Atlanta Magazine
Barbecue is smokinâ in Atlanta: What’s next for Bryan Furman, Fox Bros., Lake & Oak, and more
There s a good chance your favorite barbecue joint is expanding in Atlanta this year
Photo by Tom Pritchard
The past few weeks have brought a flurry of announcements from some of the most popular pitmasters in Atlanta and the Southeast. Celebrity pitmaster Rodney Scott is bringing his popular âcue to Atlanta, while local mainstays like Fox Bros. are expanding even further into the city. The timing couldnât be better, with summer right around the corner and family and friends finally dining together as Covid-19 vaccination rates continue to climb.
The American South
Rodney Scott was six when he realized barbecue was more than a meal. Growing up in small town Hemingway, South Carolina, he watched the grown-ups slow cook hogs it was always a hog, and always whole. Near the end, the men would hoist the pig, which weighed as much as a teenage boy, and turn it over to expose the meat that had been slowly cooking 10 to 12 hours, absorbing the smoke that rose as fat dripped onto the coals. Every time that this hog was flipped over and sauced, people were all over it, Scott said. I m like, this thing is like a magnet. It just draws people in.
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Not sure what to order when you get up to the barbecue counter? Kevin Kelly talked to over one hundred barbecue-joint owners in Texas who shared their advice on what to order at their restaurants.
Black Smoke: African Americans and the United States of Barbecue was published this week, and author Adrian Miller shared an excerpt with the Southern Foodways Alliance about Marie Jean, an enslaved pitmaster in Arkansas who sold barbecue to purchase her freedom.
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Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Daddy Pete s BBQ
A pair of Grand Rapidians are in the Kingsford charcoal brandâs inaugural class of barbecue professionals who will receive assistance to accelerate their business.
Cory and Tarra Davis, co-owners of Daddy Peteâs BBQ, on Monday were unveiled as members of Kingsfordâs inaugural class of Preserve the Pit fellows, an initiative created to continue and nurture the barbecue traditions ignited by the Black community.
The group of barbecue professionals will receive a grant, along with immersive training and one-on-one mentorship with industry leaders throughout 2021 to turn their business aspirations into a reality.
Award-winning Michigan BBQ restaurant lands $16,000 Kingsford fellowship
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Daddy s Pete s BBQ co-owners Tarra and Cory Davis have received a $16,000 fellowship from Kingsford. It provides training and mentorship with industry leaders.Provided by Kingsford
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI - If you walk into Daddy Pete’s BBQ, and you meet owners Tarra and Cory Davis, the passion for what they do is evident. They smile, take orders and dish out some of the best tasting BBQ and side dishes in Michigan.
They’ve come a long way from backyard barbecues with friends to catering special events, and from running a food truck to opening a BBQ restaurant on the southeast side of Grand Rapids.