Favorite Q city

[TexasBorn]

If you had to spend a week in a city sampling the "Q", which one would you choose. Would it be Qansas City? Quemphis? LocQhart? LexiQton? Qoldsboro? Q York City or whut?

TB

[Grumpy Gator]

Well, since I really like ribs... and the Rendezvous in Memphis makes the best ribs I've ever eaten, that's where I'd choose.

Plus, Memphis has my favorite steak house too... Folk's Folly.

[bigwheel]

Well I dont eat storebought bbq less its free or something..but I got a cooking pal who went on a gluttonous adventure in Quansas City one time. He say they got the best. Course..he may not be as discriminating as you and I.

bigwheel

[Austin]

I live in memphis,,so I guess I over look alot of these bbq places,,but Mr Neely sure makes some good Q,,so if your in town look them up at interstate bbq,,nice people too

[TexasBorn]

Bigus wheelus
It takes a big Texun to say Qansas joints may have better Q!! :shock:

Austin
I've heard good things about Interstate. Been through Memphis (pronounced MYIMPHIS) many a time, but never had Q there. I'd like to though.

TB

[Mic]

Think I would try somewheres in the Carolina's! I may be and probably am mistaken, but I think I read somewheres Q'n got it's roots in the Southeast. At any rate, the Carolina's would be closer ta home and after all there is a style cut rib named after em!! :wink:

Watcha think, Tar River Rat? :roll: :wink:

Mic

[TAR RIVER RAT]

You would be big as the side of a barn if you hit all the Q places in NC. In SC a lot of mustard base sauces are used that I don't care for too much. Public TV runs a show where this guy goes out in NC and hits a lot of Q places and shows him eating the meals and marveling over them. You can see his arteries clog up as he eats. :lol: Anyway, there are quite a few within 25 miles of here and where Corndog lives. Most are good. Wish you could go to the Sunday buffet at Bills in Wilson,NC. All you care to eat for around $7. and it is all good. They even have a pig pickin pig to pull on.
Tareat

[redneck cooker]

Thats a no-brainer!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

LOCKHART,TX

[TexasBorn]

Thats a no-brainer!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

LOCKHART,TX

Well, this is the right place for no-brainers. :lol: I take that as one vote for LocQhart.

"There are four BBQ restaurants in Lockhart. The restaurants estimate that about 5,000 people visit their establishments each week. This would be roughly 250,000 people a year who eat BBQ in Lockhart.

Texas Legislature, first the House of Representatives in the Spring of 1999, then in the Fall of 2003, the Senate passed a resolution proclaiming Lockhart to be The Barbecue Capital of Texas."


TB

[BBQ101]

:oops: I have eatin Bbq all over the USA and Lockhart is the BEST.
Lockhart Tx

Qfest 1 we went to Smitty's and not only is the food great the sence of History makes the meal. Bill Cannon could be there tour guide.

[Zeeman]

It's not really a city, but how about Centerville, Louisiana? Great Q comes from that place :lol:
z

[Texana]

Thats a no-brainer!!!!!!!! :lol: :lol:

LOCKHART,TX

What he said ....

[TexasBorn]

It's not really a city, but how about Centerville, Louisiana? Great Q comes from that place :lol:
z

Yeah, from your back yard!!! Whut's your specialty Zee, BBQ Crawfish? :lol:

TB

[corndog]

Right on TRR, there is some great que from our neck of the woods. But I believe some of the best que can be found in Corndogville, NC(just a little down the road from Tar's crib)...The que is good right now, but everytime my friends and I eat there, the service and food keep getting better. Best thing is, you never know what is going to show up on the desert menue!!!!!

[Woodman]

No offense intended to anyplace, but KC embraces ALL forms of BBQ. Don't try to get brisket in Lexington, and likewise, don't ask for pork in Lockhart. I'd take KC!

[KazQ]

Well i only get day passes :lol: read: how far can you get on a day pass?
But i would have to say "TEXAS" i love beef brisket,beef ribs,sausage.
And also haven't been disappointed yet with this cooking style or anything that has been ordered from those parts.

Texas BBQ rub
Texanas pepper Jelly
My Klose offset
Salt lick BBQ sauces.
Plenty more.....
in that order :wink:

[KazQ]

Have to add i made me some side-ribs yesterday with TBBQ rub,
pecan wood,and about an hour before they were ready i applied 50-50
Texas Passion Jalapeno,Berry Medley,oh my that was good!

