Carolina Barbecue News | The Lowdown Summer 2024

[00:00:02] What you want when you want it where you want it this is the MESH

[00:00:11] Everywhere you look in the barbecue world you find a list

[00:00:17] Best Texas barbecue best new barbecue best barbecue state best barbecue region best Charlotte barbecue best barbecue sauce best barbecue style

[00:00:25] Best brisket best dessert

[00:00:28] You get the picture

[00:00:30] Everybody likes to talk about their top list sometimes that's good it gives people like me something to talk about

[00:00:38] But who gets to really decide which list is legit and which list is

[00:00:44] Is not legit

[00:00:47] We talked about some big lists in this episode of the low-and-slow barbecue show a couple of those lists by big barbecue names

[00:00:55] They're so they're celebrating some of our favorite Carolina barbecue places other lists

[00:01:01] We'll get to that in this episode. We're sharing barbecue business news Jake Wood and Lawrence barbecue announced new headquarters

[00:01:09] So did Elliot Moss other familiar barbecue names are closing forever

[00:01:14] There's accolades to celebrate among some of our favorite pit masters. We'll also talk about what I'm reading in the barbecue world

[00:01:22] Hey, you think that pork that's in my refrigerator from 4th of July is still safe

[00:01:27] And we'll talk about that today. You're listening to the low-and-slow barbecue show on the mesh TV Network a podcast

[00:01:35] I'm trigger Willard and today I'm gonna take you over some of the top barbecue news

[00:01:40] Some of the things we've shared with our audience at our newsletter at the low-down

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[00:02:16] Paul Mira is the best Texas barbecue in America story number one today

[00:02:21] That's right. Texas Monthly says Paul Mira barbecue is best Texas barbecue outside of Texas, of course

[00:02:29] Barbecue editor Daniel Vaughan also included two North Carolina locations in his top 10 list

[00:02:34] That's prom barbecue in Nightdale as well as John G's barbecue in Peachland

[00:02:39] We've had John G here on the show

[00:02:41] It does Karen his family there the Kirkmans in Peachland doing a great job with barbecue

[00:02:47] So cool to see them on the list

[00:02:48] In fact, here's the top 10 there from the barbecue snob number ones Paul Mira again

[00:02:54] I mentioned prom barbecue in it number two

[00:02:57] It's Owens and Hall in Georgia at three

[00:03:00] Moosecraft barbecue in California at number four number five's heritage barbecue

[00:03:06] Southern Junction barbecue in New York

[00:03:08] Pica Rica barbecue in Utah

[00:03:11] And then it's John G's at number eight out of Peachland again in North Carolina at number nine edgecraft

[00:03:17] Barbecue from Oklahoma and it's golden hour barbecue in Nebraska

[00:03:21] That rounds out the top 10 there of the best Texas barbecue in America according to Daniel Vaughan's Texas Monthly

[00:03:29] Damp good barbecue who gets a salute North Carolina state-by-state breakdown there from a barbecue snob in

[00:03:37] South Carolina Vaughan also highlights Fort Grove barbecue

[00:03:40] That's Dylan cook and he talks about city limits barbecue

[00:03:44] Robbie Robinson and Louis barbecue as well down in Charleston all great barbecue in South Carolina

[00:03:50] And I also want to shout out and Vaughan's honorable mentions aren't necessarily Texas

[00:03:54] He says but they are worth the recognition among those county smoke and Lynchburg, Virginia

[00:04:00] That's our buddies kid and Jess S

[00:04:02] They're in Lynchburg and now that football season is striking up

[00:04:06] You'll get their barbecue at the Liberty football game

[00:04:08] So look for that out there as Ken and Jess Hesse at County smoke

[00:04:12] So he gets a shout out there and the it's not Texas but honorable mentions also Lawrence barbecue and Durham barbecue

[00:04:18] That's in North Carolina again Lawrence and Durham as well as King barbecue in Charleston on the honorable mentions for Daniel Vaughan

