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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, Kevin and Clara Bevington - HomeBBQ.com, 5 time Team of the Year - present the TOTY trophy to Rub Bagby and his wife, this year's winner - Swamp Boys.

2009 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.

Results updated as of June 20, 2009

2009 Current 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. Swamp Boys420
2. Big Papa's Country Kitchen348
3. Forrest's Fine Foods340
4. Bub-Ba-Q315
5. Mount Dora Bar-B-Que Company253
6. HomeBBQ.com243
7. Uncle Kenny's Butts For You203
8. Munchees Smokehouse190
9. GB's BBQ171
10. Budmeisters152
ChickenRibs
1. Big Papa's Country Kitchen901. Forrest's Fine Foods72
2. Forrest's Fine Foods792. Big Papa's Country Kitchen61
3. Swamp Boys602. Swamp Boys61
PorkBrisket
1. Swamp Boys791. Swamp Boys94
2. Big Papa's Country Kitchen602. HomeBBQ.com72
3. Mount Dora Bar-B-Que Company533. Forrest's Fine Foods68
High Scores - 2009
OverallSwamp Boys765.44998 (Dothan, AL)
ChickenHot Wauchula194.65000 (Palm Beach Gardens, FL)
RibsBub-Ba-Q195.00000 (Thomaston, GA)
PorkChatham Artillery BBQ196.23332 (Albany, GA)
BrisketBethel Smokers197.83332 (Barnesville, GA)

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