The Smoke Pit is one of the recommended places to eat when in Concord just north of Charlotte
The best barbecue places in Eastern NC according to WNCT’s analysis of TripAdvisor data
😋🐷🔥: TripAdvisor recently released the top BBQ joints in the big cities in NC. Here's the ENC version with many of the delightful places we visit all the time. See who made the list. https://t.co/Q195mzzDzU
Get tickets to the Carolina BBQ Festival while you can
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The first in a series of articles from the great Hanna Raskin leading up to the Southern Foodways Alliance Fall Symposium on Barbecue. Can’t wait to read the rest.
John Lewis has brought “border food” to the lowcountry with Rancho Luis
John Lewis is a native Texan who took his barbecue skills to Charleston. Now he's introducing the city to the border food particular to El Paso. https://t.co/AHuV5kKpTN
The famed Tootsie Tomanetz of Snow’s BBQ celebrated her 87th birthday last Thursday
Happy 87th birthday to the Queen of BBQ, Tootsie Tomanetz. This photo is from last year, which means it’s been too long since I’ve been to @snowsbbq. 📸 by Wyatt McSpadden. pic.twitter.com/uVW882URwz
Tootsie Tomanetz of @snowsbbq turns 87 years young today! Happy birthday to the unrivaled Queen of Texas Barbecue! Long may she reign. (That's the Texanist's friend Judy Whalen, another fine human being, on Tootsie's left.) pic.twitter.com/b2Qg29TScE
North Carolina has lost another classic barbecue joint; Smiley’s Lexington BBQ officially closed this past weekend as a result of the NC DOT widening of Winston Road. Restaurant owner Steve Yountz and his wife, Tena, have no official plans to relocate the restaurant as of now but are not ruling it out either, depending on how much money they get from the state. For now, they are going to take some time to evaluate their options.
The building housing Smiley’s has been a barbecue restaurant for over 70 years and according to Yountz, ““It’s the oldest pit-cooking restaurant in Lexington. We’re still using the original pits.” Before Yountz opened Smiley’s in 2002, it operated as Southern Barbecue from 1963 to 1998 and started as Dan’s in the 1950’s.
This NC DOT project, first announced in 2018 and not set to begin until July 2023, actually has two victims as Speedy’s Barbecue the next block over is also closing due to the road widening.
Through the Preserve the Pit fellowship, Ron Simmons of Master Blend Farms in Kenansville was able to add 56 acres to his family farm and add barbecue catering as a side gig
Congrats to Garren and Kelly from Jon G’s, who 2 years ago on Sunday closed on the former Barbee’s Barbecue location, which they would open in June 2020 just a few months into the pandemic
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Texas barbecue James Beard semifinalists
Congrats to Damien Brockway of Distant Relatives, Quy Hoang of Blood Bros BBQ, Esaul Ramos of 2M Smokehouse, and Ernest Servantes & David Kirkland of Burnt Bean Co. for being named James Beard semifinalists for best chef (Texas). TX BBQ, baby! https://t.co/WFnGUkHJc7
Should we call this the Memphis Airport Barbecue Challenge?
Here's the challenge: I have limited carry-on luggage space and 4 gallon-sized freezer bags to fill with #barbecue before I go to the #Memphis airport. Where should I go and what should I get?
Monk: Back for another year is our annual holiday gift guide. For you or the barbecue-obsessed person in your life, these are some of the best gifts available whether it be sauces or rubs or books or shirts.
The Barbecue Festival in Lexington announces its 2022 date: October 22, 2022. For the second year in a row, it was cancelled due to staff shortages and safety concerns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In normal times, The Barbecue Festival is the region’s largest one-day street festival and draws near 100,000 people every year.
The Mallard Creek Barbecue, which usually takes place the Thursday before The Barbecue Festival, also cancelled for the second year in a row earlier this year. It 91st edition will hopefully take place the fourth Thursday of October in 2022.
Other festivals are able to take place, such as euphoria Greenville last weekend and the inaugural Holy Smokes Barbecue Festival in November. Just a reminder that while things are in some ways better than 2020, we may still be between 6-12 months away from true normalcy.
Lawrence Ellis, son of legendary Bill Ellis and owner of longtime Wilson restaurant Marty’s BBQ, passed away last week
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JL’s Southwest Brisket Burgers, the newish trailer at Lewis Barbecue in Charleston that replaced Juan Luis, gets a pop-in from Southeastern Dispatch
Quick Bite: the green Hatch chile cheeseburger from the new JL’s Southwest Brisket Burgers at Lewis Barbecue delivers a big burst of flavor from a small adobe trailer. https://t.co/ggVVjM6GHJ
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