[00:04:26] I read all of his coverage for

[00:04:28] The commentary about Texas barbecue in Texas monthly. He visited

[00:04:33] 149 Texas style barbecue joints in 30 states

[00:04:36] You can find all that at Texas monthly if you visited it for the first time

[00:04:40] You'll get in for free after you've clicked it for 15 or 20 times like I do you'll have to pay up

[00:04:45] But you might want to do that. It's good content. So also back to our next story

[00:04:50] Pym Paul Mira is in that as well

[00:04:53] Pomea barbecue also top the chart for Southern Living's best new barbecue

[00:04:58] Restaurants and those are the restaurants that have opened since 2021

[00:05:01] This is compiled by a barbecue editor for Southern Living Robert Moss

[00:05:05] And he just judged the list based on the enjoyment of the meal and overall experience of the visit again

[00:05:13] Paul Mira comes in at number one some of those other familiar names

[00:05:18] Coming in along the list as well

[00:05:20] Beside Paul Mira city limits from West Columbia. We just mentioned them King barbecue from North Charleston longleaf swan

[00:05:28] From Raleigh Rancho Lewis Rancho Lewis in Charleston smoking but heads in Spartanburg

[00:05:35] Lichon Lechon Latin barbecue and bar I'm sure I said that wrong in Raleigh and Huli Suze in Asheville

[00:05:41] And Huli Suze is getting a lot more of attention here lately. I hear that's really great stuff

[00:05:46] She kind of rounds out the list there for the top best new barbecue joints

[00:05:51] According to Southern Living again Paul Mira is on there and we've talked about him here in these last couple of

[00:05:57] Sort of lists here and one thing again. We mentioned them

[00:06:01] They open in February we had an episode talking about our visit there and they really kind of blend South Carolina

[00:06:07] Texas and Puerto Rican flavors there go and get the beef cheeks

[00:06:11] So we're on our list our list high horse

[00:06:14] We're gonna keep it rolling here the best 10 states for barbecue and again

[00:06:19] The Carolinas lead the list and I will confess this list

[00:06:22] The quality or I guess the resource defaults drastically from the barbecue snob Daniel Vaughan in Texas monthly and

[00:06:31] Robert Moss esteemed barbecue editor editor for Southern Living, you know

[00:06:36] I'm sure geography king is no slouch

[00:06:39] In his report for the top 10 states for barbecue with RV travel

[00:06:44] But he still has compiled a list so he's he's given this list as being declared as factual and accurate and

[00:06:51] Number one on the list for geography king

[00:06:55] I'm sorry is Missouri nothing wrong with that

[00:06:58] His geography king says where the big barbecue cities like st. Louis and Kansas City provide plenty of show me

[00:07:04] To rank them at the top on that list South Carolina number two

[00:07:09] So maybe maybe geography king knows what he's talking about

[00:07:12] He loves the whole hog barbecue the vinegar pepper sauce mustard based sauce

[00:07:17] And of course that means that much love for the Carolinas puts us in North Carolina at number three

[00:07:24] Where we're again recognized for a whole hog barbecue

[00:07:27] But he throws in some love for the tomato base sauce that he calls from the

[00:07:31] The northern part of the state, so I'm not exactly sure which part that is

[00:07:37] I mean, you know, I know where the tomato base sauce is, but I'm not sure which section is the northern base

[00:07:42] That's me being a geography snob with the geography king

[00:07:45] I'm sure also good news about his list Texas is number four

[00:07:48] No need to say any more about that list, but I'll tell you more about another list

[00:07:55] best barbecue in Charlotte a

[00:07:58] Charlotte five and the Charlotte observer put all that together here

[00:08:02] I guess since the middle part of August they started out with about 50 entries for barbecue places

[00:08:08] From as far as an hour away from Charlotte. Everybody got in the votes

[00:08:13] You got to vote through several rounds of it

[00:08:16] Also, I say I threw my name in there and voted for a couple of my favorite folks and some of the finalists that again familiar people

[00:08:23] Folks we've had on the podcast. We've got their blogs and content at low slow BBQ show calm

