My New BBQ Rankings

[Simply Red]

You've got no response. You know I know what I'm talking about here and you've got nothing you can say. Enjoy selling your servers loser. It's about as complex as selling paper for Dunder Mifflin.

NO, unacceptable, quit shifting the attention, PROVE YOUR THEORY. I want a link stating/indicating what you claim, the internet will have something, somewhere is this is SO true (which it is not)

[AustinChief]

Being corporate doesn't help, I think it is less high profile than Gates or Bryants.

Going to KC masterpiece for BBQ is like going to Applebees for a steak. It won't be horrible, but it won't be fantastic either. It is mass produced chain food.

Actually, no it isn't. The CHAIN shut down years ago. Now it is ONE restaurant which has new owners and one of the top BBQ guys in town. (who redesigned the menu) I can't speak for the quality... butI can say that if you haven't been in the last year... then it defintely isn't the same.

[keg in kc]

I thought the subject was barbecue, and not how Baltimore is like a bout of runny diarrhea following behind the giant steaming turd that is the northeast.

[KyleProBoller]

NO, unacceptable, quit shifting the attention, PROVE YOUR THEORY. I want a link stating/indicating what you claim, the internet will have something, somewhere is this is SO true (which it is not)

What theory is that. You posted some topic changing thread about stealing crabcakes. Are you really this dumb?

[Simply Red]

I thought the subject was barbecue, and not how Baltimore is like a bout of runny diarrhea following behind the giant steaming turd that is the northeast.

There, there's a pretty good chance you'll die getting your newspaper out of your driveway.

[Delano]

What theory is that. You posted some topic changing thread about stealing crabcakes. Are you really this dumb?

Reading comprehension fail?

Check post 250, you mouth breather.

[Simply Red]

What theory is that. You posted some topic changing thread about stealing crabcakes. Are you really this dumb?

short memory, once I pinned you down. ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL


Simply Red - 1
broke software salesman - 0

[Simply Red]

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[KyleProBoller]

short memory, once I pinned you down. ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL


Simply Red - 1
broke software salesman - 0

You really can't be this dumb. Please tell me you don't actually think hardware sales is something to brag about. Do you???

[RJ]

Well they are renovated. Some of the row homes are huge in size. Jenna Bush lives a couple blocks from me. Not a bad place.


There are some large row houses. The biggest ones are usually on the corners, maybe 18 feet wide. But a lot of the old ones that are selling for huge prices are only 12-15 feet wide. I don't think any in Fells Point are over 12' and none of them have a yard worth speaking of.

Federal Hill is probably a great place to live for a young person or couple with no kids and the income to afford it, but not so great I wouldn't think for middle class families. I look at the housing prices in Baltimore City and County fairly often, I don't know how a young family can afford to own a home there. I'm hoping my son moves to a more affordable area.

[RJ]

So ProBoller, are you from Baltimore or did you move there after you got out of school?

Are you an official Baltimoron or a transplant? It's an important distinction.

[KyleProBoller]

There are some large row houses. The biggest ones are usually on the corners, maybe 18 feet wide. But a lot of the old ones that are selling for huge prices are only 12-15 feet wide. I don't think any in Fells Point are over 12' and none of them have a yard worth speaking of.

Federal Hill is probably a great place to live for a young person or couple with no kids and the income to afford it, but not so great I wouldn't think for middle class families. I look at the housing prices in Baltimore City and County fairly often, I don't know how a young family can afford to own a home there. I'm hoping my son moves to a more affordable area.

Eh...the way I look at it is, the area is getting better all the time and they are building a ton of new large offices in Harbor East. Everyday I see the trash move out and a nice clean cut family move in and renovate the place. My property values are only going up. I look at it as an investment that I'm willing to put more into. The only down side are the heavy city property taxes.

[acesn8s]

I could buy a mansion in the craphole that is KC for the price of a 2 bedroom condo in Fed Hill.So you overpay for crap?

[KyleProBoller]

So ProBoller, are you from Baltimore or did you move there after you got out of school?

Are you an official Baltimoron or a transplant? It's an important distinction.

Grew up in Northern Baltimore County and went to a Catholic school up there. Went to college in DC and then stayed there for awhile. Moved back up to Baltimore because I like the area better.

[alpha_omega]

Y, too bad Kyle is having St. Loser BBQ now.

[Simply Red]

Grew up in Northern Baltimore County and went to a Catholic school up there. Went to college in DC and then stayed there for awhile. Moved back up to Baltimore because I like the area better.

So you were part of that whole 'Yale thing?'

