north carolina

Stopped into Buxton Hall Barbecue for a spot of lunch after hitting some family-oriented sights (and sites) in town. Address: 32 BANKS AVE, ASHEVILLE, NC, 2880 Free Parking is a bit of a pain to find in the area, but there's a paid lot just across the street (must use the app to pay for...

Looking for the authentic old school North Carolina BBQ experience. Want the whole hog or shoulders cooked over the fire pit. Especially after reading Moss's history of BBQ; I got a hankering to taste the real thing for myself. Only other NC experience I have was visiting the pit in Raleigh...

This is my first year competing and I have entered 2 KCBS contests so far this year and garish is allowed in the turn in boxes. In August I will be competing in a NCBBQ Society contest that does not allow garnish. I have a plan for the chicken and and Pork butt, however I cant figure out what...

“Kings of Q” BBQ Cook-off and Festival North Carolina State Championship and KCBS Sanctioned Contest Event to be held in Downtown Ayden, NC on May 20 & 21st, 2016 This is a first year event with a $10,000 KCBS purse. For team applications www.aydenbbq.org The contest is named in...

Hello all! My family is from the bootheel of Missouri, I grew up in St. Louis, and recently moved to North Carolina from Kansas City. I've been so homesick for real Midwest BBQ that I've searched high and low for a taste of home in Raleigh. Sigh... My search turned up with no precious brisket...

Hello everyone. I hail from Raleigh, NC and was raised on western NC style pulled pork with vinegar sauce, but do appreciate all styles. My buddies gave me a whole hog cooker as a wedding present years ago which pushed me from casual consumer to semi-serious cooker. Four years ago I started...