GBA 2026 Team of the Year

2026 Season

Go To Category Point Totals
Loin Points	Pork Points	Rib Points

Current Standings

Rank	Team	Points
1	The Look and The Cook BBQ	71
2	Big Butts BBQ	68
3	319 Q	66
4	Shark Bite BBQ	62
5	Rescue Smokers	60
6	Heavy Metal Hogz	50
7	Big Baer's BBQ	49
8	Big Daddy's Meat House	49
9	OFF THE CHAIN BBQ	48
10	B-rads bbq	45
11	Raising Cain BBQ	45
12	Flaming Hogs BBQ	44
13	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	44
14	Flying B BBQ	44
15	Leron's BBQ	44
16	Big Salty’s BBQ	42
17	Jack's Old South	40
18	Grills Gone Wild	36
19	Rustic Que	36
20	K & E's Little Smokers	35
21	Pig-EEE-licious	35
22	Bad Rooster BBQ	31
23	Sprat Boy Barbeque	30
24	Real-Licious Q	28
25	Smokey Mountain BBQ	22
26	Coop's Q	21
27	G-Dawg BBQ	20
28	Pogo’s Porkers	19
29	Union Street BBQ	19
30	Vienna Vol Fire Dept	18
31	Rod, Reels, & BGE	15
32	Smoke Ring and Bark	15
33	Three Brothers BBQ	13
34	WHAT THE HELL BBQ!	11
35	8 Mile Pits	10
36	Bird Dog Whiskey BBQ	10
37	Chili Mo’s Barbecue	10
38	Countryside BBQ	10
39	Florida Boys	10
40	Gittin Piggie Widdit	10
41	Holy Land Farms	10
42	Iron Hogs	10
43	J & J Homestyle Catering Team	10
44	KIMBRELL Q	10
45	Macon Bacon Cookers	10
46	Night Moves BBQ	10
47	Porky's Patriots	10
48	Reed Nut Smokers	10
49	Reu-B-Que	10
50	Smokin' Circuits	10
51	Triple T	10
52	Uncle Daddy's Cook Shack	10

Loin Points

Rank	Team	Points
1	Big Butts BBQ	23
2	Grills Gone Wild	16
3	Raising Cain BBQ	15
4	Flaming Hogs BBQ	11
5	K & E's Little Smokers	10
6	Rescue Smokers	10
7	Leron's BBQ	9
8	The Look and The Cook BBQ	9
9	319 Q	8
10	Jack's Old South	8
11	B-rads bbq	7
12	Bad Rooster BBQ	7
13	Flying B BBQ	6
14	Big Salty’s BBQ	6
15	Shark Bite BBQ	5
16	OFF THE CHAIN BBQ	4
17	Heavy Metal Hogz	4
18	Smoke Ring and Bark	2
19	Rustic Que	2
20	Big Baer's BBQ	2
21	Smokey Mountain BBQ	1

Pork Points

Rank	Team	Points
1	Shark Bite BBQ	20
2	The Look and The Cook BBQ	15
3	319 Q	14
4	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	13
5	Rescue Smokers	10
6	Bad Rooster BBQ	10
7	Smokey Mountain BBQ	9
8	Pogo’s Porkers	9
9	Heavy Metal Hogz	8
10	Big Baer's BBQ	8
11	Jack's Old South	7
12	Big Daddy's Meat House	7
13	OFF THE CHAIN BBQ	5
14	K & E's Little Smokers	5
15	Pig-EEE-licious	5
16	B-rads bbq	4
17	Flying B BBQ	4
18	Smoke Ring and Bark	3
19	Three Brothers BBQ	3
20	Flaming Hogs BBQ	3
21	Leron's BBQ	2
22	Rustic Que	1

Rib Points

Rank	Team	Points
1	OFF THE CHAIN BBQ	14
2	Flying B BBQ	14
3	Big Daddy's Meat House	12
4	The Look and The Cook BBQ	12
5	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	11
6	Big Butts BBQ	10
7	319 Q	9
8	Big Baer's BBQ	9
9	Union Street BBQ	9
10	Heavy Metal Hogz	8
11	Real-Licious Q	8
12	Vienna Vol Fire Dept	8
13	Shark Bite BBQ	7
14	Big Salty’s BBQ	6
15	Jack's Old South	5
16	Rod, Reels, & BGE	5
17	Bad Rooster BBQ	4
18	B-rads bbq	4
19	Rustic Que	3
20	Leron's BBQ	3
21	Smokey Mountain BBQ	2
22	Coop's Q	1
23	WHAT THE HELL BBQ!	1

The GBA presents awards to the top 10 teams for each contest year, as well as awards for the top finishers in each primary meat category. The awards are given as follow:

Overall Awards

The first place team receives a substantial cash award and a personalized banner with their team name (and bragging rights forever!).
2nd through 5th place teams receive a cash award and a personalized banner with their team name and placement.
6th through 10th place teams receive a personalized banner with their team name.

Loin, Pork, and Rib Category Awards

The first place teams receives a cash award and a personalized banner with their team name and placement.
2nd through 5th place teams in each category are also recognized at the annual award ceremony.

How to earn Team of the Year Points

You can earn Team of the Year points by entering a Contest, placing in the top 10 in the primary categories, and winning Grand or Reserve Champion. Points are awarded as follows:

Ten (10) points for entering a GBA sanctioned contest.
Placement points for finishing in the top 10 in the Pork, Loin, and Rib categories. 1st place earns 10 points, 2nd place earns 9 points, 3rd place earns 8 points and so on through 10th place, which earns 1 point.
Five (5) bonus points are awarded to the team winning the Reserve Grand Championship.
Five (5) bonus points are awarded to the team winning the Grand Championship.

Double Points Contests

Each year the GBA selects several contests to be double points events. At those events, teams earn double the points they would at a standard GBA event. The events chosen to award double points vary from year to year, and are indicated on the Contest page.

Awards and Banquet

The GBA holds an annual banquet where the Team of the Year is recognized as the team with the most points accumulated throughout the year. The GBA also awards banners and cash prizes to the Top 5 teams, and banners to the 6th through 10th place teams from the just completed contest year. In addition, the GBA awards a Team of the Year banner to the top team in each of the 3 categories. Recognition is also given to the 2nd through 5th place teams in each category.

Team of the Year Ties

In the event of a tie for any final Team of the Year position, all tied teams will be recognized at the higher tied position, with any tied awards combined and then divided equally. The lower tied positions will be left vacant. Just like in golf, if there is a three way tie for 5^th place overall, all three teams will be recognized as finishing in 5^th place. The awards for 5^th, 6^th, and 7^th places will be added together and divided equally among the three tied teams. No 6^th or 7^th place will be awarded and the next highest team will recognized and rewarded as the 8th place team.

The GBA Board of Directors reserve the right to modify the structure and recognition of these awards as needed.

Team of the Year