North Carolina Barbecue Society

A less formal and more commonly heard motto is "to cook and eat barbecue as often as possible, preferably in the company of good friends and to promote the Old North State as the Cradle of 'Cue.

[6] The organization has three, two-day barbecue cooking boot camps (schools) each year; Tanglewood Park in Clemmons, NC early May, Sugar Mountain Ski Resort near Boone, North Carolina, in July and Castle Haynes near Wilmington, North Carolina, in late September.

Boot Camps instruct the attendees how to prepare and cook/smoke whole hog, chicken, steak, pork butt, ribs, brisket, seafood and occasional wild game.

It is also served with red slaw, a type of coleslaw that uses this barbecue sauce (locally called "dip") instead of mayonnaise.

The majority of the official sponsors are barbecue restaurants in the region, which benefit directly from the efforts of the organization.