via TripAdvisor/CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/travel/tri...index.html

Here are the top 10 BBQ restaurants for 2015, according to TripAdvisor:
1. Joe's BBQ -- Blue Ridge, Georgia
2. Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que -- Kansas City, Kansas
3. Bogart's Smokehouse -- St. Louis
4. Reuben's Smokehouse -- Fort Myers, Florida
5. Andy Nelson's Southern Pit BBQ -- Cockeysville, Maryland
6. Captain's BBQ -- Palm Coast, Florida
7. HogsHead Café -- Richmond, Virginia
8. Buck's Smokehouse -- Destin, Florida
9. Franklin Barbecue -- Austin, Texas
10. Pappy's Smokehouse -- St. Louis

Here's the full list of the best states for expertly smoked meats:
1. Tennessee
2. Texas
3. Missouri
4. North Carolina
5. Georgia
6. Florida
7. South Carolina
8. California
9. Virginia
10. New York

(05-20-2015 01:03 AM)sidslidkid Wrote:  via TripAdvisor/CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/travel/tri...index.html

Here are the top 10 BBQ restaurants for 2015, according to TripAdvisor:
1. Joe's BBQ -- Blue Ridge, Georgia
2. Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que -- Kansas City, Kansas
3. Bogart's Smokehouse -- St. Louis
4. Reuben's Smokehouse -- Fort Myers, Florida
5. Andy Nelson's Southern Pit BBQ -- Cockeysville, Maryland
6. Captain's BBQ -- Palm Coast, Florida
7. HogsHead Café -- Richmond, Virginia
8. Buck's Smokehouse -- Destin, Florida
9. Franklin Barbecue -- Austin, Texas
10. Pappy's Smokehouse -- St. Louis

Here's the full list of the best states for expertly smoked meats:
1. Tennessee
2. Texas
3. Missouri
4. North Carolina
5. Georgia
6. Florida
7. South Carolina
8. California
9. Virginia
10. New York

Nobody from NC in the Top Ten? Trip Advisor obviously knows nothing about BBQ...

I find it interesting that NC is listed as #4 for BBQ states, but no restaurants are represented in the top 10.

I am moving back to Georgia and covering the entire state for my company. I have a customer in Blue Ridge.... I know where I am taking them to eat when I visit them.

(05-20-2015 07:29 AM)NCeagle Wrote:  I am moving back to Georgia and covering the entire state for my company. I have a customer in Blue Ridge.... I know where I am taking them to eat when I visit them.

Too many App fans in Charlotte?

Can we all agree that "BBQ" is pig and not cow? Brisket can be delicious, but pork is king.

It's a top ten for this year... I'm sure there have been many a mustard sauce joints on there before. That's my guess as I have eaten at Joe's and it is good... But I've had much better.

(05-20-2015 08:17 AM)sidslidkid Wrote:  Can we all agree that "BBQ" is pig and not cow? Brisket can be delicious, but pork is king.

Yep. Agree.

Although -- and I really hate to say this -- after one episode several years back where that Dirty Jobs dude went and fed pigs slop from Vegas, I almost gave up pork forever. I mean, I think I saw fat-assed hog eat a tampon on that show. Only thing that would've been worse was if it had gone into a sewer and ate the leftover corn.

Oh, and my favorite place for cue is Smoakies down in Cordele. His spicy mustard sauce is about as good as it gets. And being from SC, I gotta go with the mustard.

Best BBQ I have ever eaten is in Destin Fla. Its a little walk up place and has changed owners now but it is fantastic. Best BBQ chicken hands down I have ever had. Its called Pigs Alley, and if you are there for a holiday weekend you better call ahead literally 2 months before then. Its very small and they often run out of food. Anyone ever in Destin and wants BBQ look them up, you wont be sorry.

Heirloom Market BBQ is my favorite pork. Their sides are solid, but the pulled pork is the best I've ever had at a restaurant. They serve their sauce on the side like it should be. If you have really good Q you don't need much sauce at all. Just a little for dippin.

(05-20-2015 08:17 AM)sidslidkid Wrote:  Can we all agree that "BBQ" is pig and not cow? Brisket can be delicious, but pork is king.

PIG? Pig ain't BBQ . . . . . BEEF IS BBQ!

Hell, y'all probably put beans in Chili too .... .

Southern Soul on St. Simons is my personal favorite (hometown bbq)

Fox Brothers is the best in Atlanta.

