I'll Bite

Former Observer writer Dan Huntley is now better known as barbecuer Dan the Pig Man, who sells from a food truck covered with barbecue sloga...

Rock Store Barbecue in Stallings and Mac's Speed Shop in Charlotte both will be featured on a new Travel Channel show, "All You Can...

So you've always wanted to learn how barbecue is really done? If you can make it to the S.C. Farmers Market in West Columbia on Aug. 18,...

Last year during this week, we posted a video and story on the art of producing true, wood-cooked Carolina barbecue. I thought Corey Lowenst...

I'm afraid to type anything involving the letters "B B Q" for a while. So I'll say this involves outdoor cooking. Call it ...

"Charlotte, once again demonstrating its complete lack of barbecue relevance . . . " "Fruit in barbecue sauces? It's offi...

I tease the Southern Living folks for their surveys of places in the South, which often seem to skip our area. So I should praise them for t...

Sometimes being a food writer is a pinch-yourself job: You get to have experiences that make you pinch yourself to make sure you're not ...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, a little love for the Old North State from professional grumper Tony Bourdain: The March issue of Budg...

What's wrong with this picture? The web site I Can Haz Cheez Burger posted a pictoral map of the country by foods. Problem is . . . well...

When the Barbecue Battle Box arrived on my desk, packed in a cooler of freezer packs, I had to admit: Clever idea. It's $59 ($39 if you ...

Mount Airy, N.C., would be a nice place even without its history as the inspiration for Mayberry in the "The Andy Griffith Show." ...

OK, I've been holding out. When I made a swing by a couple of Statesville stops last week, I was actually on my way back from an early l...

Port-A-Pit? It sounds like something I avoid at outdoor concerts. But I've passed the sign so many times after leaving Keaton's outs...

Taking a trip to Keaton's BBQ in Cleveland, N.C., outside Statesville, isn't really about the food. It's about the journey. Ther...

New at the Matthews Community Farmers Market : Quail eggs, raised by new vendors Yurii and Irina Korotkov. This Saturday's market also i...

The Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival in Tryon will heat up the coals again this spring, after the Carolinas Foothills Chamber of Commerce got mo...

With the sad news that the annual Blue Ridge Barbecue Festival in Tryon has been cancelled, apparently permanently, barbecue fans may need a...

Where have I been eating barbecue? Gary's, China Grove. First the important stuff: This is a beloved institution in a sweet little town,...