Well I got kind of excited. An old Outback Steakhouse that had been on the I-10 feeder road in Katy, Texas (my suburb in Houston) had finally bit the dust. Worst steak in town, place finally imploded, which is good because is was about ready to be firebombed anyway.
In its place it was announced that a new concept out of Memphis with true Memphis style ribs name Corky's chose this location to be the first in Houston. Great, can't wait. Well she finally opened, I let the new wear off and decided to take my daughter to dinner. Of course I order the Corky's original rib rack with sauce. Wanted to try the real deal. Now put this into perspective, we here at AR pride ourselves in making great ribs, no check that Amazing Ribs !!! I also live in one of the Big 3 bbq meccas on the planet. Texas and bbq are totally synonymous with one another.
So having that in my mind, I'm setting the bar pretty high. Well out comes my plate, decent size rack of ribs with beans and coleslaw. I'm ready boy, I got my steak knife and I want to cut me off some ribs. Now I'm not a big sauce guy, so I did have to scrape off about 1/2" of sticky sweet stuff and to begin to cut. Well the pellicle that formed on top of the ribs was like shoe leather. The serrated steak knife wouldn't even cut it, it simply tore into pieces. It's like they cooked them and put them under a hot lamp and let the crust harden.
So I just ripped it off, yea that's right all 8" of crust pulled off like taking the sole off a shoe. What was left you might ask? Bones and mush, that's right overcooked mush with loose bones. I picked up a fork and ate about 1/3 of the mush and my mouth and stomach refused to eat anymore. And the beans, they tasted like good old Campbell's pork and beans from a can.
You know I've been to Memphis and had some killer bbq. If this is the best this place can offer and have the unmitigated nerve to show up in Texas and in my town no less, I'm not only totally insulted, it's time to git a rope. The absolute worst excuse for bbq I've ever had in my life. I'd even take the baby back ribs at Chili's over this mush.
Sorry guys, if you're from Memphis this is no disrespect to you. But someone needs to make this place go the way of Outback Steakhouse. Maybe the building is snake bit?
In its place it was announced that a new concept out of Memphis with true Memphis style ribs name Corky's chose this location to be the first in Houston. Great, can't wait. Well she finally opened, I let the new wear off and decided to take my daughter to dinner. Of course I order the Corky's original rib rack with sauce. Wanted to try the real deal. Now put this into perspective, we here at AR pride ourselves in making great ribs, no check that Amazing Ribs !!! I also live in one of the Big 3 bbq meccas on the planet. Texas and bbq are totally synonymous with one another.
So having that in my mind, I'm setting the bar pretty high. Well out comes my plate, decent size rack of ribs with beans and coleslaw. I'm ready boy, I got my steak knife and I want to cut me off some ribs. Now I'm not a big sauce guy, so I did have to scrape off about 1/2" of sticky sweet stuff and to begin to cut. Well the pellicle that formed on top of the ribs was like shoe leather. The serrated steak knife wouldn't even cut it, it simply tore into pieces. It's like they cooked them and put them under a hot lamp and let the crust harden.
So I just ripped it off, yea that's right all 8" of crust pulled off like taking the sole off a shoe. What was left you might ask? Bones and mush, that's right overcooked mush with loose bones. I picked up a fork and ate about 1/3 of the mush and my mouth and stomach refused to eat anymore. And the beans, they tasted like good old Campbell's pork and beans from a can.
You know I've been to Memphis and had some killer bbq. If this is the best this place can offer and have the unmitigated nerve to show up in Texas and in my town no less, I'm not only totally insulted, it's time to git a rope. The absolute worst excuse for bbq I've ever had in my life. I'd even take the baby back ribs at Chili's over this mush.
Sorry guys, if you're from Memphis this is no disrespect to you. But someone needs to make this place go the way of Outback Steakhouse. Maybe the building is snake bit?
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