JDs Smokehouse and 3 Beers Down

JDs Smokehouse in Rutherford College, N.C.

JDs Smokehouse is on the menu and 3 Beers Down is in TheMesh.tv studios for a review of beer and BBQ pairings. Host Chigger Willard welcomes Josh Elder, Matt Everley, and Luke Sears who share their advice for the best beer and BBQ combinations with smoked chicken, pulled pork, and beef brisket. While Chigger’s “surprise beer” wins the […]

Is Brunswick Stew on the Menu?

Brunswick stew in jars.

Besides meat and sauce options, a good Carolina barbecue restaurant has a few common elements. Pigs of all shapes, sizes and personalities fill the décor. Paper towels are on the table. And Brunswick stew is on the menu.

Mayo BBQ Sauce? Alabama White Sauce Beats the Deep South Heat

Mayo BBQ sauce on beer can chicken breast.

Mayo BBQ Sauce? Even for an Alabaman raised in the Heart of Dixie, it seems strange. Spend a couple days in the swelter of the Deep South, you’ll get a lesson. And you’ll want something besides the saucy heat next to your pork or chicken. Alabama white sauce is that tangy alternative.

Barbecue Chicken Beginnings of the Low & Slow Barbecue Show

Beer can chicken on the grill,

A wood-handled mop rests in a glass jar half-filled with a brownish liquid. In one fluid motion, the grill lid opens, and a big hand finds the mop. Another finds the jar. With a few sloppy slaps, flavor streams across barbecue chicken halves, sending a savory scent sizzling up from smoldering coals.