Redneck Bar-B-Q Express has been competing in the Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest since the first year, 1978 (when the contest was held in a lot near the Orpheum), and they’ve been back every year since.
A few more Redneck Express facts and stats
• According to team bio: “Our entry form was the first to be into to Memphis in May.”
• The team name was inspired by Federal Express (now FedEx).
• The team was the first to prepare a whole hog, rather than just shoulders and ribs.
• Original team members: Pete Gross, Woody Coleman, Tommy Coleman, Mike Stals, Roy Nolen, and Mike Rivalto.
Redneck Express member Woody Coleman offers up more details on the team’s 3-plus decades in the Barbecue Fest trenches ….
