Badger

A tenacious pitmaster who never backs down from perfection.

Tuffy Stone is a renowned competition BBQ pitmaster, restaurateur, and multiple World BBQ Champion known for his relentless pursuit of excellence and his stubborn, methodical dedication to the craft. As a judge and competitor on BBQ Pitmasters, he is famously exacting and uncompromising in his standards, pushing back hard when things don't meet his bar. His dogged, no-nonsense work ethic and refusal to cut corners make the badger — tenacious, fights for what it believes in, never backs down — a natural fit.