Lays Tangy Carolina BBQ Chips

 If you don't know, there are two kinds of BBQ sauce in North Carolina.  In the East, they have a vinegar based sauce, and in the West, they have a more tomato based sauce, which is closer to other BBQ sauces, from Kansas City to Texas. 

 

Vinegar is the thing that truly sets these chips apart from your average BBQ chip.  It's a little like someone crossed BBQ chips with Salt and Vinegar chips, but the BBQ won.  They have what I can only describe as a pucker factor similar to, but less intense than most Salt and Vinegar chips.  These chips are spicy and a little sweet, but with a tang that can only come from vinegar.  They start off mild, but then build on you as you try to polish off more than just a few.  That lasting effect also separates them from most other BBQ chips. 

 

They are not my favorite chips...then again, I am not sure that I have a favorite chip.  I don't like them enough to buy them every time, but when the average BBQ chip starts to get a little boring, then these are a really nice change of pace.