22 – The Rodney Scott and Eric Church Joint Venture Edition

December 7, 2022December 6, 2022 / Barbecue Bros / 2 Comments

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Monk: Country music star (and NC native) Eric Church has shared the first digital renderings of Chief’s, his upcoming venture with Rodney Scott. Not content to have just a honky tonk joint with great whole hog barbecue, the building will also house a studio for live broadcasts (such as Church’s SiriusXM show).

Chief’s will open in downtown Nashville in 2023.

Native News

More pink barbecue merchandise now available at Clyde Cooper’s in Raleigh

A short profile on Buxton Hall Barbecue‘s executive chef Nick

The Cheef will be at Oskar Blues Brevard’s 10th anniversary party this coming weekend serving tacos and sandwiches

Midwood Smokehouse, Mac’s Speed Shop, and Noble Smoke are options in Charlotte to bypass Christmas cooking

Take it easy over the holidays and let a local restaurant help you out. https://t.co/B3ke6DOICO
— CharlotteFive (@CharlotteFive) December 6, 2022

Midwood Smokehouse‘s upcoming Raleigh location will be more Tex-Mex

Non-Native News

Hogs for the Cause announces its 2023 lineup

Here we go #NOLA! Hogs 2023 is comin' in HOT. Hear that sizzle? Get limited early bird tickets here » https://t.co/nfaJD7JQmn #Hogs2023 #LetsParty pic.twitter.com/3wFJHQHDzP
— Hogs For The Cause (@Hogs4TheCause) December 6, 2022

Barbecue historian Joe Haynes has a new barbecue book out, just in time for the holidays

Did you know the misunderstood claim that #barbecuing is a Caribbean way of cooking was first made by a man who despised barbecuing & had never visited the Caribbean?

Read the details in “From Barbycu to Barbecue” available for pre-order now.https://t.co/Ki4U1OIRN1
— Joe Haynes (@OCBarbecue) December 5, 2022

John Turner’s been making the rounds at your favorite places in Texas:

City Market in Luling

Smitty’s Market in Lockhart

Terry Black’s in Austin

Valentina’s in Austin

Pinkerton’s in Houston

And finally, Vera’s Backyard Bar-B-Que in Brownsville

Defining east vs central Texas barbecue, Open AI chat bot style

I asked the @OpenAI chat robot about the difference between East and Central Texas-style barbecue. Not bad but it's still got a ways to go. #houbbq pic.twitter.com/2cgvqwKWsX
— J.C. Reid (@jcreidtx) December 5, 2022

Linkdown: 4/1/20

April 1, 2020March 30, 2020 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

With the recent return to curbside service as a result of social distancing, Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge returns to its roots of carhops

Last week’s Smoke Sheet examined how barbecue joints are adapting to Covid-19

In today's issue, we look closely at how #BBQ joints across the country are continuing to adapt to #coronavirus, including @17thstreetbbq, @TejasChocolate, @foxbrosbarbq, & @PlowboysBBQ. Plus, we highlight ways you can help your favorite joints now & more: https://t.co/VBzUCrh96z pic.twitter.com/7wFD3l6rKQ
— The Smoke Sheet (@thesmokesheet) March 25, 2020

Horn Barbecue in Oakland is raising money to help feed the community during covid-19

Worthy event going down near me. A local business trying to help people! @HornBarbecue https://t.co/ypnkrzvyRv
— Marcus Thompson II (@ThompsonScribe) March 25, 2020

Josh Bowen of John Brown Smokehouse is raising money for ER workers in NYC

https://t.co/uuDbeTIjEw
— John Brown BBQ (@JohnBrownSmoke) March 29, 2020

Neil McClure of McCure’s Barbecue and the Deswine Intervention competition team smoked barbecue for Children’s Hospital workers last weekend in New Orleans

The Memphis in May World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest has been rescheduled to Sept 30-Oct 3

