Big Apple BBQ Festival
June 12th, 2013 by Mr. C
(Skylight Inn with their double cleaver whole hog chopping action at the Festival)
(Whole Hog Sandwich – Skylight Inn)
The Big Apple Barbecue Block party went out with a smoky bang last weekend at Madison Square Park! Once again we over-loaded ourselves with some porky delights enough to get the Dukes of Hazzard County out and about with Boss Hog hot on their trails! Where’s the Boars Nest at? My favorite meal of the day went to the folks from Ayden, North Carolina – SKYLIGHT INN! They served up a scrumptious whole hog sandwich which in my mind blew the competition away. It’s a wrap! The chopped up tender pieces of whole hog including shards of fat & cracklings, bits of finely chopped cole slaw with an added dash of hot sauce – all resting up on a soft pillow of hamburger buns to absorb all the juices. It simply was divine! It was smoky, porky, and crunchy all in one bite! Some other favorites included Big Bob Gibson who also served up a mean & tender/smoky whole hog sandwich w/ a bit of the sweet BBQ sauce lathered all about with the additional white-ranch style sauce accompanying the hog party! Jim n Nicks was another repeat offender – one of our usual favorites serving their smoked out spicy sausage accompanied by pimento-jalapeno cheese! Ed Mitchell’s & Scott’s BBQ rounded out my other whole hog sandwich cravings as I was ready to tap-out with a three count after those delights. We eventually went in with the kill at Blue Smoke who served up a delicious salt & peppered beef rib alongside a tasty pickle!
How many days left for the Big Apple BBQ Fest 2014?
(Ed Mitchell)
(Whole Hog sandwich – Ed Mitchell’s)
(Ed’s team getting ready for their first wave of customers)
(Fire up those coals – Ed Mitchell’s)
(Pappy’s Smokehouse – brushing the ribs w/ some BBQ love!)
(while Pappy himself seals in the flavors w/ a torch!)
(Scott’s Barbecue – whole hog sandwich w/ cracklings)
(Jim N Nicks – Smoked sausage & pimento cheese)
(Blue Smoke – salt & peppered beef ribs w/ a pickle)
(Big Bob Gibson – Whole hog sandwich)
(Fried Apple pie! Looks like an empanada!)
Tags: barbecue, BBQ, big apple block party, food
Posted in food, mr. c, photos | Comments (2)
June 13th, 2013 at 1:28 pm
Thanks for the great write up about skylightinn! I am glad you liked our product. Also, not a bad pic of me:) thanks again
Chopper
June 14th, 2013 at 6:20 pm
Thanks Chopper for serving up such a fine sandwich! You were entirely too efficient with those double cleavers there! We’ll have to stop by the Skylight Inn when we are down in the Carolinas to experience the real BBQ environment.