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Southern sandwich makers headed to Vegas

To win the Best Sandwich in the South Competition, Gates and Mann cooked up their Applewood-smoked Meatloaf Sandwich, featuring tomato bacon jam and Gruyere cheese on roasted corn Johnnycakes. “We run a version of our smoked meatloaf sandwich at The Depot a lot, and then of course at Vicki’s, we have the smoked meatloaf as a entree,” Gates said.

November 9, 2014

Illinois home cook qualifies for World Food Championships

Don't call her a contester just yet. That's what her mom is, claims Ann Jones, a mom herself residing in Geneva. Jones heads to Las Vegas this weekend to compete with a couple of hundred other enthusiastic home cooks and professional chefs in the massive World Food Champsionsips.

November 6, 2014

Santa Barbara cooks fired up for World Food Championships

L.J. Washington caught the competitive-cooking bug bad, thanks in large part to this newspaper, having won The Santa Barbara Independent’s 2012 Sandwich Showdown by beating two professional chefs. Since then, this Carpinteria resident, who is originally from New Orleans, won a KEYT BackyardBBQ Contest, a Carpinteria Chili Cookoff, and took part in the Today show Father’s Day Burger Battle, where she got to schmooze with Giada De Laurentiis.

November 6, 2014

Ten Competitors Earn Golden Tickets at Scottsdale Sizzlin' Showdown

Ten Competitors Earn Golden Tickets at Scottsdale Sizzlin' Showdown

October 29, 2014

Southern Pride Partners with WFC

Southern Pride BBQ Pits and Smokers is announced as the Official Smoker of the 2014 World Chef Challenge and as a brand parter to the 2014 World Barbecue Championship.

October 8, 2014

Tickets Punched at Music City Cookoff

The Music City Cookoff featured competitions in both seafood and dessert. The top three placing competitors in each category earned their Golden Tickets to the World Food Championships.

September 25, 2014

WFC Competition Schedule Announced

The World Food Championships has released the competition and entertainment schedule for the 2014 event this November in Las Vegas.

September 10, 2014

Legendary Eats at 17th Street BBQ in Murphysboro

The small town of Murphysboro (population 7,894) has made huge waves in America’s barbecue industry thanks to its landmark restaurant, 17th Street BBQ. Barbecue aficionados refer to owner and champion pitmaster Mike Mills as simply “The Legend.”

August 20, 2014

Orange County mom takes home top honors at Bull Burger Battle

With just four seconds left on the clock, Kelly Lucas-Shippey barely turned her burgers in on time for the Bull Burger Battle in San Diego, presented by Bull Outdoor Products, Inc. But according to the judges, it was well worth the risk. Shippey’s SoCal Blackstrap Sliders, featuring a tangy Blackstrap sauce, bacon and a little heat proved to be the competition favorite, affording Shippey the first place win.

August 14, 2014

Don't Miss the Final Table episode, Thursday on FYI!

Since July 10th, the World Food Championships on FYI has been featuring category championships from Burger to BBQ, and now the Final Table is set! Seven champions will face their toughest test yet: each other! As well as seven world-class, culinary judges who will determine the ultimate dish that deserves a $50,000 pay day!

August 8, 2014