Tennessee barbecue to tantalize on Food Network

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By Stone Martindale Jan 9, 2008, 19:03 GMT

Downhome cooking fans rejoice, the Food Network knows how you like your ribs, slathered with sweet, sticky sauce and grilled to a crisp crust perfection.

A couple of Tennessee barbecue experts are warming up for a new show on the Food Network.Pat and Gina Neely, who own and operate their own restaurants, will be hosts of a series called “Down Home With the Neelys.” The half-hour daytime series is set to premiere Saturday, Feb. 2, at 11 a.m.The show is designed to take a peek into the lives as well as the kitchen of the South’s most fun-loving cooking couple, the network said.“Pat and Gina Neely bring an energetic joy to cooking and a high-spirited playfulness to their relationship. Their kitchen is one of the most fun that I’ve ever been in,” said Bob Tuschman, senior VP for programming and production at Food Network. “Our viewers will also love that their delicious down-home recipes are super-easy to re-create at home.”As co-owners of Neely’s Bar-B-Que, the Neelys have made their family restaurant one of the most successful barbecue restaurants in the South. They have appeared on national television with Al Roker, Bobby Flay, Paula Deen, “Today” and “Good Morning America.”Pat and Gina Neely serve delicious barbecue fare to customers across several locations. But when they are relaxing at home in Memphis, they love to create tasty dishes that their whole family can enjoy.On “Down Home With the Neelys,” they will share their most requested restaurant dishes and their tastiest family-friendly recipes with Food Network viewers.Mr. Neely and his brothers launched the first restaurant in 1988, and the family now has two locations in Memphis, one in Nashville and several concessions in the Memphis FedEx Forum.

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SusanMar 2nd, 2008 - 03:32:30

Great! FoodTV Finally found someone more annoying then Rachel Ray. Someone tell Gina to shut the heck up and let Pat talk. Pat has something of substance to say usually.....she can't compete with his stories or his classy ways and that's why she makes fun of him every time he gets 2 seconds of talk in. I don't see the love that alot of others do in this show. I see a pushy woman making her husband look like a fool.

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