The Commercial Appeal’s readers have made their favorite known — resoundingly voting Commissary the winner of the Best BBQ in Memphis 2025 bracket showdown. The restaurant — which has locations in ...

Longer days filled with sunlight, warmer evenings and the sweet smell of smoke in the air mark springtime in Memphis. As the city's unofficial festival season gets into full swing and barbecue ...

Reader votes will determine the Best BBQ in Memphis 2025. 16 restaurants, all located in Shelby or DeSoto County, are competing for the honor. May is the month for barbecue competitions in Memphis.

The Commercial Appeal is hosting a reader-voted barbecue bracket contest to determine the best barbecue in Memphis. Nominations can be made until noon May 1. Eligible restaurants must be located in ...

The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and SmokeSlam are both in the books, having crowned their 2025 Grand Champions on May 17. But The Commercial Appeal's bracket to ...

Memphis isn't just a city, it's a smoky, saucy pilgrimage site for anyone who takes their ribs seriously. From downtown ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Everyone in Memphis knows Memphis-style ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Judges will vote on the world's best barbecue at this year's Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. But there will be perhaps an even more important vote taken: ...

Expanding Memphis' global barbecue appeal at the 2026 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest following the 2025 South Korea Hongseong Global BBQ Festival. After a great experience at the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - How'd you like to put your barbecue skills to the test and help the community at the same time? The Community Service Leaders of America's "Smoke for a Cause" barbecue showdown is ...

Putting meat on a grill is not barbecue. If there’s one thing that barbecue buffs from Texas to Memphis to Kansas City to the Carolinas can agree on, it’s that true barbecue is not a hamburger on a ...