[TexasBorn]

No offense intended to anyplace, but KC embraces ALL forms of BBQ. Don't try to get brisket in Lexington, and likewise, don't ask for pork in Lockhart. I'd take KC!

I was awaitin for a KC fan. Here's whut the KCBS (BS stands for Barbecue Society) said in 1997:
When it comes to lip-smackin', finger-lickin', chin-dribblin', literally rib-stickin' barbecue, Kansas City holds its own. The Carolinas can rightfully claim to be the cradle of American barbecue and Texas is by far the brisket capital of the world. But Kansas City brings it all together with more than 90 barbecue joint - from little bitty eateries to full-blown, nothing-but-barbecue restaurants.

TB

[Zeeman]

Have to add i made me some side-ribs yesterday with TBBQ rub,
pecan wood,and about an hour before they were ready i applied 50-50
Texas Passion Jalapeno,Berry Medley,oh my that was good!

That's what I'm talkin about KazQ. So you are a city to! Should be the best around if you Q'in it, and no need to go to town to find it :lol: :lol:
z

[TexLaw]

No offense intended to anyplace, but KC embraces ALL forms of BBQ. Don't try to get brisket in Lexington, and likewise, don't ask for pork in Lockhart. I'd take KC!

I have to differ with you there, Woody. Kreutz's has always been quite proud of their pork chops, and they are mighty good. I also don't quite know what you find in their links, but I figure it also walked around on cloven hooves.

I'm also with Lockhart.

I've been all over KC for barbeque. It's pretty hit and miss around there, but what else is new for Q. It would be a close second.

Memphis is a one-trick pony. It's an awful good trick, but it's not worth living on.

All around the Carolinas is some wonderful, wonderful food. However, I need my beef.


TL

[bigwheel]

Well this is the first time I heard so much rigormorole on Lockhart. Whut about Llano? Coopers supposed to have the best storebought brisket in the world and from whut I heard from a local yokel..Coopers is the 2nd best Q joint in that hick town. I forget the name of the other place now but think there is only two.

bigwheel

[TexLaw]

I hate to say it but, as much as I've heard about Cooper's, I've never made it over to Llano for some Q. So, I stick with Lockhart.


TL

[Buckeye]

I'm shocked nobodee put Georgia in there!!!!! :shock: Hell!!!! We got Sonny's Real ***** ..er..Pit BBQ !! :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

[bigwheel]

Well we had some gourmet conesewer yankees over on Theads old mail list who done the complete Texas tour. They all claim Coopers make you throw rocks at all the others. They even went back to yankeeland and started ordering Coopers briskets by mail order. Ya know I been through that town a dozen times and aint never bothered to stop either. Them yankees also say Bigwheel's Genuine Texas Hotlinks make a person throw rocks at all the greasy gut bombs which passes for sausage in that area too. Smart bunch of yankees huh? I would tend to believe em about Cooper's:)

bigwheel

[Mic]

I'm shocked nobodee put Georgia in there!!!!! :shock: Hell!!!! We got Sonny's Real ***** ..er..Pit BBQ !! :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: We got em here too Bucky! Think I'd do without any Q than eat at Sonny's! :wink:

Mic

[Motley Que]

St Q ouis, Hello, St. Louis style ribs anyone?

[TexasBorn]

St Q ouis, Hello, St. Louis style ribs anyone?

Hey Motley - you have a point there. Never had no St. Qouis BBQ.

Listen dude, you are allowed to post more than once a month. Where you been?

TB

[Woodman]

Well we had some gourmet conesewer yankees over on Theads old mail list who done the complete Texas tour. They all claim Coopers make you throw rocks at all the others. They even went back to yankeeland and started ordering Coopers briskets by mail order. Ya know I been through that town a dozen times and aint never bothered to stop either. Them yankees also say Bigwheel's Genuine Texas Hotlinks make a person throw rocks at all the greasy gut bombs which passes for sausage in that area too. Smart bunch of yankees huh? I would tend to believe em about Cooper's:)

bigwheel

Hey, yer a BBQ God! Welcome fellow diety! I' was not impressed with the sausage in Lockhart! Meat was chopped way too fine for my taste! The Clod and Brisket was really good though! W

[Zeeman]

I'm shocked nobodee put Georgia in there!!!!! :shock: Hell!!!! We got Sonny's Real ***** ..er..Pit BBQ !! :oops: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: We got em here too Bucky! Think I'd do without any Q than eat at Sonny's! :wink:

Mic

I hit the one in Valdosta everytime I go over there. Get a large ice tea to go :lol: Sonny's tea is good :wink:
z

[Motley Que]

St Q ouis, Hello, St. Louis style ribs anyone?

