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An Italian Tries North Carolina BBQ for the First Time
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- Published on Feb 13, 2026
- Is North Carolina BBQ the best in the World? When we made our video: An Italian Tries BBQ for the First Time and we said how much we loved Tennessee BBQ, so many of you said we HAD to go to North Carolina for the best BBQ in the World. While we still need to try Texas BBQ, we found ourselves in Charlotte, NC and knew we had to take the opportunity to rate the pulled pork, vinegar sauce, brisket, ribs, collard greens and all of the other sides. Who do you thinks makes the best BBQ? Let us know in the comments what we should try next!
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North Carolinian here, and Charlotte is not the place to go for bbq. For traditional Lexington style, you can either go directly to Lexington, NC or any other smaller city in western NC. For eastern style, anyplace east of Raleigh is a safe bet.
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Even Kyle Fletchers bbq near Charlotte is better than this mess at a chain!
As an eastern NC gal you are 💯 correct. Charlotte chain restaurant bbq is just going to leave your soul sad. Go to Raleigh and kick it into high gear due east!!!!!
Kings BBQ between Durham and Moorehead beach
@Skipp28TN Where the heck is Moreehead Beach? I think you mean Morehead City. Kings is in Kinston and its eh. If you want true honest old school eastern NC BBQ take a trip to Greenville and go to B's BBQ. Better be there early, when they sell out they close for the day.
As a North Carolinian, this is the equivalent of saying "I went to Olive Garden and ate Italian food".
It’s still a vinegar based sauce. You either like it or not.
TRUTH❣️
Precisely..!
@cbirdman not at all, i live in NC, been to BBQ places that were good and some that are bad, just because they are all vinegar based doesnt mean they are remotely the same, it wasnt the vinegar that turned them off, she said the vinegar sauce elevated it
@Williewc420 Vinegar is very polarizing and people either like or they don’t. And the place they went to was recommended by many people from NC, so I doubt it was “bad” place. Maybe not the best, but enough to get a feel for how it is supposed to taste.
I live on the border of NC and TN and have had both from the best places you can find. I’m not a fan of the NC sauce.
A chain in charlotte? Oh, no no no.
You went to a chain restaurant to compare 'NC BBQ' against a standalone restaurant in TN? NC has 12 of the top 50 BBQ restaurants in the US!!!!
@walterhill9642 NC BBQ was not invented in Lexington. NC BBq comes from the cooking methods of slaves. The style of BBQ famous in NC can be traced back specifically to slaves in the Wilmington area. Know your History.
@j.w.spears5783Where did he state in his comments that it was invented in Lexington? Smoking meats goes back to the invention of fire. Please don't make this about race, it's a bad look.
I was thinking this while watching. When it comes to good eating anywhere in the world, but especially in the US, chains are not where it's at! Each region in the US, and each locale within that region, has its own specialty foods. If you want the good eating you've got to find the good, stand alone places the locals know and love. In that way the US is no different from Italy!
@timmcfarland2853He edited the comment. It was there before the edit.
Midwood Smokehouse is not a chain restaurant, although they do have several locations around Charlotte, they went to the original location.
If you’re in North Carolina and the restaurant says pulled pork, then you are not eating authentic “Carolina Bbq.” All of the good restaurants just call it barbecue. You usually order a large or small barbecue plate. Good eastern BBq already has vinegar added while it is being chopped up. Don’t eat at a chain and think it represents NC eastern barbecue, it does not at all.
This 100%
100% true
Midwood Smokehouse is not a chain, although they do have several locations around Charlotte. Their BBQ is Lexington Style but not the same as Lexington BBQ. I prefer MAC's Speedshop to Midwood Smokehouse. And prefer both over Eastern NC style, which is pure vinegar based. Although I've had good BBQ across the state.
