Thinking about attending our BBQ Cooking School? To help you make up your mind, here is a list of previous BBQ Cooking School students who have went on to become competition champions:

• Glenn Purvis || Planes, Trains, and BBQ || Glenn Bob's BBQ || Tavares, Fl
• Phil McGrane || Sam's Club National Tour Local || Phil & Lou BBQ || Boise, Id
• William Wilson || High Desert BBQ Showdown || Wild Willy's Smokin Hot BBQ || Riverside, Ca
• Gregg B. Zoba || Mile's' Open Pit BBQ Cook Off || Great Neck, Ny
• Wade Simpson & Paul Hanshew, Up 'n Smoke || Hogs, Harleys, and Hotrods || McDonough, Ga
• Michael Bell & Ryan Exley, Steadily Smokin' || Music City BBQ Festival Backyard Ribs and Beef || Nashville, Tn
• Shortsville Smokers || Brockport Blues and BBQ Festival || Shortsville, Ny
• JC'S Bar-B-Que || Battle of the BBQ Brethren || Manorville, Ny
• JC'S Bar-B-Que || Willie-Palooza || Long Island, Ny
• Sue Wheeler || Que'n Stew'n & Brew'n || Marietta, Ga
• Dan Galloway || Galloways BBQ || Syracuse, Ny
• Tammy Moore || Old Plantation BBQ || Rome, Ga
• Michael Moore || Old Plantation BBQ || Rome, Ga
• Matt Dalton || Left Coast Q || Wildomar, Ca
• Jack Keyworth || Keyworth Service Corp || Port Charlotte, Fl
• Wally & Graham Averill || Averill Enterprises || Kennesaw, Ga
• James Felix || 2F Barbecue || San Tan Valley, Az
• Chris Clegg || ZBQ || Cumberland, Ri
• Michael Barcus || Hog-N-Honeys || Gurley, Al
• Thomas Henry || Budmeister BBQ Team || Lake City, Fl
• Mark Rosenthal || Ox 'N' Bull BBQ Catering || Omaha, Ne
• Chris Ball || 901 Que || Arlington, Tn
• Shaine Berndt || Rub It Smoke It BBQ || Jacksonville, Fl
• Allan Hedrick || Holla-N-Swalla || Kansas City, Mo
• David A Palmisano || Triple D Cooking Team || Houma, La
• Dale Lucas || Pigs In Blankets || Brooklandville, Md
• Alan Weber || Webber's Old West BBQ || Craig, Co
• Chris Disroe || Chris Q || Lawrenceville, Ga
• Chad Williams || Big Orange BBQ || Canton, Ga
• Johnny & Rene || High Rollers || Andrews, Sc
• Alvin Williams, Jr || Big Wheels BBQ || Thibodaux, La
• David Drewell || Old Red's Smoke Shack || Lubbock, Tx
• Larry Adkins || Mad Dawgz BBQ || Palmdale, Ca
• Paul Santos || Yankee BBQ || Springfield, Ma
• Paul Panus || PPI BBQ || Shiner, Tx
• Steve Ownby || Holy Smoke, LLC || Dandridge, Tn
• Mark Breen || Serial Griller || Yorktown, Va
• Timothy Perreault || Bunkhouse BBQ || Panama City Beach, Fl
• David Schakett || Grillin' Magic BBQ || Atlanta, Ga
• Deeanna Cardell || The Right Stuff BBQ || Griffin, Ga
• Donald & Marina Giella || True Love's || El Paso, Tx
• Teresa Tanner & Barbara Redfearn, AKA The Smokin' Sisters || Thomasville, Ga
• John Bevington || Chilly Pig || Mandeville, La
• Bob Hook || Four Pokers & A Rack || Statesboro, Ga
• Roger Livingston || R and R BBQ || Salt Lake City, Ut
• Becky Silva || Team Silva || El Paso, Tx
• Donald Giella || Team Giella || El Paso, Tx
• Craig Cardell || The Right Stuff BBQ || Griffin, Ga
• Lars Flores & Bob Wilson || Piping Hot BBQ || Corpus Christi, Tx
• Pete Millspa || Big Belly BarBeQue || Lake View, Ny
• Joe Wright || Bethel Smokers || Douglas, Ga
• Andrew Armstrong || Bourbon Barrel BBQ || Kuttawa, Ky
• Rooster Roberts || Skin & Bones || Arcadia, Fl
• Chris Owen || Chix, Swine & Bovine BBQ || Columbia, Md
• Rick Godfrey || Dixie Que || Macon, Ga
• Harry Soo || Slap Yo' Daddy BBQ || Diamond Bar, Ca
• Randy Birch || Team Allegro || Mount Juliet, Tn
• Bill Wheeler || Que'n Stew'n & Brew'n || Cleveland, Tn
• Scott Smith || Que'n Stew'n & Brew'n || Kennesaw, Ga
• Larry Baker || Mt. Dora BBQ || Mt. Dora, Fl
• Gordon Bryant || GB's BBQ || Tavares, Fl
• William Lattimer || Bubba Q || Jasper, Ga
• Andy Stoddard || Stoddard and Brown || Vienna, Va
• Ed Newsom || Southern Chefs || Albany, Ga
• Mark Rogers || Smoke and Spice || Homestead, Fl
• Bobby Cresap || Team Bobby Q || Atlanta, GA
• Sam Grogan || Just Fer Fun BBQ || McDonough, Ga
• Craig Kimmel || Firehouse BBQ || Deland, Fl
• Bill Schmitt || Bill and the Dixie Chicks || Ocala, Fl
• Joe Amore || Smoky Mtn Smokers || Seiverville, Tn
• James Cowart || Huff n Puff || Tallahassee, Fl
• Brent Walton || QN4U || Clovis, Ca
• Ron Montgomery || Team Top Chick || Boaz, Al
• Dennis Ginn || Merry Oaks BBQ || Greenwood, SC
• Paul Hess || PA Midnite Smokers || Lancaster, PA
• Robby Royal || Rescue Smokers || Sycamore, GA
• Gary Blevins || Munchees Smokehouse || Lake City, FL
• Bill Tanner || B&T Cook Team || Thomasville, GA
• Forrest Dilmore || Forrest's Fine Foods || Marianna, FL
• Lee Sweat || Chatham Artillery BBQ || Savannah, GA
• Kenny Nadeau & Cindy Whited || Uncle Kenny's Butt For You || Winter Garden, FL & Daytona Beach, FL
• Tom Perelka || Lo'-N-Slo' BBQ || Ringold, NJ
• Lenard Cook || Lenard's Portable Smokehouse ||
• LC Cook || Cook's Portable Smokehouse || Elba, AL
• Jay Weems || J & J's Southern Smokers || Eatonton, GA
• Howard Wooten || A Taste of South Carolina || Alexis, NC
• Robert Walker || U Rub Me Raw || Baxley, GA