A tip of the snout to John Shelton Reed, who alerted me to a relative newcomer to the Eastern NC barbecue scene: Jason Grill & BBQ, a traditional wood-burning shack of a barbecue joint that looks like it is from another era. John has already agreed to give me a full report and pictures when [...]
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[Note: Follow this link-Craig BBQ&A-for an easier to read, .pdf version of the interview.] For ten years North Carolina native H. Kent Craig ran the most visited website dedicated to NC barbecue, “Kent’s North Carolina-Style BBQ Page.” In 2008, Craig moved out of state and stopped adding content to his website. In late 2009, he [...]
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2816 Cheek Road, Durham, NC 919.530.1839 No Website Hours: Mon-Fri 6:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C Porky Says: “Noah’s Temple didn’t make me a believer.” “Worth Your Time to Find” I’m embarassed to admit that I first heard of Byrd’s Barbecue fewer than 6 months ago. Byrd’s–with the motto “Worth Your Time to Find” [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Durham, Durham County, Eastern style, Gas/electric-cooked, Grade C, Lexington style | 2 Comments »
My wife and I are expecting another little piglet in a few weeks, so if any of you readers out there would like to provide a guest post for this site, please be in touch. Drop me a line at BBQJew at gmail.com and share your draft post or idea. I’m eager to have a couple [...]
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The quaint waterfront town of New Bern, birthplace of Pepsi, turns 300 years old this year. If that’s not reason enough to visit, check out the oddly named “BBQ In Blue Jeans” fundraiser this Friday night. According to the Downtown New Bern blog, “The very popular annual fundraiser benefits the New Bern Firemen’s Museum and will [...]
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GOOD NEWS (1/28/10 update to the original post, which is below): The Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival will be held this year after all! See details here. If you hear squeals coming from the western part of North Carolina, they might be the sound of the Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival dying. The event, which has been [...]
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I stumbled into this classic piece of American television history somewhat disturbing blaxploitation commercial and thought it was interesting. Hopefully this video provides yet another compelling reason to put down the Kraft and pick up a bottle of sauce from your local barbecue joint. Local sauce is boss, man. Groovy. Ya dig?
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Before we get too deep into 2010, here are my personal (PER) and BBQ Jew related (BBQ) New Year’s resolutions: PER 1) In order to protect the earth and preserve it for my children, I will cut down on my vehicle miles traveled. BBQ 1) In order to protect the art of BBQ and preserve it [...]
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729 Highway 66 South, Kernersville, NC 336.993.5045 Website Hours: Mon-Sat 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C+ Porky Says: ”Polly has an identity crisis.” Pollyanna With a great name like Prissy Polly’s, which made it into my barbecue joint name hall of fame, it’s tempting to be Pollyannaish about the quality of the [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Forsyth County, Gas/electric-cooked, Grade C, Kernersville, Lexington style | 3 Comments »
A recent story in the StarNews of Wilmington, NC notes that a local Piggly Wiggly has been slow cooking barbecue in house for more than a year. The store is located in the small town of Leland, which is in Brunswick County (no relation to the stew) just outside of Wilmington. According to the article, “Beef brisket, ribs, [...]
Filed under: Porky's Pulpit | Tagged: Brunswick County, Leland, New Hanover County, R&D, Wilmington | 1 Comment »
