We need to get you down to Texas, STAT. Q here is beef and nothing but beef. We have our own pork, we call it a whole hog roast, but it doesn't classify as Texas BBQ. Ribs are called ribs, pork butt is called butt, but only Beef Brisket is called BBQ here.
And by the way, what is up with those mustard or vinegar sauces(sic) you call BBQ sauce?
Real BarBQ is frequently beef (preferably brisket) and smoked no less than 6 hrs at low heat and not tough.
IMHO, Po’man’s substitute for BarBQ is pork BarBQ and can also be well smoked, and a nice meal enjoyed.
I find venison to be very tough, but seems to work well on shishkabobs with curried rice, tomatoes and mushrooms over a grill.
California BarBQ is what Texan’s call a very hot grill, (too hot) leaving meat too tough to qualify in any category of Pit BarBQ.
Chicago styled/KC BarBQ tends to be blackened meat, raw on the inside, searing in the juices, but inadequate smoke ring depth to qualify as good pit BarBQ.(Yankee BarBQ)
Salt Lick!!
Try Country Tavern, between Kilgore and Tyler, ribs to die for.
Perry was right about that ‘stink bbq’ in NC. Sure needs some BarBeQue SAUCE. Vinegar is for pickles and salad and ........
Well, the Keepers of the Sacred Barbecue in eastern North Carolina call the mustard stuff “baby poop.” The vinegar-based sauce is called “Nectar of the Gods,” it’s perfect combination of Vinegar and spices a closely guarded secret as in keep with the holy barbecue scriptures.
Calling what you cook “whole hog roast,” as if cooking the whole hog is something special, demonstrates typical Texas ignorance regarding true barbecue. While many of us do make barbecue from pork shoulders in our slow cook grills at home, babies who can’t even speak yet know that true barbecue comes from whole pig, usually blessed upon them at what the Holy Knights of the Pitlore named a “pig picking.”
At the same time, we are not food snobs. We like the beef that Texans cook and it is truly delicious — but as true barbecue experts the world over know, barbecue comes from a pig, and only pork can be called barbecue without insulting God and throwing up in your mouth a little.
In the spirit of cultural exchange — and in taking pity upon those like you who have apparently never experienced the blessing of true barbecue — I give you this gift. Take off your hat and bow in reference to the one true barbecue. (You can thank me later.)
The Gospel According to Ed Mitchel begins at 6:10 in the video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUWtgT7b_8o&feature=related
By the way, the Roast, where they serve hotdogs in the first part of the video, is about three blocks from where I’m sitting right now. The Pit is about six blocks away.