King BBQ from the owners of Jackrabbit Filly will offer “Chinese-style barbecue with a heavy influence of North Carolina”
This sounds promising: Shuai & Corrie Wang of Jackrabbit Filly working on King BBQ for early 2023: "The concept is more Chinese-style barbecue with a heavy influence of North Carolina, so mustard and vinegar ’cue.” via @parkermilner_@postandcourierhttps://t.co/x5MLbevKv0
World of Flavor with Big Moe Cason premiered on National Geographic this past Monday and the first episode takes place in Charleston and features visits to Rodney Scott’s BBQ and Lewis Barbecue as well as Moe cooking at last year’s Holy Smokes BBQ Festival
Monk: The Charlotte barbecue scene, along with the entire restaurant industry, remains in flux. Longtime Belmont staple Buddy’s BBQ closed in February after 25 years. A second location of Noble Smoke opened in Optimist Hall. The Carolina Barbecue Festival was announced for May and has a chance to put Charlotte on the map. However, no barbecue boom appears on the horizon for Charlotte anytime soon. Here’s a roundup of news from the past 3 months.
January
1/2 Big Tiny’s BBQ expands its hours in the new year
1/3 By popular demand the pizza collab by Jon G’s Barbecue and Salud continued into January
1/4 Noble Smoke is the only barbecue restaurant on Charlotte Magazine’s annual list of the 50 best restaurants in Charlotte
1/21 A fun story from Charlotte Magazine on how Chapel Hill-born fashion designer Alexander Julian got paid in barbecue for designing the original Charlotte Hornets jerseys
February
2/7 Buddy’s BBQ in Belmont closed after 25 years
2/9 Cornelius-based Barvecue has raised $600 million thus far
2/23 Lewis Donald of Sweet Lew’s BBQ announces the Carolina Barbecue Festival to be held May 22 at Camp North End in Charlotte
2/27 Congrats to Garren and Kelly from Jon G’s, who 2 years ago on this date closed on the former Barbee’s Barbecue location, which they would open in June 2020 just a few months into the pandemic
March
3/12 Actor Eric Wareheim made it all the way from LA to Jon G’s Barbecue for a Barbecue Saturday
3/22 Noble Smoke is involved in a bit of controversy when a miscommunication between its landlord and a neighboring business kicks off a brouhaha
The business is Good Life at Enderly Park owned by Robbie McNair, who's also the creator of the new Babe Cave you've heard so much about. https://t.co/zmgIBYSSje
The 37th Annual Pigskin Pig-Out will take place April 8-9 and “will again feature a weekend of barbecue with the famous pig cookin’ contest, tailgating with friends and family, 1st Annual Pigskin Car Show, live music and carnival fun for all ages”
Dates and other specifics have been released about the Great Pirate Purple/Gold Pigskin Pig-Out Party, which is returning and scheduled for April 8-9 in Greenville. https://t.co/xZwtwFgFpJ
No, hushpuppies didn't get their funny name from cooking throwing fried cornmeal to barking dogs to make them hush. @mossr has the real story of this the iconic born-in-the-Carolinas treat originally known as red horse bread.https://t.co/rasL2wUhzy
Cobos Que bringing the heat: brisket boudin mac-and-cheese quesadillla
The @CobosQue 💥brisket boudin mac-and-cheese quesadilla💥 is pure (and maniacal) Houston genius. I shall hear no arguments to the contrary. https://t.co/2QsVs8ysVV via @houstonchron
Pitmasters have long used trimmings for sausage, but burgers—smoked and griddled—are easier ways to make the most out of expensive brisket. https://t.co/HTLhmoKxIg
Barbecue historian Robert Moss’ latest book is on the lost southern chefs
It's official: The Lost Southern Chefs, almost six years after I first pitched the idea to the University of Georgia Press, is now published and available! https://t.co/wWuy47IV7w
Huge donation from Hogs for the Cause to Our Lady of the Lake
HUGE DAY FOR HOGS! $500,000 given to @ololhealth in Baton Rouge to kickstart our second Hogs House. The on-campus housing will provide a place to stay for families being treated at the hospital. You helped make this happen, but there’s so much more left to do! pic.twitter.com/CEi2btzACc
Monk: If there was an overarching theme for Charlotte barbecue the past three months, it would be expansion. In the second quarter roundup, I had hoped for new concepts and expansion. While we didn’t necessarily get new concepts (yet), we did get quite a bit in the way of expansion. Mac’s Speed Shop, Midwood Smokehouse, and Noble Smoke all announced new locations, (although only one of which is in Charlotte), and rumor has it another Charlotte barbecue joint may be expanding as well.
Not to mention, Phar Mill Brewing in Harrisburg expanded in a slightly different way. Pharr Mill BBQ is utilizing a Jon G’s barbecue pit and they typically serve some combination of brisket, ribs, and pork Thursdays through Saturdays.
July
7/3 Pharr Mill BBQ starts smoking on their Jon G’s barbecue pit at Phar Mill Brewery in Harrisburg
7/31 Charlotte-raised Bryan Furman returns to Charlotte and brings his Bryan Furman BBQ pop-up to Sweet Lew’s BBQ
August
8/9 In a nice nod to its employees, all Mac’s Speed Shop locations closed for the day to fight employee burnout
“Our people have been going way above and beyond to make our carry-out, eat-in and delivery business grow by leaps and bounds”… “I’ve never seen a team so dedicated to bringing fun and good food back into the lives of people pent-up by the pandemic.”
Mac’s President Shang Skipper
8/10 Sweet Lew’s Barbeque introduces the “Carolinas Frito Pie”: Carolina bbq hash, warm pimento cheese and jalapeños
8/14 Mac’s Speed Shop is expanding to Fort Mill
“This is a location we think is a little underserved for what we do at Mac’s. We think it will do well," says Shang Skipper, president of Mac's Hospitality Group. That barbecue joint should open in Fort Mill in 2022. https://t.co/26FOJtjNIj
9/10 Barvecue, the wood-smoked plan-based barbecue company out of Cornelius, is rolling out to 12 colleges and universities and just signed a deal with Sprouts Farmers Market
On Aug. 30, Barvecue, a Cornelius company that makes wood-smoked plant-based barbecue, announced their expansion into 360 Sprouts Farmers Market locations. The move follows last winter's news that it will open the world’s largest plant-based smokehouse. https://t.co/T3OH8Ad3au
9/9 Jon G’s Barbecue make this list of “Best New Barbecue Joints in the South” from Southern Living
I got out this summer and ate a lot of really good barbecue for @Southern_Living, and much of it was at restaurants that opened since 2020 began. Here are my picks for the Best New BBQ Joints in the South https://t.co/nwm8zrykCG
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