When trying a new joint, I always get the main they hang their hat on. Then i get a good milky slaw, bull nuts if they have them, beans, cornbread, sweet tea, and a round of house sauces.

(03-28-2018 05:50 PM)SadderBudweiser Wrote:  Nice topic, considering I dined at Fette Sau in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last night. Just smoked meat on butcher paper.... the way it should be. Not bad.

I’ve done most of the Texas hot spots from Franklin to Salt Lick, Stubbs in Austin.
Bakers in Dallas, Coopers in LLANO, the Lockhart shops and that nutty guy out there in Johnson City. The best in Texas, hands down, is Hutchins in McKinney. And not just because one of the partners is an SMU grad. Because it is the best....especially the brisket....better than Franklin.

As for New York it’s worth the trip out to Red Hook Brooklyn to Hometown. Or just down the road from the Barclays Center there’s Dinosaur.

And off course.... the huge old school smoker right on my deck does ribs, chicken and mozzarella stuffed, bacon-wrapped jalepenos that rule the Hamptons.

We have a Fette Sau in Philly. It's a great spot. Hutchins in McKinney is my favorite place.

(03-28-2018 01:38 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 12:14 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  BBQ is pulled pork.

BBQ is not ribs. Nor is it brisket. Nor is it a verb.

End of lesson.

They are all BBQ.

actually BBQ is a type of cooking. that means it can be a verb and while I prefer pork any food can be barbecued.

(03-28-2018 11:28 PM)den2010 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 02:56 PM)shock Wrote:  Since there are several BBQ aficionados, describe your perfect 10” paper plate of BBQ, including sides. I’m curious.

I judge every Texas BBQ joint on the following dishes :
Brisket (both lean and fatty side)
Sausage (if they have jap-cheddar, I'm ordering that)
Cole Slaw (if primarily vinegar based)
Pinto or baked beans

All meats are first tried without sauce, because good bbq does not need sauce.

^ This

(03-29-2018 07:01 AM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 11:28 PM)den2010 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 02:56 PM)shock Wrote:  Since there are several BBQ aficionados, describe your perfect 10” paper plate of BBQ, including sides. I’m curious.

I judge every Texas BBQ joint on the following dishes :
Brisket (both lean and fatty side)
Sausage (if they have jap-cheddar, I'm ordering that)
Cole Slaw (if primarily vinegar based)
Pinto or baked beans

All meats are first tried without sauce, because good bbq does not need sauce.

^ This

1000% correct

All I need is Memphis, Kansas City and Texas BBQ

(03-29-2018 10:04 AM)panama Wrote:  

(03-29-2018 07:01 AM)memphistiger89 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 11:28 PM)den2010 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 02:56 PM)shock Wrote:  Since there are several BBQ aficionados, describe your perfect 10” paper plate of BBQ, including sides. I’m curious.

I judge every Texas BBQ joint on the following dishes :
Brisket (both lean and fatty side)
Sausage (if they have jap-cheddar, I'm ordering that)
Cole Slaw (if primarily vinegar based)
Pinto or baked beans

All meats are first tried without sauce, because good bbq does not need sauce.

^ This

1000% correct

Yep

(03-28-2018 06:14 PM)TexanMark Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 02:45 PM)firmbizzle Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 12:21 AM)TexanMark Wrote:  Salt Lick is excellent...although I can name 5 places just as good

Salt Lick is good but I could name 5 places in Memphis alone that are better.

Been to one...Commissary BBQ had probably the best ribs I've ever had.

That would be one of them.

(03-29-2018 01:40 AM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 05:50 PM)SadderBudweiser Wrote:  Nice topic, considering I dined at Fette Sau in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last night. Just smoked meat on butcher paper.... the way it should be. Not bad.

I’ve done most of the Texas hot spots from Franklin to Salt Lick, Stubbs in Austin.
Bakers in Dallas, Coopers in LLANO, the Lockhart shops and that nutty guy out there in Johnson City. The best in Texas, hands down, is Hutchins in McKinney. And not just because one of the partners is an SMU grad. Because it is the best....especially the brisket....better than Franklin.

As for New York it’s worth the trip out to Red Hook Brooklyn to Hometown. Or just down the road from the Barclays Center there’s Dinosaur.

And off course.... the huge old school smoker right on my deck does ribs, chicken and mozzarella stuffed, bacon-wrapped jalepenos that rule the Hamptons.

