‘Everybody can cook': World Junior BBQ League Championship heats up
WJBL founder and legendary pitmaster Melissa Cookston (second from left) poses with a winning team at the 2023 World Junior BBQ League Championship. “Not everybody can throw the perfect spiral or dunk a basketball,” she said, “but everybody can cook.” (Courtesy World Junior BBQ League)
The World Junior Barbecue League, a nonprofit, is hosting its World Championship and Fall Festival on Saturday, Oct. 19, in Southaven.
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Joshua Carlucci is a food writer and professional cook from rural Central California. He is a Memphis transplant by way of New Orleans and New York City. He has a bachelor’s in English from UC Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education and is an MFA candidate in Creative Writing at the University of Memphis. Find more of his work on his website, joshuacarlucci.com
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