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Volume 4• Number 5
March 2013
Table of BoroQue Brings out the Best! Contents Bubba Grills takes home MBN, First time team takes home GBA ............ 24 Pages
Haines City, Fl ..............2 Tony Wolfe....................3 Audrey Evans................4 Harry Faircloth.............5 Dana Hillis...................5 SCBA..............................6 Statesboro.....................7 Plains, GA .................... 8 Pigs and Wings ...........9 Tampa, FL....................13 Daphne, AL .................14 Mobile, Al....................15 NBBQA .......................18 Subscribe.....................19 Calendar......................20 Classifieds...................22
By Audrey Evans
The BoroQue was a joint GBA / MBN Cookoff held on March 8-9, 2013. Bubba Grills from Haddock, Georgia finished as Grand Champion on the MBN Side and took home the bottling contract offered by Braswell’s. Event Organizer, Jonathan Judy states,
“It couldn’t have been a better team. I couldn’t be happier for Lonnie.” On the GBA side of the playing field a new team, made a great first impression. Butts-N-Brews BBQ Team out of Statesboro took home Grand Champion honors in their first competition ever cooked. The had a first place Pork Loin which topped them all and landed themselves the chance to go to Las Vegas and Cook in the World Food Championship later this year.
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2013 Ribs on the Ridge • Haines City, Florida 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Smoky Dog Git-R-Smoked Swamp Boys Hot Wachula’s Cedar Creek BBQ
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Reserve Champion Git-R-Smoked
First Place Ribs Blitzkrieg BBQ
First Place Chicken Shanty Town
First Place Brisket Swamp Boys
First Place Pork Cedar Creek BBQ
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Florida Barbeque Association President’s Message Three months into the season and it has definitely been a busy one. The contests are all raising the bar and working to make the contests better and better. It has been great to see some new faces walk across the stage keeping the old reliables company. March and April are both busy month with several opportunities to get your que on! We welcome Eagle Lake as an officially sanctioned contest this year and welcome the Fire Ant Festival back for its second year as an FBA sanctioned contest. Find a contest near you and meet some of the best people on Earth. I have been very impressed by the high scores we have seen so far and know that more are on the way. We have already seen 1 perfect score, how many more will we see before season end? Plans for the Fun Cook are in full swing. The weekend promises to be full of fun and friends and of course Barbeque. So of the favorite events from the previous year will be featured again - the Kids Que, the dessert and chili contest and I believe the golf tournament might make an appearance again. In addition, Battle at BBQ Junction joins the agenda. This year there will be an organizers workshop with the BOD. Don’t be left out, register early. See the FBA website for more details.
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My Weekend of Playing in the Mud at a BBQ Contest
Audrey Evans
Editor & Publisher aevans@bqtimes.com aevans@sunmulti.com In order to descibe the weekend, it would take many words. Out of all the words, I can’t find one that would be sufficient to descibe it alone. It has to make the mark, at least for 45 teams, as the wettest weekend in BBQ history. We had more rain than we had in the past year combined, all in a three
day period. Worst conditions a BBQ event organizer could ask for, yeah I’ll vouch for that. I can say, first hand from experience, you can’t plan for it, all you can do is deal with it. In some ways, it makes it easier. You can’t worry about whats going wrong at judging or turn-ins when you are on a backhoe pulling someone out of the mud. You can’t worry about a team being in three foot of water cooking when you have 123 judges standing in the rain. What do you do? Me, well I sat back and laughed A LOT. I had fun, I played in the mud, drove a backhoe (which I haven’t done in probably 10 years), I turned doughnuts in the golfcart, and I ate a bunch of good food all with the biggest smile on my face I could have. I can truly say that was
one of those weekends, when you find out who your friends are. If it wasn’t for my friends, it would’ve never been possible. It was like they kept coming in heards on Friday, each one saving the day in their own little way. They don’t know BBQ like us, they really had no idea about putting a compeition on but they cared about me. They knew what it meant to me and they did what ever it took to make it happen no matter what circumstances we were dealt. When you have friends of that caliber and then you add the BBQ teams that knew the conditions were beyond control, you can’t help but have an outstanding event and that is what I feel like we had. I will never be able to express enough appreciation to all of these folks. The teams, the judges, GBA and
all of its reps and organizers, sponsors, my friends and my family; everyone kept the brightest attitude and truly just had fun. That is why we do this isn’t it? ••• I went down to Albany and had a visit with Mr. Carl Williams aka Smokinwilly and his wife Ms. Mary. They are in the best spirits you could imagine with everything Mr. Carl has gone through. Please continue to keep them in your prayers as they continue this journey which still has a long road ahead. They want to be back out on the circuit, helping teams and cooking, more than most of you can imagine. ••• We have a new column starting this month, Give it to God. Jeff Petvekicius approached me about his
ministry and what he offers to cook teams at events he attends. I have to hand it to the man, most of us, as spiritual as we are don’t have the “uhmp” some would call it to get out an minister on the circuit like he does. I think it is a great attribute to competition bbq and I am happy to have him right a column in The BBQ Times each month. Welcome, Jeff. Would you be interested in writing in The BBQ Times? Let me know. I will look into your stuff and if it is a fit for The BBQ Times we would love to have you. Remember, one side of The BBQ Times is the family, fun, “hometown” aspect. It doesn’t matter if it is about competition, bbq, cooking at home, anything to do with our BBQ lifestyle is welcome here. Don’t forget to check out
our new group on Facebook. It is called The BBQ Times Free Classifieds. It is a place you can put your used BBQ items for sale or trade. Or list what you might be looking for. So far, it has had a great response with almost 1000 members, several of which have already sold and found some items. With this, I will also choose a few each month to be featured on the Classified page. If you are a business looking to advertise your products, give me a call. We will get you set up with a package that best fits your companies needs and budget. Guaranteed! ••• There are lots of great events coming in the next few months. I can’t wait for them myself, hope to see you there. Until then....Yall Keep Rubbin’ Them Butts!
