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	OFF THE CHAIN BBQ	276
2	Grills Gone Wild	218
3	Rustic Que	213
4	The Look and The Cook BBQ	210
5	319 Q	204
6	Big Butts BBQ	195
7	Shark Bite BBQ	195
8	Heavy Metal Hogz	186
9	Big Baer's BBQ	183
10	Flying B BBQ	147
11	Big Daddy's Meat House	140
12	Flaming Hogs BBQ	137
13	Raising Cain BBQ	134
14	Leron's BBQ	132
15	Rescue Smokers	129
16	Scott's Smoke Shack	126
17	Sprat Boy Barbeque	125
18	B-rads bbq	105
19	K & E's Little Smokers	103
20	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	92
21	Pig-EEE-licious	92
22	Smokey Mountain BBQ	89
23	Big Salty’s BBQ	70
24	Union Street BBQ	70
25	Quenut BBQ	68
26	Real-Licious Q	68
27	Dang Good BBQ	66
28	Blue Smoke Q	64
29	Jack's Old South	60
30	I'm Your Huckleberry BBQ	56
31	G-Dawg BBQ	54
32	Bad Rooster BBQ	51
33	WHAT THE HELL BBQ!	43
34	Glamping Rooster	42
35	Coop's Q	41
36	Against the Grain	40
37	Sunbelt Grillers	38
38	Big Slick BBQ	36
39	Rod, Reels, & BGE	35
40	Big Daddy Pink	30
41	Bubba Grills	30
42	Chili Mo’s Barbecue	30
43	Johnson Boys BBQ	30
44	KIMBRELL Q	30
45	Reu-B-Que	30
46	Donkeys Bad A$$ BBQ	28
47	Running Style BBQ	28
48	Vienna Vol Fire Dept	28
49	Holy Land Farms	26
50	Ribpublicans	24
51	Bite My Butt BBQ	21
52	8 Mile Pits	20
53	Country Line Swine	20
54	Holy Smokes BBQ	20
55	Peach Coast BBQ	20
56	Pot's BBQ	20
57	Rib Ticklers	20
58	Smokin Sumthin BBQ	20
59	Sweet Meat Butcher Shop	20
60	Pogo’s Porkers	19
61	Smoke Ring and Bark	15
62	Three Brothers BBQ	13
63	Big Daddys BBQ Pit	10
64	Bird Dog Whiskey BBQ	10
65	Butchers Best	10
66	Countryside BBQ	10
67	Florida Boys	10
68	Gittin Piggie Widdit	10
69	Glamping Grillers	10
70	Iron Hogs	10
71	J & J Homestyle Catering Team	10
72	Lang BBQ Smokers	10
73	Macon Bacon Cookers	10
74	Night Moves BBQ	10
75	Pistol Packing Pigs	10
76	Porky's Patriots	10
77	Reed Nut Smokers	10
78	Smoke Show Mafia	10
79	Smokin A's	10
80	Smokin' Circuits	10
81	Triple T	10
82	Uncle Daddy's Cook Shack	10

Loin Points

Rank	Team	Points
1	OFF THE CHAIN BBQ	49
2	Heavy Metal Hogz	44
3	Big Butts BBQ	44
4	The Look and The Cook BBQ	40
5	Rustic Que	38
6	Grills Gone Wild	35
7	Big Baer's BBQ	29
8	Flying B BBQ	26
9	Shark Bite BBQ	25
10	Leron's BBQ	22
11	K & E's Little Smokers	20
12	I'm Your Huckleberry BBQ	20
13	Rescue Smokers	18
14	Dang Good BBQ	16
15	Big Slick BBQ	16
16	Raising Cain BBQ	15
17	Flaming Hogs BBQ	14
18	319 Q	14
19	Glamping Rooster	14
20	Big Salty’s BBQ	14
21	Scott's Smoke Shack	12
22	Pig-EEE-licious	11
23	Union Street BBQ	9
24	Bad Rooster BBQ	8
25	Jack's Old South	8
26	Bite My Butt BBQ	7
27	B-rads bbq	7
28	Smokey Mountain BBQ	7
29	Sunbelt Grillers	6
30	Blue Smoke Q	4
31	Donkeys Bad A$$ BBQ	4
32	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	3
33	Smoke Ring and Bark	2
34	Big Daddy Pink	2
35	Ribpublicans	1
36	Big Daddy's Meat House	1

Pork Points

Rank	Team	Points
1	OFF THE CHAIN BBQ	62
2	319 Q	44
3	Shark Bite BBQ	42
4	The Look and The Cook BBQ	35
5	Rustic Que	31
6	Big Baer's BBQ	29
7	Smokey Mountain BBQ	23
8	Big Daddy's Meat House	22
9	Bad Rooster BBQ	19
10	Dang Good BBQ	18
11	Pig-EEE-licious	18
12	Quenut BBQ	18
13	Sprat Boy Barbeque	17
14	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	16
15	Rescue Smokers	16
16	Grills Gone Wild	16
17	Blue Smoke Q	16
18	Flying B BBQ	15
19	Scott's Smoke Shack	13
20	Union Street BBQ	12
21	Heavy Metal Hogz	12
22	Leron's BBQ	12
23	Bubba Grills	10
24	K & E's Little Smokers	10
25	Real-Licious Q	10
26	Against the Grain	10
27	Pogo’s Porkers	9
28	Raising Cain BBQ	9
29	Jack's Old South	7
30	Holy Land Farms	6
31	B-rads bbq	4
32	G-Dawg BBQ	4
33	Ribpublicans	4
34	Glamping Rooster	4
35	Smoke Ring and Bark	3
36	Three Brothers BBQ	3
37	Big Butts BBQ	3
38	Flaming Hogs BBQ	3

Rib Points

Rank	Team	Points
1	Grills Gone Wild	57
2	319 Q	41
3	Big Daddy's Meat House	37
4	OFF THE CHAIN BBQ	35
5	Big Butts BBQ	33
6	Scott's Smoke Shack	31
7	Rustic Que	29
8	Flyin Pig Bar-B-Que	23
9	Leron's BBQ	23
10	Heavy Metal Hogz	20
11	Raising Cain BBQ	20
12	Quenut BBQ	20
13	Big Baer's BBQ	20
14	The Look and The Cook BBQ	20
15	Shark Bite BBQ	18
16	Flying B BBQ	16
17	Blue Smoke Q	14
18	Sunbelt Grillers	12
19	Flaming Hogs BBQ	10
20	Smokey Mountain BBQ	9
21	Union Street BBQ	9
22	Ribpublicans	9
23	Real-Licious Q	8
24	Vienna Vol Fire Dept	8
25	Sprat Boy Barbeque	8
26	Running Style BBQ	8
27	Big Daddy Pink	8
28	I'm Your Huckleberry BBQ	6
29	Big Salty’s BBQ	6
30	Jack's Old South	5
31	Rod, Reels, & BGE	5
32	Rescue Smokers	5
33	Donkeys Bad A$$ BBQ	4
34	Bite My Butt BBQ	4
35	Bad Rooster BBQ	4
36	B-rads bbq	4
37	Glamping Rooster	4
38	Pig-EEE-licious	3
39	WHAT THE HELL BBQ!	3
40	K & E's Little Smokers	3
41	Dang Good BBQ	2
42	Coop's Q	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