Lilly and the Gibson team have won 15 world barbecue championships with their pulled pork (which I can confirm is some of the best pulled pork I’ve ever had, and I’m no slouch).

Lilly's cookbook Fire Smoke: A Pitmaster's Secrets comes out May 6, but in the meantime, here's his recipe for Kansas City-style Barbecue sauce: 1 cup distilled white vinegar 3/4 cup plus 2 ...

Chris Lilly, executive chef and vice-president of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, the iconic Decatur barbecue restaurant Gibson founded, has an interesting, logical theory.

Barbecue Hall of Famer Chris Lilly is the vice president and fourth-generation partner of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama. He has led the Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q Competition Cooking Team ...

Chris Lilly, the executive chef and vice-president of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, ... “It definitely has a tangy peppery flavor,” says Lilly, a 2016 Barbecue Hall of Fame inductee.

Lilly's got a direct connection to the legendary late Big Bob himself, ... chimneys on both sides," Lilly said. "It's still old-style barbecue." Apparently Gibson did catering gigs also.

Barbecue Hall of Famer Chris Lilly is the vice president and fourth-generation partner of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q in Decatur, Alabama. He has led the Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q Competition Cooking Team ...

Alabama’s Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q captured its record 13th first-place finish — and second in a row — in the shoulder competition at the Memphis in May 2025 World Championship Barbecue ...

Lilly's new cookbook in stores now. Lilly's new cookbook in stores now. Skip to Article. ... Part 3: Lilly's earliest barbecue memories and biggest challenges in learning his craft, ...