2008 tour

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2007 tour

Pigging Out and About

Memphis, Tennessee*, Sept. 13-15, 2007
*and environs

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Join The American Table Culinary Tours for an edible expedition through West Tennessee, where no backyard is bbq complete without a jerry-rigged smoker. Surveys say folks here indulge their cravings for sauced pork done right no fewer than once a week: After this trip, you'll marvel at their restraint.

We'll pilgrimage to the region's rural joints and urban ‘cue stands in the company of barbecue experts, including Smokestack Lightning author Lolis Eric Elie.

Following a route paved by our friends at the Southern Foodways Alliance, we'll inhale the sweet smoke rising from the pits and sample the tender meat emerging from them. We'll personally petition legendary pit masters to share their secrets. And we'll earn our judging credentials from the Memphis Barbecue Association, sponsor of the world's biggest barbecue contest.