800 S Lake Park Blvd, Carolina Beach, NC (910) 458-8620 No Website BBQ Jew’s Grade: D- Porky Says: “Put some SPF 30 on your tongue.” Beach Blanket Barbecue Based on my limited experience eating barbecue at or near the beach, I think the best advice I can provide for such situations is not to indulge. [...]
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Dear Readers, By now we hope you realize that we, ever your loyal servants, strive and toil to bring a little bit of grease-tinged and hickory-kissed sunshine into your lives. We want this website to provide you with all the NC barbecue-related news, trivia, reviews and other content your heart desires. Since we fear we may someday–only [...]
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Thanks to an alert reader for pointing out that we had failed to mention that Hillsborough Hog Day is Saturday, June 20th (i.e., tomorrow). Whoops. See more info at http://bbqjew.com/oinks/festivals/. I’ve been to Hog Day several times before and it is a fun event, although almost every year it’s hotter than hickory coals that day. This [...]
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3506 US Highway 301 South, Smithfield, NC 919.934.0148 No Website BBQ Jew’s Grade: C- Porky Says: “Deep down, I’m pretty superficial.” – Ava Gardner Some Reasons to Travel to Smithfield Smithfield Foods is the world’s largest pork producer and is based in the small town of Smithfield. Virginia. Though Smithfield, North Carolina is not actually the home [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Gas/electric-cooked, Grade C, Johnston County, Smithfield | 9 Comments »
I don’t know anyone in this photo, nor do I really know what’s happening, other than the obvious. What I do know is that ribs + grill + yarmulke = BBQ Jew. Plus, that’s one sweet yarmulke!
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While many of you barbecue purists don’t consider ‘cue from south of the border or news from north of it, this New York Times piece on S.C. ‘cue combines the two. More specifically, it’s about Scott’s Variety Store and Bar-B-Q in Hemingway, S.C. Now I know what some of you are thinking: Oy! But before you [...]
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As you, dear readers, are well aware this website has a narrow-minded myopic laser-like focus on North Carolina’s pork barbecue culture. Still, we cannot refrain from putting a plug in for a documentary film on another of America’s underappreciated forms of barbecue–Kentucky mutton. Mutton is one of just a handful of distinct barbecue styles in the U.S., and without a doubt it is [...]
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11964 N.C. Highway 50 North, Willow Spring, NC 919.894.4530 No Website BBQ Jew’s Grade: C Porky Says: “Dude, where’s the wood?” Stephenson’s has a long, proud history and is featured as one of 24 barbecue joints on the NC Barbecue Society’s exclusive Barbecue Trail (which lists only those joints that cook with wood and meet various other [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Gas/electric-cooked, Grade C, Johnston County, McGee's Crossroads, Willow Spring, Wood-cooked | 3 Comments »
