- A competition year is defined as from January 1st of one year toDecember 31st of the following year.
- Recognition of TOY standings will be by team names and not by individual member’s names. MABA team names must be affiliated with at least one individual in the MABA current membership database. The database is created from information listed on membership applications and/or annual renewals.
- If one or more teammates are current MABA members, and if there is no team affiliation documented with the teammates application or renewal, and therefore no team documented in the membership database, then their team name cannot be recognized in any TOY standing tally no matter how well they have competed.
- MABA members may cook on more than one team throughout the course of a season. It is the responsibility of a noted team that places in the TOY standings to determine their teammates when representing MABA in any national competition, demonstration or exposition.
- Only valid teams that have earned the top TOY standings will be officially recognized in writing by the MABA Board of Directors for representing MABA in any national events or promotions. Any recognition declared or made without the written consent of the MABA Board of Directors will result in that teams name, and any MABA member documented to be affiliated with that team, shall be banned from any MABA TOY standings for one year.
2011 MABA State Cup Rules
1. The MABA Board of Directors shall select one event in each of the MABA affiliated states as a venue for the MABA State Cup Award. The event must be a four category KCBS style BBQ contest and be sanctioned by MABA, or other recognized sanctioning body approved by the MABA board. The board may select to change the State Cup venues from one year to the next depending on the event organizers and the MABA Board of Directors.
2. There must be a minimum of 20 current MABA member teams in a specific state for MABA to award a state cup. If there are less than 20 current MABA member teams in a state, the Board of Directors may vote to over-rule this requirement, but this must be done and advertised prior to the beginning of the competition season.
3. The MABA Board of Directors must announce which events are MABA State Cup events prior to the first event of the year in all of the MABA affiliated states.
4. A competition year shall be defined as January 1st thru December 31st.
5. A team is eligible to win a state cup if they are native to that event state. Teams must be MABA members in good standings prior to one hour after the Cook's meeting and expiring no earlier than the day after the event awards.
6. Teams are identified as MABA member teams by their membership information in the database, documented from their application or renewal.
In order to be eligible, The BBQ team information (team name & designated chief cook) must be filled out in the member's profile. The team's state affiliation is determined by the residence of it's chief cook. In the event that the chief cook relocates, the state affiliation will change. In the event that the chief cook changes, the state affiliation will change to the chief cook's home state the following competition year. In any event, no chief cook or team may be awarded more than one State cup per competition year.
7. The native team with the highest overall placing shall be declared the MABA State Cup Winner for that state, for that year. Teams do not have to be a grand champion to win the State Cup Award. MABA State Cup is awarded based solely on contest placement order, and is not based on any point system, current or future. MABA State Cup Award has no bearing on MABA Team Of The Year Award.
8. Winning teams shall be awarded a banner and a $250 check.
9. In the case of event cancellation caused by weather, lack of participation or other unforeseen act of God or nature, MABA State Cup will be moved to another event within that state, at the sole discretion of the Board, pursuant to availability of an event within said state. If no event is or can be selected that meets any of the above criteria for selection, there will be no MABA State Cup awarded for that state for that year.
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