBQ	13	582.9	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE	13	581.1	DOBEY Q
14	579.1	BETHEL SMOKERS	14	582.1	J DUB STEW & QUE	14	580.3	ET’S BBQ
15	578.4	LAW DAWGS BBQ	15	582	LAW DAWGS BBQ	15	579.7	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS
16	575	BUBBA GRILLS	16	578.7	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	16	579.6	JUST PIG OUT
17	573.6	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	17	576.8	FIDDLER’S BBQ	17	578.7	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF
18	572.8	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE	18	576.6	REAL SOUTH BBQ	18	577.8	RUBSHAKERS QUE
19	571.5	REAL SOUTH BBQ	19	576.6	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE	19	576.6	SOUTHERN HOGS
20	570.8	LIZZY LOU	20	575.4	NAKED DAVE’S	20	576.3	FIDDLER’S BBQ
21	570.8	SMOKIN AJ’S	21	574.2	RUBSHAKERS QUE	21	574.8	SMOK’N ARMDILLO
22	570.2	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	22	573.8	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	22	574.1	SMOKIN J’S BBQ
23	567.6	SMOK’N ARMDILLO	23	571.8	OLD HENRY BBQ	23	571.1	SMOKE RISING
24	566.9	OLD HENRY BBQ	24	569.8	LIZZY LOU	24	569.3	LIZZY LOU
25	566.8	NAKED DAVE’S	25	568.5	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	25	569.2	J DUB STEW & QUE
26	565.4	ET’S BBQ	26	567.2	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	26	568.7	HUNGRY HOG BBQ
27	564.5	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE	27	564.5	ET’S BBQ	27	565.8	LAW DAWGS BBQ
28	557.5	29 BARBEQUE	28	562.9	SMOK’N ARMDILLO	28	564.3	FORGET ME NOT BBQ
29	553	J DUB STEW & QUE	29	561.3	BARE BONES BBQ	29	563.9	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE
30	0	BARE BONES BBQ	30	557.6	29 BARBEQUE	30	556	OLD HENRY BBQ

	Reserve Champion Scores	Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	BUBBA GRILLS	575	600	599.4	1774.4
2	RESCUE SMOKERS	582.4	599.7	588.5	1770.6
3	JUST BLOWING SMOKE	587.2	594.6	584.6	1766.4
4	BARBECUE CREW	588.8	591.5	581.4	1761.7
5	BETHEL SMOKERS	579.1	599.1	583.3	1761.5
6	DOBEY Q	593.7	584.3	581.1	1759.1
7	SMOKE SHACK BBQ	585.9	586	584.61	1756.51
8	JUST PIG OUT	584.6	591.8	579.6	1756
9	SMOKIN AJ’S	570.8	591.2	588.2	1750.2
10	SMOKE RISING	587.9	590.51	571.1	1749.51
11	SOUTHERN HOGS	582.5	586.3	576.6	1745.4
12	92 BBQ/ASSASSIN SMOKERS	573.6	590.5	579.7	1743.8
13	HURRICANE COOKERS, THE	572.8	582.9	586.9	1742.6
14	REAL SOUTH BBQ	571.5	576.6	591.5	1739.6
15	HUNGRY HOG BBQ	594.8	573.8	568.7	1737.3
16	FIDDLER’S BBQ	579.8	576.8	576.3	1732.9
17	RUBSHAKERS QUE	580	574.2	577.8	1732
18	SMOKIN THE GOOD STUFF	583.9	568.5	578.7	1731.1
19	NAKED DAVE’S	566.8	575.4	587	1729.2
20	LAW DAWGS BBQ	578.4	582	565.8	1726.2
21	FORGET ME NOT BBQ	581	578.7	564.3	1724
22	SMOKIN J’S BBQ	570.2	567.2	574.1	1711.5
23	ET’S BBQ	565.4	564.5	580.3	1710.2
24	LIZZY LOU	570.8	569.8	569.3	1709.9
25	29 BARBEQUE	557.5	557.6	592.4	1707.5
26	SMOK’N ARMDILLO	567.6	562.9	574.8	1705.3
27	MAIN STREET BAR-BE-QUE	564.5	576.6	563.9	1705
28	J DUB STEW & QUE	553	582.1	569.2	1704.3
29	OLD HENRY BBQ	566.9	571.8	556	1694.7
30	BARE BONES BBQ	0	561.3	582.7	1144