[acesn8s]

There are some large row houses. The biggest ones are usually on the corners, maybe 18 feet wide. But a lot of the old ones that are selling for huge prices are only 12-15 feet wide. I don't think any in Fells Point are over 12' and none of them have a yard worth speaking of.

Federal Hill is probably a great place to live for a young person or couple with no kids and the income to afford it, but not so great I wouldn't think for middle class families. I look at the housing prices in Baltimore City and County fairly often, I don't know how a young family can afford to own a home there. I'm hoping my son moves to a more affordable area.Sounds like a trailer park.

[KyleProBoller]

So you were part of that whole 'Yale thing?'

You unload any servers today? Or should I say has your sales engineer unloaded any servers?

[RJ]

Grew up in Northern Baltimore County and went to a Catholic school up there. Went to college in DC and then stayed there for awhile. Moved back up to Baltimore because I like the area better.


So you're one of the yuppies who moved into the city after those neighborhoods got fixed up a bit? No offense. Baltimore would be really hosed - even worse than it is - without people like yourself. The tax base has dwindled, to say the least. But those neighborhoods just don't have the charm and character that they once did. I used to shoot darts and play pool in some little neighborhood places near where you live. They're probably still there, but I doubt they're the same. Something I noticed earlier was that you used crab cakes as an example of Baltimore food. A true Baltimoron would have said steamed crabs, hon. You know what I mean?

Are you old enough to have ever been to a game at Memorial Stadium? Section 34 for O's games, now that was a party. For Colts games it was "The World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum", at least if you were in the end zone seats. That's all changed since Camden Yards, the crowds look different these days. Hell, how many blue collar people are even left there? Bethlehem Steel is mostly gone, as is Armco Steel. Is the GM plant closed down?

It's a different town than the one I grew up in.

[Raised On Riots]

So you're one of the yuppies who moved into the city after those neighborhoods got fixed up a bit? No offense. Baltimore would be really hosed - even worse than it is - without people like yourself. The tax base has dwindled, to say the least. But those neighborhoods just don't have the charm and character that they once did. I used to shoot darts and play pool in some little neighborhood places near where you live. They're probably still there, but I doubt they're the same. Something I noticed earlier was that you used crab cakes as an example of Baltimore food. A true Baltimoron would have said steamed crabs, hon. You know what I mean?

Are you old enough to have ever been to a game at Memorial Stadium? Section 34 for O's games, now that was a party. For Colts games it was "The World's Largest Outdoor Insane Asylum", at least if you were in the end zone seats. That's all changed since Camden Yards, the crowds look different these days. Hell, how many blue collar people are even left there? Bethlehem Steel is mostly gone, as is Armco Steel. Is the GM plant closed down?

It's a different town than the one I grew up in.

pwnd.

[Simply Red]

Crab Cake Recipe
Famous Restaurant Recipe
(see below for smaller recipe)
Preparation time: 15-20 minutes. Makes 16 cakes for appetizers. Makes 8 cakes for an entree.

Ingredients

2 eggs
1/4 cup mayonnaise
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (this instead of English dry mustard is my variation on traditional recipes)
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
1 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
1/4 teaspoon white pepper
1 pinch of cayenne
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 3/4 pounds Dungeness crab meat (or lump crab meat from the best crab available to you)
2 tablespoons finely ground cracker crumbs
Clarified butter as needed for frying (sauteing)
Bread crumbs (Japanese bread crumbs) as needed
Instructions:

Whisk the eggs in a mixing bowl to blend
Add mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire, Old Bay seasoning, pepper, cayenne and salt and whisk until smooth
Mix in crab and cracker crumbs
Form into 16 small (1/2 inch thick) crab cakes if serving as an appetize or 8 cakes if using as an entree
Place on a sheet pan covered with parchment paper or wax paper and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
Coat the crab cakes with Panko bread crumbs
Fry in clarified butter until golden brown on both sides
Serve with tartar sauce or cocktail sauce or your favorite sauce


Crab Cake Appetizer For Two
Preparation time: 15-20 minutes. Makes 4 appetizer size crab cakes




Cooking Conversion Table



Ingredients:

1/2 egg (That's right. 1/2 an egg! Use 1 large egg - which weighs about 2 ounces or 4 tablespoons - To use, beat the egg lightly in a small bowl and measure 2 tablespoons for use in making this recipe)
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard (this instead of English dry mustard is my variation on traditional recipes)
1/4 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/4 teaspoon Old Bay seasoning
Pinch of white pepper
Pinch of cayenne
1/8 teaspoon salt
6 ounces Dungeness crab meat (or lump crab meat from the best crab available to you)
1 1/2 teaspoons finely ground cracker crumbs
Clarified butter as needed for frying (sauteing)
Bread crumbs (Japanese bread crumbs - Panko) as needed


