BBQ Tour
Ale
If you had a week to spend on a BBQ restaurant tour...where in the US would
you go? Where can you find the best BBQ concentration ( and some sightseeing
and shopping for the old lady?!)
Thanks for the input.
Jorge
Steve Wertz
Cntral Texas, i.e. the surrounding Austin area has a bunch. I have
no idea how this compares to, say, some of the Carolinas, as all I
know is Texas. There's a lot of antique and craft stores in the
smaller surrounding areas, as well as Austin itself, for the old lady.
-sw
Thomas Cormen
> LeavesA question for the group.
> If you had a week to spend on a BBQ restaurant tour...where in the US would
> you go?
Feel free to visit a web site I put up a little over 4 years ago about
a BBQ tour that my wife and I took:
http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~thc/bbqtour/
Every now and then I hear from someone who has stumbed across it.
--THC
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Leonard Lehew
wrote:
I'd start in Lexington, NC and work my way east ending up in
Goldsboro. I'd stop only at places that still cook only over wood
coals.
Cheers,
Leonard
Chris Rondeau
Shrug.. personally, I would go to one of those big three day
competition/event/festival deals. I would sample everything I could
get my mits on for those three days. I would spend the other four days
recovering.
But that's just me..
If we are talking about 'The Great American' road trip. I can't help
you there.. the last ones I did, were for shellfish and beer.
--
Chris Rondeau
Jim Bannerman
> "Ale" <adr...@coralwave.com> writes:
If you had a week to spend on a BBQ restaurant tour...where in the US
would
you go?
Goode Company BBQ in Houston, Texas serves some of the finest brisket,
pork ribs, venison, duck, polish sausage, spicy sausage, ham, and
chicken that I have ever eaten. The owner, Jim Goode, has won the 1st
Prize in the brisket competition at the Houston Rodeo many times. His
two bbq restaurants are recognized by the local food critics as THE #1
place to eat authentic Texas style bbq in the Houston area...and for
good reasons. Even the side dishes are superb. His potato salad,
spicy pinto beans, and coleslaw are exceptional. They include a large
slice of his jalapeno cheese bread with every plate. The pecan pie is
world-renown and was his grandmother's actual recipe.
Although there are two bbq restaurants, go to the one on the 5500
block of Kirby Drive (near the southwest freeway). It is smaller but
it is a museum of things Texana and worth the visit. The selection of
beers is amazing. While you are there walk across the side street to
his "Texas" store called the BBQ Hall of Flame. You will find an
awesome selection of high quality bbq items, his spices, his bbq rubs,
cookbooks, breads, all kinds of woods for bbq'ing, Texas souvenirs,
not to mention a complete line of fine western clothing. You can even
buy uncooked briskets and specialty beers. This store is a must-see
for anyone interested in bbq or western-themed things from Texas.
There are western antiques everywhere.
The time to avoid the store is between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Cars are lined up on the streets to buy those pecan pies. A
salesperson told me that they sell an average of 400-500 a day during
that time period. The people in the cars just drive up in the parking
lot and buy them while they are still sitting in their cars.
Incredible.
Any list of MUST-GO-VISIT bbq restuarants in the United States which
does not include The Goode Company BBQ is by definition incomplete.
Regards, Jim Bannerman
Dave Bugg
What kinda 'Q are you looking for, beef or pork? If it's beef, go to
Texas. If it's pork, go to the Carolinas, Virginny and Tennis-see.
Dave
smokie
Do it Yourself Central Texas BBQ Trail
Now that you're better acquainted with the members of the legendary barbecue
dynasties of Central Texas, we've created an annotated list of the best
barbecue joints in the area so you can sample them yourself. Think of it as
a Do It Yourself BBQ Tour. There's no need for travel agents or tour buses,
just hop in the car with the map, the list, some friends, and your appetite!
Give our best to the pit masters, and tell them the Chronicle sent you.
