“North Carolina Barbecue Trail (part 1)”
Why makes North Carolina barbecue so special? The wood? The sauce? The cut of pork? This video takes you on a tour of the “barbecue trail” and shows the secrets of great barbecue. Video by Joshua T. Hatch
A YouTube find from 2007 by USA Today. Part 2 will be posted next week.
Since July, we’ve added 6 new joints to the Charlotte Big Board, with no real shake up at the top. In fact, the highest reviewed place since July went only as high as fifth – Old Hickory House. I can’t see much left out there in Charlotte to shake things up too much, but I am really curious about two places – The Que Stand out of a gas station in Harrisburg as well as Kyle Fletcher’s, the winner of the Observer bracket challenge last spring.
Still to review: The Que Stand, Kyle Fletcher’s, Bar-B-Q King, Elwood’s BBQ Burger Bar, Lancaster’s BBQ, Dan the Pig Man (food truck)
Previously: July 2013 Leaderboard
What other Charlotte area joints should we check out? Feel free to weigh in on your favorite in the comments and if you present a strong enough case we will head there next.
Rodney Scott, the famed barbecue pitmaster from Hemingway, SC, is taking his show on the road. After a residency at Nick’s Bar-B-Q on King Street in Charleston, SC, on December 22, 2013, he’ll tour the South from January 20 until February 4, 2014, bringing honest whole hog barbecue to a wide swath of the region.
Why the tour? Two days before Thanksgiving, Rodney’s pit house went up in flames. Undaunted, Rodney quickly put temporary pits in place, stoked the burn barrels again, and flipped more splayed hogs onto the grates. Now, two weeks later, he is ready to plan the rebuild.
On the Rodney in Exile BBQ Tour, Fatback will serve as host for Rodney. The members of the Fatback Collective encourage you to join them in fellowship and ask you to support this bootstrap effort to rebuild a totemic barbecue joint, one sandwich at a time.
The full tour schedule with participating chefs and cities follows:
Rodney in Exile BBQ Tour: Fatback Grand Trail
December 22, 2013: Charleston, SC—John Haire at Nick’s Bar-B-Q
January 20, 2014: Atlanta, GA – Angie Mosier and Kevin Gillespie at Gunshow
January 23, 2014: Nashville, TN – Sean Brock and Patrick Martin at Husk Nashville
January 27, 2014: Oxford, MS – John Currence and John T Edge at Lamar Lounge
January 29, 2014: New Orleans, LA – Donald Link, Ryan Prewitt, and Stephen Stryjewski at Cochon
February 1, 2014: Birmingham, AL – Drew Robinson and Nicholas Pihakis at Jim N Nick’s Bar-B-Q
February 4, 2014: Charleston, SC – Sean Brock, Sam Jones, and Special Guests across from McCrady’s
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact:
Melany Mullens at melany@polishedpigmedia.com 540.314.8089
Michelle Charak at michelle@polishedpigmedia.com 917.463.3833
Hmm, I might have to see if I can make the second Charleston stop on Tuesday, February 4…
-Monk
Christmas present from Mrs. Monk – a NC barbecue t-shirt and koozie! From House of Swank Clothing out of Raleigh, NC who have a few more barbecue themed items over at their site.
What barbecue-related items did you get for Christmas? Feel free to share in the comments.