Whole-hog cooking produces meat so tender and flavorful that first-timers often become instant converts to Carolina barbecue ...

– 1 cup unsalted butter (make sure it’s at room temperature) – 2 cups granulated sugar – 4 large eggs (room temperature) – 2 ...

In barbecue terms, where pitmasters play with temperamental elements like smoke and fire, it’s tough to ever say what’s the very best of anything. Instead, when someone asks, I try to say what’s good ...

If the South is known for anything, it’s definitely barbecue — and a new ranking is spotlighting North Carolina’s very best. Southern Living released its list of the “Top 50 BBQ Joints” across the ...

Let News & Observer food writer Drew Jackson be your definitive source for all things North Carolina barbecue as the state embraces the country’s red hot barbecue obsession and a new generation of ...

Let News & Observer food writer Drew Jackson be your definitive source for all things North Carolina barbecue as the state embraces the country’s red hot barbecue obsession and a new generation of ...

Just like most Southern states, North Carolina makes a big deal about its barbecue. Most people traveling to North Carolina are unaware that Carolina BBQ is unique and different from other states, ...

Eight North Carolina barbecue joints are included in the newest ranking of the best barbecue in the South by Southern Living, including two in the Triangle. Southern Living’s barbecue editor Robert ...

In North Carolina, barbecue (or BBQ) is not an outdoor cookout event. Barbecue is typically pork cooked for a long time at a low temperature with heat and smoke from hardwood coals or hardwood, ...

A pair of historic North Carolina barbecue joints are snuffing out the smokehouses after a collective century and a half in business. Short Sugar’s in Reidsville and Kepley’s in High Point are the ...