And its obvious being from a state doesn't make you educated on the history of the food there
.Say what you will. Chopped, whole hog style with vinegar base and no tomatoes. That is East NC bbq.
"For the uninitiated, Eastern-style barbecue involves meat from the whole hog – “everything except the squeal,” if you wanna get all Upton Sinclair on it. It’s roughly chopped and flavored with a vinegar-based sauce. Lexington-style, which is also known as Western-style or Piedmont-style, is sliced or chopped pork shoulder. Its sauce is often called “tomato based,” which is a slight exaggeration: it’s more accurate to call it a vinegar sauce that has been flavored with either ketchup or tomato sauce. Eastern ‘cue comes with creamy white coleslaw, while Lexington has a mellower, matching red slaw and, if you’re in the right place, both of them will be served by someone with an accent thicker than the sauce."