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Wars Have Been Fought Over LessBarbecue is not just a food group here in the South. It’s a way of life. In the Southeast, barbecue primarily means pork. Over in Texas, it means beef, goat, armadillo, or some other godforsaken creature they scraped up off the highway. Texas might have a lock on the oil bidness, cowboys, and just about anything else to do with cows, but they don’t know jack about how to make good barbecue. Kansas City claims to have the best sauce, St. Louis brags on its ribs, Memphis looks at barbecue as being a direct path to God, but the undeniable Center of the Barbecue Universe is North Carolina. Got some great BBQ recipes? Post them here. Sauce vs. rub? Charcoal vs. gas? Weigh in here.North Carolina ain’t without its barbecue turf wars either. There are two primary types of barbecue in North Carolina: Eastern Style and Lexington Style. The difference in styles is mostly in the sauce. Eastern style sauce is vinegar- and pepper-based and is used as a condiment, while Lexington-style is a tomato-based sauce that is often cooked with the meat.The one thing that both groups agree on is the proper way to cook a pig. Speed is the key, or actually, a lack of speed. Barbecue needs to be cooked slowly. Good barbecue needs hickory smoke, too. Sure you can get fancy and try apple, or mesquite, or some other type of hardwood, but nothing will be able to top hickory smoke for pure flavor. If you go slowly, it’s pretty hard to screw it up. Wanna know more about BBQ? Check out the Smoke Shack. The very best barbecue sandwich is made of hand-pulled pork. If the meat is cooked properly, it will just fall apart. It shouldn’t need any condiments, maybe a little sauce and a hamburger dill pickle, but no slaw. A person that puts slaw on a barbecue sandwich ought to be deported off the planet. There is no excuse for ruining a good barbecue sandwich. BBQ 101 Lexington Barbecue Festival North Carolina Barbecue: a Primer Memphis Barbecue Barbecues
