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Kevin’s BBQ Joints out here again doing yeoman’s work. This time, he reached out to 158 restaurants (4 were added since this Tweet) across the country to get what a best first order would look like. From North Carolina, Black Powder Smokehouse in Jamestown, Lawrence Barbecue in Raleigh, Longleaf Swine in Raleigh, Noble Smoke in Charlotte, Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge in Shelby, Southern Smoke in Garland. Naturally, Texas represents a large portion of the list and a separate “Texas-only” list is located here.
Native News
Wilber Shirley is celebrated on the UNC Press Blog by reposting his interview with John Shelton Reed and his late wife Dale Volberg Reed from “Holy Smoke: The Big Book of NC Barbecue”
D.G Martin also remembers Wilber Shirley and thanks Wilber’s and other community-based restaurants for their hospitality in addition to their food
Smoke Show BBQ will be doing another pop-up at Crown Station in Charlotte
Jon G’s gets in the pit fabrication game
Non-Native News
Less than a week until Black Smoke comes out
John Tanner gets a dispatch on Salvage Barbecue from his “Senior South Portland (Maine) Correspondents”
Smoked wings are a big hit in Columbia
The Riverdale Park, MD-based 2Fifty Texas BBQ is opening up a D.C. location
Vegan Mob was started in 2019