‘Great Barbecue?‘ Charlotte Residents Puzzled by Michelle Obama’s Praise

(By Jonathon M. Seidl, The Blaze) - Everyone likes praise. But when first lady Michelle Obama listed “great barbecue” as one of Charlotte, North Carolina’s virtues in hosting the 2012 Democratic National Convention, the city, even the state, was puzzled.

Barbecue? In Charlotte? Those are the questions many asked after Michelle sent out the announcement via e-mail. Almost everyone agrees: Charlotte isn’t the home of “great barbecue.”

“We have good barbecue in Charlotte, but there’s great barbecue [elsewhere] across the state,” Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx admitted to Politico. “I have had great barbecue in Charlotte that’s been brought in on a truck.”