A fire pit, however, is the real deal, an old-school barbecue for those who crave big flavors.
The old-school barbecue joints they've left behind would alone warrant a road trip through this patchwork quilt of old farms, small towns and distant mountain views that sprawl south and west of Winston-Salem.
An old-school barbecue place in Koreatown.
It's one of the few American TV shows that avoids the two coasts and concentrates on "Flyover America," in this case, west Texas small-towners who believe in God, high school football, barbecue cuisine, backyard auto-repair, the Dallas Cowboys, and honest-to-God Republicanism.
If you choose to go old school on your barbecue and embrace the smoky, raw charcoal taste, pick your times to buy charcoal at Home Depot, said Coupons.com's Pavini.
For some years, I'm now prepared to admit, I somehow labored under the impression that Rocky Mount is the line of demarcation that separates the two principal schools of North Carolina barbecue.
But when Andrea and Mary Ann began having children, Julie and I found ourselves being thrown together with Frank more and more often: at children's birthday parties and sports events, holidays, backyard barbecues, school functions.
Weber has recently opened the UK's first and only barbecue cookery school, the Weber Grill Academy, to teach amateur barbecuers how to cook really excellent barbecued food.
Over the Labor Day weekend, many of you will be squeezing in a last picnic or barbecue before school starts, so this week I'm focusing on vegetarian dishes you can pack in a picnic basket or throw on a grill.
Labor Day often represents the end of summer, which means the end of summer vacation, back to school and one last barbecue or block party.
But there is also a lot of laid-back, old-school fun: kites, bikes, barbecue and cold Coronas.
