– A review of Archibald’s Barbecue in Northport, AL with the choice quote “Itâs painful when a giant falters.”
– Bon Apetit interviews Johnny Fugitt about his book, “The 100 Best Barbecue Restaurants in America”
– Daniel Vaughn on the growth of Texas BBQ (as well as barbecue in general); that article also links to this great interactive infographic from the food service marketing research company who provided him data, CHD Expert
– EDIA Maps, Inc (behind The Great NC BBQ Map and the upcoming NC Beer Map) get the Charlotte Agenda interview treatment about creating physical maps in a digital world
But the biggest difference between print and digital is the physicality and the connection to a tangible object. You canât hang a phone app or website on your wall and stick pins in it to mark all the places youâve visited. You can stand in front of a map and look and remember and plan and dream. Our maps also create a sense of community, something we had never imagined before making them. We live in a world that oftentimes feels so detached, and maps are visible things you hold in your hands that someone sees, and it sparks a conversation over a commonality. People want to know where youâre going and where youâve been and what you thought of it. Maps arenât just guides; theyâre memorabilia too â beautiful trip mementos that become part of your home and take you back to an adventure you had or a wonderful time making memories with people you love. They touch something deep within â a nostalgia and a wanderlust.
– Thrillist’s list of best barbecue by region
– Grant tries mutton in the latest barbecue review from Marie, Let’s Eat!
– The Tasting Table with five barbecue myths that need busting
– More on the use of the word “barbecue” and how the word caught on in the northeast in the early part of the century when they really meant “grilling”
Southerners werenât too keen on this new definition for one of their favorite words. âMany Georgia epicures insist that this is an insult to the honorable name of barbecue,â Rufus Jarman wrote in The Saturday Evening Post in 1954. âYou cannot barbecue hamburgers, roasting ears, potatoes, onions, tomatoes, or salami, and it is a shame and a disgrace to mention barbecue in connection with such foolishness.â
– On barbecue and religion in NCÂ by way of Dickie Do’s in Haw River, from the bluegrass blog The Bluegrass Situation
– The Charleston Brown Water Society BBQ Invitational took place this past Sunday and had some famous guests
Pitmasters Sam Jones and Rodney Scott were at Sundayâs second annual Charleston Brown Water Society’s Summer Invitational BBQ, but they weren’t working the pits. No, they both drove multiple hours from their respective homes just to eat and visit. Thatâs how good the barbecue was.
Teams from Illinois’ 17th Street Barbecue, Tennessee’s Martinâs Bar-B-Que Joint, and Charleston’s own Home Team BBQ stayed up all night Saturday smoking meat and fighting mosquitos at the Holy City Brewing compound on Dorchester Road. They offered up their labors to more than 300 guests (including Jones and Scott) who lined up the next day in the hot afternoon sun to check in.
– Because why not: