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Squealin’ Good Weekend

Squealin’ Good Weekend
PRO BBQ CHAMPIONS — This is the second Grand Champion win for Who Cares BBQ, as their last trip to Lyons for the 2020 Real Squeal also resulted in a Grand Champion win. L to R: Emcee Todd Padgett, Team Member Donald Cook, and 2020 Miss Real Squeal Alaya Cutler.Photo by Makaylee Randolph
Squealin’ Good Weekend
PRO BBQ CHAMPIONS — This is the second Grand Champion win for Who Cares BBQ, as their last trip to Lyons for the 2020 Real Squeal also resulted in a Grand Champion win. L to R: Emcee Todd Padgett, Team Member Donald Cook, and 2020 Miss Real Squeal Alaya Cutler.Photo by Makaylee Randolph

over the city. Friday night saw live music and over 45 vendor booths downtown, giving the public a chance to experience everything from food trucks to axe throwing and more. Meanwhile, Saturday was a day packed with activities, as the Squealin’ Car

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Lyons was packed with food, festivities, and fun as the 13th Annual Real Squeal BBQ & Music Festival took

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BACKYARD BBQ CHAMPIONS – The Sugar Creek Stick Burners, from Telfair County, have BBQ traditions running through their family, as cousins compete in the professional competitions with their sponsorship from Bubba Grills. The team took home the gold in their first competition, winning the title of 2022 Real squeal Backyard BBQ Grand Champions. L to R: Emcee Todd Padgett, Team Member Brandon Merritt, Team Member Tony Collins, 2022 Miss Real Squeal Alaya Cutler. continued from page

Show, Professional BBQ Competition, Arts & Crafts Festival, Quilt Show, and Indian Artifacts Show filled Partin Park and the First Baptist Church in Lyons.

Backyard BBQ Contest

The annual Backyard BBQ Contest kicked off Friday afternoon, as nine teams competed for bragging rights. These teams were judged on three categories — sauce, chicken, and ribs — which determined their overall placement in the tournament. The Grand Champion of the competition received

$350 prize money, while the reserve grand champion was awarded $250. Top three placements in each category also received monetary prizes, ranging from

$100 to $150. The Sugar Creek Stick Burners, from McRae-Helena, took home the top prize as Grand Champions of the contest. The team was ecstatic since this was the first competition in which they had participated. The team said, “Our family has a long history of BBQ in Telfair County. Our cousins, Lonnie and Lee Smith, competed in the Pro Division with Bubba Grills, and we’ve been learning new techniques for them for several years.”

They continued, “We decided it was time to try it on our own. We were not expecting the win, but we were thankful for it.”

Backyard Chicken Results

8th Place: The Freckled Frog

7th Place: Smoke Street BBQ

6th Place: Reu-B-Que

5th Place: Summer’s Backyard BBQ & Stew

4th Place: 3 B’s BBQ

3rd Place: Backwoods BBQ

2nd Place: B & B Barbeque

1st Place: Sugar Creek Stick Burners

Backyard Ribs Results

9th Place: Fishboy’s BBQ

8th Place: 3 B’s BBQ

7th Place: Sugar Creek Stick Burners

6th Place: B & B Barbeque

5th Place: Summer’s Backyard BBQ & Stew

4th Place: Backwoods BBQ

3rd Place: Reu-B-Que

2nd Place: Smoke Street BBQ

1st Place: The Freckled Frog Overall Backyard Results

9th Place: Fishboy’s BBQ

8th Place: 3 B’s BBQ

7th Place: Smoke Street BBQ

6th Place: Summer’s Backyard BBQ & Stew

5th Place: The Freckled Frog

4th Place: Reu-B-Que

3rd Place: B & B Barbeque

2nd Place: Backwoods BBQ

1st Place: Sugar Creek Stick Burners Professional BBQ Competition The Professional BBQ Competition featured 31 total teams from all across the eastern United States. According to Lyons Main Street Director Daphne Walker, the contest even featured teams from as far away as Illinois, as barbecue groups were drawn to the Kansas City Barbecue Society- sanctioned event.

