A legend takes a curtain call: Melissa Cookston hangs up her barbecue fork
Melissa Cookston has plenty going on, but competing will no longer take her time. The “winningest woman in barbecue” is done after this year’s Memphis in May festival. (Jennifer Biggs/The Daily Memphian)
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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Jennifer Biggs
Jennifer Biggs is a native Memphian and veteran food writer and journalist who covers all things food, dining and spirits related for The Daily Memphian.
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