Shaun Stecklein, left, Jeff Fritz, Nick Ray and Buddy Aucoin, right, of The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint team load a whole hog into a cooker as they compete at the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, Friday, May 17, 2024, in Memphis, Tenn. – Hundreds of dedicated pitmasters are sweating through the smoke as they compete to see who will be crowned “best in pork” at this year's World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in Memphis, Tennessee.
Considered one of the premiere cooking competitions in the U.S., the contest dates back to the 1970s. But as the so-called culinary sports expanded beyond local home cooks, the competition is fiercer than ever.This year's competition started on Wednesday and runs through Saturday, when an overall grand champion will be named.
“It’s like fierce friends and more fierce on the competitive side. Right? So we all support each other, but it stops on Saturday," Lewis said."Saturday you can hear a pin prick in the park.” “What makes Memphis in May so difficult to judge is that everybody cooks the best food in the world, and they’re all here," Orrison said."So a judge could run into three teams that have made the most ultimate dreamy bite of barbecue."
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