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Pierce The Veil’s New Hot Sauce

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Just in time for Cinco de Mayo! Rockers Pierce The Veil are cranking up the heat with a new hot sauce called “Ragin’ Cajun.” The new hot sauce blends habanero and cayenne peppers, garlic, onion, vinegar, black pepper and salt and is available in 5 oz. bottles. “Ragin’ Cajun” is Pierce The Veil’s third hot sauce to date, following the “En Fuego Hot Sauce” and “Diablo Verde Hot Sauce.”

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Carolina ‘Qu-in’

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The annual series of competitive barbecue cooking is now in full swing in Eastern North Carolina with three contests set for the coming weekend, including large gatherings in Greenville and Raleigh expected to draw thousands of pork barbecue lovers.

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When Barbecue and Bluegrass Collide

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Bluegrass music fans coming to Raleigh for the International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual World of Bluegrass week in September will also have a chance to chow down at the N.C. Whole Hog Barbecue State Championship in the capital city’s downtown.
The North Carolina Pork Council, the sanctioning body for the annual N.C. Whole Hog Series of cooking contests held around the state leading to the championship event, announced the link with the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) event. This partnership links the cook-off with a monster bluegrass festival that is expected to draw tens of thousands to downtown Raleigh.