Watch Three Pitmasters Relish Over the Importance of Black Barbecue Culture

 In 2021, Kingsford launched its Preserve the Pit® fellowship program, an initiative celebrating and fueling the future of Black barbecue. Kingsford continues to invest in Black barbecue culture by kicking off its second year at Memphis in May in the downtown district of Memphis, Tennessee. There Kingsford did it for the culture and paired six promising pitmasters with an assortment of mentors who will help them bring their business and barbecue to life. 

It’s summertime, the living is easy, and barbecue season is on deck. But before you fire up a bag of hot, flavorful coals, take a trip with Kingsford to Memphis, Tennessee to celebrate Memphis in May, one of the biggest international barbecue cookout competitions, and meet three of Kingsford’s six 2022 Preserve the Pit® fellows: Cameron Brooks of Brooks BBQ and Chicken in Fort Wayne, IN; Terrance “Perm” Nicholson of Zilla’s Pit BBQ in Old Hickory, TN; and Tim and Rashida Marshall of Soul Pit aka RaRa’s Home Cooking & Catering in Stone Mountain, GA. 

Each fellow has a different background and a different story to tell, and each tale is as captivating as the food they create. 

Cameron Brooks