Part of Barbecue Fest moves to Beale Street
Chris Sutton with the All-Star Ten Pin Porkers checks on his ribs at the 2022 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest at Liberty Park in Memphis, Tennessee May 11, 2022. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
A longstanding portion of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is moving to Beale Street.
The “Patio Porkers on Beale” competition that had been part of the Memphis in May event will be a 30-team, one-day, ribs-only “smoke-off” Saturday, May 20, with free admission.
The Beale Street competition is on the last day of the May 17-20 barbecue contest.
Beale Street Management and the Downtown Memphis Commission announced the competition’s relocation Friday, Feb. 24.
It follows the move of the blues tent from the Beale Street Music Festival – the other signature event of the month-long Memphis In May International Festival – to Beale Street’s Handy Park.
The rest of the music festival will be in Tom Lee Park. The stages in Tom Lee Park and the blues tent on Beale will all be part of the opening May 5-7 weekend of Memphis In May.
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