The Super Bowl of Swine:
Introduction & Festival
Eatin' Our Way Through Memphis
Beale Street
Wrapping It Up
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Wrapping It Up
 The names of the winning teams were announced on Saturday in a ceremony on the main stage, which prompted us to say "Who?" as we never visited with any of the teams mentioned. This goes to show how many teams there were. The names of the winning teams (as well as wealth of other info about the festival) are all available online at memphisinmay.org.
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Belly Buddies: Authors Brian Bailey (left) and David Lauterbach (right) with Ambassador Ceylon Blackwell (center).
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Even though we had a great time, met some great people and ate some great food we recognize that the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest may not be for you. If you are planning a trip to Memphis, May is a great time to come as there are festivals all month long, including the Beale Street Music Festival and the Southern Food Festival. In addition to media passes, we were lucky to have Ambassador Ceylon who introduced us to a couple of teams that were generous enough to let us hang around. If this is not a luxury you have, you may find it difficult to find a team that will allow you join their party. All the booths are open to invited guests only. If you are uninvited you will basically spend your weekend looking over various fences and smelling that which you cannot eat. Since weather is also a factor at outdoor events we were grateful to have friends at the festival when an impressive windstorm kicked up off the river causing us to freeze our cojones off.
The excitement of the experience will stay with us for quite some time. In fact, it has started us thinking whether or not we could field a BBQ team of our own- and more importantly, what pig-pun we'd use as our name. New Pork City? The Potbelly Buddies? Go Pork Yourself? The Pig Lebowski...?
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