Sweet and savory pork belly sliders with bacon jam and bourbon sauce; eggs baked in a tomato and pepper stew make the best shakshuka; alligator ribs smothered in honey mustard barbecue sauce.

A whole smoked hog is getting the royal treatment with a marinade injection; a burger gets topped with smoked pulled pork, bacon, a stout barbecue sauce and beer mustard; a whole game hen sitting on a beer can.