Pete Jones — Carolina Barbecue Walter B. 'Pete' Jones (died 2006) opened the Skylight Inn in Ayden, Pitt County, in the summer of 1947 — at seventeen by his family's count, eighteen by Wikipedia's — and cooked whole hogs over wood coals there for… nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/person/pete-jones/ · 15-Sep-2026 · 32K
Numbers — Carolina Barbecue Carolina barbecue counted: how near the nearest pit is anywhere in the two states, when the pits opened, what the recipes call for, which days they open. nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/numbers/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 70K
whole hog — Carolina Barbecue The entire dressed pig — dressed meaning gutted and scraped of hair, the head sometimes left on — split open along the backbone, laid flat over coals and cooked as one piece, then pulled from the bones and chopped… nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/pit/whole-hog/ · 15-Sep-2026 · 53K
Bum's Restaurant — Carolina Barbecue A wood-fired whole-hog restaurant in downtown Ayden, Pitt County, opened in 1963 by Latham 'Bum' Dennis, of the family that counts Skilton Dennis's 1830 wagon as the start of barbecue for sale here, and run by his son… nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/place/bums-restaurant/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 36K
Lexington dip — Carolina Barbecue The Piedmont's sauce: the east's vinegar, salt, pepper and red pepper with ketchup or tomato and water added, sometimes sugar, so that it comes out thin and reddish — tangy, a little sweet or hot by the house, and every… nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/sauce/lexington-dip/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 53K
People — Carolina Barbecue Pitmasters, families, writers and organizers. nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/people/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 37K
red slaw — Carolina Barbecue Finely chopped green cabbage dressed with vinegar, ketchup, sugar, salt and black pepper — or with the pit's own dip — and no mayonnaise. nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/dish/red-slaw/ · 15-Sep-2026 · 49K
Pee Dee — Carolina Barbecue The river and the region. The Pee Dee rises in the North Carolina mountains as the Yadkin, takes the name Pee Dee below the mouth of the Uwharrie, crosses into South Carolina and reaches the sea at Winyah Bay. nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/word/pee-dee/ · 15-Sep-2026 · 32K
outside brown — Carolina Barbecue The dark crust from the outside of a pork shoulder — the bark, where ten hours of smoke and dip have cooked into the surface — ordered by name at Lexington pits. nanobotco.github.io/carolina-barbecue/dish/outside-brown/ · 15-Sep-2026 · 43K