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Photos: The 89th Annual Mallard Creek Barbecue
Monk: This year marked the 89th year that Mallard Creek Presbyterian Church in University City has had its annual barbecue held the fourth Thursday of October, which is part community barbecue and...
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Checking Back In: Richard’s Bar-B-Q in Salisbury, NC
Monk: The last (and only) time I had visited Richard’s Bar-B-Q in Salisbury was nearly 5 years ago and I mostly enjoyed my meal there, preferring it to the other Salisbury joint on the NC Barbecue...
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The 4th Annual Free Range and order/fire Pig Pickin’ featuring Lewis Donald...
Each year for the past four, order/fire, a Charlotte-based culinary web series, and Free Range Brewing have collaborated on an annual pig pickin’ and viewing of the latest episode of the web series....
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The Cuegrass Festival is a Must for Raleigh Barbecue and Bluegrass Fans
Monk: Every April, the streets in front of The Pit in Raleigh shut down for a block party featuring the always undefeated combination of barbecue, beer, and bluegrass music. This year, the festival...
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Memphis in May 2019
Monk: For my second Memphis in May with the Cotton Pickin’ Porkers, they finished a very respectable 12th out of 35 teams in whole hog (just missing a call) in addition to 18th out of 118 in tomato...
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Noble Smoke will raise the bar for Charlotte barbecue when it opens this summer
Jim Noble will officially enter the barbecue restaurant world with the opening of Noble Smoke in the coming few weeks, but he is certainly no newcomer when it comes to barbecue, having grown up in...
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Ten Lessons Learned from Smoking Our First Whole Hog
Monk: Back on Father’s Day weekend, Speedy and I set out to do something I’ve been wanting to do for years. And you know what? We rocked it. But even using both the Sam Jones Whole Hog book (review...
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Noble Smoke (Finally) Opens Its Doors
Monk: Personally, I have been following the Jim Noble barbecue restaurant quest for just short of four years. The first article I ever linked that mentioned Jim getting into the barbecue business was...
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REPOST: Ten Lessons Learned from Smoking Our First Whole Hog
Monk: In honor of Father’s Day, we are reposting our blog from three years ago recapping the first (and thus far only) whole hog I smoked for Father’s Day 2019. Hopefully, I will get to do one again...
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Lunch at The Barbecue Center in Photos
Monk: I recently stopped by The Barbecue Center in Lexington for the first time in a few years for a lunch with the Monk clan. Here was my experience in photos. The barbecue tray with red slaw is the...
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A Thousand Words: The 2024 Carolina BBQ Festival
Monk: This year’s Carolina BBQ Festival changed locations from Camp North End to Uptown and became part of the Charlotte SHOUT! annual arts and culture festival. And Speedy happened to be in town, so...
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