Appearance scoring
The devil is in the details, or is it? Carl Williams
“Que-Talk with Smokinwilly” carlwms5943@gmail.com
Editor’s Note: Mr. Carl Williams is still recovering from his procedure in January. Please keep him in your prayers through this time, as he has continually faced more and more complications. I have had people ask about his col-
umn, so this month I pulled a column Carl orginally wrote back in December of 2011 I hope you enjoy.
Judges have seen it all (for the most part), from the very bad to the off the chart great. Burned entries, under-
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cooked entries; bland and tasteless, so spicy you cant digest it, and most anything else you can think of. So, the one thing in all of this that you would think is the simplest and easiest to master would be the scoring of the presentation of the meat; “the appearance score”. It is by far the most consistently defined category. Yet, the devil sure seems to be in the details, doesn’t it? For those of you who are judges you’ve seen a few of the little devils already. From scoring of brush marks in the sauce, to whether all the pieces are exactly the same size, meat trimming, too much or too little sauce, bubbles, burned marks, flakes of this or that, and I can surely go on and on. When I first started judg-
ing I had many conversations with seasoned judges (those who had judged several contest), and they reminded me to most importantly; keep it simple by asking myself one and only one question, and that’s: Is it appetizing?” You know, suddenly the devils seem to disappear when you ask yourself this one simple question in the context of the meat category being presented. It’s chicken: Is this appetizing chicken? Do I really want to take a bite? It really is and should be that simple. Some are appetizing with brush marks, some are not, some with sauce are very appetizing, of course many with sauce are appetizing; brush marks or no. I’m not saying that if an entry has brush marks and in
your eye it’s not as appetizing as it would be if it didn’t have them. That’s perfectly fine and you should score it accordingly. However, if you stick with that one question you may find a few entries that have brush marks on them and they’re still so appetizing that they’ll get that 10 after all. The counter side of my above argument, and this is definitely a personal thing, is that I’ve seen entries so sculpted that they no longer look like food, and certainly don’t look like food in the context of the meat category that we’re judging. A perfect example of this is where there’s a chicken entry that is an absolute masterpiece to look at. However, to me, it’s so sculpted that along the way it no longer looks
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2013 Well Underway for Big Papa
Dana Hillis
Pitmaster Big Papa’s Country Kitchen
So far this year there have been 8 contests with 8 different Grand Champion winners. The team of the year race has been fun to watch with a different team coming in to the lead after every contest. Hot Wachulas has enjoyed some time on top with Sweet Smoke Q closing in on the lead with a real steady pace. He has
a tie for the first time and we had to go to the desert tie breaker with Hot Wachulas winning desert by a 2 to one vote. Hot Wachulas and Blitzkrieg faced off at 2:30 on Saturday and had some Cornish hens and a large choice of other items to cook and once again the score ended up tied. The desert tie breaker saw Blitkrieg get the win receiving a nice trophy and $300 cash! Don Overholser wants this contest to get big and is talking about putting in permanent water and power in the field behind the school and the entire crew from Bishop Verot work hard to make this a great contest. Put this one on your schedule because it is going to get bigger and better each year. The next battle at BBQ Junction is scheduled for Venice and Don Fisher has a lot of things up his sleeve to make this one special Thanks to everyone in the
won several reserve grands and is one of the best cooks going right now. Swamp Boys has been setting records with high scores and it is just a matter of time before e runs away with a few more perfect scores. Clermont had perfect weather this year and big crowds showed up as usual. It seemed the crowds were a little smaller then last year but with this awesome economy we are suffering thru it is amazing to me that people are still able to afford a good time. The Battle at bbq junction was a big hit with Mt. Dora BBQ facing off against Florida Boys and Matt Daddys BBQ matched up against Budmeisters. Matt Daddys and Florida Boys made it to the finals and Florida Boys with a little help from Presley himself won the championship. The crew at Everglades sea-
soning put together a great cook and won the Grand at Clermont. Sweet Smoke Q continued his climb to the top with the Reserve Grand. Mt. Dora BBQ came back to cook after a little layoff and showed they can still cook with a nice score and a 3rd place finish. Tallahassee had a new Grand Champ with Captains BBQ Crew with B and T BBQ winning the Reserve Grand. Blue Butt Farm took 3rd with Midnight Burn taking 4th and Forrest Fine Foods taking 5th. Smoky Dog won his first Grand at Haines City with Git R Smoked winning the Reserve. Swamp Boys took 3rd with Hot Wachulas took 4th and Cedar Creek had a nice 5th place finish. Swamp Boys had a new record high score breaking 780 for the first time in Fba history and won the Grand at
the Fort Myers Viking Fest. Hot Wachulas had a nice cook winning the Reserve Grand. Sweet Smoke Q had a nice 3rd place finish with Team Unknown taking 4th and Matt Daddys took 5th. This event ran thru Sunday with a backyard contest on Sunday and Parrot Head Porkers took the Reserve Grand with – get this name – Last Place BBQ – Last Place BBQ took 1st place! This is a nice group of young people and it was fun to see them win. The Battle At BBQ Junction drew a big crowd to see Barbecue This face off against Blitzkrieg BBQ. In a close scoring finish Blitzkrieg won to move into the finals on Saturday. Round 2 saw The Legend Rooster Roberts from Florida Skin and Bones do bbq battle with Matt Barber and his Hot Wachula team. We had
Butts in Jackson Ga., 4th Annual Hazlehurst BBQ Fest in Hazlehurst Ga., Smoke On The Lake in Acworth Ga., Breanau Barbecue Championship in Gainesville Ga., next Goin’ Costal in Fernandia Beach Fl., Hog Jam, Blairsville, Ga. And the finale for the 2012-2013 cook season will be in Newnan, Ga with Mark Turner and his crew. Jerry Hammond in Blairsville Ga said tell of you folks that are cooking at Breanau and are not pulling to Fernandina Beach that you are welcome to pull your rigs over to The Lodge At Copperhead and leave them for their contest and you will not have to pull to north Georgia twice. Just give him a call and he will make arrangements to secure your rigs. We have had some surprises so for in 2014 as far as winners and losers but it sure has been fun thus far. I suspect that it will “heat up a lot more before the Newnan
