Barbecue Brisket

After a long winter eating nourishing soups and stews inside my very warm kitchen, I’m happy to be able to do my cooking outside and enjoy the weather. Over the past few weeks I experimented with a friend’s smoker to great success. Having already tackled Memphis style dry rub ribs and southern style pulled pork, [...]

Sticky Fingers

Sticky Fingers is a barbecue chain that was started outside of Charleston by three high school friends in 1992. Originally focusing on bringing Memphis style barbecue to the Charleston area, they have since added chicken wings, side dishes and desserts to their pulled pork and rib beginnings. Since 1992, there has been enough demand for [...]

Memphis-style Barbecue ribs

Inspired by recent events, I wanted to have a go at making my own barbecue. Around here, pulled pork seems to be king, but I wanted something that I can’t seem to get enough of in North Carolina: Memphis-style dry ribs.
For dry ribs, it’s not strictly necessary to have a smoker to achieve perfectly good [...]