Credit: DEVILED PIG/ FACEBOOK

Credit: DEVILED PIG/ FACEBOOK
Local award-winning pitmaster, Lee Ann Whippen, will compete on Food Network’s upcoming competition, BBQ Brawl: Flay vs. Symon.

No stranger to the screen, Whippen has appeared on BBQ with Bobby Flay, Throwdown with Bobby Flay, BBQ Pitmasters and Big Bad BBQ Brawl.

Celebrity Chefs Bobby Flay and Michael Symon will be team coaches on the new series, which will be premiering Thursday, August 1 at 9 p.m. 

You can tune in every Thursday to watch competitors compete in challenges, and with every passing week, a competitor from each team is eliminated until only two remain. In the finale, one competitor will be crowned “Master of ‘Cue.”

The Deviled Pig is also inviting guests to follow them on all social networks @deviledpig for a chance to win prizes including a lunch for two, an invitation to one of the restaurant’s watch parties, or receive a Pitmaster Experience for eight with Lee Ann Whippen.

Now you finally have an excuse to splurge for cable. 

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