Posted on 05/09/2014 3:58:34 AM PDT by Rebelbase
Has migration so polluted culture that no one knows what good BBQ is anymore?
Reminds me of the short film "The Accountant" where the main character is talking about the corporate assault on the South: "Your grandchildren will be eating cornbread that's sweet, and drinking ice tea that ain't, and they'll think that's the Southern tradition.”
Culture is going to hell in a hand basket!
Why don't you enlighten this life-long northeastern Yankee?
California at No 9? Nonsense.
One of the things nobody warned me about when I came to Oakland from Winston-Salem is....NO barbeque!
They do have something where they pour some sort of sauce onto beef, but I don’t touch it!
Or maybe the places which once had good bbq have gotten lazy and exist on what used to be.
All you have to do is look for the states with the fattest people to know which ones have the best BBQ-:)
Nicks BBQ off interstate 40 about 30 miles east of Little Rock Ar. Better than The Commissary in Memphis IMHO.
Rating any food is quite subjective, BBQ tends to be the most talked about in the US.
That being said, my pick as the best of all would be Charlie Vergos’ Rendezvous in downtown Memphis. His ribs are world famous, as many are shipped almost every day via FedEx.
His lawyer was a personal friend of mine, and we would, on rare occasion, visit him during the daytime while the ribs were cooking for that night. A key ingredient for great BBQ ribs seems to be vinegar. Large carboys of vinegar were delivered to him every day.
People claiming that they’ve got the best barbeque is high among the most ridiculous conversations overheard in airport bars.
Well...the one in Florida is a short 3 hour Harley Ride, so I’ll check it out!
ANY “List” of BBQ that DOES NOT include GATES in KCMO is BULLSCAT!
“Or maybe the places which once had good bbq have gotten lazy and exist on what used to be.”
Yes! The exact thing going on here. There’s a place I’ve been hitting for over 30 years that is now owned by the grandkids of the founder.
Instead of family doing the cooking and supervising it’s all foreigners. The were “trained” but it’s not in their bones.
The best BBQ is always cooked/smoked in your own backyard. My pull pork, ribs, and beef brisket are very tasty coming off my Big Green Egg.
Concur that Rendezvous has good food, the other one I tried while in Memphis a few years back was Central BBQ, maybe even better.
I would love to take a month long driving trip around the country just trying out BBQ joints. Out in So Cal we have a few decent joints, Phillips and Joeys come to mind, but they don’t hold a candle to what is found down old South.
I would LOVE to take some time off from life and do that with you!
;-)
Would that be on a bike, my FRiend?
Dang! A Q fight on a Friday morning?
Sorry, but I have lived in Georgia and sampled some of the Q from establishments all over that fine state. While Georgia is indeed a wonderful place and I loved my time there, putting their Q ahead of my beloved home state of NC is just wrong.
As a devoted carnivore, I freely admit to having never sampled Q from the fine state of Texas, where beef is the meat of choice. I have heard it is some mighty fine bovine and I have no doubt the good folks in Texas have mastered the fine art of cooking Q as it should be cooked. However, just like with Georgia, I have a hard time believing that, top to bottom, east to west, you will fine a better state for Q than NC.
With that said, there are some BAD Q joints here. Just like there are everywhere. Plus, there are 3 distinct methods for serving Q in this state, all of which have devoted and passionate followers.
I think the preference for Q breaks down to “where you come from”. No doubt that some of us appreciate regional delicacies outside our norm and would put some foods that were perfected in parts of the country over the home grown varieties. For instance, NO ONE makes bagels like they do in NY. Sourdough bread? As much as I loathe San Fransissico, they know how to make it. I have never had salmon anywhere that was as good as I did in Oregon. But with Q, because there are so many who cook it in their area and so many who have fine tuned their methods, I really do think it has more to do with where you come from.
But that is just my opinion. I Do stand by my assertion that NC has the best Q of anywhere in the country, though.
Franklins is no doubt, awesome BBQ. However, if you are in the Austin area and want BBQ just as good, but only have to wait minutes instead of hours, I would check out Labarbecue, John Mueller or the mothership of Central Texas BBQ, Lois Mueller’s in Taylor.
Aaron Franklin learned how to cook from the Muellers. The Muellers are 3rd generation BBQers.
Come to Central Texas, you will have a grand enlightenment.
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