When the city gets a little overwhelming, The Biscuit needs a reminder of home. Not much else can do that better than some good barbecue. There’s plenty of it around New York, as the area’s seen a recent craze for smoked and sauced-up meat. As good as it gets, though, none of it has that […]

When people talk about North Carolina cuisine, they talk about barbecue. Pork. Chopped. So what better way to get to know the state than attending the 25th annual N.C. BBQ Festival in Lexington?
The Biscuit recorded the experience, which was full of good food and even better people. Check it out below to see what you […]

Though North Carolina might be in the South, there is a lot more land below it than above it. So if you think the ‘cue gets better as you move towards the equator, what happens if you head from the 35th parallel to the 18th, way down, all the way to Caribbean?
You get damn good […]

The recent issue of Esquire just chose Allen & Son Barbecue as the best place to get a chopped pork sandwich in the country.
The Biscuit enjoys Allen & Son, the little joint on Millhouse Road, but a lot of others, including Bill Harmon from last week’s interview don’t. They find local rival eatery, the […]

Thought readers might find Harmon’s description of the Red Pig interesting, so here’s the audio clip:

 

 Describing the Red Pig, Concord, N.C.: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

The Biscuit sat down to interview William Harmon, a Concord, N.C. native and English professor at UNC-Chapel Hill, who has judged barbecue competitions for the past 15 years. He is in the process of writing a book called NC4BBQ: A Hundred-County Barbecue Tour of North Carolina and Elsewhere.
Listen to the podcast to learn all […]

 

 Discussing barbecue with William Harmon: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download