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"I just like that I can get a pint of bbq at smithfields for the same cost as a plate at the pit"

No fucking shit. I could also grill about 10 delicious steaks for the price it costs me to go to my favorite steak house....but that's not why you go. What a stupid statement.

12/28/2013 10:31:31 PM

^ Yeah it is pretty stupid. It's like those trolls who claim they like Subway because they can get a footlong (or 10", whatever) for $5, while admitting that the quality sucks.

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"also, nobody ever mentions old time bbq, which can be ok."

You said it yourself. He has a great price on whole hogs, but his BBQ is just ok, and the fried chicken was dry the last couple times I've had it. Their sauce is awesome, the people are all kinds of nice, and their banana pudding is some of the best I've ever had so I still swing through there from time to time.

12/28/2013 11:08:23 PM

They have solid hushpuppies too. But I haven't been there in 7 years.

12/29/2013 12:02:28 AM

^^your assumption is that a sub is worth bickering over. subs are just filler food. good subs are still just mediocre, hence the indifference towards sub chains. BBQ is a work of art, worthy of discourse.

12/29/2013 12:55:39 AM

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"good subs are still just mediocre"

How would you know? Your favorite sub chain is Subway.

12/29/2013 12:06:10 PM

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"Danny's BBQ in Apex or Morrisville is pretty damn good if you don't mind the drive."

I don't understand why Danny's is as popular as it is, its average at best and terrible if you don't want sweet sauce. They make a sweet sauce barbecue (texas style?) and also disgusting SC mustard-style barbecue. While their barbecue is okay in general, it's not worth the out-the-door line they have almost every day.

It's not the most over-hyped barbecue in RTP though, that award goes to Smokey's Barbecue Shack (the little white house on 54). Smokey's ribs and brisket are great, but their barbecue is just fucking terrible.

12/29/2013 12:14:17 PM

i prefer a redsauce bbq and I get the chicken plates when I go to smithfields.... WHATSAYYOU?

12/29/2013 12:30:51 PM

Yeah while I usually only cook ENC style BBQ, I often don't order it out and get red-sauced BBQ instead.

12/29/2013 12:34:29 PM

Smokeys is shit all around. Danny's has a decent brisket. Their chopped pork is ok. Their eastern nc sauce is no good. Their spicy and sweet sauce are decent. Their banana pudding is outstanding.

12/29/2013 12:41:40 PM

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"coopers needs to start accepting cards"

Yeah.

They say they'd have to raise prices to compensate for CC processing fees. I pay CC processing fees, and raising prices by even 25 cents per item would more than cover the difference.

12/29/2013 1:30:29 PM

I think it's part of their charm.

12/30/2013 10:36:06 AM

If you claims to love BBQ but won't drive to Goldsboro to go to Wilbur's then stfu.

12/30/2013 12:43:16 PM

^^ And I'm fine with that. If you don't want to take CC, fine. But don't feed me this "it would cost us too much" line.

^ Yes.

12/30/2013 12:52:32 PM

Speaking of Coopers...



Chicken was on point as always...ribs were kinda tough and too salty. Shoulda got the chopped. Sides were better than I remembered.

12/30/2013 1:20:35 PM

wilbur's blows. unbelievably overrated. i'd rather eat smithfields.

12/30/2013 1:22:40 PM

Parker's in Greenville is way overrated

12/30/2013 1:29:28 PM

agreed. and it's actually better than wilbur's. parker's in wilson is the same.

they're all horrible.

12/30/2013 2:13:50 PM

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"I don't understand why Danny's is as popular as it is, its average at best and terrible if you don't want sweet sauce. They make a sweet sauce barbecue (texas style?) and also disgusting SC mustard-style barbecue. While their barbecue is okay in general, it's not worth the out-the-door line they have almost every day. It's not the most over-hyped barbecue in RTP though, that award goes to Smokey's Barbecue Shack (the little white house on 54). Smokey's ribs and brisket are great, but their barbecue is just fucking terrible."

EXACTLY. Disgusting!

12/31/2013 12:29:22 AM

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"agreed. and it's actually better than wilbur's. parker's in wilson is the same. they're all horrible. "

Obvious troll is obvious.

Go ahead and tell us you'll only eat your own home cooked roadkill.

12/31/2013 9:19:40 AM

^.

12/31/2013 9:27:34 AM

Parker's barbecue is super dry, it takes forever to get served, and the service is terrible

12/31/2013 9:28:35 AM

Popular places tend to have poor service because so many people eat there because it's good.

12/31/2013 9:29:18 AM

but its not good, its super dry and bland

12/31/2013 9:39:15 AM

maybe you just have bad taste?

have fun waiting in line all night to pay $20 for the same crap.

12/31/2013 9:40:29 AM

But I'm not going to Parker's, so I'm not waiting in line to pay $20 for crap. Did you not read my posts about how terrible it is?

12/31/2013 9:48:48 AM

considering that parker's isn't $20 for most things, i figured you could assume i was talking about the pit. use context clues when reading.

12/31/2013 9:53:39 AM

Unless you area eating an entire rack of ribs, The Pit isn't $20 either.

