Lets talk BBQ

[rambleonthruthefog]

What i've been thinkin bout is.... other than location. what makes it Texas BBQ, or KC BBQ, or Memphis BBQ, or Carolina BBQ, etc.

I've spent most my life in TX, eatin' all my BBQ in TX, with the exception of two places. I've had plenty of good, and some great. I've always judged the BBQ here by and large by the chopped beef sandwich. if your sauce and chopped beef aren't delicious together, most likely i don't want any ribs or chicken. The other two BBQ joints i ate at were...

Arthur Bryants in KC. was there for my pilgrimage to Arrowhead
and a place called Corky's in Memphis. Was there for a Widespread Panic show.

I had some chopped beef at both joints and was not overly impressed, but the sausage sandwich i had at Arthurs was out of d*mn sight, it was hot, it was sliced nice and thin, and stacked high. it was great. prob the best sausage sandwich i've ever had. At corky's the ribs i had were great, i mean really really good. i didn't finish my chopped beef sandwich, but i did ask for some ribs to go. These two experiences blew my theory away.

i still think that the chopped beef makes or breaks you in TX, and most TX joints usually have some version of habanero sauce, or jalepeno sausage, and they all got pickles and onions, and most have banana pudding(preferably with nilla wafers), amd beans.

what makes it KC, Memphis, or Carolina BBQ?

[DaKCMan AP]

Originally Posted by beach tribe

There's one good place in Pensacola, on the corner of Fairfield, and Mobile Hwy. other than that you're out of luck when it comes to BBQ.

Yeah, it kind of pisses me off that people here think Smokey Bones is good BBQ. Like this guy I work with who thinks Papa Johns is good pizza, I guess they just don't know any better.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by rambleonthruthefog

Stubbs is a lubbock texas original. we still have a stubbs BBQ here in austin, cause the one in lubbock closed down. one of the best concert venues in this town. BBQ, meh

Stubbs got MOJO! The meats didn't look all that great at the website, but I'll reserve judgment until actual tasting.

Originally Posted by tooge

Now, stubbs is good sauce. My favorite is either sweet baby rays or blues hog though. Since you are baggin on KC masterpiece though i gotta tell ya, it may be the most used (although modified) sauce on the competition bbq circuit. In fact, a 5 parts kc masterpiece to 1 part honey recipe is used for the BRITU (best ribs in the universe) recipe that was mad famous with wins all over the country. I tried it, and it was a bit sweet for me, but pretty darn good on ribs.

Ketchup.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Stubbs got MOJO! The meats didn't look all that great at the website, but I'll reserve judgment until actual tasting.



Ketchup.

Umm yeah, you sound like a real expert there. I happen to like stubbs. Some might say "hotsauce" for stubbs like you say "ketchup" to sweet baby rays. I've been doing the comp thing a long time, and to each his own, but you sure do go out of your way to make it sound like you are a know it all.

[rambleonthruthefog]

Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Stubbs got MOJO! The meats didn't look all that great at the website, but I'll reserve judgment until actual tasting.

as long as you go for a concert and not for the BBQ, it'll be alright. If just for BBQ i'd go to several other places 1st.

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by tooge

Umm yeah, you sound like a real expert there. I happen to like stubbs. Some might say "hotsauce" for stubbs like you say "ketchup" to sweet baby rays. I've been doing the comp thing a long time, and to each his own, but you sure do go out of your way to make it sound like you are a know it all.

Wow! You gathered all that from ONE word?

[Sweet Daddy Hate]

Originally Posted by rambleonthruthefog

as long as you go for a concert and not for the BBQ, it'll be alright. If just for BBQ i'd go to several other places 1st.

The majority of Texas BBQ I've had has always been on the overly-excessive mild side.

It's like, "don't wanna' scare the old folks"!

Give me some names so I can go online and check it out! Please.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by tooge

Umm yeah, you sound like a real expert there. I happen to like stubbs. Some might say "hotsauce" for stubbs like you say "ketchup" to sweet baby rays. I've been doing the comp thing a long time, and to each his own, but you sure do go out of your way to make it sound like you are a know it all.

Supposedly, the sweet stuff doesn't do very well in SC competitions. Goes over like gangbusters in NC, but SC not so much.

Don't know. We'll see. I just have to find some people to cook with, not sure if I could handle a competition on my own.

[Toadkiller]

A brisket on my smoker usually takes about an hour and a half per pound. When done you separate the flat from the point and put the point back on for a few more hours for burnt ends.

A good site for learning to smoke is the virtualweberbullet.com site, specially good if you have the awesome Weber bullet.

[kindra68]

Because of this thread, I had to stop at Big Jakes for a smoked turkey sammy, baked beans, homemade mac and cheese and a big ol glass of sweet tea. Good stuff, man.

[Pioli Zombie]

I once went to a "pig-picken" at a Baptist Church in Florence,SC. Dont get in the way of hungry Baptists at a "pig-picken"!!!
I had to change churches soon after. I though they were going to eat my children!

[Fire Me Boy!]

I really want to get a decent smoker on a small trailer hitch... can't afford it though.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

Supposedly, the sweet stuff doesn't do very well in SC competitions. Goes over like gangbusters in NC, but SC not so much.

Don't know. We'll see. I just have to find some people to cook with, not sure if I could handle a competition on my own.

I haven't done one on my own yet either, but I would imagine it would be pretty hectic around turn in time. I was the only one there at an event last year when a sever thunderstorm came through and destroyed the site. That was fun all by myself.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Darth CarlSatan

Wow! You gathered all that from ONE word?

Not really. More from a compilation of most of your posts.

[Fire Me Boy!]

Originally Posted by tooge

I haven't done one on my own yet either, but I would imagine it would be pretty hectic around turn in time. I was the only one there at an event last year when a sever thunderstorm came through and destroyed the site. That was fun all by myself.

My wife wants to do one with me, but she'd be worthless cooking. She might be good to help at turn in time.

But I've never cooked in a competition before, just judged.

[tooge]

Originally Posted by Fire Me Boy!

My wife wants to do one with me, but she'd be worthless cooking. She might be good to help at turn in time.

But I've never cooked in a competition before, just judged.

I dont theink the cooking part would be that hard alone. At turn in, if she could make up the boxes and run them to the turn in, then you could cut up the meat. That seems to be the only real hectic time.