Whatever, I'm just saying.

Just because a state says, "We're gonna proclaim ourselves the BBQ capital!" doesn't make it so.

Its like if GA suddenly started advertising that they were home of the world's best cajun food. The natural reaction is "what the hell are you talking about?"

Sorry to be so cruel, but NC'ers are absolutely obnoxious about this stuff. Especially considering most of them thought BBQ meant burgers and dogs 5 years ago when they were living in a mid-atlantic state.

Clueless you are about that. The only people who would say that are those who are, um, from away. (Seriously, in all my life I've never heard anyone born and raised in NC use barbecue as a verb or use it to refer to "grilling out.")

And yes, the obnoxiousness runs rampant when it comes to barbecue. I would never deny that -- I revel in it. It's part of the fun, kind of like rooting for a college sports team.

I love Memphis barbecue, I love Kansas City barbecue. I love just about anykind of barbecue. I tend to take the same view of barbecue that Duke Ellington had about music. There are only two kinds: good barbecue and the other kind. You find the good and the bad in all kinds of barbecue.

But for me, as much as I love it all, nothin' beats a good pig pickin'. I'm just saying.

And my initial point still stands -- it's just kind of odd for Sticky Fingers to call that thick, tomatoey stuff "Carolina" anything.

Sticky Fingers certainly isn't Carolina.

My point about grilling out is that there are so many yankees in NC now, and they're often just as obnoxious about BBQ.

Sorry for my denseness.

And I'd have to say more obnoxious -- on so many levels.

MEMPHIS!
 

Now we're talkin' BBQ!

I've tried most of the famous places -- The Rendezvous, Corky's, Germantown Commisary, Pig n Whistle, Tops...

It's difficult to pick a favorite.

HA, better check out Kansas City for BBQ!

You have seen nothing yet!:D

Some of the biggest and major BBQ cook offs period!

People come from all over the world to attend some of them!:)

It drives me completely wild when people ask me to a BBQ and have hamburgers & hot dogs! It's right up there with people who put sugar on grits - blech.

Mystic Cat, excellent post, as per usual!

Definite Co-sign. My people are from KC and none of them play about their food.

Of course, my recommendation 2 u is KC Masterpiece.

Just got home from New York with a dozen bottles of original Dinosaur BBQ sauce, one bottle of the Roasted Garlic Honey sauce and one bottle of the Bar-be-bleu schmearing sauce. Yummy!

Hell Yes!! 4 Bottles in the Cabinet, but Gates is stupendous too!:D

I tried the Original while at a Convention, and was pleasantly surprised! A group of us made the trek to the restaurant, and with all the Harleys outside, we had our doubts about entering. We left happy that we did!