The Great Debate: North Carolina vs. South Carolina Bbq

From Sydney Carroll at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Barbecue (BBQ) is the root of disagreement in the Carolinas. There are endless “rights and wrongs” to BBQ preparation, sauce, how the meat is smoked, what side dishes to serve… the list goes on. How did BBQ find its way to the Carolinas? BBQ was “discovered” in […]

Story Time Courtesy of Norm Matthews and the Kansas City History Geeks

I wish I could make this a short story, but it is a story of how Kansas City became the BBQ capital of the World. Henry Perry was from Tennessee and worked in riverboat restaurants on the Mississippi and Missouri rivers before he moved to Kansas City. He sold smoked meats from a roadside stand […]