The barbecue primer. Again.
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Dan Conaway
Dan Conaway was a freelance columnist with The Daily Memphian from 2018 to 2025.
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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