Pictured above, Brandon Sutherland (left) with Rougaroux BBQ looks on while Marion and Rosemary Sewell (right) taste his team’s jambalaya during a cook-off at Railroad Park Saturday as part of Junior Auxiliary of Ruston’s “Jazzin’ it Up” Mardi Gras event. The team claimed the “People’s Choice” award from attendee votes. Pictured below is Sutherland, left, and West Bayne with Rougaroux BBQ awaiting the onrush of taste testers.