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By WJTV
Apr 28, 2021 10:20 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Eddie Wright with Eddie Wrights barbecue is among the 13 recipients of a grant from Kingsford Charcoal. He was chosen from among 1,000 applicants for the Kingsford Preserve the Pit Program. The grant is work $7,500.
Preserve the Pit helps preserve the culture of black pit masters across the country, and to help them continue their upward growth in the barbecue business.
Barbecuing started as weekend hobby for Eddie Wright by doing competitions with his mobile trailer pit. Things changed when covid-19 took place. Working Monday through Friday, Wright was furloughed from his job because of the coronavirus pandemic.