Matt Pittman highlights a North Carolina pulled pork recipe topped with sweet cole slaw and unique Cheerwine BBQ sauce made ...

Learn how to master smoked meat at home with beginner-friendly recipes and expert grilling tips for perfect burgers, brisket and North Carolina barbecue pork, including regional sauce options.

The core of the barbecue sauce debate is simple: vinegar-based vs. tomato-based. It's strictly a Southern squabble, the battle line starting with the vinegar crowd in eastern North Carolina.

Gavin, Jamie and Chris Farella spent summers in North Carolina eating barbecue. About 15 years ago, they decided to bring those recipes up north.

East North Carolina barbecue is typified by a vinegar-based barbecue sauce, which adds a simple but savory profile to the meat. Like all barbecue in the Carolinas, pork is the meat of choice.

• Adding cider vinegar to bottled barbecue sauce increases tartness, balancing the richness of grilled and smoked meats, and ...