Where is the best BBQ in the country

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

I need to add restaurant's to my list to try.

I had a great meal at Wilber's in Goldsboro NC once.

[seemunkee]

1. Are you on a diet?

All these threads sound like somone obsessing on food.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

3. Yes I am

But I give myself one day a week to have my favorites

:thumbsup:

[mainegreen]

2. There's some seriously fine BBQ in New Mexico. n/t

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

4. Any specific places?

[mainegreen]

5. Gallup, New Mexico coming in from AZ on route 66 (666 in that area I think)

Look for the tall cowboy. Best baby back ribs I've ever had in my life.

[carly denise pt deux]

46. Circle J in Ruidoso NM

excellent BBQ!
Carly

[carly denise pt deux]

48. Hobbs NM Wallaces BBQ, don't know if it is still there or not :(

family owned, great stuff
Carly

[Tektonik]

6. most places w/ mustard based sauces

:9

[XNASA]

7. Memphis, baby.

[johnnie]

9. .

x(

[johnnie]

8. Rendezvous

Memphis.

http://www.hogsfly.com/

[AllegroRondo]

10. Columbus, Georgia

had a great little barbecue place, it was built in an old bus station downtown.

We used to go for all you can eat chicken on Tuesdays. They had waitresses walking around with big buckets of chicken and tongs, just waiting to fill up your plate.

[Guava Jelly]

11. It has to be in Kansas City

We have the best bbq in the country here

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

17. Name some places

[DrDan]

23. Arthur Bryants

and Gates

My 2 favorites in KC

[xmas74]

52. Gates in KC.

Everyone should go to Arthur Bryants for the historical significance of the place-it put bbq in KC on the map worldwide. But, IMO, Gates is better. Drippier, saucier, greasier-just fantastic.


I get paid next Friday. I think I need to drive to KC for some Gates now.

[AnneD]

27. The guy hat started BBQ in KC....

was from Texas.

The roots of BBQ are in Texas and we have more great places than you can shake a stick at. The question is, where do you want to go? In Texas you can eat at Luling Meat Market, Elgin BBQ, and in Houston-Goode Co, Pappas.

What I look for in a good BBQ place: smell (a dead give away), a large number of vehicles in the parking lot (some mercedes and jags in with the rust buckets is best), older folks serving ya (a family business), meals come in a basket and wrapped in white tissue or butcher paper, limited number of side dishes (if it is good BBQ-you don't need much more). Lots of good places every where. Bon Appetite.

[fishwax]

44. actually, the father of kansas city bbq was from Tennessee, not texas

Here's a biography of him: http://kclibrary.org/localhistory/media.cfm?mediaID=212544

The Bryants mentioned in the bio were from Texas, and it was under Arthur Bryant's name that the restaurant became famous, but Charlie and Arthur learned barbecue from Henry Perry. :)

[Scout1071]

84. Fiorella's Jack Stack BBQ.

Absolutely awesome.

And they ship nationwide. Check them out:

www.jackstackbbq.com

[av8rdave]

12. Clark's in Tioga, Texas!!!

[bearfan454]

13. In my back yard

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=236&topic_id=9591

[johnnie]

14. Whoa

I missed that post at the time, but I do remember a few of your other food posts. I never thought to put that fat on there like that. That looks like it was damned good.

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

15. Oh baby!

That looks good

[BOSSHOG]

16. ZYDEQUE CAJUN BBQ - New Orleans

On Iberville Street in the Quarter. Don't know if its the best, but it is very tasty in a zippadedooda way. Good service, great sidedishes, reasonable prices.

[KamaAina]

26. Roger that, with one update

it is now called "Dixie Roadhouse". They had changed the menus, but not yet the sign out front, when I went a couple of months ago. Same great stuff, though. Where else ya gonna get BBQ cochon de lait?!

edit: spelling, punctuation

[BOSSHOG]

30. Thanks KamaAina

I'd get lost trying to find Zydecue again. It hasn't been that long since we last went, nice little eatery and the waiter was outstanding. The toilet in the men's room was overflowing though. Gotta find something wrong.