1. Cooper's BBQ 403 N. Main, Round Rock, 255-5638 The second generation of a
Hill Country BBQ legend, Gary Cooper's been serving his family's style of
barbecue in downtown Round Rock since 1985.
2. Louie Mueller Barbecue 206 W. Second, Taylor, 512/352-6206 The quality of
meats served in this no frills downtown Taylor storefront has remained
unchanged for more than 50 years. Savory meat jus with every order and a
tangy potato salad round out the meal.
3. Rudy Mikeska's 300 W. Second, Taylor, 512/365-3722 The Taylor store is
the cradle of the "first family" of Texas barbecue where they serve great
meats and nontraditional sides dishes in a cafeteria-like setting.
4. Cross-Town Bar-B-Q 202 S. Ave. C, Elgin, 281-5594 Look for this place off
the beaten path if you prefer your brisket, pork ribs, mutton, and all-beef
sausage down home, greasy and full of flavor, smoked over a slow oak fire.
5. Southside Market & Barbecue 1212 U.S. 290 E., Elgin, 281-4650 This
more-than-100-year-old sausage factory is one of the main reasons Elgin is
known as the "sausage capital of Texas." Great varieties of sausage and $2
per pound brisket trimmings are a real treat, too.
6. Meyer's Elgin Smokehouse 188 U.S. 290 E., Elgin, 281-3331 The current
generation of sausage-making Meyer brothers expanded the successful family
sausage business in 1988 to include a casual restaurant where they serve
smoked pork ribs, turkey breast, and brisket.
7. Kreuz Market 619 N. Colorado, Lockhart, 512/398-2361 Rick Schmidt carries
on the family tradition in his big new building on Hwy. 183 S., where
there's plenty of room for tour buses and regular customers alike.
8. Black's Barbecue 215 N. Main, Lockhart, 512/398-2712 Bragging rights in
this longtime Lockhart mainstay are that Black's is the oldest barbecue
restaurant around continually operated by the same family. Nationwide
shipping available.
9. Smitty's Market 208 S. Commerce, Lockhart, 512/398-9344 This historic old
building certainly qualifies as Texas barbecue hallowed ground, as it was
home to the legendary Kreuz Market for years before Nina Schmidt Sells
inherited it and opened her own store.
10. Luling City Market 633 East Davis, near US Hwy 183, Luling, 830/875-9019
One of City Market's claims to fame is that they don't have any forks in the
restaurant. That's because their brisket is so fall-apart tender you'll want
to feel how good it is. You buy all meats by the pound (or link) in the
smokehouse in the back of the dining hall.
11. Fushak's Pit BBQ 920 Hwy. 80, San Marcos, 512/353-2713 Meats here are
smoked over hickory in a rotisserie pit and emerge ultra-moist and juicy.
Traditional side plus homemade banana pudding and pecan pie.
12. The Salt Lick 18300 FM 1826, Driftwood, 894-3117 Folks drive from all
over Central Texas to relax among the picnic tables at the rustic outdoor
pavillion and eat their barbecue family-style.
13. R.O.'s Outpost Hwy. 71 W. at Hazy Hills Dr. (17 miles west of Y in Oak
Hill), Spicewood, 264-1169 Complete barbecue menu is available here as well
as chicken fried steak and fried quail. No matter how much meat you eat, you
must save room for the stellar pies.
14. Opie's Barbecue Hwy. 71 W. (20 miles past intersection w/ RR 620, turn
right at gas station) beyond Spicewood, 830/693-8660 Choose pork chops, pork
ribs, sausage, brisket, chicken, and sometimes cabrito from the 12-foot
smoke pit, have it sauced, sit at the picnic tables and chow on down.
15. Pete Mesquite Bar-B-Que 2407 Hwy. 281 N., Marble Falls, 830/693-6531
Regularly voted the best barbecue in Burnet County, this place offers a
tasty to-go menu for lake-bound boaters and picnic-goers, easy to grab from
the drive-through window.
