There are 35 article(s) tagged barbecue:

• January 2022

  • Jennifer and Chris discuss the ideal Southern meal

    Fried chicken or barbecue? Mashed potatoes or sweet potatoes? And why didn’t we even mention squash or coleslaw? Chris and Jennifer talk Southern food on Sound Bites.

    By Jennifer Biggs January 25, 2022

• December 2021

  • Buddies plan to break barbecue world record, and you’re invited

    A group of five friends starts cooking barbecue for 48 hours starting Friday morning; they plan to break the Guinness World Record, and you’re invited.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 16, 2021

• November 2021

  • Kids hone cooking skills and more at barbecue contest

    ‘If nothing else, you learn patience with barbecue because it takes a long time to cook,’ said Melissa Cookston, organizer of the World Junior Barbecue League Championship.

    By Frida Qi November 07, 2021

• July 2020

  • The barbecue primer. Again.

    As you wander the world and see a sign somewhere that says barbecue – by any spelling anywhere else – it’s best to just run. Barbecue in Memphis is quite simply the highest a pig can go. 

    By Dan Conaway July 17, 2020

• April 2020

  • Conaway: We remember the food, and what it meant to us

    Even though it’s in my state, Knoxville doesn’t know any more about barbecue than a pig knows about Sunday. However, there were a couple of places that provided affordable consolation in greasy bags.

    By Dan Conaway April 17, 2020

• November 2019

  • Sydney Strait. Rece Davis. Wolverine. It’s been a big week for the Rendezvous

    The list of national figures, both real and fictional, who love the Rendezvous keeps growing. In one calendar week, the famed Memphis restaurant got three national plugs.

    By Andrew A. Smith November 04, 2019

• May 2019

  • Cool Smoke takes top prize at Memphis in May barbecue contest

    The big winners of 2019 Memphis In May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest were announced Saturday night. 

    By Jared Boyd May 18, 2019

  • Biggs: Game of Bones is nigh; BBQ starts Wednesday

    2019 might be the Chinese year of the pig, but in Memphis, every year we honor the hoofed animal when May rolls around.

    By Jennifer Biggs May 14, 2019

  • Destination Delicious Podcast: Winningest woman in barbecue

    Jennifer Biggs talks competing and (hog) breeding with world champion pitmaster and winningest woman in barbecue, Melissa Cookston. 

    By Natalie Van Gundy May 13, 2019

  • Destination: Delicious Podcast: The other volunteer state

    Jennifer Biggs and Memphis in May volunteer John Lawrence talk about barbecue and how volunteers keep the month-long festival working.

    By Natalie Van Gundy May 07, 2019