[00:08:29] It's garen Kirkman at John G's midwood smokehouse

[00:08:33] I haven't had red bridges barbecue on the show

[00:08:36] But I've been there and is great and Ed Marci Moa's from resident culture sweet lose

[00:08:40] The final round of voting wrapped up just after

[00:08:44] September 3rd and that final round put in the victory seat

[00:08:49] The pit I can't believe I've skipped over this right the smoke bit

[00:08:55] They defeated red bridges barbecue lodge

[00:08:59] With 10,000 total votes cast congratulations to the smoke pit

[00:09:03] I will say

[00:09:04] That the smoke pits good haven't been there if it's good they've got four locations Concord Gastonia Monroe in Salisbury

[00:09:13] Red bridges barbecue lodge. There's just one of those

[00:09:18] So take that for what it is check it out at the Charlotte observer Charlotte 5

[00:09:22] That's the best barbecue and Charlotte voting. Those are some of the list that we've seen again

[00:09:28] You know kind of take it for its worth. That's a rare choice award. Does that mean anything to you?

[00:09:32] Does it mean anything to me a competition judges taste? I'm sure is very different

[00:09:38] While I'm talking about list

[00:09:39] I gotta get one more in here from from the news that we've shared and we've gathered up and put out in the lowdown newsletter

[00:09:48] Over the summertime and this one. I really enjoyed again

[00:09:51] It's about the Carolina news story education North Carolina

[00:09:54] They know the Tar Hill state better than many organizations here

[00:09:58] They go across the state advocating for students and trying to keep representatives on the road

[00:10:03] You know spanning the roads all the way from Cherokee to Maneo if you know geography, that's all the way at the east and the west

[00:10:09] I don't know where the north is in all that but Cherokee to Maneo east to west

[00:10:14] So naturally the education NC folks are visiting and eating in all the states 100 counties

[00:10:20] And they did a nice job. Bevin rash shared her favorite food stops along the way

[00:10:25] Check it out education NC and that list included plenty of barbecue businesses

[00:10:31] You know, I'm sure you could find a hundred counties and a hundred barbecue visits

[00:10:36] But the variety is a spice of life, right? So mevin has put it together a list

[00:10:42] There's got 15 barbecue places on it many of those places

[00:10:45] Like I said, the low and slow barbecue show has visited among those smoke on barbecue in Transylvania county

[00:10:52] More about them in just a moment

[00:10:54] And some of the others I'll share with you all this I'll put on the blog at low slow bbq show.com

[00:10:59] So you got the list the list has the links to all these restaurants again put together by

[00:11:03] Mevin rash from education North Carolina and I'll share a link to her story too

[00:11:08] So great stuff. You have the full list. It wasn't wanted to call out here around the area again from

[00:11:12] From Cherokee to Maneo. Let's start with Cherokee dragon ass smoked barbecue. That was their favorite stop there

[00:11:20] In Cleveland county, it's red bridges barbecue lodge. They get some love there again too and Davidson county

[00:11:26] What am I all-time favorites Lexington barbecue? That's the honeymonk of course or folks who didn't know in Transylvania county

[00:11:34] I mentioned smoke on barbecue. That's in Brevard. It's actually a drive through barbecue

[00:11:39] I don't know how many of those that are you know specific to being a drive through

[00:11:43] But I guess you could walk up to it as well

[00:11:46] But smoke on barbecue in Brevard is is really good and then in Wilson Parker's barbecue some of their favorites

[00:11:52] They also in Pitt County mentioned skylight in and bees barbecue could not decide between the two

[00:11:58] So they just named both of them again

[00:12:00] Those are just some of the 15 barbecue restaurants or that they shared with their readers at education

[00:12:06] NC get the whole list again at low slow bbq show.com or check it out on the internet education in

[00:12:12] Sam sure you can find it hundred county list

[00:12:15] All the favorite barbecue stops

[00:12:18] Some of the other news over the lowdown during the summer

[00:12:22] Fire destroyed new facilities at operation barbecue relief camp operation barbecue relief. That's camp obr

