Welcome to the first edition of NYC BBQ Weekly, a newsletter dedicated to curating the best barbecue news, restaurants, and events in New York metro area.

Operation BBQ Relief, the top BBQ nonprofit in the U.S., is ready to deploy units to help feed victims of Hurricane Florence, which is beginning to batter both North and South Carolina. Donate if you can to this worthy cause.

Randall's Barbecue, a new BBQ joint that blends old and new culinary ideas, opens Sunday at 5pm on the Lower East Side. The menu at Randall's features traditional items and ones that are off the beaten path, including fried pork ribs, five-spice smoked duck, and Indian lamb shank.

More than 20 chefs and vendors are now confirmed for Pig Island, the annual BBQ event that offers delicious locally-sourced pork creations, which will be back in Red Hook on Saturday, September 8.

This past weekend was likely the end of the Big Apple Barbecue Block Party as we know it. But 2018’s event was still a great event and now we look to the future of what the event could look like in 2019.