[flamingyouth]

18. Lockhart, Texas

[bearfan454]

22. Black's bbq ?

Is that the name of the place in Lockhart ? Do you like the Iron Works, County Line, Green Mesquite, Mikeska's, Pokey Joes, or any of the others in this area ?

[martymar64]

53. The Lazy Fork - Hamilton Pool Rd - Austin

My friend is the cook there. Good stuff!!!

[Texasgal]

71. The salt lick

In Driftwood, TX. Just a bit outta Austin!

[Shakespeare]

32. OMG YES! That is the correct answer!

A close second is Sonny Bryan's in Dallas.

Thought I was the only one around here familiar with Lockhart. ;-)

[Texasgal]

72. Crewes is also a goodie

in Lockhart! :)

[taterguy]

19. Just outside of Seattle

Dixie's is a dining experience like no other. Great food served with an attitude.

Read more about it here:

http://www.seattledining.com/ARCHIVE/restaurants/dixies.htm

[NightWatcher]

20. Maurice's BBQ in Columbia South Carolina

He's a huge rascist and flies the Confederate flag, but aside from his politics, it's the best BBQ (sauce) in the world. I was raised on this stuff (before I knew about his politics).




I trully hate his politics, and find the whole thing ridiculous, but it is a good sauce. If anyone can recommend a good mustard bassed sauce I will gladly switch.

He's had his sauce pulled from grocery store due to his rascist attitudes.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/09/27/confederate.sauce/

[Jamastiene]

36. It's a shame about that, isn't it?

Too bad they couldn't keep their politics in the voting booth and just let people chow down on some good eats.

[mitchum]

43. I always (guiltily) have some Maurice's any time I go back to Cola

It is incredibly good. Too bad that he is freakin' kkkrazy

[Ghost in the Machine]

99. Maurice's BBQ - - - - - - - SUCKED!

I tried it when I was doing a big roofing job there in Columbia... nastiest stuff I've ever put in my mouth. I've described it to everyone I know as "the closest thing to a dogshit sandwich that I can think of". I've never actually eaten a dogshit sandwich, but this is what I think they would taste like. Clear & light colored BBQ sauce is just unnatural. Vinegar as the base for BBQ sauce?? BLEH!! :puke:

But hey, if that's what some people like, I say go for it... this is just my opinion of Maurice's

Ghost

[Ryano42]

21. In Albuquerque...

Mr Powdrell's BBQ :9:9:9

Been around forever and just about the nicest people you would ever meet. Not too sweet, very smokey and a bit of heat in the finish...yummmmm. Sweet potato pie and cobbler too!!!

[Frank Cannon]

42. Powdrell's is great

And the Powdrell family, as you mention, is pretty awesome, as well. "Mr. Powdrell" still shows up at a lot of the catering events, just to sit and chat with everyone.

And yeah, their sweet potato pie is terrific.

[Taverner]

63. That looks and sounds amazing

Is it wet or dry?

[Radical Activist]

24. This will be a controversial choice

but 17th Street Bar & Grill in Murphysboro (Southern Illinois) is probably the best bbq I've had. I've had some great bbq in Texas, Tennessee and elsewhere in the South. 17th Street is still my favorite and its becoming very popular in the region.

http://www.17thstreetbarbecue.com/

[Jamastiene]

37. No controversy really.

I think everyone has their favorite places. No biggie. I'd say my aunt Janet up in Lexington fixes the best BBQ in he world, but then again, most of the restaurants there have the same recipe, I believe.

[unsavedtrash]

25. for ribs no place better than Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL

[av8rdave]

33. I've pigged out at Dreamland several times when visiting my son

It is outstanding! Roll Tide. (My son's a sophomore there)

[martymar64]

54. Mojo Nixon mentions Dreamland in one of his songs

I guess truck-driving aliens love the place. . . .

Ribs, White Bread and Ice Cold Beer!!!!!!!

[trof]

61. The one in Mobile isn't that good.

Been there a couple of times.
Once they were out of French fries.
?????
The ribs were tough and very dry.
Haven't been to the original spot in Tuscaloosa.
Have to try it.