[00:12:29] You might remember we spoke with the founder of camp operation barbecue relief on the show

[00:12:36] Right there before the carolina barbecue festival. They got a great camp. They've been building there

[00:12:40] It's for for military members and veterans first responders

[00:12:44] Families have fallen heroes unfortunately an electrical fire destroyed the new facilities

[00:12:49] They were just being completed there at camp obr

[00:12:53] And what they understand is that insurance coverage is supporting the rebuilding efforts, but

[00:12:58] Operation barbecue relief is really counting on community support to restock

[00:13:03] Many of the supplies essential items that are needed by guests

[00:13:06] So this all happened in july that we're already getting a lot of things put back together again

[00:13:11] You know it affected the bath house the laundry facilities

[00:13:15] Garages and a lot of essential equipment was destroyed. So

[00:13:19] If you want to reach out and support the barbie community

[00:13:21] And this organization that provides such great support to folks in other communities all around our nation

[00:13:28] It just look out the the camp obr needs wish list on amazon

[00:13:32] You can find it out there. You can you find the camp operation barbecue relief blog at our website

[00:13:38] And you can find a link there to the organization get in touch with them

[00:13:42] There's plenty of ways to get involved and make a donation and support them as they're doing such a cool mission there

[00:13:47] Um at camp camp operation barbecue relief in the ozarks near missouri

[00:13:53] Um, let's move on talk about pister pit master accolades

[00:13:59] Pit master accolades, that's right

[00:14:02] During our lowdown newsletter. We also like to salute

[00:14:06] Uh, the folks that are doing cool things out in the barbecue world

[00:14:09] They're winning some of the championships some of the things and I know it's not all about the championships

[00:14:14] But folks are certainly working hard out there in the world. And so we want to give them some credit

[00:14:19] Um, you know, one of those is the southern barbecue network cook team of the year

[00:14:26] It is the ultimate tailgaters barbecue. They were celebrated during the annual meeting congratulations

[00:14:32] To the ultimate tailgaters barbecue. They actually have won four out of the past five years

[00:14:39] For this competition team as a compra catering operation based in akon, south carolina

[00:14:45] So congratulations to the ultimate tailgaters a big thanks as well to the southern barbecue network

[00:14:50] They joined the low and slow barbecue shows list of sponsors this year

[00:14:54] And we've had a great time interviewing their competitive pit masters and and their event organized and the more to come with those guys

[00:15:01] Coming very soon and I'm hoping to get some of the competition action going on a little bit later

[00:15:06] They're gonna be in best summer city this month stay tuned. I'll give you some more details about that

[00:15:11] But hoping to connect with those guys there

[00:15:13] But congratulations to the cook team of the year the ultimate tailgaters barbecue for southern barbecue network

[00:15:19] They accumulated the most points over the course of the entire season

[00:15:24] Came out on top for the fourth out of the past five years

[00:15:28] A new season of competition in that event for southern barbecue network actually kicked off in the middle of august

[00:15:35] That was in Fayetteville with the third annual black barbecue cookoff

[00:15:39] For that team two six k a barbecue team won the black barbecue grand championship

[00:15:44] Congratulations to those guys

[00:15:46] They amassed the most points to win the grand championship of the cookoff and that happened august 17th

[00:15:52] They got second place finishing chicken and third place finishes in both ribs and brisket

[00:15:58] That gave them enough points

[00:16:00] To get the grand championship and in the third year

[00:16:04] This is the first time the competition was sanctioned a judge by the southern barbecue network

[00:16:09] Some of the other competing teams were in the army queue. They finished second place over all

[00:16:14] Smokey reds barbecue finished third and just to give you the complete rundown

[00:16:19] The winners for each category included for ribs were big bears barbecue for chicken in the army queue for brisket smoky reds barbecue

[00:16:28] Check out all those guys. You can follow them on the social media world southern barbecue network at southern

[00:16:34] BBQ network, uh, it's pretty active on facebook so check those guys out there

