North Carolina BarbeCue

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  Every southern state has its own special way of making bbq and its sauces.  In fact, every state declares their sauce is the best and pig cooking too.  Of course a challenge of who makes the best bbq had to be in questioned. The competition was fierce and after it was all tasted and done,  North Carolina was named the bbq capital of the world.    That wasn’t going to satisfy the natives. We each know where the best bbq is in the state and so we take it to the next level.  We  taste tested  and voted  and here is the outcome. The  best bbq  eatin’ places  
in North Carolina.    By goodness, you can even download an app and decide yourself.

  I grew up eating pork cooked on an open grill.    My Daddy had an open grill and smoker he made himself. I am sure the design was passed down from an uncle or friend. What I do know, it was an all day affair to cook the pig and with it came games of checkers by the pit, along with roasting some marshmallows and even the men playing cards through the night after the children went inside for bed.

I remember my Daddy using hickory wood and there was about a half cord stacked by a burn  barrel. This burn barrel had a grate inside and a pipe for a chimney. The wood sat on top of the  grate. Embers would fall through the grate to the bottom of the barrel. It would take about a hour to have coals. The beautiful hickory smoke filled the air . Daddy would say,   “you can’t  get this  from  a bag of charcoal at the grocer “. Dad would spread the coals in two piles under the grill. He said, ” Don’t put too many coals in the middle. The belly and tenderloin cook quicker.”  And so we piled the coal on the edges. This would go on all day and night. I can see Mom and Dad’s friends now , turning the pig after 8 hours, shoveling more coals and the ladies in the kitchen making their sauces.   And that is what I know about BarBeCue with a squeal in North Carolina.

I still attend  pig cookings now and then. They call them pig pickings now.  And  when I  want a sandwich and want it quick, I just used my app bb  and   hope the restaurant  has slaw and fries, plus some vinegar based sauce sitting on the table to go along with their famous bbq.

Before is my Mom’s special recipe of sauce and also the rub.   While the pig is on the grill, they rubbed it down .. The recipe is called simply  “The Rub.” And they used it generously…

 

BBQ Sauce Vinegar Based
Vinegar based sauce used on pork and chicken and ribs in the South
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Ingredients
  1. 2 cups apple cider vinegar
  2. 2 tablespoon brown sugar
  3. 1 tablespoon ketchup
  4. 1 tablespoon Texas Pete, made in Carolina
  5. 1 teaspoon of red pepper flakes
  6. 1 teaspoons of black pepper
  7. 1 teaspoon of salt
  8. Also you need the The Rub recipe to rub over the pork or beef before cooking.
  9. Kosher Salt 1 cup
  10. Granulated Sugar ½ cup
  11. Brown Sugar ½ cup
  12. Paprika ½ cup
  13. Black Pepper 2 Tablespoons
  14. Cayenne Pepper 1 teaspoon
Instructions
  1. You mix the sauce ingredients all together. Store . The longer it sits , the better it taste
  2. For The Rub
  3. mix the ingredients together and just rub on meat before cooking.
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