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Photos: Going The Whole Hog At 11th Big Apple Barbecue Block Party

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Waiting for ribs

Baby Back Ribs, from Pappy's Smokehouse, St. Louis, Missouri

Skylight Inn, Ayden, North Carolina

17th Street Bar & Grill, getting the pig ready

Big crowds

Gulf Oysters, Alabama Gulf Seafood

BEERS, BRO

Cops enjoying BBQ

St. Louis-Style Ribs, from Checkered Pig, Danville, Virginia

Mike Mills with some pig

Shot girls, Ubons BBQ Bloody Mary Mix

Keeping things cool

Shellfish Martini, Alabama Gulf Seafood

Baby Back Ribs, from Memphis Barbecue, Memphis, Mississippi

Baker's Ribs, Dallas, Texas

Smoked Sausage with Pimento Cheese, from Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q, Birmingham, Alabama

Cherry Hand Pie (destroyed), from Original Fried Pie Shop, Davis, Oklahoma