contest so don’t one of you think that the Team of the Years is assured to anyone yet. I am sorry to report that Mr Carl Williams has had another set-back that will prevent him from reentering the cook circuit as soon as he had wanted but he is a “Trooper” and continues to make improvements and we send him and “Miss Mary” our warm wishes for a continued recovery. We have some new trained and certified judges since January and we are thankful for them. We have had some new cookers join and participate in GBA events this year and the feed-back from the cookers has been very positive, in fact a few have said “I am coming back for some more of your money”. Well just come on back and continue to cook with some mighty fine GBA cooks that have issued a challenge to all of those “out-of-state-boys”. You are gonna have to fight
us “loin, shoulder and ribs” to get it so , come on back to Georgia and try us again. I know we are all having to “pick and choose” carefully as to the events we cook but some of the new events are raising their payouts and paying down further so come and cook with us as often as you can. Is it still true, “practice makes perfect”? As all of our BBQ friends everywhere travel, just rePit Master member to take your time Give It to God and slow down. It takes less fuel and we would rather see Editor’s Note: This is a you late than not at all. new column to The BBQ Times. Keep a watch out each month for Jeff’s columns. Wow. First of all, I want to thank Audrey for the opportunity to have this little spot in the BBQ times to talk about two of the three things that I absolutely Love in this world, Jesus and BBQ…the third of course is my beautiful
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FBA for working so hard to make this a great year . See yall at a contest soon. Try this recipe for Grilling Shrimp ¼ cup chopped curly parsley 1 lemon juiced 2 tablespoons of your favorite hot sauce Mince 3 cloves of garlic 1 tablespoon tomato paste 2 teaspoons dried oregano 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon black pepper 2 pounds large shrimp peeled and deveined skewers
Mix all ingredients and save a small portion for basting Marinate for 2 to 3 hours Preheat grill to medium heat Place shrimp on skewers Cook shrimp on each side for 4 to 5 minutes basting with remaining marinate Dip in Big Papas hot garlic and onion sauce and enjoy!
GBA Making Headway in 2013 Give it to God
Harry Faircloth President GA BBQ Association
Well the end of the cookyear is now in “high-gear” and if you aren’t on the band wagon you better jump on soon. We have finished A great event in Perry (a little wet but wet never bothers “q’ers”), Plains, ( a little windy but wind never bother “q’ers) and we just finished Statesboro where they had good weather. We have next up Grande Creek Pig Jam in Swainsboro, Ga., Smokin Porks &
Jeff Petkevicius
wife Caroline… I’m sure she’ll be sneaking into these articles over time. Just some background on me. I am a direct decendant of the tribe of Levi. They were responsible for taking care of the Ark of the Covenant and handled all of the animal sacrifices. They were the first pit masters, and men have not changed over time…you know they competed… “hey, my lamb is better than yours…oh yeah.. let’s get a contest going”… and so it was, the beginnings of competitive BBQ direct from the old testament. My career is into the third year as the Give it to God team. I’ve competed in 40 contests from Florida to Texas and am scheduled to compete in 20-22 contests this year. God blessed me with my first Grand Championship in Dothan
See Petkevicius Page 18
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Let’s Have Some Fun!
Upcoming Events
In 2004, South Carolina Barbeque Association founders Lake High and Walter Rolandi had two very simple and straightforward goals to begin the association: To train the best barbeque judges in the nation and to have lots of fun judging barbeque events. In the beginning there were only a handful of events, and, in 2006 when I joined, there were around 100 judges involved. We were very dedicated to the “having fun” part of our goals, and have always been hesitant to put lots of rules and regulations in place. During 2013, we will judge around 35 events with more than 700 judges and members on our roster. As we grow it is Morrey Thomas necessary to stay organized SCBA Executive and professional, but we have Director continued to resist putting too many rules in place to dampen our fun. We were just beginning to grow rapidly when I became a judge, and I fondly remember getting to know my fellow judges. I would look forward to each event hoping to see my new BBQ friends and learn more about judging. The best time to share, learn and make new friends was at the grazing table after we judged. With a paper plate in hand, we would all take samples of BBQ and share comments and socialize. I cannot remember seeing a Ziploc baggie at an event in those days.
March 15-16
Second Annual Benefit BBQ for Boy Scouts in Sumter Facebook: South Carolina Barbeque Association Online: www.scBarbeque.com Email: LHigh1@sc.rr.com
2013 Bands, Brews & BBQ Winners at Port Royal
Instead of rushing to finish and get to the grazing table to fill baggies, our hopes are that judges will take time to review so everyone can share and learn from each other. By doing this, we will continue to be the best judges in the nation. Then we can get back to our roots and continue to HAVE SOME FUN!!!
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March 29-30
Horsin & Hoggin BBQ Cookoff in Aiken
April 5-6
Pickens Pig Pickin’ in Easley
April 12-13
Teal Chicken-Pig Pickin’ Coastal Carolina University in Conway
Grazing table problems, as I see them, are two-fold. First is we are losing a prime opportunity to try BBQ that we did not have on our table and discuss it while meeting and making new friends. Secondly, the bag stuffing behavior is aggressive in many cases, which makes fellow judges uncomfortable. For those who feel uncomfortable, it takes the fun out of being part of an event.
Our new directive is that no outside baggies or containers will be allowed, and the event Marshal issues a quart baggie for those wishing to take home a reasonable amount of BBQ. The grazing table will be opened for general sampling and discussion for 10 minutes before the baggies are allowed. This gives us time to try and discuss samples that were not on our tables. It also gives us the opportunity to share samples with fellow judges and get their opinions.
Hub City Hog Fest in Spartanburg
Big Brothers & Big Sisters BBQ Festival in Florence
A couple of years later, I saw my first plastic baggie come out of a judge’s apron pocket. There were lots of side glances cast as they filled it, but no comments were made. Slowly but surely, more and more baggies started appearing. By 2012 it was uncommon to NOT see a judge with a baggie at the grazing table.
As stated, your SCBA Board of Directors purposely does not want to create lots of rules and regulations to follow. On the other hand, when something needs fixing, we fix it. Grazing table protocol needed fixing.
