COMPETITION OVERVIEW
NOVEMBER 3-10, 2015
KISSIMMEE, FLORIDA
The World Barbecue Championship will bring the greatest competition barbecue teams, cooks and chefs together in Kissimmee, Fla. to settle the score and name the World Barbecue Champion. The World Barbecue Champion will advance to the Final Table and see if ‘America’s Cuisine’ will rule the world.
Choosing from all the major sanctioning bodies and an open registration process, The World Food Championships will accept the champions of the world’s premier barbecue competitions to compete in Kissimmee.
This year, the barbecue competition will be even hotter than in past years. Due to the relocation of the World Food Championships to Kissimmee, Fla., the World Barbecue Championship will be open to at least 100 teams at this year’s event, twice the amount of teams at last year’s WFC. The WFC barbecue category will also be a sanctioned KCBS event, making it possible for KCBS teams to earn those coveted Team of the Year points.
This allows the World Food Championships to have an open registration for the World Barbecue Championship for up to 50 teams. The remaining 50 spots will be designated as usual through select Automatic and Preferred Qualifiers and International Championships.
What will start as a host of the absolute best championship pitmasters will end up with just one winner… the World Barbecue Champion.
WORLD BARBECUE CHAMPIONSHIP
$10,000 GRAND PRIZE
2015 WFC Competitor Packet (BARBECUE)
Competition Structure
The World Barbecue Championship features three rounds of competition.
Ancillary Categories: competitors will compete for bonus cash in the ancillary competitions, points and scores do not apply to the overall championship.
Competition Categories: all competitors will compete in the World Barbecue Championship and turn-in various meats that will be defined in the competitor packet.
Finalist Round: the top ten competitors in the opening round will face off for culinary supremacy in a special barbecue-themed finalist competition.
How to Qualify
The World Barbecue Championship will be limited to the first 100 entrants who are fully qualified, registered and confirmed. Any qualified entrant who wants to compete after the field is full must seek a special exemption from the WFC competition committee.
The following events are preferred qualifiers for the 2015 World Barbecue Championship:
Smokin' on the River—BBQ, Blues and Brew Festival
Bear's Smokehouse New England BBQ Championships
'Que at the View BBQ Fest
Cookmore World Food Barbecue Challenge
Bynum School's Best of the Basin BBQ Championship
Hill City Wine, Brew & BBQ
River Grill Before the Big Chill
The following events are automatic qualifiers for the 2015 World Barbecue Championship:
| KCBS | Bixby BBQ n Blues Festival – Bixby, OK |
| KCBS | Smokin' On the River—BBQ, Blues and Brew Festival — Jeffersonville, IN |
| KCBS | Pork in the Park – Salisbury, MD |
| KCBS | Dana Point BBQ – Dana Point, CA |
| KCBS | Tony Stone Low and Slow – Zanndam, Netherlands |
| KCBS | Whistle Stop Festival & Rocket City BBQ – Huntsville, AL |
| KCBS | Bakersfield’s Biggest Baddest BBQ Championship – Bakersfield, CA |
| KCBS | Bloomin’ BBQ & Bluegrass – Sevierville, TN |
| KCBS | Papa Joe’s Banjo-B-Que – Evans, GA |
| KCBS | Blue Ridge BBQ Festival – Tryon, NC |
| KCBS | Colorado BBQ Challenge – Frisco, CO |
| KCBS | Iowa State BBQ Championship – Marshalltown, IA |
| KCBS | Great Lenexa BBQ Battle – Lenexa, KS |
| KCBS | Safeway National Capital Barbecue Battle – Washington DC |
| KCBS | I Love Barbecue & Music Festival – Lake Placid, NY |
| KCBS | Pork & Brew State BBQ Championship – Rio Rancho, NM |
| KCBS | SC Festival of Discovery – Greenwood, SC |
| KCBS | New Jersey State BBQ Championship – North Wildwood, NJ |
| KCBS | Up in Smoke BBQ Bash – Mason City, IA |
