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11-21-2012, 03:55 PM | #1 | |
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One Mile Long Barbecue Pit!
If you do a lot of reading about BBQ history, you have probably heard of the world's largest barbecue ever held. It was in honor of the January, 1923 inauguration of Oklahoma governor Jack Walton.
Walton put out a call for donations for the barbecue and received an overwhelming response. The Dallas Morning News reported that thousands of cows, hogs, sheep, and chickens plus 103 turkeys, 1,363 rabbits, 26 squirrels, 134 opossums, 113 geese, 34 ducks, 15 deer, 2 buffalo, and 2 reindeer were donated for hundreds of thousands of to people to consume that were expected to attend. But, to me, the most impressive thing about the barbecue was the part that everyone seems to leave out of the story: the barbecue pit. It was a hole dug in the ground that spanned 1 mile! Mile-Long Trench Prepared For Inauguration Barbecue; Cowboy Chef Almost Ready The Morning Tulsa Daily World - December 28, 1922 Quote:
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11-21-2012, 03:58 PM | #2 |
somebody shut me the fark up.
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A freaking mile of BBQ. I would like to have seen that.
You find the coolest BBQ history Bo. Thanks for all of your research and reporting.
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11-21-2012, 05:01 PM | #3 |
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Location: Texas
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I've seen something like this before but it ended up either 6, 1000 foot pits or 12 500 foot pits, or 24, 250 foot pits.... something like that
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11-21-2012, 06:12 PM | #4 |
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A mile of BBQ, dayum. The aroma must have been heavenly.
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11-21-2012, 07:02 PM | #5 |
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And they say down south that things are bigger in Texas...
That Oklahoma governor was trying to show 'em different.
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11-21-2012, 08:56 PM | #6 |
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you wouldn't be able to do that now, the permits fees paperwork inspections and all that chit would kill you
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11-21-2012, 09:54 PM | #7 |
Got Wood.
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Was there ever an update when it actually happened? I want to read more on it.
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11-22-2012, 08:02 AM | #8 | |
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11-22-2012, 08:46 AM | #9 |
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That must have been one tired pitmaster at the end of the day!!
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11-22-2012, 08:48 AM | #10 |
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Join Date: 04-29-12
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Thanks for the lesson Joe, and to think it was held in my backyard!
It kills me that in 1922 Mr. McCann said " there will be a feast of beef like your mother use to cook."
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11-22-2012, 10:53 AM | #11 |
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Amazing, absolutely amazing.
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11-22-2012, 12:05 PM | #12 |
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Impressive!
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11-22-2012, 12:12 PM | #13 |
Found some matches.
Join Date: 07-08-12
Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
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Wow. Would be cool to see some photos from that day.
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