The Case For North Carolina As The Barbecue Capital Of The World

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  • Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
  • This week’s pick from Southern Foodways Alliance’s documentary program profiles Skylight Inn BBQ, once named the “capital of barbecue” in America by National Geographic. The all-wood, whole-pig production at Skylight Inn has been family-run for three generations, and it’s renown (for quality, flavor, and values) extends far beyond the city limits of Ayden, North Carolina.
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  • @beckymccreary592
    @beckymccreary592 7 лет назад +74

    Great place to eat barbecue. As a native of Eastern NC our barbecue is the best hands down.

    • @terrysimmons5248
      @terrysimmons5248 6 лет назад

      U tried to Copy off New Bern for year's ok

    • @mattgordon7359
      @mattgordon7359 5 лет назад

      Lexington barbecued is the best

    • @jacquelynn2051
      @jacquelynn2051 5 лет назад +1

      I love New Bern's bbq and my Uncle has a bbq restaurant in Farmville for at least 30 years. He makes the best coleslaw and hush puppies I've ever eaten.

    • @HickoryJ
      @HickoryJ 5 лет назад +6

      As a native of western NC, I have to concede that I like your style better.

    • @calebd7371
      @calebd7371 4 года назад

      Louisiana just laughed at this

  • @jessicaross323
    @jessicaross323 4 года назад +32

    My son is 19, he loads up with his friends and they drive over an hr away from home to eat at Skylight hahaha its that good

    • @brandone6252
      @brandone6252 3 года назад

      I drive from Elizabeth city to eat there

    • @allenbateman3518
      @allenbateman3518 6 месяцев назад

      naa...thats what he tell you...

  • @Golgo33
    @Golgo33 2 месяца назад +2

    I’m from eastern NC and it wasn’t until I traveled to other states that I realized people refer to barbecue as anything cooked on a grill. Where I’m from, barbecue is ONLY chopped and seasoned pork (or turkey). If something is cooked on a grill, we don’t call it barbecue..it’s grilled (whatever it is).

  • @bobbyzamora2012
    @bobbyzamora2012 6 лет назад +19

    Coming from a brisket-loving Texan here -- that looks GOOD! Especially the way its served with cornbread & slaw. I'd definitely ask for skin in it. I'm drooling 🤤 Great job!

    • @marshalljones9873
      @marshalljones9873 4 года назад

      I grew up in NC and now live in TX - it IS good. Skylight is some of the best Q I've ever had.

  • @smokingtarheel3003
    @smokingtarheel3003 8 лет назад +28

    This is BBQ heaven and whoever wrote about Lexington BBQ is also spot on. We here in NC respect the friendly debate on East vs West. Let me tell you, it's all good. The Jones family, the Monks, the Stameys, the Bridges, all these families have created a BBQ legacy in this great state. Great video and a great family represented here. I live in the western part of the state and going to Ayden in on my BBQ bucket list.

    • @johncarpenter3502
      @johncarpenter3502 8 лет назад +1

      One of my uncles married a Setzer gal years ago near Cherryville. They live in Granite Falls . Wonder if you're related.

    • @smokingtarheel3003
      @smokingtarheel3003 8 лет назад +2

      +John Carpenter: that's not very far from where I live. Perhaps distantly related.

    • @ericbarlow6772
      @ericbarlow6772 5 лет назад +2

      Some BBQ with a Cheerwine is as close to heaven as you can get on Earth.

  • @MrDFC1111
    @MrDFC1111 8 лет назад +34

    I moved to Greensboro NC about a year ago...never been here but I just asked some of my coworkers if they wanted to do a little road trip to Ayden this Saturday - we are gonna eat some hog this weekend!!!

    • @unfairtrout
      @unfairtrout 5 лет назад +4

      how was it?

    • @rippedup4546
      @rippedup4546 3 года назад +1

      @@unfairtrout LOL! He don't remember. He went four years ago

    • @ransom6892
      @ransom6892 2 месяца назад +2

      @@rippedup4546Seven year anniversary of his trip now

  • @cjlovasco6977
    @cjlovasco6977 3 года назад +6

    love how humble Carolina people are

    • @spork1125
      @spork1125 2 года назад +3

      Lol “our wood tastes better than other peoples barbecue” real humble

    • @sullivancain5412
      @sullivancain5412 3 месяца назад

      @@spork1125 well it doesn’t whatcha want? I’m out here selling real BBQ in WA state and they love it. Cause Ayden is the BBQ capital

  • @kevinsears6346
    @kevinsears6346 Год назад +4

    As soon as I heard them speak I knew they were in eastern NC. I love fire department fall BBQ fundraisers. You will get some of the absolute best BBQ you have ever tasted.