[unsavedtrash]

68. definitely go the the original.

She opened one in Northport (across the bridge) and it is horrible. I imagine all of the franchise ones do.

[mentalsolstice]

70. Nothing else like it!

My first experience was driving my "then" boyfriend (now my husband) and his best friend over (whom we've since lost to pancreatic cancer), circa 1992-93, none of us knowing what to expect. We get there, and it's a shack in the middle of a trailer park. I note the garden hoses in the front. You go in, and it's pretty obvious...ribs and nothing but ribs...and white bread. The signs announce "No sides" and "No Farting".

Anyway, a hour/half later, we came out totally dedicated. The ribs are so tender...the bones are just a vehicle to the lips. The sauce is red, but not thick...not a lot of sugar...more vinegar, and very runny. Right down your wrists to your elbows...and heaven help you if you have a mustache/beard like my husband...

Before we left, I made use of those water hoses in the front...I hosed down my guys before they got back into my car!

[Richardo]

28. Goode Company Barbeque, Houston, Texas

Mark.

[BurtWorm]

29. Applebee's

Lewiston, Maine.

:thumbsup:

[CottonBear]

31. Jot 'em Down Country Store and BBQ in Athens, GA. Voted best in Athens last year.

It's located in an old mill store that is part of an old mill village on the east side of Athens. It is delicious: BBQ pork, chicken, turkey and beef brisket plus quail along with many many fresh veggies and sides and yummy southern desserts. It's all hickory smoked. The store is full of old historic photos of the old Whitehall Mill and mill village. You can buy household provisions there too since it's a real Southern country store! Sometimes they have live music on the weekends too!

Pig Tales
Art of the Meal
Krista Reese
10 Barbecue Places To Curl Up And Die For
How do you choose 10 barbecue joints to write about? You might as well try to describe your 10 most memorable dates, or your favorite shirts. Barbecue is that personal, and that familiar. It has to do as much with taste as circumstance. In other words, the story involved.
So this highly peculiar list in no way attempts to represent "the best" or "most authentic" or any other superlative. These are simply 10 places any barbecue fan ought to know about. Call it a porcine canon if you will.

snip

Jot 'Em Down Country Store & BBQ, Athens:
The label on my bottle of Cheerwine says "Real Sugar." The Sunbeam man is stocking shelves of sprongy bread in plastic bags. The hand-lettered sign on the wall reads, "No Smoking. We Have Enough." We must be at my new favorite place, Jot 'Em Down, a restored country store named for the fabled "Lum and Abner" 1930s radio show grocery. For years, Williams Grocery was a quick stop for gas and Lance crackers. Today, the tiny spot holds two rickety Formica dinettes and an old radio, as well as some of the best barbecue I've had in years. Pulled pork and beef, fantastic, fall-apart ribs, coleslaw with fresh dill, a mysterious (and unavailable at my visit) side called "cabbage casserole," seasonal items like barbecued quail, and incredible specials like tender smoked turkey. All served with your choice of six house sauces, including sweet, mustard, "Bill's," and XXX hot. 150 Whitehall Road (at Barnett Shoals), 706-549-2110.

more...

http://www.georgiatrend.com/art-of-the-meal/pig-tales.shtml

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Nelson: Country store, Jot 'Em Down, is a step back in time
Small business

By Don Nelson
[e-mail]


Elrod Sims, left, and Bill Morton set up a 1920s cash register in Jot 'Em Down Country Store off Whitehall Road.
Jeff Blake/Staff

