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Smoky, smoky mountains: The changing face of North Carolina barbecue

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Barbecue is North Carolina’s love, lust and food of choice. Heck, it might as well be our state religion. And if love, religion and food are the three most common causes of rifts, rivalries and wars, barbecue is also a battleground.

A fairly lengthy article (too long and well researched for just a simple inclusion in a linkdown) on the history of mountain barbecue in western North Carolina and where it may be heading. Definitely worth a read.

-Monk

Smoky, smoky mountains: The changing face of North Carolina barbecue

The Best Barbecue in North Carolina and Beyond with the Barbecue Bros!

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thebestycom:

Straight out of North Carolina, the Barbecue Bros are experts in this delicious pork concoction, bringing you some amazing reviews and recommendations on where to find the best BBQ. Monk, Rudy, and Speedy are the masterminds behind this one-of-a-kind blog, all three having extensive experience and knowledge in all things barbecue. Hailing from High Point, NC, and having attended high school together, the bros are actually now living in different places themselves (Monk and Speedy in Charlotte, Rudy in Austin, TX). However, their love for all things barbecue kept the trio together, and now they actually use this geographically diverse setting as a way to spread even more barbecue goodness on the site. As much as they love the delicious pork dish, the bros were getting frustrated with all of the unsatisfactory reviews they found of BBQ joints around their area, and decided to finally take matters into their own hands, thus creating the Barbecue Bros blog. Here, you can find fantastic reviews, recommendations, tips, and more on all things barbecue, both in North Carolina and beyond. You can start by clicking on the Charlotte Rankings tab, which gives you a hefty list of the top spots for BBQ in and around Charlotte; each review complete with great, insightful information as well as some mouth-watering photographs.  Otherwise, you can click on the Map of Joints to take a look at all the places that these boys have covered across the country. Another cool category is The North Carolina Historic Barbecue Trail, which gives you a list of all the historic BBQ places in the state, all of which the bros are attempting to have eaten at by the end of 2014. Be sure you check out this wonderful site, especially if you love barbeque too!

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Thanks to TheBesty for a nice profile on our site! And be on the lookout for possibly more from them on us…

-Monk

The Best Barbecue in North Carolina and Beyond with the Barbecue Bros!

Green Street Smoked Meats Chicago

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nickgerber:

Green Street Smoked Meat! This is seriously my new favorite restaurant in Chicago. It’s like they built a rock and roll BBQ joint just for me. It’s loud, dark and delicious. Go for the strong cocktails (my fave is the Oaxacan Old Fashioned – made with mezcal) and delicious food (the brisket is on point, delicious pulled pork, beef ribs, frito pie!!!, hot links, pork belly, baked beans, mac salad and soft serve), and the rock and roll. The service staff is awesome too. I put my seal of approval on it. When it eventually stops being winter in Chicago let’s meet in the alley for after work drinks and awesome food. 

I don’t know anything about the barbecue, but these photos alone make me want to visit Green Street Smoked Meats, a barbecue joint in Chicago.