The Beauford's Smokehouse cook team of Kennesaw, Ga., Competed in the 5th Annual Brenau University Barbecue Championship

2013 Jun 7

The Beauford's Smokehouse cook team from Kennesaw, Ga., competed in the fifth annual Brenau Barbecue Championship festival May 24-25 on Brenau University's campus in Gainesville, Ga. The competition was sanctioned by the national Memphis Barbecue Network and the Georgia Barbecue Association. The team won fourth place in the GBA Ribs category. Jay Trotter was the team captain.

Brenau's annual fundraising event for scholarships is a catalyst for community activity on the Gainesville campus. Dixie-Que of Macon, Ga., and Smokin' 42 Barbecue from Tifton, Ga., earned rights to compete in the World Food Championships in Las Vegas after winning Grand Champion status in the Memphis Barbecue Network and Georgia Barbecue Association competitions.

For photos of the cook teams, winners and the festival visit http://www.brenaubbq.org/photos.

For online news and details about the 2013 Brenau Barbeque Championship go to www.brenaubbq.org or find Brenau BBQ on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. More information on the World Food Championships is available at www.worldfoodchampionships.com/news/157.

ABOUT BRENAU - Founded in 1878, Brenau University currently enrolls about 2,800 students in graduate and undergraduate programs on campuses and online. With a curriculum that blends professional preparation informed by the liberal arts, Brenau degree tracks range from Associate of Arts, which includes a special "early college" program for exceptional high school-age students to terminal degrees, a Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design and a Doctor of Nursing Practice. The main campus of the Georgia-based liberal arts institution, which includes the Brenau Women's College, is in Gainesville with other campuses in Augusta, Kings Bay and in two metro Atlanta locations, Norcross and Fairburn. Brenau's 2013 ranking as one of the top 15-best higher education values in the Southeast by U.S. News & World Report marks the university's eighth consecutive year in that position for the magazine's America's Best Colleges guidebook. In 2012 Brenau online programs scored high in national rankings by U.S. News & World Report, including a No. 9 in the nation "Honor Roll" listing for graduate degree tracks in Brenau's College of Education. Brenau University also has been cited as one of the best universities in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. The Chronicle of Higher Education accorded Brenau "honor roll" status as one of the top 10 best colleges and universities to work in its 2011-12 survey rankings.