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Apple City BBQ Jalapeño Lime Sauce Takes Backseat to the Meat

While debates between Eastern and Western BBQ continue, in North Carolina there are plenty of barbecue joints that aren’t chiming in. Instead, for places like Apple City BBQ, the focus is on producing “properly cooked, quality meat” – and not on whether you add tomato to your sauce or choose shoulder over whole hog.

Southern Smoke BBQ and Collard Green Chowder

Collard Green Chowder with greens, ham and potatoes, as prepared and shared by Southern Smoke BBQ of NC Pitmaster and Cookbook author Matthew Register.

Southern Smoke BBQ Pitmaster Matthew Register joined The Low & Slow Barbecue Show to reveal his barbecue roots, his sauces, and his restaurant in Garland, N.C. Read this blog to get the recipe for his culinary creation, Collard Green Chowder.

Charlotte Barbecue Roots Run Through Midwood

A pig with wings on a wood sign at Charlotte barbecue restaurant Midwood Smokehouse.

At one time Charlotte barbecue was like a food desert compared to other Carolina cities. Then Midwood Smokehouse arrived in 2011. With Pitmaster Matt Barry running the barbecue show for FS Food Group, one Midwood Smokehouse restaurant in an eclectic neighborhood east of Uptown Charlotte has grown to six locations across the Carolinas.

Benne Wafers and Barbecue Traditions with Hanna Raskin

Hanna Raskin's Benne Wafers prepared from Emily Meggett's Gullah Geechee recipe.

Like a fierce spirit of independence, food traditions run deep in the Carolinas. From barbecue smoked low and slow to Benne Wafers planting a historic place along the coast in the 1700s, the nation’s most familiar flavors grow in places with fertile food heritage.

Tank Jackson Serves Up Catertainment and Fine Swine

Low & Slow Barbecue Show welcomes Tank Jackson from Holy City Hogs.

Tank Jackson calls it “Catertainment.” “I’m catering to you and I’m also going to entertain the shit out of you. I’m the king of Catertainment.” And he’s been practicing it, at least the ‘tainment part of that since he was “crawling his way out of his mama.” “I say crawling out ‘cause I was fighting […]

Carolina BBQ Festival 2023: BBQ Pitmasters in their Element

BBQ Pitmaster and Holy City Hogs founder Tank Jackson in his element: whole hog barbecue.

Carolina BBQ Festival’s second annual installment delivered everything it promised. Carolina BBQ Pitmasters and barbecue fans together celebrating whole hog barbecue, the Carolinas’ rich barbecue traditions, various low and slow cooking styles, and a diverse community.