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Ribs for 30, Or How My First Pseudo-Catering Gig Went

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 4 Comments

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Today was THE day I had been anticipating for quite some time.  About a month ago, a co-worker and I volunteered to cook for the entire office (around 30 people).  The original plan was for us to just cook pork butt, but it ended up that I volunteered to cook ribs while my co-worker would take care of the pork butt.  So here’s how that went…

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My First Taste of Texas Brisket from Meyer’s Elgin Smokehouse

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 1 Comment

First off, Happy Independence Day to everyone!  I recently won a giveaway sponsored by Man Up: Tales of Texas BBQ.  The grand prize was a BBQ feast courtesy of Meyer’s Elgin Smokehouse which consisted of a 4-6 lb brisket and lots and lots of sausage.  My wife and I decided to try out the brisket.

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Review: Bill Spoon’s Barbecue — Charlotte, NC

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 1 Comment

For a city the size of Charlotte, there’s not much there in the way of outstanding barbecue. There are several adequate places, and there are even a couple that are good. But in the years that I’ve lived here, the only place that I have tried that I would call excellent is Mac’s Speed Shop.  However, I kept hearing about Bill Spoon’s Barbecue, so I decided to give it a shot one day for lunch.

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Did Someone Say Ribs?

Posted on March 23, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 5 Comments

Let me start this off by saying…  my in-laws rock!  While I had to go in to the office to work this past Saturday, they, along with my wife, worked out in our yard and got it in decent shape.  For all the hard work that they did, I had to pay them back somehow.  And how does someone with a passion for BBQ pay back a favor?  Why, with BBQ, of course!  And luckily for me, the requested meat was ribs!

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A Tasket, A Tisket, I Just Cooked My First Brisket

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 2 Comments

A couple of weeks ago, I decided that this weekend would be the weekend that I would cook my first brisket.  And as it turned out, the weather could not have been more perfect!

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It’s a bird… NO, it’s a plane… NO! It’s a Super Fatty!

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 2 Comments

Normally I don’t do a link and run post (I try to save those up for the weekly “best of” blog entries on Sundays).  However, I recently came across a post from DivaQ (@DivaQBBQ on Twitter) for an “ultimate bacon jalapeño sausage super fatty” as a suggestion for a Super Bowl party appetizer.

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Review: Lexington BBQ #1 — Lexington, NC

Posted on January 22, 2011 by Big Wayner by | 5 Comments

Today I had the opportunity to meet up with some really great people today at Lexington BBQ #1 in Lexington, NC.  I will talk about that in a different blog post.

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I Have Tasted Heaven, and It Tastes Like Pig Candy

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Big Wayner by | Leave a comment

About a month or so back, I came across a blog post by DivaQ regarding pig candy.  You can find her post here.  As I finally arrived home and began to prepare dinner (burgers on the grill… tasty tasty!), the lure of bacon bacon bacon lingered in the back of my mind.  I said to myself, “Self, I should do some smoked pig candy tonight.”

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