Lexington Barbecue Festival
lexington barbecue festival oneday food festival held october lexington north carolina barbecue capital world year attracts many visitor uptown lexington area sample different food different area restaurant dozen visiting food vendor hundred vendor annual event listed book place see usa canada beforeyoudie part series based bestselling place see die u news world report ranked lexington list best city barbecue idea annual festival first brought joe sink jr publisher lexington daily newspaper dispatch approached bank bbt agreed look idea hired kay saintsing local organization developer manager conduct study feasibility festival investigation concluded festival valid idea lexington already popular weekend destination barbecue first festival held october lexington barbecue festival become one nation popular food festival first festival attracted people barbecue chef cooked pound barbecue meet demand attendance risen pound meat cooked north carolina championship pork cookoff held conjunction festival allowing visitor piedmont watch wholehog cooking expert eastern part state demonstrate methodsthe festival held october uptown lexington several city block main street closed vehicle traffic event besides barbecue typically vendor art craft homemade fudge ware year sponsor included childress vineyard pepsi bbt walmart large local corporation festival first started participant primarily local restaurant local merchant since grown hundred vendor displaying every type product primary focus still barbecue large number merchant sell item unique area festival went virtual festival nc train establishes temporary train station block away served amtraks carolinian piedmont focus festival lexington style barbecue several vendor eastern variety also found sparking mild sometimes mild controversy battle lexington style v eastern style even gone far state government north carolina house bill north carolina senate bill introduced would made lexington barbecue festival official barbecue festival north carolina separate amended bill north carolina house bill suggested making lexington barbecue festival official food festival north carolina neither garnered enough support pas nearly half state favor eastern style barbecue sparking genuine controversy bill incidentally creating official state barbecue opposed festival either lexington eastern style one example lighthearted feud exists proponent two type barbecue author jerry bledsoe selfprofessed world leading foremost barbecue authority claimed dennis rogers columnist raleigh news observer selfprofessed oracle holy grub ruined chance state distinguished barbecue degree humor involved choice barbecue type politically charged topic nc house bill passed granting lexington barbecue festival title official food festival piedmont triad region state north carolina excluding eastern part state making official designation effectively bypassed controversy regarding eastern barbecue avoided style barbecue considered official barbecue state north carolina activity include lumberlack game live music five different stage street performer pig city north carolina barbecue society regional variation barbecue list north carolinarelated topic lexington station north carolina list festival north carolina official website lexington tourism authority stameys barbecue official list barbecue restaurant davidson county north carolina barbecue society