NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Oct 1999 18:00:57 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu alt.food.barbecue:14665 CafeMojo wrote: > Just curious, what is everyone's choice of absolute handsdown > best BBQ joint in North Carolina? > > Some may be out of commision due to Floyd flooding > but list them anyway. > > I'm hoping to compile a comprehensive list of NC cue joints. > > Thanks, cap'n ron > CafeMojo Wilber's without a doubt. US 70 has been closed since last Tuesday starting about 200 yards past Wilber's. I think King's and Melton's are closed for some time to come.
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Best BBQ in NC of all time?
I have found the holy grail of NC BBQ The Lexington Collection of NC BBQ Joints. Folks, ya gotta see this awesome labor of wood smoked love! The Lexington Collection http://www.ipass.net/~lineback/bbq/jnts.htm This website is AWESOME!!!!!! Ron@CafeMojo
Bullock's is still kickin', good BBQ too, but something about the atmosphere turns me off. It is not your rustic hole-in-the-wall joint, it is more like your diner/restaurant type place which caters to the old folks (nothing wrong with that, please!). I've noticed the early PM crowd at Bullock's and the lunch crowd to be from the older generations (again, nothing negative implied, only that I believe the cuisine is tailored for this demographic cross-section). The cuisine is good-ole southern cooking with a lot of soft foods (yams, collards, turnips, etc..) jf Bill B. wrote: > Best?? > > I can't say best, but twenty years ago, I used to go to Bullock's in > Durham for a combo plate of 'Q and Brunswick stew. If I was really > flush, I'd even get a chicken breast. Sweet tea and hush puppies > (enormous quantities of them). > > Best?? Maybe not, but at the time it sure was good! > > BB > > > > CafeMojo wrote: > > > well damn. > > this is pitiful. > > i've seen threads here 70 posts deep > > on temp, foo-foo $$$ smokers, exotic woods, etc, > > and we can't even get up a good ripple on North Carolina > > Cue Joints ...THE HOLYLAND OF BARBECUE, > > THE MECCA OF SLOW SMOKEATUDE? > > I am shocked I am. > > Nay, I am ashamed. > >
NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Oct 1999 17:44:47 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) Lines: 10 Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu alt.food.barbecue:14725 julio fuentes wrote: > Bullock's is still kickin', good BBQ too, but something about the atmosphere > turns me off. It is not your rustic hole-in-the-wall joint, it is more like > your diner/restaurant type place which caters to the old folks But but but we are all getting old. I have had many good meals in Bullock's but if I am in that area now days, I prefer Murry's in Raleigh.
NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Oct 1999 23:55:27 GMT X-Accept-Language: en X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) Xref: alexander.INS.CWRU.Edu alt.food.barbecue:14733 John wrote: > The Washington Post did a large piece on NC bar-b-que about 5 or 6 years > ago. The article may have been in their Magazine, published in Sunday's > paper. It featured many old, multi-generation joints using the eastern > style sauce. They sent two guys that knew nothing but ribs to NC to find out where the best barbecue was. I think they concluded that the best in NC was in Memphis. The New York Times did the same thing but it was not confined to NC. Their two guys concluded the best barbecue in the US was in Kansas City. The editor of the paper didn't like that a bit. He was from Goldsboro, NC and knew better. The two reporters left the paper and wrote a book on the best barbecue. Once again - rib eaters. The Times did another search and concluded the Starlight in Ayden, NC was the best. I personally can't stand their cue.