Mempho organizers announced their new barbecue cooking contest, happening at Tom Lee Park in Memphis at the same time as the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest, will be named SmokeSlam.
Memphis in May announced that Beale Street Music Festival will not happen in 2024. Instead, Mempho, a competing organization to Memphis in May, will bring RiverBeat Music Festivalto Memphis iconic Tom Lee Park.
Joy Redmond and Jennifer Chandler discuss the return of World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest
Joy Redmond and CA food reporter Jennifer Chandler talk World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest By WMC Action News 5 Staff | May 5, 2021 at 2:54 PM CDT - Updated May 5 at 2:55 PM
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - The World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest is so close you can almost taste it!
After a year off, the sweet smell of smoked meats will take over Tom Lee Park May 12 through 15.
WMC’s Joy Redmond and Commercial Appeal food reporter Jennifer Chandler got together at the Digital Desk to talk about the contest’s return and a few things that are different this year because of COVID-19.