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One up-and-coming Pitmaster is about to get his dream shot — to go head-to-head with a BBQ Legend. Will he face Myron Mixon, Tuffy Stone or Johnny Trigg? He won't find out until moments before the competition.

Over the course of 8 hours, they’ll cook head-to-head in three delicious categories — with host Marc Ryan throwing in a few twists along the way. Pride, the ultimate BBQ bragging rights and the Smoked championship belt are on the line. An expert judging panel will decide their fate. Who will stand tall — and who's gonna get Smoked? Smoked is produced by Citizen Pictures for Destination America. The one-hour special, part of Meat Week, fittingly premieres on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27.

What are your fave BBQ spots in town? We need a list.

"It’s crazy how well the agency and the store work together. I wish we could say we planned it that way, but that would be bullshit. We fell into it. But the truth is having a store bolted to an agency does some very cool things. For instance, it allows you to do market research. We sent out a dozen questions to our shopping community and got 2,000 responses in two hours. Then we turned those into a white paper and walked it over to our clients. That makes you very smart as an agency. And of course, we have familiarity with consumers we never would, so we can talk to our clients a little more as peers instead of being “the agency people” who don’t understand life in the retail trenches. Then there’s looking at it the other way — having an agency bolted to a store. Which, of course, has huge advantages, too."

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