Team of the Year
Barbecue Competitors Alliance
BCA’s Team of the Year standings, which rank head cooks, read from its own page.
Barbecue Competitors Alliance standings
Top cooks (best 7 contests) and Best new head cook, ranking head cooks, not teams. Read from BCA’s own page, on a schedule. The line under each board says when BBQOps last read it.
- 1 Gerry Vallee 110 points
- 2 Adam Gautreau 106 points
- 3 Jason White 104 points
- 4 Keating Helms 84 points
- 5 Richard "Buddy" Howell 77 points
- 6 Brady Baudin 76 points
- 7 Mike Steele 76 points
- 8 Jason Pettis 71 points
- 9 Alex Hatcher 71 points
- 10 Kevin Barker 58 points
- 11 Josh Michelli 57 points
- 12 Saul Dupuis 56 points
- 13 Rob Fleming 53 points
- 14 Jeff Guardia 48 points
- 15 James Cruse 47 points
- 16 Zach LeCoq 44 points
- 17 Brandon Olinde 44 points
- 18 Daryl Walker 37 points
- 19 Danny Titus 36 points
- 20 Scotty Bryce 35 points
BCA Top cooks (best 7 contests) · 2026 season to date · standings dated Sep 19, 2026 · read Thu, Oct 22 · 12:11 PM ET · Official standings on bca.wildapricot.org
- 1 Keating Helms 84 points
- 2 Alex Hatcher 71 points
- 3 Brandon Olinde 44 points
- 4 Ramy Mehri 33 points
- 5 Kennedy Helms 28 points
- 6 Doug Hedges 23 points
- 7 William Gottberg 21 points
- 8 Dustin Jones 3 points
- 9 James Helton 3 points
- 10 Justin Millien 2 points
BCA Best new head cook · 2026 season to date · standings dated Sep 19, 2026 · read Thu, Oct 22 · 12:11 PM ET · Official standings on bca.wildapricot.org
Bodies that keep their own standings
Each of these publishes Team of the Year on its own site.
- IBCA IBCA publishes its Cook of the Year standings on its own site, so we link to them rather than copy them. Official standings at ibcabbq.org (opens in a new tab)
- MBN MBN publishes its Team of the Year standings on its own site, so we link to them rather than copy them. Official standings at memphisbbqnetwork.com (opens in a new tab)
- SCA SCA publishes its point leaders as maps on its own site, so we link to them rather than copy them. Official standings at steakcookoffs.com (opens in a new tab)
- CBA CBA’s site asks every crawler to stay out, so we link to its standings rather than copy them. Official standings at cbabbq.com (opens in a new tab)
- FBA FBA publishes its Team of the Year as pictures on its own site, so we link to them rather than copy them. Official standings at fba39.wildapricot.org (opens in a new tab)
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