Tuffy Stone

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Dubbed “The Professor”, Tuffy’s legendary precision and obsession with the science of smoke make him one of the most influential people in barbecue.

Tuffy has earned Grand Champion titles in nearly every major barbecue competition including back-to-back wins at the American Royal World Series of Barbecue, Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, the Kingsford Invitational, and a history making run at the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational, becoming the only team to ever win the contest three times.

In addition to his place atop the competition barbecue circuit, Tuffy served as a judge for Destination America’s BBQ Pitmasters for 5 seasons. Tuffy is the author of CoolSmoke: The

Art of Great Barbecue and is a Barbecue Hall of Fame inductee.