by Jen Kendrick | Jul 14, 2020 | Beyond Bacon
The first week of the promotion, we headed west to Lexington to The Barbecue Center. Once you step inside, it feels a bit like an old diner and the menu is quite extensive if everyone in your party doesn’t want barbecue. Tyson and I both opted for the chopped...
by Jen Kendrick | Jul 7, 2020 | Beyond Bacon
We launched the Summer of ‘Cue restaurant promotion three weeks ago to a great deal of excitement from our fan base on social media. After all, who wouldn’t welcome an excuse to get out of the house and go explore new barbecue restaurants? Here’s a...
by Jen Kendrick | Jul 1, 2020 | Beyond Bacon
Capitol Broadcasting Co. and WRAL published multiple falsehoods this week about our industry in an editorial critique of this year’s legislative session, relying on inaccurate opinions of a Duke University professor. WRAL asserted that North Carolina lawmakers have...
by Jen Kendrick | Jun 22, 2020 | Beyond Bacon
A handful of mainstream media outlets, including The New York Times, have in recent days swallowed what a few fringe groups are peddling in their latest attempts to malign the meat industry. This time, it has to do with exports. We’ll get to it. But let’s revisit what...
by Jen Kendrick | May 7, 2020 | Beyond Bacon
NC Department of Health and Human Services’ Sec. Mandy Cohen May 7, 2020 briefing 17:00 – 20:13 “The food processing plants in our state are critical to our keeping up our food supply not only here in North Carolina but around the country, around the...
by Jen Kendrick | Apr 21, 2020 | Beyond Bacon, NCPC News
https://ncpork.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NC-Pork_BBQ-Relief_Cropped_High.mp4 They weren’t cooking whole hogs and there wasn’t a judge in sight, but in mid-April, cooks from the North Carolina Pork Council’s Whole Hog Barbecue Series showed up to...