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Here’s the story: Ubon’s from Yazoo City is a big-time barbecue teram. They travel all over and even market their own sauce. A few years ago, they were in New York City for the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party. Adam Rosen bought a sandwich and was told by Allen Campbel of Ubon’s that he was [...]
Continue reading...Saturday is different at BBQ
16. May 2009
The crazy partying at the MIM barbecue tends to take place on Thursday and Friday nights. Folks are in from all over and the booths are overflowing with invited guests and with people who have managed to either sneak in or befriend someone in a group (the latter is perfectly fine; the former, not so [...]
Continue reading...Barefoot in the Pork
16. May 2009
Atlanta-based Barefoot in the Pork has been turning up the heat for nine years at the WCBCC. A sweet victory came two years ago when it won Patio Porkers division. Early this afternoon, team captain and founder Ed Richardson (above) was preparing for the team’s presentation in the Ribs division, running it like the film and [...]
Continue reading...Breakfast of champions
16. May 2009
Aah, don’t you just love the smell of SoCo in the morning? Pair it with a Pronto Pup and you know the day’s is gonna be a good one! It wasn’t all that long ago that you actually couldn’t eat anything if you weren’t on a team or invited to a tent at the barbecue, [...]
Continue reading...It’s on the tip of my tongue
16. May 2009
FM100’s Ron Olson said at Thursday’s official lighting of the barbecue contest grill that “This is the best night of the year in Memphis.” He purposely did not qualify or categorize that statement. It stands on its own. If that’s so, then late morning and early afternoon on the Saturday of judging must get some [...]
Continue reading...Judgment Day
16. May 2009
The shoulder division is the first to be judged. Sidewalks are swept, tables are covered with crisp tablecloths, dishes and utensils are at the ready. A morning rain settled the dust but now it’s only cloudy. At the People’s Republic of Swina, the judge smiles happily as she lifts the first morsel to her lips. Several judges are [...]
Continue reading...It really ain’t ALL pork (Vol. II)
15. May 2009
So there’s this little barbecue team from Vermont that came down to Memphis, got a bit of shock from the heat (”We still had snow a few weeks ago”), and took home an impressive first place win for the Poultry division in the Anything But category. Definitely not bad–this is the first year Bare Bones [...]
Continue reading...It really ain’t ALL pork (Vol. I)
15. May 2009
Wow! Get your eyes full of those pies! How in the world the women on the Big Bob Gibson BBQ team from Decatur, Ala. managed to get that meringue to stand so high in this heat, I’ll never know–but I’m glad they did. Every year at 6 p.m. on Friday, the pies come out and [...]
Continue reading...English, in Memphis, cooking in Spain
15. May 2009
That headline pretty much sums up Kenny Bishop, in town this weekend with the Parrothead Porkers of Hogaritaville. A former drummer for ’80s rocker Gary Numan, Bishop moved to Spain and ended up in the barbecue business. “I just happened to be in Spain and some guy said ‘So do you want to open a barbecue [...]
Continue reading...The Adribbers tell how it’s done
15. May 2009
The Adribbers started as a team of advertising agency people some 27 years ago when the Cooking Contest was only three years old. Now it’s got a tentful of trophies and cook Bill Carrier tells us why it’s so scrumptious in this video. Warning: This will make you hungry. –Jon W. Sparks
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16. May 2009
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