There’s plenty of skill that goes into preparing competition-style barbecue, but most contestants will tell you that it’s really one thing that separates first place from tenth: luck. Luck that ...

About one hour before smoking, make the dry rub. Combine all ingredients in small bowl. Mix well. Pat ribs dry with paper towels. Generously coat both sides of ribs with rub. Set aside at room ...

Tuffy Stone literally makes the best ribs in America. They won at The American Royal Barbecue in Kansas City, Missouri. Here’s how to make them.

Tuffy Stone began his culinary career in a French kitchen, focusing on haute cuisine. But he’s probably better known for his skills in a more humble arena: the barbecue pit. You may recognize Stone ...

For what is called the World’s Championship Bar-B-Que cook off, the event at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo (HSLR) is more spectacle than barbecue holy grail. Most of the quarter million ...

RICHMOND, Va – 5 time World BBQ Champion Tuffy Stone helped us get ready for the big Nascar race this weekend, by sharing his go to recipe for making the perfect rack of ribs. Tuffy shared his tips ...

Ribs: The meat shouldn’t fall off the bone, despite popular notions to the contrary, but it should have a silky, tender chew. But it can’t be tough either. And the brisket — when you slice it, it ...

Only Tuffy Stone could sit in front of tender pulled pork barbecue, saucy chicken wings and smoky pork ribs and feel compelled to talk.

Born in Lynchburg, Virginia, world champion pitmaster Tuffy Stone didn't start out in the food business. After high school he joined the Marines and worked on fighter jets as an aviation engineer.