  • @barelyshiftin
    @barelyshiftin 8 лет назад +67

    Been in Eastern NC all my life, and you won't find better "real" bbq anywhere else in the world.

    • @RogueGhost24
      @RogueGhost24 3 года назад +1

      Well you won't know that for sure till you go look for it lol.

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      @angelparker5897 3 года назад

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  • @jackwongen6671
    @jackwongen6671 8 лет назад +8

    BBQ Whole Hog "Right" is an art.

  • @choons
    @choons 3 года назад +8

    Moving to North Carolina in the coming months. Can't wait for the bbq

  • @4000angels
    @4000angels 5 лет назад +6

    I ate at the Skylight Inn, in early 2019, and it was excellent. I highly recommend making a trip to eat there. If I lived closer by to it, I would probably eat there at least once a week.

  • @geraldwest3428
    @geraldwest3428 6 лет назад +13

    North Carolina BBQ is top dog hands down!

  • @jillianfaith5172
    @jillianfaith5172 7 лет назад +15

    Classic eastern NC BBQ mmm😍I'm from Raleigh, may have to run down to Coopers today get me a BBQ plate with some hush puppies and coleslaw 😍

    • @ericbarlow6772
      @ericbarlow6772 5 лет назад

      Jillian Faith as a Charlottean I give you my condolences about being from Raleigh 😉.

  • @protocolofficer2629
    @protocolofficer2629 8 лет назад +17

    When I visit relatives in Lexington NC, one of the highlights is having, almost daily, barbecue. It might be the addition of vinegar in the sandwich which is very piquant and cuts the richness of the pork. It makes for one helluva sandwich. Yessir, best pork barbecue ever!

    • @sundarpichai940
      @sundarpichai940 8 лет назад +5

      I admit, I didn't really like it. The BBQ out there is chopped up to the texture of a tuna sandwich and it's just not my thing as I like feeling the texture of the meat. I made the flight from the west coast to Charlotte three times (followed by the drive to Lexington) to try to see if I just wasn't "getting" it, but I didn't care for it. I did like the women in Lexington though.

    • @elijahpipkin1852
      @elijahpipkin1852 7 лет назад +3

      A pig pickin' might be more up your alley, then.
      A whole hog is cooked just as it appears in the video, only the pitmaster lays it out. Guests line up and pull the meat from the bone. Sauce is optional if you're not into vinegar.
      I'd recommend picking from the cheek, the belly, or the right along the back.

    • @revbleech
      @revbleech 4 года назад +3

      Lexington style is the sort of food you feed to prisoners.

  • @derrickjones1544
    @derrickjones1544 2 года назад +2

    Ya Sir ! I live in NC near LEXINGTON and they have GREAT BBQ aswell ... Big up NORTH CAROLINA BBQ !!! WE LUV YOU .

  • @BoyAditya
    @BoyAditya 8 лет назад +6

    great documentary ... hope they keep making great barbeque and passing the torch to the youngsters ....

  • @brianazmy3156
    @brianazmy3156 5 месяцев назад

    "Chimley"? Bless his heart. I've been a subscriber to National Geographic for over 50 years now and never saw a section covering the culinary arts. This was more of an infomercial than a short story about BBQ.

  • @drewdurbin4968
    @drewdurbin4968 5 месяцев назад +1

    Don't underestimate how good that corn bread is

  • @tonyt8807
    @tonyt8807 День назад

    Raised in Kansas, now live in east NC. I miss sweet beef bq and NC pork bq is on the other end of greatness. Both are great foods made by the best. Anything tastes good when you are hungry and it's even better when someone else cooks it.

  • @mannyschewitz1456
    @mannyschewitz1456 7 лет назад +17

    I love Texas BBQ, but nothing beats a pulled pork sandwich from eastern North Carolina.

    • @14207james
      @14207james 6 лет назад

      Manny Schewitz what shop tho

  • @Hieroglyph777
    @Hieroglyph777 4 года назад +3

    I grew up eating alabama hickory bbq and still think its the best, but there is no doubt that NC bbq is definitely awesome.