Instructions:

Whisk the 1/2 egg in a mixing bowl
Add mayonnaise, mustard, Worcestershire, Old Bay seasoning, pepper, cayenne and salt and whisk until smooth
Mix in crab and cracker crumbs
Form into 4 small (about 1/2 inch thick) crab cakes
Place on a sheet pan covered with parchment paper or wax paper and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes
Coat the crab cakes with Panko bread crumbs
Fry in clarified butter until golden brown on both sides
Serve with tartar sauce or cocktail sauce or your favorite sauce


Enjoy your crab cake recipe and the company of those you share it with! Enjoy all the real restaurant recipes on the web site and in the e-cookbooks. You can cook with confidence and style.

[Raised On Riots]

LMAO

[Simply Red]

No tell me about this lucrative hardware sales job you have. I'm actually quite familiar with the industry. I used to interview a lot of sales guys for a large software company in Northern Virginia. We'd cut all the losers who sold hardware based on resume review. Our opinion was they were all farmers who W2'd pathetic sums and had no drive to hunt out new business. We also felt their sales skills were only good enough to sell a tangible value proposition and they lacked the intellect to proproperly convey the value proposition of an enterprise software sale. Let's discuss this in detail.

No. Let's show off your work!
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[RJ]

SR, you need blue crab, not dungeness. The bread crumbs and crackers have to go as well. What you want is lump backfin, a little season and the binding agents. Also, broiled is way better than fried. I like mine on crackers. I had one Saturday with some fresh local tomatoes, a bowl of cream of crab soup and a half dozen oysters. Full disclosure: the oysters were from Long Island.

I was in heaven. Gawd I miss the food back there.

[Simply Red]

SR, you need blue crab, not dungeness. The bread crumbs and crackers have to go as well. What you want is lump backfin, a little season and the binding agents. Al;so, broiled is way better than fried. I like mine on crackers. I had one Saturday with some fresh local tomatoes, a bowl of cream of crab soup and a half dozen oysters. Full disclosure: the oysters were from Long Island.

I was in heaven. Gawd I miss the food back there.

i know, that was the first one i found, I think i'd use Ritz in mine, for the butteryness.

[keg in kc]

I think I'd rather have smoked salmon spread. Best I ever had I made from salmon I caught myself in Alaska.

[RJ]

i know, that was the first one i found, I think i'd use Ritz in mine, for the butteryness.


The backfin crab meat is rich enough that you wouldn't need it, but I'm sure it would still be damn good. If you start off with quality crab you can't go too far wrong.

[acesn8s]

The backfin crab meat is rich enough that you wouldn't need it, but I'm sure it would still be damn good. If you start off with quality crab you can't go too far wrong.I thought the crackers were used to soak up excess liquid?

[Simply Red]

I thought the crackers were used to soak up excess liquid?

it's part of the whole bonding experience

[RJ]

I thought the crackers were used to soak up excess liquid?


The cracker crumbs are useful as a binder. If I use them it is in very small quantities. The best crab cakes are mostly crab meat, if you handle them very gently and broil rather than fry they will hold together nicely without the bread or cracker crumbs. Of course, if you do use the crumbs you can stretch that crab meat a bit further. At today's prices that wouldn't be a bad thing.

[SDChiefs]

Next hes gonna tells us that they have the best Mexican food in upstate Maine. Hes just a dumbass.

[jwazzie]

Well, my father in law was in KU Med last week and my family ate at OK Joe's for the first time and, well.....I have a new number 1. That place was awesome! The Z Man sandwich is legit and the sauces are perfect. Also, Arthur Bryant's was very good but Jack Stack is still #2

Thanks KC for the hospitality and BBQ when we were in town.

[thurman merman]

Well, my father in law was in KU Med last week and my family ate at OK Joe's for the first time and, well.....I have a new number 1. That place was awesome! The Z Man sandwich is legit and the sauces are perfect. Also, Arthur Bryant's was very good but Jack Stack is still #2

Thanks KC for the hospitality and BBQ when we were in town.

Word. OK Joe's rules.

[journeyscarab]

OK Joes is da bomb!

[Great Expectations]

OK Joes is far and away the best.

[Raiderhader]

Stopped in at Quick's 7th Street BBQ for lunch the other day. It had been at least a few years since I was last there. It was alright, not nearly as good as I remember it.

[blaise]

Love Ok Joes. I guess they have a Tulsa location now.

[Canofbier]

Well, my father in law was in KU Med last week and my family ate at OK Joe's for the first time and, well.....I have a new number 1. That place was awesome! The Z Man sandwich is legit and the sauces are perfect. Also, Arthur Bryant's was very good but Jack Stack is still #2

Thanks KC for the hospitality and BBQ when we were in town.