I'm not from NC, but I would strongly suggest to get authentic bbq in NC you need to find a little "hole in the wall" off the beaten path and you will find TRUE NC bbq.😊
Rock Store BBQ is the best BBQ around the Charlotte area imo. Smokehouse is a close second. There are a few good BBQ places. Avoid Sonny's. That's not BBQ. Lexington does have the best however. I prefer pulled pork to chopped but that's me. Chopped just seems dry to me. Yes, I'm from NC. Born and raised.
Eastern NC is whole hog vinegar base . Western NC is pork shoulders tomato base .
with weird red slaw!
Eastern NC girl here, born and raised. I've tried Lexington red BBQ, and I'm not a fan. We're actually known as North Carolinians, but we proudly answer to the title of Tar Heel.
@johnnabuzby6103Went to ECU in the mid 70's .We'd always hit Cliffs Seafood and Pete Jones BBQ .
There's two main styles of NC BBQ. Eastern style is vinegar/pepper flake based sauce. Western brings in the tomato influence. For good, old school Eastern style you have to get whole hog. All the different cuts of the pig, chopped, shredded, and blended together. Including the skin which crisps up into cracklin' as it's cooked. You get a blend of both flavors and textures that holds up to the vinegar forward flavor of the sauce. Sam Jones BBQ is a top notch example of the style.
Listen to this comment. It's 100% right.
Listen to someone from Goldsboro NC… You need to come east of Raleigh to try the best NC bbq! It’s completely different.
His daddy’s bbq is better-Pete Jones at Starlight.
Agree on Sam Jones.
@nicoleforrester4254I've had both. The meat tastes the same to me, although the sauces are different.
Native North Carolinian here too. If the BBQ place you went to didn't look like a grungy hole in the wall that you might get stabbed in, it's probably not the best place around. Its funny but true lol. I don't think y'all did yourself justice with whatever place you picked.
For example, Backyard BBQ Pit in Durham, NC is a brick building with no central AC, crayon on the walls, and a few ceiling fans and that place is legit. So, so good. Their smoker is just behind the building and you can see smoke billowing up if they're cooking when you visit. If you go there during the lunch rush, the line is literally out the door.
OR find a local that has experience cooking BBQ, that's probably the best you'll eat. My Husband's family has 3 large smokers out on their farm in eastern NC; they start cooking at 4 or 5 am and it cooks all day. That is the best BBQ you'll ever eat, seriously.
PLEASE find a good place in Eastern NC for a second try, I think you'll be pretty surprised.
Totally agree about Eastern NC’s BBQ: was thinking all of this as soon as the video started.
Agree 100% Lots of restaurants serve pork BBQ, but that doesn't mean they're going to be good at it. Look for someplace locals go on the regular.
👍👍 I've had BBQ all over the state and the best places were the little local restaurants. Back in the 70's, they were pretty common. There were several in my area. My favorite was Mike Smith's BBQ, a few miles outside of Wendell, between Poole Road and Eagle Rock. At lunch time the parking lot would be full, with a bunch of Highway Patrol and Sheriff cars parked in the parking lot on their lunch break. Me and my buddies would ride our dirt bikes there sometimes during lunch break, when we were helping folks barn tobacco in the area. Mike used hickory wood, which we'd cut and split for him several times a year, so we usually got to eat for free.
There are two kinds of people: those who favor NC-style barbecue pork, and those who are wrong.
I love this!😂
Eastern NC
Eatring pig is not the most important thing in life.
Carolina envy.....
Local NC here, Lexington BBQ was actually on the travel channel years back top 3 best bbq places to eat! It’s delicious!
Shake up the sauce first to get it well mixed before putting on it. Then mix it I'm and add a bit of slaw with that. Quite tasty adding that slaw.