  • @travisreifke4356
    @travisreifke4356 4 года назад +3

    I grew up in Eastern NC. Theres no place like home.

  • @nickgarcia7415
    @nickgarcia7415 2 года назад +4

    Were I was born and raised we have lots of Mexican food restaurant. Now I've discovered some of the best damn Mexican food comes from the place that doesn't look to appealing.
    So if you're selling BBQ from a shack and a really nice place across the street. I'm going to that shack first.

  • @nafajonit8854
    @nafajonit8854 7 месяцев назад +1

    My Town
    Grew up down the street around the corner from Pete Jones(Skylight Inn)

  • @axedavid201
    @axedavid201 8 лет назад +10

    Oh God... 8:30 "...a chimley..."

  • @robertasherbraner4337
    @robertasherbraner4337 8 лет назад +5

    8:08 Marinate in salt over night and that makes the skin crisp -- not soft and soggy! 9:08 slow cooked over night shovels full of coals in the pit.

    • @manandguitar
      @manandguitar Год назад

      Have you ever tried their BBQ? IT's really good! Pete Jones and Sam Jones

  • @dudebro87
    @dudebro87 5 лет назад +4

    Clark's bbq in Kernersville, NC is my favorite. Lexington bbq is the best.

    • @marshalljones9873
      @marshalljones9873 4 года назад +4

      I grew up in Thomasville and have had every kind of BBQ in that area - Skylight crushes all of them.

    • @phil2u48
      @phil2u48 2 года назад +1

      Clark’s is awesome ! … and the bbq coleslaw can not be topped.
      Edit: When we go to the beach, though, we stop at Skylight and take a pound with us.

  • @keithselby1297
    @keithselby1297 7 лет назад +6

    I don't eat meat any more. But I do remember as a kid going to Skylight. And I would say its the best BBQ. I used to get a Chop BBQ Sandwich. Hands down its the best.

  • @steveguinn84guinn31
    @steveguinn84guinn31 12 дней назад

    Right down the road from me been eating here with my family for 40+ plus years

  • @dallasagencia1898
    @dallasagencia1898 8 лет назад

    I really appreciate this little short films!! keep em coming.

  • @nicke1903
    @nicke1903 4 года назад +2

    Find yourself in Asheville NC visit Buxton Hall, the folks there know how to do Bbq pretty damn good!! I'm gonna have to make a trip down East and eat some of that Hog, Sure looks good fellas!!

  • @dragonzgaming5056
    @dragonzgaming5056 3 года назад +1

    I'm heading back home to Wilmington next weekend imma make a stop to get me some real barbecue before I get home

  • @kingwasabi9598
    @kingwasabi9598 5 лет назад +2

    North Carolina is really big on Pork.
    Not too long ago here in Rocky Point we had a Bacon Festival

  • @MRP78
    @MRP78 8 лет назад +5

    I love these stories.

  • @rigogonzalez1668
    @rigogonzalez1668 2 года назад

    Thanks for shearing this video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

  • @richardgarcia4269
    @richardgarcia4269 8 лет назад +3

    God cultures like this is so wonderful.

  • @ManningBuildings
    @ManningBuildings 4 года назад +2

    Jones BBQ is sooo good!

  • @nickwilsonmusic2532
    @nickwilsonmusic2532 3 года назад +3

    Good Bbq is a humble ppls food. The best bbq comes from the lowliest places.

  • @amberjones9520
    @amberjones9520 Год назад

    Being born and raised in the Charlotte area i am more partial to the red slaw. It just goes so well with the smokiness of the pork.

  • @barrysmith5830
    @barrysmith5830 2 года назад

    Great video...i now live in asia, but grew up eating this bbq...i miss it so much

  • @samlefty6732
    @samlefty6732 8 лет назад +4

    Damn that accent sounds cool.

  • @newheaven3167
    @newheaven3167 6 лет назад +1

    The Best of the Best right here!

  • @danielworley2273
    @danielworley2273 5 лет назад +3

    Let me try and put this argument of best BBQ to rest. Simply there is no best. I've had great BBQ from many restaurants with people who own the restaurant and do competition. Most are good few stand out. Now on the other side I've had great BBQ from people who don't own a restaurant or do competition. Yet are better. You can't put a label on the best because there is always someone who does it better and they don't put that out there. I like to think the best is always around the corner. No matter where or who! You'll always be surprised if you keep looking.