Oct 12 2014

South Cobb BBQ & Blues Gets Smoked Rescue Style

Robby Royal and Rescue Smokers,of BBQ Pitmasters fame, took first place in both Pulled Pork and Ribs at the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival. It was his near perfect score of 599.1 in the Pulled Pork finals round that netted the team the Grand Championship

Grand Champion – Rescue Smokers

Just Blowing Smoke, Robin Bowles PItmaster, made finals in Loin; finished 5th in Pulled Pork and 7th in Ribs to take home the Reserve Championship.

Reserve Champion – Just Blowing Smoke

Butt Rubbin BBQ

The first category of the contest was Loin and Just Blowing Smoke topped the field. Butt Rubbin BBQ took second place and 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers took third. Rescue Smokers actually tied for third place but lost the tiebreaker to miss finals and finished in fourth place. Hard Rock Hill BBQ came in fifth place with Dixie Que in sixth. Smokin Butts BBQ took seventh; Rub Shakers Que took eighth; Fiddlers BBQ took ninth and We Want Que took 10th place.

CJs

Rescue Smokers won the Pulled Pork category with CJ’s as runner-up. We Want Que grabbed third place with 92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers in fourth and Just Blowing Smoke in fifth place. There was a tie for sixth place and Fiddler’s BBQ won the tiebreaker over Dixie Que. Rub Shakers Que, Smokin’ the Good Stuff and Hard Rock Hill BBQ finished eighth through tenth respectively.

It was Rescue Smokers taking their second win of the day with the top scoring Rib box. Rub Shakers Que came in second with Smokin’ The Good Stuff coming in third. Fiddlers BBQ took fourth; Smoking J’s took fifth place and Dixie Que took sixth place. Seventh place went to Just Blowing Smoke. The final three calls in Ribs were very close. Butt Rubbin’ BBQ got the eighth place call by just 0.2 of a point over We Want Que in ninth. Just 0.1 of a point back was Daddy-O’s BBQ in tenth place.

The Georgia Barbecue Association really enjoyed their first trip to Austell and the South Cobb BBQ & Blues Festival We want to thank the contest organizers and the staff of the beautiful EpiCenter for hosting a great contest. Next week, the GBA heads to MIlledgeville for the Deep Roots Fesitval

Full Contest Results:

		LOIN
1	596.3	Just Blowing Smoke
2	594.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
3	591.5	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
4	592.4	Rescue Smokers
5	588.2	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
6	583.6	Dixie Que
7	582.9	Smokin Butts BBQ
8	580.2	Rub Shakers Que
9	579.9	Fiddler’s BBQ
10	575.9	We Want Que
11	575.1	Smokin’ the Good Stuff
12	574.8	Smokin’ Hotlanta
13	571.4	CJ’s
14	571.4	Where There’s Smoke
15	570.2	Smokin J’s Barbeque
16	569.7	Temple of the Hog
17	566.6	Daddy-O’s_BBQ

		PULLED PORK			RIBS
1	599.1	Rescue Smokers	1	597.2	Rescue Smokers
2	593.5	CJ’s	2	593.2	Rub Shakers Que
3	588.2	We Want Que	3	591.6	Smokin’ the Good Stuff
4	594.5	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	4	591.2	Fiddler’s BBQ
5	592.1	Just Blowing Smoke	5	589.9	Smokin J’s Barbeque
6	591.21	Fiddler’s BBQ	6	587.5	Dixie Que
7	591.2	Dixie Que	7	584.8	Just Blowing Smoke
8	590.6	Rub Shakers Que	8	582.2	Butt Rubb’n BBQ
9	587.6	Smokin’ the Good Stuff	9	582	We Want Que
10	586.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	10	581.9	Daddy-O’s_BBQ
11	582	Daddy-O’s_BBQ	11	578.6	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers
12	582	Smokin’ Hotlanta	12	577.1	Hard Rock Hill BBQ
13	578.9	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	13	575.1	Smokin’ Hotlanta
14	575.4	Smokin J’s Barbeque	14	572.5	Smokin Butts BBQ
15	575.4	Smokin Butts BBQ	15	564.8	CJ’s
16	568.5	Where There’s Smoke	16	563.9	Where There’s Smoke
17	566.1	Temple of the Hog	17	560.6	Temple of the Hog

