Linkdown: 9/18/13

– Another week, another top 10 barbecue list, albeit one that doesn’t include a NC joint but instead features a California restaurant that cooks “Carolina pulled pork” 

Queen City Q is one of 9,000 restaurants participating in No Kid Hungry; read details here

– Here’s what it’s like to be a barbecue judge (via)

– Catawba County EMS is holding its annual barbecue and chili cook-off, “Butts-N-Beans,” on October 5 in Vale

– Dickey’s Barbecue opens its Ballantyne location in Charlotte this Saturday (fart noise)

– A Wake Forest man is hoping to get his barbecue sauce made through a Lifetime reality competition called “Supermarket Superstar”

– Watch The Salt Lick this Wednesday: