East Carolina BBQ and Lexington BBQ

I’ll start with perhaps my favorite use of the slow-roasted pork shoulder technique: East Carolina BBQ, which I first encountered when I was in college down there in the 1980s and have adored ever since. The straightforward vinegar and brown sugar mix was meant for pork shoulder cooked low and slow over a smoky fire—that’s true barbecue. I highly recommend cutting your raw pork shoulder into slabs and grilling them over flames or, better still, throwing a lot of soaked wood chips in your ch