Some might consider it stepping back in time.
People passing through the swinging, screened double doors into Jot 'Em Down Country Store and Bar-B-Q will at least get a taste of nostalgia if they don't get a full appreciation for what neighborhood stores were like during simpler times.
Jot 'Em Down represents a labor of love by partners Danny Bell, Bill Morton and Elrod Sims, who have renovated the former Williams' Grocery on Whitehall Road near the Barnett Shoals Road intersection. Built around 1924, the small building was operated as a ''country store'' serving everything from fresh cut meat to hardware, toys and gasoline.
Located on the late Harold Williams' property, when the original proprietor decided to get out of the business, Williams and his brother Wilmont took over in the mid-1940s. For about 40 years, Rebie Williams, Harold's wife, managed the operation, and she still lives in her house nearby. Mrs. Williams sold the business in 1988, but retained ownership of the building. The business closed last fall, and shortly afterward Elrod Sims approached Williams about leasing it for a new ''old country store'' concept.
''For a little old country grocery store we had good business,'' Williams said. ''If it was not taking in dollars and cents, you got paid through friendships. Everyone who came in knew you. People were close back then.''
Sims, Bell and Morton have worked to make the store look much like it did in its heyday, and to restore the feeling of a place and time when folks took the time to visit when they stopped in the store.


The Jot 'Em Down Country Store sits near the intersection of Whitehall and Barnett Shoals Roads.
Jeff Blake/Staff
''It's a bygone era, and people miss that,'' Sims explained. ''We want it to be the way America used to be before we got too busy and running late for everything.''
The partners are hoping to recapture that past time by setting up shop with memorabilia from earlier decades.
''There's nothing on display with bar codes,'' Sims quipped. ''There's nothing newer than 1966 in our fixtures.''
There's a 1920s crank phone, Formica-top tables, a pot-bellied stove and 8-ounce Cokes iced down in a metal case. Old signs and a refrigerator case from the old A&A Bakery in downtown Athens adorn the interior. A pair of hand trucks used to push cotton bales greet customers at the front entrance. Look around and you'll spot an old hoop cheese platter and a manual cash register. Outside stands a circa-1920s wagon that Sims said will be used to hold fresh produce for sale.
Jot 'Em Down, which takes its name from the practice of customers calling in their grocery orders to the store and then coming by to pick up the goods, will sell some merchandise similar to the types of goods the old Whitehall mill community purchased for decades. Candy (including candy cigarettes), snacks, soft drinks, sugar, flour, bug spray, hardware and cooking supplies will fill the display racks in the store.
Beth Estes, manager of Jot 'Em Down, said the store will also carry ''homegrown'' honey bottled by Julie Quinn of Quinn Products and chow-chow and jams from Hillside Orchards Farm near Clayton.
To help develop the sense of a gathering place, Sims and crew will introduce the barbecue end of the business. On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Jot 'Em Down will sell pork barbecue smoked with hickory wood on a Lang Smoker set up in a screen shed outside the store. Sims said they will cook a batch each day and sell that ''until it's gone.'' Seating inside the store at the Formica tables will handle about a dozen people.
Williams predicted that Jot 'Em Down's smoked barbecue will determine the success of the new venture.
''If he has good barbecue, he'll do super,'' she said.
Williams said she was happy to see life come back to her old store and has been pleased with how ''thoughtful and considerate'' the Jot 'Em Down partners have been to her.
''They emptied my old barn of things that should have been thrown away,'' she said. ''He has treasured them (for use inside the store) and he's made that place look so much better.''

Jot 'Em Down Country Store and Bar-B-Q
Owners: Danny Bell, Bill Morton, Elrod Sims
Type: retail household goods, weekend barbecue restaurant
Address: 150 E. Whitehall Road
Phone: [phone]
Hours: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday



http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/102603/bus_20031026011.shtml

[mitchum]

45. It is indeed the best around here and was very glad when they went into business...

I was appalled when I moved to Athens and encountered "Sonny's BBQ" That's not barbeque...that's ham steak with hot sauce.

The best barbeque I have ever had in GA was at a place in Cochran several years ago. I can't remember the name of the place, but it was fantastic

[GaYellowDawg]

78. No doubt, Sonny's is AWFUL.

There's a place out on Lexington Road that is even worse IMO.

[mac56]

58. The Jot'Em Down is good, but you still can't beat Mike & Ed's.

Just sayin'

[GaYellowDawg]

77. Where is it?

I'm in Athens. Is it tomato or vinegar based?

[mac56]

85. right across the street from the Clarke county library

Vinegar based.

I lived in Athens for four years, moved back north in '05.

[GaYellowDawg]

86. That's the name of that place?

Can't believe I forgot it. They've got some good barbeque, no doubt. Just moved north? You miss Zaxby's yet?

