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awsmith4 03-02-2009 07:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Smokin Gator (Post 266948)
I can't think of one place on Beale Street that has really good Q. Now there are several places in Memphis that are top notch... Central BBQ being my favorite, but on Beale the only place that is even decent IMO is The Pig and that is only for there sauces. Sorry for the run on sentence!!
Rendezvous' dry ribs are pretty tasty, but don't remember having any pork on Beale Street its self

Gone Dave 03-03-2009 06:02 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by awsmith4 (Post 267058)
Rendezvous' dry ribs are pretty tasty, but don't remember having any pork on Beale Street its self
Thats an understatement!
I will never eat another "wet" rib because of this restaruant:dr:dr
And for those that think I am lying, they deliver nation wide...:dance:

muziq 03-03-2009 06:15 AM
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Don't see anyone representin' Texas with any specifics, so here goes...Snow's, in Lexington...only open on Saturdays, they close when they run out of meat, which lately has been by 10:30 in the *morning*: http://www.snowsbbq.com/

icehog3 03-03-2009 08:25 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muziq (Post 267612)
Don't see anyone representin' Texas with any specifics, so here goes...Snow's, in Lexington...only open on Saturdays, they close when they run out of meat, which lately has been by 10:30 in the *morning*: http://www.snowsbbq.com/
Ribs for breakfast!! :D :dr

mosesbotbol 03-03-2009 09:09 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muziq (Post 267612)
Don't see anyone representin' Texas with any specifics, so here goes...
Here's a couple of good ones in TX

Coopers

The Salt Lick

Gone Dave 03-03-2009 09:36 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by muziq (Post 267612)
Don't see anyone representin' Texas with any specifics, so here goes...Snow's, in Lexington...only open on Saturdays, they close when they run out of meat, which lately has been by 10:30 in the *morning*: http://www.snowsbbq.com/
Risky's Downtown Ft. Worth:dr:dr

macpappy 03-03-2009 09:42 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jquirit (Post 265393)
Oregon BBQ ain't half-bad either. :tu

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_1-zDqUOEqx0/Rt...0/IMG_1924.JPG

It looks dry, but it ain't. :D
What kind of wood did you use? I had some in Seattle a while back that was cooked over Alder.

Speaking of wood, what is the favorite? Hickory, Pecan, Mesquite or something else?

jquirit 03-03-2009 09:48 AM
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Here's the funny thing. That one was done in a Weber kettle. :D

Split the kettle into 1/3-2/3. 1/3 had a pile of briquettes with a wall of firebricks separating it from the drip pan on the 2/3's. Lit it using a modified Minion method (a couple lit coals over a pile of unlit charcoal). Used 100% hardwood briquettes (Rancher's, the really popular ones from the WSM crowd) with chunks of mesquite and apple. Temp probe in the brisket, and a temp probe in the top vent. Top vent open all the way, the bottom vent nearly closed off (got it to hold around 225-250*F). A bit more cumbersome and hand's on than using a regular smoker but the results speak for themselves.

:tu

Personally, my (current) favorite wood is mesquite and apple in a combination. Though, what I really want to use that I haven't gotten to use in ages is dried guava woot. I'm originally from Hawaii and that's what my dad used mostly for his smoking. Imparts a unique taste to the meat.

cherrybomb 03-03-2009 09:54 AM
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memphis in may bbbq fest is not an event to miss in memphis

Darrell 03-03-2009 10:15 AM
Re: BBQ... The real thing
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by macpappy (Post 267993)
What kind of wood did you use? I had some in Seattle a while back that was cooked over Alder.

Speaking of wood, what is the favorite? Hickory, Pecan, Mesquite or something else?
Hey Senior Chief, I find with brisket that apple is a really nice wood for it, followed by hickory. :2

mosesbotbol 03-03-2009 10:19 AM
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Apple and is my favorite smoking wood and white ash is my favorite "heat source" cooking wood.

white_s2k 03-03-2009 11:07 AM
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I usually use a mix of apple and hickory when I smoke ribs and brisket. I have also been playing around with some cherry wood that I picked up a few months ago when I do beer can chicken. Not bad at all. :tu

Smokin Gator 03-03-2009 11:16 AM
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My favorite woods vary depending on the meat. I prefer:

mesquite for beef
cherry for pork
apple and pecan for poultry

If I am cooking a mix of meats then I usually go with hickory.

cle_smoker 03-03-2009 12:12 PM
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I don't really care for Mesquite on much of anything. Apple, hickory, and, when I can find it, cherry are my choice. Apple with pork shoulders and hickory with briskets. Ribs can take just about anything in my opinion and come out good.

cle_smoker

Pitmaster 03-14-2009 03:57 PM
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apple works for everything, hickory is always good, cherry for pork, and sometimes I use sugar maple and sasparilla for special events.
Mike

LooseCard 03-15-2009 07:08 PM
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Y'all don't play fair.....