12/31/2013 10:00:09 AM

i am not trolling. wilbur's sucks. i grew up in goldsboro and ate there often when i was a kid. it used to be pretty good. the last time i went was probably 7 years ago. the bbq was dry and had no flavor at all. the slaw was milk with some shreds of cabbage floating in it. the potato salad seemed like runny instant mashed potatoes with a squirt of mustard. all the other sides were just dumped out of a can.

parker's is a little better.

there are some good bbq places around wayne, wilson, greene, pitt, lenoir and the rest of that general area, but wilbur's and parker's ain't it unless they've changed significantly in the past few years. my wife went to parker's in wilson recently and said it still sucks.

these restaurants used to serve good food, but they have no soul now. they just crank out large quantities of slop for the masses that saw that fucker on NC Weekend eat there. they are cash cows being milked by the decendents of the fine men who established them.

[Edited on December 31, 2013 at 10:03 AM. Reason : the majority of folks from wayne county agree with me. sorry your bbq sucks.]

12/31/2013 10:01:39 AM

My grandmother lived in Goldsboro and we lived with her for several years plus spent most summers there from the time I was born until I was about 15. I, too, did not like Wilbur's. We would get stuff from King's when we went to Kinston, but I don't remember it being spectacular. Not bad though. Goldsboro is all about the Tasty Shoppe.

12/31/2013 10:03:46 AM

What about Bill's bbq in Wilson? That's what I grew up going to. But I was so young, I couldn't tell you if it was good bbq...only that I liked it. I do love some Joe's in Whiteville.

12/31/2013 10:06:41 AM

My stepmother's family loved Bill's. Aren't they the place that had the corn bread stick things?

12/31/2013 10:07:21 AM

^My mom's side of the family is from Wilson so I've spent plenty of time there. And yes, Bill's does the corn sticks (which I love). I've always preferred Bill's over Parker's. But honestly, I haven't eaten at either place in so long that I don't even remember much about either place.

12/31/2013 10:18:32 AM

I haven't had Parkers in probably 6 or 7 years, but i remember it being pretty good. I wouldn't call it dry when I had it, but they go very light on the sauce (as they should). Does parkers have the corn sticks too? I can't remember.

12/31/2013 11:08:14 AM

The BBQ that my Yankee wife cooks up in a crock pot isn't bad

12/31/2013 11:14:25 AM

It's been a while since I've been to either Bill's or Parker's...but I wanna say they both do corn sticks.

12/31/2013 11:15:02 AM

[Edited on December 31, 2013 at 11:16 AM. Reason : ^^ and a lame attempt at that!]

12/31/2013 11:15:06 AM

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"The BBQ that my Yankee wife cooks up in a crock pot isn't bad"

lol

12/31/2013 11:15:24 AM

^^ lol, maybe you should relax

12/31/2013 11:22:02 AM

I also like King's in Kinston better than Wilbur's in Goldsboro. I liked Moore's in New Bern better than either, though.

12/31/2013 11:22:53 AM

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"I wouldn't call it dry when I had it, but they go very light on the sauce (as they should)"

it's not dry because they go light on sauce, the actual meat has absolutely no moisture or taste

12/31/2013 11:23:08 AM

not the last time i had it.

12/31/2013 11:42:34 AM

I have been underwhelmed with the food I've had at Parker's and Wilbur's relative to the popularity of each. Maybe my expectations were not realistic, but I wouldn't say I overly enjoyed myself. that said, I wouldn't NOT eat at either place if I were passing by.

glad to see another Moore's mention

12/31/2013 11:54:59 AM

Ok, I haven't been to Wilbur's since 2008. I've been living in West Virginia and DC. If it's been in decline, yeah, it's probably due to mass production. Maybe you transplant fuckers should stick to your garbage pizza and stop ruining all our food because you're trying to be "folksy."

[Edited on December 31, 2013 at 12:00 PM. Reason : xxx]

12/31/2013 11:59:27 AM

My only experiences eating there were around '09 or so. I was underwhelmed. It wasn't terrible or anything, but there were other places I'd much rather go.

12/31/2013 12:02:49 PM

Part of my family was in Smithfield and part was in Burlington, so I had a lot of both types growing up, usually between Wilbur's or Stamey's in Greensboro (or Jimmy's in Lexington, which is better).

Have to say, I like Lexington style better. And their slaw is better by far. Slaw with mayonnaise is gross.

12/31/2013 12:11:44 PM

^Never understood the love for Stamey's. I remember every year when I was younger my dad having a work convention in Greensboro and everybody would clamor about going to Stamey's. We'd always go and I never saw what the fuss was all about. Don't get me wrong...it wasn't bad by any stretch. But it didn't blow me away either.

[Edited on December 31, 2013 at 12:21 PM. Reason : and slaw with mayo is the only kind i'll eat.]

[Edited on December 31, 2013 at 12:22 PM. Reason : not good at typing 2day]

12/31/2013 12:21:04 PM

It's good, but it's not the best Lexington style.

And neither NC style is as good as Memphis. Sorry.

12/31/2013 12:28:33 PM

You run your mouth awful reckless for a man that don't go heeled

12/31/2013 1:36:50 PM

anyone who likes Lexington style slaw and barbecue better isn't allowed to participate in a conversation about real barbecue

12/31/2013 1:38:56 PM

i love a good bbq thread

12/31/2013 1:48:52 PM