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"48 years in MD, 18 in NC"
(set 10 days ago)
Location: Greenville, NC
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Originally Posted by cape_fisherman
Down the road in Ayden, the Skylight Inn is the best in the state.
Have you ever actually tried Pete's (Skylight Inn)? It's pretty nasty unless you like fat and gristle. Pete is long gone and so is his award winning BBQ.
Have you ever actually tried Pete's (Skylight Inn)? It's pretty nasty unless you like fat and gristle. Pete is long gone and so is his award winning BBQ.
Dick, I'm no stranger. Pete Jones' bbq was/is the best in the state "in my opinion". Now I'll never say we must have the same opinion so you are free to have yours.
I've never once felt that the bbq at Skylight Inn is full of fat OR gristle. They do, however, chop up some of the skin and mix it in with the meat. That is one thing that makes this bbq so much better to me than many other places. When the bbq is fresh the skin is crispy and lends an absolutely wonderful flavor. It does not take long for that crispy skin to rehydrate in the moist pork and turn into something that isn't as appealing as the fresh, crisp product. These bits of softer skin can indeed be interpreted as "fat" or "gristle" to the less informed. I also don't doubt that bits of fat and/or gristle gets chopped up with the meat...but that's typically part of whole hog bbq my man. If I had ever experienced an overabundance of either, I might have a different opinion...but I have never had much fat or gristle in my bbq from Pete Jones'.
Yes, I know Mr. Pete passed a few years ago. You also have to understand that his family ran the place for years before his passing.
I'm glad you don't like the Skylight...the line out the front door is too long as it is. You just make it one person shorter and a tad quicker getting up to the counter. Thanks!
Have you ever actually tried Pete's (Skylight Inn)? It's pretty nasty unless you like fat and gristle. Pete is long gone and so is his award winning BBQ.
Thats what gives it flavor! I love how they chop up the small bits of crispy skin in the BBQ.
I also like how Ken's Grill does it La Grange as well. He usually puts a couple nice size pieces of skin right on top of the BBQ.
Dick, I'm no stranger. Pete Jones' bbq was/is the best in the state "in my opinion". Now I'll never say we must have the same opinion so you are free to have yours.
I've never once felt that the bbq at Skylight Inn is full of fat OR gristle. They do, however, chop up some of the skin and mix it in with the meat. That is one thing that makes this bbq so much better to me than many other places. When the bbq is fresh the skin is crispy and lends an absolutely wonderful flavor. It does not take long for that crispy skin to rehydrate in the moist pork and turn into something that isn't as appealing as the fresh, crisp product. These bits of softer skin can indeed be interpreted as "fat" or "gristle" to the less informed. I also don't doubt that bits of fat and/or gristle gets chopped up with the meat...but that's typically part of whole hog bbq my man. If I had ever experienced an overabundance of either, I might have a different opinion...but I have never had much fat or gristle in my bbq from Pete Jones'.
Yes, I know Mr. Pete passed a few years ago. You also have to understand that his family ran the place for years before his passing.
I'm glad you don't like the Skylight...the line out the front door is too long as it is. You just make it one person shorter and a tad quicker getting up to the counter. Thanks!
Thats the only thing I hate about the place. You go anywhere around 11:30am-1pm and there isn't a damn place to park.
Nah, there's skin and whatnot that's a normal part of the chopping process, then there's the weird chewy orange globs you find in Skylight's meat. I've never seen that in any other bbq, restaurant or homemade. It's like cartilage or something.
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"48 years in MD, 18 in NC"
(set 10 days ago)
Location: Greenville, NC
2,309 posts, read 6,102,131 times
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Originally Posted by box_of_zip_disks
Nah, there's skin and whatnot that's a normal part of the chopping process, then there's the weird chewy orange globs you find in Skylight's meat. I've never seen that in any other bbq, restaurant or homemade. It's like cartilage or something.
My point exactly. Pork isn't exactly good for you to begin with and when they start mixing in mystery meat it just gets nasty. I'm guessing all of these Skylight lovers like their flattened out tasteless cornbread too.
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