Pigstock BBQ Competition and Bluegrass Festival is this upcoming weekend at Shooting Star Horse Farm in Greensboro
Butts-N-Such opened last weekend in the former A&G Barbecue & Chicken in Carolina Beach
Jon G’s featured in QC Exclusive
Holiday pre-orders are live
Mustard-sauce barbecue and hash and rice are two iconic Midlands SC dishes
The Fox brothers of Fox Bros Bar-B-Q in Atlanta are originally from the Houston area
Gift guides are coming
After taking the summer off to recap Food Network’s BBQ Brawl, we’re back with our weekly rundown of barbecue news. We start by first celebrating the fantastic folks over at Bar-B-Q King in Lincolnton, who we featured on the blog earlier this week ahead of their big 50th anniversary coming up September 1.
At the risk of repeating myself, its fantastic to be celebrating a milestone in longevity as opposed to mourning the closing of yet another classic NC barbecue joint, which Kathleen Purvis so eloquently did in a story for Garden & Gun in 2019 (third link). Let’s hope it continues to be more of the former and less of the latter.
The Charlotte Observer covers Bar-B-Q King’s upcoming 50th anniversary
…as does WBTV who had owners Steve and Keith on TV
..which is a nice contrast from this story from Kathleen Purvis originally from 2 years ago
Buxton Hall Barbecue reopened last week with brisket on the menu (but thankfully keeping whole hog on as well)
Southern Smoke BBQ is collaborating with Wilmington’s Flying Machine Brewing Company on an upcoming beer
Mac’s Speed Shop is expanding to Fort Mill
Cheerwine has some thoughts
After founder Jim Early’s passing earlier this year, the North Carolina Barbecue Society plans to keep things moving
Congrats to Fox Bros Bar-B-Q on 14 years!
Jiyeon Lee of Heirloom Market BBQ discusses their Korean-influenced sides
John Tanner checks in at The Federalist Pig in DC, whose upcoming Hyattsville location will smoke with all wood
Both Martin’s and Peg Leg Porker make this diary of Nick Solares
Eddie Jackson describes Flay as a “mentor” and “great friend” after working with him on BBQ Brawl
Speaking of BBQ Brawl, ICYMI from last week
In his latest issue of The Cue Sheet, Robert Moss examines the ten best college cities or towns to attend according to nearby barbecue options. While my alma mater NC State is mentioned as a future possibility once the planned restaurants like Sam Jones BBQ, Wyatt’s Barbecue, and Longleaf Swine open their doors in 2021 (not to mention Prime BBQ in Knightdale that opened this year and the upcoming Ed Mitchell’s The Preserve), several NC towns make the list. Not on the list either is Chapel Hill, primarily due to the loss of Allen & Son last year.
East Carolina University in Greenville has B’s Barbecue, Sam Jones Barbecue and the two Ayden joints nearby (Skylight and Bum’s) and comes in at #9. Surprisingly, Catawba College in Salisbury, NC makes the list just ahead of Greenville due to a couple of joints in town (College Barbecue and Richard’s) plus its proximity to Lexington and its myriad options for barbecue.
That’s it for NC on this list but both Columbia and Charleston appear further down from our neighbors to the south. I won’t spoil the rest of the list, but if you think hard enough you can probably guess which university and city takes the #1 spot on the list.
The Great NC BBQ Map poster is 50% off through today
The Pinehurst Barbecue Festival is planned for September 3-5, 2021
The Bar-B-Q King is one of many COVID-friendly food options in Charlotte for walk-up or drive-thru (or in this case, drive-in)
In NC, barbecue sauce makes a great gift writes Spectrum News
OooWee BBQ has smoked meat by the pound available in take-and-bake meals
Primal BBQ is set to open in Wilmington later this month and will serve a little bit of everything
Longleaf Swine is one barbecue restaurant offering to-go meals in Raleigh
Wish I could attend this socially-distanced pig pickin’ in Durham this weekend
Chicken bog long sleeve tees from Buxton Hall released just in time for last minute Christmas shopping
In perhaps the least surprising news of the week, Tim Carman found better options than the McRib in DC
Even though Pat Mahomes went to college in Texas, he prefers Kansas City barbecue
This smothered tater tots collaboration between Fox Bros Bar-B-Q and Nina and Rafi looks amazing
An American pitmaster living in Hong Kong names the US barbecue restaurants he dreams of going back to some day, including Rodney Scott’s BBQ, Cozy Corner, Franklin Barbecue, and Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ
Pork n’ Pine Santa delivers pulled pork sammies in Baltimore
Killer Mill Scale emergency relief raffle. A $20 ticket can win you the whole she-bang
Fox Bros out of Atlanta is doing a killer raffle of their own with $20 tickets
Kevin’s BBQ Joints has a nationwide list of barbecue joints that are shipping
Hillbilly’s Barbeque & Steaks in Lowell is moving to a new building on South Main Street
Getting excited for Wilber’s return
More on Wilber’s , who will be offering takeout when they open in May assuming social distancing due to coronavirus is still in effect
Is SC hash poised to invade Texas?
What is this sorcery from LeRoy and Lewis?
Speaking of LeRoy and Lewis:
Brett’s Backyard Bar-B-Que in Rockdale, TX with the “Corona Blueprint”
Candidates we can all (mostly) agree on:
This week in memes (for background, here):