Looks like sunny and 60’s next weekend…

 

Yes should be a fun ride. For folks in RDU area or coming from west, plan to meet to Bulldog HD in Smithfield @ 11:00am on April 4. Then on to Grady's at noon. Then to the coast. Besides what's already scheduled we can hit up the Newport Whole Hog fest. - Newport Pig Cookin' (newportpigcooking.com) Anybody wants to attend or join any part PM me by Wednesday or call/text nine one nine, nine zero nine, seven six four seven.

 

Shame on me. No good pictures. I was so busy chatting up a rider that I didn’t get a pic of my lunch at Redneck BBQ Lab at MacGees Crossroads.

I ordered the Tuesday special which I thought was just Burnt Ends and sides.

It was burnt ends, AND jalapeńo and cheese smoked sausage. I normally only order sausage with breakfast.

But OMG. It was WONDERFUL. So you NC boys who get by this way, get you some! I was the first bike in, but not the last bike out.

 

Had a great time this weekend doing a Beach BBQ Run. Cosmic Razorback, Carolina Girl, Notgrownup and Mrs. Notgrownup were in attendance, along with my wife. We planned to hit 4 or maybe 5 BBQ joints at the NC coast. But Carolina Girl said "don't they have any seafood around here?" So we substituted seafood Thursday, Friday, Saturday nights. We ate BBQ at Grady's in Dudley (Wayne County), Caino's in Hubert (Onslow) and Rick's in Oriental (Pamlico). Weather was on the cool side, and windy but no rain. Besides seafood and BBQ stops, we went to waterfront in Emerald Isle, Swansboro, Morehead City, Atlantic Beach and Beaufort. We also stopped at Jarrett Bay Boatworks. I plan to have my next boat built there. (assuming I win the PowerBall) An overall great weekend.


Grady's

Grady's

Grady's (from previous stop there)

Caino's

Caino's - maybe I ordered too much? BBQ plate + redneck eggrolls w/BBQ and collards

Rick's dry rub ribs. Beans w/brisket

Rick's BBQ/chicken plate

Ricks

 

Thought of you guys yesterday when I saw this truck/van.



They have a very good reputation in this area. But I don’t think it’s an actual restaurant.

 

A "new-to-me" BBQ joint. I was searching for BBQ online when I stumbled upon Fat man and his food at the pig pin
So off I went.
Located in a bowling alley, with pool tables, video games and more, it makes for an al day family outing.
First impressions were a bit worrisome as the gal behind the counter asked if I wanted "extra sauce" on my bridket.
My introduction to brisket MANY years ago was if you screw up, bring out the sauce, so asking about EXTRA sauce, for brisket raises my alert system
Thankfully no EXTRA sauce, or for that matter ANY sauce was needed. a good bake, nice smoke ring, and a good tug, proved the brisket was very good.

Other than being downtown Mebane, I worked out a good ride to and fro
STUPID riser screwed up (operator error) but 150+ mile loop avoiding as much civilization as possible, and if it was a bit warmer I could have turned at several intersections and stopped at Maple View for ice cream