Memphis is about to have two barbecue cooking contests — at the same time. Forward Momentum, the producer of Mempho Music Festival and Mempho Presents, will host a yet-to-be-named barbecue cooking ...

Memphis in May announced Ireland as its 2026 honored country for the annual World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest next ...

Memphis’ newest barbecue cooking contest has a name: “SmokeSlam: The World’s Ultimate BBQ Showdown." "The new name draws on the importance of smoke to the quintessential flavor and aroma of BBQ and ...

The competition field at the 2024 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is as fierce as ever. The teams will battle May 15-18 at Liberty Park for the title of Grand Champion.

Expanding Memphis' global barbecue appeal at the 2026 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest following the 2025 South Korea Hongseong Global BBQ Festival. After a great experience at the ...

Two barbecue festivals? On the same weekend? Takes one back more than 30 years, to March 16, 1990. That’s the day both “Lambada” and “Lambada! The Forbidden Dance” opened in theaters, to capitalize on ...

A Texas couple was found dead inside their car in New Mexico after vanishing on their way home from Thanksgiving festivities, ...

Planning a barbecue road trip, map out Tennessee around these smokehouses and let the ribs, shoulders and sides decide where ...

It’s almost time for the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. This will be the 46th contest for this world-renowned barbecue cooking competition that has put Memphis at the ...

It seems Texans never quite get their fill of barbecue — eating it or talking about it. A reader's April 28 request for good barbecue joints led another reader to ask where he might find Memphis, Tenn ...