A friend who cooks competition barbecue and does whole-hog pop-up events told me they no longer have any desire to tend a smoker all night if it doesn’t pay the bills, and is now a pellet grill ...

Put the brakes on your New Year’s resolution to lose a few pounds until the day after the Tampa Bay Barbecue Festival.

Barbecue Hall of Famer and World Champion Melissa Cookston will be "SmokeSlam Allstar" for the event. “I’ve been privileged to experience the incredible world of competition barbecue for over ...