Hey Motley - you have a point there. Never had no St. Qouis BBQ.

Listen dude, you are allowed to post more than once a month. Where you been?

TB

just try a pork steak. basically a sliced butt. I will ask mom to allow me out of the dungeon more often

[Jersey BBQ]

I wish I could chime in with a favorite. But living here in the southern tip of the state of NJ I haven't had many chances to get to any of the Q "Hot Spots". If I could pick one to try it would be Lockhart Texas. But as for now the BBQ in Seaville NJ is my favorite... 8)

[Zeeman]

I wish I could chime in with a favorite. But living here in the southern tip of the state of NJ I haven't had many chances to get to any of the Q "Hot Spots". If I could pick one to try it would be Lockhart Texas. But as for now the BBQ in Seaville NJ is my favorite... 8)


Save your gas, buy ribs and cook'em in Seaville :lol: Not much Q around if I remember right. Years ago had a guy Q and sell chicken or rib sammies and miller light for $5. He was on Hook Road in Pennsville.
Hit him several times a week on way to work. Brick pit in old screen house. Not sure if still there.
z

[Zeeman]

I wish I could chime in with a favorite. But living here in the southern tip of the state of NJ I haven't had many chances to get to any of the Q "Hot Spots". If I could pick one to try it would be Lockhart Texas. But as for now the BBQ in Seaville NJ is my favorite... 8)


Save your gas, buy ribs and cook'em in Seaville :lol: Not much Q around if I remember right. Years ago had a guy Q and sell chicken or rib sammies and miller light for $5. He was on Hook Road in Pennsville.
Hit him several times a week on way to work. Brick pit in old screen house. Not sure if still there.
z


Just remembered that my brother in Carneys Point been braging on a fellow in Pitsgrove (by Cowtown I think). "Greg in New Jersey" what he goes by. That will be my first stop next time I get to go up there :D
z

[TAR RIVER RAT]

When is the place in CORNDOGVILLE open? Ribs to me IS desert :!:
Tarrib

[redneck cooker]

As fer Coopers, I ate there last Friday and it dont hold water against Smitty's. The real Coopers moved back to Mason TX., 35 miles west of Llano. The Coopers in Llano is run by his nephew. Lockhart is still the best Q!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

[carnivore]

As fer Coopers, I ate there last Friday and it dont hold water against Smitty's. The real Coopers moved back to Mason TX., 35 miles west of Llano. The Coopers in Llano is run by his nephew. Lockhart is still the best Q!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :lol:

We drove to Lockhart last Friday just to give Smitty's a try.. That was a neat experience.. Definately a must see for any Q fan..

[bigwheel]

Well thanks for that welcome to the panthenon (sic) or whutever they call it. I am highly honored to join them rareified ranks of course and thanks to whoever is pulling the strings to get a person an upgrade. Only famous sausage I ever ate from that general geographic area was Elgin Hotguts. I was not impressed. They are a slight improvement over Pittsburgh Hot links but not much. Now I hear they got a competitor in town and turning out some good sausage..Meyers I believe is the name of the place. Heard many good repoats on that one but some folks are more easily pleased than others..so there aint much telling.

bigwheel


Well we had some gourmet conesewer yankees over on Theads old mail list who done the complete Texas tour. They all claim Coopers make you throw rocks at all the others. They even went back to yankeeland and started ordering Coopers briskets by mail order. Ya know I been through that town a dozen times and aint never bothered to stop either. Them yankees also say Bigwheel's Genuine Texas Hotlinks make a person throw rocks at all the greasy gut bombs which passes for sausage in that area too. Smart bunch of yankees huh? I would tend to believe em about Cooper's:)

bigwheel

Hey, yer a BBQ God! Welcome fellow diety! I' was not impressed with the sausage in Lockhart! Meat was chopped way too fine for my taste! The Clod and Brisket was really good though! W

[bigwheel]

Well that is good enough to settle the discussion for me. I am headed for Smittys.

