Posted on 01/12/2020 10:29:41 PM PST by nickcarraway
When you've been cooking barbecue in Texas for decades, you must be doing something right. At Schulze's Bar-B-Que and Catering in Rosenberg, customers don't leave hungry.
"We've been in business for over 50 years," Schulze's co-owner, Clifford Schulze said. " We just take a lot of pride in our cooking, plus, having good help."
Schulze said the key to successful barbecue isn't just in the seasoning or sauce. Instead, in Texas, it's all about the cook time, and cut of meat.
"I think we take more pride in ours and what we do," Schulze explained. Texas isn't the only place you can get barbecue, Kansas City also prides itself on the dish.
Neither 4-year-old Bear nor Toro could speak, but their eyes said it all.
But with the Texans and Chiefs meeting in the playoffs, barbecue has become personal.
"Texas barbecue is better! That's why the Texans are going to win," Schulze said. " They're used to eating good barbecue."
At Joe's Kansas City, employees would disagree. "We didn't invent it," Joe's Kansas City director of marketing, Doug Worgul said. "We admit that. But, we perfected it."
The big difference between the two regions, Worgul said, is the variety of food.
"Texas is known for its bigness, right? But Texas barbecue is actually a little bit smaller than Kansas City barbecue because we got a bigger menu," Worgul explained.
Like Texas, you can find brisket, sausage and ribs in Kansas City barbecue, but they also put an emphasis on chicken, turkey, and pork. They also prepare something called burnt ends, which is the fatty part of brisket.
"Juicy on the middle," Worgul explained. "Crusty on the outside. Smokey, very intense. It's a great bit of meat candy in your mouth."
While K.C. joints might think they have the better barbecue, Texas has been at it longer.
After 50 years, Shulze's isn't slowing down anytime soon. He's hoping the Texans show the Chiefs that everything is better in Texas.
"The barbecue is going to come out on top, and the Texans are going to come out on top," Schulze said.
The Texans and Chiefs might be enemies during Sunday's playoff game, but the teams mascots' have a relationship that means more than a single game.
I’m talking about the local cuisine being comprised of people trying to run a joint. The locals like it until they’re exposed to better. That’s different than areas where the BBQ is a unique local style.
Yeah, like the Figure 8, Demolition Derby and MADMAX All combined and the Drivers have to wear Mule Blinders to reduce vision.
Oh I agree, we don’t have or promote KC ribs here much at all. We kind of pride ourselves with our own competitive southwestern style, usually mesquite smoked. Although I prefer Juniper for my own. To label ribs as KC style would not have much advantage or selling point out here.
Yeah, that’s because they are driving one handed...... using the other to hold the great BBQ sandwich!
No the “free hand” is either putting on Lipstick or Eye Liner or guys reading the snewzpaper, driving with one knee on steering wheel and the other foot half on each gas/brake pedals-All at 90mph, 8” off the Bumper in front of them.
The scary part is somehow IT WORKS!!! for the most part...
We call that Bump Drafting.....
The place called BBQ Joe’s does a nice brisket, tender with a good smoke flavor. I usually prefer to get mine with sauce on the side. I don’t think I’ve ever had brisket from there when it was dried out
There’s a new place called Black Smoke Shack but I haven’t tried their brisket yet.
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Thanks. I’ll be in S town just north of you Sunday. Might try one of those.
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