AHAHA... I was going to say "Seattle" sarcastically. We have a few good places here now but those are all new in the last ~5-6 year as Q has caught on. Historically, we had zero good BBQ places.
SnS Kettle
Napoleon 500 Pro gasser grill
Weber Slate 30” griddle
Gozney Arc XL pizza oven
Instant Pot Duo Crisper 8 qt
Cuisinart food processor
Kitchenaid Stand Mixer
Breville Smart toaster oven
Anova Sous vide (Pro version and Standard Version)
Cabella 15” Vacuum Sealer
Combustion Inc Wireless Probes (Gen2 upgrades)
Fireboard v2
Fireboard Spark
Fireboard Pulse (2) probes and S1G antenna
ThermoWorks RFX gateway and 2 RFX meat probes
Thermoworks IR gun
Thermoworks MK4
Thermoworks Zero
Thermoworks Signals
Grill Rescue brush
7 Shun knives (paring to 12" slicer)
Misen Chef's knife
Dalstrong Phantom Series Boning Knife
8-9 other knives (enough to get an eye roll from wife!)
2 Mandolins, 1 veggie spiralizer
Work Sharp E5 sharpener
Chef's Choice sharpener
Panhead John and the whole Texas Posse probably had a coronary reading this and all those stars in their great state, then realizing they are for Oklahoma! Poor, downtrodden Texans.
Yes sir. When I’m looking for great BBQ joints, I always go to Trip Advisor first. Chefspencil.com.? What a f...,,,joke.
Not one Texas city? Hey Troutman What’s your take? Care to chime in? Yep, first place comes to mind when I’m thinking BBQ.....Newark or Miami. I guess if those clowns did one for best Mexican food they’d pick Salt Lake City or Des Moines, Iowa.
Tune in next month for our best Cajun/Creole hotspots.........Tucson, Arizona and Nome, Alaska........ IDIOTS
Last edited by Panhead John; May 13, 2021, 01:04 PM.
Where is IDIOTS? I never tried IDIOTS Cajun/Creole (BBQ?).
Do they have BBQ in Texas? How about the following:
*Black's Barbecue (Lockhart)
*Franklin BBQ (Austin)
*Smitty's Market (Lockhart)
*The Salt Lick (Driftwood and Round Rock)
*Louie Mueller Barbecue (Taylor)
*Kreuz Market (Lockhart)
*Snow's BBQ (Lexington)
*City Market BBQ (Luling)
*Cooper's Old Time Pit BBQ (Llano, Fort Worth Stockyards, New Braunfels, Austin)
*Stanley's Famous Pit BBQ (Tyler)
If you take reviews with a grain of salt, is that sea salt, table salt, coarse salt, rock salt, or a Saltlick?
Is rock salt or a saltlick a grain of salt?
So I looked up the tripadvisor page for BBQ in Seattle (https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaura...ashington.html) and... I think the above image is an accurate representation of the ratings, it's just that the ratings are trash.
For example, Brileys. It's perfectly decent joint. If you're in the area and want competent Q, it's fine. But if a place like Aaron Franklin's or Snows is a 5, this is a 2.5-3 or so. Not a 4.5. That's NOT a hit on Brileys - it's way better than chain 'que etc. But it doesn't live in the 90th percentile.
The ratings are basically just way too generous and it doesn't look like the image above filtered for number of reviews so 2 reviews, on 4 and 5 star mean the place gets 4.5! Um.. no. Oh and the link above includes Korean BBQ which a lot of places here actually do quite well but is VERY different than what people usually mean.
Last edited by rickgregory; May 13, 2021, 01:10 PM.
When I see nothing in Texas, and Memphis left off the map, I know the map is meaningless! Heck, I've had BBQ at places in Texas that are not on the official list of great Texas que that was better than the stuff I get in most states. I am thinking Hard Eight near the airport in Dallas. Last time I was out there, I found it back in an office park type area, and pigged out to my hearts content, then flew back to Alabama the next morning. I've never heard it mentioned in a list of Texas BBQ joints, but what I had was really good. I was happy to find it near my hotel that night for dinner.
You know as much as I love Texas BBQ, it is fun to get y’all riled up. In the service we made somewhat of a sport of getting the Texans frothing at the mouth. This fella just won the grand championship!
Take that Texas! 
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