Friday Find: Could This Be The Most Expensive Barbecue In The World?

Eater’s The Meat Show visits Hill Country Barbecue to try a disctinctly NY style of barbecue thats a hybrid between a steakhouse and a barbecue joint.

This week on The Meat Show, host and professional carnivore Nick Solares visits New York City barbecue favorite Hill Country, to sample a meaty hybrid that’s right up his taste buds’ alley. Chef Charles Grund Jr. combines fancy steakhouse-quality beef, dry aging preparations, and barbecue techniques to create what might be the most expensive barbecue in America at $47 a pound. Is it worth it? Watch the video above to find out.

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Friday Find: The Original South Texas Barbacoa Cooking Method

From the Texas Beef Council:

Barbacoa Sundays are a way of life in South Texas. Rooted in family tradition, barbacoa is a cultural taste that grew out of farms and ranches and is still enjoyed by many families across Texas.

(via Robb Walsh)

Friday Find: The Case for North Carolina As The Barbecue Capital Of The World

Eater and The Southern Foodways Alliance visit Ayden, NC:

This week’s pick from Southern Foodways Alliance’s documentary program profiles Skylight Inn BBQ, once named the “capital of barbecue” in America by National Geographic. The all-wood, whole-pig production at Skylight Inn has been family-run for three generations, and it’s renown (for quality, flavor, and values) extends far beyond the city limits of Ayden, North Carolina.

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Friday Find: How to Eat BBQ for a Living with Professional Carnivore Daniel Vaughn

In a recent episode of Eater’s The Meat Show:

What does it take to be a professional carnivore? This week, The Meat Show host (and meat-eater-for-hire himself) Nick Solares visits Daniel Vaughn, the barbecue editor for Texas Monthly Magazine, to discuss the perks and pitfalls of having a carnivorous career.

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