– The Whole Hog Barbecue Championship is this weekend in Raleigh (along with the Wide Open Bluegrass Festival)
Sir Walter & @RaleighGov are ready to welcome @IntlBluegrass and @wholehogbbqnc for #wideopenbluegrass and the Barbecue Championship! pic.twitter.com/jT2sxTmGU1
— NC Pork Council (@ncpork) September 25, 2017
– More coverage from HuffPost
– Marie, Let’s Eat! explores south central Kentucky barbecue; one of the two joints is in the town of Tompkinville, which may have more barbecue joints per capita than Lexington, NC (we even get a brief shoutout!)
– Some photos taken immediately after the fire at Franklin Barbecue
– For the next time you have leftovers after smoking
Got leftover barbecue? Boy, are you lucky. https://t.co/QVv0fDMRJX pic.twitter.com/Z28602KNPK
— Garden & Gun (@gardenandgun) September 25, 2017
– Midwood Smokehouse’s burger made of chuck and brisket (and topped with a slice of brisket for an extra $2) makes Charlotte Magazine’s list of best burgers in the city
– Even Phoenix is getting in on the barbecue journalism; their new barbecue column “Smoke Rings” just started
– A couple of barbecue joints on this list – Bar-B-Q King and The Improper Pig
Here are all of the Charlotte spots visited by @GuyFieri and Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives: https://t.co/qF7br5pz9r
— Charlotte magazine (@CharlotteMag) September 25, 2017