Ed Mitchell’s whole hog from Big Apple BBQ. Almost time to eat.
Ed Mitchell
Linkdown: 6/4/14
– Ed Mitchell’s ‘Que is now open; now just need to plan a trip to Durham soon…
The restaurant’s hours are Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. and closed Sundays. It will operate extended hours on DPAC event and Durham Bulls game nights.
– More coverage on ‘Que in this article from the Raleigh News & Observer
– Here’s the event menu for the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party in NYC this weekend
– A Carolinian tastes her first bite of brisket at la Barbecue in Texas (via)
– To All the Armchair BBQ Critics, from Carey Bringle of Peg Leg Porker (via)
– Elliott Moss of the upcoming Buxton Hall continues to practice his whole hog barbecue technique
Whole hogging #barbeque @buxtonhall pic.twitter.com/L5nkEgqaVq
— elliott moss (@blacktablecloth) June 1, 2014
– A couple of barbecue festivals are represented in this North Carolina Summer Festival Spotlight list from Our State Magazine
15. Blue Ridge BBQ & Music Festival
TRYON • JUNE 13-14
One of the most popular sanctioned barbecue competitions in the U.S. celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. Per usual, there will be rides, games, two entertainment stages, and barbecue “cooked low and slow.”10 a.m.-11 p.m. Admission free on Friday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. All other times: Adults $8. Children 12 and younger free. Harmon Field, 301 North Trade Street. (828) 693-84431 or blueridgebbqfestival.com.
– Austin’s top 6 sausages, according to Fed Man Walking
– Duh: Despite What You May Have Heard, South Carolina Is (Probably) Not the Birthplace of Barbecue
– Weekly food truck locations for Boone’s Bar-B-Que Kitchen, the current #1 on our Charlotte Big Board
Our current location schedule:
Weekly
Tuesday lunch at Coliseum Center Buildings 3 & 4
Wednesday lunch at Coliseum Center Buildings 5 & 6
Thursday lunch at Parkway PlazaMonthly
Every 3rd Friday of the month: Food Truck Friday in Southend
Friday, June 20th
Friday, July 18thThe Ashton Southend
Friday, July 25th at 5:30
Linkdown: 5/13/14
– North Carolina is #2 on TripAdvisor’s “Top 10 States for BBQ.” Sure, I guess I can buy that. #1 on the list? Georgia…wait, what?
– Speaking of Georgia, here’s an interview with native son Myron Mixon from Conde Nast Traveler
– Statesville has a place that serves both eastern and western NC barbecue
– Another list of barbecue around the world, entitled “From the Philippines to Australia, a Gorgeous Look at BBQ Around the World”
– Eater’s guide to eating brisket in NYC, including Barbecue Bros fave Mighty Quinn’s
– Unfortunately, you need a subscription to read the whole article on barbecue styles in the Houston area, but there are these two fantastic sentences just before the paywall:
There are a lot of different styles in the United States, but the two barbecue heavyweights are North Carolina and Texas. Barbecue folks in Kansas City and Memphis are going to take umbrage at that statement, but that’s my opinion and I’m sticking to it.
– A recap of last week’s Getting Jiggy with the Piggy last weekend in Concord
– The Wide Open Bluegrass Festival, as well as the Whole Hog Barbecue Championship that takes place alongside it, will remain in Raleigh until at least 2018
– Alton Brown’s favorite barbecue is…North Carolina barbecue (specifically eastern; question and answer is at 2:13 of the linked video).
– Tacos faced barbecue in this final round of Food Network’s “Regional Foods Face-Off” bracket. Spoiler alert: barbecue won.
Congratulations, barbecue! You are the pride of the South. If you think about it, what’s more American than barbecue? It was born and bred in the United States. And even though there are different types of barbecuing methods, preparations and sauces, which are very often hotly contested between states, at the end of the day it’s easy to bring together a crowd of family and friends when there’s a barbecue nearby. And with summer just around the corner, it’s time to pull out those grills and dust off those barbecue pits because grilling season is ahead!
– Not sure how long it’s been up, but the website for Ed Mitchell’s ‘Que is live and you can take a look at the menu here; full plates include both chopped and pulled eastern Carolina whole hog as well as chopped bbq turkey, brisket, ribs, fried chicken, and bbq half-chickens. The original opening was in April, but hopefully we’ll hear more details soon
Opening news is right around the corner… Stay Tuned!
— Ed Mitchells Que (@EdMitchellsQue)
Linkdown: 4/16/14
– The Charlotte Observer has a list of various road trips for Spring (including one for beer), and here is a 10-stop NC barbecue tour which includes some not-so-obvious choices
– Speaking of road trips, the latest reviews from Marie, Let’s Eat!’s NC barbecue roadtrip: The Barbecue Center in Lexington, Allen & Son Barbeque in Chapel Hill, Hursey’s in Burlington, and Short Sugar’s in Reidsville
– Bar-B-Q King in Charlotte is included as part of the history of Wilkinson Boulevard from the March 2014 issue of Charlotte Magazine
Few places are more familiar on Wilkinson than Bar-B-Q King. Follow the curved arrow of its sign, and most days you’ll see a lot full of cars. Behind the counter, a static buzz fills the room as co-owner Gus Karapanos flips on the speaker system.
“Same one we’ve had for 40 years,” he says. “People love to hear it.” The sign, too, has been the same since Karapanos’s uncles opened the place back in 1959. Except for a few days after Hurricane Hugo knocked it down in 1989, that sign and the billboard–sized, ice-cream-eating Inuit at Dairy Queen next door have remained constants in a changing neighborhood.
– Ed Mitchell, Sam Jones, and Rodney Scott are the pitmasters from the Carolinas in this year’s Big Apple Barbecue Block party in June
– I think I’ve seen a version of this list before, but in case you missed it Lexington comes in at #4 in this list of 10 best barbecue cities (h/t Rudy)
4. Lexington, North Carolina
Pork is the game in Lexington, a small town just an hour’s drive northeast of Charlotte, where a regional favorite is the wood-smoked pork shoulder, coarsely chopped and topped by a mostly vinegar based sauce -0 those who know their way around a Lexington grill often order it with some outside brown, which means more flavorful extra bark from the meat) and sometimes extra dip, which is just the word for the thinner sauce. Another Lexington trademark is red slaw, coleslaw that’s swapped out the mayo for BBQ sauce. There’s a lot to the Lexington scene, which is why the city throws the annual Barbecue Festival to celebrate it. For the regular season, Lexington Barbecue #1, established in 1962 and better known by locals as the Honeymonk, is the quintessential Lexington joint, widely hailed as the best in the business, always happy to help a diner out with a big plate of pork and some Cheerwine.
– Speaking of Lexington, this year’s BBQ Capital Cook-Off is April 25-26
– The Charlotte Smokeoff at Unknown Brewing is this Saturday in Charlotte:
Excited for this weekends event for wounded Veterans! Come on out to support, eat, drink, dance, & party w/ friends! pic.twitter.com/fXRurFjlbc
— Unknown Brewing (@UnknownBrewing)