Leaving in 15 minutes from Raleigh, making 5 stops. I'm not even sure where since I just found out yesterday we were going, but I know I will love it since it's only the best style of bbq ever.

12/29/2009 8:51:37 AM

I don't see the point of going to 5 places in 1 day

Maybe go to 2 places and stuff your face over a period of 6-7 hours

After the 3rd or 4th different place, the bbq will start to blend together

Same reason I've never done a reverse gangbang

12/29/2009 8:54:44 AM

Can I come?

12/29/2009 9:03:31 AM

out towards ashboro on 64 there is a place called blue mist barbq. i've never stopped there but always wanted to. it looks like one of those whole in the wall barbq places that could be really good. the other day i heard from a avery trusted source that it was so good, the guy i knew actually went there twice in one day, once on his way to raleigh and once on his way back. i will be eating at this joint.

12/29/2009 9:07:45 AM

Going with 3 people, we will take turns eating a meal or just tasting to compare. Although I'm not sure I can hold myself back from having 5 bbq meals.

12/29/2009 9:17:01 AM

take turns eating meals? WTF is this gheyness?

12/29/2009 9:19:48 AM

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"out towards ashboro on 64 there is a place called blue mist barbq."

WRONG DIRECTION

12/29/2009 9:21:06 AM

Pete Jones.
B's
Mmm

12/29/2009 9:36:30 AM

um, wilson

you can hit 2 places within 1 mile that will own everything else at the Forest Hills Rd/Downing St. intersection, then go down FH to Ward and turn left, go about another mile or so, 2nd place will be on the left

12/29/2009 9:41:36 AM

Quote :

"WRONG DIRECTION"

o i agree, surprisingly enough this place sells eastern style

12/29/2009 9:51:41 AM

parkers in wilson ftw!

12/29/2009 9:53:37 AM

Joe's BBQ, Whiteville.

12/29/2009 10:14:53 AM

I could understand a rib roadtrip, a steak roadtrip, or even a great sandwich roadtrip, but why waste a day tracking down food which will be mediocre at best?

12/29/2009 10:16:42 AM

think about your carbon footprint!

12/29/2009 10:24:45 AM

Kansas City BBQ >>>>>>>>>>>>>> NC BBQ

12/29/2009 10:29:55 AM

^seriously. GTFO with that trolling bullshit.

12/29/2009 10:31:03 AM

^^

^ Sorry dude but hes right

12/29/2009 10:38:05 AM

shut your whore-mouth.

12/29/2009 10:38:47 AM

I lol at any thread with BBQ in the title.

12/29/2009 10:52:42 AM

Hittin up Danny's BBQ for lunch today.

12/29/2009 10:55:46 AM

Pete Jone's Skylight Inn

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12/29/2009 12:47:15 PM

i tip >35%

12/29/2009 12:48:45 PM

for excellent service i tip 10% at western NC bbq joints. mmmm ketchup!

12/29/2009 12:50:25 PM

if i wanted red meat id go to a fuckin burger joint

12/29/2009 12:54:41 PM

^

12/29/2009 12:55:39 PM

I skip out on the bill at Western NC BBQ places. I'm not paying for that junk.

12/29/2009 1:08:02 PM

just go to Wilson and be done with it.

12/29/2009 1:22:53 PM

I think I'd rather go to one great BBQ place, sit down, and really enjoy myself than to go to a bunch of places and sample food all day.

12/29/2009 2:59:05 PM

Wilbers in Goldsboro, its world famous.

12/29/2009 3:46:11 PM

http://www.ncbbqsociety.com/bbqmap/trail_map.html

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" Criteria for selection to the NCBS Historic Barbecue Trail included, among other things, that the NCBS Historic Barbecue Pit cook their meat product on pits fueled by wood or charcoal, make their own sauce, that the pit had operated continuously for fifteen or more years, that the end product was a good offering and representative of North Carolina Barbecue and that the pit had earned and enjoyed the high esteem of its community, the barbecue industry and barbecue aficionados. The board decided to only include pits that provide a sit down dining experience for the public and to limit the number of pits on the trail to two per town/city."

12/29/2009 3:48:58 PM

^What kind of BBQ map leaves out the town of Wilson?

12/29/2009 3:52:00 PM

nvm wilburs is on there, ill try it!

uh oh, wilson isnt even on the trail

^

Quote :

" Criteria for selection to the NCBS Historic Barbecue Trail included, among other things, that the NCBS Historic Barbecue Pit cook their meat product on pits fueled by wood or charcoal, make their own sauce, that the pit had operated continuously for fifteen or more years, that the end product was a good offering and representative of North Carolina Barbecue and that the pit had earned and enjoyed the high esteem of its community, the barbecue industry and barbecue aficionados. The board decided to only include pits that provide a sit down dining experience for the public and to limit the number of pits on the trail to two per town/city."