[mac56]

89. Never was a Zaxby's fan.

What I miss are slaw dawgs and Terrapin beer.

[GaYellowDawg]

90. How about Sanford Stadium on a fall afternoon?

You gotta miss that.

[mac56]

91. Coffee at Jittery Joe's

Mellow Mushroom pizza
Sundays at the Morton
Five Points Bottle Shop
The Old 441
The dog park on Whit Davis
Fried green tomatoes at The Last Resort
Copper Creek
Gautreau's Cajun Cafe
The Blue Willow in Social Circle
Zim's Bagel Bakery
Sunday brunch at the Porterhouse Grill


The Barbeque Shack on Lexington Road is good too.

[GaYellowDawg]

92. Good lord, man!

You've got me nostalgic for Athens, and I'm here! One thing - if the Barbeque Shack is close to the Wal-Mart on Lexington, then either they had a really bad day when I went there, or we'll have to disagree on them. What did you think of Fresh Air?

[mac56]

95. They might have had a bad day. Give them another chance.

Fresh Air was good too, as I recall. Only went there once.

Are you familiar with the Miller Analogy Test? To me, Fresh Air is to Mike and Ed's as Cups is to Jittery Joe's.

[jpak]

105. me too

Is Davinci's Pizza still open???

Best pizza and sangria ever....

[mike_c]

103. Zebs is still the gold standard....

God I wonder if it's still there?

[GaYellowDawg]

76. Fellow Athenians, great to see you here!!!

Jot 'Em Down is about as good as anything I've found here. I have to admit that I kind of like Fresh Air as well.

[mike_c]

102. yeah man! I ate at Jot-em-down last summer and it was AWESOME....

As good as my favorite-- Zebs in Danielsville.

[jobycom]

34. So you just woke up and wanted to start a Lounge fight, did you?

I'm vegetarian, so I'll just add Mother's Cafe and Garden in Austin makes the best barbeque tofu. (No, I'm not kidding).

[Jamastiene]

35. Lexington, NC for sure.

Pick a place there. That's where the wonderful food known as great BBQ honed its master skills at making my mouth water.

[stuntcat]

80. NCBBQP!!!

I can't go home to NC without having some NCBBQP. I've had it in Lexington too, I think!

[RevCheesehead]

83. Agreed.

Pick any place in Lexington - or even any part of the Triange - and you can't go wrong. :9

[Burma Jones]

38. Two Places, and I can't tell you the name of either

One in Galesburg, IL and the other in Baltimore, MD. Both were in poor, African-American neighborhoods. Both places were Hickory Pit Barbecues.

The one in Baltimore was basically a set up a guy had in his backyard next to Pimlico racetrack. He would sell Ribs, Pulled Pork and Brisket during the Racing Season, I do not know whether he had a permit.....He would offer sauces, but I eschew sauce, if it needs sauce, it ain't great BBQ. The Dry Rub he used on the ribs was very Brown Sugary, allowing for great caramelization. The brisket was seasoned with salt and pepper only, as far as I could tell. The pulled pork was served on Potato Rolls and you could put a choice of sauce on it, it didn't need any for either flavor or moisture....This guy was an artist in Meat.

The place in Galesburg was built of cinder block, painted white, with no windows, so it was like you were eating in a garage. All I ever got there was the ribs, and they were intensely good. You could get two full racks of ribs, a loaf of Wonder Bread and a pitcher of Beer for $12.00 - this was in 1980-1983....

As far as Chains, there is a chain in North Carolina called Smithfields that has some decent pulled pork. I can also recommend Famous Dave's wholeheartedly. They have great Barbecue, and the music they play is first class Roadhouse Boogie.....

[leftofthedial]

39. Memphis

Memphis

and Memphis have the best barbeque.

[Duppers]

56. I'm totally with you there. nt

:toast:

[Fran Kubelik]

40. I like this place

[sir_captain]

49. I'm a dedicated NYer

but I don't think I can fully support a BBQ joint in Times Square. ;-)

If you really do like Virgil's, though, you should check out some of the better BBQ places in the city--RUB BBQ, Blue Smoke, Daisy Mae's, and Dinosaur BBQ all spring to mind.

