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Team of the Year Program

Current Standings

The Team of the Year program (TOTY) recognizes those FBA cook teams that have perfected barbecue recipes after many sanctioned contests and years of experimentation. Is it the best barbecue? Well, judging by the points, we'd have to say it's certainly the best in the minds of our FBA certified judges!

The Top 10 teams receive awards at the Celebrate Last Year party held in January each year and the number one team has their cook team name inscribed in the TOTY Trophy, donated by the very first TOTY winners - The Sorry Boys: Chip Faul and Gary Leyman - in 2002.

Below the Sorry Boys photo, Rub Bagby and his cook team, this year's winner - Swamp Boys.

2010 Team of the Year Rules

  • You must cook all 4 categories at a contest to receive any points. A DQ in a category does not disqualify you from points in the other categories.
  • 1 point for showing up and cooking all 4 categories at the contest.
  • 10 points for 1st place in a category, 9 points for 2nd, and so on down to 1 point for 10th place.
  • 10 points for Grand Champion, 9 points for Reserve, 8 points for 3rd overall, and so on down to 1 point for 10th place overall in addition to the category points.
  • No substitute cook teams will be able to participate in the absence of any cook team for the purpose of accumulation of TOTY points.
  • The participation of regular cook team members without the head cook will be subject to review and interpretation by the FBA Board of Directors to determine if TOTY points will be awarded.
  • TOTY points and points for other FBA programs will only be awarded to teams where the head cook is a member of the FBA.
  • The total points at the end of the year will determine the Team of the Year.
  • Only a tie for first place (Team of the Year) will be determined by the total accumulated scores from each contest the teams have cooked; all other places allow for a tie.
  • Neither the FBA Funcook nor the FBA Triple Crown Championship Invitational or Open points count toward TOTY.

Standings updated as of
August 21, 2010

2010 Current Standings

2009 Final Standings
2008 Final Standings
2007 Final Standings
2006 Final Standings 		2005 Final Standings
2004 Final Standings
2003 Final Standings
2002 Final Standings

Overall Grand Champion
1. Forrest's Fine Foods396
2. Big Papa's Country Kitchen393
3. Bub-Ba-Q271
4. Git-R-Smoked270
5. Swamp Boys257
6. Unknown BBQ237
7. Cook's Portable Smokehouse199
8. Whiskey Bent BBQ187
9. GB's BBQ136
10. Budmeisters134
ChickenRibs
1. Big Papa's Country Kitchen791. Forrest's Fine Foods82
2. Git-R-Smoked622. Big Papa's Country Kitchen75
3. Bub-Ba-Q583. Unknown BBQ55
PorkBrisket
1. Forrest's Fine Foods731. Forrest's Fine Foods109
2. Big Papa's Country Kitchen722. Swamp Boys72
3. Bub-Ba-Q583. Big Papa's Country Kitchen58
High Scores - 2010
OverallWhiskey Bent BBQ768.96666 (Clermont, FL)
ChickenWhiskey Bent BBQ195.96666 (Dade City, FL)
RibsThe Ross Team196.68332 (Albany, GA)
PorkRescue Smokers197.38332 (Thomaston, GA)
BrisketCook's Portable Smokehouse199.03332 (Starke, FL)

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