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Friday Find: Carolina Whole Hog Barbecue in…Maryland?

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Monk: Farm BBQ is bringing the whole hog gospel by serving eastern Carolina whole hog to Baltimore, Harford, and Cecil Counties in Maryland.  In this episode of The Low and Slow Barbecue Show from last month, Chigger sits down with two of the three guys behind Farm BBQ, Tommy and Will, to learn more about their beginnings in barbecue and how they see it as a way to promote not only whole hog but the local farms that produce the ingredients in their food.

Description: Believe it or not, the Carolinas don’t hold a monopoly on “Carolina barbecue.” In fact, you can even find it in the land of crab cakes. That’s where you’ll meet Farm BBQ, a Maryland-born barbecue pop-up that serves Carolina whole hog barbecue and promotes local family farms. In this episode of The Low & Slow Barbecue Show, we talk to Farm BBQ founders Mark, Tommie, and Will, and find out why they brought our Carolina barbecue traditions to Maryland. We discuss their business strategy focused on local farmers and creating a Carolina craft barbecue experience – 400 miles northeast of Lexington, N.C. Will and Tommie reveal the details about their house barbecue sauce – is it east or west? – and don’t miss their turn in the Low & Slow showdown. Barbecue – verb or noun?

Jon G’s Barbecue on The Low and Slow Barbecue Show

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Monk: Garren and Kelly Kirkman of Jon G’s Barbecue Show join Chigger in a recent episode of The Low and Slow Barbecue Show to discuss their business and their upcoming 2nd Annual Jon G’s Jubilee. As of this writing, a few tickets are still available, and the proceeds benefit the Anson County Partnership for Children.

Oh and thanks to friend of the blog Chigger for the nice link in the podcast description and the shout out during the interview!

Description: Jon G’s Barbecue serves Texas barbecue tradition in the small North Carolina town of Peachland, where he’s attracting plenty of big-city attention. Whether it’s Texas Monthly’s BBQ Snob, Southern Living, or the Barbecue Bros, everyone who makes the trek to Jon G’s sings the praises.

Show up on a Saturday, and you’ll find a line of barbecue fans waiting to taste the good stuff Pitmaster Green Kirkman and his wife Kelly are preparing. Miss him during his one-day weekend lunch service and tailgate party? You’ll find him near Charlotte-area breweries with the food truck that started his barbecue journey over a decade ago. Better yet, find him at Jon G’s Jubilee fund-raiser. That’s where he’s bringing together the best stuff from his barbecue buddies, as well as his own brisket that melts in your mouth and inspires you to plan a journey to his BBQ joint.

Find out the story behind Jon G’s, what makes the Barbecue Saturday experience so unique, and why so many Carolina barbecue people say his name when they’re talking about the state’s best-smoked meats. In this episode, Pitmaster Garren Kirkman makes his second visit to the Low & Slow Barbecue Show, and he brings along his wife, Kelly Kirkman. to talk about their business and charitable endeavors.