Barbecue Event Roundup: Contests, Cookouts, and Festivals in the United States

[ Photograph: Adam Kuban ] I am on an eternal quest for the next great smoke house, tracking barbecue’s many variations across a scattered landscape of small restaurants handed the burden of preserving culinary history. The United States of Barbecue, however, represents more than just billows of smoke rising from a brick-and-mortar joint. My first trip to Memphis in May taught me that lesson, exposing me to the world of barbecue events, a vast expanse of competitions and festivals rooted in the social aspects of this gastronomic tradition. In its new season, The Learning Channel’s “BBQ Pit Masters” places a heavy focus on the competitive element of barbecue culture. Media coverage tends to focus on the competitive barbecue circuit, where cash prizes and championship narratives sometimes steal the spotlight from the spirit of community that underscores every good cookout. In fact, the sanctioning of competition barbecue, undertaken most prominently by the Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) , is a recent development in the history of such gatherings, which— as noted in the diary of George Washington —date back to the birth of our barbecue nation and beyond. The competitive circuit was established not only so pimasters could gather on a smoking battlefield, but …
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