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After Texas Monthly officially named a Barbecue Editor in Daniel Vaughn, a position that supposedly “exists at no other magazine in America,” the North Carolina Miscellany blog was quick to point out that this type of work has been done for at least the past 15 years in NC. 

That’s the nit-picky stuff that I’m not so interested in. Where it gets interesting is in the comments of the blog post where John Shelton Reed (author of Holy Smoke), Daniel Vaughn himself, and the blog article author have an interesting back and forth which leads to a sort of NC-Texas alliance proposed by John Shelton Reed.

We suggested, basically, that Tar Heels should enjoy our eastern-piedmont civil war, but join hands when appropriate against barbecue barbarians from beyond the pale like (excuse me) y’all. I’d love to see a similar alliance of convenience between us and you against gas-cookers, International House of Barbecue chains, and the Kansas City heresy that barbecue is about sauce. We could call it the Tar Heel-Texas Axis. Memphis could be Italy.

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-Monk

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Pitmaster eyeing Durham for possible BBQ restaurant

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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

Pitmaster eyeing Durham for possible BBQ restaurant

Facebook status update from Pitmaster Ed Mitchell

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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

Local Charlotte restaurant and Barbecue Bros fave Midwood Smokehouse is expanding

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Exciting news for our favorite barbecue spot in Charlotte, Midwood Smokehouse.

Midwood Smokehouse will get a major expansion. The renovation will essentially double the size of the restaurant, including adding a larger dining area, a bigger kitchen, and a large, wraparound bar, plus access to the rooftop deck.

-Monk

Local Charlotte restaurant and Barbecue Bros fave Midwood Smokehouse is expanding