Food pr-0n is just wrong........


WSM user here too.
Not much for taking pictures before it is devoured, but that is already expected to change this year. (Seasonal Camper-site!)

Apple and cherry are great with pork. I tend to do a heavy smoke, with Hickory and one of the others. I'll typically to a pair of Butts for Pulled Pork, and possibly a loin.

Haven't gotten into Brisket yet, but I'm looking to try this summer.
Chicken... no big deal, and I've done Gobbler several times.

jquirit 03-15-2009 08:28 PM
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@LooseCard: You using the original WSM or the newer version that I've heard about? I've been wanting to get a WSM since I'm "cheap".. well, I can't justify the price of a Trager. :r
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LooseCard 03-15-2009 08:43 PM
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Older style - bought it at the beginning of 2008. But I've been using a Charbroil Water smoker for years.

Love the idea of Traeger, but can't swing the $$$ either. Besides, it's too set-n-forget for me.

If I was to buy one today, I'd go with the 22 incher.
Once you get started, you'll never have enough space to fit everything in.

I can also refer you to a site for WSM owners (and others) who have supplied a lot of great ideas....!

Darrell 03-15-2009 08:46 PM
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WSM user as well. I love it.

Geppetto 03-16-2009 01:26 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LooseCard (Post 288923)
Older style - bought it at the beginning of 2008. But I've been using a Charbroil Water smoker for years.

Love the idea of Traeger, but can't swing the $$$ either. Besides, it's too set-n-forget for me.

If I was to buy one today, I'd go with the 22 incher.
Once you get started, you'll never have enough space to fit everything in.

I can also refer you to a site for WSM owners (and others) who have supplied a lot of great ideas....!
Well, what is the website?

jquirit 03-16-2009 01:33 PM
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Probably http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/

I frequent that place a lot. They're the ones that turned me onto the Rancher briquettes that Home Depot use to sell. I'm down to my last 75 lbs of it. Swear the guy at HD was giving me an odd look when I walked outta there with 150lbs of it!

I dunno what I will do when I run outta the Rancher's, though.

Cigary 03-16-2009 05:49 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by awsmith4 (Post 265173)
I have lived here in and around Atlanta my whole life and there is nothing but sweet Georgia Peaches, all the ho's are transplants.

As far as bbq I am a fan of almost all styles myself. The best, imho, coming out of Eastern NC, KC, and Memphis. Recently though in Atlanta (actually Marietta) a new bbq resturant called Sam and Dave's opened that really is some of the finest pulled pork I have ever eaten.
Wow,,,I live in Atlanta ( suburb more like ) and am used to great KC BBQ as I lived there and about 10 other cities in the country. I have eatin BBQ in this city and so far not one even competes with what real BBQ is. Sonnys sucks,,Smokey Bones is not bad,,,and all the others are horrible here. I have not tried Sam and Daves and that gives me hope,,,what is the best thing on the menu in your opinion? I would give my left testicle for some great BBQ in this town,,,the testicle will be given to a donor on my demise just to clarify the deal.

Smokin Gator 03-16-2009 05:54 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by volfan (Post 290189)
+1 but Rendezvous is just a couple of blocks away too. ;)

With that said and since I travel for work all the time I can honestly say, the brisket I have had in texas has been the best brisket, the pulled pork I have had in SC has been the best pulled pork and the ribs in Memphis have been the best ribs. If and when I get to KC, I may change my opinion.
Scotty... you get down this way and I will hook you up with all of them. They won't suck!!!