  • @brandone6252
    @brandone6252 3 года назад +1

    Love where I live Nc people are down to earth I love love love to smoke bbq it’s my happy place my dream is to open a bbq joint

  • @robertasherbraner4337
    @robertasherbraner4337 8 лет назад +6

    Throw some red pepper flakes in there when you chop it. Chop it fine, too.

  • @kennethhudson8013
    @kennethhudson8013 6 лет назад +2

    Some folks make cornbread sticks yum yum

  • @jenningsputnam
    @jenningsputnam 5 лет назад +2

    Hello From NC!

  • @terrysimmons5248
    @terrysimmons5248 6 лет назад +1

    I'm from New Bern NC!

  • @CookingwithJulia
    @CookingwithJulia 8 лет назад +1

    I'd love to eat at this place! Looks delish!

  • @jeffward1106
    @jeffward1106 8 лет назад +2

    love the history

  • @Tec-fv2xb
    @Tec-fv2xb 8 лет назад

    This is never ending!!!!

  • @timi7844
    @timi7844 8 лет назад +1

    Awesome!

  • @robertasherbraner4337
    @robertasherbraner4337 8 лет назад +4

    11:39 chop the skin into the meat. Skin is not gristle -- gristle is what you throw away.

  • @jamieturnage4574
    @jamieturnage4574 5 лет назад

    yes you dont change perfection if it works stick with it.i was there last week I think its the best bbq in north carolina

  • @keptcmack5601
    @keptcmack5601 5 лет назад +1

    Man that vinegar taste is immaculate

  • @terrysimmons5248
    @terrysimmons5248 6 лет назад +1

    Number one NC!!!!

  • @dejalove8794
    @dejalove8794 3 года назад

    I’m from the dc area but my mom and grandparents are from Greensboro Nc and we go to Smithfield’s

  • @Seldomseen77
    @Seldomseen77 3 года назад

    NC is the BBQ king!

  • @rapmusic896
    @rapmusic896 8 лет назад

    absolutely amazing

    • @beenrealubitch24
      @beenrealubitch24 8 лет назад +2

      that's shits nasty. Carolina has the nastiest BBQ sir..Memphis and mid south reigns supreme

  • @mayordoctor3961
    @mayordoctor3961 8 лет назад +2

    I have never read a food critique in natgeo, not sure I would trust it totally haha

    • @AltarenGalil
      @AltarenGalil 8 лет назад

      they generally dont go for content that would be criticized.

  • @Tearyatobitz
    @Tearyatobitz 8 лет назад +4

    This video could have been like 5 minutes long but for some reason I'm glad it wasn't

  • @Tipper1941
    @Tipper1941 8 лет назад +21

    Big ole meaty hands pushing porky bits into a paper plate. Now THAT is authentic.

  • @ManningBuildings
    @ManningBuildings 5 лет назад +1

    It is really good!

  • @VIDSTORAGE
    @VIDSTORAGE 4 года назад +1

    I like the NC Stlye of bbq except for the over chopping and nearly mincing it up . I like it much more chunky

    • @yeeoldeseabass
      @yeeoldeseabass 4 года назад +1

      See I'm from ENC and I always get peeved at enc bbq recipes that are pulled pork and not chopped.

  • @Char12403
    @Char12403 8 лет назад +3

    I feel like I've seen this...

  • @8andsk835
    @8andsk835 5 лет назад

    I’m convinced

  • @andyjackson5404
    @andyjackson5404 11 месяцев назад

    KJV BBQ - Amen

  • @YoWassupFresh
    @YoWassupFresh 8 лет назад +7

    Where's Chopper? He get fired?

  • @charliemanning6620
    @charliemanning6620 3 года назад

    i live in Eastern NC been there before but if u want better bbq try B's BBQ it's got more to offer

  • @daveotuwa5596
    @daveotuwa5596 7 лет назад

    the best and most comprehensible biblical translation------NKJV as in New King James Version, a Thomas Nelson favorite

  • @jamieturnage4574
    @jamieturnage4574 5 лет назад

    Whole hog is the only way we do it in eastern north carolina if you want great bbq keep it simple and let the flavor speck for its self.

  • @mr.alfssmokedmeats2769
    @mr.alfssmokedmeats2769 2 года назад

    Question: what’s the purpose of using apple cider vinegar?

