Monk: In 2017, Hurricane Harvey interrupted what had been an annual barbecue festival thrown by Chris Shepard and friends to raise money for MS. Out of that natural disaster, The Southern Smoke Foundation shifted its purpose to become a relief organization dedicated to providing a safety net for food and beverage workers in addition to establish a full time Emergency Relief Fund.
According to its website, to date the Southern Smoke Foundation has granted $528,600 to 367 F+B workers affected by Hurricanes Helene and Milton with more than 3,000 applications in process.
In the below podcast from Southern Foodways Alliance’s Gravy Podcast, Evan Stern tells the story of the foundation and its Houston-based chef and founder Chris Shepard.
Monk: A few highlights from this past weekend’s Southern Foodways Alliance Fall Symposium where the focus was on barbecue: “questions about what barbecue is, who makes it, and how the craft is changing. From sliced beef brisket to pulled pork, from tacos to fire-roasted vegetables, barbecue speaks to the past, present, and future of the South and to the stories of pitmasters—the places they work, the smoke they conjure, and the sauces they stir.”
Texas Monthly Taco Editor Gustavo Arellano was a day one speaker and compared southern barbecue to Mexican barbacoa:
George and David Barber of Fresh Air Barbecue in Jackson, Georgia were named this year’s recipient of the Ruth Fertel Keeper of the Flame Award
Jiyeon Lee and Cody Taylor of Atlanta’s Heirloom Market Bar-B-Que treated folks to a Korean-inspired barbecue dinner Friday night
On day two, Texas Monthly Barbecue Editor Daniel Vaughn explained why Texas-style barbecue is becoming the predominant style, both across the US and abroad
Food critic Hanna Raskin on the intersection of barbecue and alcohol
Soul Food Scholar Adrian Miller emceed the weekend with stories of black pitmasters
Finally, Helen Turner of Helen’s Bar-B-Q in Brownsville, TN was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award
Native News
The Lexington Barbecue Festival made a triumphant return after taking the last two years off
The Shepard Barbecue episode of Diners, Drive-In’s, and Dives will air on Friday, November 4 at 9pm ET on Food Network
Dampf Good Barbecue has opened for regular hours at Phillis Farm of Cary; they will be serving their Texas-style barbecue Thursdays through Saturdays from 11am-6pm
Non-Native News
The Southern Smoke festival raised a whopping $1.6M this past weekend
We've partnered with @SouthernSmokeTX to help support those in the food and beverage community across the country who have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic: https://t.co/8YhrImXJME
This week’s Somewhere South looks to be a must-watch for barbecue lovers
This week on #SomewhereSouthPBS, @chefandthef Vivian Howard seeks to expand her knowledge of barbecue outside of North Carolina's whole hog tradition and travels to Florida and Texas in search of new BBQ. Watch "How Do You 'Cue" this Fri. 9/8c on @pbs. pic.twitter.com/QcPewQeNf3
— Somewhere South (from A Chef's Life) (@chefsouth) April 28, 2020
James Beard-award winning author Adrian Millerjoined Vivian Hoard to tape the episode of “Somewhere South”
Thanks to The Smoke Sheet for featuring our recent post on mail order barbecue options in NC and SC in their latest issue
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