World Championship Barbecue contest returns Wednesday
Bill Scudder with Crosstown Cookers, one of the earliest barbecue teams still in competition, checks on his whole hog during the first day of the 2019 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest at Tom Lee Park on May 15, 2019. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)
A new world champion of barbecue is waiting in the wings. And, more accurately, also in the hogs, the sauce and the “anything but.” It all starts today at 5 p.m.
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Jasmine McCraven considers herself to be a music enthusiast and believes that she makes the best playlists ever. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State, but couldn’t wait to move back home to Memphis for the best food and culture in Tennessee.
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