Monk: Trey’s Chow Down is hosted by “celebrity food judge and TV host Trey Chapman from Fort Worth Texas” and they made a recent stop at Fork Grove Barbecue in Anderson, SC.
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Linkdown: 5/17/23 – The Day After National BBQ Day Edition
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Monk: Garren’s turning 40 in late June and throwing a heckuva party at Jon G’s! The Jon G’s Jubilee will bring in town Jake Wood of Lawrence Barbecue in Durham as well as the N. Sea Oyster Co from the Topsail Beach area. Charlotte’s Divine Barrel Brewing will provide the beer with ice cream from Wadesboro’s Brown Creek Creamery, who Jon G’s uses for cheeses in their sausages. Tickets will surely go fast for this so if interested, I’d recommend you act quickly.
Ticket info here
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Hubba Hubba Smokehouse has opened for the season; they close each winter and reopen during the spring
Elliot Moss’s Little Louie’s continues to play with smoked meats
Southern Smoke’s Matthew Register is one of the chefs who weigh in on “Boat Chicken”
A belated Happy National Barbecue Day
Non-Native News
Fork Grove BBQ will open this weekend in Anderson
Hector Garate of Palmira BBQ is heading back to Texas for another collab, this time with Khoi Barbecue on May 21
The Memphis in May Barbecue Fest starts this week; here are 10 teams to watch for
How to trim a brisket, by Jess Pryles
Linkdown: 4/5/23 – The Carolinas Edition
Monk: An all-Carolinas linkdown this week
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Shepard Barbecue is heading to the Flavortown Festival after getting a boost from Triple D
Laurinburg will host the “Suds and Swine” whole hog competition in mid-April
Green River BBQ in Saluda has recently changed ownership, with the new owners stating they have “big plans”
Non-Native News
Beautiful South will be popping-up every Thursday at Lewis Barbecue in Charleston serving southern Chinese food
Fork Grove BBQ in Anderson, SC will soon be a brick and mortar
Palmira BBQ shares an update
John Tanner hits a quartet of barbecue restaurants in SC, starting with Melvin’s BBQ in Mount Pleasant
…at Swig & Swine, the pork belly was even better than the pork, which was “worthy of a ‘wow'”
…at Bessinger’s Barbecue, the hash has a “deep and satisfying flavor”
…finally, the hash and rice at True BBQ in West Columbia is “flat good”