‘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 writer and food journalist from Los Banos, California. He holds a BA in English from the University of California, Berkeley, a culinary diploma from the Institute of Culinary Education, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Memphis, where he was managing editor of Pinch. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Brussels Review, Redivider, Gravy, EatingWell, Southern Living, and elsewhere. He is a staff writer at Brooklyn-based food and beverage industry magazine, StarChefs.Find more of his work on his website, joshuacarlucci.com.
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