3007 Downing Street, Wilson, NC (800) 68-BILLS Website BBQ Jew’s Grade: B- Porky Says: “Royally over-the-top all you can eat.” The Prime Minister of Q Number 10 Downing Street is the home of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister and the headquarters of Her Majesty’s Government. But many folks in Wilson, North Carolina would argue that 3007 Downing [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Grade B, Wilson, Wilson County, Wood-cooked | 3 Comments »
2514 US Highway 301 South, Wilson, NC (252) 237-0972 No Website BBQ Jew’s Grade: B+ Porky Says: “A tarnished shrine for barbecue fundamentalists.” The Original (The Original) Parker’s Barbecue in Wilson used to just be known as Parker’s Barbecue, and to most people it still is. But a restaurant named Parker’s Barbecue in nearby Greenville, started [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Grade A, Wilson, Wilson County, Wood-cooked | 13 Comments »
2307 N College Road, Wilmington, NC 910.392.1955 No Website Hours: Monday to Sunday, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C- Porky Says: “The biggest (not best) BBQ joint in the state.” Big Enough to Swallow a Lion Carolina BBQ has a couple of locations in Wilmington, one in Kenansville, and one somewhere in Virginia, [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Gas/electric-cooked, Grade C, New Hanover County, Wilmington | Leave a Comment »
WRAL TV recently profiled the famous B’s Barbecue in Greenville, NC. The two minute video gives a good peek into the atmosphere of B’s, even if the reporter naively refers to the pit as an “oven.” I still think that the Skylight Inn in Ayden, just outside of Greenville, is a couple of notches better than B’s, but no denying B’s is among [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Greenville, Pitt County, Wood-cooked | 1 Comment »
751 B’s Barbecue Road, Greenville, NC No phone, no website, no problem Hours: Tue-Sat from the time they open (10ish) to the time they close (they run out of food by ~ 2:00 p.m.) BBQ Jew’s Grade: A- Porky Says: “Don’t worry, B’s happy.” Shack Magic Bill and Peggy McLawhorn started B’s Barbecue in the 1970s, but the place feels [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Eastern style, Greenville, Pitt County, Wood-cooked | 2 Comments »
According to an article in the Gaston Gazette, “Fatback’s BBQ & Grill opened a month ago on U.S. 321 South in a completely renovated building that was formerly home to Dan’s Quik Pik.” The new restaurant, specializing in Eastern-style North Carolina barbecue is located in Gastonia. No word on whether Fatback’s cooks their ‘cue over wood coals, which [...]
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I’ve never accused North Carolina barbecue of looking pretty, but it sure is tasty. Exhibit A is this plate of ‘cue at Wilber’s in Goldsboro:
Filed under: 'Cue Culture | Tagged: Eastern style, Goldsboro, Wayne County, Wood-cooked | 1 Comment »
Inevitably newcomers to the world of North Carolina barbecue, and even seasoned veterans, encounter the following dilemma: the bottle of sauce on the table has a pour spout that doesn’t allow shaking without spilling, and putting a finger over the spout seems uncouth. Why not just pour the sauce without shaking? Well, the signature element of traditional NC [...]
Filed under: Porky's Pulpit | Tagged: Eastern style, Sauce and dip | 4 Comments »
Rick Scott and Ryan Pitz teamed up to form The North Carolina Barbecue Company, a mail order business established “to deliver to doorsteps across the country the unique culinary culture of our great state.” The North Carolina Barbecue Company is unique in offering both Eastern and Piedmont/Lexington-style ‘cue and slaw for delivery. Recently I sat [...]
Filed under: BBQ & A | Tagged: Eastern style, Greensboro, Guilford County, Interview, Lexington style, Mail order pork, Words of wisdom | 2 Comments »
