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re: Best city for Bar-B-Q in the SEC footprint?

Posted on 8/1/24 at 4:52 am to
Posted by AwgustaDawg
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 4:52 am to
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Lexington County, South Carolina...


Certainly be tough to find better.
Posted by AwgustaDawg
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 5:01 am to
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Probably a big city in Texas, Houston or Dallas, the days of great bbq being hidden in small towns is a thing of the past.


That may be true in Texas where "great" doesn't exist but it ain't so in Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina where almost every crossroad has some family with a block or a drum pit, a stack of hickory, access to pigs and the ability to smoke said pig steeped in their DNA who produce better BBQ than one can find anywhere. You can't sling a dead cat in most of those three states and not find better BBQ than anything west of the Sabine River. BBQ requires a commitment from a pig, a hickory tree and someone who knows what they are doing. If it ain't pig and it ain't hickory it ain't BBQ. It may very well be delicious....smoked turkey, chicken and fish is delicious, but it ain't BBQ.
Posted by AwgustaDawg
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 5:11 am to
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Mcclards, never heard of it but instincts tell me that if I ride by a bbq place pronounced mick lards…..you bet your arse I’m stopping


The best way to judge a BBQ joint is to consider the sign. If there is a pig doing something pigs ought not be doing, dancing, fishing, playing checkers...that place may be righteous. There is a direct correlation between the level of anthropomorphic traits the pig on the sign of a BBQ Joint displays and the quality of the BBQ sold. To a lesser extent the number of pigs also indicates a higher degree of quality...if you find a place with 2 pigs, a male and a female pig dressed in square dancing clothes and cutting a jig you have likely found BBQ Nirvana. The science behind this is above reproach - it indicates a deep and meaningful connection to the star of the show at a BBQ joint....no one in their right mind would take the time and go to the expense of making a sign with 2 pigs dressed in overalls playing checkers on a wooden barrel in front of a general store and cut corners in preparing a pig for the table. The level of insanity required for such is beyond the ability of mankind.
Posted by JustinOKC
OKC
Member since Jul 2021
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 6:24 am to
I wouldn't piss on a Longhorn if they were on fire, but no one on the planet can touch Austin BBQ or that region of the World.

"It just means more down there."
This post was edited on 8/1/24 at 9:17 am
Posted by BigOrangeBri
Nashville- 4th & 19
Member since Jul 2012
12631 posts
Posted on 8/1/24 at 6:40 am to
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No

Almost every BBQ place in Nashville is some sort of chain. The ones that aren’t are largely average at best


This is incorrect. There may be some that have a couple/few locations that originated from one local restaurant, but no chains. Name the Nashville bbq places you’ve had. Are there touristy favorites around downtown, of course.

If anything, Nashville is an underrated BBQ town.
This post was edited on 8/1/24 at 6:43 am
Posted by KCM0Tiger
Kansas City, MISSOURI
Member since Nov 2011
15866 posts
Posted on 8/1/24 at 8:07 am to
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KC BBQ is just pot roast with a sauce





Sonic. NOW!
Posted by scottydoesntknow
Member since Nov 2023
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 8:14 am to
Memphis is probably #1. Tuscaloosa used to be way up there but I think the quality of Dreamland and Archibalds, while still good, is not what it used to be. I had some pretty good BBQ in South Carolina.

The consistently best bbq ive had lately is Back Beach BBQ in Panama City Beach
Posted by jchamil
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 8:22 am to
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As for Dreamland, it is now just Dreamland in name. Since the daughter inherited it, then the IRS took it, then the business group out of B’ham bought it they just sell barbecue. Nothing special. Dreamland doesn’t even have the best ribs in Tuscaloosa. Archibald’s > Dreamland.


Robertsons off Hwy 11 is pretty good. Usually pick up something after going to Tuscaloosa and headed back to Eutaw
Posted by n64ra
Member since Jul 2024
737 posts
Posted on 8/1/24 at 8:25 am to
To add to the list, I'm going Belton, TX with

Schoepf's BBQ and Miller's Smokehouse
Posted by JetDawg
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Member since Oct 2020
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:43 am to
Kansas City's in Missouri, so this is part of the SEC footprint. I'd have to go with Memphis and Kansas City.....although the best BBQ I've ever had was in eastern North Carolina and in Georgia.
Posted by Rendlo
Member since Jun 2024
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:47 am to
Texas, 1000%. This coming from a West TN guy. However, if you ever find yourself in Martin, TN, Blake's at Southern Milling has the best BBQ I've ever had and it's not close. He has Texas and Memphis style.. Best pimento cheese ever.. Just rediculously good. I've had Franklins, Blacks, Central, One and Only, all memphis bbq joints.. Nothing comes close.
Posted by Rendlo
Member since Jun 2024
593 posts
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:49 am to
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Kreuz Market, Blacks and Smitty's.

They're in the SEC Footprint because of Texas and Texas A&M.

Lockart is just off I-10 in Luling there where the Giant Buc-ee's is located.........

LINK



I was in Lockhart just a month ago and tried each. Was travelling for work. Right down the road in Nixon, TX, theres a hole in the wall called Pioneer BBQ that is better than all of em. IMO
Posted by JetDawg
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Member since Oct 2020
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:50 am to
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Texas, 1000%

Texas BBQ is beef, not pork. Pork BBQ is superior to beef BBQ any day of the week for me.
Posted by Leto II
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:52 am to
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Sonic. NOW!


I will join you and beat his arse for that comment.
Posted by Leto II
Arrakis
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:53 am to
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although the best BBQ I've ever had was in eastern North Carolina and in Georgia.


Anywhere in particular? I just learned about some place in Canton that was supposed to be pretty good.
Posted by gamecockman12
Columbia, SC
Member since Aug 2012
6965 posts
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:23 am to
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Lexington County, South Carolina...


Correct. Way better than that nonsense in Alabama/Mississippi/etc.
Posted by Mstate
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2009
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:24 am to
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but I am going to speak up for my own favorite close to home, Miss Myra’s in Cahaba Heights near Birmingham.


Place is good. I actually passed it the other day to eat at olive branch right down the road.

My favorite in bham is still Saws though
Posted by MizzouAntler
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:29 am to
Posted by Mstate
Birmingham
Member since Nov 2009
9911 posts
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:29 am to
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the days of great bbq being hidden in small towns is a thing of the past.


I disagree.

Drive through small towns in MS/AL/GA/AR/TN and there are still a lot of small town BBQ places that are damn good
Posted by AGGIES
Member since Jul 2021
6705 posts
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:31 am to
Agreed. Pound for pound it’s Lockhart
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