Chunky BBQ Wins Major Barbecue Accolades with Prairie Fresh

Chunky BBQ from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, achieved a remarkable trifecta this year winning the American Royal World Series of Barbecue Open Contest, clinching the 2024 Kansas City Barbeque Society Team of the Year title and most recently being crowned the Prairie Fresh Pit Crew Honor Roll Master’s Team of the Year. 

Rising Grocery Prices Will Hit Labor Day Barbeques

September 2, 2022 Category Partners

A trip to the grocery store is taking a bigger bite out of the consumer’s wallet this summer.  But just how big?  Inflation hit a 40-year high at 9.1% in June of this year.  While the rate of increase dipped slightly in July, consumers have become increasingly concerned about the cost of living in general and the cost of food in particular.  

Giant Food Announces Return to Washington, D.C. for 30th Annual Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle

April 27, 2022 Giant Food

For the seventh consecutive year, Giant Food, the leading greater Washington, D.C. regional grocery chain, will be the title sponsor of the 30th annual Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle. After taking place virtually for the past two years, the event will return in-person in Washington, D.C. on Saturday, June 25 and Sunday, June 26, and will benefit the USO of Metropolitan Washington-Baltimore.

2021 Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle Returns for Month-Long Virtual Experience

May 11, 2021 Giant Food

For the sixth consecutive year, Giant Food, the leading greater Washington D.C. regional grocery chain, will be the title sponsor of the annual Giant National Capital Barbecue Battle, now in its 29th year.

Craft Barbecue is Reconnecting With its Meat-Market Origins

September 11, 2019 J.C. Reid, Houston Chronicle

The craft-barbecue movement of the past 10 years has mostly done away with the meat-market connection, other than serving the meat on butcher paper and introducing fancier, house-made pickles and brioche-style buns for sandwiches.