Big Apple Barbecue Block Party

It's been a busy time these past couple of weeks - lots of sketching and not much time to post anywhere except instagram. I got to work at the 13th Annual Big Apple Barbecue Block Party, an annual fundraiser for the Madison Square Park Conservancy.  Since my son-in-law was an official pit master and my daughter, his events coordination manager, I was fully immersed in smoke and ribs.

Starting on Friday night with the "Brisket Sessions" a panel discussion by six pit masters representing some of the best BBQ joints in the country and continuing (non-stop for the pit crew) through Sunday afternoon. Here's a few highlight sketches.

Signs for the Skylight Inn owned by Sam Jones of Ayden North Carolina.
"Where I come from BBQ is the great equalizer between the class divide."

Hometown Barbeque tents beneath Madison Avenue arches.

That guy in the green shirt on the left is the legendary Mike Mills of 17th Street BBQ - Murphysboro, Illinois

The rest of the story can be found on my blog.