Carolina Fall BBQ Festival Road Trip 2025
The Low & Slow Barbecue Show Carolina Fall BBQ Festival Road Trip offered a close-up look at life in South Carolina’s Old 96 District, as well as a couple of competitions.
50 Best BBQ Joints in the South – What’s Missing?
Which of the South’s Best BBQ Joints would you add if we removed Texas from the ranker? Chigger weighs in.
Pinehurst Barbecue Festival Reveals Pitmasters and Menus
Pinehurst Barbecue Festival revealed the lineup of pitmasters and programs for its fifth anniversary coming up Labor Day Weekend, Aug. 29-31, 2025.
2025 Carolina BBQ Festival’s Best Bites
The 2025 Carolina BBQ Festival was Charlotte’s biggest celebration of barbecue traditions yet. From an expanded schedule and wide-ranging menu to the assembled crowds and a larger geographic footprint of participating pitmasters, the event revealed that the Carolinas’ love is burning brightly for meat cooked over live fire. “Whether you are a backyard cook or […]
Farm BBQ: Bringing Carolina BBQ to Maryland
A Maryland barbecue venture is redefining what it means to combine tradition, community, and sustainability. As a result, Farm BBQ not only produces great food, it fuels agritourism opportunities in the semi-rural community of Fallston, MD. Get the complete Farm BBQ story in our Low & Slow Barbecue Show interview. Keep reading for a closer […]
Carolina BBQ Festival 2025 Guide: Pitmasters #BBQforaCause
Carolina BBQ Festival 2025 celebrates whole hog barbecue and the Carolinas’ rich barbecue traditions while supporting charitable causes providing food relief and comfort to neighbors in their times of greatest need: Operation BBQ Relief and Hungry Heroes. The 2025 festival dates are April 4-5 at Victoria Yards in Charlotte. Part of the Charlotte Shout for the […]
Carolina Barbecue News | The Lowdown Summer 2024
Everywhere you look in the Carolina barbecue news world, you will find a list. A “Best of” ranking. Best Texas Barbecue, Best New Barbecue, Best Barbecue State, Best Barbecue Region, Best Charlotte Barbecue, Best Barbecue Sauce, Best Barbecue Style, Best Brisket, Best Dessert … you get the picture. Everybody likes to talk about their top […]
Explore Competition BBQ in the Carolinas
Barbecue competition is serious business in the Carolinas. This blog goes behind the scenes with pros in the know. From training competition, barbecue judges to the pit perspectives of barbecue contenders and the thrill of their victory, this blog smokes out all the secrets.
Meet the Ultimate BBQ Tourist and his ‘BOINK’ Balls Recipe
In a barbecue world full of options, it helps to have a tour guide to lead you toward the best. BBQ Tourist Ryan Cooper is that guide. In this blog, we highlight the BBQ Tourist, and The Smoke Sheet newsletter. And for the first time, Ryan shares the ingredients, directions, and photos of his special recipe for BOINK Balls.
BBQ Tourist Ryan Cooper, Co-Founder of The Smoke Sheet
In a barbecue world that’s full of options, from the best places to eat, to the right equipment to you and the latest methods you want to try, it helps to have a tour guide. BBQ Tourist Ryan Cooper is that guide to the best pit stops in America. He’s great a resource for news and information, events, and backyard cooking – especially as this summer season of smoking gets fired up.