Continuing this week’s inadvertent beer theme, I just learned of a new event taking place on Sundays in downtown Durham. Fullsteam Brewery, purveyors of hickory-smoked Hogwash and a wide variety of other southern agriculture-focused “plow to pint” offerings, pairs up with Backyard BBQ Pit, a wood pit barbecue joint that cooks up the best ‘cue in Durham. Each Sunday [...]
Filed under: Hog Happenings | Tagged: Beer, Durham, Durham County, Wood-cooked | 2 Comments »
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 »
Holy Smoke author and wood-cooked barbecue evangelist John Shelton “Reverend Smokey” Reed was kind enough to send along the below picture. Being a Billy Graham-level traditional barbecue preacher, John titles the picture, “Not really smoke free, praise be.” In case you need further explanation, the Bar-B-Q Center is one of the state’s oldest (and best) barbecue [...]
Filed under: 'Cue Culture | Tagged: Davidson County, Lexington, Lexington style, Wood-cooked | Leave a Comment »
I received an email from a BBQJew.com reader with the following problem. I’m hoping someone out there in the Internets can provide some specific advice. If you’d rather not share the full contact info here, drop me a line at BBQJew at gmail.com and I’ll pass it along. “Greetings, We are planning to resurrect a [...]
Filed under: Miscellaneous | Tagged: Wake County, Wake Forest, Wood-cooked | 5 Comments »
236 South Nash Street, Hillsborough, NC 919.732.4647 Website Hours: Tue-Sat 10:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. (10 p.m. on Fri&Sat), closed Sun&Mon BBQ Jew’s Grade: B+ Porky Says: “Unconventionally traditional barbecue.” New Traditions As of this moment, the Hillsborough BBQ Company is the newest barbecue restaurant in North Carolina, as far as I know (of course, Dickey’s [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Grade B, Hillsborough, Orange County, Wood-cooked | 4 Comments »
As I write this post it is one of those remarkably beautiful North Carolina spring days. The temperature and humidity are perfect, the sky is Carolina blue (even for a devout Duke basketball fan like myself), and the swarms of summertime mosquitoes have yet to come out of hibernation or wherever the heck they are over the winter. [...]
Filed under: Cooking | Tagged: Brinkmann Smokers, Consumerism, Gas/electric-cooked, Weber Grills, Wood-cooked | 1 Comment »
On Saturday I had the once-in-a-lifetime experience of judging my first officially sanctioned barbecue competition. I was one of an elite few hand-selected judges (okay, actually one of 54 judges and I had practically begged for the opportunity) at the first annual BBQ Capital Cook-off in Lexington, NC. The event drew more than 50 teams [...]
Filed under: Porky's Pulpit | Tagged: Competitions, Davidson County, KCBS, Lexington, Wood-cooked | Leave a 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 »
It’s been a busy week and I haven’t mustered the creativity to write a gag post for April Fool’s Day. Instead, I’m pleased to report that the Hillsborough BBQ Company anticipates an April 5th 7th opening. They promise to serve wood-fired, pit cooked barbecue so I’m eager to check them out. Have a good weekend [...]
Filed under: Restaurants & Reviews | Tagged: Hillsborough, Orange County, Wood-cooked | 2 Comments »
