Early last summer we'd seen a special on the local new about Curtis and his outdoor BBQ. We insisted we had to make a trip up there some day. Well, later in the summer, right after returning from a vacation to Florida, we got a call from my wife's sister and her husband looking to take a ride. You guessed it, they were looking to go to VT to get some BBQ. Though we were still a bit weary from our vacation, we couldn't resist.
When we arrived, it wasn't much to look at. There's two buses pushed together back-to-back and essentially an open pit to the right of those buses. Working the pit is Curtis himself. I took the time to talk with him a bit while we were waiting for our ribs and found him to be a really nice guy! He works on a simple, open pit and cooks on hardwood. I'm not talking charcoal, I mean he's pulling split logs off of the pile behind him to keep the pit going.
As I recall, Curtis actually hails from Georgia. He comes up in the spring and stays here running the BBQ until October when he heads back home. When they say this is true Southern BBQ, they mean it!
Unfortunately, we didn't have the time to sit with the others to enjoy the ribs. We had company coming by the house to join us for dinner later that evening so Chris and I loaded our rack of ribs and bottle of Curtis' sauce and headed back home. We had the pleasure of enjoying those ribs with my grandfather later that evening. They were fantastic!
If you like BBQ, and are looking for a place to ride here in New England, this is a must do ride for this summer.