I won’t even sell someone a barbecue unless they get coleslaw. If they want a barbecue and they don’t want coleslaw, there’s something wrong with that person. It all goes together.
Wilber Shirley, owner of Wilber’s Barbecue in Goldsboro (source)
In honor of Barbecue Rankings stop by Wilber’s, I figured this was as good a time for this quote as any.
Fire Smoke & Flavor BBQ Tour with Michael & Bryan Voltaggio: North Carolina
The Voltaggio bros stop by Wilber’s in Goldsboro as part of a barbecue tour sponsored by Williams-Sonoma. Speaking of which…
Hey, Restoration Hardware/Crate and Barrel/Target/whoever, how about you fund the Barbecue Bros official barbecue road trip? It’ll be super awesome, we promise.
-Monk
– Ed Mitchell disciple Tyson Ho is opening a “whole hog and beer hall” in East Williamsburg this summer that will specialize in “communal pig picking-style dining with swine they’ll smoke on-site”
– Ho will be using whole hogs from Chesire Pork Heritage Farms in Goldsboro, NC
– After Rodney Scott’s successful tour of the southeast, he headed out to San Francisco this past Sunday
– Jimmy Kimmel and Guillermo went on an Austin barbecue tour this past weekend
– A Washington Post writer’s “imperfect romance” with a barbecue smoker
My smoker keeps me up at night, which, frankly, is the least of my concerns about the rickety old Brinkmann that lives in our back yard, rain, shine or Snowmageddon.
– The three brothers behind Mighty Quinn’s BBQ
– Speaking of bros, we were fortunate enough to get a shoutout from Big Wayner’s latest Five for Friday. Thanks Wayne!
– True ‘Cue delivered certifications to a few Piedmont joints this past weekend
Delivered certifications to Red @Red_Bridges_BBQ and Kyle Fletcher’s BBQ today, and the Red Pig and Carolina Bar-B-Q yesterday.
— True ‘Cue (@TrueCueBBQ)
– Dispatches from Rodney Scott’s latest tour stops in Atlanta, Nashville, and Oxford (photo below) and a preview of New Orleans (which has been moved to tomorrow)
Come by and show some love for @rodneyscottbbq get your cue on! pic.twitter.com/QcSPYUr3dd
— Lamar Lounge (@LamarLounge)
– The naming rights for grills in to Rodney Scott’s to-be built smokehouse are available for $5,000
– Aaron Franklin is getting his own tv show which will begin airing in 2015
– TMBBQ’s history of smoked brisket
– February’s featured barbecue restaurant in Our State magazine is McCall’s Bar-B-Que in Goldsboro
– And January’s Carolina ‘Cue restaurant was Stephenson’s Barbecue in Willow Spring, NC
“A lot of people say whole hog is the only kind of barbecue, but people nowadays want leaner meat,” Andy says. “Also, it cuts down on the grease in the pit. Ain’t nothing so nasty as a pig fire.”
– In case you missed it, True ‘Cue has been redesigned and has an updated list of NC restaurants cooking barbecue the right way; we are definitely digging this project