[4CJ]

I never ate BBQ in Texas, but I do like the mustard based sauce better. But to me the best BBQ is pork, smoked for hours and hours, with nothing but a dry rub. BBQ sauce on the side. Smoked ribs take about 5 hours, and are my eldest daughter's favorite food.

[blam]

"Smoked ribs take about 5 hours, and are my eldest daughter's favorite food."

I had BBQ at least once a week for the 20 years I lived in Texas. I don't understand how any article mentioning BBQ could omit Texas. On visits to Texas the first thing on the menu is BBQ and the second is Mexican (Tex/Mex) food.

[jdub]

First, beef rules for barbecue. Cooper's in Llano is the best. Here in TN where I now live I can sometimes find some decent Q, but usually pork is all I can find.

Speaking of mustard, give this a try sometime when slow smoking ribs or something: After putting on your dry rub, coat the meat liberally with mustard, and just mustard. Somehow in the cooking process the mustard taste mostly goes away, and it turns into that crunch "bark" that so many barbecue lovers crave. I realize how hard it is to put meat on to barbecue that is bright yellow, but trust me and give it a try.