I may have moved to the worst city—ever!—for dating, but at least it's the manliest based on "the number of U.S.-made cars driven in the city, number of sports bars and BBQ restaurants, number of home improvement and hardware stores as well as manly salty snacks consumption."...

This recipe can into my in box today. It was created by champion pitmaster, Chris Lilly, on behalf of Kingsford® charcoal and looks damn good. What better way to celebrate the return of daylight savings time? Beer-Basted Pulled Pork Sliders Makes: 12 servingsPrep time: 20 minutesCook time: 7 hours ...

In June 2008, Texas Monthly named little Snow's BBQ, in a town of 1200 people 50 miles from Austin, the best barbeque in the state of Texas.   In a land studded with BBQ palaces, where people will draw down over slight variations in sauce recipes, and will get downright stabby over brisket, this wa...

Just a few days ago, I was looking down my list of Durham food blogs, and noticing that, while some were happily active, some are dead, about to be dead, or haven't posted in a while.  I've been kvetching for several months on what I considered my own posting suckitude, but maybe I should give myse...

Above, The Mad Scientist takes us on a hip-hop time capsule as he reminisces on digging through his parent’s record collection and chopping up his first record at the age of 16. Pro speaks on his favorite recently released albums along with his first solo project in 6 years “Main Source,...

Presenting a few pictures of some recent cooking shenanigans. We've cooked alot of country style ribs, chicken and brisket recently and had fun coming up with ways to use up what we've cooked without eating 'bbq' every night. More on that coming next...There's also been a fair amount of baking going...

I'll admit it. Sometimes I'll buy pre-made barbecue meats. I've tried Lloyds . I've tried Curley's . I've tried Tony Roma's. All with mixed results Sometimes, even if it's not the real deal, the "smokey" flavor of these prepackaged meats can be enough to satisfy the itch. Ya know? I was intrigued to...

Southern Hospitality 1460 Second AvenueNew York, NY 10021(212) 249-1001 Southern Hospitality, Pit Master: Dr. BBQ, part owner: Justin Timeberlake, (Strange, I can't find any pictures of them together? Are they one in the same?) location: frat bar row, Upper Eastside of Manhattan. Sounds like a recip...

This just in from Eater via PigTrip.... "Heartland Brewery's barbecue joint Spanky's will close its doors tomorrow after a private farewell party. They'll replace it in March with HB Burger." Damn. Another of my recommended BBQ places closing down. In my original review I wondered how long Spanky's ...

Virgil's Barbecue 152 W 44th StNew York, NY 10036(212) 921-9494 Last week I mentioned that I joined Gary from PigTrip for a mini crawl through two of Manhattan's BBQ joints. We had a mission when we set out on this trip, but unfortunately we didn't meet any of our goals. But, we did get to eat some ...