Best BBQ in the Carolinas?

nctom

nctom

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Share your favorite BBQ Joint!

My vote is hands down for R&R BBQ on Pitts School Rd. in Concord. They have awesome hush puppies too!

Gary's on 29 in China Grove comes in a close second.

I have always traveled North and South Carolina with work so I have tried a lot of regional BBQ joints.The mustard based stuff out East is it's own thing. Not what I was raised on, but it is good too.
 
Backyard on 55 in Durham and Cooper's in Raleigh.
 
R&R is very good as well as Kyle Fletchers in Gastonia, good smoked flavor there. Favorite joint would have to be any of the Macs Speed Shop locations, but that has to do with more than just the good portions of pulled pork they serve up.
 
Speedy's in Lexington .....


Matt
 
You done opened up a can of worms again;

http://www.nc4x4.com/forums/showthread.php?t=112178&highlight=sswaters

Red Slaw for me, White Slaw sometimes (actually white slaw is for "fish camps")
BBQ is what you eat - Southern Term
BBQ is what you do - Yankee Term

BBQ in NC = pulled pork, it's a noun here not a verb, just trying to help you with the local raised watriess.

Don't forget to get the hushpuppies and Sun Drop or Cheerwine over pellet ice!

Lot of northern infiltraters around charlotte area so the line is being blurred.
 
SSWaters said:
actually white slaw is for "fish camps"
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good point... although I like it on a BBQ sammich, too. And no carrots... it's cabbage, chopped fine.

Black Bear said:
Anything over pellet ice is the way to have it, it should be a law.
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My Maryland-raised sister-in-law calls it "North Carolina ice" and says it is the best. :lol:
 
Lexington BBQ off Bus. 85.

Don't forget the "Dip" = Thin BBQ sauce. This stuff is great on the hushpuppies!
 
I heard somewhere that the term "Hushpuppies" referred to them useing leftover fish breading that got fried and serving it to the hunting dogs to keep them quiet. Anyone verify this for me? Made sense to this Damn Yankee, but I hate spreading misinformation.
 
ManglerYJ said:
I heard somewhere that the term "Hushpuppies" referred to them useing leftover fish breading that got fried and serving it to the hunting dogs to keep them quiet. Anyone verify this for me? Made sense to this Damn Yankee, but I hate spreading misinformation.
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Yep. Your are correct. The bigger ones are also called "Corn Dodgers". John Wayne would throw them in the air and shoot them.:lol:

Back in the 80's when IBM first opened in Charlotte and we got our first major group exodus yankee infiltration, we were eating at a fish camp. The family sitting behind us were having thier first truly southern meal. The Mom told her kids to try them, She said I think they are called "quiet dogs".:shaking:We enjoyed the show. I am sure the Mexicans in Baja laugh thier asses off at me when I am down there with my spanglish with a southern twang.
 
B's BBQ in Greenville used to be the stuff...haven't eaten there in years though. Parker's BBQ in Wilson was always great growing up too!
 
I looked at buying a pellet ice maker to put in the shop. Those things are twice as much as a normal ice maker. Had to pass.

I used to know a guy that would go to Whataburger and get a XL cherry lemon sundrop with pellet ice and pour a half pint of Jack into it. He seemed to think it was really good. Called them Lynchburg Slushys.:tongue:
 
nctom said:
I used to know a guy that would go to Whataburger and get a XL cherry lemon sundrop with pellet ice and pour a half pint of Jack into it. He seemed to think it was really good. Called them Lynchburg Slushys.:tongue:
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That sounds like a winner! :beer:
 
" XL cherry lemon sundrop with pellet ice and pour a half pint of Jack into it"

uuuuummm old farmers Marvin Smith and Wayne Barbee? I had to babysit them at night when I worked the Gulf Gas Station, they'd sit on the bench out front talking and drinking all night with the Sundrop/Jack mix thing, sometimes they would pump gas for people. Good stories, both long dead now.
 
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