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Linkdown: 5/1/24 – The It’s Gonna be May Edition

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Monk: April was a busy month for ol’ Monk here, but we’re back with the first linkdown in a while. Hoping to get back to a more regular schedule now.

Native News

John Tanner on Bum’s in Ayden

The 40th Lexington Barbecue Festival will be on October 26

ICYMI

Non-Native News

John Tanner has started a “survey of SC barbecue and hash” if you want to follow along on his blog; here are the first entries

Damien Brockway of Distant Relatives and Deepa Shridhar are teaming up for a barbecue-Indian lunch service this week

Valentina’s Tex Mex BBQ‘s Buda restaurant is temporarily closed while they sell to new management

The Pit Room‘s second location is now open in Memorial, TX

On a recent trip to NYC, Daniel Vaughn finds some promise in Bark Barbecue, located in a stall in the Time Out Market food hall, but also finds that the city’s best barbecue days may be behind it

Congrats to Meat Church on 10 Years!

Linkdown: 2/7/24

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Monk: Resident Culture’s Southend location has officially unveiled their barbecue menu, helmed by former Noble Smoke and Sauceman’s pitmaster Edgar Simoes.

The food will be smoked at the Southend location of the brewery but also available from a food truck at the original Plaza Midwood location.

Native News

The North-South BBQ Bowl is officially a go

The Jon G’s x NoDa Brewing x Town Brewing beer collaboration Nuthin’ But A G’s Thang smoked Vienna lager was released yesterday

Noble Smoke is having a gift card giveaway that ends tomorrow, 2/8

New Sam Jones BBQ merch

Non-Native News

Palmira Barbecue is officially open Thursday to Sunday, from 11am until sold out

Franklin Barbecue’s brisket buttery croissants on sale for one week starting today at Épicerie in Austin

Meat Church’s Matt Pittman lost to Hometown Barbecue’s Billy Delaney on Fallon

Innovations in barbecue food photography from Tales from the Pits

Congrats to Soul Food Scholar Adrian Miller on his induction into the Blacks in Colorado Hall of Fame

Photos: Sights from Memphis in May 2018

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Nighttime on the Mississippi River
Brisket samples from Traeger
Matt Pittman of Meat Church
Jess Pryles of Hardcore Carnivore
Our other neighbors, The Shed
The Cotton Pickin’ Porkers…and Dave Grohl
The Shed with some crazy expensive tomahawk chops
Welcome to Memphis in May
Awards Ceremony on Saturday
Across the pathway, the Traeger Grills team and tent
The Traeger Grills tent
Another shot of the river
The Cotton Pickin’ Porkers home for the festival
More shots of the Mississippi
Dave Grohl hanging out at our neighbors tent all weekend – The Beached Pig
Sunset over the Mississippi
The Beached Pig team on one side – where David Grohl
Bryan Furman of the awesome B’s Cracklin’ Bar-B-Que in Savannah and Atlanta

I will write up more from my Memphis in May Barbecue Fest experience with the Cotton Pickin’ Porkers competition team once I get some rest but for now here’s a few photos I captured from the festival. More to come…

–Monk