[dr.strangelove]

41. CORKY's MEMPHIS

Also, my back yard every June and July.

[Vox_Reason]

47. Best NC barbecue

Wilber's of Goldsboro is certainly right up there with the best NC BBQ meccas.

The east-west dichotomy of NC barbecue:
http://www.axcessnews.com/national_070405a.shtml

More in depth about NC barbecue:
http://www.northcarolina.com/stories/bbq.html

WaPo on the east-west NC BBQ feud:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/22/AR2005052200866.html

NC BBQ Society:
http://www.ncbbqsociety.com

NC BBQ thread on Chowhound:
http://www.chowhound.com/topics/360662

Best in the Triangle:
http://triangle.citysearch.com/bestof/winners/barbecue_food

[stuntcat]

81. NCBBQP society???? :O

I have to forward these sites to everybody, TY

I'm mostly/nearly vegetarian but I can't imagine ever turning down NCBBQP

[JCMach1]

50. Bad Brad's in Stillwater and Pawhuska, OK

http://www.badbrads.com/stillwater/www

[JCMach1]

51. Johnny Ray's in Birmingham, Alabama-- but not 4 BBQ

Go for the Banana Cream Pie... The absolute best thing you WILL EVER get in a BBQ joint.

[trof]

55. Alabama, natch. But the best one is gone.

Ollie's "WORLD FAMOUS" Barbecue.
That's how it was billed.
Birmingham.
Closed for good a few years ago.
My grandfather would take me there when I was a toddler.
Interesting history.
Ollie McClung had a case that went to the supreme court.
Practically every future attorney studies it in law school.
Google "Ollie's" and "Supreme Court".

[AlCzervik]

57. when i lived in Spring Texas we used to go to this hole in the wall called Valley ranch

and their brisket was to die for.

[Taverner]

59. There is good BBQ EVERYWHERE

Texas has some amazing BBQ...As does NC...and Chicago...and I have even found distinctly California BBQ places that are just amazing (Back 40 BBQ in the East Bay if you know it)

[Shakespeare]

60. Oh, don't be such a diplomat.

:P

I'm fond of Texas brisket first and foremost, but sure wouldn't turn up my nose at good BBQ from KC or Memphis or NC, either.

There's a new-ish place in West Hollywood called Zeke's Smokehouse (http://www.zekessmokehouse.com) that features several styles of BBQ (all of the above I just mentioned), and it's to DIE for. I wanted to weep when I tried it for the first time last week--do you know how hard it is to find good BBQ outside the usual areas??

And their sides are even authentically good--the collard greens especially.

[Taverner]

62. SF has a spanish grill that does rocking ribs

Paella and ribs...it fucking works

[speedoo]

64. Tom Jenkins' BBQ, Ft. Lauderdale

Delicious ribs.

[Poiuyt]

65. Germantown Commissary in Memphis

I was taken there by a local once. A little hole in the wall place, dirty, greasy, smoky. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. Not as well known as Corky's or Rendezvous, but definitely great ribs!

[huskerlaw]

66. Burbank, California

What?

;)

[GaYellowDawg]

88. Pfft.

I bet they grill tofu, put pineapples and sauce on it, and call it barbeque. :puke:

[huskerlaw]

96. Hahahaha

Not so much in Burbank. Other parts of LA, yes. ;)

But there is actually a BBQ place in Burbank. Complete with peanut shells on the floor. The world's best, it ain't, however.

[Xipe Totec]

67. Tennessee BBQ

http://www.tennbbq.com/

And I've had Texas BBQ, and love it.

Now, If you had asked which is the best barbacoa in the world, my answer would definitely change. But, since we're just talking about this county, then Tennessee BBQ is my choice.

[Critters2]

69. I'm vegan, so have never tasted it

but there's a place here called "Big Ray's BBQ Shack" that always smells wonderful when you walk by.

