June 10, 2018

Saw this in a Wall Street bar.



Shiner Bock at the Big Apple BBQ Party.



The BBQ party is always good.



Big Ed Mitchell always gives out "cracklings" while you wait.

June 11, 2016

BBQ today at Madison Square Park. Ed Mitchell is back.



Ed Mitchell and the whole hog sandwich.



Smoked Alabama White Wings were a hit.



This wasn't on the menu but sure looked good.



Brooklyn place offered Beef Short Rib.



New sculpture at Union Square named Morphous.

June 9, 2013 -Big Apple BBQ

Turned out to be a nice day. The Beer garden had Shiner Bock on tap, the Cue was great and the lines weren't bad. All in all a great day and lots of BBQ in the fridge right now. Had to spend the $100 from the fast pass.



Had five different Ribs, Still like Baker's the best.



The biggest surprise was Brisket from Dinosaur BBQ. It was my personal favorite. The Salt Lick Brisket with Sausage was very good too.



Pimento ready to go into a cheese mix with Saltines and Sausage from Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q. My BBQ calendar had a quote from Mike Mills (his 17th Street Bar and Grill Ribs were fabulous) on the use of Saltine Crackers from his book Peace, Love and Barbecue : "[In the early 1900s, cotton pickers in Texas] got their daily food from the meat markets. The meat markets served up the barbecue on sheets of butcher paper , and the workers would buy other items from the store to eat with it: cheese, saltine crackers, white bread, jalapeños and pickles."



Ed Mitchell still has a great sandwich:"Whole Hog Cue." This year the festival has four Whole Hog sellers.



This was the Skylight Inn "Whole Hog" BBQ. Guy was good with the cleavers. Posted a video of him yesterday. Scott's "Whole Hog" was served on white bread with pork rinds sprinkled on top.



By far the biggest line was the Salt Lick booth. I scoped out the regular line and saw that it moved faster than the Fast Pass line. Good stuff , worth the wait and they gave you little pieces of Brisket while you waited.



My Laptop purchase at Best Buy resulted in a $35 coupon. Bought this and two bargain based CDs : KC and the Sunshine Band and The Stevie Ray Vaughan collection from Scorsese's Blues.

June 11, 2011 - Big Apple BBQ Party

Chris Lilly of Big Bob Gibson Bar-B-Q, Decatur, AL



Ed Mitchell of Raleigh , N.C. with Whole Hog BBQ and newly added Turkey.



Crackling or skin on the fire.




The line for the Whole Hog sandwich was over 45 minutes and that was on the Fast Pass line. The wait was worth it, the best there is. The Crackling was given to the line holders as they waited. A great idea.



Hill Country had no line. Too bad, their Brisket is out of this world. They too were giving free samples to the Ed Mitchell mega line. Many , like myself, bought some Brisket for the wait.



The wood is for flavor.



Dinosaur Bar-B-Que Pork butts.



Beer garden was crowded. The Goose Island Beer made it bearable.



There was also Running Bull Wine. This was the Wine tasting tent. Very friendly crew.

June 1, 2011

Great interview of Pitmaster Ed Mitchell in Gothamist.