March 22-23
April 19-20
Grand Champion Tim Handy, JT’s BBQ SCBA Sanctioned Judging – Butts 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Tim Handy, JT’s BBQ Seth Watari, Some-R-Swine Frank Neagle, Yes, Dear BBQ Gary Taylor, All Smoked Up Gene Culbertson, Backwoods Bar-B-Que
SCBA Sanctioned Judging –Ribs 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th
Dean Price, Pimp My Pig Robert “Ley” Morris, Blowin’ Smoke Anthony Rivers, Bones 11 Seth Watari, Some-R-Swine Joe Hilliard, Bold Branch BBQ Boys
Hejaz Shriners Cook-Off in Mauldin Come See Me BBQ Cook Off in Rock Hill South Carolina / Georgia Border Cook-off in Hardeeville
April 26-27
Project Host BBQ Cook-Off in Greenville
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Butts-N-Brews Kicks Down the Door to Las Vegas! CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 SUBMITTED BY GREG HOYT
A new wave of teams swept through The Statesboro Music Festival’s Battle Of The BoroQue! The GBA’s first contest in Statesboro, Georgia turned out to be a real home field advantage for Bubba Hunt and the Butts-N-Brews BBQ team. The BoroQue was ButtsN-Brews first ever sanctioned competition and they walked away with the Grand Championship punching their ticket to Las Vegas to represent the GBA, Statesboro and the Battle of the BoroQue! TC’s BBQ turned in a solid day across the board winning the Reserve Championship. Battle of the Boroque Reserve Grand Champion Nineteen teams smoked
and served great product to appreciative judges. The weekend weather that has pounded Georgia over the past few weeks broke and we were blessed with a fabulous weekend for a cook-off. Everyone heard the blues at the Music Festival but no one had the blues! GBA icons Bubba Grills, Bethel Smokers and Sauced Hog Smoke Shack were joined by five teams who made their first appearances as GBA finalists. Lee Sweats and Sweats BBQ finaled in Ribs and Pork Loin. TC’s BBQ, led by Tom Coleman and David Mixon of Smokin Dilla’s finaled in Pulled Pork. Bubba Hunt led Butts-N-Brews to a Pork Loin final along with Don Poe of Kiwani’s Q.
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Bubba Grills took first in Ribs followed by Bethel Smokers and Sweats BBQ. Sauced Hog Smoke Shack won Pulled Pork with TC’s BBQ and Smokin Dillas coming on strong. The Pork Loin Finals were where the action was. The finals table was made up of teams who competing in their first GBA events and two teams were competing for the first time ever. ButtsN-Brews BBQ team won the Pork Loin category and the Grand Championship with their Pork Loin.
Reserve Champion TC’s BBQ
First Place Pork Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
First Place Ribs Bubba Grills
Whole Hog 1st Place – BUBBA GRILLS 2nd Place – JACKS NEW SOUTH Shoulder 1st Place – SMOKE SHACK BBQ 2nd Place – BUBBA GRILLS 3rd Place – FLETCHER’S FINEST BBQ 4th Place – JACKS NEW SOUTH Ribs 1st Place – BUBBA GRILLS 3rd Place – SMOKE SHACK BBQ 4th Place – DOC AND DICIES BBQ Fletcher’s Finest BBQ does an onsite presentation during the MBN portion of the cookoff.
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Cookin’ with Stump.com Near Perfection at Plains Pig Pickin’ March 1-2, 2013 • Plains, Georgia in Loin & Ribs to claim the ers took second place honors BY JIM SEWELL Walter “Stump” McDow- Reserve Grand Champion- in Pulled Pork. Cookin’ with Stump.com laid claim to ell of Cookin’ With Stump. ship. Following Stump in Pork third place. Git R Smoked com finaled in all three categories at the Plains Pig Loin, Holy Smoke, LLC and Anarque finished fourth Pickin’ 2013 then scored claimed second place in & fifth respectively. Git R Smoked topped a near perfect 599.7 in the their first GBA competition. Loin Finals to claim the Third place went to Git R the Ribs category with Grand Championship. For- Smoked. Bubba Grills fin- Ponderosa BBQ in second mer President Jimmy Carter ished in fourth place. Rescue and Cookin’ With Stump. presented the trophy to all Smokers rounded out the top com in third. Bethel Smokers missed finals in Ribs by the winners in his hometown five. Git R Smoked, Terry Mc- 0.1 of a point and finished event. Following Stump in Pork Kay pitmaster, made the trip fourth. Aunt Mary’s BBQ Loin, Holy Smoke, LLC up from south Florida to give Brigade edged out Rescue Grand Champion claimed second place in the GBA a try & made finals Smokers for fifth place by Cookin’ With Stump.com their first GBA competition. in Loin & Ribs to claim the 0.3 of a point. Third place went to Git R Reserve Grand ChampionSmoked. Bubba Grills fin- ship. Big Moe Cason & Ponished in fourth place. Rescue Smokers rounded out the top derosa BBQ out of Iowa made an even longer drive to five. Git R Smoked, Terry Mc- check out the GBA compeKay pitmaster, made the trip tition. Two finals and a win up from south Florida to give in Pulled Pork made the trip the GBA a try & made finals worthwhile. Rescue SmokPORK 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 Reserve Champion First Place Pork RIBS Git-R-Smoked Ponderosa BBQ 1. 596.4 GIT R SMOKED 2. 595.1 PONDEROSA BBQ Pam and Jimmy Nelms 3. 576.7 COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM are always hard at work RESERVE SCORES 4. 595.1 BETHEL SMOKERS for GBA, the judges and 5. 590.8 AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE the cook teams. Thanks 1. GIT R SMOKED 6. 590.5 RESCUE SMOKERS for all you do. 2. COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM 7. 590.2 ANARQUE 3. RESCUE SMOKERS 8. 587.5 SMOKIN Ajs 4. PONDEROSA BBQ 9. 582.7 JETHRO’S COOKING CREW 5. ANARQUE 10. 582.1 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 6. BETHEL SMOKERS 7. HOLY SMOKE LLC PULLED PORK 8. AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE 1. 598.2 PONDEROSA BBQ 9. SMOKIN Ajs 2. 596.1 RESCUE SMOKERS 10. BUBBA GRILLS 3. 590.2 COOKIN WITH STUMP.COM 11. SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 4. 595.5 GIT R SMOKED 12. JETHRO’S COOKING CREW 5. 595.1 ANARQUE 13. DRIVE BY SMOKERS 6. 591.2 BETHEL SMOKERS 14. WOOD SHED 7. 586.4 SMOKIN’ 42 BBQ 15. COOKS PORTABLE SMOKEHOUSE 8. 584.5 BUBBA GRILLS Don’t get caught napping after a 16. SMOKIN GRILL 9. 584.3 DRIVE BY SMOKERS long hard day of judging Good 17. SMOKESTACK BBQ 10. 584.2 AUNT MARYS BBQ BRIGADE Que!