I was born & raised in Georgia where I've eaten nothing but pulled pork bbq. I've also had bbq in Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Every state had their own twist on the sauces & how they cooked the pork, but all-in-all the pulled pork was good in those states. I love the bbq sauce on the sweeter side. Four years ago we moved to the Austin, TX area for my husband's job. Out here it's all about the brisket which honestly I'd never had. I had read that Texas is #1 for their bbq brisket so obviously I had to give it a try. Guys, let me tell you - it's an experience to behold. It's the BEST!! Better than pulled pork. On a trip back home to Georgia, I tried brisket at a local bbq place and it did not even come close to the quality of the Texas brisket. Jessi & Alessio, I hope you can make a trip out to Texas and give it a try. They also have hand made sausage at these bbq restaurants but I've tried it only once and it was good, too. Texas definitely knows what they're doing when it comes to brisket. But I don't want to leave out my home state. Georgia definitely has its share of delicious bbq places with delicious and juicy ribs & pulled pork.
Owens & Hull 🙌
@darylfortney8081- I've never tried it. I see it's in Smyrna which isn't too far from where I grew up. I'll have to try it on my next trip to Georgia.
@MLMLWI eat there at least once a month and it’s one of the best Texas BBQ in the country, including Texas
@darylfortney8081- I'll have to eat there to confirm that. Pulled pork is best in the Eastern Southern states. I've eaten brisket in Georgia, but it doesn't hold a candle to Texas brisket. Not even close. But pulled pork in Texas isn't as good.
@MLMLWthis will change your mind guaranteed. I’ve eaten at all the top 10 BBQ in Texas and I would consider this to fit in the top 5 of those.
We are North Carolinians! Not sure where you are; but, Lexington is the BBQ capital of the world!! You need to try an independent restaurant where the pork is cooked on site every day...no pulled pork, no brisket, no ribs...just good old chopped BBQ. I simply can't imagine eating BBQ at a chain.
Whispering Pines in Albemarle
Chopped pork is not real bbq! Capital! 😂😂😂 Real bbq is in St.Louis or Kansas City!!
chopped pork? LOL Pulled pork or don't even do it!
So sorry you did not go to the best spots
I prefer Memphis or Kansas City BBQ myself but I hear authentic NC BBQ is delicious!
North Carolinians. And if you don't put at least a few sprinkles of that vinegar sauce on your pulled pork then you have not had Carolina barbecue.
Welcome to NC! You lose points on eating in the city though. To get the real flavor and experience your really need to try it out in the country ❤
Thanks for the tip! We'll have to try that next time!
@ThePasinisnot all our BBQ is vinegar based I don't like the vinegar based it's horrible. Y'all were right to not like that .
@ThePasinis KC BBQ IS THE BEST 😋
As a born and raised North Carolinian I grew up with my great uncle making homemade barbaque from a restaurant that was an absolute legend where i live. So i'm SUPER picky about my BBQ. I definitely agree with most of the comments here though. Ranking mom and pop restaurant in TN VS bigger restaurant in NC. Y'all may have had garbage BBQ. I'm not sure where y'all were and i've probably never tried it so i'm not going to say it is or isn't good. But if y'all are willing you gotta find a hole in the wall small town BBQ place and try again. And even some of those are Garbage NGL. I'm probably gonna get in trouble for saying that🤣
I live in NJ but grew up in NC. I am vinger based barbecue all the way 😊 I hate 😣 sweet & sticky barbecue. I don't want my pulled pork or ribs to taste like dessert 🧐
Here’s your pickle.
There's wonderful bbq here in NC, especially east of I-95. I have also lived in Texas and grew up in Missouri, and I LOVE both styles. Good examples from all these places, including Tenn, SC, and Alabama, are all fantastic . . . as long as you go for what each place does best and don't expect it to taste like something it's not.
And Eastern NC BBQ is totally different from Western NC BBQ. Bullock’s Bar-B-Cue in Durham, NC!
Not been to Bullocks in years.
Love Bullocks!
Aaaww....I wished I knew y'all were coming to NC!!! I would have loved to have been your guide!!!!
Midwood is a chain like McDonald's. Really? Shopping mall BBQ?
He's Italian... gotta start slow. Lol
LOL A chain like McDonalds huh. Midwood has 6 locations ffs, most in Charlotte, but ALL in NC or SC. McDonalds has 40,000 stores in 100 countries. So no, I don't see much similarity here.
