Meet a man who built a barbecue smoker out of a file cabinet
Is it real? Does it work? Is it safe? Was it hard to make? Why would anyone build one? Why is he selling it and trying to get a broken chainsaw in return? And, is this a singular piece of American ingenuity or is there an underground community of file cabinet smokers that I had never heard of before now? The seller, and an expert, tell us everything.
Slightly Disappointing Places: Barbecue, North Carolina
A spot that shares its name with one of North Carolina's most famous foods doesn't look like much, unless you know about its history. So, um, can you get actual barbecue in Barbecue?
Watch LaMelo Ball drive around on the top of his condo building, plus learn about what Brits think about America barbecue, how my golf shoes disintegrated at Pinehurst, and more.
Five paragraphs (and one video) that explain North Carolina barbecue
I'm not talking about what's better: Eastern or Lexington-style, whole hog or pork shoulder. I'm more interested in what the state of barbecue in this state tells us about the state of ourselves.
