We're excited to see the field of competitors who have already won their golden ticket and registered to compete at the 2025 World Food Championships. And we are always proud to announce our special guests and celebrity judges participating in our judging events across the nation - we're sure the championship food certainly helps! Best of luck to our 2025 competitors!
COMPETITOR
Serious Hog
HEAD COOK: Lisa Rooks
COMPETITION: World Soup Championship
My passion for cooking and baking began in High School Hoe Economics Class and from cooking with my mother and Great Aunts who were all phenomenal southern cooks. Watching episodes of Season 1 of BBQ Pitmasters inspired us to form Serious Hog Competition BBQ team in 2013. We entered a small local contest, placed 3rd overall and were hooked on competition BBQ. Competing in the World Food Championship and winning the World Chili Championship Open in 2021 sparked a passion for food competitions outside of BBQ. Competitive success includes: 2022 - Grand Chili Champion at Porsche, Franklin, TN; 1st place homestyle and chicken chili, VFW, Franklin, TN; 4th overall in Pioneer Gravy's 1st online nationwide search for Gravy Guru, tied for first in Dessert, with a perfect score - 180 and won the People’s Choice Award for pork at the KCBS BBQ Throwdown. AT the 2022 and 2023 World Chili Championship Open we continued to serve award winning chili, placing 2nd both years; 2023, won 1st place Anything Wampler’s Sausage at the High on the Hog KCBS Competitor Series; Placed 2nd Overall at: Alabama CASI State Championship; Place 2nd in ribs KCBS Competitor Series; Dr. George Smith BBQ Brawl, and 4th in Anything Butt at The Robertson County BBQ Throwdown (KCBS Competitor Series). In 2024, I started competing in SCA (Steak Cookoffs) and received my golden ticket in both ancillary and steak, qualifying for the World Steak Championship in Ft. Worth, Texas in March 2025.
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