[00:16:39] Also want to celebrate another pit master that is our friend Keith big brisket inning from black powder smokehouse

[00:16:46] He was among 15 savory chefs

[00:16:50] Chosen to compete among the north caron north carolina restaurant and lodging associations

[00:16:56] Chefs so showdown and actually the competition started with 70 chefs

[00:17:01] They boiled it down to 28 before they got to 15 that included big brisket. So congratulations to ken

[00:17:10] For keith i'm sorry for being able to get there and compete and it's a live event

[00:17:14] Uh held over the weekend

[00:17:16] In a really cool thing keith's again been in the finals before

[00:17:20] They held that pokes get to vote on their their people's choice and then other people get chosen chef of the year

[00:17:26] Pastry chef of the year keith unfortunately wasn't one of the champions announced there this year

[00:17:31] But again, definitely cool to see him celebrated

[00:17:34] At a statewide level there. He does such cool stuff there at black powder smokehouse

[00:17:38] Of course, we've had him on the uh low and slow barbecue show as well

[00:17:41] Remember at the barbecue festival. He had the uh the ramen with quail eggs

[00:17:47] Oh, man, that was so good. We'd love to get to ash borough and try some of that stuff again soon

[00:17:51] I'll give you some of the other winners um from the north carolina restaurant lodging association chef showdown

[00:17:57] That includes matthew deering from dot dot dot charlotte. He ultimately was named chef of the year pastry chef of the year

[00:18:04] savannah brodar

[00:18:06] From country club of north carolina at pine hearst

[00:18:09] Distillery distillery of the year. Sorry was broad slab distillery and benzin mocktail of the year miguel anhel latore jr

[00:18:19] um and

[00:18:21] Revival 1869 and clayton is where he was from there. So congratulations to all those winners. You can find more at ncrla.org

[00:18:30] A lot of other winners there including the people's choice

[00:18:32] I'll keep that cat in the bag for them

[00:18:34] I mentioned pine hearst, which is where the pastry chef of the year came from the country club of north carolina at pine hearst

[00:18:41] Of course, you know anything about north carolina barbecue. You know this weekend round labor day was a big one in pine hearst

[00:18:48] Congratulations to all the folks who participated in the pine hearst barbecue festival

[00:18:54] Looked out there if we saw some of the coverage of single man ronald simons in the pilot jake woods there sweet lose

[00:18:59] And we mentioned that black powder smoke has a lot of great piss masters from all over the state and beyond

[00:19:05] Chris prado from prime barbecue, of course there in nightdale. We talked about a little bit earlier in the big lists

[00:19:12] If you like something like this an event where all the big pitmasters from the region the state

[00:19:17] Maybe even the country are going to be there. Get them all in one place. Stay tuned

[00:19:22] I got some details coming up about another big event

[00:19:24] You don't want to miss because from what everything that i've seen at the pine hearst barbecue festival

[00:19:29] The pictures videos really looks like a great way to wrap up the summer smoking season

[00:19:34] In a state where barbecue is big business speaking of

[00:19:41] Let's talk barbecue business

[00:19:44] Lawrence barbecue is moving

[00:19:46] That's right. The world headquarters is going to carry in summer at 2025

[00:19:52] Lawrence barbecues

[00:19:53] Looking forward to a new brick and mortar, you know, they've been at boxyard rtp as jake shared with us

[00:19:59] On an episode earlier this year their new spots going to bring together all of jake's concepts the lorence barbecue the lagoon bar

[00:20:07] Leroy's taco shop all together. I'm gonna be a patio a smokehouse full bar merch sales, of course

[00:20:14] All this is side an old furniture warehouse in downtown carry

[00:20:19] It's a 4900 square foot space

[00:20:22] Probably seat close to 250 and then in the dining room in front porch

[00:20:27] And jake wood tells the the guys there at the

[00:20:30] Raleigh news and observer that he's planning a new menu

[00:20:33] He's going to lean more into the unique style of queue and hospitality as he told the news and observer

[00:20:40] He also says that new location is going to feature a floating oyster cart

[00:20:44] As you know, if you've listened to the episode with jake that really follows the the dreams that he shared about

[00:20:50] You know having something that combines some really cool stuff all his favorite things

[00:20:55] Like oysters and barbecue. What better parent can you have for north carolina?

