According to the The Dispatch, a recent article in U.S. News & World Report ranked Lexington, NC the fourth best barbecue city in the country. It’s hard to argue with the cities listed ahead of Lexington–Memphis TN, Lockhart TX and Kansas City MO. Although if good, traditionally prepared barbecue per capita had been the main criteria I’d [...]
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A little over a month ago I ran this post about an amateur historian’s take on Goldsboro’s rich barbecue history. I recently was able to track down the author, Carl Eugene (“Gene”) McBride, Jr. He not only agreed to allow me to continue to share his magnum opus porkus online but offered a new and improved [...]
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Wilber Shirley’s place in Goldsboro–the simply named Wilber’s Barbecue–is among the living legends of North Carolina barbecue joints. It is also among the state’s best-known restaurants period, given its long history and prominent location fronting Highway 70 on the way to the beach (at least for those of us that still take routes other than Interstate 40 to [...]
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Goldsboro, a city of a little under 40,000 people in eastern North Carolina, has some of the state’s richest barbecue history. Thus, I was particularly pleased to receive the below email, written by Johnnie and Peggy Hood, and forward to me by Dave Schiller, all of whom recently attended their 50th Goldsboro High School anniversary. Better yet, the [...]
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April marks the beginning of the barbecue festival season, which runs through October. The first event of the season was in Newport last weekend, but you have a chance to make it to the 2nd one THIS weekend. Drive on over to Goldsboro for Pig in the Park. The event features live music and other [...]
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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:
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Thanks to reader Burgeoningfoodie for making the BBQJew.com News Room aware of the recent story on Playboy’s website about America’s best barbecue joints. (Actually, for the record, technically Burgeoningfoodie alerted us to a post about the Playboy article that appeared in the Raleigh News & Observer’s Mouthful blog.) If you are reading BBQJew.com somewhere other than work, I [...]
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I saw the billboard pictured above and it made me crave knowledge and enlightenment (and some pork). Specifically, I wanted to understand what was meant by, “America’s Largest Pork Display.” Could I be so lucky? Could this statement really be true? And what the heck does “pork display” mean anyway? These questions burned in my mind like a pork shoulder [...]
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1201 N. William St., Goldsboro, NC (919) 734-0711 Scott’s Website BBQ Jew’s Grade: C Porky Says: “Pay Scott’s your respects, or just buy a bottle of their sauce.” A Proud History I’ve been traveling to Goldsboro for work for the past couple years and finally was able to catch the legendary Scott’s on a day [...]
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