Memphis in May, 2010 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest Announced

Memphis is known as the birthplace of Rock and Roll, the Blues, Beale Street, and maybe most famously for its Barbecue. It has more BBQ joints per capita than any place on the planet. On the banks of the Mighty Mississippi River, Barbecue is chopped, pulled, wood smoked, charcoal smoked, served on a plate, on a bun, on the bone,with slaw and without; ribs are muddy, wet, and dry-rubbed. The art of BBQ is venerated and celebrated in the Bluff City like no other place, like no other food.

On any given Saturday night, while you're casually strolling anywhere around the River City, from Beale Street to Collierville, and from Whitehaven to Millington, you are bound to get a wonderful whiff of hickory or charcoal smoked pork coming from (my personal favorite, Central BBQ, The Rendezvous, Three Little Pigs, Corky's, Interstate, Neely's, A&R...the list is nearly infinite. It hovers sweetly in the air and is as inescapable as the heat and humidity in the summertime; as breathtaking as the dogwoods in bloom down Walnut Grove in the springtime, and as serious as the hundreds of sermons thundering from the pulpits from every corner of the city on Sunday mornings. Needless to say, Barbecue is SERIOUS business in Memphis.

And so, like an annual pilgrimage to any sacred site, The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest has been announced. To Quote from their site:

"Memphis in May's World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is May 13-15, 2010 in Tom Lee Park in downtown Memphis. Hundreds of teams compete for over $100,000 in prizes and supreme bragging rights. Teams adorn their areas with elaborate decoration, trophies attesting to their boasting rights, and as one can imagine, clever and creative team names. While grilling is the main theme, the contest wouldn't be complete without the Ms. Piggie Idol competition where grown men dress in tutus and snouts and women kick their heels (hooves) up. There is also a t-shirt competition and even a best booth contest.

The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, the Granddaddy of Grilling...where on this given Saturday, it's anybody's game."

For more information go to:Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest

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With Spring in the air, the sweet smell of hickory smoked pork, is soon to follow!