The guest of honor at Blake and Donna Bender’s Fourth of July cookout tipped the scales at 191 pounds. A true life of the party, he showed up first and stuck around till the karaoke screen went black.

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 ...

SCENES FROM WHOLE HOG ROASTS PAST: Pork for everyone. Event wrangler Brian Kearns, of Simply the Best Catering and the Canvas restaurant at the Arkansas Arts Center, encourages anyone who has ever ...

When my brother-in-law Ryan was about to turn 40, his wife asked him what he wanted for his birthday. His answer was an unequivocal two words: pig roast. Ryan and another brother-in-law, Everett, had ...

The War at Zabar’s Can three feuding partners ruin the world’s greatest deli?

· A pig roast is like a big party where you get to be part Boy Scout, part caveman. You can't do it by yourself, and that's the beauty of it. You're sitting in lawn chairs, telling stories, and ...

Imagine a party, now imagine that party with the addition of a whole pig on a spit spinning over a propane-fueled fire. The second party is better, argues Anne Dickson. Dickson and her husband Alan ...

Pig Out Catering, a Canada-based catering company, is looking to make inroads in Southeast Texas. Owners Alan and Anne Dickson "have had their eyes on Beaumont for a while now," said company ...