Barbecue King
Thai Is I he title generally ap¬
plied lo Bob Mellon, of
Коску
Mount, and Ihereare many thou-
sands of people uho are per¬
fectly willing to rrown him as
sarb.
YOU know Ik» old unite about
the man -bo make. . better
■и*Иг.р
. . . -ell. the tame
it true about making barbecue.
Thirteen year* ago. Bob Melton
n|a iii.I up a barbecue Maud nt Koeky
Mount. He sent into the baainesa
«ill» one t bought in mind : to produce
the fine*! barbecue it wa. pomihle to
turn out.
For thirteen year», lie ha* main¬
tained that restive, and today be i>
known not only throughout North
Carolina hut far beyond the 1 «order,
of tbi. State lie d.ip* hi. Urtemr
.11 over the e. entry.
ttl.f «Iu
.ft
the highway a i
lea., forty Mount on the mod
Enfield. It i. I oral., | .bolt »HI yard,
from the road, and you wouldn't pi.
к
it out a< Icing a very goal .land for
*uch a place of hu.inewa. Your opin¬
ion probably would lie right in the
van majority of in.tnue**, hut loea-
lion evidently ha «n't made any dif-
ferem-e to Itoh’a iuiwwi. I f he were
lo move into aome un.hnrt.d piece
of wood*, the world Would Mill let
• pathway to hi. .h-.r.
There are few men in public life
who haven’t vi.ited “Mellon'. |W
of thoe .ho are
let'» pan* for
a moment and
«ее
jo»t exactly what
ha» happen»! during the*. thirteen
the mm ami
enjoyment from their meal»
Mr. Melton ha. hi. own »tyle of
We interviewed Mr.
other day and he told u. that he bar
beenrd an average of ten pig. a day.
•‘How much do the. weigh'" we
•*hrd him.
“About ■ixty-fiv. pound»," be re
plie.1.
Ten time» ijxty-live make*
«10
pound» of barbecue daily.
We presume that when be 6r»t
Marled out in bill! new*. he didn’t u*
that many pig*. »o in order to he a»
i a» pomihlr. let’» tay that tbit
a ten-rear period.
*1 fifty pound, daily
total of s.s:*500
pound. Of harteme that Mr Melton
La» Bold to hungrv and appreciative
— -h. R*dn~ that poundage to
pigs and yoell find that a total of
№»
p*. wre med.
If yon want »otne more atatutie.
- - If Ik— . M.V» pig. were placed
end to end in a line, allowing only
threw feel for each pig (which U a
.ateid from Bob'» place at Kockv
Mount clear down to Wilsm and
three mile, beyond.
Л
di.tamv
' more than JO mile..
Mr. Melton', place i. located near
proper reply is: “Regular
you g» into
and lit down at a table, a waiter will
come up and a»k yon what you’ll
have. The
dinner.'
In a few inintite., the .ante waiter
will return with a large tray. On
that tray will lie a large bowl of
Brunswick .tew, an equally large bowl
of barlcctir. n bowl of potatoes cole
■law and corn bread
You an- privileged to eat a» much
a> you plea*.
I r.n. much a» he ha» U .erring
barbecue for more than thirteen rear*,
-e naked Mr Mellow whether he ever
ate any of it him»elf. or whether he
had grown tired of it a long time ago
“I eat my thire." waa hi» reply. "I
don't think anvlevde ever |T*‘ tired of
barbecue "
And then he added: “Sometime*
women come in here end a»k me if
eating larbeco* iloon’t hare a tend
ency to make folk» gel fat. and I tell
’em: 'Not at all. And if you <Wi
believe it, juM look at me*
Г
They .tare at him and then thee
look rather parried. Icca* Boh
weigh, «round 840 pound., ami all of
hi. weight i.n’l where it ought to he.
If you walk in and whi.per that
Bob Melton, who* place of bun-
nem has been routed by practically
all of the great and near-great in
North Carolina.
you would like to have a link drink
of liquor lefore you eat, hell tell you :
“Sorry, but we never have mrved
anything like that here.” If you mod-
Syour request and aik for a glax
beer, you'll get the Mine answer.
First off, when he Marled out in
btuiuea*. Mr. Mellon', trade wa. con¬
fined almott entirely lo local patron¬
age. It wasn't long, however, before
hi. fame l«egan lo .pread and people
from far-away point* got into the
habit of dropping in for a meal when
ever they were driving through that
way. Today, practically everybody
in North Carolina know» who he i«;
particularly the people living in the
Eastern ami Piedmont «ectiom of the
Almost daily he
АП
of tbi. might mun.l
д.
th.
it were an advertiacmeui for Mr.
too’» place, but we want to a*. ure
that it i‘n't. He’» merely one of t
interesting individual, who have
good in their own particular li
work, ami it’, alway. a plca.ur* t.
call attention to their effort*.
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