awsmith4 03-16-2009 06:03 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cigary (Post 290277)
Wow,,,I live in Atlanta ( suburb more like ) and am used to great KC BBQ as I lived there and about 10 other cities in the country. I have eatin BBQ in this city and so far not one even competes with what real BBQ is. Sonnys sucks,,Smokey Bones is not bad,,,and all the others are horrible here. I have not tried Sam and Daves and that gives me hope,,,what is the best thing on the menu in your opinion? I would give my left testicle for some great BBQ in this town,,,the testicle will be given to a donor on my demise just to clarify the deal.
:r

Their pulled pork is great, some of the best I've had

Sam and Dave's 2 is on Whitlock Ave. (GA 120) just about a mile or two west of the Marietta Square. Coming in from Dallas you would just head east on 120 then after you cross over the East/West Connector and drive another few miles its in a shopping center on your left. There is a Waffle House in the parking lot.

Whipper Snapper 03-16-2009 06:38 PM
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All of this debate and love toward bbq just makes my heart warm.

Drat 03-17-2009 10:55 AM
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The best bbq comes from my backyard. When I had the room in CA, I had 3 smokers, 2 charcoal bbqs and 1 propane grill. Space in NY has limited me to 1 smoker, 1 charcoal bbq, and 1 propane grill. I used them all winter long and even had the fire department show up at 3am one day when I was smoking a brisket. I was awoken by light from flashlights hitting my back door. They were in the yard behind me on a ladder looking for the smoke. 20 hours at 195 degrees and over 15# of apple wood, it was one of my best briskets ever.

SmokeyJoe 03-17-2009 11:03 AM
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I love all kinds, but for me the basics are:

1. BBQ means pork
2. BBQ means vinegar-based sauce
3. BBQ is not a Verb, it is a Noun!

Now I am VERY hungry. :dr

jaycarla 03-17-2009 01:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe (Post 291312)
I love all kinds, but for me the basics are:

1. BBQ means pork
2. BBQ means vinegar-based sauce
3. BBQ is not a Verb, it is a Noun!

Now I am VERY hungry. :dr
:tpd:

Gates in KC is good, I like the brisket at Arthur Bryants, but not a fan of the piggy there.

Fort Worth, the Smoke Pit, very good.
http://www.smokepitcatering.com/


Looking forward to the first spring herf, I am planning on doing:

2 pork butts for pulled pork
1 beef brisket
4 slabs of ribs
1 roll of bologna stuffed with jalepeno, garlic, and butter

LooseCard 03-18-2009 01:09 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Drat (Post 291299)
The best bbq comes from my backyard.
I must concur!! My friends will swear by mine over the stuff we can buy.:dance:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Drat (Post 291299)
I used them all winter long and even had the fire department show up at 3am one day when I was smoking a brisket. I was awoken by light from flashlights hitting my back door. They were in the yard behind me on a ladder looking for the smoke.
Now that's funny! Couldn't they tell the differencr in the smell??? :r
Quote:
Originally Posted by Drat (Post 291299)
20 hours at 195 degrees and over 15# of apple wood, it was one of my best briskets ever.
Low and slow is the way to go....:tu
--- but 15 lbs of wood!!! :jd And I thought I liked a heavy smoke!!!

LooseCard 03-18-2009 01:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by jaycarla (Post 291493)
1 roll of bologna stuffed with jalepeno, garlic, and butter
:confused:
Details, please.....

cle_smoker 03-18-2009 01:17 PM
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I'd like to know that as well. I've seen a video of smoked bologna with BBQ sauce in the middle, but never with peppers, garlic, and butter.

Cigary 03-18-2009 03:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by awsmith4 (Post 290305)
:r

Their pulled pork is great, some of the best I've had

Sam and Dave's 2 is on Whitlock Ave. (GA 120) just about a mile or two west of the Marietta Square. Coming in from Dallas you would just head east on 120 then after you cross over the East/West Connector and drive another few miles its in a shopping center on your left. There is a Waffle House in the parking lot.

Albert,thanks for the hookup,,,will try these guys in the coming week. More information on testicle donation to follow.:dance:

marge796 03-18-2009 03:49 PM
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The Salt lick outside of Austin TX is the best I've have ever had hands down good. :dr


:2

awsmith4 03-18-2009 06:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cigary (Post 293305)
Albert,thanks for the hookup,,,will try these guys in the coming week. More information on testicle donation to follow.:dance:
As it turns out I am in no need of extra testicles, but do let me know what you think.

