– Chef Michael Symon is apparently trying to invent Cleveland-style barbecue
According to Symon, Cleveland-style barbecue will pay homage to the city’s Eastern European population with kielbasa and sauerkraut. As for the meat, it will be smoked over applewood “because of the large amount of apple orchards in northeastern Ohio.” It will also include its own signature style of barbecue sauce. Symon reveals:
“Because ketchup is made in Pittsburgh, we would never serve a tomato-based sauce in Cleveland. Cleveland’s known for its mustard, and I wanted to use that as the base of our sauce. But instead of the classic, Carolina, yellow-mustard BBQ sauce, I’m using Cleveland’s famous brown mustard, Bertman’s.”
– Another week, another list: First We Feast’s 29 Bucket List BBQ Joints for Every Smoked-Meat Connoisseur, though this list has quite the pedigree for its contributors ranging from reknowned pitmasters to barbecue editors to James Beard Award-winning authors
– Food and Wine has 7 tips for the backyard barbecuer including my favorite: pick pork
– Might want to steer clear of Tarheel Q in Lexington for awhile after nearly 100 216 people have gotten sick off their ‘cue; gotta say, with a placed named Tarheel I’m not too surprised
– Franklin Barbecue makes The National Eater 38 for 2015
– Barbecue Rankings read Franklin’s book, and here are the seven best things about it according to him
– Barbecuing on the Fourth of July is an American tradition
– Midwood Smokehouse and 10 Park Lanes makes Fervent Foodie’s list of Best Charlotte Restaurants
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— Mary Cowx (@fervent_foodie) June 24, 2015
– The best barbecue side dishes, according to Southern Living
– Thrillist: 12 of the most important women in barbecue
– This listicle of 10 delicious joints in NC includes a couple of barbecue joints – B’s Barbecue and Lexington #1
– Speedy: look away…now
A Tennessee pit master shares his take on a classic Alabama barbecue sauce. http://t.co/AxzpwRtPIK pic.twitter.com/6HnzIyBQy1
— Garden & Gun (@gardenandgunmag) June 30, 2015
– Spending the day at the North Carolina State Barbecue Championship in Tryon from early June
– A rundown of the barbecue styles you can find in NYC
– Frank Kaminsky: Public Enemy #1
Kaminsky when asked whether he associates barbecue as a food or a style of cooking: “It’s a sauce.”
— David Glenn Show (@DavidGlennShow) June 26, 2015