| The Best Tar Heel Barbecue | |
| Date | Event |
| For future appearances see NCBS website www.ncbbqsociety.com Up Coming Classes (brown pig home page), Events link on column of links home page or visit Jim's website www.jimearly.com. | |
| Sept. 13, 2007 | Serving as Chairman and CEO of NCBS |
| Sept. 13, 2007 | Closed law office to devote full time to NCBS |
| Feb. 1, 2007 to Sept. 13, 2007 | Practiced law and ran NCBS |
| Feb.1, 2007 | Launched The North Carolina Barbecue Society (NCBS) website www.ncbbqsociety.com |
| 2006 | Founded The North Carolina Barbecue Society,Inc. |
| December 2, 2006 | Held book signing and promote the North Carolina Barbecue Society at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, Harkers Island, NC |
| October 27 & 28, 2006 | Promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society and held book signing at Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitation in Lynchburg, Tennessee |
| October 21, 2006 | Held book signing and promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society at the Lexington Barbecue Festival, Lexington, NC |
| September 19, 2006 | Gave lecture and held book signing for North Carolina State University Honors Village, Raleigh, NC |
| September 16, 2006 | Held book signing and promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society at the 1st Annual Masonic Carolina Pig Jig BBQ Cook-Off at the NC State Fair Grounds, Raleigh, NC |
| September 9, 2006 | Assisted with barbecue fundraiser and held book signing at Riverwood Stables, Winston Salem, NC |
| July 14, 2006 | Held book signing and promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society at Salem Kitchen's customer appreciation day, Winston-Salem, NC |
| June 27, 2006 |
Promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society and held cooking class as guest chef for A Southern Season in Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
| May 27, 2006 |
Promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society and held book signing at Hickory Smoke BBQ Festival in Hickory, North Carolina |
| May 20, 2006 | Promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society and held book signing at the Theatre of the American South Festival in Wilson, North Carolina Culinary demonstration and symposium |
| May 6, 2006 |
Promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society and held book signing at Smithfield Ham and Yam Festival in Smithfield, North Carolina |
| April 15, 2006 |
Promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society and held book signing at Kings Mountain Firehouse Cook Off in Kings Mountain, North Carolina |
| April 1, 2006 |
Promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society and held book signing at Newport Pig Cooking Contest in Newport, North Carolina |
| March 25, 2006 |
Promoted the North Carolina Barbecue Society and held book signing at Smoke on the Rock BBQ Championship in Rockingham, North Carolina |
| December 10, 2005 | Held book signing at Border’s Books Music & Café in Winston-Salem, NC |
| December 3, 2005 | Held book signing at Core Sound Waterfowl Museum, Harkers Island, NC |
| November 26, 2005 | Held book signing at Border’s Books Music & Café in Winston-Salem, NC |
| October 22, 2005 | Held book signing at Lexington BBQ Festival, Lexington NC |
| October 16, 2005 | Held book signing at The River House Jefferson, N.C. |
| October 15, 2005 | Held book signing and judged at A Southern Season's BBQ cook-off, Chapel Hill |
| September 30, 2005 | Judged at the Kansas City Royal BBQ Festival (The Super Bowl of BBQ competitions) Kansas City, MO |
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September 24, 2005 |
Held book signing at Wake Forest University Homecoming festival on the Quad, Winston-Salem, NC |
| September 15, 2005 | Held book signing for Borders Books Music & Café at City Market, Winston-Salem, NC |
| June 25, 2005 | Held book signing at 22nd Anniversary Celebration Tobacco Farm Life Museum, Kenly, NC |
| June 10-11, 2005 | Judged and held book signing at the Blue Ridge BBQ Festival, Tryon, NC |
| June 4, 2005 | Held book singing at Carolina Austin Healy Car Show, Salisbury, NC |
| March 5-6, 2005 | Held book signings at Borders Books Music & Café booth at Southern Spring and Garden Show, Charlotte, NC |
| February 1, 2005 | Taught barbecue class “Cooking up a Storm” at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| January 7-9, 2005 | Attended the 7th Annual Best of Our State Expo and held book signing at the Grove Park Inn Resort & Spa, Asheville, NC |
| December 3-5, 2004 | Held book signing at Core Sound Waterfowl Weekend, Harkers Island, NC |
| October 23, 2004 | Held book signing at Lexington Barbecue Festival, Lexington, NC |
| September 28, 2004 | Attended premier of UNC-TV, BB&T and Our State Magazine at Old Salem, Winston-Salem, NC |
| September 23, 2004 | Held book signing at BB&T Customer Appreciation Day, Carthage, NC |
| September 11, 2004 | Held book signing for Borders Books Music & Café at Bookmark Festival, Winston-Salem, NC |
| August 1, 2004 | Appeared on UNC-TV (PBS) Book Watch hosted by D.G. Martin |
| July 30, 2004 | Talk show with D.G. Martin (WCHL) regarding tar heel barbecue |
| July 3, 2004 | Held book signing for Our State Magazine in Pinehurst, NC |
| June 11, 2004 | Judged and held book signing at the Blue Ridge BBQ Festival, Tryon, NC |
| May 13, 2004 | Taped barbecue book program for UNC-TV to be aired at later dates |
| February 13-15, 2004 | Held book signing at South Eastern Wildlife Expo in Charleston, SC |
| February 4, 2004 | Spoke, held book signing and barbecue luncheon for Our State Magazine staff, Greensboro, NC |
| October 9, 2003 | Attended Elliot Pishko BBQ, Winston-Salem, NC |
| October 2, 2003 | Spoke and held book signing at the Kernersville Book Club, Kernersville, NC |
| September 27, 2003 | Spoke and held book signing at the Charlotte Shout, Charlotte, NC |
| September 26, 2003 | Met with radio/T.V. group in Charlotte to discuss The Tar Heel Barbecue Classic |
