Two Triangle-area barbecue events take place this weekend: Hillsborough Hog Day, the classic barbecue festival, cook-off and cultural event, moves up a month from past years in order to beat the heat. The 29th annual event is held in River Park behind the courthouse and features live music, other entertainment, arts and crafts, and lots of chopped pork. [...]
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The Freemasons are at it again. But this time you can put the conspiracy theories out of your mind, as there are no The Da Vinci Code-like plot twists involved in their upcoming BBQ fundraiser. Hiram No.40 Masonic Lodge will be holding its annual BBQ fundraiser this Friday, October 8th from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. to benefit [...]
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The news out of Raleigh is not good, ladies and gentlemen. Not since the days of British colonial rule has our state witnessed such a threat to our way of life. According to the New Raleigh blog, mediocre Texas-based barbecue chain (my words, not their’s) Dickey’s Barbecue Pit will be opening up a store in the [...]
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If you’re in the Triangle area this weekend you could do worse than checking out one of these two BBQ-themed events. First, in Cary (yes, that Cary) on Friday and Saturday is the traveling road show called the Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival. Or, if you are looking for something with a little more of a [...]
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An easy to read post for Friday morning: four belated pictures from Spring barbecue celebrations, the first two from the Cuegrass event at The Pit in Raleigh and the second set at customer appreciation day at the Backyard BBQ Pit #1 in Durham.
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Looking for something pork-related to do this weekend? You have at least two good options. 1) The 14th annual Kings Mountain Firehouse Barbeque Cookoff. There are 35 teams confirmed to compete in the KCBS-sanctioned cookoff and more than twice that many confirmed judges… hmmm. 2) The 2nd annual North Carolina Cuegrass Festival at The Pit in downtown [...]
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[BBQ Jew's note: Today's post was written by Holy Smoke author and intrepid airplane passenger/swine taster John Shelton Reed.] Yes. I know that both Porky LeSwine and H. Kent Craig have knocked Brookwood Farms grocery store barbecue, but when Dale and I found ourselves in the Delta terminal at RDU, waiting for a noon flight that served [...]
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109 E. Davie Street, Raleigh, NC 919.832.7614 Website Hours: Mon-Sat 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. BBQ Jew’s Grade: C- Porky Says: ”Cooper’s is past retirement age.” Urban Barbecue Given the modest piece of real estate it occupies in the shadows of some of downtown Raleigh’s sparkling new office towers, Clyde Cooper’s BBQ’s continued existence is noteworthy. [...]
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Thursday, October 29th is the deadline to enter NCBBQ.com’s ”Pit Master’s Choice Awards: North Carolina’s State Sauce Competition.” Any North Carolina resident can enter; Yankees, Texans and other such scourge of the earth need not apply. The contest will be held Nov. 7 at Raleigh’s Ray Price Harley-Davidson in conjunction with the dealership’s annual barbecue cookoff [...]
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