Q City Championship

This past Saturday afternoon, Speedy and I stopped in on the Q-City Charlotte BBQ Championship. Walking through the competition site on was pretty cool and fairly amusing (the pig puns, they were a-flowing), but the standard street fair aspects and the lack of barbecue options outside of Mac’s, Rock Store, and Sauceman‘s was a little disappointing – my one sandwich from Rock Store was dry and forgettable. Still, I’m glad that Charlotte has a legit barbecue championship and who knows, maybe next year Speedy and I will participate as judges or competitors…

-Monk

Plaza Midwood Pig Pick’n

Some photos from the 12th Annual Plaza Midwood Pig Pick’n yesterday on July 4th, where we stopped in briefly on our way to watch the fireworks uptown. I didn’t get any pig from former Charlotte Observer reporter/columnist Dan the Pig Man‘s food truck but everything smelled quite good and there was a sizable line the entire time we were there. Maybe next year…

-Monk