The FBA Master Judge Program is designed to recognize those judges who have shown their support for the most judge friendly, cooker friendly competition barbecue circuit around. The FBA Master Judge is there at almost every contest. They provide the teams with a fair and unbiased arena to test their cooking skills.

The following requirements must be met to become an FBA Master Judge:
1) Judge a minimum of 20 FBA sanctioned contests in any 5 year period or less.
2) Table captain a minimum of 5 times in any 5 year period or less in addition to requirement #1.
3) Must be a member of the FBA and must sustain that membership.
4) Must cook with a cook team at least once during the same 5 year period at an FBA sanctioned contest.
5) The Funcook is considered an FBA sanctioned contest for the purposes of judging and master judge.
6) Acting as the FBA Rep at an FBA sanctioned contest counts as one judging assignment.
7) Rep assignments cannot comprise more than 49% of the 20 required contests.

For ALL Judges - starting on January 1, 2005 you must judge at an FBA sanctioned contest or the Funcook at least once a year in order to maintain your Certified FBA Judge's status and to remain in our Judge's database. If you become uncertified you will have to take the judge's seminar again.

Effective March 26, 2007 - You must be an FBA Member in good standing in order to be an FBA Judge.