    • @stonecoldracing6
      @stonecoldracing6 Год назад +1

      It cuts through the fatty richness of the pork and combined with the salt and smoke it gives a full flavor. It just ain’t the same without it!

  • @dakotahorne6520
    @dakotahorne6520 3 года назад

    north Carolina has the best barbecue hands down.

  • @kyleperry21
    @kyleperry21 8 лет назад +22

    Isn't this a replica of munchies video?

    • @eater
      @eater  8 лет назад +24

      This video was made by The Southern Foodways Alliance. Thanks for watching!

  • @NegyoTV
    @NegyoTV 8 лет назад +1

    Look up Helens BBQ and BBQ Pit Boys..

    • @eater
      @eater  8 лет назад +5

      If you're interested in Helen's BBQ, Southern Foodways Alliance has also made a vide about her: ruclips.net/video/XXM-9eS8ZKQ/видео.html

  • @afu3674
    @afu3674 7 лет назад +1

    Forefathers was said so many times

  • @chrisbullock6477
    @chrisbullock6477 8 лет назад +6

    Running the places and being the face of these places are one thing and actually being the pit master are another thing. The guys behind the scenes. Those old Pit Master guys should be the highest paid people in those businesses....but I'm sure they've not had raises in years.

    • @JFKJose
      @JFKJose 6 лет назад

      Gotta keep tradition aint no raises back then aint no raises now boy

  • @jamieturnage4574
    @jamieturnage4574 5 лет назад

    Great bbq don't need sause on it.to enhance its flavor.

  • @jamieturnage4574
    @jamieturnage4574 5 лет назад

    That's some good suace to the home made suace on bbq makes the bbq better for my taste .its good by its self to .its just my prefer taste with the suace

  • @nilethomas5052
    @nilethomas5052 Год назад

    Been eating it along time,slim short use to say if it anit cooked with wood,it anit bbq!!!!!!!

  • @anthonybrown3481
    @anthonybrown3481 5 лет назад +1

    I like my BBQ pulled. Some people will chop it into mush.

  • @samuraicop7252
    @samuraicop7252 7 лет назад

    that voice !! priceless

  • @lizzyliz333
    @lizzyliz333 7 лет назад

    im in Fayetteville north Carolina how far im a from u guys. asap

  • @charliekim4225
    @charliekim4225 4 года назад +1

    I met a couple from North Carolina while living in Memphis TN. They told me Memphis BBQ is far superior

  • @sbalchan
    @sbalchan 8 лет назад

    Wow.

  • @fa100zmi
    @fa100zmi 5 лет назад +2

    africa is the birthplace of bbq

  • @letocoirausted
    @letocoirausted Год назад

    Where is mike?

  • @Mnguyen92
    @Mnguyen92 8 лет назад

    Where is chopper??

  • @ColKorn1965
    @ColKorn1965 7 лет назад

    Whispering Pines BBQ in Albemarle is the best.

  • @jamieturnage4574
    @jamieturnage4574 5 лет назад

    Great bbq don't need sause .the flavor of the bbq should speck for its self. Keep it simple you will never go wrong with great bbq.cooked whole hog.its the only way in eastern north carolina to get it right.

  • @exorcists
    @exorcists 8 лет назад +1

    Texas BBQ the best.

  • @laurencelikestopgun
    @laurencelikestopgun 8 лет назад +1

    Kansas City would like to have a word with you Eater

  • @Liebenz87
    @Liebenz87 4 года назад +1

    loooks guuuuuud

  • @babyt535
    @babyt535 4 года назад

    I paid 6 for a leg quarter. I thought it was supposed to b half a chicken. It was ok tho.

  • @gregorycarroll8734
    @gregorycarroll8734 2 года назад

    Not the best, not much of a hint of vinegar....hate to say it but Smithfield is better and it is a chain store. The sides are unremarkable.

  • @whoswhowho4872
    @whoswhowho4872 7 лет назад +4

    Gloves maybe????

  • @zohanthecspro
    @zohanthecspro 8 лет назад

    Munchies did a waaay better video documentary of the Skylight Inn..... Btw where's Chopper???

  • @shawnwomack3446
    @shawnwomack3446 4 года назад +1

    I always thought Memphis, TN was the bbq capitol of the world.

  • @mattmiller9718
    @mattmiller9718 3 года назад

    eastern nc bbq is good but idk if you can beat a nice block of beef spare ribs