Linkdown: 8/19/20

Can’t wait for “Chef’s Table: BBQ,” which debuts 9/2 on Netflix

Speaking of Rodney Scott, the man isn’t afraid to use MSG in his rubs

Trips to Grady’s and Skylight Inn wrap up a pretty epic eastern NC barbecue tour by John Tanner

Kevin’s BBQ Joints has rounded up his interviews with California barbecue joints into one post

A beginner’s guide to smoking from Serious Eats

Where Lewis Donald of Sweet Lew’s BBQ eats around Charlotte

TMBBQ has the history of Prause’s Meat Market

Kingsford is opening $5,000 tabs at barbecue restaurants across the US over the next month

Linkdown: 8/12/20

RIP to a Texas legend, Prause’s Market

Bobbee O’s BBQ is “the best barbecue in North Charlotte, and some of the best barbecue in the area period” according to Unpretentious Palate, which I happen to disagree with quite a bit (paywall)

Pretty cool: Buxton Hall Barbecue in Lego form

Charleston Wine + Food has been cancelled for 2021

A “Ken” was spotted at Bonfire BBQ in Asheville; the man was a Grubhub driver who refused to put on a mask when picking up food and has since been terminated from the food delivery service

Ms. Helen, as presented by Robert Jacob Lerma

This guy gets it

Don’t sleep! Now just 4 more weekends in the NC Pork Council’s #SummerofCue

Linkdown: 8/5/20

So glad to see Grant writing barbecue chapters for Marie, Let’s Eat!

Gerri Grady’s of Grady’s speaks with NC Tripping

The 2020 World Series of Barbecue is cancelled

Heritage Barbecue in San Juan Capistrano will open this Saturday, according to Kevin’s BBQ Joints

Bill Addison’s list of 11 places to get barbecue in Los Angeles

Here’s hoping more than just chain restaurants survive this pandemic

Sam’s BBQ had been in the news recently after country band Midland appropriated an image of their storefront while photoshopping out their name

Meal kits from Pappy’s Smokehouse, Mighty Quinn’s BBQ, and Joes Kansas City BBQ from Goldbelly are on Buzzfeed’s list of 21 worth ordering

The Pig Island NYC BBQ will be held on Staten Island this September

ICYMI

Linkdown: 7/27/20

“Black Smoke” by James Beard Award-winning “Soul Food Scholar” Adrian Miller is officially a go for Spring 2021. Very excited to read this next year.

A short interview with Derrick Walker of Smoke-A-Holics BBQ on “Tex-Soul” and being a black pitmaster

This year’s Barbecue Festival has been canceled, which should surprise no one

John Tanner’s Barbecue Blog stops by a few eastern NC barbecue restaurants on his way to the beach: Boss Hog’s Backyard Barbecue in Washington, Stephenson’s in Willow Spring, Marty’s in Wilson, the rebooted Wilber’s in Goldsboro, and Southern Smoke in Garland:

City Limits Barbeque gets a shout out in this feature on Columbia

22% of Americans say Texas style is their favorite regional style of barbecue, according to a recent HuffPost/YouGov poll

Steven Raichlen has some tips for barbecued ribs, which he calls”barbecue at its most primal and unadorned”, in the New York Times

The “Ultimate Guide to Barbecue,” from The Wall Street Journal

Pig Beach is heading south, but not just for the winter; it plans to open a Florida location in West Palm Beach by the end of the year

“Carolina-style” BBQ cauliflower? C’mon man…