Monk: WRAL’s Out and About has been visiting barbecue joints this summer, and in this video they sit down with Christopher Prieto of Prime Barbecue in Knightdale, who runs through his menu and approach to barbecue.
Description: Christopher Prieto has been studying barbecue all his life. The Texas native opened his first restaurant, Prime BBQ, in Knightdale Station in 2020. Full story here.
Monk: Texas Monthly Barbecue Editor Daniel Vaughn joins the Tales from the Pit guys for a wide-ranging conversation from his origin story with Texas barbecue to the early days of his blog to the construction of Top 50 lists and how they may or may not affect relationships with barbecue restaurant owners. A good, frank discussion between barbecue aficionados.
Description: Five years ago we launched Tales from the Pits to help tell the stories behind the people in barbecue. Daniel Vaughn’s writing and documenting of Texas barbecue has been one of our (and everyone else in the state’s) biggest resources in seeking out new places and visiting the classic joints.
We were excited to have Daniel join us on this episode to discuss all things barbecue past, present and future, lists, Texas Monthly, and more. A big thanks to Daniel for sitting down with us and to everyone who’s tuned in over all these years!
At Port-A-Pit BBQ in Statesville, they serve the public as well as help the community fundraise
BBQ King gets a segment on Spectrum News 1
Old Colony Smokehouse looks like it should be added to my list
The Smoke Pit is one of the recommended places to eat when in Concord just north of Charlotte
The best barbecue places in Eastern NC according to WNCT’s analysis of TripAdvisor data
Get tickets to the Carolina BBQ Festival while you can
The first in a series of articles from the great Hanna Raskin leading up to the Southern Foodways Alliance Fall Symposium on Barbecue. Can’t wait to read the rest.
John Lewis has brought “border food” to the lowcountry with Rancho Luis
I know nothing about any of these restaurants in NoVa, but here you go
Another national list
The famed Tootsie Tomanetz of Snow’s BBQ celebrated her 87th birthday last Thursday
Monk: After Rodney Scott and Adrian Miller made some long overdue contributions to black barbecue books last year, we have a couple of new entries in 2022. Matt Horn of the acclaimed Horn Barbecue in Oakland released his new barbecue book (with Adrian Miller giving the foreword) on April 12. In addition to the recipes of what he calls “West Coast Barbecue,” Horn recounts his barbecue journey and how it echoes “the glorious lineage of African American barbecue in the US.”
Coincidentally, Kevin Bludso also released his barbecue book on April 12. Bludso similarly recaps his journey, which has taken him from Compton, CA to the small Texas town of Corsicana.
Rodney Scott’s cookbook last year was the first in decades from a black pitmaster, and we have two more this year from an old veteran and an up-and-coming Michelin-starred chef. Let’s keep it going.
The Kings of Q Barbecue Festival, named in honor of Latham “Bum” Dennis of Bum’s Restaurant and the late Pete Jones of Skylight Inn, returns next month to Ayden after 2 years off
Longleaf Swine is targeting an August opening for their long-awaited brick and mortar in Raleigh
The Pedalin’ Pig in Banner Elk is featured by Spectrum News
Jon G’s is back at Triple C today
Brisket and Bubbles from The NC F&B Podcast is back June 4 in Raleigh
Matt Horn gets a writeup in the New York Times
You Grill Girl! is Austin’s first female focused grilling event
Brantley Creek BBQ & Co gives Odessa, TX a legit barbecue destination joint
Bryan Curtis of The Press Box recaps a visit to Goldee’s in Ft. Worth in the first 10 minutes of this episode. “Dude, it was amazing.”