In 1972, the late James Beard–that celebrated chef and cookbook author, whose foundation bestows the coveted annual awards for culinary excellence–declared about the pig roast: “…They provide one of ...

Professional winners got mosaic swine. The city’s sages in the secrets of great cheese dip and whole hog roasting showed off last weekend, at the 6th annual World Cheese Dip Championship, held last ...

The Johnson County community is never hesitant to throw its support behind a good cause to help their neighbors. If they can do so while enjoying piles and piles of pulled pork, even better. For the ...

We are all familiar with the term "living high off the hog!" I hail from South Louisiana where the term is often used to describe a group of friends who have gathered to roast a pig and sip a few cold ...

Pickin-4-Troops, a pig roast fundraiser benefiting MD-DE-DC Elks veterans’ Elks Welcome Home Program, Army of Hope and Fisher House, was held Saturday at the Broadneck Elks Lodge #2608. Pig roaster ...

Every man, Portuguese chef David Leite says, has an origin story, and every hog does too. In the Azores, from where his family hails, one pig will feed a family for weeks — because it has to. “With my ...

LOWELL — Benito Ortiz started roasting an 80-pound pig early Saturday morning. It was still dark out when the full pig – hooves, head and all – was trussed to an above-ground, metal-framed smoker ...

LINN, Mo. -- A little rain didn't stop State Technical College of Missouri students from roasting 12 whole hogs for a campus-wide competition Wednesday. Twelve teams of students from various campus ...

If you want to earn the full assortment of pitmaster merit badges, you have to meet a few benchmarks. Mastering the art of a traditional low-and-slow Texas brisket is a must. Tackling the massive ...