Linkdown: 5/6/20

May 6, 2020May 5, 2020 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

Prime Barbecue in Knightdale officially opened its doors Tuesday, 5/5, and you can pre-order your food on its website 48 hours in advance of your desired pickup

Raleigh’s Ole Time Barbecue is doing a few new things during the pandemic including donating eggs from their personal chicken coop, preparing meals for frontline workers and running their $5 ‘pay it forward’ program that customers can donate to

Barbecue restaurateurs in Southern Illinois have come together to feed frontline medical workers

In a rare bit of good COVID-19 news, Portland’s Smokehouse Tavern back

Smokehouse Tavern will come back to its original home in the Delores space with delivery and takeout service https://t.co/aWUCgITKJ4
— Eater PDX (@eaterpdx) April 28, 2020

Clark’s Barbecue in Kernersville, NC is one of likely many barbecue restaurants experiencing meat shortages

Evan LeRoy of LeRoy and Lewis Barbecue has started his own barbecue podcast, the New School BBQ Podcast

First episode of the New School BBQ Podcast is live on Soundcloud!https://t.co/j75wh2Otf9
— Evan LeRoy (@evanleroy) May 4, 2020

Congrats to Hanna Raskin of the Charleston Post and Courier for winning the Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award from the James Beard Foundation

Jonathan Gold Local Voice Award: @hannaraskin for @postandcourier, @DearDara for @mspmag, and @robertsietsema for @EaterNY #jbfa
— James Beard Foundation (@beardfoundation) May 4, 2020

If you haven’t watched the “How Do You ‘Cue” Episode of “Somewhere South”, do yourself a favor and check it out, particularly the Florida section on smoked mullet

Just watched this excellent BBQ episode this morning from @chefsouth. Covers BBQ in the Carolinas, TN, TX, and FL. The scenes from the smoked mullet contest in FL were hilarious. It seemed like the cast of characters were handpicked by @edsbs https://t.co/uj2IXhdAWf
— Daniel Vaughn (@BBQsnob) May 3, 2020

Mail Order Barbecue Options in North and South Carolina

April 27, 2020April 26, 2020 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

Monk: Previously on the blog, I’ve featured how to order takeout from our favorite places in Charlotte, the western part of the state, and the eastern part of the state. But perhaps you don’t live in NC and can’t easily get to any place I featured in those lists. Here’s a list of the barbecue places in North Carolina (and South Carolina for reasons that will become obvious) that will mail order barbecue to you. Unfortunately, it is not a big list, and I can’t personally vouch for any of the NC restaurants. So take that for what you will.

Have I missed any place out there? Email us at barbecuebros@gmail.com or leave a comment below.

North Carolina

Kings BBQ (Kinston)
Link to order online
Our review

Morris Barbeque (Hookerton)
Link to order online

Parker’s Barbecue (Greenville, not Wilson)
Link to order online

White Swan BBQ (various locations in Eastern NC)
Link to order online

South Carolina

Caroline’s BBQ (Spartanburg)
Link to order online

Lewis Barbecue (Charleston)
Link to order online
Our reviews: Monk, Speedy

Maurice’s Piggie Park (Various locations around Columbia)
Link to order online
Our review
Bonus: Here’s an excellent article from Kathleen Purvis entitled “Can a S.C. barbecue family rise above ther father’s history of racism?”

Have I missed any place out there? Email us at barbecuebros@gmail.com or leave a comment below.

Friday Find: Hannah Raskin Discusses Barbecue Hash on SouthBound

April 10, 2020March 31, 2020 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

New SouthBound is up! Today's guest is @hannaraskin, food writer for the @postandcourier. There's a little bit of virus talk, but mostly we talk about barbecue and grits and other wonderful things. Maybe a little escape on a Wednesday morning.https://t.co/jHPMjv4Iey
— Tommy Tomlinson (@tommytomlinson) March 18, 2020

Charleston Post and Courier food critic and reporter Hanna Raskin joins Tommy Tomlinson’s SouthBound podcast. The conversation kicks off for the first 7 or so minutes discussing her feature from February on barbecue hash before moving on to a variety of things food and food criticism-related, including her recent article on Myrtle Beach buffets in the age of coronavirus.

Linkdown: 1/29/20

January 29, 2020January 29, 2020 / Barbecue Bros / 3 Comments

RIP to another classic NC barbecue joint: Hill’s Lexington Barbecue in Winston-Salem has closed after 68(!!) years

Prime BBQ will finally open this March in Knightdale

Pitmaster and owner Christopher Prieto originally broke ground for the restaurant in May of 2018, but delays have kept the restaurant from opening its doors until this spring. https://t.co/aHkGKB50IH
— INDY Week (@indyweek) January 28, 2020

A decent list from Big 7 Travel of the 25 best barbecue places in NC, but there are also some head scratchers

Texans are starting to go whole hog for…well, you know

Texans can only smoke brisket, you say? We’ve got a handle on whole hog too. https://t.co/i3ET50EzMF
— TMBBQ (@tmbbq) January 22, 2020

Barbecue historian Robert Moss digs deep to find out where the idea of “pulled pork” came from when most pork barbecue (aka “barbecue”) is chopped in the Carolinas

Now up for @Southern_Living, How Pulled Pork Took Over the South. Yes, I call pulled pork a new invasive BBQ species. https://t.co/icgdK53jvv #bbq #eatbbq
— Robert Moss (@mossr) January 22, 2020

RIP Woody Phillips of Woody’s Bar-B-Que in LA

The late Woody Phillips developed a signature smoky flavor and sauce is well-known throughout Los Angeles, and appreciated by generations of locals https://t.co/ZwfMcYFuQY pic.twitter.com/rlRvOk1xLD
— Eater LA (@eaterla) January 23, 2020

Condé Nast Traveler with their list of favorite Austin barbecue joints

Don’t mess with Texas barbecue. https://t.co/ezUsyTjyNg
— Condé Nast Traveler (@CNTraveler) January 15, 2020

Always worth revisiting this gem from Our State Magazine

B’s Barbecue is one of the most storied #barbecue joints in the state. https://t.co/GqAyndDszH
— Our State Magazine (@ourstatemag) January 22, 2020

A few of Charleston’s less-heralded barbecue joints have closed: Smoke BBQ and Black Wood Smokehouse

Is Charleston’s massive barbecue bubble shrinking? https://t.co/QojpDsLVHD pic.twitter.com/OXc7u9cbGJ
— Eater Charleston (@EaterCHS) January 28, 2020

Smoking wings for the big game? Jess Pryles has you covered

If you're wondering what you're cooking for Sunday, it's these smoked wings: https://t.co/gCqQEBBivG pic.twitter.com/qswBhFwUFj
— Jess Pryles (@jesspryles) January 28, 2020