PiggyPats.com
Title
"Piggy" Pat's B-B-Q Restaurant and Catering
Description
Piggy Pat's BBQ has it's roots in Vail, CO., Lake City, S.C. and Middleville, N.Y. The first time I ever had southern BBQ was at a pig-pickin' in Vail, CO. I was living out there during the 70's and part of the 80's. This redneck buddy of mine from North Carolina named Ed Browning dug a hole in the ground and cooked a pig all day. Man, I was hooked!
It was right around this same time I met this beautiful nurse from Lake City, S.C. named Brenda Moore. Brenda had a job as nurse to Betty Ford, wife of President Gerald Ford. I had a job as a Vail ski patrolman. Part of my job was to ski with the president as part of a security detail whenever he skied in Vail. So I got to see lots of that pretty nurse. After we got engaged, she took me to Lake City, S.C. to meet her parents, Ernie and Joan Moore , and in the process got me some more of that great southern BBQ.
Now in the south "BBQ" is a noun, e.g. "Ernie went to Country Cousins to get some BBQ". It's just understood that BBQ is slow-smoked pork. In the north "BBQ" is a verb, e.g. "In New Hartford, NY my dad would BBQ hotdogs and hamburgers". That's grilling... but I digress. After we got married and had 2 children Caitlin and Conor in Colorado, we decided to move back to central N.Y. to raise our children around family.
