Lexington Barbecue Cook Off Cancelled In Wake Of Factory Fire
A well-known Lexington barbecue contest is cancelled for this year, a casualty of a massive fire that destroyed a historic furniture plant.
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'Praise The Lard': A Barbecue Legend Shows Us How To Master Smoked Chicken Wings
Mike Mills' chicken wings have been named the best in the country. He is even in the Barbecue Hall of Fame. His new book with daughter Amy Mills shares the gospel of barbecue with home cooks.
Pitmasters Fan The Old-School Flames Of All-Wood Barbecue
Barbecue lovers once feared that wood-fueled pits were endangered. But as appreciation of this traditional cooking method grows, pitmasters are finding wood-only is good business.
The Champagne of Pulled Pork? Lexington Ponders Protecting Its Signature 'Cue
One of the Southeast's biggest festivals returns to the Triad Saturday.
Do Try This At Home: Hacking Ribs — In The Pressure Cooker
Tender, smoky, fall-off-the-bone ribs can take three or four hours to make the traditional way. But Baltimore chef Shirlé Koslowski uses a pressure cooker to get all that flavor in only an hour.
Pitmasters Embrace New Barbecue Truth: Rested Meat Is Sublime
How to rest a pork shoulder, a beef brisket or rack of ribs to keep it moist hours after it comes off the pit? Restaurants now use warming units, but DIY home warmers are just as good.
The Texas Road Food Takeover: Smoked, Fried And Tex-Mex
Like the march of fire ants and juniper trees across Texas, a trio of hardy cuisines is edging out the state's gastro-diversity. Classic Lone Star dishes like Frito pie are becoming harder to find.
When His Pit Burned Down, Southern BBQ Master Took Hogs On Tour
Rodney Scott's legendary South Carolina barbecue cookhouse went up in flames last year, so friends of the pit master cooked up a plan to help him rebuild. Scott is now making a comeback with his Bar-B-Que in Exile Tour and bringing people together with his whole hog barbecue.