[Edited on December 29, 2009 at 3:53 PM. Reason : d]

[Edited on December 29, 2009 at 3:55 PM. Reason : d]

12/29/2009 3:52:38 PM

and i read up on wilburs

they chop their pork, gotta pull that shit son

step ya game up

12/29/2009 4:02:30 PM

You know damn well that all proper eastern is chopped.

12/29/2009 4:04:04 PM

Man, take it from a Goldsboro native


Wilbur's is fucking garbage


and that whole fucking map is garbage, because it's unfairly loaded with that western NC ketchup style BULLSHIT

[Edited on December 29, 2009 at 4:08 PM. Reason : .]

12/29/2009 4:06:33 PM

that BBQs elbows are too pointy

^thats true, but im just kinda hopin it was eastern NC missionaries selling BBQ out of speakeasies

[Edited on December 29, 2009 at 4:09 PM. Reason : d]

12/29/2009 4:08:19 PM

ahahahha

underground BBQ slangin

12/29/2009 4:10:07 PM

being from Ramseur, I can tell you that Blue Mist fucking sucks. don't waste a trip to that shithole

12/29/2009 4:10:29 PM

take it from someone that knows Wilbur personally

you have to either get there at 11 or 5 to get the best stuff.
I used to go in there 3 times a week and sit and talk, thats when they make it fresh.
It is world famous though, certainly one place you have to try.

Guy Parkers is good too, but the one out in Seven Springs is the best, cant think of the name..right over by sleepy creek

12/29/2009 4:12:18 PM

today for lunch i went to the barbecue center on main street in lexington

FTW

12/29/2009 4:19:56 PM

Wilber's is past its prime nowadays. The best places in Goldsboro used to be Guy Parker's and Scott's. Guy's is closed down now (since he died; very nice old dude) and Scott's is only open one or two days a week AFAIK.

Might I recommend Grady's BBQ in Dudley. The best eastern style around IMO. (this would be the one near Sleepy Creek mentioned)

[Edited on December 29, 2009 at 4:27 PM. Reason : asdaf]

12/29/2009 4:26:38 PM

Went to Grady's in Dudley
Wilber's in Goldsboro which was pretty good- got there at 11
Then Skylight Inn
Then B's
Then Jack Cobb in Farmville
Then Parker's in Wilson (which I already go to once a month)
Then Bill's in Wilson

All were very good, varying amounts of vinegar but I tried them all without adding extra first. Wilber's and Parkers were the only ones I didn't add a little more. Got to go from Bill's and Parker's since I was pretty full by then. We ended up just splitting bbq plates at most places. Interestingly I tasted the most smokiness in Bill's, but that may have been because there was very little vinegar in it.

12/29/2009 4:28:54 PM

http://www.shealysbbq.com/page.php?pageid=1&


Shealys in Leesville, SC is the best BBQ I have ever eaten. Its buffet style and on Fridays they have all you can eat baby back ribs. With drink its like $10.50 I crave that place all the time.

12/29/2009 4:30:08 PM

Grady's!!!

thats the good stuff

12/29/2009 4:40:34 PM

The BBQ trail is for originalists, those who cook using wood or charcoal. While Bill's and Parkers are 'good', they use gas grills, which might be convenient for mass production and meeting local zoning codes, but it's not authentic.

In the past (1800's to about 1960 or so), original NC BBQ was cooked pit style, by digging a long trench directly into the ground, throwing down logs/charcoal and cooking pigs uncovered on the ground, suspended by several crossmembers. Modern health codes would never allow such things, but that's original NC BBQ.

12/29/2009 5:05:30 PM

and it was done by slaves


slaves invented BBQ

12/29/2009 5:56:55 PM

Grady's is that fire. I remember getting it as a kid.



I bet rtc407 had to shit like a sonofabitch

12/29/2009 6:05:04 PM

I can't believe the NCBS doesn't have coopers in Raleigh on the list. I know they used to pit cook the hogs but maybe they don't anymore?

12/29/2009 6:35:28 PM

^^^ Native Americans invented bbq.

Saying that is like saying niggers invented watermelon.

12/29/2009 7:59:37 PM

Quote :

"Man, take it from a Goldsboro native Wilbur's is fucking garbage"

grady's out there by sleepy creek is pretty good
parker's will do in a pinch

but, as i've said on here a hundred times, the best is at stonewall's grill in hoodswamp. they only cook hogs on saturday and if you don't get there before 12:30 you might not get any bbq.

[Edited on December 29, 2009 at 8:46 PM. Reason : mccall's actually has decent bbq, but i wouldn't go there just b/c of the bbq. they cook on wood]

12/29/2009 8:44:54 PM