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Isn’t he lovely? Looker chef Nicholas Stefanelli of Bibiana drew a consistent crowd all night with porky Italian bites like these arancini. Photograph by Jeff
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Art and Soul’s Wes Morton—whose team plated an astonishing amount of house-made sausage—gets serious with one guest. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Here’s Morton’s andouille sausage with red beans and collared greens. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Ed Witt of 701 breaks it down for one of the Yelp ladies. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Guests got up close and person with the process during a butchery demo by Wagshal’s. (That’s Cochon founder Brady Lowe in the background.) Photograph by Jeff Martin
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This lady was brave enough to touch the pig’s brain stem. Gnarly. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Gnarlier still? Yelp’s beckoning pig people, who kept trying to lure us into their photo booth. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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From the Isabella stand: a fat taco with avocado and lime and a leg-stuffed raviolo. Photograph by Jeff Martin
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Isabella makes ones final plea to the pork gods for a win . . . Photograph by Jeff Martin
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But ultimately the Source’s Scott Drewno took the prize for a second year in a row. Here he is handing out one of his beloved pork-belly dumpings. Photograph by Jeff Martin