From over a year ago but this well-produced Southern Living Magazine short documentary entitled “The South’s Best BBQ Pitmasters” features Sam Jones, Ed Mitchell, Aaron Franklin, Rodney Scott, and a few others. (via)
Hey, American Tobacco Campus – prepare for the pit master.
Barbecue great Ed Mitchell – the same Mitchell that led “The Pit” in Raleigh to acclaim – is opening a barbecue restaurant this fall between Durham Bulls Athletic Park and the Durham Performing Arts Center.
Simply called “’Que,” the restaurant will be located on the ground floor of the new Diamond View III building and feature patio seating.
The star? Mitchell’s whole-hog, pit-cooked barbecue.
Update on Pitmaster Ed Mitchell’s next gig. No word on when it opens, but a trip to Durham might be in order once it does.
Update: ‘Que is set to open in September, a few weeks after former restaurant partner Greg Hatem opens a Durham location of The Pit just a mile down the road.
– Monk
Durham’s American Tobacco Campus to get new barbecue restaurant
Update on Pitmaster Ed Mitchell, who we last heard from just after the new year. There’s also an update on the Durham location of The Pit, which is expected to open in June or July of this year.
BBQ in Durham: Pitmaster Ed Mitchell, a native of the eastern North Carolina city of Wilson who specializes in pit-cooked, whole-hog barbecue, wants to launch a restaurant in Durham.
Mitchell was a former partner in The Pit, a barbecue restaurant in Raleigh that is part of the Empire Eats restaurants, although he parted ways with the company to pursue his own ventures the spring of 2011.
Now the Raleigh-based developer behind the real estate company Empire Properties and the Empire Eats restaurant group is planning to open a second location of The Pit in Durham, but Mitchell is not part of those plans.
Instead, Mitchell said he’s planning to open his own venture with his son Ryan.
“I’m glad to be relocating in Durham,” Mitchell said. “This is a foodie town, that’s who I am.”
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-Monk
Happy New Year from the Barbecue Bros!
On January 1, Ed Mitchell posted the following on his Facebook page:
2013 is the year for new beginnings. I bid you all a happy and prosperous New Year. A few months from now we look forward to helping you cheat your diet just a little and toss those weight loss resolutions right out the window. All in the name of BBQ deliciousness and good times of course! The Pitmaster and Crew returns…thank you all for the love and support and have a blessed New Year!!
I haven’t seen anything about what I assume will be a restaurant somewhere in NC, but I will be sure to pass along any information I see.
-Monk