The 2020 Memphis in May International Festival is moving to the fall! Revel in our music, BBQ and fitness events &make the switch with us for the first time in our organization’s history. Tom Lee Park is the place to be this October!@BealeStMusicFes | @GARiverRun | #WCBCC20 pic.twitter.com/DUGA8BpOhG
— Memphis in May (@memphisinmay) March 27, 2020

There is no ‘I’ in barbecue

Just a reminder that when you patronize your local barbecue joint you're not just supporting the owners/pitmasters: there's a whole eco-system that keeps them supplied & operating. To make barbecue, it takes a team. My latest for the @HoustonChron #HouBBQ https://t.co/TfmJQrNFa7
— J.C. Reid (@jcreidtx) March 29, 2020

Johnson Family Barbecue in Durham had a recent incident with a Postmates driver and the owner Wayne Johnson has made things worse by responding to negative Yelp reviews with racist and inflammatory language

The death of barbecue hash was perhaps premature, writes Robert Moss for Southern Living

The reports of the death of hash and rice are greatly exaggerated. @buxtonhall @bscracklinbbq @htbbq @swig_swine @MelvinsBBQ @PoogansSmkHouse @SmokyOakTaproom & @DestinationBBQ are witnesses for the defense. https://t.co/qBvmR7sFik #bbq #eatbbq #hashandrice
— Robert F. Moss (@mossr) March 27, 2020

Pinkerton’s BBQ owner Grant Pinkerton is interviewed by The Andy Staple Show on The Athletic and discusses how his staff are dealing with Covid-19

🎙The @Andy_Staples Show is supporting local restaurants.

🍖Grant Pinkerton, owner of Pinkerton's BBQ in Houston, shares how he and his staff are dealing with #COVID19. The guys talk sauce, menu choices & the #Texas Longhorns

Full Episode 🎧: https://t.co/8znSW61zni pic.twitter.com/QboPXG4RfI
— The Athletic CFB (@TheAthleticCFB) March 30, 2020

Uncorked is a new Netflix movie set in a Memphis barbecue restaurant that serves…brisket?

What do wine, barbeque, Niecy Nash, Courtney B. Vance and Mamoudou Athie have in common? Uncorked. Only on Netflix. #UncorkedMovie pic.twitter.com/lE5yuCYTSW
— NetflixFilm (@NetflixFilm) March 27, 2020

WILBER’S BACK (soon)

At a time when there is so much uncertainty for the restaurants we love, I’m comforted to know this one will re-open 🙏

Getting excited to have @wilbersbbq back in business later this Spring!

Follow to see how much work they’re putting in to restore it to its glory days 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Um7Ft3fbYf
— Jennifer Noble Kelly (@jennoblekelly) March 24, 2020

Linkdown: 11/22/17

November 22, 2017July 14, 2019 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

– Big news!

Jim Noble has finally found a spot for his long-awaited barbecue restaurant. And there’s a surprise (maybe) for Charlotte brewing fans. https://t.co/Tqn9ddmGpB

— Kathleen Purvis (@kathleenpurvis) November 16, 2017

– More coverage on Noble Smoke from the Charlotte Business Journal

– The LA Times has an easy guide to pairing beer with barbecue

– Re-opened yesterday

Just in time for Thanksgiving!!!! pic.twitter.com/LTHPjc4JlW

— aaron franklin (@bbqfranklin) November 16, 2017

– A Texas man is the first pitmaster to make Forbes’ 30 Under 30 list

– More coverage from TMBBQ on Grant Pinkerton

– An Austin rag “takes the temperature” of the barbecue scene in Brooklyn and with one exception finds that it doesn’t quite add up to Austin

– Everyone has a dark past, and NC barbecue is certainly no different; it had a beef phase

NC BBQ hasn’t always been pork-centric. Dale Volberg Reed turned up this great clip from Rockingham NC in 1919 (Her husband John Shelton Reed notes it’s from “before we got hogmatic”) pic.twitter.com/PKZKPvjApq

— Robert Moss (@mossr) November 17, 2017

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