These teams competed for $15,000 in prize money through 4 categories — chicken, pork ribs, pork, and brisket — as all battled for the title of Grand Champion. The competition was fierce. Four entries even received a perfect score of 180 within categories, but it was Who Cares BBQ, a father and son team from Charlotte, North Carolina, who took home the gold, with a total score of 706.25 out of a possible 720.

Who Cares BBQ Team Member Donald Cook said this win was a repeat of the past, as the team last traveled to the Real Squeal festival in 2020, where they took home the prize of Grand Champion. “We were supposed to come in 2021, but we were unable to because of some medical issues, but we are happy to be back again.”

He continued, “Any time you win anywhere, it’s a great feeling, because you don’t know when the next time will be that you get your name called. I was telling some of my fellow competitors that I have competed 4 or 5 times this year and have been sitting there without having my name called for anything, so it feels good to finally have my name called and to top that with the pinnacle win.”

Professional Chicken Results

10th Place: Qmeisters

9th Place: Real South BBQ

8th Place: Mad Dog BBQ

7th Place: Bald Hawg BBQ

6th Place: Wine Me Dine Me Swine Me

5th Place: Cool Hand Que

4th Place: Smoke Central BBQ

3rd Place: Sweet Dixie BBQ

2nd Place: Who Cares BBQ

1st Place: Smokin Ghost BBQ – Perfect Score Professional Pork Ribs Results

10th Place: Smokin’ Sweetmeats 9th Place: Cool Hand Que

8th Place: Sweet Dixie BBQ

7th Place: ZIPS BBQ

6th Place: Bald Hawg BBQ

5th Place: FYC

4th Place: Who Cares BBQ

3rd Place: Smoke Central BBQ

2nd Place: Smoke Me Silly – Perfect Score

1st Place: Jack’s Old South BBQ – Perfect Score Professional Pork Results 10th Place: Smoke Central BBQ

9th Place: Angry Jack BBQ

8th Place: Peach Coast BBQ

7th Place: Who Cares BBQ

6th Place: Bad Rooster BBQ

5th Place: ZIPS BBQ

4th Place: Smokin Ghost BBQ

3rd Place: Wine Me Dine Me Swine Me

2nd Place: Smokin’ Sweetmeats 1st Place: Smoke Me Silly Professional Brisket Results

10th Place: Qmeisters

9th Place: Jack’s Old South BBQ

8th Place: Smoke Central BBQ

7th Place: Quenut BBQ

6th Place: Angry Jack BBQ

5th Place: Cool Hand Que

4th Place: ZIPS BBQ

3rd Place: Who Cares BBQ

2nd Place: Bald Hawg BBQ

1st Place: Smoke Me Silly – Perfect Score Overall Professional Results

10th Place: Angry Jack BBQ

9th Place: Smokin’ Sweetmeats 8th Place: Smokin Ghost BBQ

7th Place: Sweet Dixie BBQ

6th Place: ZIPS BBQ

5th Place: Cool Hand Que

4th Place: Bald Hawg BBQ

3rd Place: Smoke Central BBQ

2nd Place: Smoke Me Silly

1st Place: Who Cares BBQ Sauce Competition

This year’s ancillary competition was a barbecue sauce competition, which allowed competitors with

3 entries to compete for the title of Best Sauce. The top three spots were awarded cash prizes, ranging from

$50 to $100. Local team Alston & Uvalda BBQ took home the top honor, as the team scored a 163.38 out of a possible 180.

Results

10th Place: Reu-B-Que

9th Place: Bad Rooster BBQ (3rd Entry)

8th Place: Real South BBQ

7th Place: Must B The Sauce (2nd Entry)

6th Place: Reu-B-Que (2nd Entry)

5th Place: Must B The Sauce

4th Place: Rue-B-Que (3rd Entry)

3rd Place: Bad Rooster BBQ (2nd Entry)

2nd Place: Summer’s Backyard BBQ & Stew

1st Place: Alston & Uvalda BBQ Reflections

Lyons Main Street Director Daphne Walker commented on the success of the festival. “Thank you to everyone who came and was a part of The Real Squeal. This is our 13th year, and we could not do it without everyone, because it takes everyone to make it happen.”

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