Memphis barbecue named second official ‘state food’
In February, the legislature adopted the state’s first official food: hot slaw, a dish popular in the Cleveland area of East Tennessee. But its second official state food is Memphis-based.
Topic: barbecue
RSSThere are 16 article(s) tagged barbecue:
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April 2024
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March 2024
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Sound Bites: New Memphis guide book shares must-eats
In this week’s episode of Sound Bites, Eric Barnes and Holly Whitfield discuss “100 Things To Do In Memphis Before You Die”.
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September 2023
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$10 Deal: Some of the South’s best barbecue
A&R Bar-B-Que just missed the top 10 on The South’s Top 50 Barbecue Joints of 2023 from Southern Living, but the magazine thinks the restaurant’s sandwiches are the best in town.
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May 2023
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Beyond barbecue: Finding the non-traditional in BBQ shops
Not feeling the ribs or a barbecue sandwich? It’s OK, we got you. Try some of these non-traditional dishes in barbecue restaurants.
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Herrington: Sorry Cincinnati, Memphis barbecue spaghetti deserves your spotlight
Could it be that middle-of-the-country cousins — Cincinnati chili and Memphis barbecue spaghetti — are, respectively, the most overrated and most underrated dishes of American regional cuisine?
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May 2022
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When the smoke clears: With winners announced, it’s time to pack up the party
The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest concludes at Liberty Park as winners are announced, and hope sizzles for a return to Tom Lee Park in 2023.
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January 2022
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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.
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December 2021
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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.
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November 2021
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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.
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July 2020
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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.
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April 2020
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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.
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November 2019
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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.
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May 2019
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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