Monk: The Cuegrass festival, a mix of barbecue, bluegrass, and beer, is back next April in downtown Raleigh. It’s been a few years since I’ve been, but it looks like they’ve moved a few blocks away from in front of The Pit restaurant onto Fayetteville Street. Here were my thoughts from 2019:
Bark Barbecue Café and 2Fifty Texas BBQ mix Texas tradition and hospitality with touches from their Armenian and Salvadoran cultures, respectively. https://t.co/nisGMRyS5x
Monk: In a truly terrible news, the general manager of the Raleigh location of Midwood Smokehouse passed away after being assaulted a few weeks back. Police said David “Davey” Millette, Jr. died Friday, Sept. 1. According to police, Millette was assaulted at 2 a.m. on Aug. 26 in the 500 block of Glenwood Avenue.
Sadly, Millete was just 27 years old and leaves behind his parents, sister, nephews, girlfriend, and an unborn child.
If you’d like to donate, a GoFundMe link has been set up here.
Native News
Our State on The Redneck BBQ Lab in Johnston County
Shepard Barbecue recently raised $7,000 for Hawaii
For the 39th Annual Lexington Barbecue Festival on Oct. 28, NC By Train will make 10 stops, unloading passengers one block from the festival.
NCDOT has announced special train stops for the the N.C. State Fair & the Lexington Barbecue Festival! 🥳🎈
This one was tough. A new Top 10 San Antonio BBQ list without my friend and @ExpressNews colleague @chuck_blount. The smoke goes on forever and the party never ends. Chuck would have wanted it that way. https://t.co/OQm3ehjoxW
An update to the pitmaster lineup at the BBQ World’s Fair as part of the Texas Monthly BBQ Fest
🔥JUST ADDED!🔥 Rosemeyer Bar-B-Q will be joining the lineup at Saturday’s BBQ World's Fair! Don't forget that the BBQ World’s Fair is FREE and open to the public. Come on down to downtown Lockhart to celebrate the big world of BBQ! Learn more: https://t.co/iQHYu1er4Zpic.twitter.com/AtOkQZ3Cek
— Lexington Barbecue Festival (@barbecuefest) August 24, 2023
There’s some very grainy pre-iPhone concert footage available on YouTube.
Here’s some audio of Swift’s song “Tim McGraw”:
Anywho – this year’s edition of the Lexington Barbecue festival will be in downtown Lexington on Saturday, October 28th. Chances that the next Taylor Swift will be playing there this year…?
— Lexington Barbecue Festival (@barbecuefest) August 23, 2023
Native News
Slash from Guns N’ Roses visited Midwood Smokehouse while the band was in Charlotte for a concert
As a PSA, Jon G’s is closed this Saturday
Non-Native News
Maybe Texas barbecue isn’t all that expensive, comparatively-speaking
Why do Texans complain about $30/lb brisket but happily shell out up to $80/lb for fajitas? Here are some thoughts and reasons why that brisket price is an incredible deal. (free link) #houbbqhttps://t.co/8WIdgXw4fl
Monk: A few highlights from this past weekend’s Southern Foodways Alliance Fall Symposium where the focus was on barbecue: “questions about what barbecue is, who makes it, and how the craft is changing. From sliced beef brisket to pulled pork, from tacos to fire-roasted vegetables, barbecue speaks to the past, present, and future of the South and to the stories of pitmasters—the places they work, the smoke they conjure, and the sauces they stir.”
Texas Monthly Taco Editor Gustavo Arellano was a day one speaker and compared southern barbecue to Mexican barbacoa:
George and David Barber of Fresh Air Barbecue in Jackson, Georgia were named this year’s recipient of the Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Award
Jiyeon Lee and Cody Taylor of Atlanta’s Heirloom Market Bar-B-Que treated folks to a Korean-inspired barbecue dinner Friday night
On day two, Texas Monthly Barbecue Editor Daniel Vaughn explained why Texas-style barbecue is becoming the predominant style, both across the US and abroad
Food critic Hanna Raskin on the intersection of barbecue and alcohol
Soul Food Scholar Adrian Miller emceed the weekend with stories of black pitmasters
Finally, Helen Turner of Helen’s Bar-B-Q in Brownsville, TN was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award
Native News
The Lexington Barbecue Festival made a triumphant return after taking the last two years off
The Shepard Barbecue episode of Diners, Drive-In’s, and Dives will air on Friday, November 4 at 9pm ET on Food Network
Dampf Good Barbecue has opened for regular hours at Phillis Farm of Cary; they will be serving their Texas-style barbecue Thursdays through Saturdays from 11am-6pm
Non-Native News
The Southern Smoke festival raised a whopping $1.6M this past weekend
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