[VelmaD]

73. I love it all

I'm from Texas and have had some amazing barbq here...in Austin, Lockhart, Elgin, Giddings, Marlin, and Brownwood particularly. There are these guys at a place in Edinburg, Texas who chop barbq like the guys at Benihana...it's fun to watch. My favorite bbq joint ever in my hometown of Greenville closed a while back, but Ernie's Pit Barbq is still there and Ernie Burgers RAWK!

But...I love all barbq from any part of the country. I don't get involved in fights about which is better...I just thank all the little gods for all of it. :)

[Maddy McCall]

74. Bodacious Barbecue, Longview, TX

[ChavezSpeakstheTruth]

97. nice avatar!

and thanks for the tip. My Dad's moving to TX so I'm psyched for the grub when I visit.

:thumbsup:

[Maddy McCall]

110. There are SO MANY good "hole in the wall" restaurants in Texas.

If you're ever traveling through Northeast Texas or Southeast Texas, I can give you some tips...especially if you're going to be in the Longview/Tyler area up north or the Port Arthur/Beaumont area down south.

And thanks! I like yours, too. :D

[ashling]

75. Laird's in Llano, Texas

[GaYellowDawg]

79. Chattanooga's got some great places

For pulled pork: It's got to be Rib-N-Loin, and they serve it up with sweet tea and steak fries. MMMMMM.

For ribs: Sticky Fingers. And do it downtown for the ambience. I know it's a chain, but they make some damn good ribs, especially the Tennessee Whisky ribs!!

Master Blasters is very good, too!

[Maineiac]

82. When we were kids

my mom hada friend who had a farm in Aulander, NC. Once a year we'd drive down there from Connecticut to get our fill of REAL BBQ and southern bisquits. We'd get 10 or 20 pounds of the BBQ to go and freeze it for the trip home.

[NC_Nurse]

87. Wilber's rocks!

We used to eat there on the way to Emerald Isle and back every year.

Now we usually go to Wrightsville Beach. I miss Wilber's!

[Sabriel]

93. Whitt's, which has locations all over Tennessee

Great stuff.

[Haole Girl]

94. Cousin's Bar-B-Q

..Fort Worth, TX!

Yummy!

[Paladin]

98. Cooper's BBQ, Llano and Mason, TX

Best BBQ ever. If you're lucky, you'll get there on a day when they have cabrito (young goat).

Sorry, Deep Southerners, but this is BBQ the way God intended it to be. Try it and you'll be hard-pressed to go back to that pre-chewed/pour some gloppy sauce on it to give it flavor stuff you have to put up with.....

[Ghost in the Machine]

100. The Pit Bar-B-Q on Tamiami Trail, West Dade (Miami)

I remember going there since I was a kid. I have taken my kids there before too. God I miss that place. Located out in the everglades, this is the best BBQ around. They had a triple decker BBQ sandwich that was as tall as a beer can... good eating. Outdoor dining under a tiki hut is just the BOMB!... the you can go across the Trail and look at alligators in the canal...

Ghost

[MistressOverdone]

101. Thomasville, GA

but Sonny's (a chain) isn't bad in a pinch.

[CabalPowered]

104. Bubba's in Jackson, WY

mmmm.. bubbas

[Scarlett17]

106. QL's in Muncie, Indiana

Even David Letterman says so. QL started selling ribs out of his kitchen years ago and installed a drive-thru window on the side of his house. The menu at the end of the driveway says "Full Slab, Half Slab, Rib Tips, NO SIDES!". Absolutely the best sauce I've ever had (tomato-based, spicy, sweet) and the meat is so tender. Yum!

[Penndems]

107. King's BBQ in Kinston, North Carolina

The best NC barbeque, Brunswick stew and hush puppies you'll ever put in your mouth.

Link:
http://www.kingsbbq.com/

King's delivers nationwide, too (Carolina Oink Express):
http://www.kingsbbq.com/handChopPork.html

[Tikki]

108. So Cal Style Tri-Tip Bar-B-Q

Medium to Well done....tender, tasty....no need for so much saucy.





Tikki

[MilesColtrane]

109. Here was the very best....

The late, great Steve's BBQ Denton, Texas.
Gone from this Earth now about four years.
RIP



Here's Steve...