I live in eastern NC and, frankly, if the place isn''t built out of cinder blocks, its probably not great 😂
@acegh0st straight facts!
Agreed this video was dog trash at best. There are hundreds of better BBQ places in NC. Heck i will dare to say a blasphemous statement. I'd eat Lexington style before that junk. Eastern NC is the King.
To get the whole NC experience, you add Texas Pete hot sauce to the house vinegar sauce. Texas Pete is a NC based hot sauce. Texas Pete should have been on the table next to the house sauce.
The vinegar helps to cut through the fattiness of the meat and other rich tasting foods. It's all about balance.
Can't wait to see the Texas BBQ video.
Came here to say the same
LOl, I will take a cold beer any day to cut through the fattiness.
A proper vinegar sauce on pulled pork is amazing. Even if it the “perfect” pulled pork, it just elevates it. Should have waited till after collards to post. Vinegar pepper sauce makes for the best collard/mustard/turnip green dish ever!
When I came here to NC I was shocked by the sauce. I was used to a sweet hickory smoke sauce. I have learned to enjoy it and now can't go back to any other.
Another North Carolinian here, besides the two different types of BBQ sauce, South Carolina has a mustard-based sauce, and all of them are great. Great BBQ stands on its own and doesn't need sauce. One last thing...subscribed!
NC Grandma here 😊 Best BBQ ribs come from my kitchen. Just ask the grandkids 😁
maybe try going to a respectable BBQ joint rather than a chain? 🙄
I d have to argue that it’s a local chain and this is the original one
I think its more about the place you went than the food....try a mom and pop place in NC,like you did in Tennessee 😃
They said in the video they went to the spot that most people in the comments recommended
@annam5647the people in comments don’t know true NC bbq either then!
@crazylicious85it’s Charlotte, so odds are that most of the recommendations came from transplants that don’t know any better.
My wife and I enjoy y'all's channel, and, both born and bred North Carolinians. Not trying to be fussy, but that's not a NC bbq place. Anybody that recommended it as your first taste of NC bbq probably isn't from here. Looks like you were in Charlotte. You've got to head further east.
Well, you can't keep your integrity of reviews if you're not honest, right?
I'm from North Carolina and have never been there so I can't comment on that place. But also I've not eaten barbecue in Tennessee so I'm just going by what y'all were saying
eastern nc bbq is the best.... but its also getting harder and harder to find. gardner's in rockymount marty's bbq in wilson... sam jone's bbq (havent tried myself but people who know says its good) in the triangle.... the best example would have been bob melton's bbq in rockymount but thats gone now, but it will always set the bar.
Skylight or Grady’s is best
@michaelwhite5834 the times i have been to skylight when sam was cooking, it was top notch, but when sam wasnt there it has been hit or miss. i think on any given day of the week marty's is better than skylight but skylight definitely is decent bbq. i dont believe i've ever had grady's i'll give it a go.
Sam Jones is meh. His dad, Pete Jones (Skylight Inn) in Ayden was better but if you want true honest to god old fashion eastern NC bbq, go to B's in Greenville.
@ravenbishop2557 there's new school bbq and there's old school. Grady's is old-school. Someday, it won't be there anymore, so I suggest you get some when you can.
@michaelwhite5834 i'lli have to...as the good stuff is rare and hard to find.... and precious
How to eat NC BBQ: Sandwich bun, meat (chopped or pulled/shredded), with slaw, and some Texas Pete sauce. Lexington, NC, is the bbq king. With a side of hushpuppies.
The other sides vary from place to place.
Red slaw!
Texas for beef, Carolina for pork, Oklahoma for bologna, New York for chicken, Missouri for sauce, my house for burgers. One United States of barbecue!
I’m in need of a good burger, waiting for the invite! 😂
What do you mean for Bologna?
@blackscreeninsomnia BBQ'd bologna. BBQ is po'folks food. OK is also the place to go for best equipment.
