Through a combination of rigorous research and modest 6th grade math skills, I have devised a formula for determining which two teams will play in the Super Bowl and who will win. The foolproof-ish formula is (-D + B^2) x Q - O/P + BBQJEW Where the factors are as follows: D = the number of cities [...]
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Little known fact: Porky LeSwine is as big a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals as he is of North Carolina barbecue. He also likes referring to himself in the third person. Porky was thrilled with the Cardinals thrilling World Series victory over the Texas Rangers. Better yet, he won a plate of Texas-style brisket [...]
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Saturday, October 22nd is the date of The Barbecue Festival in Lexington, which is far and away North Carolina’s largest barbecue-related event. Assuming the weather is nice, well over 100,000 people will descend on little Uptown Lexington for the day, making it perhaps the worst day of the year to visit unless you love crowds. [...]
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October is hands-down my favorite month of the year. All of a sudden the 95+ degree weather of North Carolina summer seems to be a distant memory–except when it is still present–and is replaced by cool nights and temperate days. The leaves change colors but don’t really clog up the gutters until next month. The sunset is [...]
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Baseball season is in full swing and the biggest news is from the concession stand. Since Dillard’s BBQ, long-time Bulls game concessionaire, met its demise (well, mostly) in the offseason, my hometown Durham Bulls have brought in some new ‘cue. Does the BBQ come from long-time Durham Bullock’s? Nope, they are only AA BBQ. Relative [...]
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Barbecue and baseball are both great American traditions, but do the two have an intertwined history? A curious reader who shall remain nameless unless he’d like to be named asked me the following questions, which I was unable to answer (Bob Garner and John Shelton Reed were also stumped): Do you know if BBQ was [...]
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[Editor's note: This post was originally scheduled to run one week ago but was embargoed until today due to a dispute with Fox Sports that has since been resolved in BBQJew.com's favor. Please accept our sincere apologies for the delay, as we fully understand that sports reporting is time sensitive and it would have been [...]
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