Ride shotgun with barbecue aficionado David Gelin as he follows the trail of smoldering hickory and mesquite. BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes from the Barbecue Belt features the best-sometimes out-of-the-way, sometimes hole-in-the-wall-places to find great barbecue. It tells the stories, histories and philosophies of the joints and their owners. An insider's view of barbecue, BBQ Joints is a wild ride you won't want to miss!
"David Gelin has the ability to capture the true essence of these amazing people and their legendary old BBQ shrines with his camera. When he added the wonderful stories and recipes it became a great book. As a student and fan of these people and places, I'm particularly pleased to see them so well documented for history's sake." -Ray Lampe, aka Dr. BBQ
"Barbecue is as American as baseball, mom and apple pie. David introduces us to the heart and soul of the very real people serving up real barbecue, and sharing their passion for barbecue-America's cuisine."
-Carolyn Wells, Executive Director, Kansas City?Barbeque Society
"Gelin's work is not a celebration of barbecue alone-his work reaches much deeper.?His photography communicates the intimacy and passion shared by the people keeping these traditions vibrant and relevant. God bless these folks-they're the reason I keep a pair of elastic-waist pants in my closet."
-Saddler Taylor, Chief Curator of Folklife and Research McKissick Museum, University of South Carolina
Just fire and hickory, brick and Smoke. Don't spice up nothin,''
George Archibald Jr. tells me as he hoses down the coals. I'm sitting at the counter on one of the seven stools. On a nice day, you might want to eat outside. There are three picnic tables under the pines.
Otherwise, you're getting it to go.
George Sr. started selling barbecue in this small building behind his home back in 1961. George Jr. remembers mopping the floors for a quarter a day back then. George Jr. is joined behind the counter by his friend Arthur Wilkes. "We're a lot closer than brothers; we're friends," says George. "We're both Juniors, and our fathers were friends. We used to be built for speed, but now we're built for comfort."
Acknowledgments 8
Foreword 9
Introduction 10
Alabama 23
Arkansas 39
Florida 47
Georgia 57
Kentucky 75
Louisiana 81
Mississippi 87
Missouri 95
North Carolina 103
Oklahoma 115
South Carolina 121
Tennessee 127
Texas 139
Build Your Own Pit 159
Let's Hit the Road 163
Indexes 166
Overview
Ride shotgun with barbecue aficionado David Gelin as he follows the trail of smoldering hickory and mesquite. BBQ Joints: Stories and Secret Recipes from the Barbecue Belt features the best-sometimes out-of-the-way, sometimes hole-in-the-wall-places to find great barbecue. It tells the stories, histories and philosophies of the joints and their owners. An insider's view of barbecue, BBQ Joints is a wild ride you won't want to miss!
"David Gelin has the ability to capture the true essence of these amazing people ...