I will be traveling to Italy soon. Can you recommend some local food for me? Thank you.
@Billiesdailyroutine Sure, Italy for Italian!
NC has two vin. sauces sweet and the east coastal tart spicy vin. you have at your current meal..
I’m from the upstate of South Carolina, and as a kid I went to family reunions in the lower part of the state where vinegar based BBQ is popular. It was definitely an acquired taste for me! As an adult, I like the vinegar based barbecue more, but I still prefer tomato base barbecue instead.
We do mustard base BBQ in South Carolina. I love the tangy flavor in our sauces. 🤩🤩 All I can say is we love what we love. Tennessee BBQ is what you love. For me, it’s our mustard base BBQ all the way. Y’all have fun in North Carolina. We love the mountains of Western NC so much!!❤
Mustard Base ALL DAY LONG!!!
TN resident here and I agree. Mustard base the way to go!
To eat real NC BBQ you have to eat from a mom&pop BBQ Restaurant. There’s Eastern bbq, and western bbq. I was raised on Western NC BBQ, but I like both. Cone to Shelby NC and eat at Red Bridges BBQ, now that’s real NC BBQ. 😋😎
So many factors enter in when judging bbq. How hungry, prior experience, the right place on the right day with the right bbq chef, which part of the pig your bbq comes from, the sauce(s) used in preparation and at serving, etc. Y'all did a good job of expressing your opinion....and everyone has one. Fun video. Jesse is sure protective of her Merican foods.😀
Actually NC has 2 different BBQs. Eastern and Western. The eastern, low country, is vinegar based sauce and mixed in early. Western has more of a ketchup based sauce.
Actually, no. Lexington style is vinegar based but pork shoulders. So, NC actually has 3 different styles.
I love making BBQ from all different places. I live in NY and I BBQ all summer long. I love NC BBQ and Texas BBQ. People from different areas BBQ different and that's what makes it great. One isn't better than the other, it's all about personal preference. Just have fun cooking and sharing your food with your family and friends.
When you eat it as a sandwich, it changes the overall taste, because the sweetness of the bun counteracts a bit of vinegar.
Have you guys tried Texas BBQ yet?
As far as restaurant bbq goes in Charlotte, Midwood is fine. But it's a chain. Not a great barometer of NC BBQ IMO. The spot to go to in the Charlotte area is Jon G's, and it's not close. Inconvenient on distance, time commitment, and hours, but totally worth it.
NC pulled pork is different than SC pulled pork. NC is vinegar based but SC is mustard based. I prefer SC but overall I love all BBQ.
no. south carolina does both. especially around the border. my entire family is from SC and ive never ate mustard based bbq.
I love the mustard one best.
@gnome-skiit’s so yum tho! I just tried the mustard this past 4th of July and I think it’s my new favorite.
grand strand and pee dee is mostly vinegar farther west and south in south carolina you get into the mustard belt
I am from South Carolina. We ate red sweet sauce on barbecue. Delicious!!
I'm from North Carolina...how dare you !!! Lol..way too much sauce !! We love your videos !!
I thought I would share what I just learned about American style pizza, though many small pizza places came from Italy, pizza wasn't popular until Pizza Hut was the first American style, but the second came only months from Domino's Pizza. Now, this may be the weird part, Pizza Hut started in Wichata, Kansas, and the second was out of Yipsalanty, Michigan, yep, places I wouldn't have thought of either. 😃
The best NC bbq spots are deep in the woods like Keatons or in small towns like Lexington or Sky light inn
Lexington NC has the best BBQ. Y'all should go to the BBQ festival they have. Vinegar BBQ sauce is the best!
Yes, but the BBQ festival is pretty much a tourist trap. Been there, done that.
@FrustratedSailor2012 I live here and still love to bring my family to it.
All BBQ is awesome. 👍
the real truth!
I've had some bad BBQ. Some of the worst was in Nashville
@mrbear1302 definitely, bad bbq exists on a case by case basis. I took it to mean that all styles are valid.
