[El Scorcho]

2nd Annual BBQ @ Sedalia

Event Date: Sat 5/26/07
Start Time: 12:00 Noon
Location: The Sedalia Center
Cost: $10 in advance, $12 at the gate
Contact: 434-299-5080

The featured entertainment will be: Hard Drivin’ Grass, (www.harddrivingrass.com) and local rock band Work Release.

BBQ Teams will likely begin cooking Friday night and continue into the early hours of Saturday morning. The 4-person teams typically have playful names, but are serious about tasty and tender pork barbeque. Attendees get to sample each of the recipes and vote for their favorite. Cash prizes and a trophy are awarded for first place. Trophies are also given for second and third place. The festival will also recognize the People’s Choice and Best Presentation.

Details

Barbeque connoisseurs will gather at the 2nd Annual BBQ @ Sedalia Festival, graciously sponsored again by American National Band and Trust on Saturday, May 26, 2006 to celebrate the art and secrets of slow-cooked pork barbeque. Gates open at 12:00 noon. Admission is $10 in advance and $12 at the gate. The Festival will be held rain or shine. . The admission price includes BBQ sampling and live entertainment. Food, beer and other beverages are available for purchase, as well as a 50/50 Raffle. No coolers or pet, please.

I'm only going for the food, but if you like Q, it should be a good time.

[LUconn]

where on earth is that

[Cider Jim]

Not too far off of 501 North, near Big Island (about a 30 minute drive from Lynchburg). One of the most beautiful locations around, with mountains everywhere, and the band mentioned is a bluegrass band of teenage kids.

http://www.sedaliacenter.org/page/page/3285805.htm

[HenryGale]

Scorch...did you go last year? If so...different types of BBQ? Memphis, Carolina etc?
Sounds like a good time!

FF Tailgate?

[Sly Fox]

Disappointed there's no beef being offered up. But I love the BBQ festivals down here in Texas so I'd be up for it if I was in Central Virginia.

Perhaps you guys could pick up a few tricks and maybe some sauce four tailgates.

[Fumblerooskies]

That sounds like a GREAT PLACE to get a picture in a FF tee...

[HenryGale]

That sounds like a GREAT PLACE to get a picture in a FF tee...

Right next to a pig

[El Scorcho]

Scorch...did you go last year? If so...different types of BBQ? Memphis, Carolina etc?

I did not go last year, so I'm not entirely sure. However, I did go to the James River BBQ Festival downtown last year. They had a pretty nice variety, but you had to pay to get in and pay to eat. Kinda pricey.

I'm going with a big group of friends tomorrow. I'll definitely report back after the trip.

[mrmacphisto]

I hate that they've scheduled this when I'm working. It would be a great excuse to drive out to Sedalia.

I usually take a back way, through Forest.

[blwall1416]

Eastern North Carolina style BBQ is the best by far. For those that haven't had it, you a missing out.

[Knucklehead]

Eastern North Carolina style BBQ is the best by far. For those that haven't had it, you a missing out.

Amen brother, Preach it. Wilbur's in Goldsboro is the greatest anywhere!

[Cider Jim]

The closest we have to East NC BBQ in the greater Lynchburg area is the Silver Pig Restaurant in Madison Heights.

[Sly Fox]

We've beaten this dead horse.

Suffice it to say there is a difference of opinions on what quantifies the best.

[El Scorcho]

We've beaten this dead horse.

I think you mean we've beaten this dead pig.

[blwall1416]

The closest we have to East NC BBQ in the greater Lynchburg area is the Silver Pig Restaurant in Madison Heights.

Yeah, I've been there. They serve Western North Carolina style. Slight difference. You've gotta go to Wilbur's, Parker's, or Bill's. Smithfield's can hold you over in case you can't get to the good guys.


However, during one of the July 4 festivals at LU, a guy was selling "Eastern North Carolina Style" bbq. I gave it a shot, & it was perfect. He said he learned from Bill's in Wilson. I still can't find that guy to this day. Finally, someone in VA that knows how to do it & I can't track him down.

[Cider Jim]

Can someone give me a short answer as to what's the difference between western vs. eastern NC barbeque?

[blwall1416]

Can someone give me a short answer as to what's the difference between western vs. eastern NC barbeque?

http://www.northcarolina.com/stories/bbq.html

Excerpt:
"A word here about the sauce. There are two different styles of North Carolina Barbecue, Eastern and Western. In both cases the sauce is a vinegar-based concoction, heavily seasoned; the largest difference is that the Western, or Lexington style of barbecue adds a small amount of tomato-base to the sauce, and also roasts pork shoulders in preference to the whole hog. That's it. That's the difference. Yet these tiny differences have caused near blood feuds between proponents of the two different styles. In both cases the vinegar base is augmented by a variety of secret herbs and spices – some favorites are salt, pepper, red pepper, cayenne pepper, onion powder, garlic, nutmeg, molasses, whiskey, and brown sugar. The specific potion is often a closely held secret, or varies depending on the ingredients at hand, but the sauce is thin, unlike most commercial tomato-based barbecue sauces. No roaster in their right mind would put that sweet, ketchupy stuff on a perfectly good pig."

[El Scorcho]

Yep. That's pretty much it.

Hit up Allen & Son's in Pittsboro, NC if you're ever in the area. It's my hometown Q shack, and still one of my favorites.

[Cider Jim]

I thought I'd revive this thread a year later, since it's now time for the 3rd Annual BBQ Festival at Sedalia (off of 501 North, near Big Island). I've never been, but Fumble went last year and had high praise for the food. For $12 (in advance) or $15 (at the door) you can sample BBQ all afternoon on Saturday, beginning at 12:00 noon.

On Saturday, May 31st the Sedalia Center will host its 3rd Annual BBQ @ Sedalia. Barbeque connoisseurs will gather to celebrate the art and secrets of slow-cooked pork barbeque. Gates open at 12 noon. Admission is $12.00 in advance and $15.00 at the gate...The admission price includes BBQ sampling and live entertainment.

http://www.sedaliacenter.org/?q=events/ ... l_bbq_2008

[Cider Jim]

I spent about 2 hours eating BBQ pork and listening to a live country music band at Sedalia yesterday. For $15, I got all the BBQ that I could eat, served in individual 2 ounce plastic cups: that didn't sound like much until I realized that there were 18 vendors. If each vendor served 2 ounces of BBQ, then 18 vendors would serve over 2 POUNDS of BBQ.

Only 2 vendors had really bad BBQ--one was actually beef brisket that tasted like dog food, and the other was white soupy looking pork like what Food Lion sells. All the rest were "pulled pork" served with a variety of vinegar-based sauces.

If anyone is still in town next summer, I certainly recommend Sedalia's BBQ festival.

[Sly Fox]

Consider me jealous.

[Cider Jim]

Some of those BBQ vendors had some pretty creative names:

Butt Smokers
Bunk's Bar, Grill, & Laudromat
Swine & Company
The Pig's Ear
The Real Squeal

[Fumblerooskies]

I went last year...was a great time. Was out of town this weekend and could not go.

[olldflame]

Consider me jealous.

Come on Sly, I'm sure they have much better BBQ festivals in Texas; probably with JUMBOTRONS!

[Cider Jim]

And no have to be sacrificed; just long horns instead. Sly, do they have ox roasts in Texas like they do in WV?