Little Rock, AR -- Republican presidential candidate John McCain was not content to just eat the prized barbecue at Little Rock’s Whole Hog Cafe — he wanted to know how it is cooked. The Arizona senator disappeared into the kitchen of the eatery soon after riding his “Straight Talk Express” bus to the restaurant on Friday with former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee and their wives, Cindy McCain and Janet Huckabee. Read more...

Swerve three times in Alabama and you're liable to run into a roadside barbecue joint. The tastes of one restaurant's slab compared to another's can be as different as the Alabama terrain, which stretches from the Gulf Coast near Mobile, to the central piney woods, and northward into the Appalachian range. In an ode to 'Bama barbecue at The Southern BBQ Trail Web site, Jake Adam York celebrates the influences that arrive from neighboring states, whether mustard mixing with tomato for an orange sauce near the Georgia border, or chicken in a white sauce up near Tennessee.Read more...

To raise its international profile in the world, as well as to draw attention to its proudest product and number one export — that is beef – on April 13 Uruguay successfully attempted to enter the Guinness World Records book and beat a record until then held by Mexico. Thus the biggest barbecue ever was organized, thanks to the Instituto Nacional de Carnes (National Meat Insitute) and several other sponsors. Read more...