I’ve lived in NC most of my life and until just now had never heard of this Carolina Barbecue chain seemingly associated with KFC from way back when. Nice prices for the barbecue dinner ($1.25), barbecue by the pound ($1.75/lb), or the family barbecue pack ($2.25 and serves 3-5 people) for those in the Research Triangle at the time.
–Monk
All NC barbecue news this week…
– Usually Raleigh’s WRAL picks their five favorite barbecue joints but this year they left it up to their readers
– October is now officially Barbecue Festival Month, at least according to the (somewhat biased) Lexington City Council
– This coming weekend on the streets of Raleigh, the NC Whole Hog Barbecue State Championship will be held at the same time as the International Bluegrass Music Assocation’s awards show, convention, and music festival, which recently relocated from Nashville to the capital city for the first of at least a three-year run
– You can catch the second airing of Bob Garner’s segment discussing his “Book of Barbecue” on UNC-TV’s “North Carolina Bookwatch” Thursday at 5pm
– Sadly, there was a salmonella outbreak at a barbecue event in Shelby earlier this month with 89 ill and 13 hospitalized; hopefully everyone makes a full recovery
Obviously, the definition of “barbecue” varies depending on location, but there are four NC spots on this list. Enjoy.
Thanks to Hungry Heel for the submission and in case you are wondering, the NC joints on the list are Skylight Inn, Lexington Barbecue, Wilber’s, and Clyde Cooper’s.
-Monk
– Another week, another top 10 barbecue list, albeit one that doesn’t include a NC joint but instead features a California restaurant that cooks “Carolina pulled pork”
– Queen City Q is one of 9,000 restaurants participating in No Kid Hungry; read details here
– Here’s what it’s like to be a barbecue judge (via)
– Catawba County EMS is holding its annual barbecue and chili cook-off, “Butts-N-Beans,” on October 5 in Vale
– Dickey’s Barbecue opens its Ballantyne location in Charlotte this Saturday (fart noise)
– A Wake Forest man is hoping to get his barbecue sauce made through a Lifetime reality competition called “Supermarket Superstar”
– Watch The Salt Lick this Wednesday:
Watch for The Salt Lick on @ESPNURoadTrip Wednesday, September 18 at 6:30pm CT / 7:30pm ET on ESPNU!
— Salt Lick BBQ (@SaltLickBBQ)