Welcome to Barbacoa Foods, Inc. At Barbacoa Foods, we are dedicated to providing you, the consumer, with food products indigenous to the Eastern North Carolina region.
Within this site we tell you a little bit about our company and the products we offer. Here, we explain why we claim that our original product has a heritage extending back for more than 500 years.
We hope to introduce you to a taste of the South that you will truly enjoy and will become a staple at your family's table.
We are partners with the North Carolina Department of Agriculture Goodness Grows Program.
Our company was conceived with a single purpose in mind. We want to make Eastern Carolina style barbecue available to everyone. Our mission is to introduce this unique style of barbecue to the world. Additionally, we want to make it easy for the homemaker to make and serve without the trouble or expense of going to a barbecue house or bringing a full sized pig smoker into the backyard.
By using our product and a simple crock pot, anyone can produce award winning Eastern Carolina style barbecue right in their own kitchen. Whether it is for a Super Bowl party, a family reunion or a week night dinner, Eastern Carolina style barbecue is perfect for any event. Leftovers can be frozen and stored for up to three months.
Barbacoa Foods is dedicated to providing our consumers with the best possible product available. Through this website, we make ourselves available to you to make comments, recommendations or suggestions regarding our product. We believe that the needs of our customers come first, because without you, there would be no Barbacoa Foods!
In 1492, an explorer named Christopher Columbus discovered what was described as "The New World". This new world was not what we today call America, but it was Cuba and the Caribbean Islands or "West Indies" and was inhabited by peaceful natives known as "Taino", meaning "good" or "noble".
To conquer and enslave was the nature of the early Europeans, it wasn't long before the Taino people had faded into oblivion. They were killed by the explorers and the diseases they brought with them. Fortunately for us today, the Taino passed on a cooking technique before their untimely demise.
To preserve meat for their long ocean voyages, European explorers would pickle meat and pack it in barrels. This meat was typically stored in a salt and vinegar brine for preservation. They would then prepare the pickled meat for consumption by boiling. As can be imagined, the end product was not very tasty and some early sources even refer to it as tasting "vile".
The Taino Indians introduced sugar and spices to the preserved meat and slow cooked it in pits dug into the ground. This process made the pickled meat much more delectable and today has come to be known as barbecue, a term derived from the Spanish word "barbacoa" which means to slow cook.
Eastern Carolina Vinegar Barbecue Sauce - Original
This is the original vinegar based pork barbecue sauce for which Eastern Carolina has become famous. Eastern Carolina Vinegar Barbecue Sauce uses all natural ingredients with NO preservatives!
Eastern Carolina Vinegar Barbecue Sauce - Hot
This sauce is the same as the original but has considerably more bite!
Go To TopBarbacoa Foods, Inc.
P.O. Box 58381
Fayetteville, North Carolina 28305
Phone: (866) 533-4644
Email: contactus@barbacoafoods.com
Located in the heart of Historic Downtown Fayetteville, NC