//Barbecue Legend Ed Mitchell Launches Smoked Meat Delivery Service in Raleigh  

Barbecue Legend Ed Mitchell Launches Smoked Meat Delivery Service in Raleigh  

We’ve got Carolina ribs from Carolina, announces Pitmaster Ed Mitchell to the crowd during filming for the show “Throwdown! with Bobby Flay” in Raleigh, North Carolina. | Photo by Corey Lowenstein/Raleigh News & Observer/Tribune News Service via Getty Images

Expect chopped barbecue, ribs, and slow-smoked chicken

After a series of pandemic-related delays, beloved pitmaster Ed Mitchell and his son Ryan are finally ready to begin serving their famous eastern Carolina-style barbecue.

The Mitchells’ delivery-only ghost kitchen approach launching this Friday, March 5, isn’t what they originally had in mind. More than a year ago, the family announced plans to team up with Lou Moshakos and his daughter Amber, who run the popular local Carolina Ale House chain and a series of other restaurants. The new venture would be called the Preserve and open near Raleigh’s North Hills neighborhood just inside the beltway.

“We’re preserving a lot of things, the art of