The top ten teams in the season long points chase earn invitations to the Best of the Best cookoff at the National BBQ Festival in Waycross where they face off against the top ten teams from the other major sanctioning organizations plus the grand champions from NBF qualifying events. Most of the teams also compete in the Smokin’ in the Swamp Open contest.  Teams from the GBA did quite well in both events.  Jack’s New South finished in the top 10 overall in the Best of the Best to earn a automatic invitation to next year’s event and also won Reserve Grand Champion in the Best of the Best People’s Choice contest.

Grand Champion for the Best of the Best was B & T Cook Team — Bill & Teresa Tanner of Thomasville.

GOTB Grand Champion - B & T Cook Team

Below are the top 1o in each category with GBA Top 10  Teams highlighted in bold:

Best of the Best National Championship, Waycross, GA
November 4, 2011 • NBF

CHICKEN
1) Bub-Ba-Q
2) Barbeque Crew
3) Florida Skin ‘n Bones
4) Mike’s Catering
5) Smokin’ Willy Squealers
6) GB’s BBQ
7) Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
8) Holy Smokes
9) Flirtin’ With Diaster
10) Quau

RIBS
1) Swamp Boys
2) B&T Cook Team
3) Rodeo Q Cooker
4) Forrest’s Fine Foods
5) Florida Skin ‘N Bones
6) Bub-Ba-Q
7) GB’s BBQ
8) We B Smokin’
9) Quau
10) Pig In! Pig Out!

PORK
1) Uncle Kenny’s BBQ
2) Swamp Boys
3) B&T Cook Team
4) Jack’s New South
5) Holy Smokes
6) Bethel Smoekrs
7) Potbelly/Mkt St Saloon
8) Sunset Smokers
9) DW’s Kountry Cookers
10) Quau

BRISKET
1) U Rub Me Raw
2) Orange Maple Cookers
3) GB’s BBQ
4) B&T Cook Team
5) Bethel Smokers
6) Big Papa’s Country Kitchen
7) Uncle Kenny’s BBQ
8) We B Smokin’
9) Mike’s Catering
10) Bub-Ba-Q

WHOLE HOG
1) Mike’s Catering
2) Bar-B-Que Monsters
3) DW’s Kountry Cookers
4) Potbelly/Mkt St Saloon
5) Sunset Smokers

GRAND CHAMPION
B&T Cook Team

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
Swamp Boys

Smokin’ in the Swamp X Open
November 5, 2011 • NBF

CHICKEN
1) GB’s BBQ
2) Mike’s Catering
3) Budmeisters
4) Cook’s Portable Smokehouse
5) Sunset Smokers
6) Tomlin Barbeque
7) Smokin’ Willy Squealers
8) Quau
9) Florida Skin ‘N Bones
10) Herrinville BBQ All-Stars

RIBS
1) Budmeisters
2) B&T Cook Team
3) Pig In! Pig Out!
4) Forrest’s Fine Foods
5) Sunset Smokers
6) Bethel Smokers
7) Whiskey Bent BBQ
8) Potbelly/Mkt St Saloon
9) Swamp Boys
10) Chatham Artillery BBQ

PORK
1) Barbeque Crew
2) Quau
3) DW’s Kountry Cookers
4) Budmeisters
5) Sunset Smokers
6) Holy Smoke LLC
7) Whiskey Bent BBQ
8) Bethel Smokers
9) B&T Cook Team
10) U Rub Me Raw

BRISKET
1) U Rub Me Raw
2) Swamp Boys
3) B&T Cook Team
4) Pig In! Pig Out!
5) We B Smokin’ Too
6) Big Papa’s Country Kitchen
7) Tenacious Q
8) We B Smokin’
9) Mike’s Catering
10) Orange Maple Cookers

WHOLE HOG
1) Potbelly/Mkt St Saloon
2) Big Jim Lazy Q
3) Bar-B-Que Monsters
4) DW’s Kountry Cookers
5) Wooley Bully “BBQ Mafia”
6) Mike’s Catering

GRAND CHAMPION
Budmeisters

RESERVE GRAND CHAMPION
B&T Cook Team