Just curios... what is the BBQ like in Ky?
The only BBQ that I know of is Western Ky. BBQ. As I remember it is pretty sweet, I don’t know of any other kind and have no idea how it is made. Best I can remember having in Ky was made by a little side of the road shack called Bootleggers BBQ. It is good and now there are several of them. It is on the road to Bardstown, home of the guy who wrote, My Old Ky Home, Stephen Foster I think.
In Lexington there is Billy’s BBQ, I remember they had a big smoker so the EPA has probably put them out. I know they have been there at least 30 years and make Western Ky. BBQ.
Best BBQ I ever had was at a rough looking place in the Smokies in Tenn. where you ate outside and shared it with 4 million flies.
I don’t remember having BBQ in Eastern Ky, probably because stealing the pig or beef is a lot of work.
I think all BBQ in Ky involves the liberal use of bourbon both on the meat and taken internally while cooking it.