bigwheel

[redneck cooker]

Bw, I got a case of beer iced down what time you gonna pick me up on the way to Smitty's???? :shock: :lol: :lol:

I see a "ROAD TRIP".. :wink: :wink:

[Jersey BBQ]

I wish I could chime in with a favorite. But living here in the southern tip of the state of NJ I haven't had many chances to get to any of the Q "Hot Spots". If I could pick one to try it would be Lockhart Texas. But as for now the BBQ in Seaville NJ is my favorite... 8)


Save your gas, buy ribs and cook'em in Seaville :lol: Not much Q around if I remember right. Years ago had a guy Q and sell chicken or rib sammies and miller light for $5. He was on Hook Road in Pennsville.
Hit him several times a week on way to work. Brick pit in old screen house. Not sure if still there.
z

Just remembered that my brother in Carneys Point been braging on a fellow in Pitsgrove (by Cowtown I think). "Greg in New Jersey" what he goes by. That will be my first stop next time I get to go up there :D
z

Yeah I have talked with Greg in Jersey before... I was hoping some of these local guys were going to be headed to the New Jersey BBQ Championships (www.njbbq.com)this weekend in North Wildwood..

[Zeeman]

Sounds like a good time to check out areas BBQ. Weather should be nice also....enjoy.
z

[TexLaw]

St Q ouis, Hello, St. Louis style ribs anyone?

Hey Motley - you have a point there. Never had no St. Qouis BBQ.

TB

Not a lot of people have. St. Louis isn't really that big of a BBQ town. At least, I've never seen much when I was there. I don't know how that trim of rib became known as "St. Louis" style, but I wonder if someone didn't name it that just to make it sound fancy (like "Philadelphia" cream cheese).


TL

[Motley Que]

St Q ouis, Hello, St. Louis style ribs anyone?

Hey Motley - you have a point there. Never had no St. Qouis BBQ.

TB

Not a lot of people have. St. Louis isn't really that big of a BBQ town. At least, I've never seen much when I was there. I don't know how that trim of rib became known as "St. Louis" style, but I wonder if someone didn't name it that just to make it sound fancy (like "Philadelphia" cream cheese).


TL

There is some great Q in town. Super Smokers is a well known chain, then there are smaller restaraunts like Phils, Smokin Al's and then lil shacks like Mama's coal pit, and Big Reds

[bigwheel]

Oh man sounds good but I gots to work for living these days. Lets plan a little more into the future and I will call in sick...wink wink.

bigwheel


Bw, I got a case of beer iced down what time you gonna pick me up on the way to Smitty's???? :shock: :lol: :lol:

I see a "ROAD TRIP".. :wink: :wink:

[TexasBorn]

....Not a lot of people have. St. Louis isn't really that big of a BBQ town. At least, I've never seen much when I was there. I don't know how that trim of rib became known as "St. Louis" style, but I wonder if someone didn't name it that just to make it sound fancy (like "Philadelphia" cream cheese).
TL


Yep, Philadelphia cream cheese first appeared in New York (1880).

TB

[corndog]

Tar, the Cordog's Que in Corndogville has variable hours of operation. But they are mostly open on the weekends. Give me a time frame and I will see if I can talk the owner into creating an open house.....

[TAR RIVER RAT]

This fall, when it's not so hot. I'm putting my pit on a trailer later on this summer so maybe if you would like we can get together then with some of your friends at Corndogville. I have mine set up so it will hold quite a few(17), racks of baby backs so that would feed a few people.
Tarluvarib

[Zeeman]

TarNeedSomeHelp,
Hold on brother, 3rd week in October Tee and I will be "peepin" up near Waynseville :idea: :idea:
zSmellsIt

[Sledneck]

In the last year things in NY have picked up quite a bit as far as good que. Paul Kirk opened his R.U.B. (righteous urban bbq) out on the Island we have www.smokinals.com which is awesome. Later this month there will be a KCBS sanctioned event www.grillkings.com
It seemed hopeless a few years back when i got hooked on que. Up until then everybody thought my que was the greatest LOL

[TAR RIVER RAT]

Sledneck, it probably still is :)
TarQ

[Sledneck]

Thanks, funny reading your signature quote cause i just used that one today at work

[TAR RIVER RAT]

Yea, you can use that a lot, especially if you go truck or car shopping. :lol:
Tarcar