Jody's Garage - BBQ Commandments

The 10 Commandments of
Eastern North Carolina Barbecue

I. Thou shalt not have any barbecue but The One True Barbecue before thee.

II. Thou shalt not barbecue beef nor chicken, but only pork.

III. Thou shalt not cook with gas, nor with infrared horizontal ovens,
but only with hardwoods such as hickory or oak, or apple if you must.

IV. Thou shalt not make yourself a graven sauce, or any likeness of any
commercial sauce like unto that made in Texas or Kansas City; thou shalt not
use tomato, nor ketchup, nor honey, nor mustard; but only have apple-cider
vinegar and red pepper before thee.

V. Thou shalt not take the name of Eastern North Carolina Barbecue in vain.

VI. Thou shalt remember the pit day of Thursday and keep, it holy.

VII. Honor thy pit master and thy waitress, that your barbecue may be
always plentiful and your ice-tea glass be always keep full.

VIII. Thou shalt not consort with health inspectors, nor with environmental
zealots, nor with vegetarians, for verily it is so that Hitler was a
vegetarian, and Hitler was bad.

IX. Thou shalt have hushpuppies and slaw and Brunswick stew
with thy barbecue.

X. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife - unless she professeth to love
thy barbecue, is attractive, and will bring you beer as you tend thy pit.

- Mr. Tom "Big Heat" Solomon
Pastor of the First Fundamentalist Church of Eastern NC Barbecue