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Site SearchIt’s time to vote for your favorite North Carolina barbecue restaurant. We’ve taken nominations this week. You’ve blogged and emailed more than 75 different nominations in our Best of Carolina competition. I didn’t realize we had so many great pork eateries statewide.
I’m not playing favorites here but I do have some restaurant names that I really like. I’ve never been to Short Sugar’s in Reidsville but I love the name. It made me laugh. Hog Heaven and Boss Hog are two other names that I really like.
Your comments reflect your passion for barbecue. They also say a lot about your knowledge. I appreciate the many suggestions and specific comments on the many side items on the various menus.
I love Lexington barbecue but still I chuckled when I read staggerlee’s comment: “Ketchup goes well with French fries. That’s about it.” Have you heard the ketchup song on Prairie Home Companion? Ketchup is for the good times unless it’s a pig pickin’ in the Coastal Plain.
Speaking of songs I appreciated the tip about The Barbecue Song by Rhett & Link and The Homestead Pickers. That song really sums up the South’s love affair with the barbecue. You can find the video and song on Youtube.
Preferences aside, innocentbystander summed up a lot of our attitudes when he wrote: “I have rarely tasted BBQ that I didn’t like, regardless of style.” And thefensk hit the nail on the head by saying some of the very best barbecue can be found at church, school and VFW fundraisers.
We will have two pork polls beginning with a feast down east. We will crown a King of Cue among restaurants that serve eastern style barbecue. We will have a separate poll on Monday for the Best of the West in our quest to establish the most popular restaurant using a touch of tomato in their vinegar sauce.
The finalists listed in the eastern poll are based on restaurants getting the most nominations via blog and email. Some fine restaurants didn’t make this list but we had to narrow the field. The list was compiled in alphabetical order.
Voting ends at 6:00P.M. Friday
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August 6, 2008 1:18 p.m.
Whiteville NC, you'll see it if you take 701 to Myrtle Beach!!
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August 6, 2008 9:49 p.m.
When I worked in Cary, I enjoyed Danny's but Eastern they ain't unless you're aiming for eastern Texas.
Best I ever ate though was in Lumber Bridge when old Mr Chason's joint was open. Ever since he died, the family members didn't have his touch for the Q and the place died off right quickly. But anyone in Cumberland or Robeson County knew that place when it was at it's height...and was full-on willing to drive the 45 minutes to the middle of nowhere to go there!
August 7, 2008 7:59 a.m.
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August 7, 2008 9:01 a.m.
Josh Bulluck's, Overton's and Melton's were 3 great places to eat in Rocky Mount. And then for a special treat, my dad would take the family to Parker's for their family buffet. Except for Parker's, all are now closed save for the memories of those who were fortunate to have enjoyed those BBQ restaurants.
There used to be a post card for sale in Rocky Mount when I was a youth there that advertised Rocky Mount as the Barbeque captial of the world due to the amount of BBQ that was shipped out worldwide every week.
And I agree with Garnerwolf, I think that someone is stuffing the ballot box.
August 7, 2008 9:16 a.m.
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August 7, 2008 10:40 a.m.
Jim
August 7, 2008 11:25 a.m.
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August 7, 2008 11:39 a.m.
Is the poll for just the meat, or do we need to factor in the restaurant's environment, sides, etc?
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August 7, 2008 2:19 p.m.
But my favorite has to be Bill Ellis'
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August 7, 2008 4:04 p.m.
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August 8, 2008 9:17 a.m.
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August 8, 2008 11:32 a.m.
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August 8, 2008 1:00 p.m.
There is no way this poll was accurate, as there was some serious ballot stuffing going on. As an NC girl who has eaten her share of bbq all over the state, I was very interested to see if there are some places I have missed out on that I needed to try. I followed this poll the last couple days and noticed every time Hog Heaven started losing some ground, all the sudden they would start getting lots of votes. Literally like maybe 20-30 votes per minute. I noticed it the first day when they were not even in the running suddenly they got ahead by several hundred votes. Noticeable enough that I IM'd to my husband at 4:56 that they had gotten 20 votes in one minute.
August 8, 2008 7:58 p.m.
It would be really cool if we could have another poll with maybe more accurate results.
- Raleigh girl
August 8, 2008 7:58 p.m.
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