High on Hog

Every May, tens of thousands of barbecue buffs from around the world flock to Memphis, Tennessee, for a three-day orgy of barbecuing and feasting known as the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. The colorful names of the teams at this self-proclaimed Barbecue Super Bowl—Patio Porkers, Sultans of Swine, Jurassic Pork—indicate loud and clear the preferred meat of these grill maestros: pork.