Grady’s BBQ has closed until further notice
The Southern Smoke Foundation has donated more than $600,000 during the coronavirus pandemic
Barbecue joints from Los Angeles to Portland to Texas are having to adapt to a new model of doing business
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Jon G’s Barbecue has an updated website ahead of their brick and mortar launch later this year
Wilber’s Barbecue continuing to get us primed
Tommy Tomlinson gets it
Bette Midler gets it
Ed Mitchell back: The Preserve opens this spring with restaurateur Lou Moshakos, Lou’s daughter Amber, and Ed’s son Ryan
More on The Preserve
Midwood Smokehouse Executive Pitmaster Matthew Berry on how he works
Noble Smoke and Sweet Lew’s BBQ make Charlotte Agenda’s list of 25 best new restaurants in Charlotte
Art’s BBQ and Deli in Charlotte will officially close after it’s last day of service on December 20
Fox Bros Bar-B-Q will be collaborating with Taqueria Del Sol for brunch on the 15th, with proceeds benefitting Hogs for the Cause and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta
John Tanner’s BBQ Blog has made recent stops at Noble BBQ in Portland and Rocklands Barbecue in DC
White Wolf Spices will be donating 10% of sales through the end of the week to help out Ryan Cooper aka BBQ Tourist
Barbecue-flavored vodka? Barbecue-flavored vodka.
It me
– Seasoned Review visits Wilber’s Barbecue in Goldsboro for barbecue and chicken and mostly digs it
– Reader’s Digest (which is apparently still around?) selects The Barbecue Festival as one of the Best Small-Town Festivals in America
Thank you @readersdigest…Best Small-Town Festivals in America | Reader’s Digest https://t.co/a7z6ebkLXC
— Barbecue Festival (@barbecuefest) April 26, 2018
– Chicago has 4 new southern barbecue spots that seem worth checking out
– The Ringer’s Danny Chau visits Portland and documents his meals, which included Central Texas Barbecue at Matt’s BBQ
I wrote about everything I ate in Portland, Oregon. (I ate a lot.) https://t.co/UufLlQ9xHM
— Danny Chau (@dannychau) April 22, 2018
– A Charlotte Boy Scout pitmaster has started a…crab cake food truck called Baltimore Crab Cakes
– The more you know:
We love our good ol’ hometown of Goldsboro, NC! It is the perfect place to grab a brew, some ‘cue, and stock up on your #pigswag! Come visit us at our general store to grab an ice cream and take some of your favorite cuts home with you! @HFGeneralStore #cheshirepork #goldsboronc pic.twitter.com/Y6TlvgBuQ1
— Cheshire Pork (@CheshirePork) April 23, 2018
– Check out our Taste Trekker’s list for Five Unique Barbecue Experiences in Charlotte, North Carolina; it was partially (ok, very) inspired by this list from Marie, Let’s Eat!
– The latest Arrogant Swine post on opening a barbecue restaurant on Serious Eats finds Uncle Ho trying to hire a staff
The saddest moment in any barbecue guy’s professional life is when you realize that the person you’re training to do the cooking just doesn’t give a royal fuck about barbecue. They’d be just as happy making pizza or ramen noodles. The food was coming out awful and Jack couldn’t care. “Just cover it with barbecue sauce and no one will tell the difference,” he once noted.
– More information on the barbecue events at the World of Bluegrass festival in downtown Raleigh on 10/3
– More coverage on the NC BBQ Map from the Elkin Times and TWC News
– Andrew Carter’s column leading up to last weekend’s ECU drubbing of UNC took the pulse of fans at Parker’s Barbecue in Greenville and ends with this choice quote:
Down at Parker’s the lunch crowd had picked up and Parker went out to help work the register. A line began to form, a small version of what is coming Saturday.
“Everybody in this town needs to thank God for East Carolina,” said Parker, whose restaurant had already booked six catering events at the stadium on Saturday. “I mean, really. For the hospital and for East Carolina.
“(Without) those two things — well, Greenville would be Kinston.”
– “The pitfalls of barbecue reportage” examines how barbecue journalists such as Daniel Vaughn attempt to report on pitmasters without romanticizing them
– Boone’s Bar-B-Que Kitchen (our current #1) has posted an updated schedule for their foodtruck and they will be at a few upcoming Charlotte beer festivals starting with this weekend’s Charlotte Oktoberfest
– Marie, Let’s Eat!’s latest barbecue stop is Log Cabin Smokehouse Bar-B-Que in Rome, GA
– Barbecue Rankings had a lot of posts in the last week: Dallas, Seattle, Detroit, Pecos, Albuquerque, and Phoenix
– Aaron Franklin brought his smoked meats to Feast Portland last weekend; TMBBQ has the photos and story
– As is to be expected, barbecue is the signature food of several states including North Carolina
