Professional pitmasters on competitive barbecue team lead a full day of cooking classes and demos.

Chefs load grills with barbecue ribs and pulled pork for sandwiches that pair with homestyle desserts such as banana pudding and cobbler.

Chefs slow cook meat before slathering it in barbecue sauce and piling it on grilled buns to go with beans plus choice of sides & drink

Chef Chet rubs cuts of meat & brisket in piquant spices before curing them in metal smoker & slathering on barbecue sauces

Beef & pork soak up smoky aroma of hickory before Chef Ray slathers them in tangy sauce & serves them with baked beans & potato salad.

Head Chef Roger Sellers whips up carolina omelets with pulled pork, bacon & pit ham, Memphis-style pork ribs & smoked steak dinners.

Sonny Bryan's signature Texas-style barbecue sauce slathers pulled pork, jalapeño sausage, brisket, and baked beans in Zagat-rated joint

Seventy-year old family barbecue recipe infuses hickory-smoked beef brisket, polish sausage & pulled pork with flavor

Gourmet mobile food truck doles out nachos, tacos, barbecue sandwiches & succulent ribs alongside mac ‘n’ cheese, beans & mashed potatoes

Buns soak up juicy cuts of pulled pork or chicken, accompanied by sides such as chili mac, coleslaw & barbecue beans