Just learned from a podcast that Rodney Scott uses a specific vinegar mop on his whole hog that's basically just vinegar, water, and crushed red pepper. No sugar at all in the mop. Blew my mind.

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Wait NO SUGAR at all in the mop? That's the part that gets me. I always thought the vinegar sauce HAD to have some sugar to balance it out. The idea of just vinegar and pepper on a whole hog is wild. It must make the pork taste super sharp and spicy. I guess that's the real Carolina style right there. My whole understanding of barbecue just shifted.

lucaslee21d ago

Yeah @the_finley, it's all about that sharp bite cutting through the rich pork fat, right?

walker.max12d ago

Oh man, @lucaslee is right about the bite, but that no-sugar mop is actually pretty common for whole hog east of Raleigh.