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VOLUME 6 • NUMBER 4
“For the Folks That Want A Little Smoke In Their Life”
FEBRUARY 2015
Dobey Q Takes Grand at Jekyll Beach Bash
Bubba Grills scores another Reserve
David Hair and his Team Dobey Q win Grand Champion at the Jekyll Beach Bash, a Georgia Barbecue Association sanctioned contest January 31, 2015.
By Jim Sewell Vice- President GBA
in Great Dune Park and the level of competition was off the charts. In the end, the The Brunswick Lions Club’s Jekyll last call of the day went to David Hair and BBQ Beach Bash has become one of the Dobey Q who walked away with the Grand biggest events on Jekyll Island. Thirty Championship. of the top teams in the Georgia Barbecue Lonnie Smith debuted the new Bubba Association (GBA) gathered at the beach Grills T3 Steam. With the innovative new cooker, Bubba Grills got two finals calls to take the Reserve Grand Championship. 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’ Official Publication of: 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 Wicked Lickin’ BBQ Crew took second in Ribs. Next up for the GBA is Rhythm & 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.
Team Bubba Grills wins Reserve Champion at the Jekyll Beach Bash. Shown L-R team members: Alexis Alexander, Lonnie Smith, Shannon Smith, Gracie Smith and Lee Smith. More Photos on Page 10.
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