One of the prides of our hometown (Owensboro, Kentucky) is the Moonlite Bar-B-Q Inn. Moonlite has been one of Owensboro’s crown jewels since 1963. It was recently voted Best Barbecue In Kentucky by Kentucky Monthly and Kentucky Living Readers. An honor they’ve become accustomed to.

In fact, because Moonlite Bar-B-Q has been voted Best in Kentucky for the fifth year in a row, it will be inducted into the Kentucky’s Best Hall of Fame. What’s more, the category of Kentucky’s Best Barbecue will be retired from the magazine’s reader poll.

According to Gourmet Magazine, “Mutton puts Owensboro barbecue in a class by itself. Cooked until pot-roast tender, it is set out on the Moonlite buffet two ways: chopped or pulled… The chopped mutton is nothing but flavor: tangy lamb and wood smoke in a bold hash duet. The pulled version is a textural amusement park… juicy chunks so supple they make us want to abandon all utensils and eat like happy cave dwellers.”

If you can’t make it to Owensboro, Moonlite has an online store where you can buy Moonlite Bar-B-Q’s award winning mutton barbecue, and other Moonlite Bar-B-Q family favorites!

Patrick Bosley’s cookbook “Family Favorites from Moonlite: Recipes that Founded a Kentucky Tradition” includes recipes for such Moonlite family favorites as their famous barbecue mutton dip, hearty burgoo soup, and banana pudding. It’s also available at Moonlite’s online store.

I find that I’m even hungrier for Barbecue than usual right about now….

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