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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 Lonnie Utah
Posted on 8/1/24 at 4:52 am to Lonnie Utah
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Lexington County, South Carolina...
Certainly be tough to find better.
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Posted on 8/1/24 at 5:01 am to Texas Gentleman
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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 on 8/1/24 at 5:11 am to bamabaseballsec
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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 on 8/1/24 at 6:24 am to TheFourHorsemen
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."
"It just means more down there."
This post was edited on 8/1/24 at 9:17 am
Posted on 8/1/24 at 6:40 am to lsufball19
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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 on 8/1/24 at 8:07 am to Bubbles Up
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KC BBQ is just pot roast with a sauce
Sonic. NOW!
Posted on 8/1/24 at 8:14 am to TheFourHorsemen
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
The consistently best bbq ive had lately is Back Beach BBQ in Panama City Beach
Posted on 8/1/24 at 8:22 am to captdalton
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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 on 8/1/24 at 8:25 am to scottydoesntknow
To add to the list, I'm going Belton, TX with
Schoepf's BBQ and Miller's Smokehouse
Schoepf's BBQ and Miller's Smokehouse
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:43 am to TheFourHorsemen
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 on 8/1/24 at 9:47 am to JetDawg
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 on 8/1/24 at 9:49 am to semjase
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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.........
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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 on 8/1/24 at 9:50 am to Rendlo
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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 on 8/1/24 at 9:52 am to KCM0Tiger
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Sonic. NOW!
I will join you and beat his arse for that comment.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 9:53 am to JetDawg
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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 on 8/1/24 at 10:23 am to Lonnie Utah
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Lexington County, South Carolina...
Correct. Way better than that nonsense in Alabama/Mississippi/etc.
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:24 am to InkStainedWretch
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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 on 8/1/24 at 10:29 am to Mstate
Posted on 8/1/24 at 10:29 am to Texas Gentleman
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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 on 8/1/24 at 10:31 am to robot55
Agreed. Pound for pound it’s Lockhart
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