– The brisket bandits in St. Louis have been caught
– Texas Pete, a NC barbecue staple, gets a mention in this Eat Sip Trip article on the origins of hot sauce
Garner Foods of North Carolina was seeking to augment their barbecue sauce line and introduced a red pepper Louisiana-style hot sauce in 1929, which they named Texas Pete, to capitalize on the popularity of cowboy movies at the time. The product is a Carolina staple. According to food author Robert Moss, at the legendary Skylight Inn Barbecue in Ayden, NC, “They douse the pork with vinegar and Texas Pete while it’s still being chopped.”
– The Hub City Hog Fest took place in Spartanburg last weekend, where more than 40 teams from the Carolinas and Georgia participated in the two-day competition
– I checked this place out on a layover to Austin from Charlotte and I will have similarly good things to say when the review posts in a few weeks
“The trio of brisket, ribs, and jalapeño sausage was the best barbecue I’d ever eaten in an airport,” writes @bbqsnob. https://t.co/xvWj514WhF
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) April 6, 2018
– Luella’s Bar-B-Que in Asheville gets featured on Cooking Channel’s “Cheap Eats” episode on Asheville which first airs tonight at 11pm
– WNCT in eastern NC profiles Morris Barbecue, which has only opened on Saturdays in Greene County since the 1950’s, in their latest People and Places segment
– Sam Jones, Ed and Ryan Mitchell, and Rodney Scott (among others) will be back at this year’s Big Apple Barbecue Block Party
– Oof:
“It’s about 50 percent cheaper to raise hogs in North Carolina than in China.” That… is not necessarily a good thing. https://t.co/ETiOgzdp1P
— Jeremy Markovich (@deftlyinane) April 6, 2018Houston