Meat' the winners of the 2026 World's Championship Bar-B-Que Con

susanbanthony :
My trainers were at this event and did the best they could. I feel for them.

Do politics play a role in this as much as everything else?

lynnsgirl :
Hell yes they do. Worse than the 4H cooking judges during rodeo season.

Wanderer :
I can see this

lynnsgirl :
I saw one year a team used to winning 1st place did not place last year and they went bonkers with the organizers and judges because they used the same recipe in San Antonio Rodeo but Humble rejected them. I tried not to laugh but later when I talked with the mother of that team she told me these judges are fixed.

Wanderer :
unfornately almost everything is fixed

lynnsgirl :
I know and it sucks. It does destroy confidence towards the industry.

CREDIBILITY