Mike Davis Reporting from the Greensboro Jaycee Ribfest

Okay, maybe save the pigs is not the right title for this email...but, "and then the wheels fell off" seemed a bit demoralizing.

Many of you over the years have pointed out that Alan Thigpen is not right...Normally, I agree with anyone who feels that they need to point this out. However, this weekend Alan is right.

Due to some injustice heaped upon Catering Carolina by the BBQ Gods, our piglet company Thiggy's Piggy is really hard to find this weekend. I realize some of you probably did not even realize, up until this moment (of your reading, not my typing), that the holiday of RibFest is upon us. You, especially, would have a hard time locating us. RibFest is this weekend in the Jaycee Office parking lot. As you enter the parking lot, the slope of the lot, the earth's gravitational pull, and the bright colors of the "professional" ribbers, pull you to the left, and the sadly inferior ribs of some poor anorexic pigs. But, if you turn to the right, climb up hill, and battle the blasting of the speakers from the coliseum's sound stage, you will see a giant pink pig...assuming our homemade sign makes it through the weekend...I'm afraid we may have created world's largest kite. And there you will find Thiggy's Piggy, whose Baby Back Ribs, BBQ Chicken, and chopped BBQ were voted unanimously by Alan's staff and family as the "Best Darn BBQ Ever to Be Served In The Upper Right Hand Quadrant of The Jaycee Office Parking Lot...In July...In a Tent...So Far". This is an award we're damn proud of, and feel very comfortable giving ourselves and accepting.

So do the right thing...turn right...look for Thiggy's Piggy. We may not have the trophies and plaques and accolades of the other ribbers who are there, but we have a 6,000 sq ft kitchen right down the street where we prepare our food fresh daily, while they all hail from Texas or Danville or some other place where they don't know poop about BBQ or health codes. (Disclaimer: I'm not insinuating that you may get sick eating at another ribbers...I'm just saying that I guarantee that we keep our mayonnaise, chicken, etc.in big refrigerators...)

Tell your family and friends, this is something they have to come witness...like an eclipse, or Haley's Comet. This weekend Alan Thigpen is right.

***Bring this email, or wear a funny hat and receive a free order of hush puppies with your purchase. Shameless offer good only at Thiggy's Piggy.

Thiggy's Piggy. We'll serve no pig before its time.

Mike Davis