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When Brad Cox with Local Yokels entered the Kansas City Barbecue Society World Invitational Barbecue Championship open contest at the Wilson County Fairgrounds on Saturday, he didn’t expect to become

KANNAPOLIS – At the 10th Anniversary of the Jiggy with the Piggy Festival yesterday, over 400 of you came out in the rain to taste and judge some of the

Join fellow gardeners for the free monthly Santa Cruz Garden Exchange from 8-9 a.m. Feb. 24 in the parking lot of Santa Cruz Live Oak Grange.

WELCH — Some of the best barbecue competition teams in the nation participated in the annual WV Coalfields Cookoff, the West Virginia State BBQ & ATV Festival, in Welch.

WELCH — Some of the best barbecue competition teams in the nation participated in the annual WV Coalfields Cookoff, the West Virginia State BBQ & ATV Festival, in Welch.

KANNAPOLIS – Kansas City Barbeque judges spent Saturday and Sunday very carefully judging over teams from eleven states who competed in the categories of chicken, ribs, pork and brisket at

Kansas City Barbeque Society CEO Emily Detwiler was in Gadsden making contacts in preparation for the World Invitational competition in November.

A hobby that started in 2013 with a $100 smoker has turned into a World Champion title for Dennis Bowman. The Christiansburg man bested 29 other competitors to become Grand Champion of the Backyard Series of the Kansas City Barbecue Society World Invitational in November in Mayetta, Kansas. “I’m still kind of in disbelief over the whole thing,” Bowman said. To compete in the World Championship, pitmasters must qualify by placing first in the ribs or chicken category at any KCBS-s...