{"id":515,"date":"2016-06-15T16:10:52","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T20:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2016-06-15T16:10:04","modified_gmt":"2016-06-15T20:10:04","slug":"the-big-apple-barbecue-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"The Big Apple Barbecue Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_523\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-523\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-523 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smokers-e1466008582171.jpg\" alt=\"Smokers at work on Madison Avenue\" width=\"678\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smokers-e1466008582171.jpg 678w, http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smokers-e1466008582171-300x177.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Smokers at work on Madison Avenue<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Barbecue isn&#8217;t something for which New York has always been known but that is changing. We now have several great barbecue restaurants dotted across the boroughs but the epic annual BBQ festival in and around Madison Square Park is where New Yorkers can really satisfy their cravings for smoked and grilled meat.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">The Big Apple Barbecue Block Party took place last weekend and was so successful that when we arrived in the late afternoon, but almost 2 hours before the event ended, many venues were completely sold out of food. We were fortunate to get tastes of ribs and chopped, smoked pork from 3 of the more than the dozen participants who were cooking that day. Pit masters from New York establishments were joined by those from Illinois and many southern states, providing us different styles of regional barbecue. There were beer tents and tastes from local bakeries along with some live music, both bluegrass and jazz.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">New York has lots of outdoor events during the summer months but this has to be one of the tastiest, plus it is a fundraising benefit for the park. Here are some photos to entice you to next year&#8217;s party.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_518\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-518\" style=\"width: 602px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-518 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cutting-ribs-e1466007956273.jpg\" alt=\"Cutting and plating ribs at Dinosaur BBQ booth\" width=\"602\" height=\"395\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cutting-ribs-e1466007956273.jpg 602w, http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/cutting-ribs-e1466007956273-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Cutting and plating ribs at Dinosaur BBQ booth<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_522\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-522\" style=\"width: 536px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-522 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/people-e1466008455210.jpg\" alt=\"Hungry but willing to wait crowds\" width=\"536\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/people-e1466008455210.jpg 536w, http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/people-e1466008455210-300x153.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-522\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Hungry but willing to wait crowds<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519\" style=\"width: 453px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-519 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/chopping-smoked-portk-e1466008080268.jpg\" alt=\"Chopping smoked pork with cleavers for sandwiches\" width=\"453\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/chopping-smoked-portk-e1466008080268.jpg 453w, http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/chopping-smoked-portk-e1466008080268-292x300.jpg 292w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Chopping smoked pork with cleavers for sandwiches<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_520\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-520\" style=\"width: 494px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-520 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Happy-eaters-e1466008202991.jpg\" alt=\"Happy rib eaters\" width=\"494\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Happy-eaters-e1466008202991.jpg 494w, http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Happy-eaters-e1466008202991-300x249.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 494px) 100vw, 494px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-520\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Happy rib eaters<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_521\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-521\" style=\"width: 396px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-521 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/heads-e1466008341753.jpg\" alt=\"Once happy rib providers\" width=\"396\" height=\"147\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/heads-e1466008341753.jpg 396w, http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/heads-e1466008341753-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-521\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Once happy rib providers<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_524\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-524\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-524\" src=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_4005-e1466008724113-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"Preparing pork for the next day's bbq\" width=\"600\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_4005-e1466008724113-300x284.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_4005-e1466008724113-768x728.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_4005-e1466008724113-1024x970.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/IMG_4005-e1466008724113.jpg 2040w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-524\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\">Preparing pork for the next day&#8217;s bbq<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbecue isn&#8217;t something for which New York has always been known but that is changing. We now have several great barbecue restaurants dotted across the boroughs but the epic annual BBQ festival in and around Madison Square Park is where New Yorkers can really satisfy their cravings for smoked and grilled meat. The Big Apple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":523,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[50,49,20,22],"tags":[51,52],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/smokers-e1466008582171.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bOe4-8j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":540,"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions\/540"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.agooddish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}