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North Carolina style vinegar-based BBQ ftw.
If you guys haven't had this stuff, you need to get out here and try it. It is not a tomato base like most of the "pit" BBQ styles (KC, Texas, Memphis, etc). It's basically pepper and spices steeped in a good quality vinegar. And "barbecue" in NC is ALWAYS pulled roast pork, usually the whole pig done at a "pig pickin'." Out of this world good. I enjoy tomato-based BBQ sauces and all kinds of grilled meats, but they don't hold a candle to the local stuff (although Western NC-style does add some tomato to the vinegar base; however it is inferior to Eastern style IMHO).
For a good primer on BBQ in NC, try
here.
There's also a South Carolina mustard-based BBQ, but that [censored] is nasty.
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QFT. The BBQ is the best part of living here in eastern NC.
Also, to the guy that mentioned Dreamland in Birmingham-I used to love that place too when I lived there.