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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Swineday Bloody Swineday According to an informative paid advertorial article in the News & Observer, when international supergroup U2 visited the area this past weekend for a concert they ordered out for barbecue from Clyde Cooper’s Barbecue in downtown Raleigh. Cooper’s co-owner Debbie Holt received a late afternoon call from a member of U2′s staff from on board their [...]
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If pigs could fly, which airport would they use? Not Raleigh-Durham International (RDU), at least if they knew they might get cooked there. Brookwood Farms BBQ is a relatively new entry to RDU’s dining scene, with a location in the posh new Terminal 2 (which used to be the still pretty new Terminal C before [...]
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A tip of the hat snout to Raleigh-based food blogger Dean McCord, who reports that The Pit is expanding. The Pit, which I “reviewed” awhile back (see what I mean here), is an upscale BBQ restaurant in downtown Raleigh. Apparently the people of Raleigh were not persuaded by my snarky commentary and continue to head [...]
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328 W. Davie St., Raleigh, NC 919.890.4500 The Pit’s Website (caution: this website is dangerously slick) BBQ Jew’s Grade: I for incomplete Porky Says: “Can’t we leave well enough alone?!” Reservations I just can’t bring myself to go to The Pit. If barbecue was meant to be upscale it wouldn’t be made of chopped pork. [...]
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