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May
27
2011

"I arrived on a blustery day, and I quickly learned that weather was just one of the factors these top barbecuers consider. Wind, you see, was one of the top worries, and the festival flags were snapping in the strong breeze. If you opened your cooker--doing its slow cook magic at 250 degrees--and the wind got in...well, that was it: your cooking temps could plummet. It's a danger that could wreak havoc on cook times--and even make your final BBQ positively inedible.

The mantra of various teams I visited with was low and slow. That means low cooking temps--not the 300-plus degree heat of grilling--and long slow cook times. How slow? The pork shoulders could take up to 18 hours; the whole hogs would take at least 20.

Of course, we saw some wonderful cookers--the old jeep from "The Shed" team and the modified racing car from "Victory Lane." But most notable was the intense barbecuing fraternity that took root on the Mid-South fairgrounds; these were folks who had found a love and were going after the biggest title in barbecuing but they were in it together."

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