	Reserve Scores
		Loin	Pulled	Ribs	Total
1	Rescue Smokers	592.4	595.7	596.4	1784.5
2	Just Blowing Smoke	599.7	592.1	584.8	1776.6
3	Rub Shakers Que	580.2	590.6	595.4	1766.2
4	92 BBQ/Assassin Smokers	592.41	594.5	578.6	1765.51
5	Fiddler’s BBQ	579.9	591.21	591.2	1762.31
6	Dixie Que	583.6	591.2	587.5	1762.3
7	Butt Rubb’n BBQ	596.1	578.9	582.2	1757.2
8	Smokin’ the Good Stuff	575.1	587.6	592.4	1755.1
9	We Want Que	575.9	595.2	582	1753.1
10	Hard Rock Hill BBQ	588.2	586.1	577.1	1751.4
11	Smokin J’s Barbeque	570.2	575.4	589.9	1735.5
12	Smokin’ Hotlanta	574.8	582	575.1	1731.9
13	CJ’s	571.4	595.4	564.8	1731.6
14	Smokin Butts BBQ	582.9	575.4	572.5	1730.8
15	Daddy-O’s_BBQ	566.6	582	581.9	1730.5
16	Where There’s Smoke	571.4	568.5	563.9	1703.8
17	Temple of the Hog	569.7	566.1	560.6	1696.4me

Mar 03 2013

Cookin’ with Stump.com Near Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’

Cookin’ with Stump.com Near Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’

Walter “Stump” McDowell of Cookin’ With Stump.com finaled in all three categories at the Plains Pig Pickin’ 2013 then scored a near perfect 599.7 in the Loin Finals to claim the Grand Championship. Former President Jimmy Carter presented the trophy to all the winners in his hometown event.

Grand Champion – Cookin’ With Stump.com

Following Stump in Pork Loin, Holy Smoke, LLC claimed second place in their first GBA competition. Third place went to Git R Smoked. Bubba Grills finished in fourth place. Rescue Smokers rounded out the top five.

Git R Smoked, Terry McKay pitmaster, made the trip up from south Florida to give the GBA a try & made finals in Loin & Ribs to claim the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion – Git R Smoked

Big Moe Cason & Ponderosa BBQ out of Iowa made an even longer drive to check out the GBA competition. Two finals and a win in Pulled Pork made the trip worthwhile. Rescue Smokers took second place honors in Pulled Pork. Cookin’ with Stump.com laid claim to third place. Git R Smoked and Anarque finished fourth & fifth respectively.

First Place Pulled Pork – Ponderosa BBQ

Git R Smoked topped the Ribs category with Ponderosa BBQ in second and Cookin’ With Stump.com in third. Bethel Smokers missed finals in Ribs by 0.1 of a point and finished fourth. Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade edged out Rescue Smokers for fifth place by 0.3 of a point.

Complete Standings for Plains Pig Pickin’ 2013 (1st- 3rd scores are from final rounds; 4th place and down are preliminary round scores):

		PORK LOIN
1	599.7	COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM
2	588.5	HOLY SMOKE LLC
3	584.3	GIT R SMOKED
4	591.5	BUBBA GRILLS
5	589.1	RESCUE SMOKERS
6	586.9	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
7	584.7	SMOKIN GRILL
8	584	JETHRO’S COOKING CREW
9	581.2	PONDEROSA BBQ
10	579.9	SMOKIN Ajs
11	578.1	WOOD SHED
12	576	AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE
13	575.7	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
14	575.4	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
15	575.3	ANARQUE
16	573.7	SMOKESTACK BBQ
17	571.8	BETHEL SMOKERS