Word, OK Joe's is fantastic. Although I always hate having to explain to people that no, it's not in Oklahoma.

[Predarat]

We need an Okie Joes in Nashville. The BBQ here is subpar at best.

[SLAG]

Love Ok Joes. I guess they have a Tulsa location now.

Actually its not part of the OK Joes Family.
The owner was a member of the Slaughterhouse Five Many years ago - but opened his own independent joint in Tulsa - his name is joe... lol

[blaise]

Actually its not part of the OK Joes Family.
The owner was a member of the Slaughterhouse Five Many years ago - but opened his own independent joint in Tulsa - his name is joe... lol

That's funny. I didn't know that. I hear commercials for it on a Tulsa radio station and I figured they branched out.

[O.city]

Ok Joes for pulled pork/burnt ends on certain days. Have the best pork sandwiches and onion rings.

Jack Stack for burnt ends.

Arthur Bryants for ribs, and beef brisket.

[burt]

Ok Joes for pulled pork/burnt ends on certain days. Have the best pork sandwiches and onion rings.

Jack Stack for burnt ends.

Arthur Bryants for ribs, and beef brisket.

DEAD SOLID PERFECT!

[Mr. Flopnuts]

The Poor Russ sandwich is the greatest creation in the history of mankind. Nothing even comes close to touching it, but I haven't eaten at Arthur Bryant's yet. I just can't imagine them having anything that beats it.

[gblowfish]

Arthur Bryant's smoked turkey is wonderful. They have a sweet sauce that is very good with poultry. The regular tangy red sauce is great on ribs and brisket. I like Zarda's for pulled pork. I still like Gates ribs the best, AB close second. Jack Stack has the best beans. Woodyard BBQ in KCK for smoked chicken. Big T's on Blue Parkway for sausage.

I used to love the chicken gumbo at Okla Joe's till it gave me food poisoning once.
Their Z Man sandwich is damn good.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Man, Jack Stack Beans and cheesy corn bake with that Poor Russ sandwich is something I could eat every day I think.

[O.city]

Last weekend I had Burnt ends, cheesy bake, Pork Ribs, and beef brisket along with a couple glasses of wine and a Tank 7 boulevard at Jack Stack on the plaza. It was beautiful.


Best part was, I didn't have to pay for it.

[Al Bundy]

Oklahoma Joe's is getting closer to opening on 119th and Roe.

[Dayze]

I'm probably in the minority but I think gates sucks.

Edit....extremely overrated

[O.city]

I'm not a big gates fan at all either.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

I'm probably in the minority but I think gates sucks.

Edit....extremely overrated

I buy their bbq sauce anytime I'm in Walmart. Their pulled pork sammich is pretty effen good. I've only been there once, but I loved getting yelled at when I walk in the door.

[keg in kc]

I used to love the chicken gumbo at Okla Joe's till it gave me food poisoning once.
Their Z Man sandwich is damn good.I have that gumbo every time I go. I love the hell out of that stuff.

I was a little miffed yesterday (my birthday...) that they were out of burnt ends, but that was my own fault for going in late instead of going in early. 3 hours of family phone calls kind of killed my evening. I ended up getting the hogamaniac platter, which is sausage, pulled pork and ribs, with fries (love their fries) and gumbo with no rice.

Still my favorite place in town.

[Extra Point]

The Poor Russ sandwich is the greatest creation in the history of mankind. Nothing even comes close to touching it, but I haven't eaten at Arthur Bryant's yet. I just can't imagine them having anything that beats it.

AB's beef and ham combo sammich w/fries FTW!

[LOCOChief]

Summit Hickory Pit
OK Joes
Jack Stack
Winslows
LC's

[Mr. Flopnuts]

AB's beef and ham combo sammich w/fries FTW!

next time I'm in KC i'll get one.

[O.city]

Damn I love living in KC.

I just picked up my dinner, which is about 2 pounds of burnt ends from Jack Stack, and a 12 pack of Boulevard wheat.

[Bowser]

Bastards. I want some OK Joe's now.

[Al Bundy]

Damn I love living in KC.

I just picked up my dinner, which is about 2 pounds of burnt ends from Jack Stack, and a 12 pack of Boulevard wheat.

Looks like you're in hog heaven.

[O.city]

I certainly am.


Now I'm off to turn out some time at the gym.

[Mr. Flopnuts]

Damn I love living in KC.

I just picked up my dinner, which is about 2 pounds of burnt ends from Jack Stack, and a 12 pack of Boulevard wheat.

Fuck off.