Bama's best export

Barbecue:

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's best export might be slathered with sauce.

'Bama-based barbecue restaurants are spreading throughout the South and beyond, slowly gaining an out-of-state foothold in a highly regionalized business where diners can be pretty picky about what's on their plate. ...

...the spread of so many restaurants from a single state is unusual in the barbecue world, according to Scott Jones, executive food editor at Southern Living magazine.