“It has long been known that if you want to get Southerners fighting each other instead of outsiders, the two time honored subjects for this are college football and barbecue. :^)”
I don’t know, but if you get a Southerner trying to push his BBQ on another there will be an invite to produce said BBQ for tasting!
My dad after he retired in his early 50s decided to become a BBQ judge he was KC and Mid Atlantic certified and also Texas. We would do trips to the competitions as father son get aways from our SO’s he would always say the quickest way to fighting words is proclaiming one regional barbeque as real barbeque. Much like chili and beans in Texas Red, we also did chilli cookoffs too.
Some of the best BBQ I have had was in midtown Manhattan at Hill Country Barbecue Market I was sent there by the owner from the D.C. Location after making friends with him and getting to play around in the pit room in D.C. Again benefits for having a dad who was known on the circuit. These are Texas boys in the north east it made me home sick for Central Texas immediately having been for 3 weeks at the time in D.C. And NYC.
I would highly recommend either location the D.C. Or the Manhattan one they bring the wood in from the Hill country ,and it’s Texas beef too, and you can get a dang Shiner Bock in NYC which is the only acceptable beer for brisket over post oak.
*** I don’t know, but if you get a Southerner trying to push his BBQ on another there will be an invite to produce said BBQ for tasting!***
I cannot disagree with anything you’ve said here.