In case you missed it – we were fortunate enough to be considered “experts” (shh…don’t tell them) alongside some real experts – Mackensy Lunsford of the Asheville Citizen-Times, John Shelton Reed of True Cue, Jennifer Daskevich of Sandwich America, and The World’s Extreme Chef Terry French – and submitted nominees for 10Best.com‘s Best BBQ Pork Sandwich in NC. Voting ends June 6 at 12pm ET.
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– Per Raleigh Eats, Ed Mitchell’s Que is returning, this time to the Brier Creek neighborhood in Raleigh
– Southern Smoke BBQ in Garland is one of 6 Farm-to-Table Restaurants in Eastern NC to Try This Summer
Matthew and Jessica work with farms in their area and around the state to source the best and freshest seasonal ingredients for their businesses. Matthew works with a young farmer named Caleb Johnson, a graduate of North Carolina State University, and his farm: AJ Family Farms. He will check in with Caleb regularly to see what’s in season, and come up with dishes based on the weather. “I buy whatever he’s got,” Matthew says of Caleb’s farm. “Last week he had beautiful green tomatoes, so we did a corn and green tomato succotash over grits. That’s kind of my approach.”
– John Shelton Reed thinks NC needs a new holiday commemorating the Wilmington Barbecue of 1766
– Mac’s Speed Shop in Charlotte may be expanding its original South End location
– Brisket +Tacos = Crazy Delicious
Valentina’s in Austin might be the truest expression of the fusion between brisket + tacos: https://t.co/wZ0pK5zT1w pic.twitter.com/ONHV6ML0Mo
— Lucky Peach (@LuckyPeach) May 16, 2016
– An excerpt from Rien Fertel’s new book “The One True Barbecue” on Ricky Scott
– Speaking of Fertel’s new book, Rodney Scott is bringing his whole hog to Charleston’s Butcher & Bee for a book signing
– However, not all reactions to “The One True Barbecue” have been positive; Ed Mitchell and Wilber Shirley each took exception to how there were portrayed negatively in the book but not interviewed for it
– Buxton Hall Barbecue is throwing a 5 course dinner with whiskey, beer, and barbecue:
We’re cookin’ an @AVLBeerWeek dinner with @oskarblues & @DefiantWhisky. Reservations: https://t.co/INHAWjY1tK pic.twitter.com/lkZDoNUtvc
— Buxton Hall Barbecue (@buxtonhall) May 16, 2016
A flyover and some photos from last year’s BBQ Capital Cook Off in Lexington from The Destination Magazine
In a city renowned for its heritage of slow cooking pork shoulders over hickory wood that is known worldwide as Lexington-style barbecue, it seems logical that a barbecue cook-off would take place on our streets! Experience the excitement of international teams competing in Lexington’s acclaimed BBQ Capital Cook-off. Come Friday night and stay over through Saturday to enjoy the final awards and all the entertainment.
– We were fortunate enough to be considered “experts” (shh…don’t tell them) and submitted nominees for 10Best.com’s Best BBQ Pork Sandwich in NC contest. Voting ends June 6 at 12pm ET.
We contributed to this! Vote – Best BBQ Pork in North Carolina Nominees: 2016 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Awards https://t.co/Gdpdebjhwp
— Barbecue Bros (@BarbecueBros) May 10, 2016
– Some coverage of the 10Best contest from Pitt County, Asheville, and Garland
– Creative Loafing profiles Seoul Food Meat Co.
Seoul Food Meat Co. in South End is a cross between Koreatown and Crown Town: https://t.co/HiJK2pZGn9
— Creative Loafing (@cl_charlotte) May 10, 2016
– Over at Marie, Let’s Eat!, Grant visits the last remaining Old Hickory House, located in Tucker, GA, as well as Big Cove BB-Q in Owens Cross Roads, AL
– Whole-hog Carolina barbecue converts Louisiana-native Rien Fertel
Mr. Fertel locates the birthplace of whole-hog barbecue in eastern North Carolina. In aptly named Pitt County, he visits three whole-hog establishments. The agriculture-and-livestock-rich region, he says, is “a bastion, or pit, as it were, where the nation’s oldest vernacular barbecue tradition has been slowly smoking for nearly two centuries.”
– Matthew Odam recently went on a 16-stop barbecue tour throughout Texas
This #360BBQTour was a lot of fun. Great food. Great people. Thanks @BBQsnob for advice https://t.co/ufrVgxI0oO
— Matthew Odam (@odam) May 6, 2016
– Midwood Smokehouse’s crinkle cut fries makes this list of best fries in Charlotte from Charlotte Agenda
– Always worth a link:
#VisitNC bucket list: try all 24 of these barbecue joints that make up the ‘cradle of ‘cue’. https://t.co/ftmphNgh26 pic.twitter.com/v8ymFv9yuo
— Visit North Carolina (@VisitNC) May 6, 2016