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“a culinary work of art”
Today, Stamey’s has been serving its staple “Lexington-style” barbecue pork and its “secret sauce” to Triad diners for 83 years. Every day, Stamey’s Pitmasters come in before the sun to light the fire and start cooking that famous barbecue, a backbreaking process that can take nine to ten hours. Unlike most barbecue restaurants that have introduced gas or electric cooking methods, Stamey’s still slow cooks its barbecue over a pit of hardwood hickory coals. The brick pits are completely enclosed, except for a bit of breathing room at the bottom, and the hardwood coals are carefully monitored because if they get too hot, they will dry the face of the pork sitting on a wire rack 24 inches above. As each 15-pound pork shoulder cooks, it drips grease onto the hot coals, sending the hickory smoke flavor back up into the pork. Finally, the meat is chopped or sliced to order so customers can enjoy it with what Stamey’s knows to be the keys to lasting barbecue success: Smiling Service, Stamey’s slaw, sweet tea, homemade cobbler and the occasional hushpuppy, a barbecue must-have introduced to the fine chefs of Lexington in the 50’s by Mr. C. Warner Stamey himself.
Congratulations to this storied NC barbecue operation for its founder's, C. Warner Stamey, induction into the first class of the North Carolina Bar-B-Que Hall Of Fame in early March. Also in the... Read more
If you have dietary restrictions and want BBQ, Stamey's is the place for you! No flavor or seasoning to be found. Just bland. I didn't take a picture because why? Years ago I enjoyed Stamey's for... Read more
Well the food wasn't that tasteful. It could have used a lot more seasoning and the bbq sauce was watery not thick so that didn't help at all. The waitress is why I gave it a rating of three. She... Read more
Stamey's Barbecue
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- Mon - Sat: 10:30 am - 9:00 pm
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