One Saturday while listening to "The Splendid Table" on NPR there was a recommendation for North Carolina's best Bar B Que in Ayden, North Carolina. Since we were going in that direction, Patty dutifully noted the information, pulled out her atlas, and assured herself we could in fact visit this place enroute to Pea Island. The pitch was that the whole hog with skin at the Skylight Inn Bar B Que was slow cooked for eighteen hours and served without sauce. The commentator went on to say that the BBQ was served "on" unleavened cornbread. The pork was pulled and the crispy skin was chopped small giving a different texture sensation as you chewed.
Patty called ahead to make sure there was a parking lot big enough to hold our rig or if there was parking within walking distance. The response was "We have a big parking lot, you can park in". Well,. they do have a parking lot that we could park in, but to get out, we had to disconnect the towed and back out and then re- hook everything back together. Notice the unique dome type structure on the roof. I guess it isn't really unique since there is a similar structure in Washington DC.
According to "The Splendid Table" the BBQ was served "on" the unleavened cornbread with the coleslaw served as a side on the plate. As you can see the BBQ was put into a cardboard container and the cornbread was slapped on top of that. Obviously the coleslaw (pretty good) was put into another cardboard container. Note the piece of pie was made somewhere world and came replete with plastic wrapping dutifully listing all of the ingredients.
Recommendations for future diners: Have the BBQ since it was in fact interesting but hopefully not the best in North Carolina, and have the cornbread with the coleslaw. Whatever you do, leave the pie alone. By the way, refills on the drinks will set you back fifty cents.
Our rating on the 1-5 scale with 5 being fantastic and 1 being edible was a solid 3 on the rotund scale.
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