We have a Fette Sau in Philly. It's a great spot. Hutchins in McKinney is my favorite place.

Wow, so the Hutchins guys used to cater our tailgate before they opened. Small world

(03-29-2018 05:22 AM)bladhmadh Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 01:38 PM)JHG722 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 12:14 PM)ECUGrad07 Wrote:  BBQ is pulled pork.

BBQ is not ribs. Nor is it brisket. Nor is it a verb.

End of lesson.

They are all BBQ.

actually BBQ is a type of cooking. that means it can be a verb and while I prefer pork any food can be barbecued.

Incorrect. Couldn't be more wrong if you tried.

From Memphis and lived in Wilson, NC for a few years. Every time I told a local I was from Memphis I got a lecture on BBQ.

Not to be a broken record...but I am telling you! Good value also!

http://hutchinsbbq.com/

I once told my uncles in Texas “If your BBQ recipe does not begin with ‘take one pork shoulder’, you have already messed up.”

In Memphis and West Tennessee, we know that cooking roast beef on the grill is not the way to make BBQ.

(03-29-2018 06:32 PM)covingtontiger Wrote:  I once told my uncles in Texas “If your BBQ recipe does not begin with ‘take one pork shoulder’, you have already messed up.”

In Memphis and West Tennessee, we know that cooking roast beef on the grill is not the way to make BBQ.

Who cooks roast beef on a grill and calls i bbq???


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(03-29-2018 02:43 PM)shockerfan1313 Wrote:  Not to be a broken record...but I am telling you! Good value also!

http://hutchinsbbq.com/

The best. Cattleack is on the list for my next visit.

(03-28-2018 06:02 AM)cotton1991 Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 05:50 AM)HuskyU Wrote:  

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmm

How come Carolina gets two sandwiches and Memphis only one? East coast bias.

P5 bias.

However, I have a much bigger issue with the OP... BBQ is NEVER off-topic!!!

(03-28-2018 06:06 PM)shock Wrote:  

(03-28-2018 05:50 PM)SadderBudweiser Wrote:  Nice topic, considering I dined at Fette Sau in Williamsburg, Brooklyn last night. Just smoked meat on butcher paper.... the way it should be. Not bad.

I’ve done most of the Texas hot spots from Franklin to Salt Lick, Stubbs in Austin.
Bakers in Dallas, Coopers in LLANO, the Lockhart shops and that nutty guy out there in Johnson City. The best in Texas, hands down, is Hutchins in McKinney. And not just because one of the partners is an SMU grad. Because it is the best....especially the brisket....better than Franklin.

As for New York it’s worth the trip out to Red Hook Brooklyn to Hometown. Or just down the road from the Barclays Center there’s Dinosaur.

And off course.... the huge old school smoker right on my deck does ribs, chicken and mozzarella stuffed, bacon-wrapped jalepenos that rule the Hamptons.

What kind of smoker is it?

The largest Char-Griller that you can buy at Lowe’s or Home Depot..... smoker box on the side. I removed the gas grill side so that I could keep lump charcoal heating for addition. I keep a separate gas grill. I don’t have the patience or stamina to do brisket..... ribs, chicken, sausage are the usuals.

Nice to see all the love for Hutchins!
Dinosaur too.

If you want to go to the All-Star game of smoked meat consider the Big Apple BBQ BLOCK PARTY each June.

http://bigapplebbq.org/

Big Ed Mitchell, Chris Lilly, Mike Mills and more. It’s the Mt Rushmore of smoke ring. If you go, do yourself a favor and buy a fast pass in advance.

Just look at the line-up.

My take on Barbeque joints-

-Coopers in Llano is way overrated
-Luling, Tx Is the epicenter for great Texas BBq
-Opies in Spicewood, Texas is one of my favorites. And it’s only 15-20 minutes from my house
-Muellers in Taylor, Tx is to die for
-ate at Hard 8 BBQ in Stphenville, Texas and was not at all impressed. I’ll probably try is again. Could have been an off day.
-Salt Lick was good in its day but no longer on my list

(03-28-2018 02:16 PM)tigerjamesc Wrote:  Hard 8 is my favorite Texas joint....
As far as Memphis BBQ, I like the Memphis BBQ company or the original Interstate BBQ

Hard 8 - TX BBQ at its best. *

Memphis BBqCO - Memphis at its best. *

Oklahoma Joes - KC at its best. *

* other places have certain aspects that are better, but massed produced representations are great indicators of quality.