Pitmaster Leland Avellino of Connecticut-based Avellino Family Barbecue has been wowing audiences at Brisket King NYC for years. He was finally crowned the Brisket King of NYC after serving perfect brisket sandwiches to the masses.
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The NYC area regularly hosts many top-notch barbecue festivals and events with fantastic smoked brisket, ribs, whole hog, and sides. Here are five to attend in 2024.
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Brisket King NYC will showcase exceptional BBQ talent and smoked meats in April 2024 at Pig Beach BBQ in Queens.
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Anthony Scerri of NYC-based BBQ operation Smoke Sweats visited Austin, Texas, and wrote about the best BBQ he ate.
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Here are some of the best BBQ bites I ate in the New York City area in 2023, including from Kimchi Smoke, Hometown BBQ, Morgan’s Brooklyn BBQ, Blue Smoke, and more.
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FireFly Barbecue’s Smoked Jalapeño Jam wins the top prize at Sauce King NYC 2023, plus NYC Metro winners, best barbecue sauces, best hot sauces, and link to buy them all.
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On Saturday, September 9, 2023, it’s time to get your oink on at the 14th annual Pig Island NYC event. Featuring more than 20 chefs and pitmasters cooking whole hog, creative pork dishes, veggies, and much more, this will be a culinary celebration to remember.
Read MoreBarbecue, beer, and bourbon lovers in the NYC area will soon have the chance to enjoy all three at the 13th annual Beer Bourbon & BBQ Festival. This year’s event will take place on Saturday, July 8, 2023, at Industry City in Brooklyn.
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On Tuesday, June 13, Celebrate Big Apple Barbecue will be an all-you-can-taste affair featuring more than 20 Tri-state area barbecue joints and pop-ups. The BBQ operations range from well-established joints like Hometown Bar B Que and Blue Smoke to up-and-coming hotshots like Bark Barbecue and Pineapple Express.
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Hundreds of barbecue fans gathered at Industry City in Brooklyn for Rib King NYC 2023 to try great smoked meats from 15+ pitmasters and to see who would be crowned as the next “king.” Pitmaster Jose Perez from Connecticut-based Bear’s Smokehouse was crowned the winner, with amazing smoked pork ribs.
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The 2023 Rib King NYC event will take place Saturday, May 27, at Industry City in Brooklyn. The event, produced by Food Karma Projects, will feature some of the best NYC restaurants and pitmasters' pork and beef ribs.
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On Wednesday night, a new Brisket King was crowned. The team behind newcomer Wildwoods BBQ in North Wildwood, NJ, won both the top prize and People’s Choice trophies at Brisket King NYC at Pig Beach Queens.
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More than 30 pitmasters and chefs will be cooking up a feast on April 29, 2023, at Pig Beach BBQ in Queens — all to raise money for charity in the name of the late Jeff Michner.
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Brisket lovers, get ready to have a cow. The annual Brisket King NYC event is back, and this year's competition on April 26 at Pig Beach BBQ promises to be bigger and better than ever.
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Here are six barbecue joints in the greater New York City area where you can get BBQ catering, including wings, brisket, sandwiches, and sides for your Super Bowl party.
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In barbecue, smoke and fire are transformative agents. Without smoke and fire, the fat in the meat will never melt, there will be no smoky flavor, and the bark will have no crunch. It just doesn’t work without the smoke. The smoke in my home yesterday was also transformative.
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The owners of Pig Beach restaurant operation announced this week that its Brooklyn location would abruptly close at the end of the year after its building was sold.
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For the past two years, pitmaster Ruben Santana of Bark Barbecue has made a name for himself by slinging some of NYC’s best barbecue at Smorgasburg and other pop-ups. Now he’s taking a big step forward by moving his operation into the Time Out Market in Brooklyn.
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If you want to eat turkey this Thanksgiving, buy store-bought frozen turkeys now or pre-order soon from a local BBQ joint, because there may not be any turkey available if you wait too long.
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