We're excited to see the field of competitors who have already won their golden ticket and registered to compete at the 2024 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 2024 competitors!
COMPETITOR
Elite BBQ Smokers
HEAD COOK: Jason Hardee
COMPETITION: World Barbecue Championship
QUALIFYING EVENT: Open Registration
We are the Elite BBQ Smokers Competition BBQ Team. What started out as a hobby has turn into a passion and a business. Oddly enough, we started out by building a smoker for personal use and a few catering jobs. In that same year, the South Carolina Barbeque Association (SCBA) came to our town and held a BBQ competition. We were asked to join as a local team and feel in love with the food, atmosphere, and all the innovative ways people built and used their smokers. With that we stated studying and engineer our own line of custom smokers and Elite BBQ Smokers was born. Today, we regularly compete in SCBA, KCBS and SBN event throughout the southeast. The members of our team are: Jason W. Hardee (Pit Master), Michelle Hardee (Quality Control) and Clyde Sargent (Fire Management).