:ss

jaycarla 03-18-2009 10:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LooseCard (Post 293110)
:confused:
Details, please.....

Take a full log of Bologna, I think it is a 5lb roll. At each end cut a hole about 1.5" in diameter. You don't want to completely hollow it out, but go at least 6" in on each cut.

I use one whole bulb of garlic, around a cup of sliced peppers, and a half stick of butter.

Split up all of that between the two ends. Now the two pieces that you cut out, slice off enough so that you can put a "cap" back on each end.

Loosely roll in foil, it will expand as it cooks.

Leave a little vent at the top so smoke can get in. At the halfway point, I will seal up the first vent, flip it over and make a good sized vent on that side.

I leave it on the middle shelf or higher. It is pretty much impossible to over-cook, unless you get it too close to your heat source.

6-8 hours later you will have gold. It may sound ridiculous but it is fricking awesome chit. It is rich so most people only have a slice. I cut it into 1" slices. If anyone decides to try it let me know what you think. Everyone that I have had try it thinks it is great.

wshan 03-19-2009 10:55 PM
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Originally Posted by goalie204 (Post 264097)
my daD who has travelled the world and eaten some bbq several times in kansas, tennesse, texas said the best he's had was in atlanta, but i just wnat to try them all, bbq makes me weak in the knees :X
Where in ATL? I've been searching forever to find a good bbq place here so a recommendation would be appreciated! Tried a few places I found on citysearch and they all were mediocre at best.

There was this place in tampa...pink cinderblock building with a big ass picture of a pig in overalls and a quote bubble over it's head that reads "we be smokin'" ...best damn bbq ever. They run out of stuff if you go too late.

awsmith4 03-19-2009 11:02 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wshan (Post 295353)
Where in ATL? I've been searching forever to find a good bbq place here so a recommendation would be appreciated! Tried a few places I found on citysearch and they all were mediocre at best.

There was this place in tampa...pink cinderblock building with a big ass picture of a pig in overalls and a quote bubble over it's head that reads "we be smokin'" ...best damn bbq ever. They run out of stuff if you go too late.
http://www.lostmountainbbq.com/

688sonarmen 03-22-2009 07:41 PM
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one of my first jobs was at champion BBQ in Lagrange ky. The pay was crap but the food was amazing. I eat BBQ when ever I see a new shop. My fav is Pierces in Williamsburg va. As far as smokin goes I don't see it mentioned here but I used some oak with a beef brisket a while back and it came out great. The ribs not so much I learned that meat can turn into jerky if smoked to much.

LooseCard 03-23-2009 03:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by 688sonarmen (Post 298813)
As far as smokin goes I don't see it mentioned here but I used some oak with a beef brisket a while back and it came out great. The ribs not so much

I learned that meat can turn into jerky if smoked to much.
Oak is popular in northern areas. I like it, but haven't actually used it.

wshan 03-25-2009 08:19 PM
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Originally Posted by awsmith4 (Post 295362)
I think I'll try to go this weekend...you want to go grab some food? BBQ is such great hang over food...

SmokeyJoe 03-25-2009 10:09 PM
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Here is the real deal...

http://i211.photobucket.com/albums/b...andwich_lg.jpg

Whipper Snapper 03-25-2009 11:10 PM
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That's pretty tasty lookin'

cle_smoker 03-26-2009 06:12 AM
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That looks damn tasty. I can't wait for it to warm up and stay warm. My WSM has been calling my name all winter long.

awsmith4 03-26-2009 08:26 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe (Post 304350)
:dr

Joe, one thing that I enjoy that seems to be exclusive to Eastern NC is the yellow mustard slaw. Almost all of my relatives are located about an hour East of Raleigh and every time I visit I cannot stay away from the BBQ sandwiches and mustard slaw. And when you mix the Q and the slaw and throw it on the bun, well that might be the best sandwich ever.

awsmith4 03-26-2009 08:27 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wshan (Post 304163)
I think I'll try to go this weekend...you want to go grab some food? BBQ is such great hang over food...
Just give me a call. Saturday i should be free around lunchtime

Punchlover 03-28-2009 09:32 AM
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bbq is the best food in the world

688sonarmen 03-28-2009 09:35 AM
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Im still looking for a church that gives pulled pork at communion instead of those crackers:D


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