Here are the top winners of the 2008 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest in the main categories.
Grand Champion
Natural Born Grillers, Olive Branch
Whole Hog
First: Natural Born Grillers, Olive Branch
Second: Gwatney Championship BBQ Team, Cordova
Third: Yazoo’s Delta Q, Nesbit, Miss.
Shoulder
First: Sweet Swine o’ Mine, Olive Branch
Second: Southeastern Smokers, Cumming, Ga.
Third: The Ques Brothers, Memphis
Ribs
First: Rib Ticklers, Batesville, Ark.
Second: Sassy Sows, Brandon, Miss.
Third: Smokin’ Razorbacks, Little Rock, Ark.
Patio Porkers
First: Got Pig?, Memphis
Second: Smokin Spiders, Memphis
Third: Here for the Beer, Little Rock, Ark.
People’s Choice*
First: Rhoda Brown’s Smokie Fatties, (#31), Monroe, La.
Second: Rock ‘n’ Roll BBQ (#55), Lakeland, Fla.
Third: Wizards of Que (#14), Hot Springs, Ark.
*The numbers are provided so participants will know whether the barbecue they voted for in the blind tasting, which were numbered and not named, won.
Links
All winners of the 2008 Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.
Jennifer Biggs’ wrap up of the contest.
Article about how the 2008 Mrs. Piggie contest only had 2 competitors. Sad.
Commercial Appeal Editor Chris Peck sees the Fest as a casual way to make important connections.
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