		RIBS			PULLED PORK
1	596.4	GIT R SMOKED	1	598.2	PONDEROSA BBQ
2	595.1	PONDEROSA BBQ	2	596.1	RESCUE SMOKERS
3	576.7	COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM	3	590.2	COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM
4	595.1	BETHEL SMOKERS	4	595.5	GIT R SMOKED
5	590.8	AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE	5	595.1	ANARQUE
6	590.5	RESCUE SMOKERS	6	591.2	BETHEL SMOKERS
7	590.2	ANARQUE	7	586.4	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ
8	587.5	SMOKIN Ajs	8	584.5	BUBBA GRILLS
9	582.7	JETHRO’S COOKING CREW	9	584.3	DRIVE BY SMOKERS
10	582.1	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	10	584.2	AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE
11	579.6	HOLY SMOKE LLC	11	582.7	SMOKIN Ajs
12	577	WOOD SHED	12	582	HOLY SMOKE LLC
13	575	SMOKESTACK BBQ	13	578.7	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE
14	571.3	BUBBA GRILLS	14	576.8	JETHRO’S COOKING CREW
15	567.9	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	15	575.7	SMOKIN GRILL
16	564.5	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	16	571.8	WOOD SHED
17	559.8	SMOKIN GRILL	17	560	SMOKESTACK BBQ

	Reserve Scores
		Ribs	Pulled	Loin	Total
1	GIT R SMOKED	595.2	595.5	599.4	1790.1
2	COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM	595.4	599.7	591.8	1786.9
3	RESCUE SMOKERS	590.5	599.1	589.1	1778.7
4	PONDEROSA BBQ	596.4	595.7	581.2	1773.3
5	ANARQUE	590.2	595.1	575.3	1760.6
6	BETHEL SMOKERS	595.1	591.2	571.8	1758.1
7	HOLY SMOKE LLC	579.6	582	596.4	1758
8	AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE	590.8	584.2	576	1751
9	SMOKIN Ajs	587.5	582.7	579.9	1750.1
10	BUBBA GRILLS	571.3	584.5	591.5	1747.3
11	SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ	582.1	586.4	575.4	1743.9
12	JETHRO’S COOKING CREW	582.7	576.8	584	1743.5
13	DRIVE BY SMOKERS	564.5	584.3	586.9	1735.7
14	WOOD SHED	577	571.8	578.1	1726.9
15	COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE	567.9	578.7	575.7	1722.3
16	SMOKIN GRILL	559.8	575.7	584.7	1720.2
17	SMOKESTACK BBQ	575	560	573.7	1708.7

Feb 12 2012

Holy Smokes Takes Title at Piece Co. Pig Pickin’

Grand Champion Holy Smokes

Blackshear, GA – Can you smell what Holy Smokes is cooking? At the Pierce Co. Pig Pickin’, it smelled like perfection as Gary & Dionn Lanton tallied a perfect 600 score in Pork Loin Finals to claim the Grand Championship & the unique title belt trophy. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers and Jack’s New South tied for the highest cumulative score from the preliminary rounds. The teams were still tied after the first tiebreaker, the total of taste scores from the three categories. On the second tiebreaker, total of overall impression scores, D.W.’s Kountry Cookers had a 1 point advantage and took home the Reserve Grand Championship.

Reserve Grand Champion D.W.'s Kountry Cookers

The perfect 600 score gave Holy Smokes first in Pork Loin. D.W.’s Kountry Cookers came in second. Holy Smokers & Jack’s New South finished third & fourth respectively. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack edged out The Pampered Pig for fifth place after going to the third tiebreaker, the most number of 10’s awarded in the category.

In Pork, D.W.’s Kountry Cookers tallied a near perfect 599.1 score to capture the first place trophy. Jack’s New South was second with Smokin’ AJ’s in third. The Pampered Pig, cooking in their first GBA contest , continued their strong showing claiming fourth place. There was also a tie for fifth place in Pork with Fat Boys Smoking BBQ edging out Sauced Hog Smoke Shack on the second tiebreaker.

First Place Ribs Jack's New South

Jack’s New South also had a near perfect score of 599.1 to win the Ribs category with Rescue Smokers as runner-up. Bethel Smokers, D.W.s Kountry Cookers & Sunset Smokers rounded out the top five.