A few weeks ago, after Ryan Dzingel signed with the Carolina Hurricanes, someone dropped the following tweet into the Slack channel we use to compile each day’s Storm Advisory:
We are happy to welcome to NC and to the @nhlcanes, Ryan Dzingel, as well as his beautiful fiancé Elise Lobb. What a pleasure it was to show you real NC BBQ!! Pictured with our very own Executive Chef @melaniedunia #ThePit pic.twitter.com/rKILw8a2qa
— The Pit Barbecue (@ThePitBBQ) July 20, 2019
This, of course, prompted a heated discussion among our staff about the virtues, or lack thereof, of The Pit, which might be the most divisive barbecue restaurant in North Carolina.