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Budmeisters claims Pigs and Wings Overall Champion and more Perry, Georgia • February 22-23, 2013
At Pigs & Wings 2013 in Perry, GA, the crowd heard Budmeisters called often and most importantly, last. 42 teams persevered almost constant rain for the 2 days, causing them to cook under some of the worst conditions a cook-off could have for the ultimate
Audrey Evans, Event Organizer is shown here with Budmeisters after winning Pigs and Wings 2013. Great job Thomas and Josh. Many would say it was just your weekend!
prizes of over $12,000. It had to of been Thomas Henry’s lucky weekend, he sat on the only piece of land that seemed dry and also took home $7,500. Pitmaster Thomas Henry’s team, Budmeisters out of Lake City, Florida became just the third team in GBA history to win all three GBA categories en route to the Grand Championship.
Budmeisters also won the Overall Championship for the contest that went to the team with the highest cumulative score of the the GBA categories of Pork Loin, Pulled Pork & Ribs along with ancillary categories of Brisket and Chicken. Budmiester’s dominating performance created a pass down for Reserve Grand Championship. With a 2nd
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The BBQ Times in Loin, 8th in Pork and 14th in Ribs; Chris Coleman & Dirty South BBQ claimed the Reserve Grand Championship. Following Budmeisters and Dirty South BBQ in Pork Loin was Anarque in third place. Fouth place went to D.W.’s Kountry Cookers with Sauced Hogs Smokeshack in fifth place. Runner up in Pork was D.W.s Kountry Cookers. Killer B’s BBQ took third place and Que the Music claimed fourth. Forest’s Fine Foods edged Bethel Smokers for fifth place by 0.3 of a point. Superior Smokers had the second place Rib entry for the day. Bethel Smokers, Shadetree BBQ & Southern Paradise finished third thru fifth respectively. Teams also competed Friday night in Margarita, Brunswick Stew, Dessert and Saturday Morning started with Bloody Mary presenting some of the most decorative pieces you can imagine all the way down the board. Photos by Geoff Dale
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Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour • Tampa, Florida • February 15-16, 2013 Chicken 1. GREAT LAKES BBQ & FEED CO 177.7144 2. SWAMP BOYS BBQ TEAM 177.1428 3. THE BLUE BLOODS 176.5714 4. 3 EYZ BBQ 174.8574 5. BLITZKRIEG BBQ 174.8572 6. OLD PLANTATION BBQ 173.7142 7. KATHLEEN ROADKILL 173.1428 8. SMOKIN BLUE Q FL 173.1428 9. BIG PAPA’S COUNTRY KITCHEN 172.5714 10. UNCLE KENNY’S BBQ 170.8570 Pork Ribs 1. SHO GUD BARBEQUE 176.5714 2. 3 EYZ BBQ 173.1426 3. SWAMP BOYS BBQ TEAM 172.0002 4. BGE PIT CREW 171.4288 5. BIG PAPA’S COUNTRY KITCHEN 171.4284 6. KATHLEEN ROADKILL 170.2858 7. BLITZKRIEG BBQ 170.2858 8. THE BLUE BLOODS 170.2856 9. TEAM HOLY HOG BBQ 169.7144 10. FAT CHANCE BBQ 167.4286 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
Pork KATHLEEN ROADKILL 176.0000 HOT WACHULA’S 172.0000 SWAMP BOYS BBQ TEAM 170.2856 GIT-R-SMOKED 169.1428 BIG PAPA’S COUNTRY KITCHEN 168.0000 SMOKIN BLUE Q FL 167.4284
7. GREAT LAKES BBQ & FEED CO 166.8570 8. WHISKEY BENT BBQ 165.1428 9. QUE’N STEW’N & BREW’N 164.5712 10. LAZY HAZY CRAZY 162.8570
Brisket 1. SWAMP BOYS BBQ TEAM 179.4286 2. BLITZKRIEG BBQ 178.2858 3. LAZY HAZY CRAZY 176.5714 4. HOT WACHULA’S 173.1428 5. UNCLE KENNY’S BBQ 171.9998 6. OLD PLANTATION BBQ 171.4286 7. BIG PAPA’S COUNTRY KITCHEN 170.8572 8. SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE 170.8570 9. TEAM HOLY HOG BBQ 169.1430 10. WHISKEY BENT BBQ 169.1428 Overall 1. SWAMP BOYS BBQ TEAM 698.8572 2. BLITZKRIEG BBQ 685.7144 3. BIG PAPA’S COUNTRY KITCHEN 682.8570 4. HOT WACHULA’S 677.1426 5. THE BLUE BLOODS 675.4280 6. 3 EYZ BBQ 675.4280 7. GREAT LAKES BBQ & FEED CO 670.8568 8. WHISKEY BENT BBQ 669.7142 9. QUE’N STEW’N & BREW’N 668.5712 10. UNCLE KENNY’S BBQ 666.8568 11. SOUTHERN BRED BARBEQUE 665.1424 12. SHO GUD BARBEQUE 665.1422
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Sam’s Club National BBQ Tour • Daphne, Alabama • February 22-23, 2013 Chicken 1. SMOKIN BUTT CREW 2. THE BARBECUE GRILLBILLIES 3. PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 4. BENNY’S BBQ 5. LOTTA BULL BBQ 6. HAULIN’ BUTT BBQ 7. BIG L’S SWEET HEAT 8. BOOTYQUE 9. BOB ROBERTS BBQ 10. BIG WHIT AND THE BOYS
177.1428 176.5716 173.1428 171.9998 171.9998 170.8572 170.8570 169.7144 169.7144 169.7144
Pork Ribs 1. THE PIT CREW GA 2. BBQ ISLAND 3. QUE’N STEW’N & BREW’N 4. LOTTA BULL BBQ 5. PAPA JACK’S SMOKE SHACK 6. FEAR THE SEAR 7. 2 FAT BOYS & A GRILL 8. WILD BUNCH BUTT BURNERS 9. BOB ROBERTS BBQ 10. BAD BACKS & BBQ
