Christopher Prieto News Today

The Raleigh-Durham area in North Carolina has slowly started to make a name for itself in the Carolina barbecue world. Check out these seven barbecue restaurants that are making the Raleigh-Durham area a meat-smoking hot spot.

Eight North Carolina locations made the 2023 list of best barbecue spots in the South, compiled by Southern Living.

Here’s what I’ve concluded after all those thousands of miles and pound after pound of smoked meats: the South has a lot of really, really good barbecue, and it just gets better each year. It also seems that the South’s brisket fever is finally starting to break. Yes, many new barbecue restaurateurs, regardless of where in the South they are working, still look to Texas for inspiration, often unabashedly branding their operations “Texas style.”

The 2023 Pinehurst Barbecue Festival will take place Sept. 1-3, and tickets are now on sale to all the events surrounding the Labor Day weekend event.

Tickets to the 2022 Pinehurst Barbecue Festival, presented by US. Foods, The Pilot and Pinehurst Resort, are now on sale as the second-annual “Celebration of Taste and Tradition” is expanding

– On Monday, the Paso Robles Joint Unified School District Board of Trustees confirmed the minimum qualifications of 13 applicants for a provisional appointment of Trustee to fill the seat for one year of the resigned board member Jim Reed.

Brendan Lamb of Smiley’s Craft Barbecue in Roanoke is one of two Texas contestants on the show.

Prime Barbecue is helping veterans Localish Share: Prime BBQ is a new spot in eastern North Carolina that is bringing new flavors to town. Christopher Prieto speaks about his passion for BBQ and how it has led him to helping veterans. The Wounded Warrior project has been there to help veterans after they are done serving. Chris and his team put on workshops to give hope and inspiration to these individuals.