Real Southern Barbeque

Shucks.net ^ | 13 May 2003 | Brad Edmonds

[BallandPowder]

Powder..patch..ball FIRE!

If it ain't pork it ain't barbecue and Memphis is the barbecue capitol of the world.

Take off them blinders pal...

By the way, there is venison, elk, bear, moose all by the way that can be VERY successfully barbecue'd and taste great. Some of the best pulled bbq I ever ate was beaver tail, and my 13 year old daughter swears by bison toungue over the open fire...

[AppyPappy]

I think that is a good idea. I toyed with the idea of meeting on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a summer picnic.

[STONEWALLS]

"Usually I go to Parker's. I do not really care for Bill's."

we've switched from Bill's to Parker's....I think Bill was getting a little too big....my wife goes nuts over Parkers corn sticks; uses 'em to sop up the pot liquor in the bottom of the collards bowl.....we've both committed shameful acts of gluttony at there....I drive non-stop from the other side of Washington DC to get to Parker's by lunch time...got that speedometer pegged at 80 all the way....call me obsessive, but I'm not the only one....I've seen people whip into the parking lot in a cloud of dust, jump out of their vehicle and actually break into a little trot heading for the front door....and who can blame 'em?....I say "git it while you can"....so much of the indigenous South is disappearing that places like Parkers are a treasure.....

Good luck to everyone!

Stonewalls

[jimt]

...Salmon, (Chinooks, reds, or silvers), am de bestest Bar-B-Q.

King salmon, smoked over alder !!!!

[Rebelbase]

" I ever ate was beaver tail,"

No, I ain't gonna go there, ain't gonna do it, wouldn't be prudent.

[Constitution Day]

LMAO!!!

[Constitution Day]

Sounds good to me!

[aomagrat]

For your enlightenment, I draw your attention to Shealy's Bar-B-Que.

From their web site:

Shealy's Bar-B-Que house was established in 1969 and is located in Batesburg-Leesville, South Carolina. Shealy's is known nationwide as South Carolina's premiere Bar-B-Que Restaurant.

[lodwick]

OMG - cole slaw ON your sandwich?

Huge Texan GAK here.

Cheers.

[lodwick]

Drunken Chicken gone wrong.

[Constitution Day]

I had to chuckle at your comments. "Shameful acts of gluttony" indeed!

Living just 30 mi. away, I only ate at Parker's once in a while until I took a job in Wilson in 1999.
After my wife got pregnant later that year, my co-workers & I started going there for lunch more than once a week.

I knew I had to give it up when I had gained 20 lbs... so I only go there once a month now. :(

I think Parker's is just about the best there is, though.
I have yet to go there for lunch and not see the place absolutely PACKED.
I always smile at the out-of-state license plates I see in the parking lot.

Have you checked to see if Parker's would ship BBQ to you? That is kind of a long drive.
My dad packs and ships it to my uncle in San Diego; he can't get enough of it.

Regards,
CD

[Spook86]

Mr. Edmonds loses any authority as a BBQ expert when he notes the similarity between Kraft sauce and good, local sauces in the south. That may pass muster in Alabama, but I prefer the vinegar-style sauces from the Carolinas. For my money, the best sauce you can find in a grocery store (if you're lucky) is Carolina Treet, made in Wilmington, N.C. Best BBQ restaurant? Country Cousins BBQ, located in Scranton, S.C., about 60 miles east of Myrtle Beach. Every time I visit South Carolina, I make a point of going to Scranton, and buying 5 pounds of pork BBQ.

BTW, outside of the Carolinas, I believe Memphis has the best BBQ. Corky's (the best known Memphis BBQ chain) is OK, but I think the Commissary in Germantown is much better. Sadly, the quality of BBQ drops when you go south of Memphis. Here in Mississippi, a number of BBQ joints insist on putting slaw on top of their sandwiches. There ought to be a law against that. Slaw is fine on the side, but never on the meat.....

[Constitution Day]

PL, you are getting to be "big time" in the BBQ world!

Not bad for a Damn Yankee! < snicker >

[goosie]

I lived in Wilson 32 years ago and we thought Parkers was wonderful. I still remember the food servers ran all the time. The sides I remember were boiled potatos. cole slaw and corn sticks.

Now I want to go back.

[Spook86]

Wal-Mart also sells New Braunfels grills and smokers....

[twigs]

Thank you for the recipe. My husband and I (we live in the Philly suburbs) went to Roanoke VA over Christmas and tried out Tanks, a new bbq restaurant. Didn't care much for the quality of the meat, but absolutely loved the sauce. We've wanted to learn to make our own since it is non-existent in our neck of the woods.

[Constitution Day]

They still do run!

I've been eating there for years and it still looks & tastes the same. You should go back again.

[Constitution Day]

Sounds good to me!
We make our own when cooking a pig, but for bbq chicken we buy George's Barbecue Sauce, made in Nashville, NC.
If you are interested, the phone number at the top of that link is where you can buy it.

[sam_paine]

Any other response would simply be nuts.

The fact is that "Texas Barbecue" originated in Texas. God knows where your version came from, but you should enjoy it all you want in your neck-of-the-woods.

What this writer misses, what all of these arguments miss, is that Kraft nor Arby's have any concept of regional authenticity, and tend toward bland and homogenous crap. The only GOOD ANYTHING is the LOCAL version. All else is crap no matter where you are.

That's why I think North-East-South-whatever Carolina BBQ is crap, and you think Texas BBQ is not the best, and we are both correct from a regional perspective!

And finally, this author is still an idiot.

[STONEWALLS]

"I always smile at the out-of-state license plates I see in the parking lot."....ain't that the truth!....same with King's BBQ in Petersburg,VA....they are on Crater Road....literally down the road from where the Crater blew and have hung some nice WBTS prints....makes me feel good to eat BBQ with Lee and Jackson framed on the wall....

"Have you checked to see if Parker's would ship BBQ to you?"..I'll have to see about that....we stop by Parker's twice a year when we go down to my mother-in-law's beach house below Wilmington....we pack a cooler to fill our freezer when we get home. Regards, Stonewalls