177.7142 176.5716 174.2858 173.1428 169.7142 169.7142 169.1428 168.5714 168.5714 168.0002
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176.0000 174.8570 173.7142 173.7142 173.1426 172.0000
7. PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 8. QUE’N STEW’N & BREW’N 9. BOB ROBERTS BBQ 10. 2 FAT BOYS & A GRILL
170.8570 170.8570 169.1430 168.5712
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174.2856 173.1428 172.0000 171.4284 171.4284 170.8568 169.1428 168.0000 167.4284 166.8572
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Mobile, Alabama • March 8-9, 2013 • KCBS
Chicken 1. JOBEAZ BLAZIN’ BUTTS 2. SWIGGIN PIG 3. CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE 4. PARROTHEAD SMOKERS 5. TEAM TOP CHICK 6. SMOKIN SECTION 7. HOUSE OF Q 8. QUAU 9. SMOKIN TATERS 10. SMOKE ME SILLY
176.5714 176.5714 174.2856 174.2856 173.7142 173.1428 173.1426 172.5714 172.0000 172.0000
Pork Ribs 1. CHIX, SWINE & BOVINE 2. ALABAMA RED EYED 3. HICKORY PRIME 4. Tiny Butts BBQ 5. Little Creek Bar-b-cue C 6. FOWL BUTT BBQ 7. Brothers BBQ 8. SMOKE ME SILLY 9. GIVE IT TO GOD 10. HAULIN’ BUTT BBQ
177.1428 174.2856 174.2856 173.7142 172.0002 172.0000 171.9998 171.4286 171.4284 170.8570
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177.7142 176.5714 176.0002 175.4286 173.1430
6. Fat Drunk and Stupid 173.1426 7. SMOKED UP PIG 172.0000 8. JOBEAZ BLAZIN’ BUTTS 171.9998 9. The Shed 171.4286 10. BUTTS,BELLIES&BUDDIES 170.8570 Brisket 1. PARROTHEADSMOKERS 2. PAPA JACK’S SMOKE 3. THE BLUE BLOODS 4. FOWL BUTT BBQ 5. SWIGGIN PIG 6. SMOKE ME SILLY 7. GIVE IT TO GOD 8. TEAM TOP CHICK 9. BIG JT’S SMOKIN BBQ 10. I.A.B. 30 BBQ
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Pigs and Wings Results Recap February 22-23, 2013 • Perry, Georgia 1. 594.7 2. 580.2 3. 570.6 4. 594.2 5. 593.8 6. 592.8 7. 590 8. 589.7 9. 589 10. 587.6 1. 585.8 2. 583.2 3. 580.5 4. 593 5. 591.8 6. 591.5 7. 590.8 8. 590.6 9. 588.8 10. 588.8 1. 589.4 2. 583.8 3. 562.4 4. 593.8 5. 591.5 6. 590 7. 589.1 8. 588.6 9. 587.5 10. 586.3
RIBS Budmeisters Superior Smokers Bethel Smokers Shadetree smokers Southern Paradise Killer B’s BBQ Watts Smokin Smokin Swine BBA Smokin’ AJ’s Cook’s Portable Smokehouse PULLED PORK Budmeisters DW Kountry Cookerss Killer B’s BBQ Que the Music Forest Fine Foods Bethel Smokers Fiddlers BBQ Dirty South BBQ Party Fowl BBQ Heavenly Hawgs PORK LOIN Budmeisters Dirty South BBQ Anarque DW Kountry Cookerss Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack CrossRoad Cookers BBQ Captian Jacks BBQ Smokin’ 42 BBQ Comsouth Oinker’s Muchees Smokehouse
1. 600 2. 594.8 3 . 591.7 4. 591.1 5. 588.2 6. 588.1 7. 587.8 8. 585 9. 584.6 10. 583.4
Brisket Forrest Fine Foods Anarque Smokey Butts Killer B’s BBQ Munchee’s Smokehouse Rescue Smokers Sauced Hogs Smokeshack Captain Jack’s BBQ Crew Smokin Swine BBQ Que the Music
Stew 1. Party Fowl BBQ 2. Budmeisters 3. 57 Smokehouse 4. Smokin’ 42 BBQ 5. Superior Smokers 6. Captain Jack’s BBQ Crew 7. Bubba Grills 8. Anarque 9. Munchee’s Smokehouse 10. Sauced Hogs Smoke Shack
1. 596.1 2. 591.2 3. 589.1 4. 587.8 5. 587.4 6. 587.2 7. 586.9 8. 586 9. 584.5 10. 583.7
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Bloody Mary 1. Superior Smokers 2. WEE Cooking 3. Double D’s Dirt 4. 57 Smokehouse 5. DW Kountry Cookers 6. Munchee’s Smokehouse 7. 5 O’Clock Somewhere 8. Killer B’s BBQ 9. Que the Music 10. Aunt Mary’s BBQ Brigade
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MBN announces 2013 Board of Directors BY SKIP SAWYER
Memphis, January, 20, 2013, the MBN met for the first meeting of the 2013 BBQ year. After introducing new members and welcoming returning directors, Eddie Foshee, President, covered a number of topics including 2013
Shown here left to right: Frank Horner, Henry Evans, Kelley Evans, Eddie Foshee, and Suzanne Rhea.
budget, upcoming MBNI, and the Challenger division. The names and titles of the MBN board are as follows; Eddie Foshee, President Suzanne Rhea, Vice President Frank Horner, Treasurer Kelley Evans, Secretary
Henry Evans, Executive Board Skip Sawyer, Marketing Mike Rude, Team Liaison Tal Goldsby, Organizer Liaison Elise Jenkins, Organizer Liaison
David Smith, Team Liaison David Davis, At-Large Chuck Averwater, Judge Liaison Lori Dixon, Technical Coordinator Danny Meadows, East Region Rep
The MBN is looking forward to another great year of BBQ events. The MBNI in Columbus, MS. was the kick-off event for 2013. About 30+ teams composed of 2012 winners in Pro and Challenger division contests will compete to see who the “Best of the Best” really is!