[00:21:00] So he's gonna have all that in one place again opening up in

[00:21:02] The summer of 2025 as the plans are set

[00:21:06] He'd be sure and follow laurence barbecue on instagram to keep up with the move

[00:21:10] Speaking of moves elliot moss has revealed his plans for taking barbecue home

[00:21:15] In fact, he's done more than reveal him. He is in full swing

[00:21:19] Taking those plans home the eaters carolina really kind of broke the news officially

[00:21:23] A lot of folks have been hearing things over the last several months

[00:21:27] But finally it's official elliot has is is going to open his new barbecue venture in his hometown of florince, south carolina

[00:21:34] After 17 years spent smoking and cooking and working and earning a claim in ashville

[00:21:39] Most notably at the admiral in at buxton hall where probably a lot of folks know him

[00:21:44] He's now moving back to south carolina. He's going to share the site with seminar brewing and i know he's going to be involved there

[00:21:51] He's already serving the barbecue up things are getting official

[00:21:54] He's got whole hog pulled pork chicken bog and hash plenty of other favorites

[00:21:59] I think he's talking beer can chicken beer battered and smoked fish sandwiches

[00:22:03] And if you know elliot moss, there's going to be again plenty of whole hog barbecue and plenty of experiments lots of great stuff

[00:22:11] Looking forward to getting elliot onto the show real soon

[00:22:14] And uh, I know that you can read a complete feature about him just dial it up in eaters carolinas

[00:22:20] He's getting some publicity about this new spot as he opens it up

[00:22:23] It's really going to be cool there with seminar brewing gives you a great reason to go to florince south carolina

[00:22:28] So congratulations to him on this next chapter for him and his barbecue journey

[00:22:33] A couple of other barbecue business news iron city barbecue is opening in blacksburg

[00:22:38] That town is starting to blossom if you know south carolina in blacksburg area

[00:22:43] A new owner has quit his job and took out a second mortgage on his own

[00:22:48] He's opening up iron cities. He's already kind of built a customer base through catering jobs and working his food truck

[00:22:54] And again, this is a familiar stare story as a a lot of people we've talked to do a similar thing

[00:23:00] This is the blacksburg area of south carolina

[00:23:03] And this is coming as blackbird is actually considering a multi-million dollar streetscape plan

[00:23:10] Um, they've made annexations. There's been new homes constructed

[00:23:13] So jason merit may be taking a chance at the right time with iron city barbecue in blacksburg

[00:23:19] If you get by there check him out

[00:23:22] More news from friends of the show. That's from back draft barbecue

[00:23:25] They've launched a rub is now available in loaves food stores of south carolina

[00:23:31] You can find it in mount pleasant summerville charleston

[00:23:34] Hand-of-hand just just look at the blog. I've got the locations and the addresses there

[00:23:38] Just keep your eyes peeled if you're in south carolina at loaves foods

[00:23:42] Look for back draft barbecue. Again, he's one of the competition barbecue cooks that we've talked to over the past summer

[00:23:51] Eric carpenter and his bunch do a great job there. So look for him back draft barbecue

[00:23:55] He's going to be in low country public's locations in october as well

[00:23:59] Uh, no more business news monkey wrench

[00:24:03] Smokehouse is closing in travelers rest. That's a location

[00:24:07] Is actually going to be shutting down or it shut down a little bit earlier in august

[00:24:12] A good news is there'll still be barbecue coming from that location

[00:24:15] It's now going to be sbh barbecue

[00:24:18] Apparently the restaurant owners from monkey wrench smokehouse have decided to put all their focus on sidewall pizza company

[00:24:25] They got already have four pizza shops around the the area of travelers rest

[00:24:29] And so now the uh, the site for monkey wrench is going to be sbh barbecue and that will actually be their second location

[00:24:36] Um, and the second that will be open in the past four months. So congratulations to sbh barbecue

[00:24:43] Good luck to you monkey wrench

[00:24:46] Want to talk for just a moment about what i've been reading

[00:24:50] First of all, how long does that pull pork last in the refrigerator? Is this pork still good?

