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Memphis loves BBQ so much, we can host two BBQ contests at the same time!

Smokeslam was a wild time down on the River. Here is a great article that covers all the winners.

Our vendor Fireman John's BBQ, took first place in whole hog. You can find the seasoning used to win HERE

Heath Riles won Grand Champion in the Memphis in May BBQ contest held outside of the Liberty Bowl. He also took first place in the highly competitive rib category! He used this sauce right HERE

Here is a great article from the Commercial Appeal and an article from WMC News 5 with a full breakdown of the Memphis in May BBQ Contest.

Enjoy some Memphis Q yall!

SMOKESLAM is putting the “festival” back in “BBQ festival” with a fan-first experience like no other. Pig out on world-class Q and other foods from competing teams and vendors, shop curated goods in our central marketplace, and groove to some of music’s most legendary musical acts, as 59 teams vie for BBQ’s most coveted crown and the biggest prize check on the whole pork-lovin’ planet. There’s even a full carnival with a ferris wheel, carousel, games and more — all in one spectacular riverside setting. Memphis Flavor products will be available at the merch booth.

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May 16-19 Tom Lee Park, Memphis, TN

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From the Memphis Commercial Appeal- 5/15

After days of cooking, winners of the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest were announced during an awards ceremony Saturday at the Fairgrounds in Liberty Park.

And for Brad Leighninger and Tim Scheer, leaders of the Grand Champion Blues Hog team, which also won the whole hog category, standing on stage and hearing their team called as the winners of the entire competition was close to surreal. 

"We're up on stage and it's like, 'Where are we? What are we doing? How did we get here?'" Scheer said. "We were up there with the best people in Memphis."

Leighninger said it was the Washington, Missouri-based team's first time in a whole hog competition. He also credited the entire Blues Hog team, saying people had come from around the country for the competition. 

For Leighninger, being part of the Grand Champion team at Memphis in May is a special honor.

"I've got some restaurants in Branson and people come in, and they don't care about any of these trophies. They ask me if I've won Memphis in May. Now I can go back and say, 'Yes, I won Memphis in May,'" he said. "This is the granddaddy right here."

The barbecue contest, which kicked off Wednesday and included 212, returned in full force this year for the first time since 2019. It was canceled in 2020 and scaled back in 2021, impacted both years by the COVID-19 pandemic.

But things weren't completely back to normal this year. The festival was held at Liberty Park as work continues at Tom Lee Lark, the event's usual home.

Here are this year's winners. You'll notice many Memphis Flavor vendors in this list!

Grand Champion

Blues Hog

Ribs

1. Health Riles BBQ

2. Bluff City Smokers

3. Smokin’ With An Attitude

4. Blue Smoke Blaire

5. No Name Smokers

6. Fat Side Up

7. Deez Butts

8. Natural Born Grillers

9. Wolf’s Revenge BBQ

10. Riberty

Shoulder

1. Sweet Swine O’ Mine

2. Cool Smoke

3. Sweet Cheeks

4. BBQ Trap House

5. Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q

6. Brown Chicken Brown Cow

7. Cadillac Grillz

8. Moonlight Smokers

9. Myswine Championship BBQ Team

10. The Hogfather

Whole hog

1. Blues Hog

2. Boars Night Out

3. Will Be Que BBQ Team

4. Smoke Masters BBQ

5. Rusty’s Smoke BBQ

6. Yazoo’s Delta Q

7.  Ubons

8. Fireman John’s BBQ

9. Jacks Old South

10. Pickin ‘N Grillin BBQ

Patio Porkers

1. Pork-A-Tude

2. Porkside BBQ

3. Smokin’ Hot & Saucy

4. The Meatles

Kingsford Tour of Champions

1. The Shed BBQ

2.  Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q

3. Too Sauced To Pork

4.  Smoke Masters BBQ

Green Grilling Award

1. Sweet Cheeks

Exotic

1. The Bastey Boys

2. No Name Smokers

3. Smoked ‘N Spiced

4.  Porkside Boys

Seafood

1. Pure Pleasure Porkers

2. Moe Cason BBQ

3. Pigs In Space

4.  Smokin’ On The River

Awards announced earlier this week include:

Turkey Smoke

1. Iowa BBQ Store Corn Cookers

2. Killer Hogs

3. Pig Beach BBQ

4. Swinefeld

Frank’s Red Hot Hot Wings

1. Sweet Swine O’Mine

2. Killers Hogs

3. Planet BBQ Inc

4. Brown Chicken Brown Cow

Beef

1. Boars Night Out

2.The Usual Saucepects

3. Mexico BBQ Team

4. Blue Smoke Blaire

Poultry

1. Killer Hogs

2. The Shed BBQ

3. Blues Hog

4. BAMBQ

Tomato Sauce

1. Burnt Finger BBQ

2. Voo Doo Q

3. Team Best Damn BBQ Sauce

Mustard Sauce

1. The Pig Diamonds

2. Firehouse5

3. Southern Smoke

Vinegar Sauce

1. Colonel Rib

2. Boars Night Out

3. Smokin’ With An Attitude

Best Booth

1. All Star Ten Pin Porkers

2. Pork Illustrated

3. Love Meat Tender

Memphis Flavor will be offering some sweet boxes and baskets for Valentine's Day. We will be shipping them out and also offering local dropoff in the city of Memphis. Our Memphis Flavor Valentine's large basket features local vendors who put Love in every product:

1 - 4oz box of Shotwell salted caramel 

1 - 2.4oz bag of Rendezvous popcorn

1 - bag of Makeda's cookies

1 - Huey's burger seasoning

1 - bag of Dinstuhl's cashew crunch

1 - Dinstuhl's chocolate bar

1 - bottle of Memphis Hot hot sauce

1 - Tops BBQ rub

1 - Central BBQ mild sauce

 Bring some Memphis Love right to your door this Valentine's and show em how much you care!

We are pleased to be offering all the goodies from another Memphis staple, Tops Bar B Q, because you recognize the quality taste of slow-cooked, real pit Bar-B-Q. Tops Bar-B-Q proudly celebrated our 68th anniversary in 2020.

Now serving their 3rd generation of customers, Tops still cooks pork shoulders the same way they did over 60 years ago, with hardwood charcoal and green hickory wood. The goal has always been to offer a top quality product at Tops. They now has 15 locations to serve you, from Marion, AR, throughout Memphis, TN, and on to Southaven and Olive Branch, MS. You should keep Tops in mind for mouth-watering Bar-B-Q, Ribs, and Brisket Tops products are now available to ship right to your door. The Memphis style and Hot BBQ sauce as well as the Rub are available HERE.