Tonight we have Sterling Smith with Loot N' Booty BBQ

Sterling Smith, 2022 World Barbecue Champion, US Navy Veteran, barbecue teacher, cookbook author, and owner/Pitmaster of Loot N' Booty BBQ, has been competing on the professional barbeque circuit since 2009. In that time, Sterling and his family have traveled nationally and internationally to compete in major competitions including the Jack Daniel's World BBQ Invitational, where they won the title of World Pork Champion, the American Royal World Series of BBQ, where they won Reserve Grand Champion in 2014 and 2022 out of more than 500 professional BBQ teams and won the title of Chicken World Champion and The Kingsford Australian World BBQ Invitational where they won the title of Brisket World Champion. Sterling has won over 55 Grand and Reserve Grand Championship Awards, more than 800 top ten awards and is the two-time Australian Invitational Lamb Champion. Loot N' Booty BBQ is a 5-time Arizona BBQ Team of the Year and was featured on an episode of Destination America Channel's Smoked, where Sterling and his wife Molly won the title of "Smoked BBQ Boss." Loot N' Booty BBQ Rubs and Sauces are sold nationally and internationally at hundreds of retailers world-wide, and Sterling teaches competition and backyard style BBQ classes at locations across the world. For more information visit: www.lootnbootybbq.com Accolades:  5 X World Champion  2023 CA BBQ Hall of Fame Inductee  55 Grand and Reserve Grand Championships  800 plus Top 10 awards  17 perfect 180 scores  11 – 700 plus scores  2 X Australian Invitational Lamb Champion  2014 American Royal Open Reserve Grand Champion  2022 American Royal Open Reserve Grand Champion  5 X Arizona BBQ Team of the Year  2022 World Barbecue Champion  2021 World Barbecue Reserve Grand Champion  2023 World Barbecue Reserve Grand Champion  Received title of "Smoked BBQ Boss" from Destination America's Channel Smoked