Food & Wine: The One Thing You Have to Eat in Every State

Whole hog BBQ is the #1 food you have to try in North Carolina according to Food & Wine (and we’d say so too). We’re mighty thankful to be mentioned as a must stop for Whole Hog BBQ along with Sam’s granddaddy’s barbecue spot: the Skylight Inn and Grady's in Dudley. Nowadays there’s a lot more barbecue in our fair state than when Skylight Inn started smokin’ hogs, but it sure is nice to see us get some accolades in the ever-crowded world of NC BBQ.

“Whole hog, as expressed in the eastern heartlands of North Carolina, remains perhaps our closest link to the craft as practiced back at the very beginning, and Skylight is the oldest surviving practitioner in region, dating back to 1947, when a teenaged Pete Jones set up shop on a piece of family property. Today, this is one of three essential stops in the area, the other … being Sam Jones BBQ, closer to Greenville...”

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