23 – The Melissa Cookston is No Brett Favre Edition

May 24, 2023May 22, 2023 / Barbecue Bros / 1 Comment

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Monk: Firehawk Brewpub opened its doors this past Saturday in Mount Holly and the barbecue joint/brewery promptly sold out within hours of opening. Based on the comments on its Facebook page, it appears that the visitors that day were pleased with their food and beer. I hope to confirm for myself soon.

Firehawk Brewpub will be open Wednesday through Friday from 4-9 and Saturday from 11-9 this week. Check their Instagram and Facebook pages for further updates on hours of operation.

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Some photos from Jake Wood’s Gettin’ Piggy With It; looks like it was a great event

An estimated 100,000+ people attended last weekend’s Cheerwine Festival

If you attended the @DrinkCheerwine Festival in @downtownsalisnc on Saturday, you were there with about 99,999 other people, according to @CitySalisburyNC. https://t.co/saElDXhNse
— David Whisenant WBTV (@DavidWhisenant) May 22, 2023

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Photos of the Winners from last weekend’s Memphis in May 2023 World Barbecue Championship

PHOTOS: Winners of the Memphis in May 2023 World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest https://t.co/Xko5mjLpBH
— Commercial Appeal (@memphisnews) May 21, 2023

Melissa Cookston has officially cooked in her last Memphis in May and will be focusing on her other businesses as well as the World Junior BBQ League

More coverage of Cookston’s retirement of sorts

Cedric the Entertainer and Anthony Anderson stopped by Memphis in May for their upcoming TV show, “Kings of BBQ”

Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, TX has recently added a barbecue joint and distillery to its operations

That little Spoetzl brewery in Shiner Texas added a BBQ joint and is now distilling spirits, vodka gin, and moonshine on sale soon with bourbon coming after a bit of aging.https://t.co/fw2bvg1489
— Bryan (@BBQBryan) May 19, 2023

Barbecue Showdown season 2 will be released this Friday on Netfllix

John Tanner loved the Brunswick stew from Porkey’s BBQ in Lothian, Maryland

The Southern Foodways Alliance profiles Daniel Vaughn

Linkdown: 2/2/22

February 2, 2022February 1, 2022 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

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Barbecue fests are back, baby! Earlier this week, both the BBQ Fest on the Neuse in Kinston, NC and the Houston Barbecue Festival announced separately that they were both back in spring 2022.

We're baaaack! The 2022 Houston Barbecue Festival happens Sunday, April 3rd at the Humble Civic Center. Tix on sale now! Pre-sale discount available for a limited time! Get'em while they last! https://t.co/qnrhgyqBBf #houbbq pic.twitter.com/DemXMNrmkv
— Houston BBQ Festival (@HouBBQ) January 31, 2022

Houston’s biggest barbecue festival returns April 3 https://t.co/piPVL7aIyP
— Houston Chronicle (@HoustonChron) January 31, 2022

This is after other festivals announce plans to come back strong in 2022, notably Memphis in May, Hogs for the Cause, Jiggy with the Piggy, and Aaron Franklin’s Hot Luck Festival.

Hot off the grill: Our 2022 lineup! Our last one sold out and broke fundraising records. Let's go even bigger this year! A VERY LIMITED amount of Early Bird tickets on sale now. They will NOT last long, so get them before the price rises » https://t.co/nfaJD7JQmn

#hogs2022 pic.twitter.com/uchNNwjUCa
— Hogs For The Cause (@Hogs4TheCause) December 7, 2021

#HotLuck, the brainchild of Aaron Franklin of @franklinbbq is thrilled to be returning safely in ‘22. Join us #MemorialDayWeekend w/ friends old & new for a one-of-a-kind finger-lickin’ & finger-pickin’ good time. #WholeEnchilada 🎟 on sale now! https://t.co/Djm5RjPWmh pic.twitter.com/C7D5YWrqfp
— Hot Luck (@HotLuckFest) October 19, 2021

Plus the successful debuts of the Pinehurst Barbecue Festival and Holy Smokes in 2021. And finally, it looks like The Barbecue Festival should be back in 2022 as well.

Fingers crossed that we get on the other side of the omicron variant and things can finally go back to relative normalcy.

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Lawrence Barbecue renames their most popular sandwich in honor of American Aquarium, with proceeds in the month of February going to the Jimmy V Foundation (a favorite charity of hardcore NC State fan and lead singer BJ Barham)

Jiggy with the Piggy seeks vendors and sponsors

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Introducing, the concept of a “Texatarian”

For @TexasMonthly NATURALLY, an ode to "I'm vegetarian except for barbecue"-ism https://t.co/AtPw4PK59b
— Lauren Larson (@lrnlrsn) January 31, 2022

More on the wood issues facing Texas pitmasters

Smoking quality barbecue requires the right kind of wood, and lots of it. But increasingly, good wood is hard to find for Texas pitmasters. https://t.co/A8mfofYtcg
— Texas Standard (@TexasStandard) January 31, 2022

Former Texas A&M Defensive Lineman Jay Arnold is starting a new substack newsletter

https://twitter.com/JArnoldTAMU85/status/1488276965496803328

Heim Barbecue has scheduled another BBQ class at their River location

Our BBQ class in February SOLD OUT!!! But have no fear, we've scheduled another February class 2/20 at 11am at our River location. Tickets are live now!!! https://t.co/1NECtudDsZ
— Heim Barbecue (@HeimBBQ) January 31, 2022

RIP Danny Edwards of Lil’ Jake’s in Kansas City

Danny Edwards, acclaimed Kansas City barbecue master, restaurant owner, dies at 67 https://t.co/dVxH84qq95 #kc
— Joyce Smith (@JoyceKC) January 26, 2022

Linkdown: 5/19/21

May 19, 2021May 24, 2021 / Barbecue Bros / Leave a comment

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This latest piece of controversial barbecue list content from one “chefspencil.com” has been rightly getting roasted online since the weekend, but perhaps that was the intent all along? I mean, who had even heard of “chefspencil.com,” an Austrialian website, before this list?

