{"id":4884,"date":"2022-05-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/?p=4884"},"modified":"2022-11-08T13:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T18:59:40","slug":"five-facts-about-north-carlina-bbq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/?p=4884","title":{"rendered":"Five Facts About North Carolina BBQ"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4884\" class=\"elementor elementor-4884\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42a7ae1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42a7ae1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6dcc7f8\" data-id=\"6dcc7f8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b34a9fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b34a9fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h6 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">By Robbie Perdue <\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6327de elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6327de\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In North Carolina BBQ is King<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-925f95f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"925f95f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>1<\/strong>. In North Carolina, barbecue is a noun. It is meat cooked at a low temperature for a long time, preferably with smoke. It is never an event, we call those cookouts or \u201cpig pickings\u201d, nor is it the device on which you cook, that is either a pit, smoker, or hog cooker.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dc7148 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3dc7148\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>2.<\/strong> The first BBQ restaurant in NC was opened in Rocky Mount by Bob Melton. He started by selling BBQ along the banks of the Tar River using outdoor pits in 1922!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-304688b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"304688b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>3.<\/strong>\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eastern NC style BBQ is made using the whole hog cooked over oak coals. The sauce is based around vinegar and red pepper. Coleslaw made with mayonnaise is served on the side.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a733ce8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a733ce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8f8001f43505a087064925aa59220cc9-lexington-bbq-best-bbq.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6138\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8f8001f43505a087064925aa59220cc9-lexington-bbq-best-bbq.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8f8001f43505a087064925aa59220cc9-lexington-bbq-best-bbq-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8f8001f43505a087064925aa59220cc9-lexington-bbq-best-bbq-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/8f8001f43505a087064925aa59220cc9-lexington-bbq-best-bbq-467x350.jpeg 467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a70287f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a70287f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>4<\/strong>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Western NC, or Lexington, style BBQ uses pork shoulders smoked over oak and hickory. Tomato sauce or ketchup is added to the vinegar pepper sauce. The signature \u201cred slaw\u201d is made with vinegar instead of mayonnaise.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d23ed8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d23ed8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>5<\/strong>.<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of Lexington, it is the unofficial cultural center of BBQ in NC. It is home to the North Carolina Barbecue Festival as well as more than a dozen BBQ restaurants.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pulled, Chopped, Whole Hog,  Pork Shoulders, Vinegar, or Ketchup Based Sauce, In North Carolina BBQ is King, and these are Five Facts You Need to Know! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[171,169],"tags":[183,41,184,58],"class_list":["post-4884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-food","tag-bbq","tag-north-carolina","tag-the-pig","tag-the-south"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/BBQPic-scaled.jpeg","acf":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4884"}],"version-history":[{"count":38,"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7690,"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4884\/revisions\/7690"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/feathersandwhiskey.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}