– WSOC Charlotte: Organizers plan to cook more than 14,000 pounds of pork for annual Mallard Creek Barbecue

– This weekend is the Barbecue Festival in Lexington; here’s 10 things you may not have known about barbecue in Lexington

– Jim N Nick’s Bar-B-Q is one of several barbecue restaurants in Birmingham’s Restaurant Hall of Fame

Proud to be in honored in the Birmingham Restaurant Hall of Fame by @aldotcom! Can you believe it’s been 30 years, #Birmingham? Time flies when you’re eating good barbeque. https://t.co/bL2FYr7hiD

— Jim N Nick’s Bar-B-Q (@jimnnicksbbq) October 23, 2018

– Next time you are in Atlanta:

Know your barbecue history? Take a break from obsessing about smoke ring and go learn stuff. https://t.co/bmnTjV1pfh

— David Landsel (@davidlandsel) October 18, 2018

 
– Dr. BBQ’s restaurant, Dr. BBQ, opened last week in Tampa

– Robert Stegall began smoking turkeys after he returned from WWI after serving with the 82nd Airborne and passed the family recipe to his kids, who run Rock Store Bar-B-Que and Stegall Smoked Turkey

This turkey recipe has been in the Stegall family since the 1940s. Drive out to Marshville to try it. https://t.co/IQN9RGPQNX

— Charlotte magazine (@CharlotteMag) October 19, 2018

– Great stuff as always from Kathleen Purvis on Greek immigrants who started restaurants in Charlotte, several of which were barbecue and none were Greek

“Which restaurant is your family? There’s one special story about Charlotte’s food that I’ve always wanted to tell. https://t.co/l961i4xVGx

— Kathleen Purvis (@kathleenpurvis) October 23, 2018