A brief history of barbecue in the Carolinas -- Barbecue calendar -- Whole hogs & vinegar sauce : eastern North Carolina & the Pee Dee -- Brown's Bar-b-que -- B's Barbecue -- Bum's Restaurant -- Cooper's Country Store -- Grady's Barbecue -- McCabe's Bar-b-que -- Parker's Barbecue -- The Pit -- Scott's Bar-b-que -- Shuler's Bar-b-que -- Skylight Inn -- Wilber's Barbecue -- Shoulders & light red sauce : the Piedmont -- Allen & Son Barbeque -- Barbecue Center -- Carolina Bar-b-q of Statesville -- Cook's Barbecue -- Fuzzy's Bar-b-q -- Hill's Lexington Barbecue -- Lexington Barbecue -- Little Richard's -- Red Bridges Barbecue Lodge -- Richard's Bar-b-que -- Short Sugar's Pit Bar-b-q -- Smiley's Lexington BBQ -- Stamey's -- Tarheel Q -- Wink's King of Barbecue -- Yellow mustard & hash : the Midlands & Lowcountry of South Carolina -- Bessinger's Barbeque -- Big T Bar-b-q -- Bluffton Barbecue -- Cannon's BBQ -- Carolina Bar-b-que -- Dukes Barbecue -- Fiery Ron's Home Team BBQ -- Hite's Bar-b-q -- Jackie Hite's Bar-b-q -- JB's Smokeshack -- Maurice's Piggie Park BBQ -- Po Pigs Bo-b-q -- The Southern Belly BBQ -- Sweatman's Bar-b-que -- True BBQ -- Wise's Bar-b-q House -- Free spirits : the Upstate & the Mountains -- The Beacon Drive-in -- Circle M -- Henry's Smokehouse -- Hubba Hubba Smokehouse -- Midway BBQ -- Mike & Jeff's BBQ -- Bones Smokehouse -- If you're just passing through : barbecue side trips -- In the kitchen & around the pit : recipes & techniques -- Cooking butts & shoulders -- Going whole hog -- Sauces -- Side dishes -- Desserts -- Glossary: Carolina barbecue terms -- Appendix: Websites & blogs.