Not sure when this aired, but Diva Q visited Midwood Smokehouse at some point. Funny how she keeps referring to Cheerwine as “cherry soda”.
BBQ Champion Danielle ‘Diva Q’ Dimovski stops in to visit Chef Pitmaster Matt Barry and taste real BBQ at Midwood Smokehouse in Charlotte NC. From Burnt Ends to the Pig Out plate we had everything covered and then some.
–Monk
– In honor of tomorrow’s Mallard Creek Barbecue, here’s Kathleen Purvis’s story from last year on the history behind its famed brunswick stew
– Charlotte Agenda thinks Smoke Modern Barbeque is a “good bet to be Charlotte’s next breakout restaurant brand”; I’m not so convinced based on their Huntersville restaurant (currently #19 on our big board) that was decent, but overpriced with small portions – though I will say that I plan to check out the new Stonecrest location at some point
– TMBBQ’s top25 new and improved barbecue joints in Texas, plus photographer Wyatt McSpadden’s photos from each
It’s been two years since Texas Monthly published its last Top 50 BBQ Joints list. It was a feat of reporting that took me and my barbecue-eating cohorts across the state to eat at countless legendary restaurants, holes-in-the-wall, out-of-the-way joints. The work didn’t end when the issue went to press. My job since then has essentially been one giant scouting mission for the next list slated for the summer of 2017.
– Marie, Let’s Eat! has more barbecue in Florida at Harry and Larry’s Bar-B-Que, this time in a revitalized downtown Winter Garden
– Fayetteville, NC is getting the third NC location of Mission BBQ
– Charlotte Agenda previews new food available at Hornets games this year, including the expanded Queen City Q outpost
13 new foods you can get at Hornets games this year: https://t.co/ahyUMaWi2t @andrew_dunn @hornets pic.twitter.com/TwVEs7WCLl
— Charlotte Agenda (@charlotteagenda) October 20, 2015
– Ever wonder where folks who smoke meat for a living get their barbecue? This is the article for you
– B’s Cracklin’ Barbeque has returned from a fire and reopened in a new location in Savannah
– Daniel Vaughn has tips for ordering barbecue like a pro in First We Feast
BBQ 101: @BBQsnob explains all the tips and tricks to ordering barbecue like a pro – http://t.co/TdYJvpOYdg pic.twitter.com/AzKjrAqLuF
— First We Feast (@firstwefeast) October 17, 2015
Name: Killer Q (food truck)
Date: 9/19/15
Order: Pork platter with beans and coleslaw
Price: $9
When it came to food options at the Southern Sauce BBQ Festival back in September I could have gone with a sure thing in Boone’s or safer options from Sauceman’s or Moe’s, but ultimately (potentially foolishly?) went with a truck I had never heard of.
I can’t find too much on Killer Q other than a Facebook page but it appears they are a very new food truck in Charlotte with the food truck only becoming operational in early September shortly before the festival. Since then, they’ve added a BQ smoker to their impressive mobile rig.
Whichever of their smokers they used that weekend, they produced some smokey pork with some decent bark. They also managed not to serve dried out pork, quite a feat during service for a day-long festival. If this was one of their first food truck services, they are off to a pretty damn good start. As for the sides, they were standard and thankfully did not taste as if they came straight out of a can. They do a version of a barbecue sundae which combines all three and while I did not partake on that day, based on the individual foods I imagine it to be quite tasty.
When it comes to barbecue food trucks, all I ask for is quality smoked meat and sides that aren’t an afterthought. Killer Q manages to check both of those boxes, and can be added to the list of above average barbecue food trucks in Charlotte.
–Monk
Ratings:
Pork – 3 hogs
Sides – 2.5 hog
Overall – 3 hogs
– True Cue expands to South Carolina
– You can no longer be paid to wait in line at Franklin Barbecue
– Q Dogs in Tarpon Springs, FL serves a hot dog with barbecue and Midlands SC mustard on it, but you might just want to order them separately instead
– Queen City Q keeps on rolling, announcing a partnership with the Charlotte Checkers as the official barbecue of the team while opening a new stand on the main concourse of Bojangles Coliseum
Queen City Q first opened in uptown Charlotte in February 2012 and opened a second location in Matthews at the Plantation Market Shopping Center in July. The restaurant also recently said it is adding a Concord location that will open in early winter.
The barbecue joint also operates two stands inside BB&T Ballpark and recently said it will open two concession stands in the Time Warner Cable Arena this fall.
– Elwood’s Burgers & BBQ has closed in Ballantyne
– Charlotte Agenda wonders if Ballantyne in south Charlotte has reached a barbecue saturation point, though of all of the barbecue restaurants in Ballantyne (including a Dickey’s, Shane’s Rib Shack, 521 BBQ, and the now-open location of Smoke Modern Barbecue) only Midwood is really worth a damn
– Joe Ovies of WRAL has a sneak peak to all the friend foods at this year’s NC State Fair, including a behemoth of a sandwich with a fried pork chop topped with barbecue, bacon, pickle, and slaw; behold the High on the Hog:
Fried pork chop topped with BBQ, bacon, pickle & slaw. Bruh. pic.twitter.com/W3fA6SUFh2
— Joe Ovies (@joeovies) October 12, 2015