– As good as the man’s barbecue is, at some point you have to wonder if Ed Mitchell’s business sense doesn’t match up; his Raleigh restaurant and food truck are both currently on hold and don’t look to be moving forward anytime soon
– Due to the fire at the old Lexington Home Brands Plant No. 1 and the expected clean-up time, Uptown Lexington has decided to cancel the annual BBQ Capital Cook-off in April
– A new all wood barbecue joint named Meating Street BBQ has opened in Roswell, GA; it was opened by a SC native
– The team behind General Muir in Atlanta are opening a wood-fired barbecue joint called Wood’s Chapel in the Summerhill neighborhood that will smoke whole hog among other meats
– An eastern NC native is now smoking whole hogs in central Virginia as part of a Carolina Q Pig Pickers catering operation
– The Smoking Ho starts 2018 off with a review:
My goal this year is to blog a little more. First up is about my visit to @HutchinsBBQ. I shouldn’t have waited so long to check them out. A lot of delicious items on the menu. https://t.co/BupI5CNsxM pic.twitter.com/PMtfOIPnvw
— Jimmy Ho (@TheSmokingHo) January 9, 2018
– Fuller’s Old Fashioned Bar-B-Que gets a mention on this post on where to eat in Fayetteville, NC
– In another travel guide (this time from the Chicago Tribune via The Washington Post), both Henry’s Smokehouse and Bucky’s BBQ are mentioned as “100-mile barbeque”
– When there’s a threat of 1-3″ in the forecast in NC:
Anyone else have a craving for milk sandwiches right about now? https://t.co/nNdJmLoSI8
— Our State Magazine (@ourstatemag) January 16, 2018