Although only one lucky reader won the free Battle Box from the NC Barbecue Company, I was lucky enough to receive seven other entries, and figured I’d share a few of them with you here. Proof positive that BBQJew.com readers are the wittiest, most insightful readers of a Judea-centric barbecue blog anywhere: A BBQ Haiku [...]
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Ladies and gents, we have a winner in our free pork contest: Edd “Cracklin’” McLaughlin of Seattle, Washington. Although Edd’s name was drawn at random from among eight entrants, he also would have won for distance. Seattle is a 2,842 mile drive from Greensboro, the home of the NC Barbecue Company, which is providing the [...]
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People, people, you should be ashamed of yourselves. You have a chance to win a free box of barbecue delivered to your doorstep, yet only a few of you have entered. Enter the contest by 5:00 p.m. EST on Friday. The winner will be announced next week. C’mon, folks, I’m counting on you.
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Happy President’s Day! (Now how come we don’t have a Congressmen Day holiday too? It’d sure help the public approval ratings of that side of government.) I sincerely hope you are lucky enough to have today off from work, so that you have sufficient time to shop the mattress sales that make our nation the [...]
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According to a clumsily written Valentine’s Day press release, Dickey’s Barbecue Pit is “coming soon to Raleigh.” Of course, Dickey’s has had a downtown Raleigh location for some time now, so it’s unclear what this means. The news release contains amazingly little information so it’s not at all clear if and where a new franchise [...]
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It’s not everyday that I have an excuse to post a photo like the one below. But Valentine’s Day is as good a day as any–and better than most–to show a little heart. Thanks to Chef-Owner-Budding Cardiac Photographer Sam Suchoff of The Pig in Chapel Hill for the photo. Lord only knows what Sam was up [...]
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Thanks to the good folks at the NC BBQ Company, who are offering BBQJew.com readers (that’d be you, nimrod) a chance to win some free pork. In exchange for my blessing to include some past writings in their newsletter, the NC BBQ Company has offered a free Battle Box for a lucky reader. But there is no [...]
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After a laziness-induced delay, I have completed my promised update of NC barbecue-related events for 2012. Click on the Events tab of my website for the full calendar. As always, let me know if I missed any events and I’ll be happy to add on to the listing. Whether you are a cook/competitor, BBQ judge [...]
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It looks like 6 more weeks of chopped pork in Lexington, even though Miss Charlotte did not see her dip-soaked shadow…
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