(05-20-2015 07:02 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 01:03 AM)sidslidkid Wrote:  via TripAdvisor/CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/travel/tri...index.html

Here are the top 10 BBQ restaurants for 2015, according to TripAdvisor:
1. Joe's BBQ -- Blue Ridge, Georgia
2. Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que -- Kansas City, Kansas
3. Bogart's Smokehouse -- St. Louis
4. Reuben's Smokehouse -- Fort Myers, Florida
5. Andy Nelson's Southern Pit BBQ -- Cockeysville, Maryland
6. Captain's BBQ -- Palm Coast, Florida
7. HogsHead Café -- Richmond, Virginia
8. Buck's Smokehouse -- Destin, Florida
9. Franklin Barbecue -- Austin, Texas
10. Pappy's Smokehouse -- St. Louis

Here's the full list of the best states for expertly smoked meats:
1. Tennessee
2. Texas
3. Missouri
4. North Carolina
5. Georgia
6. Florida
7. South Carolina
8. California
9. Virginia
10. New York

Nobody from NC in the Top Ten? Trip Advisor obviously knows nothing about BBQ...

Because mustard based bbq is crap

(05-20-2015 08:06 AM)APPrising Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 07:29 AM)NCeagle Wrote:  I am moving back to Georgia and covering the entire state for my company. I have a customer in Blue Ridge.... I know where I am taking them to eat when I visit them.

Too many App fans in Charlotte?

how did you know?

(05-20-2015 09:01 AM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 08:17 AM)sidslidkid Wrote:  Can we all agree that "BBQ" is pig and not cow? Brisket can be delicious, but pork is king.

PIG? Pig ain't BBQ . . . . . BEEF IS BBQ!

Hell, y'all probably put beans in Chili too .... .

Technically, BBQ, aka barbeque, is the style of cooking meats. It can be pig, beef, turkey, and other meats.

Chili is technically a stew containing meat and chili peppers, often with tomatoes and beans.

Those are the facts.

As far as what's better, barbeque pork and chili with beans are what people with taste buds prefer.

(05-20-2015 09:14 AM)AlwaysSunny Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 07:02 AM)AppManDG Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 01:03 AM)sidslidkid Wrote:  via TripAdvisor/CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2015/05/20/travel/tri...index.html

Here are the top 10 BBQ restaurants for 2015, according to TripAdvisor:
1. Joe's BBQ -- Blue Ridge, Georgia
2. Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que -- Kansas City, Kansas
3. Bogart's Smokehouse -- St. Louis
4. Reuben's Smokehouse -- Fort Myers, Florida
5. Andy Nelson's Southern Pit BBQ -- Cockeysville, Maryland
6. Captain's BBQ -- Palm Coast, Florida
7. HogsHead Café -- Richmond, Virginia
8. Buck's Smokehouse -- Destin, Florida
9. Franklin Barbecue -- Austin, Texas
10. Pappy's Smokehouse -- St. Louis

Here's the full list of the best states for expertly smoked meats:
1. Tennessee
2. Texas
3. Missouri
4. North Carolina
5. Georgia
6. Florida
7. South Carolina
8. California
9. Virginia
10. New York

Nobody from NC in the Top Ten? Trip Advisor obviously knows nothing about BBQ...

Because mustard based bbq is crap

You're right. It would be an issue if NC had mustard based BBQ. Don't confuse us with the lesser Carolina.

(05-20-2015 09:01 AM)Bobcat87 Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 08:17 AM)sidslidkid Wrote:  Can we all agree that "BBQ" is pig and not cow? Brisket can be delicious, but pork is king.

PIG? Pig ain't BBQ . . . . . BEEF IS BBQ!

Hell, y'all probably put beans in Chili too .... .

Chili without beans is nothing more than a sloppy joe.

BBQ:
Beef Brisket
Pork Ribs
Beef/Pork combo sausage

(05-20-2015 09:24 AM)NCeagle Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 08:06 AM)APPrising Wrote:  

(05-20-2015 07:29 AM)NCeagle Wrote:  I am moving back to Georgia and covering the entire state for my company. I have a customer in Blue Ridge.... I know where I am taking them to eat when I visit them.

Too many App fans in Charlotte?

how did you know?

Take a sample from LinkedIn of the 746204 people that live in Charlotte that are on LinkedIn:

(37761) University of North Carolina at Charlotte
(11930) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(11016) Appalachian State University
(9605) North Carolina State University
(503) Georgia Southern University