Troy Conner Memorial Team of the Year information is below:
1. Eligible Competitions
A competition year is defined as a calendar year from January 1st through December 31st.
Only contests recommended by the TOY Committee and subsequently approved by the Board of Directors (BoD) of the GLBBQA will be eligible for the GLBBQA Troy Conner Memorial Team of the Year points.
Any four meat competitions sanctioned by the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS), a recognized sanctioning body, contested in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, or Wisconsin are deemed eligible for 2025.
KCBS One Meat Competitions will count for points toward TOY.
2. Competition Limits and Contests That Will Be Counted
The 4(FOUR) highest scores from the first 6(SIX) contests will be tallied for scoring. Teams may keep cooking as many contests as they like, but will not garner any additional points except for the WILD CARD selection.
3. The Wild Card
After Teams are finished for the year, they are allowed to make a wild card selection They may select 1(ONE) score from contests 7 onward to replace the lowest of their best 4 already scored. The Wild Card can be either Chicken, Ribs, Pork, Brisket or Overall.
The head cook must submit their Wild Card Selection to the TOY Chairperson by email prior to 5pm EST October 31st 2025, indicating which score and category they would like to replace with their Wild Card selection. The Chairperson will not reach out and ask for any selections from any team. It is the sole responsibility of the head cook to make the selection and notify the chairperson of the selection. As of 5pm EST October 31st 2025 all scores will be final.
4. Registration
If you are a GLBBQA member in good standing you are registered. As of the Spring Fling scoring will start. If you did not compete in the Spring Fling but still want to compete from TOY please email [email protected] to be added to the list.
5. Scoring
Scores are compiled by the GLBBQA using official contest scoring information provided by the KCBS.
GLBBQA Team of the Year Points will be awarded in Chicken, Ribs, Pork, Brisket, and Overall
Points for Overall and Individual Meat Categories are as follow
1st=20, 2nd=18, 3rd=17, 4th=16, 5th=15, 6th=14, 7th=13, 8th=12, 9th=11, 10th=10, 11th=9, 12th=8, 13th=7, 14th=6, 15th=5, 16th=4, 17th=3, 18th=2, 19th=1, 20th=1, and 21st on down collect no points
6. Tiebreakers
In the event of a tie for GC, RGC, or 3rd place Overall, or 1st or 2nd place in a meat category, the top Overall scores from the eligible events will be averaged together. The winner will be the team with the highest average score from the eligible events.
In the unlikely event that the 1st tiebreaker also ends in a tie the highest score from the eligible cooks will be used, then second highest, then third highest and so on. If all 6 eligible cooks end in a tie, a coin flip will take place.
Good Luck to all!!
Past Winners:
2014 – Overall iBQ’n, Chicken Big JT’s Smokin BBQ, Ribs CancerSucksChicago.com, Pork Yellow River BBQ, Brisket iBQ’n
2015 – Overall Tim’s Full Belli Deli (WI), Quau (IL), Big JT’s Smokin BBQ (IN), and iBQ’n (MI)
2016 – Overall The Real Smokin Aces (MI) and Tim’s Full Belli Deli (WI)
2017 – Overall Slippery Pete’s BBQ, Chicken Slippery Pete’s BBQ, Ribs Bad Habit BBQ, Pork Slippery Pete’s BBQ, Brisket Kevlar BBQ
2018 – Overall iBQ’n, Chicken Sweet Racks and Smokin Butts, Ribs iBQ’n, Pork Bad Habit BBQ, Brisket iBQ’n
2019 – Overall iBQ’n, Chicken iBQ’n, Ribs Rubbed Smoked & Sauced, Pork Two Crackers Q-ing, Brisket Bad Habit BBQ
2020 – Overall Kevlar BBQ, Chicken The Real Smokin Aces, Ribs Kevlar BBQ, Pork Mac Attack BBQ, Brisket Kevlar BBQ
2021 – Overall Division I The BBQ Bus, Chicken The BBQ Bus, Ribs The BBQ Bus, Pork One2BBQ, Brisket The BBQ Bus. Overall Division II Kevlar BBQ, Chicken TBD, Ribs TBD, Pork TBD, Brisket TBD
2022 – Overall Division I iBQ’n, Chicken TBD, Ribs TBD, Pork TBD, Brisket iBQ’n. Overall Division II Kevlar BBQ, Chicken TBD, Ribs TBD, Pork TBD, Brisket TBD
2023 – Overall Bad Habit BBQ, Chicken B&R Smoke, Ribs Sailor Nick’s BBQ, Pork Firehouse Smoke, Brisket Tire Smoke
2024 – Overall Shiggin Aint Easy, Chicken Shiggin Aint Easy, Ribs Bleacher Bums, Pork Firehouse Smoke, Brisket Kevlar BBQ
