

BBQ pits in archaeological studies
In a first conversation with Virginia BBQ Scholar Joseph Haynes, he shared with me how a BBQ pit was found during an archaeological...


True South Carolina Hash is Liver & Lights Hogs Head Hash
For several years, South Carolina Hash has been popping up on some bbq restaurants that have opened up in the past 10 years. It has been...


Service and Significance in 2019
As I reflect on my upbringing on reflect on my upbringing by both of my parents, Hallie and Harrison, they gave me all that they could...


Tracing the DNA of BBQ
Pitcooked BBQ in the American South in the actual earth dug pit evolved for 350 years. Pitcooked BBQ is the cooking of whole animals...


Where are the Blacks in BBQ Book, Dr. Conyers? The Process, Journey, and Solution
I know I have been keeping you waiting for an in-depth study of Southern BBQ, which focuses solely on the black narrative, which I can...


Let’s stop saying Virginia is the home of America’s BBQ, the home is enslaved Africans
For the past few years, I have been thinking that Virginia was the home of America’s BBQ when I start looking across southern states even...


The Hole In The Ground... Jones Bar B Que Diner
Jones Bar B Que Diner came across my radar as the oldest black owned bbq restaurant in the country, with an establishment date of 1910. ...


The BBQ Hall of Fame only has room for a dead black pitmaster
As of March 15, 2019 states, “Barbecue Hall of Fame exists not only to recognize, document and preserve the heritage of barbecue, but...


BBQ was a Meal of Resistance, too!
Cooking on the Whitney Plantation was a struggle, given the fact the work and conditions our ancestors endured on plantations in the...


A Great Day in New Orleans: A Gumbo Jubilee(III of III) Luncheon with Mrs. Leah Chase.
The Gumbo Jubilee Luncheon at Dooky Chase’s where a large collection of black professionals in food, from farmers to chefs to media...