BBQ Pitmasters

At the Don't Be Cruel BBQ Duel in Mississippi, three Pitmasters face off in cooking their best Beef Brisket and Tri-Tip. These opposite cuts of beef will test their mastery of low-slow cooking, as well as high-heat grilling. Fire up the pits!

Memphis, Tennessee is one of America's barbeque capitals, and the site of the Annual Pigs in Flight BBQ Competition where three Pitmasters will compete to cook the best Baby Back Ribs and Pork Butt - a challenge that's almost like going whole hog.

It's a battle of the BBQ Generations as BBQ Legend Johnny Trigg faces off against newer, younger competitors. The meats today are Pork Belly and Whole Turkey - one will head to the finale while the others go home squealing.

In Dothan, Alabama competitiors LeeAnne Whippen, Shane McBride and the Brinson Brothers smoke one another out as they try to tackle the challenge of Beef Ribs and Fresh Bone-in Ham.

Salisbury, MD is the home of Purdue Chicken so Diva Q, 2 Worthless Nuts and Southern Krunk BBQ are competing to turn in both white and dark meat on chicken and a rack of pork at the same time.

It's a true battle of BBQ's best. The five winning teams from all previous competitions go head to head in the Grand Finale to determine who will go home and will end up with a check for $50,000 dollars and win the title of BBQ Pitmaster!