We attended our first barbecue competition as spectators in 2021. The next year, we decided it was something we wanted to try our hand at. We competed in two backyard competitions that summer, winning Reserve Grand Champion in the first and Grand Champion in the second.

In 2023, we entered two more backyard competitions and won Grand Champion at both. We also took the KCBS BBQ judging course and judged at Masters competitions, and were later convinced by the barbecue community to enter a Masters competition ourselves.

At our first Masters competition, we were awarded 4th overall out of 17 teams. Our second Masters competition was made up of 42 teams, and we got 4th in ribs and 7th in pork butt.

Although our focus has now shifted towards catering and vending, Panther BBQ’s roots will always be in competition barbecue.

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