Amen!
I've lived in North Carolina now for 10 yrs. I'm not much for BBQ, but I would be so excited to meet you 2!
When it comes to pulled pork everyone has their own preference I'm from west Tennessee an I myself prefer the vinegar based sauce. That said there can be to much vinegar they are all tomato based just one has more sweetness to it. We have a local restaurant in Lexington Tennessee that was rated #3 in United States on sauce it's vinegar based but it's only a hint this sauce was bought I hear for 10k when owner was selling out years ago everyone loved the sauce so much that new owners bought recipe. Scott's barbecue in Lexington Tennessee
Us North Carolinians are the TARHEELS!! 👣
Hope you guys tour Asheville in the Fall and visit Biltmore Estate.
Texan here. I've had NC pulled pork vinegar-based BBQ and it was HELLA GOOD so something is amiss here. And, of course, Texas BBQ is freakin awesome as well. With love, from ATX.
Plus, I thought the rule over there was the best BBQ is in a divey shack off the side of the road. The divier, the better. No?
They went to a chain. That isn't somewhere we would normally go. I am from SC but that is chain restaurant up in NC we have one in SC too up in Columbia. Food is alright but its nothing special. Its def not where I would go to try NC or SC BBQ its a chain. They probably buy buckets of pulled pork we smoke the whole hog.
I oh im so sorry I didn’t know you were going to be in Charlotte. I would have driven over to say “hey”. I love all your videos. Thank you for taking us on your life journey.
NC BBQ sauce is one of my fav BBQ sauces. Grew up in N GA not far from TN border. Close enough to NC most places served the sauce. Mustard sauce is great, too.
Go through NC towards the beach to get real eastern style bbq, in Lexington, NC near winstonsalem and greensboro has the Lexington style.
I’m from Maryland, love NC bbq. Vinegar is where it’s at.
Eastern NC BBQ for me. Parker's bbq is our favorite. Other p M aces are good, too.
Next time you're in Wilson try Marty's, imo.
Parker’s is the stand alone BEST for generations!! THIS is where you need to go!!!
@acegh0st or Gardners in Rocky Mount!! ❤
You can't go wrong with Parkers OR Marty's in the Wilson area. They're both delicious! Parkers is just a tiny bit more juicy but both are amazing! THATS real NC barbecue!!
Parker’s!!!!
Mustard and vinegar for sure east coast wise. Usually u put the pork on a sandwich with coleslaw too
If you want real NC barbecue, you go to Lexington, NC! It looks like you're in Charlotte.
North Carolina has more than one region, each with its own bbq. Each believes their own is the only real North Carolina bbq. It's hard to find someone who will honestly explain the different bbq styles without criticizing the others.
Probably a good idea to hit one of NC’s top BBQ places instead of just any ole place!
If you watched the video, this was the most recommended one
@ThePasinis Most recommended by whom? People who live in North Carolina or tourists? I suspect the latter. It would be like polling Americans who visit Italy for two weeks and only go to a few major cities to recommend places. While chain BBQ in North Carolina is better than chain BBQ in Ohio, it's also far from the best the state offers, and doesn't reflect the varied BBQ across North and South Carolina. It would be like going to Rome or Venice, eating at a place that caters tourists with English menus and pictures, and reaching a conclusion about all of Italian food, which as you know, is hyper-local.
@ThePasinissadly you were told wrong by people who must not know true NC bbq.
@ThePasinis Milwood is a chain. Its a local chain we have one in SC and there is 5 I think up in NC but its a chain. There are far better BBQ places in both NC and SC.
If you’re going to eat at a chain then you should try Smithfield’s Chicken and Barbecue.
I want you guys to know that you were on NBC nightly news. They were doing a segment on how Coke is going to start using American cane sugar in their soda and they showed you guys i think trying Mexican coke which is made with cane sugar instead of high fructose corn syrup. Pretty cool. Anyway enjoy your videos guys.
