Southern Living has put together quite the list of quality barbecue joints, including yours truly, Sam Jones BBQ, at #30 and the infamous Skylight Inn at #4.
“At his six-year-old restaurant in Winterville, North Carolina, Sam Jones straddles the old and the new. In 1947, his grandfather, Pete Jones, founded the world-famous Skylight Inn just six miles down the road in Ayden. 75 years later, the whole hogs are cooked the exact same way in Winterville as they are in Ayden: on open pits fired with hardwood coals. The finished pork is chopped along with bits of crisp skin on a giant wooden block and liberally dressed with vinegar and Texas Pete. The slaw and square-cut cornbread adhere to the Jones family's original recipes, too.”
