barbecue

The family-owned restaurant offers fantastic Southern and BBQ eats, prepared by a local chef seen on 'Good Morning America' and 'The Rachael Ray Show'.

There's nothing like biting into a delicious burger to curb your hunger.

Smokeshow Barbeque serves "a little bit of the south with a lot of New England attitude."

In Massachusetts, it's pretty luxurious having access to some of the best local restaurants and eateries, not just in the New England region, but throughout the country. This typically includes almost any type of food option you are looking for. It even includes a restaurant that has now been named as the best BBQ spot in the Bay State.

Serving fantastic Southern-style BBQ, this small roadside shack has been praised by multiple sources for having some of the best BBQ in all of New England.

These places know the different BBQ styles, study them, and even compete.

Taste of Home has identified 50 of the best barbecue restaurants in the country, and included a Portland, Maine, favorite.

If you missed his critically-acclaimed episode of 'No Reservations' that was shot in Maine, here's a snapshot of everything Bourdain saw, did, and tasted.

We'll grant that New Hampshire, and New England as a whole, isn't noted for its barbecue options. Still, this place has ribs that taste as good as any you'll find in Texas.

Hamsters, more specifically tiny hamsters, enjoying a 4th of July barbeque with their friends. Their friends being tiny a hedgehog, a tiny bunny and a tiny guinea pig-- which is to say the cute is very strong with this one. I'm convinced this is what the Founding Fathers wanted for our country.