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Georgia Team Grand Champion At 2008 Pig Fest

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By Douglas  Carman | Highlands Today

Published: January 12, 2008

Sebring - Sebring - Bubba Latimer and the Bub-ba-Q team from Jasper, Ga. is the Grand Champion at the 12th Central Florida BBQ Festival.

Latimer was ecstatic after his team beat competitors from all over the Southeast in the weekend-long barbecue festival, also called the "Pig Fest." He has been competitively barbecuing for only the past year and a half.

He already knew where his prize was going when another competitor suggested putting his trophy wooden pig statue in his store.

"No ... that's going on my front counter!"

First, though, Latimer had a few more stops to go before he could take his prize, a large wooden statue of a pig, back to his restaurant. He said he was moving on to competitions in Okeechobee and then Wauchula.

The Oviedo, Fla.-based Homebbq.com team, last year's Grand Champions, took Reserve Champion honors this time around.

Check online Sunday for further details, complete results from the Pig Fest's competition and an online photo gallery.

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