Monk: Thank you for your continued reading of Barbecue Bros. While we may have slowed down in the back half of the year, we are still committed to posting in 2025. And before I forget, Happy New Year from the Barbecue Bros!
With that out of the way, here’s our 2024 by the numbers:
16 reviews posted: 1 joint with all 3 Bros, 3 Speedy solo, 12 Monk solo (link)
10 features posted (link)
6 states visited: North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Oregon, Colorado, Texas
4 book club reviews (link)
2 new or updated best of lists posted: Charleston in February, Charlotte in November
2 barbecue festivals attended: Carolina BBQ Festival in April, Jon G’s Jubilee in June
1 five-hog review in 2024: Pecan Lodge in Dallas, which Speedy visited in January
Here are some of our favorite posts from the year:
Festival Recaps
Just a couple of barbecue festivals this year with both of them being local. The second annual Jon G’s Jubilee was held with some great friends like N. Sea Oyster Co. and Lawrence Barbecue and a surprise last minute announcement of Elliott Moss cooking whole hog. Keep an eye out for next year’s edition.
Lewis Donald keeps expanding the Carolina BBQ Festival and this year, it was part of the larger Charlotte Shouts festival in downtown Charlotte. With the demonstrated talent he is able to bring in every year, I think this is one for every serious barbecue fan within driving distance to watch out for . Early bird tickets for 2025 are now on sale.
Original Content
We posted our first best of list for Charleston:
Did you check out our latest list of the best barbecue in Charlotte?
Much of this original content first appeared in The Smoke Sheet, a weekly barbecue publication to which I regularly contribute and to which I think you should subscribe to. Because if you don’t step up now, then who knows it could be too late. I was really proud of this article that rounded up just some of the many relief activities in western NC from the barbecue community.
On a lighter note, Charlotte’s got a few different barbecue styles because we are “a city of newcomers aned we have other people’s barbecue.”
This was written in the summer but still applies since the latest version of each show is still on streaming.
Reviews
And finally, a selection of some of my favorite reviews we posted this year. In no particular order:
Union Barbecue in Charlotte
Pecan Lodge in Dallas
Terry Black’s in Dallas
Palmira Barbecue in Charleston
Matt’s BBQ in Portland
Post Oak Barbecue in Denver
Rodney Scott’s Whole Hog BBQ at Chief’s in Nashville
Old Hampton Store in Linville, NC
The Original Ridgewood Barbecue in Bluff City, TN
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