Name: John Shelton Reed continues the Campaign for Real Barbecue
Uploaded: 2026-08-27T06:01:47.000Z
Duration: 1913
Description: Historian, wood-cooked meat advocate and “Eminence Grease” John Shelton Reed ( https://johnshelton.weebly.com/home.html) discusses the Campaign for Real...

Historian, wood-cooked meat advocate and “Eminence Grease” John Shelton Reed (https://johnshelton.weebly.com/home.html) discusses the Campaign for Real Barbecue (https://www.truecue.org/) and the changing barbecue culture in the South. Is the broader Southern food culture following the same path of the barbecue? Are craft barbecue pitmasters honoring their wood-cooked roots? Find out John Shelton Reed’s ideal barbecue order, how his barbecue journey began and the reception his barbecue opinions (https://www.amazon.com/Barbecue-John-Shelton-Reed/dp/1621906388) have been received over the years. Get the latest on John’s revised and updated book 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the South – coming in 2027. Don’t miss John Shelton Reed’s barbecue hot takes – what he’s craving, what’s he’s missing, and what he’ll never visit.

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