Your Guide to Old School Lexington NC BBQ Joints

SirPorkaLot · 01-19-2020, 11:18 AM

When you want old school Lexington NC BBQ, skip all the touristy joints and head down the backroads to Cook’s BBQ!

Here is your guide to legit Lexington NC bbq.

1. It’s Pork shoulder
2. There is a stack of hickory wood easily visible out back

3. You can smell the bbq cooking long before you can see the restaurant

4. They offer dipt (on the side) along with their bbq (not sauce, but dipt)

5. It’s chopped pork, not pulled (I like coarse chopped, but you have to ask for it)

6. Hushpuppies are part of the meal

7. While you may think it’s a hamburger bun, in these parts it’s called a roll

Stingerhook · 01-19-2020, 11:33 AM

Thanks for the share John.

TC Smoke & Que · 01-19-2020, 12:49 PM

Daymn I sure do miss NC Que! My mouth is watering and my keyboard is soaked.
That is my type of Q Shack.

shares · 01-19-2020, 01:44 PM

Cook's is on my list. Great review thanks.

WilliamKY · 01-19-2020, 01:48 PM

Awesome. Best pork bbq I've ever had was from NC. I love that carport wood shelter. I'm eyeballing one myself. Open ends, closed sides.

ShadowDriver · 01-19-2020, 02:07 PM

Looks great, John. Hope you're back in the area, and if so, that you stop by Honeymonk's, too.

I can almost taste that meal from your photos, man. Great stuff!

LYU370 · 01-19-2020, 02:18 PM

So you just happened to drive past this place and decided to stop in?

Looks great. Saved in Google Maps.

SirPorkaLot · 01-19-2020, 02:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LYU370

So you just happened to drive past this place and decided to stop in?

Looks great. Saved in Google Maps.

Haha
It’s certainly not on the way to anything (other than great BBQ), but it’s only minutes out of town (Lexington) down hwy 8.
It is near high rock lake though which has some excellent striper fishing

gtr · 01-19-2020, 04:23 PM

Bookmarked! A North Carolina BBQ trip is very, very high on the list of things I wanna do. Once in a while I wonder if I'm getting tired of pulled pork, and every time I eat it, I realize how much I love it. I've realized by now I'll never get tired of it. I'd love to have some from any of the classic NC spots.

sliding_billy · 01-20-2020, 02:00 AM

Great post. I covered the Mid Atlantic for years for work in a travel position and went out of my way to stop in the obscure parts of NC while I travelled through.

Gore · 01-20-2020, 09:32 AM

Thanks for the post. I just drove by Lexington last weekend. I was thinking Honeymonks, but we were 'tween meals and still had another 10 hours to drive. I'll try to make it to Cooks next time. My wife is becoming a hushpuppy aficionado, which is really bad for the keto.

frognot · 01-21-2020, 12:01 AM

Embarrassed to admit that I've never been to the Carolinas. It's high on our travel list when we retire (hopefully next year). Like Greg mentioned, this is a great thread to bookmark.

SweetHeatBBQnSC · 01-21-2020, 10:32 AM

This is awesome I was just watching a BBQ show this weekend and Cook's was on there talking about their pork shoulder.

Eckie · 01-21-2020, 11:47 AM

Hallelujah somebody posted some hushpuppies! All these bbq joints with no hushpuppies...what are they thinking?!?!

01-19-2020, 11:18 AM	#1
SirPorkaLot somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-31-09 Location: Homeworth, OH Name/Nickname : John	Your Guide to Old School Lexington NC BBQ Joints When you want old school Lexington NC BBQ, skip all the touristy joints and head down the backroads to Cook’s BBQ! Here is your guide to legit Lexington NC bbq. 1. It’s Pork shoulder 2. There is a stack of hickory wood easily visible out back 3. You can smell the bbq cooking long before you can see the restaurant 4. They offer dipt (on the side) along with their bbq (not sauce, but dipt) 5. It’s chopped pork, not pulled (I like coarse chopped, but you have to ask for it) 6. Hushpuppies are part of the meal 7. While you may think it’s a hamburger bun, in these parts it’s called a roll __________________ John

01-19-2020, 11:33 AM	#2
Stingerhook somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 02-13-12 Location: SE Florida Name/Nickname : Marty	Thanks for the share John. __________________ Marty UDS now gone, WSM 18", WSM 22" and pellet pooper in the garage for 18 months now.

