5 ways to take your pork to the next level

Do you want to make delicious pork every time? We know that it can be a fine line between tender and juicy pork or a dry, tasteless piece of protein. But don’t worry. It’s easy to make sure you’re on the right side of that line with just a few tweaks...

Washington man named top barbecue cook in the state

RALEIGH – The Whole Hog Barbecue Series State Championship may have looked a little different this year, but it was just as competitive as ever. Twenty-four of the top whole hog barbecue cook teams traveled to Raleigh to go head-to-head for cash prizes, trophies...

Beyond Bacon – the blog

Welcome to a place we call “Beyond Bacon,” a new blog of the North Carolina Pork Council. For many, pork means bacon and barbecue, ham and sausage, tenderloin and chops, and, yes, these days even charcuterie and char siu bao. Indeed, across the centuries, pork has...