| KCBS | Dillard Bluegrass & Barbeque Festival – Dillard, GA |
| KCBS | Santa Anita Park Winners’ Circle BBQ Championship – Arcadia, CA |
| KCBS | Madison Ribberfest Barbeque and Blues – Madison, IN |
| KCBS | Wyoming State BBQ Championship – Worland, WY |
| KCBS | Smokin’ in Mesquite BBQ Challenge – Mesquite, NV |
| KCBS | City of Bedford Blues & BBQ Festival – Bedford, TX |
| KCBS | Colorado Pork & Hops Challenge – Grand Junction, CO |
| KCBS | Decatur Jaycees Annual Riverfest – Decatur, AL |
| KCBS | Cherokee Strip Cookoff – Ponca City, OK |
| KCBS | Roots n Blues n BBQ – Columbia, MO |
| KCBS | Shawnee Great Grillers State Championship – Shawnee, KS |
| KCBS | Bikes, Blues & BBQ – Fayetteville, AR |
| KCBS | 2014 American Royal – Kansas City MO (invitational) |
| KCBS | 2014 American Royal – Kansas City MO (open) |
| KCBS | Red, White and Que – Cresskill, NJ |
| KCBS | Best of the Basin |
| KCBS | Big Island BBQ |
| KCBS | West Coast BBQ Classic |
| KCBS | Ribs, Pigs & Watermelons |
| KCBS | 2014 Sam’s Club National Championship – Bentonville, AR |
| KCBS | Hog Happnin’ – Shelby, NC |
| KCBS | The National BBQ Cup – Cumming, GA |
| KCBS | River Grill Before the Big Chill |
| KCBS | Don’t Be Cruel BBQ Duel |
| KCBS | Shot Gun Fired BBQ Showdown |
| KCBS | Colorado Rockies Invitational |
| KCBS | Table Rock and Ribs |
| Darlington Speed and Feed | |
| SLBS | Wildwood Bash |
| TGCBA | Hold’em Hit Em Club BBQ Cookoff |
| TGCBA | Humble Rodeo & BBQ Cookoff |
| TGCBA | Texas Gulf Coast BBQ Cookers Association Invitational |
| SCBA | SC Peach Festival – Gaffney, SC |
| SCBA | Bands, Brews and BBQ – Port Royal, SC |
| SCBA | Piggin’ in the Park – Saluda Shoals, SC |
| NEBS | Roc City Ribfest – Rochester, NY |
| IBCA | Smokin’ on the Rio |
| IBCA | TBIPAC BBQ Throwdown |
| IBCA | Party in the Pits |
| IBCA | Homer’s Backyard Ball (BBQ Competition) |
| MBN | Smoke on the Mountain BBQ Championship – Galax, VA |
| MBN | Murphysboro BBQ Cookoff – Murphysboro, IL |
| MBN | Southaven Springfest – Southaven, MS |
| MBN | MBN Invitational – Memphis, TN |
| MBN | Mississippi Delta State Barbecue Championship – Cleveland MS |
| Independent | World’s Championship Bar-B-Que Contest – Houston, TX |
| Independent | Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest– Memphis, TN |
| Independent | Naperville’s Exchange Club’s Ribfest – Naperville, IL |
| Independent | Jazz & Rib Fest – Columbus, OH |
| Independent | Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off – Reno, NV |
| Independent | Fire on Ice Barbecue World Championship – Mille Lacs Lake, MN |
| MABA | Southern Maryland Brew & BBQ – Leonardtown, MD |
| MABA | Keystone Classic – Harrisburg, PA |
| FBA | Smoke on the Water – Winter Haven FL |
| FBA | The Old Florida Outdoor Festival – Apopka FL |
| FBA | Ribs on the Ridge – Haines City FL |
| FBA | Southeast Regional Pigfest – Tallahassee FL |
| FBA | Smoke on the Water BBQ Festival – Thomaston GA |
| FBA | Tri State Barbecue Festival – Dothan AL |
| FBA | Suncoast BBQ & Bluegrass Bash – Venice FL |
| FBA | Barnesville BBQ & Blues Festival – Barnesville GA |
| FBA | Central Florida BBQ Blowout – Oviedo FL |
| FBA | Smoke Under The Oaks BBQ – Bainbridge GA |
| FBA | Smokin’ Pig Fest – Lake City FL |
| FBA | Smokin on the Suwanee – Live Oak FL |
| GBA | Smoke on the Lake – Acworth Georgia |
| GBA | Going Coastal – Fernindina Florida |
| PNWBA | North Plains Smokehouse Summit |
| PNWBA | Fire It Up BBQ Cookoff II |
| PNWBA | Tree Top Skewered Apple BBQ Championship |
| PNWBA | Smokin in the Root |
| PNWBA | Cheney Jubilee |
| PNWBA | Tour de Terrace BBQ Championship |
| OBR | Smokin on the Big Creek |
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Rules, processes and tournament structure for the WFC are subject to change, but all decisions made by the WFC competition committee are final.