[00:24:57] I mean i made it on fourth of july, you know, and that's the question we've all faced for a long time and

[00:25:02] Just for reference if it was from the fourth that threw it out

[00:25:05] It may still be out there from labor day, but I mean we're getting close. So keep it

[00:25:12] The usda however recommends these time frames for pork products

[00:25:17] And this is thanks to dietician chelsea edwards. She's with the southern living magazine

[00:25:22] And she says or the usda specifically says raw pork

[00:25:27] Use it within three to five days of purchase or freeze it

[00:25:30] cooked pork consume it within three to four days. So

[00:25:36] Oh boy that labor day pork may be going off by now. So frozen pork consume it within six months

[00:25:42] For the best taste no, I got choked up about throwing away the pork

[00:25:48] But if it's frozen consume it within six months again, that's from southern living dietician

[00:25:53] Chelsea edward probably some pretty good advice pretty good advice coming as well from barbecue brothers

[00:25:59] barbecue bros if you will they they are celebrating resident culture as they

[00:26:04] Now officially expanded into the top tier of charlotte barbecue according to to the bros

[00:26:10] Also some reading from the smoke sheet. They took a dive into eastern tennessee barbecue

[00:26:15] Uh self-described barbecue

[00:26:18] Q oligest bb q oligest ed riley takes a nice look into uh eastern tennessee barbecue

[00:26:25] And of course tennessee has three distinct regions of barbecue and he talks about you know, what uh each

[00:26:33] Section includes and gives you some of the best bets near noxville chattanooga johnson city as well

[00:26:39] All that as at the smoke sheet. So a couple other things have been reading

[00:26:44] Food a love story

[00:26:46] That's from jim gaffigan is pretty funny. It takes a look at all the foods in america's various food fetishes

[00:26:52] You know, we've got them barbecue may or may not be in the fetish category. It's okay

[00:26:58] I guess

[00:26:59] Check out food a love story. I've been reading. What are you getting wrong about apalachia by elizabeth cat?

[00:27:06] I'll just leave it at that dogland passion glory and lots of slobber

[00:27:10] At westminster dog show if you know anything about the charlotte region. That's from tommy tomlinson

[00:27:16] Um a really great writer for the charlotte observer for many many years from georgia writes a great book is kind of the best of show

[00:27:23] Uh, if you've seen the movie the best in show

[00:27:25] That's the best in show of books again dogland passion glory and lots of slobber at westminster dog show

[00:27:32] so

[00:27:33] I got some tips. I want to share with you here before we wrap it up pretty quickly and those are thanks to mrs

[00:27:39] Chigger she's giving me the idea that maybe i ought to help the audience some more now that fall is is almost here

[00:27:45] Some cleaning tips might be a good idea and so

[00:27:52] So I went on the internet and I searched for fall smoker maintenance

[00:27:57] And ai had plenty to say and I try to skip those ai suggestions

[00:28:03] At least those ones at the top and go do I know down there a little ways down the list

[00:28:07] Where somebody probably created something that might be worth reading

[00:28:11] And the american barbecue systems is at the top and they say number one heat the grill to 400

[00:28:17] Use a wire brush to remove all the stuff from grates and smoker just brush it all down

[00:28:24] wipe it all down

[00:28:26] And then season your smoker

[00:28:31] You get an high point burn high burn point oil

[00:28:34] Coat the inside walls the door the lid the racks of grates

[00:28:39] Let all that sit there for 10 minutes do that for two or three times a year

[00:28:42] So that's what you do. You should do that every every week every time you use it

[00:28:48] Except for the seasoning part

[00:28:51] sounds like a lot

[00:28:53] So they recommend you also do a deep clean once or twice a year depending on how much you use it

