Posted on 06/18/2009 6:51:13 AM PDT by Islander7
Southern barbecue is a must-have item on the set of “Live with Regis and Kelly” — after Brad Orrison finished taping his segment for today’s morning show, two smoked pork shoulders disappeared off the set.
Orrison, his sister, Brooke Orrison Lewis and brother, Brett, were in New York for the taping of the show’s grilling contest, “Live’s Ultimate Hometown Grill Off” Wednesday and showed host Regis Philbin and his wife, Joy, (subbing for a vacationing Kelly Ripa) how he makes pulled pork sandwiches at The Shed BBQ and Blues Joint near Ocean Springs.
“After it was over and the cameras stopped rolling, one of the producers said, ‘Where is it? Where’s the pork?’ and it was gone!” Orrison said.
Orrison had brought a couple of pork shoulders that actually had been smoked at The Shed to prepare the sandwiches, and there was barbecue from the staff food stylist, prepared according to the recipe the Orrisons sent in with their nomination.
“The general experience was it was a whole lot of fun,” Orrison said. “If someone had told us five years ago we’d be on ‘Regis and Kelly’ and representing the Mississippi Gulf Coast on national television, I’d never in a million years thought it would have come true.”
Lewis said brother Brett, a musician and music producer who lives in Austin, Texas, and is in charge of booking music for The Shed, surprised his brother and sister by meeting them in New York.
After the taping the Orrisons got some lunch and then planned to meet some family and friends Wednesday night.
They also plan to be in the “Regis and Kelly” audience today.
“The people there were all very welcoming,” Lewis said of the taping. “We talked to producers and saw (Michael) Gelman. After the taping Regis and Joy left, then Joy came back to talk to us,”
The segment on The Shed airs today at 9 a.m. on WLOX.
BS, THIS is the BEST BBQ ANYWHERE:
http://www.gatesbbq.com
Food fight!
I believe it was William Faulkner who said:
Barbeque in the South is like wine in France. Every ten miles it is completely different and men will fight you if you don’t agree that it is the best.
That looks like BBQ sauce not a bbq restaurant.
I heard they've closed down, though.
hummmmmm.... I am a Texan but I can’t agree with you on that. The best BBQ ribs I have ever eaten were in Tennessee.
Beef? It’s for steaks and hamburgers, not BBQ. You need hogs for BBQ.
Oh yeah? :)
Best I EVER had was at the Dreamland Cafe in Birmingham, Alabama.
Thirteen of us were there for a football bowl game, and ate there the first night. Then we ate there again the second night and bought enough to eat for lunch the next day in the mobile home.
As an Alabamian, I have to say that Whitt’s in Athens or Decatur has the best barbecue in the world. However, I have to admit that The Shed has some very fine BBQ. The sauce is particularly good...just the right amount of sweetness!
Dang, when will lunch get here?
I'll have to try 'em. So far my experience with Georgia BBQ is pathetic compared to what's in NY (which baffles me).
A matter of taste. Many of us believe the best barbecue is to be found here:
But regardless of whether your taste runs to Gates or Jack's Stack or even Arthur Bryant's, we can agree that the best barbecue, bar none, is to be found in Kansas City.
Not in Texas - you need to try some slow cooked brisket
from Clarks in Tioga TX..
Wish I had a load of post oak now...
That’s Athens and Decatur in Alabama, not Georgia. They are in NW Alabama.
Unfortunately, I have spoiled myself with my own barbeque. Anything store-bought is now just mediocre compared to mine. Not bragging, just a fact of life for me now.
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