Much of the NC Refuge crew has been kicking around the idea of a meetup for a while now, and we have found the time, place, and grudge required to make it happen.
Date: March 14, 2020
Location: Dr. Charles L. Sifford Golf Course (a great little 9 holer)
Grudge: Ostensibly, which style of NC BBQ reigns supreme, even though literally no one seems willing to go to the mat for Western NC style.
We’ll get in a few loops at Sifford - we can’t completely rent out the course (yet? We’re exploring options here), but can book a block of tee times, followed by another block, so everyone can get in (at least) 18.
Following that, breweries will be visited.
Friday/Sunday golf is on the docket as well, weather and schedules permitting - I suggest a Mooresville trip on Sunday.
Due to this forum’s penchant for arguing the same point with different language please see below for a standardized BBQ sauce description. Not perfect but standardized. (Edit: I can’t spell - chart updated)
This is mostly correct now. But it is unique to Texas that many joints didn’t use to offer sauce, and even now it’s an afterthought put off to the side and not really part of the BBQ’s identity, especially in central TX. It’s sort of a point of pride to make it good enough to not want sauce.