[00:28:59] Or in that case you want to do a clean burn

[00:29:02] That means light your smoker with the vents wide open burn off all the residues

[00:29:06] Then allow it to cool fully

[00:29:09] Then you'll wash and degrease just clean the smoke with warm water and the degreaser detergent

[00:29:15] Get to steel brush and scrape off any unwanted rust pots

[00:29:20] Using a steel brush rinse it all down let it air dry and after fully cleaning

[00:29:25] Let it dry

[00:29:27] Then you'll want to re-season it using that deep clean

[00:29:30] With the oil the high point burning oil

[00:29:33] Rub it down good for optimal performance

[00:29:36] So that is the recommendation of the american's

[00:29:39] barbecue systems now as this chigger ever claimed the Weber smoking mountain like that

[00:29:45] and

[00:29:46] no

[00:29:48] That's what they recommend so to comply with mrs. Chigger suggestion. There it is some recommendations for fall

[00:29:55] You do what you got to do

[00:29:57] That's what american barbecue wants you to do let's talk about some events quickly

[00:30:02] I mentioned one of them the barbecue city brew and q is coming up september 21st in besamer city

[00:30:09] That's the besamer city brew and q

[00:30:11] In september 21st, you know southern barbecue network sanctioned backyard competition from 12 to 9

[00:30:17] It'll be live music craft beer vendors lots of details in the blog

[00:30:21] Another one i'm really excited about is a smith killed smithfield cup and elizabeth

[00:30:27] That's coming up sunday october 13th

[00:30:31] It'll be barbecue teams from north carolina and south carolina. They're gonna battle for the people's choice award the smithfield cup

[00:30:39] The team's gonna pair professional pit masters with amateurs

[00:30:43] Here's the teams again. You'll understand why i'm excited. We know these guys here. There ought to be a great competition

[00:30:49] from north carolina

[00:30:51] In charlotte is lewis donald from sweet lose and representing dark durham is

[00:30:57] jake wood from laurence barbecue in durham

[00:31:00] south carolina team will be robbie robinson from city limits and

[00:31:05] dylan cook from fourth grove so again

[00:31:07] You're pitting the north and the south head to head

[00:31:10] Cape fear distillery from noon to 5 p.m. Get your tickets while they last

[00:31:15] 20 dollars each kids under 14 get in for free with an adult admission

[00:31:20] So let's look at your schedule for that weekend. I went ahead and did it for you. You're welcome

[00:31:26] october 12th app states on the road the tides rolling in teatown wolfpack and torreals are at home

[00:31:33] The panthers host the falcons in the queen city

[00:31:37] That could be the makings of a good weekend down east

[00:31:41] If you might run into a little traffic, but don't worry about that

[00:31:45] Get to the smithfield cup october the 13th on sunday and elizabeth

[00:31:50] 15

[00:31:51] Another really cool event much like pinehurst is the smoke slowcountry barbecue festival coming up in charleston

[00:31:58] That's going to be in november the night through the 11th

[00:32:01] They've created distinct villages with traditional texas new school and coastal style cooking in each one of these villages

[00:32:08] right now the big count

[00:32:10] 32 pit masters coming from restaurants all over the south and i've been done the list gosh and it is super impressive

[00:32:17] Again paul mirror is there from charleston writes barbecue from febill in arkansas

[00:32:21] They've ranked tightly with a lot of folks our friend a tank from holy city hogs in charleston

[00:32:27] elliott's from florland south carolina moosecraft barbecue we mentioned them moments ago

[00:32:33] In some of those top lists there from the barbecue snob sam jones

[00:32:37] Winterville and raleigh is going to be there. There's a huge list 32 of them

[00:32:42] All together plus and the tickets went on sale in july, but you can still get them general admission 95

[00:32:48] Kids get on seven to 13. They're in for 25 dollars

[00:32:53] Anyone under six gets in for free

[00:32:56] And that my friends is the low-down look at summer 2024

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