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Years ago I was working near Wilmington North Carolina for months and was lucky to find a local restaurant that had the best pork BBQ and Brunswick Stew I ever ate. The seafood in Wilmington was also fantastic and very affordable, lots of seafood restaurants in that area, better then here at home in Hampton roads.
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Speaking as a northerner Id have to agree bbq generally means burgers, dogs, maybe kabobs, or grilled chicken. But being partially german we used to do a pig roast at any larger party in which the older relatives would fight over the weirdest parts.. And now for me it is mostly smoking and searing prime steaks so I keep the guest list short. I have smoked a few turkey breasts in the past year. I do have to try a bunch more.
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To quote a gent I heard on NPR years ago. "Nothing varies across the US as much as the style of BBQ, but the worst BBQ I've ever had was damn good."
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When we lived in California our neighbors were from south of the border. Alejandro was in construction. He brought home a piece of water pipe about three feet in diameter. Him and some friends sunk it into the ground. When they had a backyard party (often) they would start some coals in the pit and line a wire basket with agave cactus leaves with a pig in the center. This was usually started the night before or early in the morning. It always came out juicy and tasty.
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"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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I have two cookers made from 275 gallon oval oil barrels. Both can use either gas, charcoal, or wood coals. Both have double grates which makes it easy to turn a hog or rack of chickens over. Each year for Campers on Mission ministry, friend and I BBQ about 185# of Boston Butts, using gas for convience.
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