Shown here left to right: (FRONT) Lori Dixon, David Davis, Tal Goldsby (BACK) Skip Sawyer, David Smith, Chuck Averwater
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National Barbecue Association 2013 Conference & Trade Show February 19-23, 2013 Mobile, Alabama
The NBBQA’s 2013 Conference & Trade Show brought hundreds of industry professionals and enthusiasts to Mobile, Alabama. Backyard BBQers, competitors, caterers, restaurant owners and product vendors all came together to connect, learn and celebrate at this special event. The conference is known for its excellent classes on competing, catering, restaurant operations and more; however, there were also plenty of special events like an opportunity to meet the masters of barbecue, two bus
tours of local BBQ joints, the Awards of Excellence ceremony and a keynote luncheon with restaurant expert David Scott Peters. On the final day of the conference, approximately 700 participants enjoyed the NBBQA’s Old-Fashioned BBQ Bash including a trade show, “How to Q” presentations from renowned pit masters, and special classes on competition cooking and judging. There was even an all day butcher shop class that showed attendees how to break down and prepare all parts of the hog. But the highlight of the event was the People’s Choice Awards,
where attendees sampled and voted for the best barbecue chicken and barbecue sauce, and the BBQ Bash Cook-Off, where nineteen teams competed for points in the Alabama Barbecue Association circuit. Congratulations to the following winners: BBQ BASH COOK-OFF Individual Categories 1st Place Chicken: Operation BBQ Relief - Holy Smokes, 2nd Place Chicken: 2 Bald Guys , 1st Place Ribs: Big Hoss BBQ, 2nd Place Ribs: Bull & Bones Overall Results Grand Champion: Op-
Appearance Scoring
like chicken at all. It doesn’t even look like food. As pretty as the picture was, to me it actually wasn’t appetizing. Something about it just did NOT say, “Come eat me”. I had to hesitate, ask myself “is this chicken”, and proceed. That, to me, is a sure sign that it’s not the 10 after all. Just remember appearance really matters. Present the Layout
of the food in the box in a clean, orderly and attractive manner. When the box is opened and all the judges have looked at it and simply judged “appearance”. That is almost a third of your total potential score. It’s really important to remember this. I can’t stress it enough! Judges are trained that appearance scoring is subjective. What is appetizing
to one judge may not be appetizing to another. This is how I judge presentation. If I have an uncontrollable urge to grab a piece and take a bite, and then by all means that’s a perfect score (in GBA that is a 10). Everything else is a scored down from there. Each sanctioning body have their own way of scoring. I keep coming back though to the one key ques-
eration BBQ Relief - Holy Smokes, 2nd Place: Late Night Butt Rubbers, 3rd Place: Mobile Big Dogs PEOPLE’S CHOICE CHICKEN TASTING 1st Place: Mobile Big Dogs, 2nd Place: Gautier Fire Fighters Association, 3rd Place: 2 Bald Guys PEOPLE’S CHOICE BBQ SAUCE TASTING 1st Place: Porky’s Place - Smokey, Spice & Everything Nice, 2nd Place: Sam Dog Barbecue - Yellow Dog, 3rd Place: Bailey’s - Original Root Beer BBQ & Dippin Sauce The final event of the conference was the Cater-
ers Showcase and Auction on Saturday evening. In addition to the usual fundraising activities at the event, Operation BBQ Relief was able to collect more than $20,000 in cash and gifts for their mission to quickly mobilize anywhere in the country to feed those affected by natural disasters. NBBQA has supported Operation Barbecue Relief (OBR) since it began and this year’s convention was no different. It began with Amy Mills of 17th Street Bar & Grill donating $1500, which was followed by pledges from many others throughout the night,
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tion, and I remind myself every time I judge, keep it simple and ask myself “Is it appetizing?” Again, just remember, what is appetizing to one person may not be appetizing to another. If you have any specific topics you would like for me to address or feedback, please email me at smokinwillysquealers@gmail.com. Remember! For all your
barbecue news, information and results visit. www.bqtimes.com
Que~Tip of the month: Make the appearance presentation of your box a “Team Effort”. Get the opinion of each team member, Take a photo, review and discuss it among each other before you turn your box in for judging. Most important,
including the Hitching Post II, Sonny’s Bar-B-Q, Famous Dave’s, Firehouse BBQ, Scott’s Pig Roast and the Shed. But the culminating event was when George Newsom of the Pompous Pig won a drawing for a Meadow Creek smoker valued at over $6000 and donated it OBR. The NBBQA would like to thank everyone who participated in this year’s conference. And be sure to look out for details in the coming months about next year’s event in San Marcos, Texas!
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Ask each other “Is it appetizing?” I can assure you if you do this you will see a dramatic increase in your appearance scores. Rarely, do we ever receive below a “10” in appearance. Stay safe, Have fun and Happy Que’ing!!! Smokinwilly!
