Melissa Cookston shares the lowdown on American Barbecue Showdown

Published: Oct. 30, 2020, 5:03 p.m.

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Pitmaster and restaurateur Melissa Cookston is no stranger to the heat of competition barbecue.

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She is a seven-time world barbecue champion having won two Grand Champion and five World Whole Hog Champion titles at the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. And in 2017 she became the first woman to be inducted into the Barbecue Hall of Fame.

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But in the new Netflix series, \\u201cAmerican Barbecue Showdown,\\u201d Cookston trades in her competitor\\u2019s cap for a judge\\u2019s hat.

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