1 — Official name of BBQfest: World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest
1 — Number of times we used the official name on this page
1978 — Year BBQfest began
19 — Number of contestants at the first BBQfest
8 — Countries represented with cooking teams at last year's BBQfest
33 — Size, in acres, of Tom Lee Park
4 — Number of stages at Musicfest
6,100 — Distance, in miles, from Memphis to Ankara, the capital of Turkey, this year's honored country
8 — Time difference, in hours, between Memphis and Turkey
2 — Number of the seven wonders of the ancient world located in Turkey (the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus)
152 million — Number of Mother's Day cards expected to be mailed this year
1892 — Year the Mexican army defeated French invaders in May on what we celebrate as Cinco de Mayo
