MEMPHIS, Tennessee (NEWSnet/AP) — World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest crowned a grand prize winner Saturday, after hundreds of pitmasters sweated through smoke to be named the best in pork.

The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint of Ocean Springs, Mississippi, won the whole-hog division and was named grand champion in Memphis, Tennessee.

More than $150,000 in prize money was awarded in numerous categories for the 129 cooking teams that competed in one of three main categories: ribs, shoulder and whole hog. There also were ancillary competitions, including hot wings, poultry, beef and seafood.

Considered one of the premiere cooking competitions in the U.S., the contest dates to the 1970s. Winners Brad Orrison and Brooke Lewis, siblings from Ocean Springs, have been competing for 17 years with The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint team. They have won the grand championship three times.

“It’s the Super Bowl of swine. This is the trophy that everybody wants," Orrison said.

Orrison, Lewis and their prepared two Duroc hogs, each injected with marinade and laid over a bed of butter and bacon.

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