16. Inman's Ranch House Barbecue Hwy. 281 N. at Sixth St., Marble Falls,
830/693-2711 Affordable prices and good meat have kept the working man
coming back here for over 35 years.
17. Inman's Kitchen 809 W. Young (Hwy. 71 W.), Llano, 915/247-5257 The
treasured family recipe for turkey sausage is what originally put Inman's on
the map, and it's still as good as it ever was.
18. Cooper's Barbecue 604 W. Young (Hwy. 71 W.), Llano, 915/247-5713 Still
the most famous of all the Cooper's outlets, this joint is admired by deer
hunters from all over the country who make an annual pilgrimage to Llano to
hunt and eat their barbecue here.
19. Cooper's Old Time Pit Bar-B-Q Hwy. 87 S., Mason, 915/347-6897 The
original outlet founded by George T. Cooper is still smokin' after all these
years, successfully operated by Duard Dockal for nearly 20 years since the
old man retired.
Ale
Thank you, guys.
Jorge
Stephen Charest
> If you had a week to spend on a BBQ restaurant tour...where in the US
would
> you go?
Ya know, some smart and enterprising lad/lass could parlay this into a
bus/group tour and make some money for him/herself and make some of us very
happy.
Query: if it's NC for pulled/chopped pork, KC for ribs, and Texas for
brisket, where would the "capital" of BBQed chicken be?
Stephen Charest
Lincoln, NE
late of Wilkes and Pender Counties, NC
Steve
>
> Ya know, some smart and enterprising lad/lass could parlay this into a
> bus/group tour and make some money for him/herself and make some of us very
> happy.
There's a few that do the Central Texas Circuit, but they're usually
private organizations, and from out of state. I wanted to get in on
the last one but it was some private food group tour from out of state.
-sw
J. Helman
> If you had a week to spend on a BBQ restaurant tour...where in the US would
> you go? Where can you find the best BBQ concentration ( and some sightseeing
> and shopping for the old lady?!)
One day in Eastern North Carolina, then the next day in Western North
Carolina, then on to Memphis, then over to Kansas City, then down to
Texas. Ought to be able to do that in a week.
21Twelve
Kaua'i and/or Moloka'i. Though I might have to stay there a LOOOOONG time
to find decent barbeque. Oh, the suffering.... : )
David
frohe
> What kinda 'Q are you looking for, beef or pork? If it's beef, go to
> Texas. If it's pork, go to the Carolinas, Virginny and Tennis-see.
Now, Dave, we Texicans do pork too. Maybe not like our eastern brethren but
it's still damn good stuff in its own right.
But you are right about the beef; no one does it like Texas. <g>
--
-frohe
Life is too short to be in a hurry
Harry Demidavicius
Montreal
Harry
Dave Bugg
> Now, Dave, we Texicans do pork too. Maybe not like our eastern brethren but
> it's still damn good stuff in its own right.
You've got a point there. You can learn about God in most any church.
I just tend to think that if you want to learn to be a Catholic, a
Baptist church might not be your first choice of a place to attend.
:-)
Dave
frohe
> You've got a point there. You can learn about God in most any church.
> I just tend to think that if you want to learn to be a Catholic, a
> Baptist church might not be your first choice of a place to attend.
So, you been to Waco, eh? lol
Dave Bugg
> Dave Bugg wrote:
>> You've got a point there. You can learn about God in most any church.
>> I just tend to think that if you want to learn to be a Catholic, a
>> Baptist church might not be your first choice of a place to attend.
>
> So, you been to Waco, eh? lol
ROTFL!!
--
Dave
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Harry Demidavicius
wrote:
>Dave Bugg wrote:
>> You've got a point there. You can learn about God in most any church.
>> I just tend to think that if you want to learn to be a Catholic, a
>> Baptist church might not be your first choice of a place to attend.
