Part of the City of Durham’s Office of Economic and Workforce Development’s efforts to develop and revitalize neighborhoods through events, the Bull City BBQ Classic brought together more than 20 of the area’s barbecue pit masters to compete for the People’s Choice Award, Best Ribs and Best Barbecue. Participants tasted samples outside The Scrap Exchange, and voted at the end for their favorite, which proved to be Fabian and Sheldon Hall of Marshell’s Catering. Winners in other categories included Kevin Kellish, Brian Young, Craig Hendrix, Justin Lietzel and Paul Conti. There was also a kids’ rib competition, which was won by 12-year-old Hunter Burch. Both of the young men who competed, however, “did an outstanding job,” coordinator Renee Brown said. “Their ribs were great!”
