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Homer's Backyard Ball Selected for World Food Championships Qualifying

AMARILLO -- Homer's Backyard Ball has been selected as a qualifier for the World Food Championships, the worlds highest-stakes food competition, slated for November 12-18 in downtown Las Vegas.   The Homers Grand Champion, which will be selected at Homerstock on Saturday, May 17th, will receive a travel stipend and free entry to the November event.   To compete to be the Homers Grand Champion, contestants must turn in all three categories (chicken, brisket and ribs).  The local winner will then secure a spot in the World Food Championships, often referred to as The Ultimate Food Fight.  The Championships are limited to 550 competitors, with a total purse of $300,000. 

May 6, 2014

Crowds turn out for BBQ Festival

With the clock ticking Saturday afternoon, members of Pappy’s BBQ scrambled to get their beef brisket ready to be judged. Members of Pappy’s BBQ team layered shavings, slices and chunks of beef brisket in an intricate order before carrying it off to the judges for the 2 p.m. deadline. Philip Sloop, Dothan resident and team member of Pappy’s BBQ, said their five-member team led by head cook Jim Ridley submitted entries for barbecue chicken, ribs, Boston butt, and brisket categories within the professional division.

May 6, 2014

Homer's Grand Champion to be selected on May 17

by Grayson Edds  AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Homer's Backyard Ball has been selected as a qualifier for this fall's World Food Championships, the world's highest-stakes food competiton, and this year's Homer's Grand Champion selected on May 17 will receive a travel stipend and free entry to the November event.

May 5, 2014

Guide: 2014 Barbecue Competitions, Festivals And Smokeouts

+ ENLARGE   A judge's plate at the annual barbecue Olympics, Memphis in May.

May 1, 2014

Top Local Chef winner to compete in World Food Championships

  The battle was spicier than ever in the fourth annual Top Local Chef competition, produced by LocalShops1 and Intensity Academy. But only one chef could go home with the Top Local Chef title and a wild card spot in the World Food Championships in Las Vegas, where he will compete for prizes up to $500,000.

April 29, 2014

So You’re Going to the World Food Championships – Do You Fly Solo or Have Some Help?

  Cooking at World Food Championships   One of the many great things about the World Food  Championships is the fact that professional and amateur cooks come together to compete in one arena and the food is all that matters, not pedigree, not career but the food, only the food.

April 29, 2014

Festival Extends Coverage and Offerings

Hunter Hayes speaks with Ashley Eicher in front of the Mane Stage for AXS TV's expanded Countdown to Stagecoach coverage. (VT Photo) REPORTING FROM INDIO, CALIF. — Empire Polo Club in Indio was filled with unique and interactive components for this year’s Stagecoach festival, produced by Goldenvoice and held April 25-27.

April 29, 2014

Round 2: Bull Burger Battles are back!

Hot off the grill! The World Food Championships and Bull Outdoor® Products are excited to announce that the Bull Burger Battles will be firing up for the second season in 2014. Bull Burger Battles are a nationwide series of live-event burger cookoffs to find the best burger cooks and chefs across the country.

April 23, 2014

Through the Eyes of a Food Judge at the World Food Championships

by Heather Tallman  Last November I traveled to Las Vegas, for the first time, to serve as a judge at the World Food Championships. I was asked late in the summer to attend and judge the sandwich and dessert categories- so of course I said yes! For the last 4-5 years I have judged countless food events in Indiana from cocktail contests to maple syrup recipe contests, BBQ to bacon.

April 22, 2014

5 Quick Questions with Simon Majumdar

Food Network host and author Simon Majumdar and I first met last August in Las Vegas outside the Kitchen Arena that was set up as the battleground for the World Food Championships: The Ultimate Food Fight. My buddy Ben Vaughn introduced us, and I handed Simon a copy of our cookbook, The Southern Vegetarian. We immediately started talking food.

April 22, 2014