>
>So, you been to Waco, eh? lol
And Beesville too. I get to all the Tourist Meccas.
Harry
BBQ
>
> On Fri, 08 Nov 2002 06:45:04 GMT, "Stephen Charest"
> <sgch...@neb.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >"Ale" <adr...@coralwave.com> wrote in message
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> >> LeavesA question for the group.
> >> If you had a week to spend on a BBQ restaurant tour...where in the US
> >would
> >> you go?
> >
> >Ya know, some smart and enterprising lad/lass could parlay this into a
> >bus/group tour and make some money for him/herself and make some of us very
> >happy.
> >
You really think one could fill a tour bus with BBQ connoisseurs? I
don't know how many people a tour bus holds but lets say 40 people
total. I think it would be very difficult to find 40 folks in or around
a metro area to go on a BBQ tour. Sure, there are many who really enjoy
BBQ, but would they be willing to pay $2000 plus per person for a 7 day
tour? Sounds interesting and fun I know, but also very difficult to
make a profit from it. What would they have for breakfast? BBQ'ed eggs
over easy? :-)
Perhaps a small 1 or 2 day tour of an area with many BBQ joints that
people can sample. This would presumably be only a part of their
vacation. The rest of vacation they would be on their own.
Just my .02 worth on the reality of having a profitable BBQ Tour. I
think a better idea would be to write a book on an areas BBQ, telling a
little bit about the history of particular joints and an area and a
review of the joints. And let visitors and residents do their own tour.
Now the trick would be to get the book into the hands of visitors.
Residents would have access to the book anytime if sold in a bookstore.
> >Query: if it's NC for pulled/chopped pork, KC for ribs, and Texas for
> >brisket, where would the "capital" of BBQed chicken be?
> >
Interesting question. I do not know of an area that is well known for
BBQ chicken. I hope to find out soon from this NG.
BBQ
Kevin S. Wilson
>What would they have for breakfast? BBQ'ed eggs
>over easy? :-)
Somewhere around Calgary in the province of Alberta in the U.S.
Territory of Canada is a bed-and-barbecue place.
--
Kevin S. Wilson
Tech Writer at a University Somewhere in Idaho
"Sometimes I almost feel/Just like a human being"
Twangdaddy
>you go?
For Pork:
1 King's BBQ No. 2, Petersburg, VA
2 King's BBQ No. 1, Petersburg, VA
3 Pete Jones Skylight BBQ,
Ayden, NC
4 Cowling's BBQ, Waverly, VA
5 Chicharrone's Cuban, Key West
6 Meteor Smokehouse, Key West
7 Rendezvous BBQ, Memphis, TN
8 Big Daddy's BBQ,
Jahnke Rd, Richmond, VA
9 Buzz&Ned's Ribs, Richmond, VA
10 Extra Billy's BBQ, Richmond, VA
For Beef - head to Texas!!!
Cap'n Ron
CafeMojo
Steve
> You really think one could fill a tour bus with BBQ connoisseurs? I
> don't know how many people a tour bus holds but lets say 40 people
> total. I think it would be very difficult to find 40 folks in or around
> a metro area to go on a BBQ tour. Sure, there are many who really enjoy
> BBQ, but would they be willing to pay $2000 plus per person for a 7 day
> tour? Sounds interesting and fun I know, but also very difficult to
> make a profit from it. What would they have for breakfast? BBQ'ed eggs
> over easy? :-)
They recently had one do the Central Texas Circuit.
2 days - 2 busses.
-sw
me
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Leonard Lehew
Yep. I'd stop at Skylight in Ayden and Stamey's in Greenville on my
way between Lexington and Greensboro. I grew up eating barbecue at
Parker's in Wilson. It was one of the very best. Unfortunately, I
don't think it's a good as it used to be. And since I'm not a big fan
of Bill's Barbecue, I'd probably skip Wilson.