– Congrats to our neighbors from Memphis in May, The Shed, on their Grand Championship win
Congratulations once more to the #WCBCC18 Grand Champion, @TheShedBBQ! This marks their second Championship (2015)!
📷: @mkerrmemphoto pic.twitter.com/7L7UXll6jF
— Memphis in May (@memphisinmay) May 20, 2018
– In case you hadn’t heard, Dave Grohl was all up in some Memphis in May this past weekend, particularly at our neighbor’s booth
That time you skip out on the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and Dave Grohl shows up 😬https://t.co/O6BYqEeAHB
— Memphis in May (@memphisinmay) May 22, 2018
– Pete’s BBQ in Rock Hill, which has served barbecue during four holidays of the year, is shutting down after 55 years of service after this Memorial Day Weekend; congrats to the 98-year-old Pete Wheele’s on his retirement!
– Raleigh is a favorite away game for this Pittsburgh Penguins blogger in part due to the barbecue
– Eat Raleigh has a short blurb on Sam Jones BBQ at the Thrive NC festival earlier in May
– Is Charleston barbecue slowly taking over the southeast? Both Home Team BBQ (Columbia) and Rodney Scott’s BBQ (Birmingham) announced expansions last week
– All Swig & Swine Charleston-area locations will have $4 sandwiches on May 30 to celebrate 4 years; proceeds will go to Hogs for the Cause
Swig and Swine celebrates four years with $4 BBQ sandwiches on Wed. May 30 https://t.co/mehyfZPUfL via @chasCityPaper #chseats
— Kinsey Gidick (@Kinsey_Gidick) May 21, 2018
– This NC travel guide from a British paper mentions barbecue (particularly Sam Jones BBQ) as as reason why North Carolina should be your next adventure
– This looks very, very promising
Come October, an old mechanic garage in the Belmont neighborhood will emit the scent of Sweet Lew’s BBQ. https://t.co/H3kcElSD8r
— Charlotte magazine (@CharlotteMag) May 16, 2018
– RIP Mama Dip
“I try to make things good.” –Mama Dip, who passed away Sunday at the age of 89. Read her oral history w/ SFA. https://t.co/EfhJaZwaJH pic.twitter.com/Ln8lfDJ6p5
— Southern Foodways (@potlikker) May 22, 2018