– Big news!
Jim Noble has finally found a spot for his long-awaited barbecue restaurant. And there’s a surprise (maybe) for Charlotte brewing fans. https://t.co/Tqn9ddmGpB
— Kathleen Purvis (@kathleenpurvis) November 16, 2017
– More coverage on Noble Smoke from the Charlotte Business Journal
– The LA Times has an easy guide to pairing beer with barbecue
– Re-opened yesterday
Just in time for Thanksgiving!!!! pic.twitter.com/LTHPjc4JlW
— aaron franklin (@bbqfranklin) November 16, 2017
– A Texas man is the first pitmaster to make Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list
– More coverage from TMBBQ on Grant Pinkerton
– An Austin rag “takes the temperature” of the barbecue scene in Brooklyn and with one exception finds that it doesn’t quite add up to Austin
– Everyone has a dark past, and NC barbecue is certainly no different; it had a beef phase
NC BBQ hasn’t always been pork-centric. Dale Volberg Reed turned up this great clip from Rockingham NC in 1919 (Her husband John Shelton Reed notes it’s from “before we got hogmatic”) pic.twitter.com/PKZKPvjApq
— Robert Moss (@mossr) November 17, 2017