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
Bud & Bones bbq team
HEAD COOK: Dan Judd
COMPETITION: World Invitational Steak Championship - SCA
We started out just cooking for friends and family till one of our friends gave us free entry to the 1st annual Branson BBQ tourn. We finished 1st in ribs and first in brisket and 3rd in pork. And got 2000 in prize money. We went on to win many more BBQ events then in 2015 we decided to enter the world championship squirrel cookoff.( It was on good morning America) we won it as well. Then we turned our eyes on steak and had a great time in 2016 chasing points and did qualify for international championships we got 21st in points there and 18 at world steak cookoff. In 2017 we finished 1st in nation at steak cookoff points chase. We had another successful year in 2018 And in 2019 we won nbbq celebrity Cookoff and our team placed 1st in ribs at Memphis in May. I own and operate a decorative copper shop (judd custom sheetmetal)