The North Carolina Barbecue Society has on its website a trail that lists over 2 dozen barbecue pits across the state. It was an alluring goal; to follow the trail from Eastern NC and the town of Ayden all the way west through to Murphy... a nearly 500 mile food crawl.
To be included in the society's "trail" an establishment had to meet with several requirements:
a) Pits have to be fueled by wood or charcoal, and cooked in the traditional fashion.
b) They had to make their own sauce.
c) Be in continuous operation for at least 15 years.
d) Taste good!
e) Well liked in their community.
Determined to eat our way from Eastern North Carolina and its spicy vinegar sauce barbecue all the way through the "ketchupy" stuff found in the western half of the state, we realized it was a challenge to do it in the week we allotted for the trek.
We lasted 2 days!
http://ncbbqsociety.com/
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