Southern Barbecue With a Fiery Dip and a Deep History
TOMPKINSVILLE, Ky. — This is the Southern barbecue you’ve probably never heard of. Not baby back ribs thickly crusted with spice rub and served “dry,” as it’s done in Memphis. Not slow-smoked chicken dipped in mayonnaise-based “white” barbecue sauce — a longstanding specialty of Decatur, Ala. Not even mutton, smoked the better part of a…