Wow, thanks for the info! We had no idea! So cool that it was featured on NBC Nightly News! And indeed, the taste difference between cane sugar and high fructose corn syrup is really noticeable… Hats off to the real Coca-Cola, like the one in Mexico!
I like the Carolina mustard bbq sauce. It’s so yum!
That's South Carolina.
Oh no, girl.
That is here in SC
Yes we have the "low country" mustard sauce, a SC version, in Western NC. It is quite different and I love it!
In NC you need to try whole hog BBQ thats really what they are know for. Sam Jones and Rodney Scott are famous pitmasters for whole hog BBQ . They both have several resturants i think Rodney Scott has some in SC also. There are two types of sauce and BBQ types in NC. One Eastern NC is Vineger and pepper based sauce and whole hog BBQ. Western NC is Ketchup based pepper sauce and pork shoulder based. Memphis really hits hard for pork. But to give NC a real shot you must try whole hog BBQ especially from one of the big names.
The vinegar sauce is supposed to cut the fatty pork flavor and make everything a bit less heave. Im sure of that. Must be bussin.
If you want real NC bbq, you need to go to Lexington. There's a huge bbq festival every fall, and lots of mom & pop joints. Speedys is a personal favorite. Chopped sandwich with red slaw, and hush puppies on the side.
Carolina BBQ when you first try it is pretty weird. Then 2 years after you try it you start craving it, and you need more. That tangy pork on a soft bun is soooo good. (but also not the BEST, but very good)
I went to Italy to try their pizza. Ate at dominos. Italy has so so pizza.
I haven't had NC barbeque, but I have made a barbequed chicken with a vinegar base--the recipe was from an Amish cookbook. The chicken is great!
NC BBQ is whole hog, chopped and soaked in vinegar. Its closer to cat food than BBQ. Get your hands on some Chiavetta's Marinade to up you chicken game.
I think it depends on the restaurant where you get the barbecue at too.
Welcome to North Carolina!! Y’all are about 10 minutes from me.. enjoy your time here!
Need to go to Lexington, NC for authentic BBQ. Then drive another hour east to my house for authentic Italian food.
You didn’t have NC barbecue, you had barbecue in NC. St. Louis Rib, Texas brisket and burned ends. No telling if your pulled pork was done NC style.
The food looks so yummy, I love BBQ. I totally love the music in the background, Thank you for sharing your video's, I look forward to watching them whenever I can :) you guys are amazing
Now you got to try Texas I'm a huge West Texas BBQ fan coming from Lubbock and you got to try Kansas BBQ as well. Ottimo video come sempre ragazzi grazie 🎉
Have you tried WeekEnds BBQ in Plainview? Owned by my cousin’s son. Fabulous!
@karenzadina4813that's where my late mother was from. What a small world...I haven't but I sure will give it a look when I'm in the area next
You went to a chain place in Charlotte. Try Sam Jones in Raleigh, Lexington Barbecue in Lexington, or Jon G’s but Jon’s is going to require some dedication on your part.
For God's sake...Yelp has one location of the Midwood Smokehouse ranked at #10 in Charlotte. The rest are ranked below that one, including the one you went to. There are 9 restaurants in Charlotte that are rated higher than their best one, and Charlotte isn't even a BBQ town. If you went to Lexington NC, where BBQ was invented, your heads would explode. IMO, if you went to Prime BBQ in Knightdale, you'd forget Texas existed. At least get to even the top 50 in the state before you say something ridiculous like "TN BBQ is better than NC BBQ".
The place they went to looks like one of those hipster bbq joints
6:12 it’s ok to have favorites. You don’t have to like everything in America!!!!
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Hey you’s guys!!! I grew up in the greater Philly area but now live a little over a mile away from that BBQ joint. You’s should’ve stopped by. My Ferraro side is from Cleto, Calabria and my Giardiello side is from Benevento near Napoli. My order from there is usually the burnt ends. I like the ribs too but don’t want to deal with the mess. I’m not too keen on the vinegar sauce either. I always get the baked beans as a side. Their bacon wrapped jalapeños are good too. I like their banana pudding too but it messes up my A1C🤣. Keep up the Great work and Good Luck with your IVF journey. Ciao!!!
