This is the original category. The classic. The old standard. The boring boringville. But for purists, it’s the place to show off your culinary chops, and not worry about competing with the crazy showoffs of the Presentation and Alternative categories…
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- Announcing you’re a Guac Bowl newbie = sympathy votes.
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- A nice, simple presentation for a simple guac.
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- Tupperware? Must have been a first timer.
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- I don’t remember anything about the rest of these. But I’m sure they were good.
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- Chickens… (I think this was called Cock-a-mole.)
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- “Smokey The Guac” with liquid smoke.
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- Chi-guac-tle, a chipotle guac, straddling the line between traditional and extra ingredients. Winner, 2012.
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- Even with a cool presentation, Guac ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots won Best Traditional guac in ’08.
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- The only guac in 2008 without a presentation! Quite a change from the old days…
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- OMFG! Oh My F***ing Guac, another great traditional guac.
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- An unnamed traditional guac from past-winner Audrey, who refused to play the “guac name game.”
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- This one was traditional, but super spicy.
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- And this was one of the few guacs without a presentation in 2010. Not a bad way to stand out, actually.
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- A plea for your football team couldn’t hurt.
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- “3 Pepper Guac,” a contender for Traditional, even though it begged for Presentation votes. Real funny.
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- “Any Way You Guac It, That’s the Way You Eat It,” which means… something.
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- This humble entry packed a punch, winning Best Traditional Guac in 2011.
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- Funny bowls are also good.
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- Ooh, a few chives sticking out.
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- Some traditional entries still have interesting containers. Bell peppers…
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- Avocado shells…
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- Is that mold?
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- Traditional in the most traditional sense.
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- Thug Life had a simple presentation, but awesome taste — it won Best Traditional in 2010.
