Seven-time world barbecue champion Melissa Cookston might have a cookbook with your name on it.
This summer, Melissa Cookston is one of our guides through the United States of barbecue, dishing up expertise on the regional styles—like Texas and Kansas City—that define American barbecue from coast to coast. Now she’s going beyond our shores in her new cookbook, Fanning the Flames, combining her Mississippi barbecue background with flavors from places like Sicily, Egypt and Peru.
Enter once a day between now and August 12, 2026, for a chance to win a signed copy of Fanning the Flames and a bag of Melissa’s signature pork rinds. We’ll choose one lucky winner at random.
