time to talk about real food

[CarolinaKid]

if you like bbq, come to nc, the best in the world

 

[cgarn]

C'mon you never had a Fried Bologna Sandwich?

well mine would have BBQ Chips on it

Extremely
Good

 

[HarryCaray]

if you like bbq, come to nc, the best in the world

False

 

[HarryCaray]

Baby backs today. Spent all day on them during masters. So worth it.

 

[CarolinaKid]

nope

 

[CarolinaKid]

st louis is ok , but nc is the best

 

[HarryCaray]

Texas for brisket. Memphis for ribs.

 

[CarolinaKid]

if that your taste great, but nc is the bbq capital

 

[CarolinaKid]

[h=1]The Nation's BBQ Capital According to Google, and It Ain't Texas[/h]

MONDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2010 AT 12 P.M.​

BY KATHARINE SHILCUTT​

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Last week, we showed you how Google has been actively tracking food and drink trends since at least 2004 and how 2010 was the year of pizza (at least according to your search patterns and the number of times people have Googled "Pizza Hut"). But that's not the only thing that Google Insight lets you track.
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You can also track the popularity of certain search terms on a geographical basis. This is the same data that led to such hilarious discoveries as the fact that "men kissing" as a search term is most popular in highly conservative Utah.
So we decided to see how certain food terms are dispersed geographically, with some totally unsurprising results, save one: Texas is way, way down on the list when it comes to barbecue. According to Google, North Carolina is the barbecue capital of the nation.

 

[MattyMatt]

False

Totally, but it does compete.

 

[MattyMatt]

Texas for brisket. Memphis for ribs.

And SC and NC for pulled

 

[HarryCaray]

And SC and NC for pulled

Yeah I'll give you that.

You know I love the food in Charleston.

Lots of good bbq towns. Guess it comes down to one's own personal experiences.

 

[CarolinaKid]

Harry i almost went down to Charleston for the tennis this weekend, but my girl got knock out

 

[MattyMatt]

Yeah I'll give you that.

You know I love the food in Charleston.

Lots of good bbq towns. Guess it comes down to one's own personal experiences.

It's totally a personal preference. I prefer rubs over sauces, but do like sauces as well, vinegar and mustard base the most, whereas ketchup base seems to dominate. Even in NC, different parts of the state are different about their sauce base.

 

[CarolinaKid]

for me i dont like the east coast base in nc, lexington style bbq here is the best

 

[MattyMatt]

for me i dont like the east coast base in nc, lexington style bbq here is the best

I like SC mustard vinegar base, then eastern, then Lexington, although I will be having Lexington later this week at Allen & Son

 

[VIEJODINOSAUR]

Harry i almost went down to Charleston for the tennis this weekend, but my girl got knock out

You mean knocked up?

 

[HarryCaray]

It's totally a personal preference. I prefer rubs over sauces, but do like sauces as well, vinegar and mustard base the most, whereas ketchup base seems to dominate. Even in NC, different parts of the state are different about their sauce base.

Yeah I'm a big fan of those Carolina mustard/vinegar sauces on pulled.

 

[HarryCaray]

Harry i almost went down to Charleston for the tennis this weekend, but my girl got knock out

Considering a move there in the very near future.