In case you missed it – we were fortunate enough to be considered “experts” (shh…don’t tell them) alongside some real experts – Mackensy Lunsford of the Asheville Citizen-Times, John Shelton Reed of True Cue, Jennifer Daskevich of Sandwich America, and The World’s Extreme Chef Terry French – and submitted nominees for 10Best.com‘s Best BBQ Pork Sandwich in NC. Voting ends June 6 at 12pm ET.
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– Per Raleigh Eats, Ed Mitchell’s Que is returning, this time to the Brier Creek neighborhood in Raleigh
– Southern Smoke BBQ in Garland is one of 6 Farm-to-Table Restaurants in Eastern NC to Try This Summer
Matthew and Jessica work with farms in their area and around the state to source the best and freshest seasonal ingredients for their businesses. Matthew works with a young farmer named Caleb Johnson, a graduate of North Carolina State University, and his farm: AJ Family Farms. He will check in with Caleb regularly to see what’s in season, and come up with dishes based on the weather. “I buy whatever he’s got,” Matthew says of Caleb’s farm. “Last week he had beautiful green tomatoes, so we did a corn and green tomato succotash over grits. That’s kind of my approach.”
– John Shelton Reed thinks NC needs a new holiday commemorating the Wilmington Barbecue of 1766
– Mac’s Speed Shop in Charlotte may be expanding its original South End location
– Brisket +Tacos = Crazy Delicious
Valentina’s in Austin might be the truest expression of the fusion between brisket + tacos: https://t.co/wZ0pK5zT1w pic.twitter.com/ONHV6ML0Mo
— Lucky Peach (@LuckyPeach) May 16, 2016
– An excerpt from Rien Fertel’s new book “The One True Barbecue” on Ricky Scott
– Speaking of Fertel’s new book, Rodney Scott is bringing his whole hog to Charleston’s Butcher & Bee for a book signing
– However, not all reactions to “The One True Barbecue” have been positive; Ed Mitchell and Wilber Shirley each took exception to how there were portrayed negatively in the book but not interviewed for it
– Buxton Hall Barbecue is throwing a 5 course dinner with whiskey, beer, and barbecue:
We’re cookin’ an @AVLBeerWeek dinner with @oskarblues & @DefiantWhisky. Reservations: https://t.co/INHAWjY1tK pic.twitter.com/lkZDoNUtvc
— Buxton Hall Barbecue (@buxtonhall) May 16, 2016
– Now open as of this past Monday:
Excited to be officially OPEN TODAY at our New Location at the @CrossHillMarket in Columbia SC – Come get it! pic.twitter.com/SDqtJUohBQ
— Midwood Smokehouse (@MidwoodBBQ) January 11, 2016
– Some jerk stole Ashley Christensen’s smoker (a gift from Nick Pihakis) and here’s how to spot it if you happen to come across one similar
This one has bright red, heavy steel latches on the front that my uncle Marty fabricated and installed after the cooker arrived and we discovered that the existing latches were a little light duty for the hard-core nature of the cooker.
It has a large handle on one side that allows a single person to flip a 200-pound pig (which comes in handy in the middle of the night when all of your whiskey-drinking “assisting” pals have passed out in lawn chairs by the fire barrel). It also has a wood compartment on the trailer, sick-shiny chrome rims, and three chimneys.
– Marie, Let’s Eat! visits Peak Brothers Bar-B-Q in Waverly, KY and has his favorite meal of his Kentucky trip
– In praise of barbecue chicken, the so-called “second fiddle of the barbecue world”, by Robert Moss
– The Panthers are selling a 15-1 burger topped with 15 oz of pulled pork for $15.01 at this weekend’s game (h/t)
– You can earn $1000 and help Home Team BBQ of Charleston by finding and turning in a missing notebook with key information on their upcoming location
$1000 REWARD FOR THE RETURN OF THIS NOTEBOOK. I WILL WRITE A CHECK. PLEASE RETWEET. WOULD BE MUCH OBLIGED. pic.twitter.com/PXJNeGbbet
— Home Team BBQ (@htbbq) January 11, 2016
UPDATE: Use code CTRLZ to get another 10% off until the morning of 11/8
Just in time to start the holiday shopping season, the curated site Huckberry is running a clearance sale of up to 70% and it includes the above 9″ x 12″ pork chart print (sans frame) on sale for $20.98 (down from $35). Would make a good companion piece to the Great NC Barbecue Map poster.
There was a time when if you needed to buy meat you would just head down to your local butcher and see what he had freshly cut up The man in the white apron could tell you about the local farm where the pig was raised and make a recommendation for what you wanted to prepare. Inspired by an old-fashioned butchers chart, this letterpress print reminds us that knowing the different cuts of pork can help determine the best selection for a dish, cooking method or flavor profile.
Features
- Individually rolled letterpress print
- Made with custom plates for a deep, crisp imprint
- Duplexed with a second sheet to create a 220lb finish
- Original Bearings hand-drawn image
- Frame not included
Link (Not a member of Huckberry? Feel free to join via my link to get access.)
–Monk