Bob Garner's Book of Barbecue: North Carolina's Favorite Food Book

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction xxi

A Three-Hundred-Year Tradition 3

A North Carolina Barbecue Primer 15

Outside the Restaurant 45

Pork Shoulder or Whole Hog: How to Prepare Your Own North Carolina Barbecue 65

Recipes 83

North Carolina Barbecue Restaurants 97

High Cotton Barbeque-Kitty Hawk 98

Martelle's Feed House-Engelhard 99

Moore's Olde Tyme Barbeque-New Bern 101

Oakwood Barbecue-Richlands 103

Sid's Catering-Beulaville 104

Jackson's Big Oak Barbecue-Wilmington 108

Burin's Barbecue-Windsor 109

Ralph's Barbecue-Weldon 110

Gardner's Barbecue-Rocky Mount 112

Hunter Hill Cafe & Catering-Rocky Mount 113

Doug Sauls' Barbecue and Seafood-Nashville 115

Bill's Barbecue and Chicken-Wilson 116

Cherry's Barbecue and Seafood-Wilson 120

Parker's Barbecue-Wilson 122

B's Barbecue and Grill-Greenville 125

Parker's Barbecue-Greenville 129

Jack Cobb & Son Bar-B-Que-Farmville 131

Bum's Restaurant-Ayden 132

The Skylight Inn-Ayden 136

Morris Barbeque-Hookerton 140

IQng's Barbecue & Chicken-Kinston 142

B. J.'s Grill and BBQ-La Grange 144

Ken's Grill-La Grange 145

Adams Roadside Bar-B-Q-Goldsboro 147

Clayton 149

Wilber's Barbecue-Goldsboro 151

Grady's Barbecue-Dudley 156

Smithfield's Chicken 'N Bar-B-Q-Locations throughout North Carolina 161

White Swan Bar-B-Q & Fried Chicken-Smithfield, Benson, Clayton, Atlantic Beach 162

Charlie's BBQ & Grille-Clayton 165

Cape Fear Barbecue-Fayetteville 166

The Pik N Pig-Carthage 167

Fuller's Old Fashion BBQ-Lumberton, Fayetteville 169

Nelson's Barbecue-Lumberton 171

Village Inn Bar-B-Que and Seafood-Lumberton 172

Skipper Forsyth's Bar-B-Q-Henderson 174

Bob's Bar-B-Q-Creedmoor 175

Knightdale Seafood & Barbecue-Knightdale 180

Clyde Cooper's BBQ-Raleigh 181

The Pit Authentic Barbecue-Raleigh 186

Danny's Bar-B-Que-Cary, Durham, Morrisville 188

Smokey's BBQ Shack-Morrisville 190

Stephenson's Bar-B-Q-Willow Spring 195

Backyard BBQ Pit-Durham 197

Bullock's Bar-B-Cue-Durham 199

Hog Heaven Barbecue-Durham 201

Hillsborough BBQ Company-Hillsborough 202

Allen & Son Barbeque-Chapel Hill 204

The Pig-Chapel Hill 208

Allen & Son Bar-B-Que-Pittsboro 210

Hursey's Pig Pickin' Bar-B-Q-Burlington, Graham 211

Short Sugar's Pit Bar-B-Q-Reidsville 214

Fuzzy's Pit-Cooked Bar-B-Q-Madison 216

Country Barbeque-Greensboro 219

Stamey's Old Fashioned Barbecue-Greensboro 220

Clark's Barbecue-Kernersville 224

Prissy Polly's Bar-B-Que-Kernersville 225

Stratford Bar-B-Que-King 227

Hill's Lexington Barbecue-Winston-Salem 228

Little Richard's Barbecue-Winston-Salem, Wallburg 229

Mr. Barbecue-Winston-Salem 231

Pig Pickin's of America-Winston-Salem 232

Snook's Old Fashion Barbecue-Advance 234

Deano's Barbecue-Mocksville 235

Red Pig Bar-B-Q House-Mocksville 236

Kepley's Barbecue-High Point 240

Kerley's Barbecue-Welcome 241

Blue Mist Bar-B-Q-Asheboro 242

Troutman's B-B-Q-Denton 243

Bar-B-Q Center-Lexington 245

Cook's Barbecue-Lexington 247

Jimmy's BBQ-Lexington 249

Hendrix Barbecue-Lexington, Salisbury, Spencer 251

Lexington Barbecue-Lexington 253

Smiley's Lexington BBQ-Lexington 257

Smokey Joe's Barbecue-Lexington 258

Speedy Lohr's BBQ of Arcadia-Lexington 261

Tarheel Q-Lexington 262

Stamey's Barbecue of Tyro 264

Backcountry Barbeque-Linwood 265

College Bar-B-Que-Salisbury 266

Richard's Bar-B-Q-Salisbury 268

Wink's: The King of Barbecue-Salisbury 269

Keaton's Barbecue-Cleveland 270

Gary's Bar-B-Q-China Grove 272

M & K Bar-B-Q & Country Cookin'-Granite Quarry 273

Log Cabin BBQ-Albemarle 275

Whispering Pines BBQ-Albemarle 276

Troutman's Bar-B-Q-Concord 277

Lancaster's BBQ-Huntersville, Mooresville 278

Bubba's Barbecue-Charlotte 280

Mac's Speed Shop-Charlotte, Cornelius 282

Old Hickory House Restaurant-Charlotte 284

Carolina Bar-B-Q-Statesville 285

Alston Bridges Barbecue-Shelby 287

Bridges Barbecue Lodge-Shelby 290

The Flying Pig-Shelby 293

Brushy Mountain Smokehouse and Creamery/Brushy Mountain Café-North Wilkesboro, North Millers Creek 296

Smoky Mountain Barbecue-West Jefferson 297

The Woodlands Barbecue & Pickin' Parlor-Blowing Rock 299

Okie Dokies Smokehouse-Swannanoa 300

Gone but Not Forgotten 303

Postscript 315

Index 316