01-19-2020, 01:44 PM	#4
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01-19-2020, 01:48 PM	#5
WilliamKY is Blowin Smoke! Join Date: 02-18-18 Location: Louisville,KY Name/Nickname : William	Awesome. Best pork bbq I've ever had was from NC. I love that carport wood shelter. I'm eyeballing one myself. Open ends, closed sides. __________________ Shirley Vertical + Fire Pit Pit Boss 700 Weber 28 griddle Weber 26 WGA Old Smokey Electric. Go Cards!

01-19-2020, 02:07 PM	#6
ShadowDriver somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 11-29-12 Location: ABQ, NM Name/Nickname : Marc	Looks great, John. Hope you're back in the area, and if so, that you stop by Honeymonk's, too. I can almost taste that meal from your photos, man. Great stuff! __________________ [B]Hardware[/B] - Weber 22.5 Kettle (Sep '16), OK Joe Longhorn (Mar '17), UUNI 3 Pizza Oven (Jan '18 ), Blue Rhino Razor Griddle (May '19), Cajun Bandit 22.5 Roti (Aug '20), Weber 26.75 Kettle (Dec '20)

01-19-2020, 12:49 PM	#3
TC Smoke & Que is One Chatty Farker Join Date: 05-22-18 Location: Port Saint Lucie Florida Name/Nickname : Rick	Daymn I sure do miss NC Que! My mouth is watering and my keyboard is soaked. That is my type of Q Shack.

01-19-2020, 02:18 PM	#7
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01-19-2020, 04:23 PM	#9
gtr somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 10-16-10 Location: Culver City, CA	Bookmarked! A North Carolina BBQ trip is very, very high on the list of things I wanna do. Once in a while I wonder if I'm getting tired of pulled pork, and every time I eat it, I realize how much I love it. I've realized by now I'll never get tired of it. I'd love to have some from any of the classic NC spots. __________________ 50" Klose BYC, Spitjack XB85, 22.5 WSM, Backwoods Chubby, UDS, WRK, 26" & 22.5" Weber Kettles, Jumbo Joe, WGA, WSJ/MUDS, Kanka Grill, a piece of expanded metal I throw over the fire pit sometimes, Stealthy Black & Vol Orange Thermapens Displaced East Tennesseean Proud recipient of a Tick Former outlaw MOINK baller, now IMBAS Certified, but still lookin' over my shoulder. "Relax, it's only BBQ." - Bigmista, 2013 "Don't worry about playing a lot of notes. Just find one pretty one." - Miles Davis Avatar by my son! WTFWGALD?

01-20-2020, 02:00 AM	#10
sliding_billy somebody shut me the fark up. Join Date: 08-27-13 Location: Princeton, TX Name/Nickname : )	Great post. I covered the Mid Atlantic for years for work in a travel position and went out of my way to stop in the obscure parts of NC while I travelled through. __________________ Custom Offset/GMG Davy Crockett/Vision Kamado/Blackstone 36"/Weber 22" "redhead"/WSM 14.5" X2/Jumbo Joe/Pit Boss Copperhead/KCBS

01-20-2020, 09:32 AM	#11
Gore Phizzy Join Date: 10-05-08 Location: Hiding out from blood suck ghost snake gods, Nazis and scrap iron chefs trying to harvest body parts Name/Nickname : Gore (surprise!)	Thanks for the post. I just drove by Lexington last weekend. I was thinking Honeymonks, but we were 'tween meals and still had another 10 hours to drive. I'll try to make it to Cooks next time. My wife is becoming a hushpuppy aficionado, which is really bad for the keto. __________________ Assistant to a Mad BBQ Scientist (and a squirrel): Primo Oval XL, Small Offset, Gasser, Optigrill, UBS "I love everything about the pig, even the way she walks." -- Spanish proverb (\__/) (='.'=) This is the rabbit baby. Invests him in yours signature, (")_(") and the help rabbit baby takes over control of the world! Hmmmm, I wonder, WWGALD? Avatar courtesy of Grillman and NorthwestBBQ Promoted by Bigabyte to "Idiot #1" , and dubbed "Phizzy" by Sir Ron.

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01-21-2020, 11:47 AM	#14
Eckie Full Fledged Farker Join Date: 03-05-16 Location: Blackstone VA	Hallelujah somebody posted some hushpuppies! All these bbq joints with no hushpuppies...what are they thinking?!?!