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
Farmer's Retreat Smokin Barbeque
HEAD COOK: Gary Lewis
COMPETITION: World Barbecue Championship
We have always loved cooking and grilling especially for our large family reunions. In 2011 we took backyard grilling up a notch and started smoking and loved it. After attending several KCBS events as spectators and meeting some of the most passionate, friendly, and family oriented people you could hope to find. We decided that this is a sport, in which we would love to be involved. Armed with a third generation family sauce recipe we formed Farmers Retreat Smokin' Barbeque in 2013. In our second time competing against 52 teams, we won Third Place in Ribs and Third in People's Choice Ribs, and we were hooked. The Lewis Family