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In North Carolina, no celebration is complete without a proper pig pickin’. Stick a whole hog or two on top of the smoker, and then spend the day drinkin’ and carousin’ and waitin’ for the succulent pork to be hot enough to melt in your mouth. The owner of Arrogant Swine, Tyson Ho, was born above the Mason-Dixon line, but while on a spiritual journey to the barbecue heartland, he found something awfully compelling about the pig pickin’ ritual.