When the smoke clears: With winners announced, it’s time to pack up the party
Members of the Blues Hog team from Missouri celebrate winning the Grand Championship of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. In addition to the big prize, they also won the whole hog division. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Hundreds gathered in Tiger Lane to learn the 2022 winners of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Members of the Memphis-based Sweet Swine O’ Mine team celebrate winning the shoulder competition Saturday. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Members of the Heath Riles BBQ team, which won first place in the ribs division look on anxiously while waiting on the grand champion to be announced. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Members of the Cool Smoke team react to winning second place in the shoulder category during the last day of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A member of the Will-B-Cue BBQ Team runs up to the stage to accept a third place trophy in the whole hog category. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Members of the Barbecue Trapp Haus team shake hands on the way to the stage to accept a fourth place trophy in the shoulder category. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Melodie Barmer cheers on her teammates with the My Swine tent after a ninth-place finish in the shoulder competition. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
John Jordan Proctor with the Sweet Cheeks BBQ tent carves up a pork shoulder during the last day of the competition at Liberty Park. His team won third place in the shoulder division. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Members of the Sweet Cheeks team drink a bottle of champagne on the way to accept a third-place trophy in the shoulder category. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Jay Martin of the Sweet Cheeks team plays air guitar with the third place trophy in the shoulder category. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Pauline LeBlond of the Planet BBQ tent plays soccer with her daughter, Charlotte, during the last day of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest at Liberty Park. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest concludes at Liberty Park as winners are announced, and hope sizzles for a return to Tom Lee Park in 2023.
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Alicia Davidson is a lifelong Memphis resident and graduate of The University of Memphis College of Journalism and Strategic Media. When not scribbling about the latest Memphis news, you will find her reading historical biographies, cooking Italian cuisine and practicing vinyasa yoga.
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