\nMemphis barbecue has its own quirks, just like each of these American styles. But it\u2019s also one of America\u2019s favorites.<\/p>\n
In fact, each year the Memphis in May festival holds the world\u2019s largest pork barbecue<\/p>\n contest, as recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records. The contest is appropriately called the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. In 1990, the total amount of pork cooked at the WCBCC was calculated to be 55,297 pounds.<\/p>\n Naturally, the winner of the WCBCC deserves some credit. This year it was Yazoo\u2019s Delta Q, a team representing the Memphis Barbecue Company in Horn Lake, Mississippi. There\u2019s no doubt that their restaurant<\/a> would be worth visiting from anywhere in the country!<\/p>\n Kansas City BBQ<\/strong> Kansas City barbecue is known for its wide variety in meat. Just check out this video of Adam Richman from Man vs. Food and you\u2019ll know exactly what I mean. KC BBQ has been known to use pork, beef, chicken, turkey, and sometimes even fish.<\/p>\n KC BBQ is also served in a signature way, smoked with a dry rub and then served at the table with sauce. This sauce a tomato- or molasses-based concoction, rather than the vinegar-based sauces sometimes used elsewhere.<\/p>\n Carolina BBQ<\/strong> The name for this \u201cpig picking\u201d tradition comes from the fact that after many, many hours of slow roasting, the meat has become so tender that the bones can taken out of the hog, and they come out completely clean.<\/p>\n Although sauces vary in Carolina BBQ, you\u2019ll find more vinegar-based sauces than you will elsewhere. The bite of the vinegar can be a perfect cousin to the sweetness of the sugar in these BBQ sauces.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.edrugstore.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/SaltLick.jpg\")
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\nHome of the famous \u201cKC Masterpiece\u201d barbecue sause, Kansas City is famed for barbecue in its own way. In fact, this Missouri state has more than 100 barbecue restaurants, and has been referred to as the \u201cworld\u2019s barbecue capital<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nThe Carolinas are known for their tradition of barbecuing a whole hog, as can be seen at The Pit barbecue restaurant in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<\/a>