Linkdown: 1/15/20

January 15, 2020January 13, 2020 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

Lawrence BBQ from Chef Jake Wood is a go in Raleigh this summer and the menu will include whole hog, brisket, ribs, sausage, poultry, and broiled oysters

Jake Wood, whom we named a “chef to watch” in 2019, has slowly teased out details of the restaurant on social media, including a logo for Lawrence BBQ and tantalizing photos of juicy sliced brisket. https://t.co/uzuiCiXEZG
— INDY Week (@indyweek) January 13, 2020

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We are excited to finally let the cat out of the bag!!! @chef_jakewood + @eddie_forbis + @matthewkonar + @cheshirepork + @joycefarms + @n.sea.oysterco + @boxyardrtp + @bqgrills + @langbbqsmokers = 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯 | big love to @theglassofrose for the wonderful intro via @indyweek 🤝 #joinusonthisjourneytobarbecueparadise

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Regal Eagle Smokehouse: Crafts Drafts & Barbecue will bring barbecue to Disney’s Epcot Center

Parker’s Barbecue in Wilson has been open almost 74 years

Opening in August of 1946, Parker’s Barbecue has endured. https://t.co/gTKfzZNu5a
— Our State Magazine (@ourstatemag) January 12, 2020

Rodney Scott BBQ’s Atlanta location to open in April

Great news for the #Atlanta BBQ scene: @rodneyscottsbbq will open its newest location there in just a few months (via @atlantamagazine) https://t.co/wGOQRkKJfv
— The Smoke Sheet (@thesmokesheet) January 11, 2020

Miguel Vidal from Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ was in Charlotte last week spending some time with the pitmasters from Midwood Smokehouse

Learned so much from Miguel Vidal these past few days. That’s the best part about barbecue (other than eating) – you always have more to learn. pic.twitter.com/QfOYXy5zqQ
— Midwood Smokehouse (@MidwoodBBQ) January 8, 2020

…which they turned some of those learnings into a Friday special

Our Park Road location is taking the feature tonight to the next level with what they learned from @Valstexmexbbq . Braised pork tostadas with jalapeño queso blanco. pic.twitter.com/axM3IS0Tty
— Midwood Smokehouse (@MidwoodBBQ) January 10, 2020

Linkdown: 11/6/19

November 6, 2019November 5, 2019 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

D.G. Martin is tired of adding “the late” to his favorite NC eateries, including several barbecue joints

Some of the founders and mainstays of my favorite barbecue restaurants and comfort food eateries died recently. So I have to insert “the late” beside their names when I describe their lifetimes’ great accomplishments, the eateries they made into an icons.

Say it ain’t so, Subway (it is so)

How is Subway marketing its new brisket sandwich? By using the image of Ramon Gonzales, a longtime employee of its brisket supplier (and referring to him only as “Pitmaster Ramone”). @bbqsnob investigates: https://t.co/RLfIEQsGrK
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) November 1, 2019

Fox Bros BBQ is finally opening a second location in Atlanta

.@foxbrosbarbq's new 10,000-square-foot facility will have a larger kitchen and bar, along with a lot more seating: https://t.co/3bRk4RcmSs
— Atlanta Magazine (@AtlantaMagazine) October 22, 2019

James Beard Award-winning author Adrian Miller is in Cleveland for his forthcoming book “Black Smoke” if you can help with his research:

#Cleveland folks, I'm hoping you can help me out. What's the old #rib competition in your city? Y'all have so many it's hard to sort out. #BBQresearch
— soulfoodscholar (@soulfoodscholar) November 5, 2019

More on Miller and his forthcoming book

Nice profile of @soulfoodscholar from @303_Magazine https://t.co/QgAQotla4k
— Robert Moss (@mossr) November 3, 2019

Add this to your DVR…err, Hulu Watch List

#BBQuest Season 2 is now streaming on @Hulu! pic.twitter.com/9oQ5Q6Fj6Z
— Beef Loving Texans (@BeefLovingTX) November 5, 2019

Charlotte’s Midwood Smokehouse got inspired by Valentina’s Tex Mex on a recent research and development trip to Texas; here’s hoping this becomes a more regular thing

We fell in love with these breakfast tacos from @valentinastexmexbbq during our R+D trip this week, so we’re popping up for just TWO hours on Saturday at @residentculture to do our versions of them for only a $1. The way only professional pit masters know how. pic.twitter.com/JnhyEEkM2g
— Midwood Smokehouse (@MidwoodBBQ) November 1, 2019

Linkdown: 9/11/19

September 11, 2019September 10, 2019 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

Noble Smoke is now open for lunch every day; ICYMI our review from earlier this week here

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BIG NEWS! You’ve been waiting patiently for this one: LUNCH IS HERE. EVERY DAY. We are officially open @ 11 am DAILY! Take your lunch break up a few notches 🔥🔥🔥

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The First Recorded Use Of The Word Barbecue Was In 1697 By British Buccaneer William Dampier

Charlotte Magazine includes barbecue joints on a few recent list: Midwood Smokehouse is one of the best restaurants in Plaza Midwood and Sweet Lew’s BBQ is one of the best southern restaurants in Charlotte

Valentina’s Tex Mex gets profiled in Garden & Gun

At Valentina’s Tex Mex, the Vidal family are putting their own spin on barbecue—one smoked brisket taco at a time: https://t.co/r3suFTz9pG pic.twitter.com/MFTW4jcbC4
— Garden & Gun (@gardenandgun) September 9, 2019

The NC State Barbecue Champions were crowned at the Blue Ridge BBQ & Brew Festival over Labor Day

JC Reid: “Without cotton, there would be no Central Texas-style barbecue”

Turn-of-the-century meat and food markets of Central Texas birthed that region's style of barbecue, and their remnants can still be found in both the old and new barbecue joints of that region. My latest for the @HoustonChron. https://t.co/9Esex33Txn pic.twitter.com/Kv48oK8vyC
— J.C. Reid (@jcreidtx) September 8, 2019

John Tanner’s BBQ Blog checks out Payne’s Bar-B-Que and falls in love with that sandwich

Jones Bar-B-Que in Marianna, Arkansas is believed to be the oldest African American-owned restaurant in the US and received a James Beard Award in 2012 despite being a humble 10 seat diner

Wait, what?!

Locals unwittingly declare @SUBWAY's barbecue sandwich "the real deal." https://t.co/Uae81w1H3K
— Austin Chronicle (@AustinChronicle) September 5, 2019

Friday Find: Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ profiled by the Southern Foodways Alliance

April 13, 2018April 10, 2018 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

I would have loved to have gone to Valentina’s last weekend while I was in Austin, but alas it didn’t happen. Hopefully next time. In the meantime, here’s a short documentary from the Southern Foodways Alliance.