What’s cookin’
Whole hog, Eastern Carolina–style. Homemade hush puppies, slaw, and sides that know where they come from.
Cold beer—and bring your own favorite sip.
01 / THE REASON WE GATHER
The Tar Heel
Prophet of
Pig & Pint.
Chuck Allen Sr. grew up in eastern North Carolina, where vinegar runs in the blood and barbecue is a love language.
He believed that time around a table—or better yet, a big-ass grill—was time well spent, as long as a cold beer was near.
Ten years after he passed, I didn’t want a solemn memorial. I wanted smoke in the air, music in the trees, and stories that get better with every retelling. I wanted the kind of gathering he would’ve loved—friends who laugh easy, stay late, and eat with their hands.
That’s how the Pig & Pint was born, and it began with a “Pigrimage.”
— Chuck Ray Allen Jr.
Hosted with Rilla Ray Delorier