Petkevicius Continued from Page 4 MBN Announces 2012 Team of Year Standings Alabama which was my 34th event. God was testing my patience. My focus on the Pro BBQ circuit is the showcase the love of Jesus in a Bold way. Give it to God, is meant to remind every one of us that God is there, waiting for us to turn to Him and surrender our lives to Jesus Christ making Jesus our Lord and Savior. This spring season has started out… well, it’s been interesting. I came in middle of the pack at the Sam’s in Daphne, AL, then bombed pork and brisket in Pensacola. God took over the rib cooking there and we came in second. The
poor performance in Pensacola led to me firing myself as head cook. We signed a new head cook who is from Nazareth, born in Bethlehem, and is one of the greatest BBQ cooks to ever grace this planet. :) Don’t believe me, well in Mobile, AL, under the direction of our new Head Cook, Pork went from dead LAST to 5th, Brisket 7th, and Ribs 9th and an overall finish of 5th. Don’t tell me JC can’t cook… Sometimes you just gotta get out of the way and let God take over. His word tells us as much.. Pro 3:5-6 NKJV - Trust in the LORD with all your
heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths. I am so thankful that He is in control of the cooking from now on… God bless you and stay tuned, much more down the road to share with you from the Give it to God squad. If we happen to run into each other at a competition, be sure to get to Cook’s church at 6 AM wherever we are. Give it to God produces videos of each competition and you can find them all at www.yokeup.net/BBQ. html
By Skip Sawyer
In spectacular fashion, Boars Night Out (BNO) ran away with the MBN TOY honors for 2012. Starting their run midway through the MBN season with their first contest win at the Dyersburg, TN. BBQ event, BNO chalked up 4 more victories to claim the overall top spot in the MBN. Remarkably 2 of their Grand Championships were by clean sweeps. BNO won all 3 categories, ribs, shoulder, hog, on the way to Grand at Dyersburg and Cleveland contests. Here are the TOP 20 MBN teams for 2012: 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.)
Boars Night Out 10 Bones BBQ Bubba Grills Dixie-Q Red Hot Smokers Chimneyville Smokehouse BBQ Brown Chicken Brown Cow
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Kansas City Barbeque Society March 22-23, 2013 Hammond Blues and BBQ Hammond, LA Contact: Eric Phares Phone: 985-969-8172 cityglass632@bellsouth.net March 29-30, 2013 Slidell BBQ Challenge Slidell, LA Contact: Skinny King Phone: 985-643-6863. skinny339@yahoo.com March 29-30, 2013 Firelake BBQ Cook-off Shawnee, OK Contact: Jason Boyce Phone: 405-878-4850 x2110. jason. boyce@potawatomi.org April 5-6, 2013 Smokin on the River Chattooga’s BBQ Cook-Off Summerville, GA Contact: Roxie Weesner Phone: 706-506-9514. rweesner@hotmail.com
South Carolina Barbeque Association March 22-23, 2013 Hub City Hog Fest Downtown Spartanburg, SC To benefit Mobile Meals of Spartanburg. Contact: Cal Wicker, (864) 494-9133 or Grey Wicker, (864) 921-1587 hubcityhogfest(at)gmail.com March 29-30, 2013 Horsin & Hoggin BBQ Cookoff Downtown Aiken, SC Contact: Dewayne Jones, Cell: (803) 599-8303 harveydjones(at)yahoo.com April 5-6, 2013 Pickens Pig Pickin’ Old Market Square Easley, SC 29640 Contact;Cynthia Smoak 864-414-0188 Cynthia.Smoak(at)pccancer.org
April 5-6, 2013 Big Brothers & Big Sisters BBQ Festival 2502 West Hillcrest Terrace Florence, SC 29501 Contact: Bobby Floyd, 843-6679512, Cell: 843-678-6215 bobjudy42(at)att.net April 19-20, 2013 Hejaz Shriners Cook-Off 200 Ranch Rd. Mauldin,SC 29662 Contact: Matthew Tapp cnctapp(at)att.net (preferred contact) (864)436-8296 April 12-13, 2013 Teal Chicken-Pig Pickin’ Coastal Carolina University Conway, S.C. 29528 Contact;Jess Dannelly 843-333-6401 Jess(at)Coastal.edu For info & registration forms go to—www.goccusports.com April 19-20, 2013 Come See Me BBQ Cook Off Come See Me Festival Rock Hill, SC Contact: Jim Armour 800-681-7635 or 803-242-4407 Fax 803-329-7761 comeseeme(at)comporium.net
Georgia Barbeque Association April 5-6, 2013 Grande Creek Pig Jam Georgia Sports Arena Swainsboro, GA Jeremy Faircloth 478-455-0868 kefaircloth@yahoo.com April 12-13, 2013 Smokin Pork N Butts Fairgrounds St Jackson, GA 30233 Scott Thurston 678-209-7593 asthurston@hotmail.com
May 10-11, 2013 Smoke on the Lake Acworth, GA Jeff Bass 678-354-8363 ext 116 404-234-8271 jbass34131@aol.com May 24-25, 2013 Breanau Barbecue Championship GBA/MBN Dual Contest Gainesville, GA Jim Barco 770-654-3600 jbarco@brenau.edu June 7-8. 2013 GBA Goin’ Coastal Fernandina Beach, FL Jay Robertson
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April 6-7, 2013 Bay Area Renaissance Festival Tampa, FL Will Peterson: (612)-339-2851 April 12-13, 2013 Tri-State Barbecue Festival Dothan, AL Kerry Farrell: (334)-699-1475
Memphis Barbecue Network March 22- 23, 2013 When Pigs Fly 701 Northside Drive Newton, MS Contact: Kay Crenshaw Phone: 601-479-7943 Email: ktcren@bellsouth.net April 5-6, 2013 Atoka Springfest BBQ Contest Nancy Lane Park 118 Atoka Park Ave Atoka, TN Contact: Brian Peel Phone: 901-837-5306 or 785-213-1907 Email: bpeel@townofatoka.com Apr 26 - 27, 2013 Southaven Springfest Snowden Grove Southaven, MS State Championship Contact: Kristi Faulkner Phone: 662-393-6939 or 901-461-1791 Email: kfaulkner@southaven. org May 23 - 25, 2013 Brenau Barbecue Championship 500 Washington Street SE Gainesville, GA Contact: Jim Barco Phone: 770-654-3600 or 770-534-6161 Email: jbarco@brenau.edu
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