The second annual Elkhorn Ribfest packs the Walworth County fairgrounds with enough tender, delicious meat to make any vegan cringe. It also brings out the burning need to try your hand at some pitmaster techniques on your own. One of the great things about Ribfest is that you can ask the pitmasters face-to-face. Most won’t divulge their most secret of secrets (see earlier article) but you’ll be surprised at how open and approachable the cooks are. What you’ll learn by going

When some of the nation’s best pitmasters arrive in Walworth County for the second annual Elkhorn Ribfest, it’s time to pick up some extra napkins and some new lingo. The pros are cooking the same cuts of meat you can buy, but in a style most of us mere mortals cannot replicate, and they give familiar words new meaning. The word ‘bark,’ for example is a label for a part of the cooking upon which pitmasters stake reputations. In simple terms, bark is the outer crust that form