wnyc.org / 93.9fm / am 820

On Demand

Big Apple Barbeque

Friday, June 12, 2009

We celebrate the 7th annual Big Apple Barbeque Block Party by speaking with Kenny Callaghan, pitmaster and executive chef of Blue Smoke, and Patrick Martin, a pitmaster from Nolensville, Tennessee, including an on-air sampling of different styles of barbeque. The Big Apple Barbeque Block Party is June 13-14, 11:00 am-7:00 pm, in Madison Square Park.


Comments

  • [1] Moshe Feder from Flushing, NY June 12, 2009 - 12:12PM

    I share your guest's pleasure in the welcome growth of real barbecue in New York City, but it's NOT true that there was absolutely no real 'que here ten years ago.

    Pearson's Stick To Your Ribs Barbecue in Long Island was definitely the real thing, and deserves historical recognition for introducing genuine "low and slow" texas barbecue to our previously deprived city.


  • [2] Alistair Wallace from midtown June 12, 2009 - 12:13PM

    Is there anyone at the bbq cooking with So. Carolina mustard-based sauce?


  • [3] Ellen from Brooklyn June 12, 2009 - 12:13PM

    Still missing: Western Kentucky vinegar-based mutton BBQ. Please invite someone from there in the future.


  • [4] Marilyn from Manhattan June 12, 2009 - 12:19PM

    WHY DOES THE EVENT ALWAYS END AT 7PM? Last year it was SO hot: An evening 'cue would have been delightful. Is it a city ordinance or what?


  • [5] Luke from Brooklyn June 12, 2009 - 12:20PM

    What about Virgil's near Times Square?

    I know when they opened around 1996, they had to adhere to many many zoning and restrictive laws about smoking their own meat - in order to even call it "real bbq"


  • [6] James June 12, 2009 - 12:20PM

    Shekels, get it? I'll have a pound of BBQ'd flesh, please...


  • [7] John from Brooklyn June 12, 2009 - 12:21PM

    Seconding Ellen from Brooklyn...

    You can't talk about American barbecue traditions without mentioning Western Kentucky -- specifically, Owensboro, Ky. -- mutton and burgoo.

    Owensboro has some of the most famous barbecue restaurants in the country, and for decades has hosted the International BBQ Festival.

    -- A transplanted Owensboroan


  • [8] Luke from Brooklyn June 12, 2009 - 12:21PM

    Nice one, James...


  • [9] Tony Clark from Amsterdam, The Nethelrands June 12, 2009 - 12:23PM

    BROTHER JIMMY'S BBQ, 1ST Ave., I was born in N.C. I love BBQ. Lived in NY for 18 years. This was the closet thing to it. Great collard greens, and coleslaw. I even had a few dinners parties and meetings, where I brought in BBQ from Brother Jimmy's.

    Tony from Amsterdam


  • [10] Gary from Port Washington June 12, 2009 - 12:26PM

    Don't Forget Long Island BBQ - HarborQ

    We are lucky that great BBQ has come to Long Island in Port Washington where they do both St. Louis cut and Baby Back or Beef Ribs. HarborQ in Port Washington. It is definitely a sinful treat.


  • [11] Ellen from Brooklyn June 12, 2009 - 12:31PM

    John from Brooklyn/Owensboro

    Hey, that's where I grew up too. I wish they'd bring in Old Hickory.


  • [12] Wendy from Queens June 12, 2009 - 12:55PM

    How ironic. Later in the show you'll be discussing the wonder and marvelousness of avian and bee evolution and intelligence, but you and guests take such obvious pleasure in discussing the torture and dismemberment of an animal considered to be remarkably friendly and extremely intelligent, if given half a chance. My eating habits are not (yet?) completely cruelty free, but I just wanted to point out the amazing contradictions in how humans consider our fellow earth inhabitants.


  • [13] Mia from Brooklyn June 12, 2009 - 02:28PM

    Hey, why not ever a show on the wonders of cooking TOFU or some non-animal product? With the links between global warming and meat and dairy production now a matter of science, I wonder why there's still so much meat-y fare on the show. Also, I imagine many fewer people know how to make great barbecued tofu than barbecued beef!


  • [14] ed hardy from putian,fujian June 25, 2009 - 11:36PM

    This post rocks. You took our conversation from that podcast and made it incredibly clear. I’m going to practice it so I can be much more eloquent.

    http://www.ed-hardy.cc/

    Well i’ve experienced this here.


Leave a Comment

Please stay on topic, be civil, and be brief.
Email addresses are never displayed, but they are required to confirm your comments. Names are displayed with all comments. WNYC reserves the right to edit any comments posted on this site. Please read the WNYC.org Comment Guidelines before posting.

Your comment


* required
The information entered into this form will not be used to send unsolicited email and will not be sold to a third party.
 
Back to Episode