The hardwood in the yard nearby will be of various ages. You may not see smoke coming from the pit chimneys except when the wood is being burned to coals. Should you find copper lines leading to the pits from a silver tank the size of a small elephant out where the woodyard ought to be, drive on. The founder's son has sold his soul to the Devil for the ease of that modern-day bane of barbecue, propane. Come back in a couple of years and you will find a brand new McDonalds there with a drive-up window right where the pits once stood.
Good barbecue is a hard way to make a buck.
The Great Debate There is no debate in North Carolina that barbecue should be pit-cooked and pork. There is, however, is great disagreement about which parts of the pigs should be barbecued and whether tomatoes should be any part of the finishing sauce. Down east, the whole hog, split down the middle, is barbecued . West of U.S. Highway 1, only the shoulders are barbecued, and the milder finishing sauce contains a touch of tomato.