Guest Column: Richard Smith offers a ‘thought starter’ on competing BBQ festivals
“Did these two events truly need to be on the same weekend, eating into one another’s attendance and participation?” Richard Smith says of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and SmokeSlam. (The Daily Memphian file)
Richard W. Smith
Richard W. Smith is president/CEO of FedEx Airline & International.
“BBQ Fest is a weekend I always look forward to, and last weekend didn’t disappoint. However, I’d be lying if I didn’t say something felt off. Or perhaps it felt like something was missing. And, no, it wasn’t just the river views.”
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