I lived in NC for several years... Lexington is the place to go for BBQ! It's like if you visit CA and want Mexican food, you're better off in SoCal rather than up North near the Oregon border.
I'd love to eat at The Rib and Loin near downtown Chattanooga again.I loved their slaw.I asked the waiter for another serving.The pulled pork was drier than I'm used to in NC.Their sauces were good.
I've always heard East Carolina is vinegar based country and the farther west you go the redder it gets(more tomato based). Jesse, you're right. Alessio put too much vinegar on his ribs. I like all the styles, Texas, NC, Tenn, KC and Cali. Not surpised on the verdict, one tends to like the food where he/she grew up.
It’s about time someone gave Tennessee BBQ its flowers! 🧡👏👏
Dont be sorry for your honest opinion.
I'm originally from TX, so my dad taught me how to make brisket TX style. But my pulled pork is definitely Carolina style. Maybe you don't like it because of that restaurant's recipe. Their Carolina sauce is definitely a different color than mine.
This Tennessean agrees with you!
It's Caro Lin Ian's. Also you have to go to a family BBQ restaurant inside of a chain instead of a chain. Come to SC. We have a mustard base and a vinegar base sauce depending on what part of the state you visit. My hometown of Lexington SC has a small place with an awarding winning pitmaster. City Limits only open on the weekends.
3:14 Carolinians.
100% correct. Virginian here with an NC ancestry. Caldwell County, Wilkes County.
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Thank you.
"And where do you put that, on the salad?" Not going to lie, I laughed HARD at that!
We are called Carolinians and I’m not a vinegar sauce type of guy, Alessio’s pre taste opinion about the sauces was spot on in my view
Love you guys so much! Thank you for the honest review, this way when I travel I know exactly where to go!
As a N. Carolinian I have to say NC BBQ is mid. Texas definitely has better BBQ and that's why they put vinegar on it here. They use the vinegar to cover up the mediocre BBQ!
the flavor of the of BQQ gonna come down to the seasoning used if any and if they actually smoke it or not and if they are smoking it what type of wood they are using so even with in the same state BQQ can have different tastes same goes for.the sauces can taste different within the same state
I'm from summit County Colorado and our BBQ is great depending where you go. In the west.
Y'all should have hit up the smoke pit for BBQ
Western NC resident here, right now my favorite place is outside of avl in candler called doc browns. i dont go to any BBQ place for pulled pork. it is usually too dry and just doesnt do it for me. also never been a fan of vinegar based sauces. mustard is far and away superior imo but the best is the alabama white sauce. my bench mark of a good BBQ place is how they handle their brisket. to do it right requires a lot of patience, and technique. If they can do a good brisket then chances are they have worked out everything else too.
Ciao Alessio e Jessi! Oggi io e la mia dolce metà eravamo a un raduno auto da Bicigrill (noi siamo di Spilimbergo) e, casualmente, siamo passati davanti casa di Alessio e visto i bellissimi mosaici del nonno. Già dalla strada sono spettacolari non oso immaginare il resto del muro dietro casa. Complimenti al nonno, super! ❤
When you have the vinegar based sauce, good to have Cole slaw as a topping.
If you get to Raleigh, hit up Sam Jones BBQ, they do whole hog BBQ and that’s on a whole new level.
We love Midwood.Additionally, they have the best burger in town! But Lexington has better barbecue. It’s definitely vinegar based. If you’re in the Raleigh area, you’d probably like Danny’s. The owners are from Florida and they have a variety of sauces. The meats are great and cooked in a pit.
You need to shake up the vinegar base sauce so you dont just get the vinegar that floats on top
Keep in mind that even in the same state there are better BBQ places than others. If you want the best, head to Lexington. There are even different types of slaw. Three different ones to be exact.