Raising the steaks: Memphis in May barbecue contest adds beef competition
The one-day addition to the MIM barbecue contest at Liberty Park is tied in with the Fort Worth, Texas based Steak Cookout Association.
Topic: Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest
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January 2025
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May 2024
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Sound Bites: Smoke clears after barbecue battles, big chicken news
This week on Sound Bites, Chris Herrington and Holly Whitfield follow up with the Jerry’s Sno Cones rumors discussed last week and share impressions from last week’s dueling barbecue contests.
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Guest Column: Richard Smith offers a ‘thought starter’ on competing BBQ festivals
“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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Memphis in May or SmokeSlam? For two teams, the answer is both
You can find only two teams competing at both barbecue contests this weekend: Hank’s BBQ from Columbus, Mississippi, and Pork University of Clarksville, Tennessee.
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Battle of the Barbecue: Contest recaps, $50K ribs and recipes
In the final installment of our barbecue series, we’ve got a look at winners from SmokeSlam and Memphis in May’s contest. Plus, we share recipes to extend barbecue month out all year.
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Memphis in May names barbecue contest winners
“We’re on top of the world,” Brooke Lewis said to a crowd of hundreds a few moments before fireworks erupted over the stage in Liberty Park.
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Battle of the Barbecue draws to a close
After a week of two simultaneous barbecue-cooking competitions, the victor is clear: hungry barbecue lovers and fans across the city of Memphis.
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Memphis in May announces 2025 barbecue contest dates, location
“Memphis in May is here to stay,” new President and CEO Mack Weaver told the crowd Saturday at Liberty Park.
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New Zealand’s BBQ War is bringing the heat — and the ink
BBQ War is the team that traveled the farthest for this year’s MIM, and despite the team’s name, they’re making new friends left and right. But what they really want are the bragging rights.
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Battle of the Barbecue: Where to eat Memphis barbecue
While teams at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and SmokeSlam are setting up for their respective competitions, here’s a broad look at the Memphis barbecue scene.
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At MIM, BBQ Alley is ‘for the people,’ pitmaster says
BBQ Alley is perfect for those World Champsionship Barbecue Cooking Contest attendees who aren’t part of, or friends with anyone on, a competition team.
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Memphis in May BBQ fest kicks off with sauce wrestling and fiery competition
The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is officially underway, with 129 teams from 22 states and four foreign countries vying for the crown.
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April 2024
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MIM Barbecue Contest to feature Marcy Playground, Ingram Hill
The Memphis in May event at Liberty Park will also have celebrity pitmasters doing cooking demonstrations and 129 teams from 22 states and four foreign countries competing for barbecue honors.
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November 2023
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Table Talk: Unsolicited advice for a second barbecue ‘contest’
Chris Herrington writes of the new BBQ festival: “When I saw that this event would take the form of a contest ... and that it would also take place the same week that the Memphis in May barbecue contest is set to happen at Liberty Park … well, I laughed.”
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October 2023
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Beale Street Music Festival ‘paused,’ barbecue contest moves to Liberty Park
Memphis in May confirmed in a Thursday, Oct. 12, press release that, at least for next year, the music festival would be “paused” and the barbecue fest would move to Liberty Park.
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Sound Bites: Road trip food favorites and a potential barbecue relocation
Inspired by a road trip later this week, Chris Herrington quizzed colleagues Holly Whitfield and Natalie Van Gundy about gas-station grub habits, or maybe its weaknesses.
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June 2023
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A legend takes a curtain call: Melissa Cookston hangs up her barbecue fork
Melissa Cookston says goodbye to competition after this year’s Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. “I don’t want to be Brett Favre,” she says.
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May 2023
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Table Talk: Charlie’s is Charlie’s no longer; Blue Note gets double gold
Three generations of Hogans have run Charlie’s Meat Market since it opened on Summer Avenue in 1971, and, if the stars align, they’ll have more than one store someday.
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Cedric the Entertainer, Anthony Anderson were surprise guests at Memphis in May
Cedric the Entertainer and Anthony Anderson have teamed up to create a line of barbecue rubs, sauces and grill accessories. Where to taste test it? Memphis in May, of course.
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The best-kept secret of barbecue may be the VIPit Pass
You can do Barbecue, capital B, with the hoi polloi or, for $500, you can get a concierge experience to the festival with the VIPit crew.
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Swine time: Ms. Piggie Idol 2023 in pictures
Daily Memphian photographer Patrick Lantrip was on hand during the Ms. Piggie Idol competition on the second day of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Tom Lee Park on May 18, 2023.
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Table Talk: Guy Fieri opening new kitchen in Tunica, CBU prof opens brewery on Cooper
An old hobby becomes a new taproom, Guy Fieri plans to open his first restaurant in Mississippi and Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is back on the river.
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See the scene: Barbecue Fest 2023 begins with wrestling
Daily Memphian photographer Patrick Lantrip captures the sights (but fortunately, not the smells) of Sauce Wrestling on the first day of the 2023 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest on Wednesday, May 17, 2023.
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Barbecue Contest still cooking at Tom Lee Park
Despite the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest’s smaller scale, Tom Lee Park was active Tuesday afternoon with contestants building booths and hauling in grills and smokers.
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March 2023
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Table Talk: Elvis and Mario at Cocozza, Breakfast for Dinner, a gala and more
Cocozza gets new artwork, 901 Hot Pot & Korean BBQ is opening, a fancy gala is coming up and you can get your tickets today for next month’s Breakfast for Dinner at First Congo.
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