This must be a joke. pic.twitter.com/5LIzBgznb9
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) May 13, 2021

The list allegedly uses data from TripAdvisor and phew buddy TripAdvisor is not happy about any connection to th list and its backlash.

Tripadvisor "concerned" about data used in controversial BBQ rankings after social media backlash https://t.co/0GpzErWkIq pic.twitter.com/W3GFPPrAOx
— The Hill (@thehill) May 14, 2021

New Orlean’s at number 1? Red flag. No Texas cities on the list? Red flag. As for Charlotte’s rank of 3 on the list? I say this as a Charlotte resident, but red flag. I’m not the only Charlottean who feels this way. Enter Kathleen Purvis:

years ago, kathy gave me the most succinct argument for why charlotte does not have a long, proud barbecue tradition https://t.co/W8jNJGTyvO https://t.co/DOWkcHTsoK pic.twitter.com/4LjxMuaVNV
— Jeremy Markovich (@deftlyinane) May 13, 2021

Let’s declare a moratorium on any further discussion or outrage on anything “chefspencil.com” related, particularly when it comes to barbecue.

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Fighting words from the Hear to Say podcast host Tressie McMillan Cottom

We had @KosherSoul & @soulfoodscholar on @HearToSlay this week. We talk about race and culture and food and how Black people were erased from the food we perfected. But I started with this question to BBQ master, Adrian, because I’m true to this: pic.twitter.com/k1Y5dlQ4Yl
— Tressie McMillan Cottom (@tressiemcphd) May 18, 2021

An oldie but a goodie from Our State Magazine for National Barbecue Day this past Sunday

No matter where you stand on the great sauce debate, we can all agree that North Carolina barbecue is legendary. In honor of #NationalBarbecueDay, here are 26 essential NC barbecue joints. Which one will you visit next?https://t.co/eVfcMzRUGV
— Our State Magazine (@ourstatemag) May 16, 2021

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Myron Mixon’s Jack’s Old South team wins Whole Hog and the whole shebang at last weekend’s Memphis in May Barbecue Championship

#WCBCC21 Results – Whole Hog

1. Jack's Old South
2. Hometown BBQ
3. Yazoo Delta's Q
4. Smoke Masters Championship BBQ Team
5. The Beached Pig
6. Pickin N Grillin
7. Dirty Old Basters
8. 3 Taxi Guys
9. Boars Night Out
10. Ubons BBQ
— Memphis in May (@memphisinmay) May 16, 2021

Congrats to @Lord_of_Q on his 5th World Champion title! He is now tied for the most World Champion titles in WCBCC history!#WCBCC21
— Memphis in May (@memphisinmay) May 16, 2021

https://t.co/BjVt3GNMaf
— Michael Mixon (@the_new_south) May 18, 2021

Three barbecue and brewery pairings in Texas

Barbecue and beer: Name a more iconic duo.

At these three joints, the two Texas favorites come together for pairings that just make sense. https://t.co/f8G16RQ4s9
— Texas Monthly (@TexasMonthly) May 18, 2021

More coverage of Rodney Scott and Adrian Miller’s books, with quotes from Daniel Vaughn

Black barbecue gets a long-overdue spotlight in two new books from @PitmasterRS/@LolisEricElie and @soulfoodscholar https://t.co/4W4cQfMjfP
— Post Food (@WaPoFood) May 17, 2021

Black Smoke vs Savory Spice Shop

This #spicerub collection tells a story of culinary traditions that span from #WestAfrica to the American West. Includes an all-purpose rub inspired by the late John Frank Garth, one of my beloved church fathers, a #tsire rub, some #jerk seasoning, and a shout out to East Texas! pic.twitter.com/ME2UDouCwx
— soulfoodscholar (@soulfoodscholar) May 16, 2021

AVAILABLE NATIONWIDE! Order here: https://t.co/oAf2ZQNxVW
— soulfoodscholar (@soulfoodscholar) May 18, 2021

High on the Hog premieres on Netflix in one week on 5/26

Although it took five years to turn what is essentially the first half of her book “High on the Hog” into a documentary, Jessica B. Harris said the timing of its release is perfect. https://t.co/rgisl9z6Bu
— NYT Cooking and Food (@nytcooking) May 17, 2021

The final episode takes place entirely in Texas, and Houston chefs Greg Gatlin of @GatlinsBBQ & Chris Williams of @LucillesFood have prominent roles, notes my colleague @gregmorago. https://t.co/3D6PpsUiTf via @houstonchron
— Alison Cook (@alisoncook) May 18, 2021

This is the voice I wanted to hear: @osayiendolyn in the NYT on @isawstephen, High on the Hog, and Black joy. https://t.co/PwbRyEdRvH
— Besha Rodell (@BeshaRodell) May 17, 2021

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